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2 Wf ^Russian Battleship Knaiz ? ff SCENE IN HARBOR OF ROL'MAMA P< W tii Mutinous Crew Opened the Vessel's nr Seacoo'^s Before Lcavina. and Shia it I Went to the Ocean's Bottom. P1 l * (it iWie Russian battleship Kniaz Totem- ^ &W klne, whi h has been in the hands of a 1 n. "* mutinous crew, that terrorized the peo-' ! T pie of Odessa bv demonstrations in that " / ! si harbor, and successfully standing off ; ^ the whole Russian fleet was reported , as being given up. This report was un- ti founded, however, as is indicated by a' *_ EM the following dispatches: p Turned on Seacocks. Kustenji. Rcumania. By Cable.?The ' announcement that the battleship Kniaz Pottmkine sailed with Rear Ad- j.. miral lCrn<?pr*s snuadmn turns out to - I VI be Incorrect. 1 r, Before leaving the Kniaz Potcmkine j. the mutineers opened the seacocks and flooded her hold. She is now lying at ^ the bottom, but it is expected will be a{ refloated in time to leave for Sevastopol soon. t?1 TORPEDO BOAT CREW TAKEN. R Sevastopol. By Cabye.?The Russian se torpedo beat No. 27, which declined to re surrender to the Roumanian Govern- ui ment with the Kniaz Potemkine.' de- fo ciaring that she had not mutinied, but le had been forced to follow the muti- N v nous battleship, has arrived here. The members of her crew were arrested j fe and placed cn board the transport se Prout. j pi Tuesday was observed on board the ur fleet as a day of mourning for the offl- j w cers and sailors slain during the mu- sc tiny on board the Kniaz Potemkine. R There will be requiems on all the tc ? ships. i d< May Embarrass Roumania. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Rear-Admiral Pisareffski reports to the Admiralty that the engine room of the Kniaz Potemkine is full of water and ei t ~ ~ ?^ ^ tvtu^inonro nrn _ Sf 41 ifc pi rsu^iicu llicvv IUC LlUllUVV 1 O vutt. <3d on the seacocks before leaving her. ! K Negotiations between Russia and j 8; Roumania on the question of the sur- ' no render of the Kniaz Potemkine are in ! progress. 5 Foreign Minister Lamsdorff and M. u] Rosseti-Solesco, the Roumanian Min- Jj ister at St. Petersburg, held a confer- P( 13 ence on the subject, but no decision was reached. Russia is disposed to insist on the surrender of the men. not as political prisoners, to which Roumania tt would object, but as criminals guilty Ir of murder and theft. There were sev- T* etal hundred thousand rubles on board s.c I the batleship, which the ciew divided 1 eI when they left the ship. The Rouma- si nian Government is somewhat embar- : d< rassed by the fact that it promised the j mutineers if they surrendered that they c. would be treated as deserters. j, ( St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Although tl 10 days have elapsed since Russia in- cl ^ ^"Nformed President Roosevelt of her wil- j Ungness to conclude an armistice pend- j ing the result of the Washington conference, Japan, so far as known to the ) Russian Government, has not replied to tj the President's communication. n When the question of an armistice 8i was first broached by the President, it ^ is understood that Japan indicated that the would decline to agree to a sus- tl pension of hostilities until the pleni- ci News of the Day. Before leaving the Russian battleship Uino Vtt mntinoerB nnpnert tl XiUlU ruiCUiAiu^ vuw UIUVIMW.W the seacocks and sunk her. The Russo-Japanese peace plenipo- pi tentiaries will meet at the Portsmouth oi (N. H.) Navy Yard. u In the British House of Lords Lord t( Roberts suited the British armed forces are absolutely unfitted and un- e< prepared for war. ii The Franco-German agreement as to Morocco is regarded in Berlin as a German diplomatic victory over both Great Britain and France. t( A receiver was appointed for the n People's United States Bank, of St. Louis, against which a fraud order had - been issued by the postal authorities at Washington. p Robert C. Hill, chief of the Bureau of a Building Inspection, Philadelphia, was requested to resign. ci The International Convention ?of the " Epworth League adopted resolutions % protesting against the seating of Reed Smoot, the Morman elected to the tl United States Senate. E The formal hearing of charges against Judge Hooker began at a joint session of the New York Legislature. When John Moore, an apparently crazy negro, terrorized the passengers j, on a steamer at Cape Charles Policeroan Thomas shot him. Lightning exploded a shotgun within c six inches of Mrs. J. T. Lambert, of j] Norfolk county. The proposed joint debate between ti Martin and Montague at Manchester a could not ba arranged. t / Capt. George Whay, of Hampton, was i l badly burned by the explosion of a 1 krf lamp. Lieut. L. W. T. Waller at Norfolk defended his execution of natives of j Samar. More evidence of how the Equitable Life Assurance Society was milked by J those in authority was furnished by ' the testimony taken before Superin- 1 tendent Hendricks, and Chairman Morton announced that Second Vice-Presi- ! dent Gage E. Tarbell would be re- ] tained, . .. aw; f 1 n Potemkine Scuttled | iei Crew i i >tentiaries met. Russia agreed in prinp!e to this as the basis lor ncgotia- i on. Since then the Russian Governent feels it has given ample proof of ' 3 desire to conclude peace and it is < '< jssible it may go a step farther. But '< ie impression here is tliut now that ie Japanese have made a descent on 1 :e Island of Sakhalin they are deterincd to get the island firmly in their ? asp before the negotiations begin, his is an easy task, as the small Rus- : an force on the island is in no posi on to contest its occupation. In addition to marines and infantry ; le Japanese landed artillery and carry. The latter is moving rapidly irth. The presumption here is that the ussian troops will clear out without 1 ?hting, crossing to Alexandrovsk on ] ie mainland. < The Xovosti says it considers Sakha- ] a a second Alaska, worth $10,000,000,- i >0. It is possible, however, that Japan i ight agree to suspend the hostilities < : Manchuria, although the latest rc>rts from the front create a strong 1 ] ispicion that FHed Marshal Oyama is i last advancing for a decisive blow. Besides the peace plenipotentiaries iere will he five delegates with the < ussian peace mission, including throe cretaries, Prince Koudacheff, ex-Sectary of the Russian Legation at Tokic ider Baron Rosen; M. Planchon, who j j ' rmerly was attached to the Chancel ry of Viceroy of the Far East, and M. ; j aboukoff, of the Foreign Office. j ] China, in the request which she pre- I , rred to Russia and Japan to be reprented at the Washington conference, actically served or. them notice that j iless that privilege is accorded her she ill refuse to be bound by the treaty | > far as it afreets Chinese territory, ussia is understood not to be averse > the Cinese proposition, but Japan : j ;clined to agree to it. , 1 Japanese Loan in New York. , New York, Special.?Of the $130,- ] >0,000 of the Imperial Japanese Gov-: t nment 4 1-2 p<r cent, bonds, second j ?ries, $50,000,000 have been taken by , j uhn, Loeb & Co., the National City | ' ank and the National Bank of Com- t erce. all of New York. These bonds i e similiar to the previous issue of . 150,000,000 and are secured both as i i principal and interest by a charge | 5 pon the annual net revenues of the 1 ipanese Government tobacco mono- i 3lv, subject only to the charge in j ,vor of the prior loan of $150,000,000. j ( To Help Negro School. Boston. Special.?At a meeting of J ie Industrial Union of America, West | '< idies and Canada, held in this city, j 1 :e council voted to put the industrial j hoo! in Southern Pines, N. C., un- ' \W? /liroof inn r*f ohnrfhoc #~?f QPl'. . i cue; Ull VC11VU V4 ctiUi VUVM Vk WV al different denominations and to as- ' 1 st the principal, Rev. James M. Hen- j crson, in raising an endowment of ; >00,000. The object of the school is to edu- ; ite orphan and indigent negro cliil- | ren of the South and to give them a j < lorough training in domestic and me- ] aanical studies. j . Derelict Blown Up. ! ' Norfolk, Va., Special.?The na"al : ' lg Hercules has blown up the wreck ; ' the schooner Clara E. Bergen, off < le Carolina coast. The Bergen was i an down by a steamer several weeks ] go, and since that time has been i rifting almost submerged in the path < f coastwise shipping. On account of i le dangerous nature of the derelict ] le Navy Department sent the Her- i ales out to destroy it. i Telegraphic Briefs. Thoro n-erc 15 dpaths dirPCtlv due to le heat In New York. Mayor Helmbold, who resisted the acing of Caleb Powers in a special cell t the Newport (Ky.) Jail, was placed nder bail to answer the charge of con>mpt of the Federal Court. General Funston's father was arrest1 because he fought when accused of lflammatory utterances. Cuban soldiers mutinied and mortalr wounded their own captain in a lot. The Scott special from Los Angeles ) Chicago badly smashed all previous ' lilroad records for that distance. The American Institute of Instructors > holding its annual session in Portmd, Maine. The International Harvester Comanv was sued by a former official for n accounting. Judge William J. Calhoun, of Chiago, has been appointed a special comlissioner by President Roosevelt to in- i estigate affairs in Venezuela. Strenuous efforts are being made by le Baltimore delegation to capture the ;iks* convention in 1907. Pointed Paragraphs. Time is of no value to a man who ails to use it. Possibly the popularity of air casties 5 due to the fact that they are not axable. Some men never realize what hyporites they are until death stares them a the face. When a girl declines to let a young r.an kiss her it is reasonably sure to aake her angry if he lets it go at hat. One way to make people like beer >etter than champagne would be tc aise its price to $5 a bottle. A girl might as well be writing leters to a man across the ocean as n an automobile with him when he s driving it. There is hardly anything worse than seasickness to a woman unless it s discontent over never having been :o Europe. A woman likes to eat things because she has heard they would be good foi tier complexion if they didn't disagree with her the way they do. +-"* *- - - ~v' r WITTE NAMED FOR ENYOY Czar Became Convinced That Negotiations Might Fail If His Appointee as Chief Plenipotentiary Went to Washington and Nov/ Consents to Replace Him by Russia's Great Constructive Statesman, Long Out of Favor. Qt Petersburg .Special.?XL Xruraveiiff has resigned l*is position as chief peace plenipotentiary. It may be regarded as practically certain that he will be replaced by XI. Witte, president of the committee of ministers, who all along has been considered the Russian statesman pre-eminently qualified to undertake the difficult task of negotiating peace with Japan. Though the Emperor on two previous occasions has flatly declined to accept XI. Witte, he has now indicated his readiness to make the appointment. The commission, however, will not be actually signed until Foreign Xlinister Lamsdorff, who throughout has been Mr. Witte's warm supporter, has had an audience with the Emperor. XI. Witte's selection will undoubtedly be hailed So a practical assurance of peace. While it would be a mistake to denominate him as a "peace-at-anvprice" man, XI. Witte earnestly believes that the struggle should be ended and should be succeeded by an understanding between Russia and Japan which would insure peace in the Far East for half a century. Indeed, he is personally believed to be In favor of a RussoJapanese alliance. XI. Xluraveiff's retirement, ostensibly Dwing to reasons of ill health, is In reality due to the fact that the Emperor became convinced of the fact that the negotiations might be jeopardized if he went to Washington. XI. Xlura- , vieff himself, upon consideration, quite frankly recognized his lack of diplomatic training and his want of acquaintance with the questions in volved. and witn equal iranKiiess expressed satisfaction that he had been relieved. T Train Stalled in Tunnel. Asheville, Special.?A special from Andrews, on the Murphy branch, says: Heavy rain, practically a cloudburst. :-aused numerous washouts, flooding :he track over two feet for a half mile lear Topton. A number of trestle supports were carried away, paralyzing .raffle. Train No. 19 stalled in a tunlel five miles east of Andrews. Ov^r i hundred were on board all night. The trestle at the east entrance of the :unnel gave way on the passing of the J ear coach, and ditching was narrowly i tvoided. The train was brought to a stop in the tunnel. Investigation ihead revealed another washout bridge I 50 feet from the west end of the tun- | lei. The train is still unable to pro- I ;eed either way. The coaches were packed with people, two in a seat. ! ;ome standing all night. Many women md children attending the Topton bar- j iccue were aboard. A majority of the passengers walked to Andrews over | he flooded tracks for breakfast. The j vires are crippled. I Growers Sue Tobacco Trust. Clarksville. Tenn., Special.?Suit ; svas entered by a committee from the j executive committee of tlic Dark Tobacco Growers' Association against ;he -American Tobacco Company and buyers, who are alleged to have boycotted the association, for $250,000 alleged damages. The suit is brought en behalf of 7,000 planters who are j members of the association, and is based on an alleged action of the de- J fendants in trying to break up and iestroy the association, in restraining competition, and also for the alleged boycotting of the association's tobacco in the. Clarksville market, in Bremen end in other foreign markets. Other Disclosures Likely. Oyster bay. Special.?It is regarded iiere as probable that other sensation.1 .invainnmoTits mav srnw oilt of the 21 UC ? O-".* leak in the cotton crop report, which Secretary Wilson, of the Department 3f Agriculture, is investigating. Nothing definite has reached the President regarding possible future disclosures. In fact, by direction of the President, Secretary Wilson is conducting the in- I quiry along his own lines with a determination to sift the matter to the bottom. Attorney General Moody will determine finally whether criminal prosecutions are to be instituted by the government against any one of the alleged conspirators. h Hubbard's Letter Endorsed. Augusta, Ga., Special.?The cottop exchange through its president, J. B. Walker, wired President Roosevelt in support of the action taken by President Hubbard, of the New York Cotton Exchange. Th^ telegram says that the Augusta exchange heartily endorses the letter of W. C. Hubbard, recently sent you, and solicits prompt co-operation in stamping out and exposing the corruption developed in the bureau of statistics." Lawson Leaves Omaha. Omahn Nph Sneeial.?Thomas W. Lawson, after a five hours' stay i^, the city, left for Missouri Valley, la., where he is to address the Chautauqua Assembly on the "System." His coming has been extensively heralded, and a large number of persons gathered at the station to see the famous antagonist of the Standard Oil Company and the Copper Trust Will Lose Eyesight. Chester, S. C., Special.?Discouraging reports come from the bedside of Mr. P. G. McCorkle, who was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital a few days ago for treatment. While his general condition is much improved, the physicians express absolutely no hope for the restoration of his eyesight. One t'e was removed shortly after the acdent, and at that time it was believed the other one could be saved, but when examined by experts, they claim he can never see again. : TOBACCO STATISTICS 11 The Government Will Withhold Them PpnHinnr ! n vpcticratinn 1 vuutiir Hi j kk'i.^unwi. 6 ft to # f n( TRUST AGENTS IN DEPARTMENTS ( c; n< ! sc Numerous Charges From Southern j Sources Lead Secretary Wilson to ! Oi Begin an Investigation in Deference w to the Sentiment That the Depart- ^ ea ment's Figures Were Wholly Incor- ^ rect?Special Agents Sent tc Ken- f0 tucky and Tennessee ? Statistics la Partly Held Up Pending the Inquiry. rti i he Washington, Special.?Througn the (ja ! receipt of numerous communications I ca i from the South and statements In the press at various times that the statis- , ey 1 tics of the Department of Agriculture jj on tobacco were being manipulated in 1 ro I the interest of the so-called tobacco m< trust. Secretary Wilson has begun an ; inquiry into the subject. Pending the j investigation, the publication of the i ^ tobacco statistics of the several (lis- . i tricts will be held up, although the of regular monthly figures by States will an be given out Monday next. j ^ It was stated at the Department?hat j to | special agents have been sent to wie j dark tobacco districts of Tennessee st( and Kentucky for the purpose of veri- jj( i fying or correcting the Department's q: figures. Thi3 action Mr. Hyde, the chief statistian, said, was in deference to the sentiment which had been en- is gendered that the Department's figures ni were wholly incorrect. Mr. Hyde has dl I been given direct charge of the investi- is gation, which, it is expected, will be an concluded within two or three weeks. re , an New Directors. New York, Special.?Twelve new dl- j, rectors were chosen, and the resigna- * tlons of two old directors and one reI cently elected were accepted by the : board of directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The directors who resigned were: General Louis Fitzgerald, former president of the ha Mercantile Trust Company; Horace C. Deming, who is now president of that bii I institution, and Frederick G. Bourne, Pr who was chosen at the last meeting of the board. The Mercantile Trust Com- .V pany is controlled by the Equitable So- ( | ciety. The full list of the newly-elected directors follows: er To fill vacancies in the term expir* ing December 31, 1903, Wallace L. vi! Pierce, of Boston; Daniel A. Tompkins^ of Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Ogf w< densburg. N. Y.; Louis Stern, of New st< York; Frank S. Witherbee, of New bu i York; James McMahon, of New York, zo For term to expire December 31, 1906; fe< Williard F. MeCook. of Philadelphia; Ju Congressman Charles E. Littlefield. of Rockland, Me. For term to expire De- p cember 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan. s*tj collector of the port of New York; ce D. Cady Herrick .of Albany. For the bu term to .expire December 31. 1908: c0 Nicholas Murray Butler, president of jjp Columbia University; Charles H. Zehn- ni, der, of Philadelphia. Gr No Grudge Against Wilson. te] New York, Special.?President Wal- th? ter C. Hubbard, of the New York' Cot- Tt W ton Exchange sent the following com- arl munication to the Associated Press: fol "Permit me to ask you very kindly id< to correct a misapprehension of the ^'c press in regard to my letter to Presi- an dent Roosevelt concerning the disclo- Gr sures in the Departemnt of Agricul- ] ture. pu | "I have never written to Secretary Ea Wilson and my letter was not the se- so< quel of any correspondence with him vi< conducted by my brother, Samuel T. Th Hubbard, when president of the New foi York Cotton Exchange. ch "My note was prompted simply by th< the recent revelations and had for its Mi purpose solely to make a clear state- an ment of the attitude of our exchange." en Will Aid Investigation. Washington, Special. ? Richard . i Cheatham, secretary of the Southern | Cotton Association, was in lengthy Mi ' rnnterenne with District Attorney acJ Beach and Mr. Moran, acting chief of W1 the secret service division, regarding SP the recent cotton investigation. Mr. ca: Cheatham proposes to remain here Ya , for some time, and will assist in the preparation of evidence upon which "e j possible criminal prosecutions will be ^al based. *, Telegraphic Briefs. ins M. Sergius Witte has been appointed SC( | chief peace plenipotentiary for Rus- " | sia. ha in | It is stated a German Swedish alii- res j ance is probable. 75In the House of Commons Premier an Balfour stated no further negotiations b0 had been had regarding President ro' Roosevelt's call for a second peace con- m< ference at The Hague. Twenty-four leaders of the Odessa riots were hanged. A violent scene occurred in the ta! French Chamber of Deputies during a ha debate on the Amnesty bill, which was tic killed. Premier Balfour stated in the House of Commons that conscription would not succeed in the British Army. Ml District Attorney Jerome, of New da York, has fomally asked for a copy of Q. Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks* ar report on the Equitable Life Assurance Society investigation. -n Edwin S. Holmes, the dismissed Gov- vii ernment statistician, is said to have lett liv I Washington. mi Statistics of manufacture in Mary- ha land were made public by the Census Bureau. Former Assistant Attorney-General Jas. B. Beck upheld modern industrialism In an address before the New York , State Bankers' Association. o? The battleship division of the North no Atlantic squadron, under Rear Admiral er Evans, had a race at sea. the Missouri jni being first and the Maine last. The Peary polar expedition is delayed by the lack of a surgeon, the one engaged having withdrawn. y foi Carroll D. Wright addressed the ho American Institute of Instructors on an "The College of the Future," predicting 8u i' radical changes. | to Ilf ' w [If KffiOf INTEREST} Cotton Mill Notes. A Record man asked a prominent cot>n manufacturer if there were many ;w cotton mills under way in North irolina at present. Ke said there were )t and probably would be put few for me years to come. The trouble with e cotton mill business is two-fold. . le trouble is the speculation in cotton, hieh keeps the price in such an unset?d condition that the manufacturer n hardly tell what his goods cost him ; id can maintain no standard of values r them, and another reason is tnat bor is getting so scarce in North irolina that the mills that are now nning are practically all short of >lp. In England there is an abounince of skilled cotton mill labor. Why nnot some effort be made to get some it to this country where there is an er increasing demand for wori-.ers? le South is the natural centre of the tton mill industry and should be ore the actual one.?Greensboro jcord. The American Cotton Company, of eensboro, has been chartered to deal municipal bonds and all other kinds securities, in seed cotton and to gin id othherwise prepare the latter: to j tild ginning and cleaning machinery; ' build cotton mills, export cotton, etc. i ! e capital stock being $230,000. The J ackholders are Solomon N. Cone. Ju- ' is W. Cone, David Dreyfus, Thomas ' abtree and Neil Ellington. < Mr. Mike Brown, of Barnwell, S. C.,! ' said to be the cross-tie king. He fur- , shes ties to many railways and han- ] es them in very large quantities. He , ready to buy ties at ail times and in ] iy part of the country, and equally ady to sell ties at all times and in | iy part of the country. 1 , A big plant to make cast iron pipe j ' being erected at Sheffield, Ala. The ! 1 st will be $500,000. j ' TEXTILE NOTES. The ginners of Texas will meet at I . >llege Station July 25. i The Abbeville, (S. C.) Cotton Mills i ,s declared a dividend of 3 per cent. | j The Palmetto Cottcn Mills of Colum- ( a, S. C., expects to Install a cloth ess and a lathe. The Eagle & Phenix Mills, Colum- ( s, Ga., has declared a semi-annual i vidend of 3 per cent. . The Amerfcan Cotton Manufacturs' Association will hold its next anial meeting in May, 1906, at Ashelie, N. C. i The Yazoo Yarn Mills, reported last ' ?ek as incorporated with capital i )ck of $80,000, is for the purpose of j ying the Yazoo Cotton Mills at Yao City, Miss. The company will ef;t permanent organization about I ly 15. The American Net & Twine Co., H. j Williamson, agent, Anniston, Ala., j ites that there is no truth in the rent reports that the company will 5 ild an addition to its plant. This ? mpany manufactures nets, seines, ,es, and twines, having mills at Anston and at East Cambridge, Mass: The plant formerly operated at eensboro, N. C., by the Van Deven- 1 Carpet Co. has recently passed to I s ownership of the Marshall Mills. c lis company was referred to last ?ek. It is manufacturing stair and 1 t squares, and is composed of the i lowing: Watson Whittleysey, pre3- c ?nt. East Orange, N. J.; Foster M. tcrhees, secretary. Elizabeth, N. J.; d Franklin P. Marshall, treasurer, t eensBoro, N. C. I Reference was made recently to the t rchase of the Eastman Cotton Mills, ( stman, Ga., by W. H. Cotter and asciates, and to their intention of pro- 1 ling improvements to the plant, i le company has awarded contract \ : new machinery to the Lowell Ma- ( ine Shops of Lowell, Mass., and to 3 Draper Company of Hopedale, 1 iss. This equipment is beginning to c rive, and will be in position by the ? d of August. t R. H. Wright of the Russell Woolen ill Co., Morristown, Tenn., will take arge of the Cumberland Gap Woolen lis at Cumberland Gap. Tenn., and , d six knitting machines. The mill 11 then operate an equipment of 480 Indies, 24 looms, two sets of 40-inch 1 rds, besides the knitting machinery. 1 irns, jeans, cassimere, flannel blank- ' i and wcolen and cotton hosiery will ' manufactured. Mr. Wright will lo- ! te in Cumberland Gap by September 1 The Highland Park Manufacturing 1 ., Charlotte, N. C., is completing the ttallation of electric power, superding steam in its plant. The wiring s been finished, the transformers are 1 position, and the six motors are i idy for installing. There will be two horse-power motors in the carding J d spinning room, also a 30 and a 40- , rse-power motor, and in the weaving J om there will be a 150-horse-power Jtor and a 75-horse-power motor. Plans are progressing for the estab- ] hment of the knitting mill referred I last week as proposed at Rcckwood, ! tnn. The company will have a capi I stock of $40,000, which is said to ve been subscribed, and an applica- 1 >n for incorporation will be filed I ? i Wifft Murderer Cantur^d. Lexington, N. C., Special.?Albert j Uler, colored, was arrested here Sun.y evening charged with the murder his wife at YorkvIIle, S. C. Th$ rest was made by Policeman Pearl ivlor. on information and warrant , am Magistrate T. B. Glenn, of Yorklie. Miller's mother and step-father e here. He is in jail here and ad- i ts shooting his wife, but did not ow she was dead. Sheriff Dorsett , s notified the Yorkville authorities at Miller is willing to be taken there. i Bulgurial V. ants Protection. Sofia, Bulgaria, By OrAle.?The Bulrian government has slkt a circular te to the representativeswf the pow3 In which the powei^ffe asked to tervene for the proteiffon of the Bulrian population in the vilayet of ' irianople, European Turkey, against stematic Turkish persecution, which 1 rces the Bulgarians to abandon tueir mes, to seek refuge in the forests ' id to become active rebels. The note gg'ests that the valayet be subjected European control. w SECRESARY WILSON REMAINS FIRM [ I Secretary Wilson Declares Thai Un- j less There Are New Developments Regarding the Cotton Leak He Will Abide Result So Far Attained. Washington, Special.?Unless there : are new developments in connection j with the cotton leakage investigation, Secretary Wilson said Tuesday that he proposal to stand on the report of the secret service officers. He expected. however, that the investigation would give rise to various rumors and I stories of irregularities in connection j with the Department's reports on other i products, but that where there was j tne slightest tangible evidence to I work upon he would go to the bottom of every complaint and publish the re- : suits of his investigation. Already, I he said, the allegation had been made that the tobacco figures had been manipulated and the matter would be looked into. But for the present he had nothing further to say. The new system of preparing the monthly crop report, devised since the cotton investigation began, was put in force Tuesday. That report was made public late Tuesday evening and the Secretary believes that the steps taken to safeguard the figures were well-nigh perfect Early in \jm day Assistant Secretary Hayes, phief Statistician Hyde and several experts of the Department were placed ( In a room under lock and key and they were not to be permitted to come nut until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, rhe telephones in the room were dis- I connected, and a careful scrutiny was kept of the windows to avoid the possibility of a leak through private signals. No communications of any sort have t>een received from Mr. Price or his attorney, and the Secretary believes lhat so far as the cotton investlga:ion report Is concerned it Is a closed incident The Czar's Friend MurderedMoscow, By Cable.?Major General Count Shuvaloff. prefect of police here, and formerly attached to the Ministry of the Interior, was assassinated Tuesday morning while receiving petitions. One of the petitioners irew a revolver and fired five times at the prefect, who fell dead. The assassin was arrested. The assassin awaited in the anteroom of the prefecture till the other petitioners had been received and Lhen entering the audience room, he advanced towards Count Shuvaloff. firing five shots at close range. The Pullets passed through the body of :he prefect. The assassin, who was dressed as a peasant, has not been identified. v i rle was recently arrested as a political .uspect, but escaped from the police itation before his examination. Da.gari Commits Suicide. Charleston, S. G\, Special.?A special "rom Darlington says that R. Keifh Dargan, formerly president of the Inlependent Cotton Oil Company and he Darlington Trust Company, comnitted suicide by drinking four ounces >f carbolic acid. Dargan was talking o his brother a short while before he deed was done and seemed in | ;ood spirits, although the failure of he mills and the closing of the trust | :ompany's doors were naturally weighng upon his mind. He left a note vhicl. the coroner has taken, in vhich it is known that he mentioned he financial troubles, and stated that j le intended to kill himself. The oil company was capitalized at $1,000,000, md it is rumored that the deficiencies nay reacn $700,000. i Declines Railroad Passes. Washington, Special.?It is stated at the Navy Department that Secretary Bonaparte has outlined his opinion in reference to accepting passes for free transportation on the railroads, by returning passes that have been sent to him. with thanks for the courtesy, but stating that by reason of public position which he occupies he feels unable to avail himself of such consideration. Killed Convicted Negro* Jackson, Miss., Special.?Davis Collins, a negro who was convicted of attempted Criminal assault on Miss Wnortr nt a sneeial term of the Copia "uo?' ? ?* - , county court, and sentenced to ten years in the. penitentiary, was killed on the way to prison by Mr. Dickey, a brother-in-law of Miss Hogg. The killing occurred at Crystal Springs. Mr. Dickey boarded the train at Hazelhurst. When it stopped at Crystal 5pring3, Dickey walked into the coach ' where Sergeant Dodds was sitting with the prisoner, and drawing a pistol Dickey fired three shots into the negro's body. Death was instantaneous. Dickey surrendered. Railroad From Norfolk to Beaufort. Raleigh, Special.?A special from Elizabeth City says the Carolina Coast Railroad Company was organized there to build a railroad from Norfolk to Beaufort, N. C. President, W. B. Roper, of Norfolk; secretary, W. T. Harris, Norfolk; directors, W. B. Rodman, Thomas Duncan, W. B. Roper, W. T. Harris and W. C. Rodman, are all stock subscribe!?. Charged With Husband's Murder. Swainsboro, G., Special.?Henry Coirena was shot at bis home near Blunlale, on July 3rd. It was at first i ihought that he had committed sui:ide, his wife saying she had reached him after the shot was fired. A pis- < tol was found some distance from Covena's side and it was learned that he and his wife had frequently quarreled. Upon the evidence presented, Mrs. Covena was remanded for trial to the Superior Court . ORDERS ARE STRICT* Ambassador Witte Has Instructions From the Czar WILL NOT BE GIVEN Ml'CO RIM Foreinn Office Official Denies" Resorts That Peace Terms Will Be Left ' Largely to the Russian Chief Plenipotentiary's Judgment?Instructions Cover 20 Pages and Are Positive on Many Points, Including Dismantling of Vladivostock?Russian Journal Think3 Europe Wants Russia to Help Curb Germany. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?M. Witte ^ spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the 7 American ambassador, at the Kleon- /X michcl Palace, discussing the forth- I coming peace conference. Before leaving for Paris next Wednesday, M. Witte will have stL? another audience with the Emperor, in the meantime he must pay a round of official visits to all the imperial ministers. M. Witte is expected to be the bearer of j a pesonal message from the Emperor V to President Roosevelt.' The press is authorized by Mr. Hartwig. director of the first department t of the Foreign Office, to deny In the most categorical fashion, the report of the alleged contents of the instructions to M. Witte. published In Paris by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere abroad. "Reports pretending to reveal the character of the instructions w the Russian plenipotentiaries are mere guess work," said M. Hartwig. "These instructions have been seen by only four persons, the Emperor, M. Witte, Foreign Minister' Lamsdorf and my^ , Belf. The Echo de Paris' report sajdnf they consist of five pages, whera?;"' the fact is that they cover over twenty pages. The paper says the instructions are very vague, while on the contrary they are very detailed. On one point only, according to the Echo de Paris, are they absolutely specific, namely, as to the leveling of the fortlflcations of Vladivostok; but I can say to you that there are many othpro ** M. Hartwig also pronounces the stories that M. Muravieff's displacement was the result of intrigues by Foreign Ministe Lamsdorf to be pure Inventions. The Novosti says it believes that tho desires of the anti-German coalition, which Great Britain is trying to engineer, to restore Russia as a threat against German aggression, should be a powerful diplomatic weapon in the hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries. ' "Europe wants to end the war," says the paper, "as Russia's preoccnpation in the Far East destroys the equilibrium. Austria is in danger from Germany, which seeks a thoroughfare to the Asiatic, in exchange for the compensation in the Balkan peninsula. Germany has pretensions now which she would not have dreamed of before the Russo-Japanese war. It is evident from the Morocco incident that Europe wants peace in order that Russia may safeguard her against German aggression." Grand Army Commander Dead. Boise, Idaho, Special.?Gen. W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of tho % G. A. R., died Sunday of intestinal nephritis. His wife was with him during his Illness. The body will be embalmed and taken to the home of the family in Boston. General Blackmar arrived here on July 10 on an inspection tour of Grand Army posts throughout the Northwest. He was ill when he arrived, and gradually failed. The seriousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. General Blackmar was born July 25. 1841. at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and subsequently joined the First West Virginia Cavalry. He served with distinction thronghout the war and at Five Forks was promoted on the fffcld by General Caster to the rank of captain. Jap Victory on Sakholin. Tokro, By Cab:e.?It is officially, announced that the Russian center, holding Darline and vicinity, was attacked July II and offered stubborn resistance. The attack was renewed at dawn of July 12, when the Japanese dislodged the Russians, driving them in the direction of Mauka. This victory assures the complete occupation of South Sakhalin by the Japanese. Eighty prisoners were taken by the Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant Maxlmta. Four field pieces, one machine gun and the ammunition warehouses were captured. The Japanese loss was about seventy men killed and wounded. The Russians lost about t 160 men. Work of incendiary. Pittsboro, N. C., Special.?The store house and stock of goods belonging to James Sears, nine miles west of Pittsboro, wero burned Saturday night The - ^ *n havfl been of in nre is suypuocu - cendiary origin. The owner was away at the time and It is not known whether the house was robbed before being set on fire. It is reported that there was no insurance on the building or the stock of goods. t Private Soldier Kitted. Baltimore, Md., Special.?Private Patrick Cummings, of Company . E. United States Engineer Corps, was murdered by Hayes Donaldson, of this city, at a small landing place on Curtis Creek, about 10 miles from this city, Sunday. The murderer escaped, though he had been left on the wharf for dead by Cummings' companions. Donaldson started the disturbance by criticising tho army. Two Killed in Wreck. Roanoke, Va., Special.?Tmj men were killed and four more iyured in a head-on collision between two freight trains Sunday one mile north of Midvale, Va., on the Shenandoah division of the Norfolk and Western Railway. The dead are: E. S. Hite, of Vesuvius, Va., a brakeman. John Dent, of Roanoke, fireman, v It is not thought that the Moroccan question will be taken up by the apodal commission until the fall.