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VOL X.
WRANGLE RENEWED
House Members Continue
Tirade Against Bristow.
INVESTIGATION IS BALKED
By Strict Party Vote Republicans Turn
Down Proposition Calling for
More t-ight on Postal
Scandal.
A Washington special says: By a
strict party vote, after a day full of ex¬
citing debate, the republicans of the
house of representatives Friday defeat¬
ed the democratic proposition for a
congressional investigation into the
postoffice department.
The resolutions calling for such an
investigation were ruled out by Speak¬
er Cannon, and the appeal from the
ruling was tabled by the republican
majority, by a strict party vote. Sub¬
sequently the house adopted the reso¬
lution of Mr. McCall, of Massachusetts,
providing for the creation of a special
committee to investigate the charges
against members contained in the Bris¬
tow report, but this does not open the
way to a complete investigation intd
the rottenness of the postoffice depart¬
ment.
The wrath which swept over the
house of representatives Wednesday as
the result of the report involving cer¬
tain members of congress, and which
was temporarily stemmed by adjourn¬
ment Thursday on account of the
death of Representative Croft, broke
out afresh at Friday’s session.
Mr. GUlett, of Massachusetts, pre¬
sented a minority report when Mr.
Hay, of Virginia, promptly objected to
its consideration.
The speaker, in ruling on the point,
said the Hay resolution was a matter
of highest privilege, and he recognized
Mr. Overstreet, of Indiana, who de¬
sired unanimous consent for an order
giving the members ten days’ leave to
extend their remarks.
Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, entered
an emphatic “No.”
Mr. Tawney, of Minnesota, enter¬
tained the view that every member
had the right to speak indefinitely as
a matter of privilege.
Mr. Overstreet then submitted two
propositions, first that the discussion
be extended until Monday at 4 o’clock,
and, second, ufitli 4 o'clock Saturday,
to both of which Mr. Hay objected. He
then renewed his motion for leave to
print, which brought Mr. Williams to
his feet with the declaration that
whatever is said on this subject should
be said in the open house, and he
therefore objected. He was greeted
with applause.
Mr. Cowherd, of Missouri, was rec¬
ognized and defended the action of
the committee representing the report.
There was no occasion, he said, to re¬
fer the matter to the committee to
see whether the charges against mem¬
bers had been made. The report ot
General Bristow had gone out with the
approval of the president.
“I say now,” he declared, “that
Beavers has usually complied with re¬
quests of members of congress, re¬
gardless of the merits of the case, the
answer is that the charge is true.”
“If members had made unusual re
quests upon the department, ’ he said,
“the propriety of their conduct was a
question between themselves and their
constituents. It is not a violation of
law,” he insisted, with emphasis. “The
committee could not undertake to edit
the department’s report nor could they
discriminate between the cases cited.
If they had done so the committee
would have been lashed from the floor
of the house.”
baptized in his coffin.
Before Execution Murderer Goes
Through Unique Ceremonial.
A dispatch from Richmond, Va.,
says: John Clemente, colored, was
hanged at King William court house I
Friday for murder. He was baptized j !
by immersion in the box in which his
body afterwards used coffin 1
was as a
and which was shipped to a medical
college in Richmond.
FIVE MILLIONS A YEAR
Is Sum Georgians Will Pay Toward
Support of Arm^ and Navy.
As their share of the cost involved
in the army and navy appropriation
bills just passed by congress, the peo¬
ple of Georgia will be called upon to
pay no less than $5,000,000 in a single
year.
Senator Bacon showed how much
the cost of the state's share of support
of the army and navy according to me
size of the appropriations carried in
the pending supply bills in a speech
he made on the navy appropriation
bill.
TO PREPARE MUSTER ROLLS.
-
Appointment is Made to Newly Created
Office in Virginia.
Major Robert W. Hunter, of Win¬
chester, Va., has been named by the
governor as secretary of Virginia mili¬ i
tary records, a newly created office.
The duties of the appointde will be to
copy, for preservation, in permanent
form, the muster rolls of the confeder¬
ate soldiers, now on file in tha war
department at Wat^Infto^ ft*
APOSTLE LYMAN TALKS.
Mormon Leader Smith's Prospective
Successor Boldly Proclaims His De¬
fiance of Laws of God and Man.
A Washington special says: The
senate committee on privileges and
elections Tuesday in the investigation
of the protests against Senator Rood
Smoot, of Utah, brought out a variety
of testimony, of which the most sensa¬
tional was that given by Francis M.
Lyman, president of the twelve apos¬
tles of the Mormon church and the
man chosen to be the successor of
President Smith. His admissions were
similar to those previously made by
Mr. Smith pertaining to the church
government. He was more free of
speech than the president of the,
church, and his testimony, though
not materially differing, caused sever¬
al of the apostles present to shake
their heads at the witness for the pur¬
pose of compelling more discretion in
answering questions. Mr. Lyman is
rngularly built, his face is covered with
a growlh of bushy red whiskers, his
speech is blunt and his testimony
caused considerable amusement.
After much questioning Mr. Lyman
finally admitted that he knew that in
living in polygamy he was disobeying
both the law of the land and the rule
of his church. He also said in reply
to one of these questions, that he was
not only living in polygamous cohabita¬
tion, but that he expected to continue
so to live.
“I fully intend,” said Mr. Lyman,
“to be true to the law of my country,
fo my God and to m>’ obligations and
covenants with my wives, and I have
never done anything that my con¬
science did not approve."
Senator Hoar: “So you, an apostle
of your church, expecting to succeed
Mr. Smith in the presidency and in
that capacity to receive divine revela¬
tions yourself, confess that you are
now living and expect to continue to
live in disobedience to the law of the
country, the law of your church and
the law of God?”
The witness replied with a simple
“yes.”
In answer to a question by Senator
Overman, Mr. Lyman said that despite
the manifesto of 18«0, the president ot
the church could issue authority upon
an elder to perform plural marriages.
“The president holds the keys,” said
Mr. Lyman.
Mrs. Clara Mabel Kennedy resumed
the stand at the beginning of the day’s
session and Mr. Worthington, for the
defense, continued the cross examina
tion of the witness and inquired as *o
the reasons for her marriage Being
consummated at Jaurez, Mexico, in¬
stead of at the Mormon settlement in
Diaz, where she lived. She said she
knew of no reason and had no informa¬
tion regarding an attempt to have the
ceremony performed elsewhere. Other
important admissions wore brought
out and the witness was finally ex¬
cused.
The prosecution then called to the
stand Mrs. Emma Matthews, of Ma¬
rysville, Utah, mother of Mrs. Clara
Mabel Kenr.ody. Mrs. Matthews said
she had been a member of a Mormon
family for twenty-five years and is a
Mormon herself. She has been a plu¬
ral wife, but is not now.
Mrs Matthews said that while living
at Diaz she had known Mr. Johnson
for two years prior to his marriage to
her daughter, and that she had had no
objection to her daughter becoming his
plural wife. She remembered well the
marriage of Johnson to her daughter,
and fixed the date definitely in May,
1894.
“He just asked me if I was willing
that he should marry my daughter,
and I said yes,” said the witness. “She
wanted to wait until she was 18, but
he was not willing.”
TO PLANT more corn.
Mississippi Farmers Not Carried A Way
With High Prices of Cotton.
The campaign of advee to the farm¬
ers of Mississippi at the beginning of
the planting season is having its ef¬
fect. From all parts of the state
come reports that the farmers are
preparing to plant a larger corn acre-
age than ever before in spite of the
high prices of cotton and the splendid
prospects for these high prices to ex¬
ist next year.
HOBSON A CANDIDATE.
Alabama Democratic Executive Com¬
mittee Takes Favorable Act'on,
The Alabama state democratic exec¬
utive committee, in session at Mont¬
gomery Tuesday afternoon, amended
Its former resolution, so as to allow
the name of Capta’n R. P. Hobson to
be placed on the ticket in the Sixth
district, where he is running for con¬
gress.
An attempt was made to change- the
plurality plan and make a majority
vote to nominate. Thi3 was defeated
after a lengthy debate which created a
sensation ai the time.
A BIT OF GEORGIA NEW3.
House Committee in Favor of Federal
Court at Athens.
A Washington dispatch says: The
house committee on the judiciary
Wednesday authorized favorable re¬
ports on bills providing for holding
federal courts at Athens, Ga., and
transferring the county of Pierce from
the eastern to the southwestern di¬
vision of the southern district of
Georgia.
GUAY. JONES CO. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 17.1904.
LAWMAKERS RILED
Bristow Report Raises Storm
of Proiest in Congress.
EPITHETS ARE HURLED
Indignant Members Resent Imputation
of Wrong-Doing in Whirlwind of
Protest Couched in Strong¬
est Language.
A Washington special says: That
an investigation of the postofflee de¬
partment by the house of represen¬
tatives will result from the publication
of the report involving members of
congress in that connection, was indi¬
cated by every expression possible
short of a vote in that body Wednes¬
day. With a whirlwind of protest the
report was taken up by indignant
members, their personal connection
with It explained and epithets hurled
at P'ourth Assistant Postmaster Gen¬
eral Bristow.
“The Bristow report was conceived
in iniquity, born in sin and has trav¬
eled its course until it has struck the
public of the United States as a great
attack upon a body of men as free
from wrong doing, corruption, crime
and irregularity as any equal number
of men on the face of tho earth.” This
was the parting shot of Representative
Grosvenor, of Ohio, in paying his trib¬
ute to the report.
“That document is the production
of a liar and a scoundrel,” shouted
Representative Hill, of Connecticut, on
making an explanation of his connec¬
tion with certain leases He added
that he should vote to investigate him¬
self and also the fourth assistant
postmaster
Overstreet Defends Members.
“There is nothing in any cf it to
impugn any improper motive or con¬
duct upon any member of the house,”
was the expression of Chairman Over-
street, of the committee who combat¬
ted the idea of an investigation.
Mr. Williams, the democratic leader,
urged a complete investigation of the
whole postofflee department and re¬
ceived the hearty applause of both
sides of the house and the galleries,
which had filled during the discussion.
It soon was found that the two
hours which had been allotted to the
subject was not going to be near
enough time for the personal explana¬
tions which members were demanding
the right to make, and a motion to ex¬
tend the debate until 4 o'clock Thurs¬
day afternoon was carried with vim.
Mr. Overstreet proposed a postpone¬
ment of the discussion until Monday
in order to give the members more
lime. Mr. Hay, of Virginia; Mr. Fin¬
ley, of Eouth Carolina, and others op¬
posed postponement.
Mr. Hepburn, republican, of Iowa,
said that an investigation of the post-
office department would not elicit any
facts not brought out by the commit¬
tee report.
“I say an investigation would elicit
further facts and that these facts have
been suppressed,” retorted Wi'iiam
Alden Smith amid loud applause from
the floor and galleries.
As to the Hay resolution, Mr. Wil¬
liams said it did not touch the ques¬
tion “that somebody at the postofflee
department has somehow included in
the report the name of man after mac.
in the house of representatives and in
the senate guilty of apparent wrong,
guilty of no violation of any law,
guilty of no moral obliquity, guilty o f
nothing that bears even the tinge ot
criminality:” “What was the motive
of it?” he vigorously inquired. “Wasn’t
it to give the congress notice that the
department held something over con¬
gress and that congress had better let
the department alone?" he Inquired,
his words being drowned by applause
from both sides.
Mr. Cooper, of Wisconsin, declared
that President Roosevelt had directed
the prosecution of members of his
own party.
Mr. Moon, of Tennessee, facing the
republican side, said:
“These thieves being yours and not
ours, it is for you, not us, to say if
thoy shall have your protection.”
THREAT OF LOVESICK 8WAIN.
Jilted Street Car Man Vows to Kill
Policeman's Daughter.
Swearing that he would secure a
pistol with which to kill Miss Maude
Seals, of whom he had been insanely
enamored, George W. O’Neal was dis¬
missed from tho Grady hospital, at At
lanta, Ga., Wednesday. O’Neal was
taken to the hospital Saturday night,
suffering from a pistol wound which
he had inificted by his own hand in an
effort to end his own life because his
suit had been rejected by the young
woman.
HUNDRED PEOPLE "bROWNED.
French Steamer Goes Down In Storm
Off Cochin-China Coast.
A special dispatch received in
don from Paris announces that the
French steamer Cambodge, which left
Rangoon February 17, for Cochin-Chi¬
na and European ports, has been
wrecked in a storm off the coast of
Cochin-China.
The dispatch adds that It Is believed
a hundred periOBi perished
BORDERING ON ANARCHY.
Race Trouble in Springfield, Ohio,
Caused by a Lynching Reaches
Mcst Serious Stage.
The situation at Springfield, Ohio,
early Wednesday evening was consid¬
ered by the authorities to bo more
threatening than at any time since the
beginning of the present race trou¬
bles. While Governor Herrick has
not proclaimed a state of martial law,
such a condition practically exists in
the down town districts, and the burn¬
ed -portions of tho town formerly oc-
cuupied by the negro resorts.
Ten companies of Ohio National
Guard are on picket duty and seven
more companies are expected. The
saloons without exception have been
closed and many other lines of busi¬
ness practically cecsed. It is esti¬
mated that fully 25,000 people throng¬
ed the streets Wednesday, visiting the
county Jail and the telegraph polo at
Main and Fountain avenues, where the
negro Dixon was hung and the burned
out district of the levee.
As the result of repeated requests
from influential citizens, Mayor Bow-
lus has finally consented not only to
close the remaining negro saloons, ho¬
tels and lodging houses, which arc un¬
der the ban of the mob, but has order¬
ed the proprietors in every instance
t.o move out all the intoxicating drink. 1 ?
and in some cases even the fixtures,
including gambling apparatus.
Mayor Bowlus has Issued a procla¬
mation warning people to keep off the
streets and refrain from congregating
in public places.
The mob has at no time shown any
disposition to burn property other
than that on the levee.
COLORED HERO HONORED.
Monument Erected Over Grave cf
Bragg Smith, at Columbus, Ga.
Over the grave of Bragg Smith, the
negro who lost his life September .49
last, trying to save the life of Super¬
intendent of Public Works Robert L.
Johnson, the city of Columbus, Ga.,
has erected a monument. It is a sar¬
cophagus design, tho base being ot
Georgia marble, the second piece ol
Vermont marble and the top piece also
of Vermont marble, of tho finest grade.
The inscription on the east side of tho
monument is as follows:
“Erected by the city f ? Columbus,
to mark the last resting place of
Bragg Smith, who died on September
30, 1803, in the heroic but fruitless ef¬
fort to rescue the city engineer from
a caving excavation on Eleventh
street.”
On the west side is the Ascription:
“Honor and fame from no condition
rise;
Act well your part, there all the hon¬
or lies."
The monument was erected by the
city council, in response to the gener¬
al sentiment that the memory of the
humble but heroic negro should thus
be honored. His brave attempt to
save Mr. Johnson’s life, resulting in
his being caught by tho caving walls
and killed himself, was entirely volun¬
tary, no one suggesting that he at¬
tempt to make the rescue.
PATTI CEASES TO WARBLE.
Noted Singer Cancels All Contracts
and Leaves Us Unceremoniously.
Mme. Patti, the noted singer, left
Hot Springs, Ark., Wednesday in two
special cars over the Louisville and
Nashville railroad en route to New
York. District Passenger Agent Bauni-
garten announced that passage had
been seoured for Mmo. Patti and her
husband for Europe on a steamship
leaving New York Friday.
A dispatch from Hot Springs says
that the singer ordered all future
bookings cancelled. No reason was
given out for the sudden discontinu¬
ance of the tour.
Japs Again Attack Port Arthur.
According to advices from Tokio,
Japanese warships bombarded the
forts at Tailen Wan (Port Dalny), on
the night of March 8 and then attack¬
ed Port Arthur.
POISONED WHOLE FAMILY.
Retired German Army Officer the Au¬
thor of Deadly Tragedy.
Lieutenant Carl Beseko (retired), a
citizen of Berlin, Germany, after a
long and steady decay of fortune, took
his last money Tuesday and gave a
splendid dinner in honor of his 19-year-
old daughter’s birthday. Beseke then
poisoned his wife, daughter, two sons,
respectively 12 and 1C years old, ca¬
dets at the military academy, and him¬
self with cyanide of potassium, which
he seemingly inserted in the mouth of
each in the form of a pill after thoy
had gone Into a drunken sleep.
SOUTH CAROLINA MORMONS.
To Hold Convention in Columbia.
Strong in Factory Districts.
The Mormons of South Carolina will
hold a convention in Columbia ort
March 20, and services will be held for
several days. The organization is
quite strong in the factory districts of
the state and have gained many con-
verts lately. Eider Ben E. Rich, of At-
lA nta > attend the meeting and
preside,
JAPS WASTE SHELLS
Port Arthur Again Bombard¬
ed Without Success.
DETAILS YET LACKING
Official Report of Attack on Vladivoe-
tock Received in Tokio—Japs
Claim that Damage
Was Done.
An Associatd Press dispatch says:
The Japanese fleet appeared off Port
Arthur harbor at midnight Wednes¬
day night and bombarded the city in¬
termittently until 8 o’clock Thursday
morning.
The Russians replied to the Japan¬
ese fire. A message from the signal
station at IT o’clock p. m., announced
the appearance of a Japanese squad¬
ron on the horizon. Fifty minutes lat¬
er the shore batteries opened firo on
the Japanese vessels A gale sprang
tip and the attacking fleet soon with¬
drew.
A dispatch from Tokio, Japan, says:
Vice Admiral Kamimura, reporting the
bombardment of Vladivostock on
March 6, says the attack commenced
at 10 minutes of 9 in the afternoon,
and the firing was kept up about forty
minutes. He believes the bombard¬
ment was effective and demoralizing
to the enemy. On this occasion the
Russian forts did not reply to the Jap¬
anese fire. Japanese cruisers subse¬
quently reconnoitered several adjacent
places on the coast, but found no trace
of the enemy.
The full report of Vice Admiral Ka-
mlmurn, who commands the second
Japanese squadron, says:
“As prearranged, we reached the
east entrance to Vladivostock on the
morning of March 6, through a frozen
sea. The enemy's ships were not seen
outside the harbor. We approached
the batteries on the northeast coast
from a poilit beyond the range of tha
batteries on the Balzan promontory
and Bosphorous strait. After bombard¬
ing the Inner harbor forty minutes,
from 1:50 o’clock in tho afternoon,
we retired. I believe the bombard¬
ment effected considerable damage.
Soldiers were seen, but the land bat¬
teries did not reply to our fire. Black
smoke was observed at the east en¬
trance to the harbor about. 5 o’clock
and was thought (o be from the ene¬
my’s ships, but this smoke gradually
disappeared.
“On the morning of March 7 we re¬
connoitered America hay and Strolok
bay, but saw nothing unusual. We ap¬
proached the east entrance to Vladi¬
vostock at noon. The enemy's ships
wore invisible and the batteries did
not fire. We turned toward Possiet
hay, but not seeing tho enemy, re¬
tired.”
EVANS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
Of Georgia Supreme Court to Succeed
Turner, Who Has Resigned.
Judge Beverly D. Evans, of San-
dersville, judge of Ihe middle Georgia
circuit, becomes an associate justice
of the supremo court of Georgia on
April 1 next by appointment (ill Gov¬
ernor Terroil, succeeding Associate
Justice Henry G. Turner, who tender¬
ed his resignation to Governor Ter¬
rell Thursday, taking effect on the
dalo named.
The resignation of Justice Turner
and the appointment of Judge Evans
came as a decided surprise to the en¬
tire state.
Justlco Turner has been on the su¬
preme bench only about eight months,
and could have had the remainder of
the unexpired term of tho into Jus¬
tice Samuel Lumpkin without opposi¬
tion—a period of four years more from
January 1 next. Ho is known to have
been highly pleased with the associa¬
tions and with tho work.
Russ and Jap Scouts Meet.
Russian and Japanese mounted
scouts met north of Ping Yang Thurs¬
day, says a cable dispatch from Tokio.
After a brief engagement the Russians
retreated. No casualties are reported
on either side.
INVESTIGATION INEVITABLE.
Both Democrats and Republicans
Aroused Over Bristow Report.
A congressional investigation of the
postofflee scandal seems inevitable.
Democrats and republicans in the
house of representatives agree that
the Bristow report must be met by a
searching congressional investigation
of the rottenness in the postofflee de¬
partment, The debate in the house
showed that, the temper of both sides
was against Bristow and both sides
charged that he had gone out of his
way to try and discredit members of
congress who Bad acted in the inter¬
est of their constituents.
PASSENGER AND FREIGHT MEET.
Five Men Killed and a Number Badly
Injured in Wreck on A. G. S-
Five men were killed and several se¬
riously Injured Tuesday morning in
a head-on collision between southbound
A. G. S. passenger train No. 1 and a
northbound extra Southern freight
train at Kewanee, Miss., about fifteen
miles out of Meridiani
rORPEDO BOATS IN FIGHT.
Most Unique Contest Before Port Ar¬
thur In Which Both Sides Lose
One Vessel Each,
Tho complete story of the fierce
fight off Port Arthur between the tor¬
pedo flotillas, which occurred Wednes¬
day and (lie bombardment which fol¬
lowed on Thursday morning, was not
given out at St. Petersburg until after
midnight Friday night.
Two official messages from Viceroy
Alexieff had been received during the
day and presented to the emperor,
but the public remained in suspense.
The impression was that Admiral Ma
karoff had directed the attack upon
the enemy’s fleet. When the texts ap¬
peared it became evident that the col¬
lision between the torpedo flotillas had
occurred accidentally during the night,
while the Russians were scouting in
search of the enemy.
As far as is known, this is the first
lime torpedo boats have engaged each
other at sea. Although the odds were
against the Russians, as the Japanese
flotilla was supported by the cruiser
squadron, tile Russians made a heroic
dash for the foe and apparently had
the better of the combat, sinking a
Japanese torpedo boat, until tho cruis¬
ers got within range, and ono of the
latter shells crippled a Russian torpe¬
do boat destroyer.
The gallant action of Vice Admiral
Makaroff in transferring ills flag to
the fast cruiser Novik and sailing out
in the face of tho enemy in an attempt
at rescue, received unstinted praise,
stamping him at the outset of his com¬
mand a 3 a man of force and action
who insists on being In the van of the
fighting.
AIMED AT JOE WHEELER.
Alleged Reasons for President’s Lat¬
est “Neutrality” Proclamation.
A Washington special to tho Atlanta
Constitution says: So general has
been the wonderment over President
Roosevelt's rather remarkable procla¬
mation of Thursday that It was deem¬
ed necessary to give out some sort of
explanation from the white house Fri¬
day. This did not assume official
form, but It has all tho strength ot
an excathedra statement. This is
aimed at Genoral Joe Wheeler.
General Wheelor, heing on the re¬
tired list of the army, Is still techni¬
cally an officer. He has been making
some speeches and writing some arti¬
cles that are construed as favorable
to the Japanese. He has probably at
no time expressed views so pronounc¬
edly anti-Russian as those of President
Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hay,
which aro being widely discussed, but
now that (he order has been issued,
some excuse had to be given for It,
and General Wheeler was selected.
It Is also hinted at. tho white house
that General Miles Is likely to come
again under the ban of presidential
displeasure, as he la Raid to have ar¬
ranged a number of articles for news¬
papers during the progrc|-s of the war.
It seems to be tho purpose of Presi¬
dent Roosevelt to establish a strict
censorship upon ihe writings or speech
of retired officers and others who hold
positions In ihe civil or military
branches of the government.
HEARST DELEGATES NAMED.
Action of Rhode Island Democrats
Subject cf Much Discussion.
A special dispatch from Washington
says: The action of the democrats
of Rhode Island In naming six Hearst
men out of tho eight delegates to the
democratic national convention has
been the most widely discussed piece
of political news which has reached
Washington In many a day.
While tho Hearst men say they ex¬
pected this result, the closeness of the
contest shows they were by no moans
certain,, and the news was most palat¬
able to thorn. Those who are favora¬
ble to other candidates seem to have
not anticipated this result in little
Rhode Island, and they say its effect
will only bo to increase the activity
on the part of Mr. Hearst's opponents.
The fact remains that this marks first
blood for Hearst, and,that it comes
from a source not altogether expected
by those who do not favor his candi¬
dacy.
SAWYER PROTEST JUSTIFIABLE.
Cabinet Would Sustain Action of Cap¬
tain of Gunboat Helena
A Washington dispatch says: The
cabinet Friday discussed the press re¬
ports that Saptaln Sawyer, of the
United States gunboat Helena, now
in the mud dock at Nleu-Chwang bad'
protested against the sinking by the
Russians of the junks at the entrance
of Nieu-Chwang harbor. This govern¬
ment has received no official advices
on the subject, but It is said the dis
cussion by members ot the cabinet in¬
dicated that such an attitbde, if taken
by Captain Sawyer, would be sus¬
tained.
WOMEN AT SMOOT HEARING.
Representatives of Various Organiza
tions Interested in the Proceedings.
Many women, representing organiza¬
tions interested in the contest against
Mr. Smoot, arrived in Washington Fri¬
day to perfect their plans and wage
a more active contest. They attended
the sessions of the committee and
listened to the hearings; met In com¬
mittee rooms and discussed the prog¬
ress made,
NO. 17.
RUSSIANS “AT SEA”
Fleet Has Been Cut Off From
Vladivostok by Japs.
IS IN HOPELESS PLIGHT
Will Be Compelled to Fight in the
Open and at Great Disadvantage.
Japs Superior in. Men
and Guns.
\ l
A special from Tokio, Japan, says:’
Tho four armored cruisers, the Ruj-
sla, Dromol, Rurik, Bogartyr, consti¬
tuting the Russia Vladivostock squad¬
ron, have been cut off from their base
and must fight the Japanese squadron
now In tho Sea of Japan in order to
regain Vladivostock.
The recent bombardments of Vladi¬
vostock by the Japanese squadron
have demonstrated that the Russian
ships are not in port. They are some¬
where down the coast, and are being
pursued by the Jananese squadron.
The four Russian cruisers must return
to Vladivostock in order to get sup¬
plies and the Japanese beet is resolv¬
ed to bring them to battle.
Tho Tokio government hopes that
the result of the battle will be the de¬
struction of the Russian squadron.
Tho Japanese squadron operating,
qffi Vladivostock consists of one battle
ship, four armored cruisers and two
unarmored cruisers. Thero are also
several torpedo boats. The squadron
Is much superior to the Russian in the,
matter of men and guns. The Jap-
anese fleet is commanded By Admiral
Urlu, who won the naval battle oft
Chemulpo.
Russia Hears of Predicament.
A special Associated Press dispatch
from St Petersburg says; The where¬
abouts of Captain Reitzenstein’s Vladi-
vootock squadron is carefully guarded
by the military authorities, but there
Is a strong impression that when tho
seven Japanese warships appeared off
the harbor Sunday morning the Russian
sauadron was outside, perhaps down
the coast, cooperating with the Rus¬
sian land force near the mouth of the
Tumen river.
If tho Russians were outside and tho
Japanese definitely ascertained that
fact, a big sea fight is probably immi¬
nent, as it Is considered certain that
the Japanese in that case will lie on
and off Vladivostock to precent the re¬
turn of Ihe Russians and give battle
If they are caught in tho open sea.
All tho harbors along the coast iff
which the Russians might geek refuge
are frozen and the squadron must
eventually be forced to return to Vladi¬
vostock for coal.
ARGUMENT IN 8WAYNE CASE. (
8ub-Committee at Washington Hears
Statement of Accused Judge.
At Washington, Tuesday, the sub¬
committee of the house committee on
Judiciary in charge of the impeach¬
ment proceedings against- Judge
diaries Swayue, of Florida, hoard the
judge in his own behalf. Hhe speci¬
fically denied the charge that ho was
not a resident of the district in which
he held court, and stated that the
charges against him were caused by
personal animosity of the persons mak¬
ing tho same.
Judge B. S. Liddon, representing the
prosecution, summed up his conclu¬
sions based on the testimony taken by
tho committee on its recent trip to
Florida, and found Judge Swayne
guilty, in his opinion, of ail Hie charges
made. He declared that Judge Swayne
had only acquired a resilience in Flor¬
ida since tho charges were filled.
TO FIGHT STAMP ORDINANCE.
Atlanta Concern Will Take Action of
City Council to Courts.
Tho seeretarj of (he Atlanta Trading
Stamp Company, announces that tho
attorneys of hig company has been in¬
structed to fight in tho courts the
counciimanic resolution which seeks to
place a prohibitive license on mer¬
chants giving trading stamps and oth¬
er discounts. The resolution will not
be effective until May 1, and no legal 1
action will bo taken until that timo.
RADIUM ON THE RISE.
New Scientific Product is Now Bring,
ing $12,600,000 a Pound.
An importer of radium at New
York gives out the startling news that
the price of this latest product cf
the scientist has increased $4,200,000
a pound In two days. The commercial
rate last week was $8,400,000, new it is
$12,600,000. So great has been the de¬
mand for a few grains that the supply
on the market probably will have dis¬
appeared entirely by the end of the
present month.
JAP WOMAN ACTS AS SPY.
Secures Official Plans of Harbors at
Dalney and at Port Arthur.
According to a dispatch from Tien
Tain, China, a flaring and clever feat
has been performed by a Japanese wo¬
man who escaped from DJiny by
moans which are still shrouded in mys¬
tery. It Is said she secured official
plana of the harbors of Dalny and Port
Arthur and took them to Toldo, get¬
ting away simply as an ordinary refu¬
ges. A decoration for her heroism is
thq reported reward;