The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 15, 1905, Image 2

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The Democrat "DO THOU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION il A PP Y OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN TUX OA USE " VOL. XX^ BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, /SEPTEM BEI! 15, 1905. NO. ssc W. TREATY SIGNED. Church Bells Peal Forth the Joy ful News of Peace. THEY SHAKE HANDS5, As iee Treaty ls Signed Russia's Un voys Gxtcr.il thc Hand ol Friend ship Which is Qraspcd by thc Japan's Representative. A Secret Conference. A dispatch from Portant ouW, N. H., says the treaty of Portsmouth was signed shortly before 4 o'olcck Tues day afternoon lu the conference room of the navy general store at tho navy yard. Tho firing of a national salute of 19 guns was tho signal which told people of Portsmouth, Klttery and Newcastle that the peace of Ports mouth was an accomplished fact and the church bells In the threo towns were soon pealing forth a joyful rc fraln. For 47 minutes thoso outside the conference room anxiously awaited tho signal. Suddenly an orderly dashed to the entrauco of the peace building and waived 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 the moment of signing the treaty, no word had broken the silenco of the coufereuce room. Throwing his pen aBlde, Mr. Witto without a word reached across the table and grasper! liaron Komura's hand. His confreres followed and the 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 and Japan wore once more friends. This simple ceremouy rang true aud deeply Impressed tho attaches and sec retaries of the two missions, who, with the invited witnesses, had form cd a large circle around the delegatas sitting at the table. Baron de Rosen was the lirst to break tho silence. Rising from his seat the ambassador, looking Baron Komuraand Mr. Takahira straight in tho eye, said a few words which one had only to hear to know that they oamo from lils heart. He began by saying that ho wished on behalf of Mr. Witte, Russia's first plenipoten tiary, and in his own name to say a few words. "Wo have signed," continued the ambassador, "an act whloh will have forever a place in tho annals of his tory. As negotiators on hehal fof the empire of ltussia, as well as the em pire of Japan, we may with tranquil conscience say that wo have done all that was iu cur power In order to bring about the peace for which the whole civilized world was longing. Wo earnestly hope that friendly relations between thc two empiros will hence forth be thinly 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 aud wise statesmanship lu so conspicuously displayed during these negotiations which have now been so auspiciously concluded." Baron Komura replied that he shar ed entirely the v.ews of Baron dr -Jtosen. The treaty of Portsmouth which they had just signed, he said, was in ?he into:est of humanity and Civilization and he was happy to be lieve that lt would bring about a tirm, lasting p'.ace between the two neighboring empires. Ile begged to assure the Russian plenipotentiaries that it would be his duty ns well as his pleasure to do everything in his power to make tho treaty in fact what it professen to bc in words-a treaty of peace ai d amity. At the oncludon of Baron Ko mura's remarks Mr. Witte an se and said he (leslied to soe Baron de Rosen and the Japanese plenlpotcniaries alone for a few minutes. Toe four ro tired to the Russian ellice and were c oseted for ten minutes. What trans pired In that tlnal conference of the peacemakers, the world may never know. The plenipotentiaries have re fused to discuss it evjii to their secre taries. The ent ire Russian mission, headed by Mr. Witte, attended a thanksgiv ing servies celebrated In Christ Epis copal church both by American and Russian clergymen. Reentering thc hotel, one of the chief members of the Japanese mission said: "The treaty signed Tuesday may be the mest Im portant historical feature of the twentieth centuiy," \V li Rt tho Trent y H tl pul atea. Tho following ls the treaty as final ly ?greed upon: Article 1 stipulates for the re-estab lishment of peaco and friendship bo tween thc sovereigns of the two ern pires, and between thc snbjocts of Rus sia and Japan, respectively. Article 2. The Emperor of Russia recognizes thc preponderen! lutero it from political, military and economi cal points of view of Japan! in Korea and stipulates that Russia will not op poso any meuaurcfl for its government, protection or control that Japan will deem necessary to tako In Korea In Conjunction with tho Lorean g< vern? mcnt, but Russian subjects and Rus sian enterprises arc to enjoy the samo status as subjects and enterprises of other countries. Article 3, it is mut nilly agreed that the territory rf Manchuria be simultaneously evacuated by both thc Rueslan and Japanese troops. Botl countries are concerned In this evacua tion, their situations hoing absolutely identical. All rights acquired by prl vato persons and companies shall re main Into Cb. Article 4. Rights possessed by Rus sin in conformity with thc lease by Ilusslaof 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 subjicts are to be safeguarded and respected. Artlolo 6. The governments of Russia and Japan engage themselves reolprooally not to put any obstacles to the general measures (which shall be f.ilko tot all nations,) that China may take for tho development of tho commerce and Industry of Manchuria. Article 0. The Manchurian rail way shall bo operatod Jointly between Russia and Japan. Tho branch lines shall be employed only for commercial and Industrial purposes. In vlow of Russia kecplDg her branch line with all rights acquired by her convention with China for the construction of that railway. Japan acquires the mines in connection with such branch lino which falls to her; however, the rights of private parties or private en terprises are to be respected. Both parties to this treaty remain absolu be ly free to undertake what they deem flt on expropriated ground. Artlolo 7. Russia and Japan en gage themselves to make a c m j inc tion of the two branch lines which they own at Kouang Toheng. Article 8. It is agreed that thc branch lines of tho Manchurian rail way shall bo worked with a view to assure commercial trcflio between them without obstruction. Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan the southern part of Sakhalin ldaiiri as far north as the fi ft loth degree of north latitude, together with tho is land* depending thereon. The right of free navigation ls assured lu the Bays of La Perouse and T?rtaro. Article 10. This article recites the situation of Russian subjects of the southern part of Sakhalin Island and stipulates that tho R issi an colonists there shall be free and shall have the right to romain without changing their nationality. Percontra, the Japanese government shall have the right to force Russian convicts to leave the territory which ls ceded to her. Article ll. Russia engages herself to Japanese subjects tho right to fish in the Russian territorial waters ot the sea of Japan, sea of Okhotsk and Behring sea. Article 12. Thc two high contract ing parties engage themselves to re new thc commercial treaty existing between the two governments prior to the war In all Its vigor with Blight morl i Ilea', lons in details and with a most favored nation clause. Article 13. Russia and Japan re oiprocally engage to restitute their prisoners of war on paying the real cost of keeping the same, such claim for cost to be supported by documents. Article 14. This pence treaty shall be drawn up in two languages, French and English, tho French text being evidence for the Russians and the E.iglish text for the Japanese, Jn case of a diflleulty of interpretation the French dechmont 1B to be tho tinal evidence. Article 16. Ratification of this treaty shall be countersigned by the sovereigns of the two States within Hf ty days after its signature. The French and American embassies shall he Intermediaries between tho Japa nese and Russian governments to an nounce by telegraph the the ratifica tion of tho treaty. Two additional articles arc agreed to .as follows: Article I. The evicutlon of Man churia by both armies shall be com plete within eighteen months from tho signing of the treaty, beginning with tho retirement of the troops cf the lirst line. At thc expiration of eighteen months tho two parties will only be able to leave as guards for the railway fifteen soldiers per Kilometer. Article 2. The boundary which limits the parts owned respectively by Russia and Japan In Sakhalin Island shall bo definitely marked oil on the spot by a special Umltographio com mission. FELL FI VP, STORIES. lilllie Hoy KllpH l>OWtl VitO I'lHOHpO, I ii.min ill Al 11(1. At New York Frank Wagner, three years old, stood on the Ure escapo on the lifth Moor of No. 1?H:J First ave nue yesterday afternoon and with toar-lilied eyes, saw pretty little Grace IC rain playing with her dolls In the yard next door. Frank wanted to "play doll house," but his mother told bim he must stay upstairs. She oom premised by letting him watch lils little chum from above. Frank leaned against the railing of the fire escape and had a vision of the time when he would bo grown up and could play whon and where, he liked. The little girl looked up and Bmlled, It wes a very Inviting smile and lt was Frank's undoing. I Io climbed to tho top of the railing.slip p.^d and fell Ho landed in a mud pile waist deop, within a few feet of tho girl and her dollies. Mrs. Wagner, whe saw her son disappear over tho railing, shriek ed and ran to tho yard expecting to see tho mangled form of her child, but instead she saw her boy calmly removing the mud from his Sunday dress, and tho veracious neighbors even assert that his llrst words were, "Gracie, mo como down to play with dollies." Apparently tho child was entirely unhurt, and an ambulance doctor could Und 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 he hoard that af ter al he was nob to play with Gr ac? and her dolls, Frank crlod bitterly. The world seemor! very gloomy to him. VCKHOIH \shoro. The steamship Aragon and the. barge Saxon, being towed by thc Aragon, both lumber laden, from Georgetown to New York, were caught in a severe storm Sunday night and tho hawser became entangled In thc stoamer's propeller. Tub left the Aragon and tho Saxon helpless and both vessels wore driven hard ashore Wednesday night on thc Virginia oast, two milos south of False Capo, it ls reported that tho barge Saxon was floating, but the steamer Aragon ls still hard aboard tho Aragon. PLAIN TALK. Senator Tillman Wants State Board ol Control to Resign. SPEAKS AT TIBZm. Hie Senior Senator Calls Upon the Gov ernor to Kxercisc Mis Power, and Remove the State Board. Sen ator Brice Agreed Willi Senator Tillman. The Hook lilli correspondent o? Too State says Tirzah, the sane of many and glorious tilts lu this politi cal arena, was again tho battleground Tliureday, und fully 2,500 people were gathered to witness tho combat. A giant picnic, the klud that has mado Th '/.ah famous, had been arranged and pct feet weather, with tho excellent Gold Hill band, made the occasion a sucoesr. In response to a numerously signed invitation to talk dispensary and reply to charges made at a recent prohibition mooting lu Yorkville, Sen ator Tillman was present. Senator l?rico was on hand to represent thc anti-dispensary side of thc question. Senator Tillman was In tine form and spoke for two hours. Senator P.r?ci made a vlgorcusspeooh. Inquiry among representative men in the audience failed to show that sentiment again ts the dispensary had been ohanged, tho general opinion hoing that the county would vjte the institution out. Senator Tillman made much the svme spcooh that he has made elbe where, tho only new feature of Im portance being a demand that the governor exercise his power and re move the members of the State dis pensary board at onco. A "hands up" vote heiug called for, it was scon that tko crowd was with him on that pro pcs'.tion. Senator Brice was, under the ar rangement, the iirst speaker. Ile vlg orou-dy denounced the whole dispen sary system, maintaining that it was undemocratic, that it makes every cit i/.cn whether he will or nor a partner In the liquor business, that it digni fies the sale of liquor aud makes it popular, respectable and reputable, that lt attempts to make the sale and dringlng of liquor a permanent and llxed institution by fastening lt on to oue of our mest oherlahcd Institutions, our public school system, that it h:s increased murder 70 per cent, and as sault and battery 40 per oent., that lt is a common cheat and swindle, a snare, a delusion, and fraud, and a 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 ever) homo In South Carolina. It ii a whit ed sepulchre, beautiful whithout hut full of dead men's bones and all un cleanness. Mr. Hr loe stated that the dispensary system could never be cleansed He said: "I shall never voU as your senator to purify any si ch black law as the dispensary, and 1 will tight it to the last ditch. The only law 1 will support is one to kill." 11s speech was well received. Ile.spoke foi an hour. At its conclu,ion Chairman Wllbom adjourned the meeting for dinner. Sjiiator Tillman spoke for two hours, devoting much of his time to Mr. Brice, tho Yorkville Enquirer and otheis whom he alleged had impugn ed his character. Ills linc of argument was that tho sale of liquor cannot he stopped, that men will nave it In spite of prohibitory law, that its Illegal ?salo wou.d moan moro harm than Its salo lawfully, and that as long as lt could not be kept out lt should ho sold in tho least harmful way. Ile declar ed ho was as much of an advocate i f the dispensary as ever, and that he would always stand for tho system as protected and hedged about when ho approved lt as governor and undertook to enforce lt. He said as originally designed lt decrcasod drunkenness and gave no oppoitunlty for stealing. The legislature had later so changed the law and put such men In charge as ti? give thieves every chanco. The legis laturo was directly responsible. If the dispensary law had boen carried out in good faith hy a governor-and I wont say legislature, for God have mercy on any laws the legislature en ads-if supported hy that largo ole ment believing II wrong to sell liquor at all i coupled with honest administra tion hy the executive otlloers, by chis time tho whole State might have gone into prohibition. He said he had only 18 months in which to administer tho dispensary law and lojk out for thieves. "God koo .vs 1 did not know South Carolina had such a brood of them, but who put tv,em there ?" Ho spoke of the cit jct of the Brice law In cutting out :iu,00U votes hy set tling tho matter by qualified voters and declared it fair that every man have a chance to vote. Ho wanted to sec a race next year between a proht hltioiiist, a clean dispensary man and possibly a ininti tiger man for gover nor. Ko ur blind tiger men had already nominated a candidate but three out of the four had been In tho Unitod States courts. Tho light ls to he on liquor or no liquor and he deprecated hurrying tho vuto before next year when tho whole people could expr?s a their opinions. Speaking of the election ab ott to OOmet l? lu York county Senator Till man said he hoped tim dispensa would ho voted out. The people woul'l then got a taste of the evils of pro lithltlon which would drive them sooner or later to ask for old rr.othoi's of handling thc liquor question. S na tor Tillman avorred that no man had a right to criticise his motives. Hu would answer to his God for his Chris Man Itv. He had been assailed for stating that he could find two allu sions in the Bible speaking favorably of liquor to one against lt. Ile drew out three typewritten pages of such versos and asked that Tho Knqulrcr prlnt them aftor examining their cor rectness. Ho orltlclscd Senator Brlco { for saying ho would not voto for dis? pensary cleaning, and endeavored to make the point that if lie were against measures looking to tho betterment of tho State ho was a poor ser vant and ought to bo asked to "resign. He was not supposed to be the master but the servant of the people. Seuator Till mau was particularly explicit in saylu,; that he bad come to Tirzah not to tell the people what thoy should do but to give them tho bene tit of his advice and experience. They were free to act according to their consciences aud should ?Ive tho is:u^ prayerful, earnest consideration. If all acted as ho did thero would be no liquor drink lng at all, but as sumo wero going to drink whether orno, the evil should be minimized and the people s .ould get tho bouelits from tho money spout. Senator Brice replied briefly, sayhig again that he was opposed to the wholo dispensary business, that the Issue was liquor or no liquor and not Tillman or Brice. He hoped thc peo ple would hear the real issue in mind. Thero was much laughter and ap o?anse throughout tho spoaklng, especially ab Mr. Tillman's repeated assaults upon Mr. Brioc and The En* quirer and his critlchms of those who called themselves Christians and sat lu judgment upon others. Thc ero vd was orderly and listened attentively to all that was said, many standing throughout, ltwasevldont that Mr. Tlllmau has many friends here and lb was bbc opinion of many that tho meeting was due moro to friendship to bira than toan expr?s sion upon the dispensary question The senator stated that bc had hoard that as he was born, pollbioally, at Tirzah ho was to be burled hero today, bub there were few evidences that a Tillman funeral was desi rod. Ills de mand that- tho governor take charge of the dispensary situation in the name of the people drew hearty ap plause. Senator Brice doelared him self as also Oeing in favor of this ac tion on the part of the governor. A ROUGH VOYAGE The KritiHh StOKincr Tron?o Puta Into Charleston Hnrbor. A dispatch from Charleston to The State says the British steamship Tropic, 2,340 tons, Capt. barber, ar rived in that port Wednesday after a voyage, that had lasted nearly bhree months and which was lilied with ex citement. The second mate, purser and la seamen arc missing. Sailing from Valparaiso, Chile, June 21, the Tropic met with bad weather at once and on J une 28, while off Hutu and about 15 miles from C.msthucion the lookout reported "breakers ahead" ?,nd before tho ship ct uld bo got abeu j she had gone hard aground 'not over 200 yards from the beach. High seas were running and it was realized that something must he done. Thc second mate, purser and 15 sea meii,. put out in the first life boab for Constitution bub never returned. All rilghb the seas dashed (?vcr the Tropic and the 20 men on board huddled In the cabins and momentarily expected the end. Morning brought hope In the sight of men on shore-bub there seemed no way to get to tho ship. JNo boat could live In the breakers and no swimmer could make the shore. A happy thought came to Ibo captain and with a quickly made kite a cord was curled by tho wind to shore, aud next a linc and then a hawser nae!.od tho land. Over this tho men went ashore. Still hoping that tugs or ves sols might Come from Constituci?n the waited. When no help came and tho storm abated somewhat, tho vessel remain lng In apparently unadamaged condi tion the crew retuencd in hall boats and jettison! d about 200 tons of cargo, this so lighting her that she II -ated at high tide and toe lires being started, sailed for Talcahuano, wliere a naval court of Inquiry was held and captain and crew ex mer ated. Tno report of tho court was signed by the British consul at Talcahuano and others and was ample in praises of tho pluck and energy of thc master mid crow, while expressing regret at tho loss of the 17 men. The grounding is accredited to a deviation of the ship's compasses and the prevalence of a strong Inset ourrent oil l'utu, In latitude 36.09 south and longitude. 12 20 west. Toe Tropic was 28 days overdue and a cable from Valparaiso to thc mari time register, dated Juno2o said that she would boa total wreck; a later cable from London told that she was fl tated. Captain and crew show evi dences of tho train and wore glad to reach pert for fresh food and rest. Oruehod Oy n CAT. In New York In attempting to In il'cb punishment on a motorman Tues* flay night an angry crowd in Clinton street caused the death of a little girl, who otherwise would have o.soap od with few slight bruises. In the. ribs that followed several persons were badly hurt and police reserves had a hard light to disperse the mob. The victim of the accident was Anna Schrlnshook, two yoars old. With her father and another man, she waa ticing led across tho street when a crowded northbound oar rolled the girl under tho fender, wlioro she lay crying, bub apparently uninjured. Be fore the motorman could .step from the platform and lift thc fonder, thc crowd made a rush for bim and In tho scram'nie be was forced against the controller, turning it around and putting a full current on. instantly the car shot forwanl a distance of two hundred foot and the child's body was ground to pieces. T?o sight ol b e mangled ho ly added fury to the mob, and thc m dorman ?vas dragged from the car and nearly boaton to death. Typhoid lOpldonilo. Nantilake, a.suburb of Wilkosbarre, l\v, is lu the throes of a typhoid fev or epidemic, lt ls claimed there are now over a hundred cnsBR. At a meeting of the school board Tuesday lt was doe bled to close the schools in definitely. Hr. Dodson, county coro ner, said bc feared the school houses will have to be unod as hospitals. Three deaths have boen reported to day. Handbills have been pc s tx d ad vising oltl/.oiiH as to sanitary precau tiona and to bull water for drinking I puiposos. Dr. S?^rhan Thinks the Peace Treaty is But a Truce. CHIN| TO TAKE PART The Wonderful Awakening of the Ancient EmplrcJ/Qrcat Armies Being Raised md Drilled by European In* f, 1 structors. Power of the 'Japanese Surgeon. There has been added to Mark Twain's another disordaut note In the ohorus of .praise of thc poaco of Ports* mouth, says The Now York Sun. It has been soundod by Dr. Louis L. Seaman, ?who has just got home from a visit to Manchuria, where he saw both tho Japanese ard Russian armlos at the front. Ho had something to say Wednesday at his home, Twenty eighth Sweet and Fifth avenue, not only aeout peace, but of tho awaken lng and [modernizing of the Chinese empire. ' "The . so called peace of Ports mcuth," said Dr. Seaman, "will, In my" opinion, coma to be regarded as one of the great mistakes of the cen tury. That which is called peace will he, In my opinion, only a prolonged armlstlco. I have been fairly near the firing hue of both the Japanese and Russian armies and I believe 1 know something of the temper of the men who have fought this war. I know something of the spirit of the house o^ Romanoff, of its nobles and tho Russian people. I have a more Intimate acquaintance with thc tem per of thc people of Japan, and I tell you that the so called peace of Ports mouth 13 welcomed neither in St. Petersburg nor Tokio. "Pliera arc several good reasons why tho peace treaty whioh is now be ing written oan only be a prolonged armistice. In the li rat place, Russia --she is still one of tho. great nations of the earth-will never consent to be bottled up and will never be satisfied until 8ho has regained tho prestige and the territory which she has lost ?a this war. "Furthermore, and I fear it ls not generally known to my countrymen, K issta is a most fertile territory. Aero on acre and mlle on mlle of the soil of fly empire needs only to h3 tickled ' i order to bring f irth rich harv 8V- *h the. Black sea closed dn way through tho i. _^ me Roa and with only a pooi Watter way to the Rattle, Russia must have an outlet for her commerce of tho future. She will go where she can or whore she may. She will Und her way tb thc Persian gulf and If necessary, through Cair a and over tho battlefields widen she has so recently lost and upon, which she has left her dead. The great empire by the frozen iioa will not stand still. "And whilo tho Russians are get ting ready thc Japanese will grow more cud more restive. Do you sup pose Neg l's veterans, the men who followed wherever Oku led or the sol diers of the splendid army of the mas terful Kurokl can forget, for Instance, that they won by t loir valor all of Sakhalin Inland only to have tholr Emperor, thc elder statesmen and tho plenipotentiaries of prace give half of lt back to tho Russians whom they thrashed? I>> you suppose that the men who fought with Togo will for get that the battleships willoh only escaped the merciless lire of tholr gun-.; lu a fog and found sheller in thc harbor of ManPa have been gi vi n back under the terms o? peaCc to the Rus sians? The big white soldiers of Rus sia and the Uttio brown men of Japan will come together again and the roll of tho war drums will he heard In the Fist. Thea will be fought to a finish that last linal battle fur supremacy, which, for tho good of mankind and the welfare of Russia and Japan, should have been fought now by the armies cf Oyama and Llncvitch In Northern Manchuria. "Rut however that may be, b >th the belligerents and the world In gen eral aro reckoning t iday In thc F ist without China. .So ne day, and it is not far distant, Chica, with its mili tant mlllionr, will bethe power In tho Orient. We can no longer speak of Uio rousing from the slei p of ages of Ullina. Slio has already awakened, and yet tho world knows lRtlo of lt O l my trip hoirie I met Dr. Tong, wiio has boen sent hy thc Ohlnese government to nogotlato a now treaty with the United Stales. 1 talked to him of his country " d lils people, and even 1, who know h .idthing of China (I have been there nine times) was amazed at thc story he told. Su amazed, In fact, was I a ked him to reduce to writing and In the form of a letter to mc thc substance of what he had said. "Hero ls tho letter, [nit he speaks of the cordial relations that have al ways existed between ('aloa and tho United States, and reminds me that tho Olllne8e people, from tho days of O mfuolus, havo been a people of peace, who have been taught, more tuan anything elsj, to revere the works and thc spirit,': of their ancestors. A Chinaman who dies leaving no son ls regarded as a lost soul, because he loaves behind him no ono to venerate him. Yet there is an old Chinese alago that it Is better fora manto leave no son than to leavo a son who becomes a sol Uer. "In spite of this and In spite of the thousands of years of tradition and the wall behind which they have lived Dr. Tong writes to me that the edict has gone forth that a school for mod ern and Western ?ducation shall be established hi every district in Ubina; that there shall bo a high sohool in every prefecture, and that thcro shall bo a college or university In every province Tbc teachers in these In stitutions .shall bo either Chinamen taught abroad or Americans or Europeans. "But that ls net al'. From what Dr. Tong told me t look? very mu eh as If China herself wero propa lng tn take hor part in tl 6 wars of" tho fut uro. An army of 40,000 mon lu to be ralsod by order of the Empress in eaoli of the twenty-three provinces of the cmplr', and theso armies, also by Imperial ediot, are to bo otlloerod and drilled by Amerlcuu or Europeans, or by Chinaman, who havo learned thoroughly as tho Japanese have hamed, the best methods of the ar mies of the Western world. "These things Dr. Tong told me, but lt was not all, and in my opinion uot tho most interesting, of all that he said. You romember that follow ing thc Ii xor rebellion In China thc United States exiotrd from tho Chlu ese government an indemnity of $0, 000,000. It bas been proposed that wo should return this Indemnity to China. Dr. Tong spoke of this pro prosltton and amozid' me by saying that Clilna would apprcelato lt If tho United States did BUOh a thing. On tho contrary, he said, the thing which China would Uko best would be for tho United States to Invest that twenty million of dollars in it? own government bonds and with the Income provide scholarships at various American colleges and universities for the free education of Chinese students who In thc years that aro to come shall be the hoi Hers and states men and tradesmen of China. "If the FOwory Kingdom Isn't al ready sitting up and taking notice, thon I don't kuow what a real wide awake one ls." Dr. Seamen was asked about thc methods of thc medical corps of tho greatest and best of auy army in the world- Tue history of the world's wars shows that practically live sold iers have died of preventable disease where one has died from bullets, lu the war of thc rebellion about 002,000 lives wore lost, and of this number 102 000 wero killed on the firing line or died from the results of wounds, balance died from disease, most oases of which Could have been prevented with proper caro. "Tho surgeons of the Jagancse army received something more than a half million well men. The medical men dlrocted their entire attention after thc war began to keeping that army well. To accomplish this the army surgeons did that which had never before boen heard of In any war of the world. They went forward with the first screen of scouts thrown out. They were away in advance of the main army. With lightning like rapidity they examined every welland every stream of water over which the army would travel. Over one well they would place a placard with this legend: "This water must not bi drunk except after balling." Ovei another well they would place auoth er placard which read: "Tnls water must not be used for any purposo ex cept for bathing." "Except In battle tho surgeon in tho Japanese army is the great mogul His oraors aro tiueyod implicitljfr when a Japanese soldier ls warned not to drink this or not to drink that he would no more think of disregard lng the mandate of the army surgeon ! than he would think of disregarding the command of his genoral-ln-chlcf. "The result was that the men who won the victories for Japan were as well nigh physically perfect as lt was possible for men to ho. lt had to bc so. Mad tho death rates in other wars prevailed In this one the Japan ese army would have been wiped out. Therefore In the main, preventable disease was prevented, and tho sold iers of Japan wero not murderod In the cause of war." ftlllMt N'Ot ItiBH. A Denver dispatch to the Wash? lng Post sayi: Private J. F. Merritt, Company l?\ Second Infantry, ls spending thirty days In the guard house for kissing his sweetheart on the military reservation at Kort Log an. MIS? Daisy II il ?on is the kissee. The two wore standing on the lawn near tho Olllctal quarters, when Lieut. Samuol Herron, odlcerof the day, saw them kiss. "If you do that again I'll have you court martlaled," he declared. "I'll go you," retorted the private, at the same time p'aublng another kiss on Miss Hilton's Up3. Lieut. Herron not only arrested him, but preferred charges, and at a summary cou rt 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 s vect on the gill himself and he wants me out of tho way." lief.i mn Alo th or. John Trimble, of Augusta county, Va., sevcraly beat his motlier, Mrs. F. M. Trimble, Sunday with a pitch fork bocausc the bread served for breakfast had too much soda In lt. After brutally beating his aged mother over the head and body, ho turned upon a little girl of the neigh borhood, who came to thc old lady's assistance. After his cowardly aot, John left his mother lying on the gi uud and lied to the woods. The younger son and another boy, Harry Humphreys, declare that the old man urged lils son, John to kill his mother since he had started lt. The old man stood by and saw tho attack and fail ed to go to her assistance. They live on a nico farm and are substantial poople, and tho neighborhood ls much aroused. Killed ny Uotton. A very sad accident occured near Vanees on Monday woek ago, which re sulted in tho death of Arthur, thc Uvo-year-old son of Mr. Julius A. Mur ray. Mr. Murray's children were play lng in lils cotton on about two bales of newly gathered se.od cotton. Tnoj had dug a hole in the midst of the pile of cotton, down to the Hour, when Ar thur got down Into lt, probably to make tho hole larger, when the cotton fell Oil him, Suffocating him. He was gotten out as spcodlly as possible, and everything possible dono to savo him. AU proved unavailing. ?Mor? ij?ai't. A db patch from San Francisco says State Senator Henry Dunkers, serving a term In prlion for attempting to hrh>c. during the last session of legis lature, has made a full confession, giv ing tho names of twelve other sena tors who received money, also tho l ames of brlbors and amounts paid. A who'o-o.lo prosecution ls promised by tho district attorney. ELEVEN CENTS Fixed eg the Minimum Fri?? for the Cotton Crop. President Smith, of tho South Caro lin* Association, Wanted It Fix? od at Ton and a Half Cont?. "Your com mitten, realizing the unusually strong statistical position of cotton, wo recommend a minimum price of ll oents, bosl6 middling up lands, at the home market through out tho cotton belt. E. D. Smith, chalrmar; H. Y. Brooke, seoretary." This is the aotlon taken by tbe Asheville Conference and sent out to tho cotton growers of the South who are members of tho Southern f^otton Association and other farmers who foci liko aiding in keeping up the price of cotton, lb is the call sont out by tho exeoutivo committee of the Southern Cotton association to the farmers of tho south to hold their cot ton for ll oents. If tho farmers will comply with the call and hold for ll oents they will got it. A dispatch from Asheville to The ' S tote says tho committee's report was not anuounced unbil afbor 10 o'clock ( and ib had boen awaited with intense , Interest by tho 100 or more growers and buyers at tho hotel. It did not glvo entire satisfaction, but is a com promise, 1 Mr. Smith contended fora minimum of 10? oents now, with a later an- ( nouncement of a higher minimum. I ile was overruled dlsplbe his eloquence I and was compelled to accept ll cents. 1 There were members of ?ho commit- 1 bec who held oub for 12 cents as a minimum and others wanted to put it 1 ovon higher. J All of this was thrashed out in se- 1 ?rct se?slon and when tho report was presented to tho open meeting lb wa? 1 adopted wlbhout a word and the oom- 1 oiltteo took up obber business relating J bo bhe proposed amendments to the 1 constitution. ( Eleven cents for cotton at the home 1 market ls equivalent to ll 1-4 or more c at the ports. Tho October quotation J Thursday was around 10 37 100. So 1 that tho commlbbee has oallcd upon tho producers to hold for an advance Of ! about 03 points. ( Thc mosbaggressive and influential * man In the association is E D. Smith 1 Ile has borne the burden of debate in s this meeting has been a positive force 1 for conservatism. He has argued J valiantly for a safe and careful stand f as bo the minimum of price and has nad bo oouteud against tho unreason J lng demands of rampanb bulls who 1 wau tod to pub tho price away up and y defy bhe world, flesh and devil. e While many cot-bon growers are 1 anxious to benefit themselves and their . follow farmers havo taken .this ex- 1 bremo position conscientiously, it is a 1 faot bhat emissaries of eastern specu 1 lators have had an influence in im J prosslng a bullish sentiment upon tho 1 jabbering here at Konilworbu inn. ( Vor more reasons thau one a domaud for a high holding price by the com mitten would have suited Wall street Smith has ooutonded that a reason s able minimum should bo set lu order to probeebbho producer who is forced to sell. Ile was ohairman of the oom mlttce on price, composed of one from f eaoh State, aud the tight in this oom- . mitteo was waged all afternoon. Af- j ter supper tho report was made to tho , whole executive committee in secret , session and bhe light was thero re ? newed and lasbed for several hours. It was 10 15 o'clock whoo the commit- j tee carno out and announced tho re- j suit of Its deliberations. Thore was a lengthy debato on the , advisability of esbabllshlng a nows- ? paper as an organ ot bhe association. A , oommltbec previously appointed bo re porb on bhis matter did nob make a , report and lb was Anally decided to give the commlbbee more blme. There ( is wide difference of opinion on the subject and ab times bhe debabe was warm. Of bhe Soubh Carolina men present, Mr. E. D. Smlbh favors the proposition and Mr. Hyatt opposes lt. Mr. Hyatt's speech last night in op position was generally complimented, The qucsblon of tinonee also came up this morning and Mr. Hyatt's ros olutlou bo raise $15,000 in 90 days for expenses was adopbed. It was stated luring tho discussion that South Car ollna had done bettor than any other state in regard to finances and the State is ono of tho most thoroughly organized. Tho report of the commit tee on statistics was submitted. The ?omirit tee consisted of State Senator J, A, Brown of Norbh Carolina; J. Mci.Iartlu of Mississippi and W. L. Peak of Georgia, with Secretary Woll ard Choabham. They bad reports from 15.0UO correspondents throughout the south, including State, county and township correspondents. All of these reporbs they had canvassed and oom piled and after questioning men from cadi State had mada allowances for bbc Individual bias of tho correspon dents, whether bullish, boarlsh or conservative. From these reports tho oommlbtee concluded that tho condi tion of tho prescnb crop to date ls 73 3 10 por odut. of last year's crop and bhat the yield will bo 7,588,13:1 bales. Hy States tho report lu full follows: Sbabe Yield. Condition. Alabama.1,031, (KIO 74 Arkansas. 610,4 00 70 Florida . 54,01? co Georgia.1,3dl, 180 78 indian Territory. 366,622 78 Lmslana. 660,062 68 North Carolina... 630,004 77 Oklahoma. 307,002 86 South Carolina... 701,691 73 Tennessee. 242 202 76 TciaS.2,882,762 74 Mississippi. 1,204,978 70 Miscellaneous.. .. 60,050 76 Tuero was no report on aoroago, but thc provlous report shows 18 per oont. reduction. UOIH a Uooil ?lob. Former Judge Albon Bi Parker will succeed Professor Collins as chlof counsel for tho Brooklyn Kapui Tran sl b Company at an annual salary of ? 100,000, according to an announce ment Tuur8day. Profossor Collins has retlrod, and tho firm of Collins & Sheehan, whloh has aoted for years in a.i advisory oapaolty to tho company, will bo known as Sheehan & Parker. William F. Sheehan was ono of Par ker's strongest supporters In the ro cont presidential campaign. MANY KILLED An Earthquake Destroys Eigh teen Towns in Italy, ~~" DOES GREAT DAMAGE. Nearly Pour Hundred Pennie Are Report ed Killed and a (Iront Number Iojur ed. The Whole CoraraunHy ia Very Much Depressed, and the People Need Help. j ? jj ?j A dispatch from Borne says all Italy is suffering from terrlblo depression because of the news from the south, whore one of the worst earthquakes ever experienced occurred Friday. Al though the earthquake was felt all over Calabria and to a oertain extent In Sicily, tho worst news oame from Plzzo and Monteleono and from 18 villages which are said to have boen 3ompletely destroyed. According to the latest news receiv ed 370 personal have been killed and a ?real number injured. It is as yet im possible to oven estimate the property looses. Tho shook was felt at 2.65 3'olook Friday morning. Tt lasted for IS seconds at Ca tanz aro and soon there after was felt at Messina, Bagglo, Plscopio, Trlplarno, Sammaro, Cesran tl, Naida, Ollvidl and other points. Scenes ot indesoribablo terror ca med. Women aroused from their sleep rushed half olothed into the streets loreamlng with fear, carrying their aabies and dragging along their other children and calling for help on the nadonna and the saints. The men es japed into the open with their f aud ios, all oalllng on their favorite saints 'or protection. The cafes were taken by assault by ?ho strangely garbed orowd, but as lay light broke without a repetition of .he earthquake tbo orowd gradually netted away until by 8 o'olcck the itreots had almost assumed their nor nal appearance except in the ruined dllages where the inhabitants had no mmes to go to. The general oonfusion was added to )y dreadful cries from the jails where ?be prisoners were beside themselves vlth fright and in some oases mutinl id, but fortunately all tho prisoners vero kept within bounds Troops, en gineers and dootors have been hurried ,o the scenes of the disaster to assist n the work of rescue aud salvage. The Ministry of the Interior sont 81,000 or the relief of the destitute and Min ster of Public Works Ferraris left for Calabria, SHOO fl JSC AT SALUDA. 5 motor Bloaeo Shoots Joo Bon Cole man, His Brotlior-lii-Ijitw. A spoolal dispatch to The State rom Saluda says au unexpected and >crhaps a fatal tragedy ooourred on )he streets of that town Friday night ?bon State Senator E. S. Blease, a nembor of tho llrm of Able & Blease, ihot Joe Ben Coleman. The shooting occurred at or near ?be corner of Smith Brothers' stoie ITivo or six shot* were tired and Col | man's body showed four wounds. Uno wound ls in the hand, another on the right shoulder, while tho two others peuetratcd the body. The latter two wounds are of a very serious nature and in the opinion of the physicians either of them is suffi cient to produce death. Tao wounded man was oarrled to the Wheeler hotel where he ls reoelvlng every attention. Immediately after the shooting Mr. Blease went to the sheriff and surren dered and ls now in Jail. The State says tho news of the shooting affray was reoolved In Colum bia by friend-! of Mr. Blease, who were shocked by tho Information. They could toll nothing of the oauies load ing up to tho affair and so for as kno wa the two men were on the best of terms and were considered good friends. Eugene Blease and Joe Ben Oolomaa married sisters, the daughters of Mr. James Horbort. Mrs. Bloase was Miss Salula Herbert and Mrs. Coleman was Miss Maude Horbort. Mr. Bloase ls serving his first term in tho State son ate, no is a brothor of tho sonator from Newberry. IiOVOrH Killed. While enrouto from Atlantic City to Philadelphia Wednesday in an au tomobile, Noll Wolfe, secretary and treasurer of an automobilo company of Philadelphia, and Miss Marie Hamill, daughter of a woaltby Ger mantown shoddy manufacturer, wore thrown from an automobilo, on a brldgo ovor tho West Jersey and Sea shore railroad, near Atico, N. Y.,and hurled 30 feot to tho traokg below. Miss Hamill was almost Instantly kill ed and Mr. Wolfe died soon af tor. The oar was driven by F. G. Plummer. He was taken into oustody and arraigned before Prosecutor Loyd, at Camden, N. J., who discharged him after hear ing his statement. The acoldont waa due Lo defective steering gear. Mr. Wolfe and Miss Hamill wero to havo been married in December.""' Fired at Crowd. Enraged bcoauso none of the young ?ornen in a dancing pavilion at South Beeb, Staion Island, would dance with him, but prof erred tho soldiers from Fort Wadiworth, an unknown Italian today challenged any soldier in the pavilion to light. Ono of the soldlors promptly accepted the chal lenge, and with the italian, started to ?cavo tho hall, when tho latter opened Uro into tho e owd of dsmo?!?, Ono bullet struok Ed.waid Can-on, of Staten Island, In tho forehead, in flicting a wound winch will oause death. Another man was wounded in the thigh. The Italian escaped. Atlanta Ha? Ono Cane. Dr. J. P. Kennedy, olty lua'th off! o ir of Atlanta, Saturday announced offlolally that ono case or y-oio** fever has developed there.