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VOL. X.
RUSSIANS FLEEING
Japanese Follow Up Advan¬
tage Gained at Chong Ju.
COSSACKS DEMORAIZED
Mikado’s Navy Again Bring Guna of
Battleships to Play on Port Ar¬
thur—Something Doing In the
War Line.
According to an Associated Press
dispatch information has reached To-
kfo from a private source that the Jap¬
anese troops, after dislodging the Rus
sians at Chong-Ju (about fifty milos
northwest of Ping-Yang), on March
28,' rested for one day and then ad¬
vanced to Yong-Chun (about forty-five
miles west of Chong-Ju), and after a
brief engagement there they drove the
enemy father north, the Russians re
treating toward Unsan, a town eighty
miles northeast of Yong-Chun.
It has been learned in Seoul. Korea,
that the Russian cavalry, in much d s-
tress, is retlrlhg toward Wiju. They
are cutting down telegraph poles to
use as fuel and their horses are dying
for lack of proper food.
Port Arthur Again Bombarded.
A dispatch to The Central News
(London) from Toklo says the Japan¬
ese made another attack on. Port Ar¬
thur the night of March 30-31. The
dispatch adds it is understood the at¬
tack was for the purpose of taking
soundings and ascertaining the effects
of the last attempt to bottle up the
Russian fleet. No details of the attack
are obtainable.
Heavy Japanese Losses.
The following semi official dispatch
has been received in St. Petersburg
from Liao-Yang:
"In the first encounter with the Jap
anese in northern Korea, which was
crowned with victory for the Russian
arms, the enemy's losses were ter.
times those of the Russians. Accord
ing to Korean reports, the Japanese
buried fifty men, while 120 woundod
were removed with the help of 500
Koreans to the headquarters of the
Japanese main force. The confusion
of tho Japanese was so great that thov
hoisted two red cross flags in token
of surrender.
"Throughout their war with China
the Japanese never showed themselves
so distracted. The people here are in
high spirits over the news of the first
brilliant fight in Korea."
ALLEGED SULLY PATRON8.
Failure of Cotton King Is Being Prob
ed In Federal Court.
The examination In which Edwin
Hawley, the president of the Iowa Con
tral railroad and the Minneapolis and
St. Louis railroad, and Frank Ray,
head of several large tobacco compa
nios, the alleged partner of Daniel J.
Sully in his cotton operations, are to
be questioned, began at New York
Friday before United States Commis¬
sioner Alexander. •
To ascertain fully whether or no-
Hawley and Ray were practically Bul¬
ly's partners, is the object ef the ex¬
amination.
GREAT INSURANCE YEAR.
Companies Wrote a Large Volume of
Business in Mississippi.
Insurance Commissioner Cole, ot
Mississippi, gives out figures showing
the amount of business done by the
fire insurance companies in the sta'e.
The risks written amounted to $10,-
317,707, on which $1,972,749.07 was
collected, or more than $1 for each in¬
habitant of the state. The average
premium was $2.11 per hundred. Fif¬
ty seven companies do business iu the
state, and they paid losses to the
amount of $860,183.77, the loss in pro
portion to premium being 46.95 per
cent.
HALF MILLION LOST WEEKLY.
Cotton Operatives in England are
Having a Hard Time.
A London dispatch says: Charles
W. McAra, president of the Federation
of Master Cotton Spinners' Associa¬
tion, issued an exhaustive statement
on the situation of the cotton trade, it
shows that the loss to the wage earn¬
ers resulting from the necessity for
short time amounts to $550,000 weekly,
or $6,875,000 s'nce the short time was
started. This amount is borne by
500,000 people. The total loss to the
employers is $200,000 weekly, making
the loss to Lancastershire $750,000
weekly.
SUICIDED ON THE MAINE.
Chief Engineer of Battleship Sends
Bullet Into His Brain.
Lieutenant Commander Edgar Town¬
send Warburton, chief engineer of the
battleship Maine, now in Pensacola,
Fla., harbor, suicided in his cabin on
board the vessel Friday, A bullet
from a 33-cailbre revolver was sent
cr'sbing through his brain, and death
rrsuTTed within forty minutes after¬
ward. No cause is known for the act.
CABINET TALKS CANAL
Deolalon of Vrench Court at Pari* Dis¬
cussed by President Roosevelt
and His Advisers.
A Washington special saps: A con¬
siderable part of Friday’s session of
the cabinet was devoted to a discus¬
sion of the situation relating to the
Panama canal.
Satisfaction was expressed that the
French court, by its decision against
the Colombian government had made
it possible for the United States to
close negotiations with the Panama
Canal Company for the transfer of its
property and concesslosn to this coun¬
try.
That no delay of an unnecessary na¬
ture is now expected was evidenced
by a plan read by Attorney General
Knox informing the cabinet that a
meeting of stockholders of the canal
company had been called for April 23.
At that time a final action will be ta¬
ken by the company in the transfer of
the canal property to the United
States. When the legal technicalities
have been complied with on the part
of the company to the satisfaction of
the assistant attorneys, Day and Rus¬
sell, who are in Paris as representa¬
tives of this government, the United
Jtates will be in position to pay over
3 the company the $40,000,000 for tho
anal property. At the same time
$10,000,000 will be paid to the republic
of Panama.
Of the necessary amount $30,000,-
000 is on deposit in New York subject
to the order of Secretary Shaw. The
remaining $20,000,000 will be paid out
of the current funds of the treasury.
Whilo the receipts of the govern¬
ment each month now are exceeding
the expenditures, it is just possible
that Secretary Shaw may issue an ad¬
ditional cal) upon the national bank
depositories in order that the treasury
may meet the payment of $20,000,000
without drawing too heavily on ths
funds now in the treasury.
It is desirable, in tho opinion of tiro
treasury officials, that the working
balance of about $50,000,000 be kept
n the treasury. The amount no«v on
hand is about $5G,000,000 and at too
end of the month will approximate
$60,000,000.
To retain $50,000,000 in the treasury,
therefore, it may be deemed necessary
to call on the government depositories
’or something 1 ke $10,000,000.
JUDGE SWAYNE CASE.
Is to Come Before House and Be Giv¬
en a Test Vote, Says Wash¬
ington Post
The Washington Post of Saturday's
issue says: An agreement has been
reached whereby a resolution to im¬
peach Judge Charles Swayne, of the
northern district of Florida, will be
called up for considerat on in (he
house next Thursday.
The time is satisfactory to Mr. Pal¬
mer, of Pennsylvania, who prepared
the majority report of the judiciary
committee in favor of impeachment;
and also to Mr. Gillett, of California,
who prepared the chief minority re¬
port against impeachment. Speaker
Cannon has agreed to Thursday for
consideration of the resolution.
An attempt will be made by some re¬
publican leaders in the house to have
the case recommitted to the judiciary
committee, thus avoiding at this ses¬
sion a vote on the merits of the case
What they content is tha a simple jus¬
tification for his course has been found
in the alleged fact that the testimony
as published by tfie committee is not
complete.
The charge .is made that important
papers and affidavits have been with¬
held from the house, and it will be
insisted that before the house is ask¬
ed to vote on the resolution it lias a
right to all the information that was
before the committee when it agreed,
by a vote of 8 to 5, to pass a resolution
favoring the impeachment of Judge
Swayne.
If the leaders fail in their effort to
have the case recommitted they will
endeavor in some other way to prevent
a vote on the merits of the case at this
time. It is suggested as an alterna¬
tive proposal that a day after the con¬
vening of the next regular session of
congress be set for a vote.
CARACA8 PAPER BIFFS BOWEN.
Charges American Minister With Prac¬
tice of Graft in Venezuela.
Secretary Hay has received a per¬
sonal note from Herbert W. Bowen,
the American minister at Caracas,
briefly recounting a recent experience
with President” Castro.
It Appears that a Caracas newspa¬
per published in an apparently official
form the charge that Bowen had pock¬
eted several hundred thousand dollars
of Venezuela’s money. Bowen prompt¬
ly sent a personal note of protest to
Castro, calling on him to take action
against the paper.
JURY WAS TAMPERED WITH.
Judge Hearing Botkin Case Perempto
rily Orders New Trial.
At San Francisco, Wednesday af¬
ternoon, Superior Court Judge Cook
announced from the bench tfiat an at¬
tempt had been made to tamper with
the Jurors la the Botkin case. He de¬
clared that he would discharge the
Jury and begin the trial of the case
anew.
GRAY. JONES CO, GA.. THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1904.
FLAW 18 REMOVED
Title to Panama Canal is
Finally Straightened Out.
SUIT DECIDED AT PARIS
Jury’s Verdict in French Court Is
Against Colombia and Last Ob¬
stacle to Waterway is
Thus Removed.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
The first civil tribunal of the Seine
Thursday decided the case of tho re¬
public of Colombia against the Pana-
ma Canal Company in favor of the
defendants.
The complaint holds that the com¬
plaint of Colombia is not receivable
and condemns the plaintiffs to pay the
costs of the action. This decision has
tne effect of removing the legal obsta¬
cles in the way of the transfer of the
canal commission from the company to
the United States.
The decision is a lengthy document,
fully reviewing all the early circum¬
stances of the concession and setting
forth the various acts of the Colom¬
bian congress, the treaties, etc., partic¬
ularly articles 20 and 22 of the treaty
of March 20, 1897, whereby the com¬
pany acquited its rights.
“These articles,” the decision says,
"have the manifest purpose of assur¬
ing the full exercise of sovereignty
over the canal. It results from what-
is established before this tribunal that
Colombia is not in possession of the
ternitory traversed by the canal. Com¬
ing before a French court in order to
sustain its rights over the canal, Co¬
lumbia tacitly admits its inability it¬
self to control the canal. It therefore
follows naturally that it has lost sov¬
ereignty over the territory traversed
by the canal.
“It also appears that this sovereign¬
ty Is maintained by the republic of
Panama, which is in actual possession
of the authority nnd power of adminis¬
tration. Under such circumstances it
only remains for the Panama company
to accept the actual situation of au¬
thority and the facts relative to the
territory embraced by the concession.
Therefore the action commenced by
Colombia Is not receivable.”
The decision concludes with ti.e spe¬
cific recital under the French code
that none of the claims set up by Co¬
lombia are valid; that its request to
enjoin pending actions is not warrant¬
ed; that its, plea for costs against the
company is not justified and that the
entire cost of he procedure are as¬
sessed against the plaintiff.
Legal Obstacle Removed.
A Washington special says: Presi¬
dent Roosevelt and Attorney General
Knox had a conference Thursday sub¬
sequent to the receipt from the Asso¬
ciated Press of the information that
the government of Colombia had lost
its suit in the French courts against
the new Panama Canal Company, and
that now there was no longer any rea¬
son for delay in the transfer of tha
company’s concessions and property to
the United States.
The transfer of the property and
concessions will be ratified at the
meeting. W. A. Day and Charles \V.
Russell, the assistant, atorney gen¬
eral, who have gone to Paris to as¬
sist in the transfer of the property,
will remain there until the transfer”
shall have been completed.
The dissolution of the Panama Ca¬
nal Company, so far as the transfer
of the property to this country is con-
cerned, probably will take place in the
latter part of April. The payment of
the $40,000,000 to the company will
be made about that time, lt is not
likely that 'the payment of the $10,-
000,000 to the republic of Panama will
be made prior to that of the canal
company. It is the view of the presi¬
dent and attorney general that the
payments should be practically con-
current.
This is their interpretation of the
legislation Fearing on the matter and,
of the ratified agreement with the gov¬
ernment of Panama.
GENERAL PAYNE PASSES AWAY.
Noted Lawyer and Confederate Lead¬
er Dies in Washington City.
General W. H. Payne, counsel fet
(he Southern railway, a distinguished
Confederate soldier and commander
of the famous Black horse cavalry at
the first battle of Bull Run, died at
his apartment in Washington Tuesday,
General Payne lived at Warrenton,
Va., and practiced law in the Virginia
courts for many years. He organized
and was first captain of the Black
Horse Cavalry, was colonel of the
Fourth Virginia cavalry, and became y
brigadier general in 1364, commanding
a brigade under General Fitzhugh Lee
BRYAN LOSES WILL CASE.
"Sealed Letter” Excluded from Ben¬
nett’s Last Testament by Jury.
A finding that the sealed letter by
which Philo S. Bennett expressed a
wish that $50,000 should be given tc
William J. Bryan and his family was
not a part of the last will of Mr. Ben
nett, was returned by the jury Tburs
day In the superior court at New Ha
ven, In the trial of Mr. Bryan’s appeal
from the decision of the probate court,
CASUALTIES OF CONFLICT
Between Japanese and Cossacks on
( Contained Re¬
Korean Soil as in
port to St. Petersburg.
The Japanese legation in London
has received tho following official re¬
port from Toklo of the fighting be¬
tween Japanese and Russ.an fortes
at Chong-Ju, Korea, on Monday:
On March 28 a portion of our caval¬
ry and infantry forces occupied Chong
Ju, arter defeating the enemy. The
enemy, who numbered about six him-
dred men, retreated in the direction ot
Wiju. Our casualties wore Lieut. Ka¬
no and four others killed; Captain Ku
rowaka and twelve others wounded, uf
the cavalry force.
There were no casualties among our
infantry. Two dead bodies were left
by the enemy on the field, but it is
reported that some seven or eight
were killed inside the town, Those
were promptly carried off by the ene-
my on horseback or in ambulances.
The Russians were seen conveying in
an ambulance two dead men, appa¬
rently officers and bloodstained band-
ages were found scattered around.
The enemy must have sustained
losses at least equal to out- own.
A St. Petersburg special says; A
lator dispatch from General Might-
clienko reports that on the authority
of the inhabitants of Chong Ju, Korea,
the Japanese lost forty men killed, one
hundred men wounded and a number
of horses during the fighting there
Monday. The Japanese employed five
hundred Koreans to carry their
wounded to Anju. General Mlsht-
chenko adds that Captain Stopanoff
also was among the Russians wound¬
ed and died Tuesday,
The above, which was dated March
29, was forwarded to "the emperor by
General Kuropatkin.
ADMIRAL TOGO REPORTS.
Jap Gives Details of Latest Attempt
to Bottle Port Arthur.
Admiral Togo’s recital of tne sec
ond attempt to bottle up the Port Ar¬
thur squadron and the -sixth attack or.
that port was received in Tokio, Ja-
pan, Tuesday, says a special dispatch.
Admiral Togo’s report, in part, is as
follows;
“The united squadron again left for
Port Arthur last Saturday. On Sun¬
day morning at 3:30 we commenced
preparations for blocking the harbor
entrance. The four steamers which
were to be sunk escorted by a flo-
t ilia of torpedo boat destroyers, ad
vanced to the entrance, facing the one-
my’s searchlights. About two miles
from the entrance tho bottling up
squadron was discovered by the ene-
my. Exposed to the fire of the for-
tresses on either side and also to
that from the enemy’s ships on guard
and braving these dangers, the four
steamers ran into the waterway ai
the mouth of the harbor. One of the
steamers, the Chyo Maru—anchored
about half a chain from the western
shore of Golden. Hill blew itself ip
and sank, The second one, the Xu-
kui Maru, passed to the left of the
Chyo Maru and advanced a short dis¬
tance when she was struck by a tor¬
pedo from the enemy’s destroyers.
She sank in that position. The third
one, the Yah ko Maru, went to the
left of the Fukui Maru and blew her-
self up and sank, The fourth steam¬
er, the Yoneyma Maru, reached the
harbor entrance and colliding against
the stern of one of the enemy’s torpe¬
do destroyers, she managed to reach
the middle passage by passing be¬
tween the Chyo Maru and Fukui Ma¬
ru. Just at. that moment one of the
enemy’s torpedoes struck and sank
her. Her momentum brought her to¬
ward the left shore and with her bow
toward the left side she sank sidewise.
To have accomplished the work so
far under great disadvantages and dan¬
gers must be considered a success and
should command admiration. It is to
be regretted, however, that owing to
some space being left, between Yahilto
Maru and the Yoneyma, a complete
blocking of the entrance has not been
effected. The vessels engaged in this
work aro those which had been en¬
gaged in the same work before. It wan
by their special request. Only petty
officers and crews were supplanted by
new men.
Th» casualties follow: Killed, Com¬
mander Hiroz and three petty officers;
mortally and seriously wounded, Lieu
tenant Shimada; slightly wounded,
Lieutenant. Masuki, Engineer Kurita
and six petty officers and men.
All the remainder of the crews were
safely picked up by our destroyers.”
Thousands of Americans Suffer.
The consul general at Capetown in
a report to the state department says
business in the Cape of Good Hope
is in a very depressed condition, and
that there are thousands of Americans
in the country in unfortunate circum-
stances.
FOR HEARST TO THE LAST.
South Dakota Democrats So Declare
in The.r State convention.
The South Dakota democratic state
convention at Sioux Falls, reaffirms
the principles of democracy as enun-
elated by Jefferson, Jackson and Bry
an >” an< * instructs the delegates to
the St. Louis convention to support
William Randolph Hearst, “first, last
an ® tlle time * or ^ f> P rfe 6W e ntial
nomination."
PAYNE APOLOGIZES
Postmaster General Depre¬
cates Bristow Report.
TALKS WITH COMMITTEE
Mr. Payne's Illness is of Most Serious
Nature—A Member of the Corn-
mittee Comments Upon
His Condition.
Washington special says: On Ua ,
A
request of Postmaster General Payne,
Chairman McCall, Representative Hitt,
Representative Richardson, of Ala-
bantu, and Representative Bartlet!,
went to the Arlington hotel Saturday
morning and discussed with tho post¬
master general, at liis bedside, too
special report involving members of
congress in the matter of clerk lure
and leases at third and fourth-class
postofiices.
Mr Payne has prepared a statement,
which he wished to go into the rec¬
ord of the committee, ai d whVh, af¬
ter final revision, was made public.
The point in the statement Is that Mr.
Payne was most positive iu bis pro¬
test that the names of members
should not have been sent to the house
committee on postofiices and post
roads. The report in question was
first submitted to the committee and
the second report, with the names
was sent to the capltol upon a tele¬
phony order from the house commit¬
tee on postoffices and post, roads.
During the day Chairman McCall re-
ceived an explanation from the gov¬
ernment printing office concerning the
folto line at the top of each page (f
the report: "Charges concerning
members of congress.”
This line was, it is said, a legit -
mate condensation of the substance of
the title page, submitted by the post-
office committee, and is also just fled
by the pay resolution, which contains
the word “charges” in the same con¬
nection. The line was made up iu
the printing office, as is the usual
custom.
The explanation from the public
printer also contains the statement,
that the twenty-five advance copies
were in tho hands of the pwaiffice
committee thirty hours before a cor-
rection of the lino was ordered.
Payne is Seriously III.
Postmaster General Payne is a much
sicker man than-the public lias been
led to believe. Members of the house
committee on Investigation of the lir a-
tow report who visited him Saturday
were shocked at his condition. One
of these gentlemen said to the corre¬
spondent of The Atlanta Constitution:
“He seems to tne hardly alive. I
would not. lie surprised to learn of Ids
death at any time.”
Officials in his department aro
aware of the serious condition of the
postmaster general, but are very loath
to discuss It. The report Is that his
heart action is very bad and that when
he talks of business matters with ■
those around him. which he persist j
in conscious, doing, it almost >s ?i sort childish of dazed, semi- j
way.
It is, of course, certain that Post
master General Payne, will not be Iu
the Roosevelt cabinet should the pro:;
ident be re elected. Indeed, there has
already been a quiet casting about for
a successor, but nobody has supposed
that Mr. Payne is now In such a pro
carious condition. Those who have
seen him express the opinion that if
he dees not die in the near future he
will certainly be unable to ever re¬
sume the active duties of ids office
DELAY IRRITATES PANAMAN8- 1
New Republic Put Out Over Non-Pay¬ j
Great ment surprise of Canal manifested Money. all j
is in
circles at Panama over the alleged !
nonfulfillment by Ihe United States of
the agreement on the exchange of rat- j
ideations of the canal treaty ihe Gui¬
ted States to pay the new republic too
sum of $10,000,000. It Is said the de¬ i
lay of ihe fJn tr-d States to make the
payment has forced Ihe government
of Panama to float a loan in New
York.
TWO HECKS ARE SAVED.
Condemned Man Makes Confession in
Order to Save Innocent Parties.
Almost within the coils of the hang¬
man’s rope Peter Neidermeyer, one ot
the car barn bandits, made what he
declared was a true confession to save
two other men from the gallows and
one from long Imprisonment,
• “1 killed Pair ok Barrett, in ids fm-
1 * oon al 4210 Wallace street lasl May,
1 Neldemeyer. John Lynch and
James Sammons are under sentence of
j death fo rthe crime and also Hugh
j O’Reilly who has been sentenced to
| the penitentiary, are innocent."
Consul General Barlow Resigns.
The state department has received
! the resignation of Andrew D. Barlow,
j United States consul general at Mex¬
ico and has accepted it. No successor
j has as yet been named,
.
j Two Dead and Dozon and Hurt. twelve
j Two persons were killed
others injured in a collision between
an eX p r ess train and a freight on the
Pennsylvania railroad near Pottstown,
Ga., Saturday,
RUSSIANS LEAVE KOREA.
Harassed and Closely Pressed by Ad¬
vancing Japanese, Post After Post
is Deserted by Czar’s Forces.
A special from Toklo says: Tho ad-
vanco guard of tho Japanese army in
northwestern Korea occupied tho
town of Snug Cheng Saturday after¬
noon without opposition.
Sang Chen is on the Pekin road, lb
miles west of Cheng Ju, and about 40
miles south of Wiju. When tho Japa¬
nese drove tho Russians out of Cheng
Ju last Monday the Russians withdrew
In two columns, cue going over the
Koak roa() amI the other over the Pe-
kJn roat ,
Tbe Japanese advance from Cheng
j u wag luai ( 0 v( , r y rapidly. It was an
that the Russans would re-
sist this advance, but they failed to do
so, and now it. is not probable that
there will be any further opposition
south of the Yaht river.
Cheng Ju, because of its superior
natural surroundings, is the strongest
place between Ping Yang and Wiju.
Besides these natural advantages there
is an old Korean fort there which, had
it been defended with spirit, would
have bean hard to take. The Japanese
are gratified at tho comparative ease
with which they drove the Russians
from this fort.
Russian patrols are reported to bo
in the country east of the Pekin road,
but It is not probable that there Is
any considerable force of Russians in
that section. The patrols are with¬
drawing gradually to the north to¬
ward the Yalu.
It is reported that the Ice on the
Yalu is well broken and in the future
the river must be crossed In junks or
over pontoon bridges.
TIBETAN ARMY SLAUGHTERED.
British Bullets Cut Fearfully Bloody
Swath in Advancing Host.
Advices from Tuna, Tibet, under
date of April 2nd, slate that the Tib¬
etan general, the whole of his personal
escort ami five high L'Hassa officials,
are among tho hundreds killed In the
fighting of March 31 at Guru, Tibet.
The small British losses arc ac-
counted for by the fact that tho Tibet¬
ans were so huddled together .that the
majority were unable to either use
their swords or to fire. The swords
nj ( . )a in dm front rank could not reach
the sikhs, who had fixed bayonets,
while the men in the middle of the
mob could not reach the enemy; but
many of them probably killed* each
other in the excitement. The scones
recalled old-time fights In cock pits,
the grim ricicrmlnod faces of tho Tib-
otants lighted with savagery express¬
ing contempt for the Sikhs, whom
they outnumbered six or seven to one.
When the L'Hassa general heard the
first shot, tho Tibetans with wild
shouts drew their swords, tired their
matchlocks and surged forward.
Those of the Tibetans wllo tried to
climb the wall were met with a tend-
iile magazine rifle fire, but they did
not falter, those behind spr’ngtng over
the heaps of dead and continuing to
flght unti i riddled with bullets,
when finally the Tibetans rotiroi
they tramped back slowly and stead-
| ]y though followed by a hail of bill-
Ids. A mountain battery was brought
j n | 0 act on and loro the retreating
lines with shrapnel, A terrible trail
0 j ,| e ad and dying marked tho line of
, narc p At length the last wounded,
]| ra ping Tibetan turned the point some
400 yards from the scene of tho grim
tragedy where tho best of the Tibetan
army had perished.
RUSSIANS SUFFER HORRORS.
In March Across Frozen Regions
Czar's Army is Decimated.
Letters of Russian soldiers from
Lake Baikal and Irkutsk, the latter
now a great, lazaretto, read like pass¬
ages from “Sergeant Bourgoynes’ Me
moirs” of the retreat from Moscow,
1812-1.813.
The frost kills thousands, the wa-
| ( , rK swallow up whole battalions at, a
time, hunger rages, for fond Is rldicu-
| otl giy inadequate, and tho clothes pre¬
v ldod seem a mockery upon the awful
wind and cold.
CARNEGIE READY TO DONATE.
Founder of Libraries Promises Cash
fo rthe Republican Campaign.
A Washington dispatch says; An¬
drew Carnegie has sent word to Presi¬
dent Roosevelt that he need not. worry
over rumors that the moneyed inter,
ests of Wall street are not disposed to
chip Into the republican campaign
fund.
The founder of libraries says ho
stands ready to contribute any reason¬
able sum up to a million dollars, If
necessary, to offset any defections by
the rich Wall street men.
FLOOD OF PENSION BILLS.
House Disposes of Three Hundred and
Nineteen Within Two Hours.
A Washington special says: Three
hundred and nineteen pension b!li§
were passed It the house Saturday in
two hours. Another hour was devoted
to rapid-fire legislation by unanimous
consent In which a large number of
bills and other matters of minor im¬
portance were disposed of.
NO. 20.
FLAC ACAIN FLOATS
Russians Reconsider Overt
Action at Niuchwang,
AMENDS PROMPTLY MADE
Result of Strong Protest Made by
United States Consul Miller.
British Flag Also l
Rehoisted.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Niuchwang, under Tuesday's date,
says: On a strong representation
made by United States Consul Miller
that the civil administrator had invad¬
ed neutral rights when he ordered the
lowering of the American flag from
buildings belonging to American citi¬
zens, even though it was done through
the apprehension that the flag was il¬
legally used by Chinese for the pur¬
pose of resisting police inspection, the
civil administrator has promised to
duly and in proper form, through the
military, raise the flag over the build¬
ing from which it was removed, bne
British flag, which was ordered taken
down, will also bo allowed to remain.
Flag Rehoiated.
A correspondent of Tho London
Times at Niuchwang, cabling Tuesday,
says: “The Russian police have apol¬
ogized, and have rehoisted the United
States flag over the correspondents'
mess."
Disapproved by Germany.
According to a Berlin dispatch, the
German press disapproves the step
taken by Russia at Niuchwang, argu¬
ing that It Is contrary to tho spirit of
the declarations exchanged between
tho powers at. the outset of the war
regardln gtho neutrality of China, and
furnishes Japan excellent pretext for
landing troops on neutral Chinese soil.
Generally speaking, the Russian action
enhances the apprehensions enter¬
tained at Berlin regarding the future
attitude of China.
While It Is not supposed any power
will seriously oppose the Russian de¬
claration of martial law. The Berlin
Post points out the large number of
claims for compensation that w'lll in¬
evitably be addressed to the Russian
government by the foreign merchants
residing at Niuchwang. These claims
will probably be supported by diplo¬
matic representations.
Our Gunboat Leaves Niuchwang.
The United States gunboat Helena
at. Niuchwang has received orders to
proceed for Shanghai. She will take
away all Americans who desire to
leave the city.
SCIENCE SCHOOL LOSES OUT.
Erstwhile Teacher Wins Suit on Back
Salary Through Auditor,
In the case of Miss Anna L. Winter,
of Atlanta vs. Mrs. ,1. W. Armstrong
et, al., Wilkes superior court, Harris
Cloud, of Crawfordville, Ga., who was
appointed auditor by Judge H M. Hol¬
den, has rendered Ills decision to tho
effect, that. Miss Winter is entitled to
recover the sum of $329.25,
This case will be recalled as the
one In which tho Christian Science
School of Wilkes county figured.
Miss Winter, who taught in the
school for several years, entered suit
to recover salary which she alleged
was due her by Mrs. Armstrong, who
was the manager ot the school.
PARKER DELEGATES CHOSEN.
New York Democrats Denote Choice
for President In Primaries.
An Associated Press dispatch from
New York says: A summary of re¬
turns from the democratic primaries
held In the most important counties
for” the selection of delegates to the
state convention shows that the Em¬
pire State delegation to tho national
convention will be Instructed to vote
for Judge Parker as nominee for pres¬
ident. At the primaries so far two
hundred and twenty-eight Parker dele¬
gates are counted as having been suc¬
cessful. As there will be a total of
four hundred and fifty the Parker
forces claim they will have a large
working majority In the convention.
NEGHOE8 MAY HAVE CANDIDATE.
Will Hold Convention in St. Louis
With that Object irt View,
W. T Scott, a negro, has announced
that preparations have been complet¬
ed for a national convention for the
nomination of a negro candidate for
president. The convention will be
held in St. Louis July 6, the date set
for the national democratic conven¬
tion. The name of the new party Is
the National Civil Liberal Party, and
a platform will be adopted which, it
is said, will call for government own¬
ership of transportation facilities and
a pension list for former slaves.
EMPEROR ACTS THE MENIAL.
Francis Joseph, of Austria, Washes
Feet of Twelve Old Men.
At Vienna, Thursday morning, Em¬
peror Francis Joseph observed the an-
cijnt ceremony of washing the feet
of twelve old men in the crystal hall
of the Hofburg. The hall was filled
with distinguished personages, Includ¬
ing members of the diplomatic corps,
and oabinet ministers, military officials
and court functionaries.