The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 13, 1905, Image 2
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The Navy qf t
By Charles H. Crarr
^"" i"|%TATED with severest brevit
Ssons of the two recent war
of the future should be th
v. great classes or types. Th
should be speed and coal
^*^22 The more important ol
type, with strong gun-pow<
the use of a greater number of heavy $
thips. The latter would serve admirab
to attack forts. I cannot see that the q
w#v 1A lO in/\K onno tc imnnr*
Kiiiyd uv xv ui a- tuvu 51U10 ?? ?
gun. with its awkward accessories, dui
United States and Russia and Japan h
Therefore, ships of both types shou
Dumber upon the battleship of the secon
coast defender." Ships of the first type
fenders,** because they could defend our
and compelling the presence of that ene
The importance of speed in connect
so obvious as not to require discussion.
The Minotaur class of ship, that th
tJence the Admiralty's faith in the first
struction is unassailable.
In combination with these importar
not overlook certain other craft that I c
torpedo-boats, or, rather should I say. 1
and scouts. This is the point at which
Teal utility of the torpedo-boat.
yy orK as oaii
By the Rev. Newell
EST of all, work is educatioi
1 Lf out college. Some scholai
I some become wise through
in shop and store, and fiel
WvYal Education is not given by
youth studies geology by
/ but Hugh Miller, the stor.<
over the red sandstone in which he wroi
dering the picture of a field daisy, but
blossom as he ploughed the field and 1
astronomy by memo;izing the chart of
watching his sheep in the earlyevening
seven little ones held by strings for tin
system, and each night he moved his
Venus and Mercury and Jupiter. What
Herbert Spencer! Our answer is. Tha
Is finest In quality and sweetest in perfr
of solitude, where God's skies give n
few?He is the God of all. With dish
gates of His greatest university?The V
of Fame and Wisdom stands open by d
keeps the door whispers, "Let no drudge
day World.
The Man Who
By the Editor of the
HO of us has not know tha
AT to like that best which b:
jfyf labeled, but must ever se
mm?aamm pedestal that o'ertops all <
Drop into his rooms s
are progressive and ever >
five minutes' time he will cover you wl
you are a superannuated nossback.
By way of opening the conversat
Shakespeare and the delight that you
? Night" adequately played.
His lip will curl and be will say:
"My dear fellow Shakespeare is all v
ni go so far as to say that some very ct
him, but when I want to hear the last ^
works of Ivan Stepnovitch. They are c
meant to act, and that, after all, is the
meat, not milk for babes."
Already you are beginning to feel th
pabulum, and you wonder that you hai
think that If our friend felt that his opir
he would cease to hold it himself.
Seizing the Oj
By O, S. Marden.
is a dangerous thing to v
Spwl T a habit. Energy and incli
I waiting. Opportunity beco
nothing, or looking somewh
the man who is alert for c
Some people become
see chances anywhere?th
without noticing anything precious?wi
the most barren and out-of-the-way p
Bedford jail to write the greatest allegoi
that had been used to cork his bottles o
btone sees an opportunity to go to conboy
sees an opening to hi 3 ambition in ;
or run errands, where another sees no c
to get an education in the odds and ent
which another throws away.?Success.
The Rights of a Newsboy. r
It is good to know that all legal
proceedings are not of the "Jarndyce
versus Jarndyce" type, bound to inefficiency
by yards of red tape, but
that the ear of the law can stop to
hear the claims of a child, and the
arm of the law protect with ready directness
the interests of a little street
boy. The report of the juvenile court
of Denver, Colorado, gives an instance
that is worth quoting.
One day in a busy civil session of
the court, which was trying a will
case involving two million dollars, the
court room door opened and a boy
poked in a tousled head and freckled
face. The court officer "shooed" him
out, but he returned secure in the
knowledge of his rights there.
The bills were submitted for corminutes,
to the disgust of some of the
distinguished council, and the boycame
to the bench.
He was a newsboy. He said that
he was having trouble; that for two
years a policeman on tie beat had
let him sell papers on a certain corner,
and now, as he expressed it, "a
fly guy" bad taken his place, and because
he was a "new cop, he though
he owned the town," and had ordered
the boy off the favorite corner, there
by making mm lose any v-culs a ua;.
The judge did a remarkable and unusual
thing. Considering that the boy
had a case as important as the one before
the bar concerning the millions
that a dead man had left behind for
surviving selfishness, he held up all
proceedings while justice was done to
the little chap of the streets.
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Gets Gold Piece After Fifty Years.
Lying undisturbed for fifty years. ?
one-dollar gold piece hat George H
Lessff, now of Philac ?lphia, droppet
in the crack of a floor, while dressing
was found to-day, wh< a the old Les
sing homestead in West King street
Pottstown, was demolished.
With' darning needles he tried to re
cover the dollar, but finally gave iup.
It will be seDt to him.?Philade/
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he Future.
ip.
y, in my opinion, based upon the le*
s as I have learned them, the warship
e battleship, and there should be two
te principal difference in their make-up
endurance.
f the two classes should be the 6peedy
?r. A slower class, that would permit
runs, would comprise the second type ;
" * * * *?wWKir* nnrl !
ly to derena naroors irum (
uestion whether the armament of such
ant. Damage effected by the 12-inch
ring the wars between Spain and the
ardly justifies its use.
Id carry iO-inch guns, with a greater
d type, which I would call "a seagoing
also might be described as "coast de'
shores by attacking an enemy's coast I
mv's vessels at home,
ion with the ships of the first type is
e British are now "laying down," evi- ;
t type. The propriety of their conit
fighting factors, of course, I would i
ronsider necessary accessories, namely,
torpedo-gunboats?swift despatch-boats
to say that we must net overlook the
(cation.
Dvvight Hillia.
i. There is a culture that comes \*th- |
s gain wisdom through the universw, j
their work. For wisdom can be fouA ,
d and factory, in kitchen and in office, j
others, but gained by one's self. One
lingering over the picture of a rock.
e mason, masters geology by lingering j
light. One boy studies botany by ponRobert
Burns mastered the sweet
plucked the daisies. One boy studies
the sky, but the boy named Ferguson.
with one large top for the sun ana i
? planets, make a chart of the cosmic J
tops to correspond with the fipht of
knowledge is of most worth? asked
t which is self-gained. What culture
ime? That which grows in the garden
jin and dew. God is not the God of a
iterested love He has flung wide the
niversity of Hard Work. The Temple
ay and by night. But the Angel that
no idler, think to enter here.":?
Knows It All.
Atlantic.
it type of man which is never content
r a general concensus of opinion is so
ek out the unknown, and place It on
)thers as the Sphinx o'ertops a plaster
ome sunny afternoon, feeling that you
oung in your own enthusiasms, and in
th cobwebs, and make you feel that
ion make some chance reference to
have lately had from seeing "Twelfth
ery well for the ordinary mind; indeed,
iltivated people find much to admire in
vord in drama I go to the unpublished
lramas that will not act and were not
highest form of dramatic art, I want
lat Shakespeare is pretty soppy mental j
re never heard of Stepnovitch. But I
lion had already been shared by other?
>porttiiiity.
rait for opportunities until it becomes |
nation for hard work ooze out in the
mes invisible to those who are doing '
tere else for it It is the great worker,
hanccs, that sees them,
so opportunity-blind that they cannot
ey would pass through a gold mine !
hile others will find opportunities in
laces. Bunyan found opportunity in i
ry in the world on the untwisted paper
f milk. A Theodore Parker or a Lucy
ege in a chance to pick berries. One '
a chance to chop wood, wait on table, j
hance at all. One sees an opportunity ;
is of time, evenings and half-holidays, !
I
There Is often a rich kernel of
right in a little thing. A principle
of justice is no bigger when it applies
to rich people's money than when it
concerns a poor boy s pennies. Injustice
might have driven the boy out
of honest business. It might have
impressed Indelibly upon him a resentment
against the law and a contempt
for it. That is one way bad
citizens are made.
The Winter Palace's History.
The Winter Palace ot the Czar is a
fitting center from which to carry on
the fell work of repression alotted to '
Trepoff. Almost every stone of the
walls and every square yard of the
plaster lining cost a life. Nicholas
had given the order that the palace
must be rebuilt in a year, and what
was human life against the despot's
will? Six thousand men were kept
at work day and night, with the palace
heated at 30 Reamur to dry the
walls rapidly, while the temperature
outside was often 30 degrees below
zero Reamur. The men could only
-work with ice packs on their heads,
and experiencing a daily change of
60 degrees, they died by the scbre
every day. By the end of the year
the death roll was some thousands,
but the palace was finished. To un- i
derstand the full meaning of this
achievement, it should be remembered
that the Winter Palace is as large
as Buckingham Palace, Kensington
Palace and the National Gallery.?
Faith is both a revolution and evolution.
Canada's Advance in Farming,
A few years ago such a thing as ?
thrashing machine was unknown ir
Canada, and even a farming mill wa: '
considered a luxury. Those were th<
days of flails, reaping hooks, home ;
made pitchforks, three-cornered har |
rows and plows with wooden mold j
boards. Thrashing machines hav?
now been brought to great perfection
and many of the most modern of then
I are ip use. ,
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BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
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Admiral Togo Seemingly Getting Into
Close Quarters
VLADIVOSTOK FLEET IS READY
Three of the Four Powerful Armored
' J
Cruisers Are Seaworthy Again and J ^
Prepared to Act in the Japanese Ad- i
miral's Rear While He is Facing
Rojestvensky. a
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St. Petersburg. Special.?There Is i:
reason to believe that Vice Admiral 3
Rojestvensky's entrance into the China e
Sea has been followed by orders for v
the cruisers Gromoboi. Rossia and Bo- ?
gatir. which has been ready for some *
time at Vladivostock to put to sea. ^
f
Whether it is the intention to send
them south immediately or to hold j
them in the vicinity of Vladivostock is i
not known. Their appearance outside >
the roadstead of Vladivostock would 3
constitute a potential threat against 3
Admiral Togo's rear, which will com- J
pel the retention in, or dispatch a num- ''
ber of heavy fighting ships to Japanese 3
waters. Thus Admiral Togo seems to f
be virtually placed between two fires.] '
The peace influences in the govern- 3
ment urge this favorable strategic po- v
sition presents the psychological mo- ment
for offering officially the olive '*
branch to Japan, reasoning that no \
m?tter how confident the Japanese '
government may be of Admiral Togo's !l
victory, it will not overlook the possi- 5
bility of defeat or fail to appreciate the 3
complete disaster which would follow ^
the transfer of the mastery of the sea t
to Russia. With so much depending up- on
the issue, they argue, both countries 3
have mutual interest in avoiding an ac- 1
tual test, and it is not impossible, 3
therefore, that a new movement in the 1
direction of peace may come just as the ^
world expects to hear the call to quar- f1
ters for the greatest naval battle of ii
modern times. Certainly the spirits of i
the war party have been greatly raised p
by Rojestvenskv's success in penetratlug
to the China Sea; and the prospect "n
of a naval battle, even with the odds b
against Russian victory, which would ' >
change the entire complexion of the o
situation, has aroused something like ?
a flash of enthusiasm in many Russian
breasts. i
Some naval officers express the opin- f
ion that Rojestvensky having now safe- r
ly navigated the straits, instead of ?
sailing north to meet the Japanese, can )
afford to calmly await Vice Admiral a
Ncbogatoff. with his division of squad- p
ron. which could arrive therein about C
three weeks. " a
The Russian Admiratty on Sunday ii
received a long dispatfti form Singa- f
pore, but no intimation as to its con- f<
tents has been given to the newspa- 3
pers. The papers Sunday morning p
printed Singapore dispatches without j |b
comment. The Sviat being the only i
exception. This paper views the news a
from Rojestvensky as an auspicious a
prelude to a decisive battle, "which
may show that over Rojestvensky still
shines the happy star which helped
him. when a lieutenant, to save the
fragile Vesta in an unequal conflict I
with a Turkish battleship." The Sviat '
expresses the hope that Rojestvensky *
is destined to turn the tables, and that J
even in case of defeat, some of his r
vessels will be able to break through >
and reach the Sea of Japan. 1
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Eight Miners Killed.
Roanoke, Va.. Special.-7A special
K lUc/\n 10 DiAAiintv In
1i v-fiii niuouaia, i inaoni tuuuij, t a., u; j
The Times, says: "While tamping p
powder in a blast Saturday after- w
noon at the Ardway limestone quarry, fi
in this county, about four miles west )
of Allisonia, the blast was accidently s
discharged. This caused the explosion li
of two other blasts that had been set
near by and a fearful accident happened.
\
Eight men were instantly killed and
two others wounded. The names of
the victims are: Killed?John Fort- ?
ner. colored laborer; Walter Miller, ^
colored laborer; John Harris, colored 1
laborer; Tobe Sutton, colored laborer: ?
A. Vaugh. colored laborer; A. 0. Wal- k
ton, white laborer. The injured?Tom n
Sampson colored laborer; William Dai- s
ton. white foreman, who was in charge l:
of the gang of workmen.
Telegraphic Briefs.
The operators in the Central Pennsylvania
bituminous coalfield have r(
signed the wage scale submitted by the
miners under protest.
Nicholi Zavoisky. the adopted son of P
Maxim Gorkey, the Russian novelist
and reformer, is in America and will ^
make a tour, preaching socialism. ^
De Witt Smith, president of the a
Chesapeake Western Company, was l
charged in New York with grand lar- a
ceny.
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was grant- C
ed a stay of execution by the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals at p
Cincinnati, the decision being announced
by Presiding Justice Lurton.
J. G. Phelps Stokes, a millionaire
ami son of Anson Phelps Stokes, a "V
millionaire, will marry Miss Rose H. b
Pastor, formerly a staff correspondent si
of the Jewish Daily News. F
The Congregational ministers, in ^
their protest against acceptance of the '
Rockefeller gift of $100,000 for mi3- *
sions, are severe on the Standard Oil
magnate. w
District Attorney Jerome has receiv- e
? -S A1 1 Aft APO V* Q t f\<
ea 1116 i>iUI rauci ouu iciicto luai. V
were taken from J. Morgan Smith and ti
wife.
It is now said that Vice-President
James Hazen Hyde, of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, will turn the
tables on President James W. Alexan- E
der and try to oust him. Messrs. Hyde E
and Alexander gave out letters attack- {y
ing each other. tj
Thirty-seven bodies have been taken w
out of the Leiter mine at Ziegler, 111. u
President Roosevelt was cordially a
welcomed to Louisville, Ky.. where he
addressed a large assemblage, and then
proceeded on his trip to the South- b
west. ^ ^
Judge E^-ard F. Dunne, the Demo- o
cratic candidate, was elected Mayor of
Chicag^^er John M. Harlan, Republican,
m- about 25.000 plurality on the F
nlatfoila of immediate municipalization n
of stree^^^vays. ?
Harry K. Thaw and Miss Evelyn c
Florence Nesbit, about whom soeietj h
gossiped a year ago, were married in n
Pittsburg, the bridegroom's mothei v
being a witness. P
n
Many estates of Russian noblemer a
are advertised for sale, the owners be tl
ing unable to pay the interest on th?J b
mortgages.
i
louses Demolished and Unroofed,
Trees Uprooted and Stock Killed
Many Persons Injured, Though No
Fatalities Are Reported?Path of the
Storm Three Miles Long?Woman
and Child Carried to the Roof of a
Neighboring House.
Mooresville. Special.?A terrific rain
,nd wind storm passed over this secion
of the county about 3 o'clock Wediesday
afternoon, and assumed the feocity
of a cyclone. Many homes are
otally destroyed, while many others
.re left without covering, and otherwise
damaged. The clouds came from
he south and west,-and as they came
n contact a few miles below town havic
began. The path of the storm covred
a scope of about 300 yards in
width, and it left destruction in its
wake. The report comes that on E.
Deaton's farm at the Reid place,
i barn that had been finished yesterlay
was blown awav. The current
was heading toward town, and the
:ext place it struck was the home of
,Ir. Lee Kistler, the roof of the dwellng
being biown off, and the chimney
;oing down through the house. No
ne was seriously hurt, and the family
iccupied one room at the time. Mr.
ames White and Mr. Rod Kistler
were slightly hurt. The barn and outlouses
were totally demolished. Next
was the home of Mr. Sherrill, which
was lifted from the pillars and carried
cme distance. Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill
wer^in the house, and it is rumored
ha^lrs. Sherrill's jaw bone was bro^f
The roof of the house of Mr.
|od Phillips was carried away. The
mall houses of Mrs. Walls, near the
ower mill, was blown down. The
torm then struck Frank Beatty's
louse, on Cloaninger's Heights. This
louse was wrecked. It was occupied
ly three persons, a mother and two
hildren. One girl crawled beneath a
ed and escaped unhurt, while the
cother and another child were found
>n top of the roof some distance from
he spot where the house had been.
?'ext was a cabin occupied by John
Cnox, where the roof and everything
r. the house was blown away, includag
a small child about 4 years old.
;ho was found three hundred yards
rom the house unhurt. All the cabins
n this section were unroofed and
ilown down. The next and most serius
loss of property was at the home
f Mr. J. H. Cloaninger. His big twotory
house was unroofed and everything
in the upstairs of the building
roken to pieces. The ell was torn
rom the big house, and all his dining
com and kitchen furniture was broen.
A crib, barn, blacksmith shop,
uggy shed, smoke-house and grainery
nd one tenement house were comletely
demolished. The barn of Mrs.
Irawfcrd Johnston was bloft'n off the
illars. The home of Mr. Mack Brown
3 a total wreck, having been blown
rom the pillars and moved about six
set from the original site. This is a
ix-room house and tw?.s in the old
icnic grounds east* of town. The
arn of Mr. Julius Kennerlv was blown
own and a horse was killed. Trees
ere uprooted and carried a great way
nd pieces of timber were carried off.
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Derives $1,000,000 From Convicts
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?The oranization
of the bi-ennial session cf
le Florida Legislature at Tallahassee
as completed at noon by the ratiflcaion
cf the caucus nominees: Park
'rammel, of Polk county, as President
f the Senate, and Albert Gilchrist,
s Speaker of the House. Governor
:roward's message treated largely of
outine matters, but also reeommendd
the passage of a uniform text-book
iw. it also discussed the question
f the leasing of convicts. Under the
resent term of the lease the State
ill derive about one million dollars
om this source during the four years
f the life of the contract. The sesicn
of the Legislature, by law, is
niited tn sixtv davs.
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Killed Wife and Parents.
Batesville, Ark., Special?John Dow,
negro, went to Suiphur Rock to see
is wife, who was at her father's
ome, and because she refused to reurn
with him, he drew a pistol and
hot her dead. Then he shot and
illed his wife's mother and another
egress. His father-in-law secured a
hot gun and shot Dow, but not faally,
the latter being able to return
lie Arc. killing his father-in-law.
Losses Number 107,000.
Harbin, By Cable.?Complete returns
eceived at headquarters give the total
lussian losses in killed, wounded and
risoners at the battle of Mukden as
07,000. The wounded are being takn
away from here over the Siberian
lailroad as rapidly as possible, in orer
to free the hospitals preparatory to
renewal of the fighting. By General
inevitch's order, the bands play daily
t all the Russian positions.
ONDL'CTOR WEAVER ARRESTED.
laced Under $500 Bond on Charge of
Kicking a Negro from His Train,
With Serious Results.
Durham, Special.?Conductor Bob
leaver, of the Southern road, was
rought here by Police Officer Patteron,
cf the Greensboro police force.
ie was arresiea iu mat iu?u uu truest
of the Durham officers. Immediately
after reaching here. Weaver
ave bond In the sum of $500 for his
ppearance before the mayor. The
harge against him is that of assault
dth intent to kill. Weaver is chargd
with kicking a negro by the name
f Samuel Bridges from the top of his
rain while in motion.
A Thieving Baggage Master.
Jacksonville, Fla., Special.?Gus
Imanuel, baggagemaster of the Florida
ast Shore Railroad, who was arrested
ivo days ago, charged with robbing
i< baggage of north-bound trains.
" ^d examination, and was released
uuer $2,000 bond. More than a thousnd
dollars' worth of jewelry has been
jcovered, and it is said that the ef?cts
will amount to fully $50,000. It is
elieved that Emanuel has been worklg
with an organized gang of thieves,
nd several detectives have been put
n tb? case.
No Indictments.
Richmond, Va.. Special?Col. Henry
futchings, of the First Texas Regilent,
and five of his officers, appeard
before the Federal grand jury here
Wednesday to testify in the matter of
harges that there had been irreguirities
in the pay-roll of the regiment
amed during the Manassas maneoures.
Twc grand juries have now
assed on the matter without indictient
of any one. The first jury wa3
t Alexandria, and the second here,
ie Richmond body finding no true
Ills.
! BE jmi PARADE^
! The Czl of All the Russians Takes
\ No Risks
.
! THE IMPERIAL FAMILY LAY LOW
; For the First Time the Autocrat ol
All the Russians Did Not Venture
to Attend the Annual Parade of Hit
a.... r> ? t * ..j rt.i., 4Ua Vnimfi
wwri nvyiniciu, ?anu viuic vuny
er Grand Dukes Emerged From
Their Palaces.
St. Petersburg. By Cable?The annual
j parade of the Horse Guards, always
! heretofore one of the most spectacular
! military ceremonies, as well as social
j functions, of the year, was chiefly notable
Friday by the absence of Emperor
Nicholas and the imperial family. The
Horse Guards is the Emperor's own
regiment, and never before has he fail|
ed to attend its annual parade. With
: the Empress, Dowager Empress and the
j entire court, the Emperor remained at
' Tsarskoe-Selo.
The only Grand Dukes who ventured
out of their palaces were Nicholas,
Boris and Alexander Michaelovitch. the
first named representing the Emperor.
Even Grand Duke Vladimir, commander
of the military district, was not
present, the explanation being that he
was detained at the palace on account
of sickness. The danger to the imperial
family was regarded as especially great,
at it happened that this was the festival
of the Immaculate Conception, one
of the strictest religous holidays. All
business was suspended. The entire
population was in the streets and the
fear of an untoward incident, in view
of the activity of the terrorists, in:
duced extraordinary precautions. The
police made a number of arrests, but
j both military displays, happily, passed
I off without disturbances.
Invate Cemeteries.
St. Petersburg, By Cable?The efforts
of the police to smother the political
agitation have led them even to invade
the cemeteries in their search for evidence
of treason. It has become the
| practice of students to place on the
I graves of comrades who were active or
who suffered in the cause of freedom
wreaths bound with ribbons, on which
political sentiments are inscribed.
The other day a harmless inscription
in Greek, simply expressive of sympathy,
was seized, and on Wednesday
a red ribbon attached to a wreath, although
upon the grave of a well-known
official, being interpreted by the police
as a revolutionary emblem, was not
only cut off but created so much alarm
that a general order was sent out to
all vendors of mortuary wreaths, prohibiting
the sale of red ribbons.
Red Flags at Funeral.
St. Petersburg, By Cable?The workmen
of the village of Smolensk made a
demonstration Friday, the occasion being
the burial of an employe of the
Pahl factory, who was killed by policemen
a few days ago. Six thousand
persons assembled early in the morning
in a heavy snowstorm and awaited
the funeral procession. There were j
red flags everywhere, and a wreath dp- 1
posited by Socialists on the coffin was |
inscribed: "Died an innocent victim
in the struggle for victory."
The wreath was seized by the police
and military, which later arrived on
the scene.
Had 6.000 Chinese Bandits.
St Petersburg, By Cable.?Chief of
Staff Karkevitch, in a dispatch to the
general staff, says:
nil. ehanrioVinrvtArc fftrAP.fi
IC31CIUUJ UUI OUUH/umuww.W
the Japanese cavalry to retire from
Erdahezc and Tsulushu.
"One of our detachments, on arriving
in the morning of April 4 at the
Santslung, engaged the enemy, who
had 6,000 Chinese bandits with them.
I have not received a report of the result
of the battle."
Russians Resume Retreat.
Tokio, By Cable.?The main force of
the Russians, which was recently defeated
in the neighborhood of Chinchiacheng,
has deviated towards Shumiencheng,
and a part of it has retired
along the Fenghua road. On the evening
of April 5 no Russians were to be
seen south of Hslnlitun, eight miles I
north of Chincbiatun. A small force j
of Russians is occupying Talisvo, 26
miles east of Weiyuanpoamen.
Obstacle to Peace.
St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The Japanese
insistence upon indemnity, rather
than indisposition to include peace
at this time, later information indicates,
wrecked the recent attemp to
bring the warring powers into negotiations.
Another effort on different
lines to bring Russia and Japan together
is believed to be under way, the
movers now being French and English
financial interests.
490 Entombed by Earthquake.
Lahore, India,' By Cable.?Four hundred
and seventy men, of Gurkha Regiments,
were buried alive as a result
of the earthquake at the hill station
of Dharrmsala, according to the latest
information from that place. The report
adds that it .is impossible to res???
the ontnmhed men.
The Kangra valley is believed to
have been devastated, and it is reported
that the town of Kangra was
reduced to ruins with great loss of
life. No confirmation of the report is
obtainable, as the telegraph station at
Kangra is wrecked.
Turpentine Operators.
Pensacola, Fla., Special.?Turpentine
operators held a meeting Thursday, but
the public was excluded, and no definite
information regarding their ac,
tions were made public. About the
only thing accomplished, it is stated,
was to complete the capital stock for
a million dollars for the Export Naval
Stores company. About 200 operators
were in attendance.
Most Expensive Private Car.
Chicago, Special.?The most expensive
and luxurious private car ever
constructed is now building at the
Chicago works of the Pullman Company,
for W. K. Vanderbilt. The new
car, when finished, will cost Mr. Van
derbilt $50,000. Now that it is proposed
tp merge the Vanderbilt lines
under one management it is said to be;
the intent-ion of W. K. Vanderbilt to devote
more time in traveling over the
various lines of the property he controls
and it is lor this purpose that
the new palace on wheels is building.
CHANGE IN CANAL COMMISSIIN
The Other Four Were Named to Comply
With the Law Requiring Appointment
of 8even and Will Draw
Much Lower Salaries Than the Others.
Washington, Special.?The President
has carried out his plans for the reorganization
of the Isthmian canal
i commission, as to the personnel and
business methods, generally on the line
! of the legislation he ^ suggested tc
, Congress at the last session which fail'
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closing hours. Monday, within hall
an hour after the President's departure
from Washington, Secreatry Taft, directly
in charge of canal matters, made
public the personnel of the new commission
and the division of duties
among them. Only one member of the
' old commission was reappointed, Ben|
jamin M. Harrod. Otherwise the commission
is new from top to bottom, for
there is a top and bottom and con1
siderable difference between the func;
tions and pay of the commissioners.
Finding he was obliged legally to ap[
point seven commissioners, the President
did so, but he carried out his
own plan by making three of them
j practically the commission. The other
four, though bearing the title of com|
missioners, not only receive much lowI
er compensation, but are assigned to
J much smaller fields of activity. The
i President has also carried out his
i scheme of dividing up ithe work of
canal building among the commissioners,
so that, nominally acting as a body
on stated occasions, each individual
member would operate in a special
field. The head of the commsslon is a
trained railway president, chosen for
his administrative ability in the flnan|
cial and purchasing field; the new governor
of thefcone. is a lawyer wWo also
j has had to do with state affairs; the
engineer commissioner already Is
known for his ability in the execution
of the practical work of canal cutting.
The other members of the commission
are placed to comply with the law as
to the number of commissioners, but
are men of high ability as hydraulic
engineers. Secretary Taft told tb?in
today that they were expected to show
results and that is said to be the keynote
ol' the President's action.
The personnel of the new commission
is as follows: Theodore P. Shonts,
chairman; Charles E. Magoon, governor
of the canal zone; Rear Admiral M.
T. Endicott. U. S. N.; Brigadier GenI
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erai reier \j. riians, u. o. a., igwcu,
Colonel Oswald M. Ernst, corps of engineers,
U. S. A.; Benjamin M. Harrod.
Mob Threatens Saloon.
Springfield, 0? Special,?A mob very
similar to one a year ago, which lynched
the negro Dixon and burned several
dives, is congregating with avowed purpose
of burning a resort run by Joseph
Kempler. Nearly a dozen arerets of suspiciously
acting persons have been
made by detectives. The square in
which Kempler's place is located is being-patrolled
by police.
At 11 o'clock Monday night the front
and rear of the saloon/ are closely
guarded by police, as are the entrances
to Columbia street at Forest and Water
streets. Every str.?et corner in the vicinity
is filled by a motly crowd, awaiting
the appearance of a mob to burn
the saloon. In all, nearly a dozen arrests
have been made for "safe keeping.'
'and at 11 o'clock, the police are
confident they have complete control
of the situation.
The report that two large crowds
from the West End are now congregating
in up-town saloons with the avowed
purpose of setting fire to the saloon
serves to keep the crowds as near the
place as the police will permit. The
movement at this time is admitted to
be almost identical with that of a year
ago, although the police are betetr prepared
to prevent a disturbance than
they were then.
Mrs. Hill Reaches Washington.
Washington, Special?The special car
bearing James J. Hill, president of the
Great Northern, and Mrs. Hill, who is
ill, reached here Monday afternon from
Jekyll's Island, Ga., attached to the
regular Florida and New York limited,
on the Seaboard Air Line. A special
train was made up at once, and the
car started to Its destination. Lakewood,
N. J., over the Pennsylvania
road. Mr. Hill stated that Mrs. Hill had
Lorn the trip well and was somewhat
improved.
An Assassination at Fort Smith, Ark.
Fort Smith. Ark., Special.?The dead
body of Samuel Spencer, a prominent
contractor of this city, has been found
between two buildings on Tomson avenue,
with a bullet hole through the
body. The trouser pockets were turned
Inside out and a 38-calibre pistol
was found lying about a foot from
his left hand. His watch and 65 cents
in money in a hip pocket were undisturbed.
There is no clue to the assassin.
i
Girl Dies From Morphine.
Norfolk, Va., Special.?Edith Turner,
22 years old, who came here from Savannah,
Ga., and had been living under
the name of Edith Anderson, died
suddenly from the effects of morphine.
The girl had recently received a telegram
announcing Ahe death of a sister
in Savannah, and swallowed a morphine
powder. She was found unconscious
In her room but physicians revived
her until she could talk. Her
recovery seemed certain but as a precaution,
the girl was taken to St. Vincent's
Hospital. While the doctors
were working with her with seemingly;
good results, she died. The body is
being held, pending instructions from
her people in Savannah.
Revolutionists Raided.
Warsaw, ope^iaj.?a struug iwuj w
police, aided by two companies of infantry,
Monday night made a thorough
search of Wola, a suburb of this city,
chiefly inhabited by criminals, revolutionaries
and suspected persons. The
police seized quantities of revolutionary
pamphlets and manifestos and revolvers
and cartridges, and arrested
63 persons. The search occupied the
whole of the night
Shippers Want Relief.
Washington, Special.?Several Important
hearings will be held by the
inter-State commerce commission in
the near future. One of the cases is
that of George M. Spiegle & Company
vs. the Chesapeake & Ohio and the
Pennsylvania railroads, alleging a
higher rate on oak lumber from Alton
and Gordonsville, Va., to Philadelphia
than from Staunton to Basic City, Va.,
which will be heard April 20 in Washington.
Reaches Louisville and Make^^H
Speech to Larfe CTow<Tl|^H
A GREAT OVATION IS GIVEN S|
The Stop Was Only For Two Hour**
But Not a Moment Waa Lost?Air
Charged With Eenthusiasm as the
Procession Traversed the City, and
Around the Speaker's Stand, Where
the Crowd Extended Two Block^
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Louisville, Ky., Special.?In th&f
' shadow of a magnificent bronze^Jatoo/
| of Thomas Jefferson, just in front oO|
. the architecturally imposing court
house of Jefferson county, President j
Roosevelt, in something less than flf[
teen minutes, delivered a notable address
to a crowd which extended for
two blocks on the east and west side
' of the speaker's stand, which jammed
. into intersecting avenues and overran
the broad lawns w-.ch skirt the
! square. Not more than one-fifth of
, those who saw the President could
hear what he said, but they cheered
| him heartily, nevertheless, interrupl
tions of applause occuring almost mo,
mentarily. The President's welcome
> to Kentucky was typical of the Stat?
' and his reference in his speech to %
, "united country,"his greeting of the
Confederate veterans as "my comrades,"
and his allusion to the wearer
of the gray who bore aloft at the head
! of the procession of escort.the "flag
yf one united country." greatly pleas,
ed those who could hear him. The
, President was in Louisville but two
, hours, but not a moment was lost. His
reception in the residence portion of
the city was cordial; as he passed
through the business section, it was
thoroughly demonstrative of goo<TlHllj^_
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short drive over the businc-w section,
it was an assured ovation. The weather
was cool and threatening when
! the President arrived, bat before the
iown town district had been reached,
the sun broke through the clouds and
ihone gloriously. Everywhere the
crowds were enormous, but orderly;
md barring a little confusion in front
.jf the speakers' stand, the police arrangements
were excellent
The President was welcomed to
Louisville by Acting Mayor Paul C.
Barth, in the absence of Mayor Grainier,
who is ill, and by Hon. Logan CX
Murray, chairman of the general committee.
The president responded briefly,
and was then escorted to his carriage,
a few Steps away, where he was
jeated with Secretary Loeb, Governor
Beckham and Mr. Murray, preceded v.?
by a detail of mounted police and Vy
i mounted civilian escort, bearing the
President's colors, the President's carriage
moved forward, the procession
being under way in a few moments,
with Gen. John B. Castleman acting as
grand marshal.
The President was Introduced by .
Governor Beckham in a few weUM
hosen words, in response to which h^g
?aid: B
"Governor Beckham and you, my
'ellow-Americans (Applaase): * *
"Surely any man would, Indeed, be
gratified to find in this way such an
tudlence, and be introduced as yon
lave introduced me. Governor Beck1am.
(Applause.)
"As the Governor has so well said,
ipon all the important questions, the
luestions that infinitely transcend mere
partisan differences, we are fundamentally
one. (Applause.)
"For in the question of foreign ana
internal politics, the points upon whieh
:here can be no proper division on_
party lines, infinitely exceed in numper
those upon wh'rb there can be
i luch division, and, Governor Beckham,
j 1 shall do all that in me lies to justify
:he hope to which you have givei^g.
pression, and to try to
he President of all the peopletlHw
United States. (Prolonged applause.): '
"And naturally, I feel particularly
gratified at seeing, here, joined in thia
procession, the men who wore the blue
ind the men who wore the gray. (Ap-'
plause.)
"In the dark days?now, keep Just as v
quiet as you can; you won't be able todo
anything any more than to see me.
anyhow, (laughter and applause)?'in
the dark days each of you fought for
the right as it was givetrfiim to see the
right (A voice, 'That's right.') and
each of you has left us the right to feel
pride not only in your valor, but in
your devotion to what you consclentiously
believed your duty. (Great applause.)
"And now we are all one (Cheers and
long-continued applause) and as a
united people, we have the right to
feel the same pride in the valor of the
man? who conscientiously risked his
life In the Confederate uniform, that
we have in the men who fought In_the
K'ne. And as I passed by your ranKL-""
oh, my friends in the gray, and saluted
the flag of our common country held up
hv n man in a erav uniform. I felt that
we were one, and that we have been
able to show mankind that the greatest
war of the century can be followed by
the most perfect union that Oiy nation t
knows. (Applause.)
"And in coming to this great *and
beautiful city of yours, I wish to con-"
gratulate you upon the historic spirit
\ that is found here." Pointing to the ,
statute of Thomas Jefferson that stands J
in front of the court hou^e, the P|esi- j
dent continued: "I am glad, as I lay,
of the spirit that makes you wish to
dedicate statues like this of Jefferson
' and like (he great statue of Clay inside
of this court house. It is a fine thing to
keep to a sense of historic continuity
with the past and there Is one statute that
I wish the members in the national
Congress from Kentucky to see
is put up by the national government,
and that is a national statute of Andrew
Jackson, and the victors of the
battle of New Orleans. The fight at New
Orleans was one in which the wlple
nation has a care, as far as the gvry
and the profit went, and the wholeJiation,
and not any one State, should-Join
in putting that statute up. J|^
"Vnw T am mine to 83V KOOd-l^H
because there is a little movem/^^H
there, and it will be better for the
men and small people if I let you
away. Good-bye."
Editor
Cleveland, 0., Special.?
former editor of the Catholic
official organ of the Cathol.^^^^^^^
for this diocese, died aged^^^^^^H
Tello was widely known
writer. During the civil
became a in
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Gilmore. Later, he was^H^^H^H
the staff of Jefferson
one occasion he
ion troops and confined
prison, from which he