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The J ones County News
YOU X.
DALNY DISMANTLED
To Make Difficult the Land¬
ing of Japanese Troops.
DOCKS AND PIERS GONE
New Russian Port Upon Which Czar
Has Spent Over Six Millions
in Building, Is Made To¬
tally Useless.
A St. Petersburg special says. Vice¬
roy Alexieff has telegraphed to the
czar announcing that the Russians
have blown up the docks and piers at
Port Dalny, Liao Tung peninsula, pre¬
sumably-to render more difficult a Jap¬
anese landing at that point. Later
telegrams received indicate that the
whole of Port Dalny has been destroy¬
ed by the Russians.
X'ort Dalny, on Talien-Wan Bay, on
the east coast of the I.iao Tung penin¬
sula, was intended by Russia to be the
chief commercial emporium of its east¬
ern dominions. An edict providing cor
its construction was issued by the Rus¬
sian emperor July 30, 1S99, and Port
Dalny, fully equipped with ail mod¬
ern improvement, docks, warehouses
and railroad facilities, was opened to
commerce in 'December, 1901.
Talien-Wan Bay is one of the finest
deep water harbors on the Pacific. It
is free from ice in winter time and
shfps drawing thirty feet of water can
enter at low tide without difficulty and
without the aid of pilots can sail or
steam alongside the immense docks
and piers, where their cargoes can be
loaded into railroad cars and run di¬
rect for six thousand miles into the
■city of St. Petersburg.
Five large piers had been construct¬
ed, each supplied with numerous rail¬
road tracks and immense warehouses
and elevators, gas, electric lights and
water, and a ’arge breakwater was be¬
ing constructed so that ships could lie
at the piers and load and unload re¬
gardless of weather. Cocks for foreign
vessels, steam and sail, extended be¬
tween the piers and along the shore
for two miles. Tr.ere were two rirst
class docks, one for ordinary ocean
steamers and tne other designed to ac¬
commodate the largest vessels of war
or commerce.
Over $6,000,000 had been expended
on the harbor system before the end
of 1902. and it was estimated that the
cost of completing the works would
be nearly $20,000,000, but this does not
In any way represent the total cost
of the erection of this groat commer¬
cial port, which willi Port Arthur, dis¬
tant about twenty miles, was leased oy
the Chinese government from Russia
in 1S9S.
Nearly 25,000 men were employed
daily on the work of constructing Ihe
port and town. The total population
has been estimated at about 60,000
—mostly Chinese Japanese, Koreans
and Russians.
Explosions Explained.
An explanation of the explosions
heard at Port Arthur, which led to re¬
ports that the Russians were destroy¬
ing their warships in that harbor, is
furnished in a dispatch from St. Pe¬
tersburg. It is to the effect that the
garrison at Pert Arthur is endeavor¬
ing to clear the harbor entrance of
the stone-laden ships sent in by the
Japanese.
In order to remove the obstruction,
divers are said to have been sent down,
who placed charges of dynamite in po-
siTion and succeeded in blowing away
enough of (he cement and rock car¬
goes to admit the passage of torpedo
boats through the channel.
No Dispatches Accepted.
An attempt to send a response from
St. Petersburg to a private telegram
from Port Arthur, received Thursday
(May 12), failed, the post officials
refusing to accept it.
Railroad Not Rcoponed.
Official inquiry shows that Viceroy
Aiexieff’s report that railroad commun¬
ication with Port Arthur lias been re¬
stor’d is untrue.
LEFT FORTUNE TO FIANCEE.
Will of Millionaire Wtntz Bequeaths
$100,000 to Miss Brookmire.
It has just become known that E.
L. Wentz, tho young Philadelphia mil¬
lionaire whose body was found near big
Stone Gap, Va., after a disappearance
of some months, was engaged to be
married to Miss Cornelia Brookmire,
of St, Louis.
The young lad', it is announced,
was left about $100,009 by the will of
Wentz, which has just been filed for
probate in the Wise county, Virginia,
court.
MAKE RAID INTO KOREA.
Russians and Manchurian Bandits Oo-
cupy a Town in Hermit Kingdom.
Associated Press advices from Seoul
state that the Japanese consul general
at Gensan telegraphs that a iorce ot
Russians, number unknown, accompa¬
nied by Manchurian mounted bandits,
crossed the Yalu above Wiju, advano-
ed southeast and occupied. Chaug-J in,
‘400 miles west of Song-Jin, May Z.
MUST RACE AGAIN.
Contest for Senator and Governor in
Florida Primary Not Conclusive,
According to Returns.
A Jacksonville dispatch sr.«s: Re¬
turns are still Incomplete from the
Florida primary. Several precincts are
yet to be heard from In other coun.ies
and no returns at all are in from
Taylor, Walton and Washington.
Forty-two counties of the forty-live
in ihe state give Taliaferro lor senate
20,606; Stockton 11,526; Jennings 8,-
223; Call 948.
Senator Taliaferro's friends now
agree that he wii. enter a se :und
primary against Stockton, who sajs
he will light to the end.
Thirty-nine counties heard from in
the gubernatorial race give Davis 11,-
692; Broward 10,777; Brown 8,121 aid
Mays 7,020.
The second congressional district
gives Clark 5,902; Barrs 4,944; Dcugh-
er.y 2,117; Watson 1,962; Alexander
1,676.
Senator James B. Taliaferro, who
is serving his first term m the senate,
stood for a second term upon his
record, and the performance of eer-
tain work started but uncompleted,
this record and the work concerning
principally the river and harbor rj-
provement.
Mr. Taliaferro's leading competitor
was John N. C. Stockton. Mr. Stock-,
ton made a vigorous campaign as an
anti-trust candidate and a friend of
the eomon people on the question of
trusts and corporations, and charging
Mr. Taliaferro with being the candi¬
date of the corporations.
Stockton had the endorsement of
Senator Mallory, Florida's senior ten-
atcr.
Governor Jennings also polled a
small vote for the senate, while ex-
Senator Call, who also ran, po led
in the neighborhood of one thousand
votes. He represented Florida for
eighteen years in the senate, and is
now in the neighborhood of seventy
years of age. The exsenator, how¬
ever, made an active canvass of the
state, and the vo.e he received was
complimentary.
Robert W. Davis, who is at present
representative of the second congres¬
sional district In the lower house, will
be opposed in the second primary by
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. It was
well foreseen that ‘this would be the
result in the event the governorship
nomination was contested in a sec¬
ond primary, yet the surprise of the
first primary is tnat Broward recliv¬
ed- the vote accorded him. This i?
probably due more than anything else
to 'ihe systematic work .that. Broward
has been doing. H is said that he
has been preparing for the race fully
four years, while fir. Davis has beer
taking things calmly at Washington as
representative. Mr. Davis did not open
his campaign until a few weeks age
The surprise in the race for congress
in the second district was the large
vote polled by Frank Clark. It is said
that this was as much a matter ot
surprise to Clark as any one else. It
was a foregone conclusion in this case
that Barrs and Clark would go into
the second primary for the place, but
it was not supposed that Clark woula
lead Barrs in 'the first. There were
five candidates in the race to begin
with.
Some months ago the Hearst league
of state clubs met : n Jacksonville and
put a delegation in the field pledged
to vote for Hearst first, last and all
the lime. Other delegates announced
from time to time, and these will go
uninstructed to the national conven¬
tion. The delegation is evenly diviled.
It should be stated, however, that
this Is the first general primary ever
held in Florida, and the primary sys¬
tem is recognized as good. The sys¬
tem in Florida needs only to be revis¬
ed to be satisfactory. Under the Flor¬
ida system two primaries are held,
as stated before, necessitating two
campaigns where any candidate fails
of majority vote over all competitors
combined in the first round.
REUNION APPOINTMENTS.
Sponsor and Maids of Honor and Ora¬
tor Named for Nashville Meeting.
General William EL Mickle, adjutant
general of the Confederate Veterans,
announces by command of General Ste¬
phen D. Lee, the following appoint
ments for the Nashville reunion:
Miss Corinne Tebault, of New Or¬
leans, sponsor for the south.
Miss Mary K. Ewell, of Norfolk,
Va„ and Miss Elizabeth Thomas, of
Nashville, Tenn., maids of honor.
Rev. Randolph H. McKim D. D* 04
Washington. D. C., orator.
Gold Standard Turned Down.
The proposal before the assembly
that Panama should adopt the United
States gold standard was. rejected af¬
ter excited opposition by 16 to 13
votes.
Wolf Made Judge in Porto Rico.
President Roosevelt Wednesday ap
pointed Adolph Grant Wolf, of tha Dis
trict of Columbia, to succeed Judge
Sulzbacber as associate justice ot the
supreme court f°rto
GUAY. JONES CO. GA.. THURSDAY. MAY 1!), 1904.
DALNY BOMBARDED
i
Russian Port Town Assailed
i by Heavy Guns of Japs.
■ I RESULT IS YET UNKNOWN
I
Place la Also Invested by Twenty
I 1 Thousand Japanese Troops —
Russians to Make Stand at
Harbin.
A Special front Che Foo says: When
The 'Daily News d’spatch boat Fawau
arrived off Dalny early Saturday morn¬
ing a heavy bomba ldmcnt was in prog'
ress.
As the channel was thickly mined
by .he Russians and the Japanese ad¬
miral, Katakoa, had issued strict or¬
ders that non-combatant boats were to
jS e..Uuaed, it vvuc impossible to get
iviuuu me roadstead.
tieoco an accurate report cl the pio-
ceeamgs are impossible. But so iar as
a was possible to ascertain, the ar-
mored cruiser Yakauio, lour other
cruisers, one gunboat and one battle
ship having cleared the channel, enter¬
ed the harbor shortly after daylight
and began a heavy lire, which was
still in progress at noon.
It is estimated that 20,000 Japan¬
ese troops are investing the town and
thcce is every reason to believe that
they delivered the assault Friday af¬
ternoon and are now in possession of
the city. It Is understood that the
landing of the second army was com¬
pleted Friday at PRsewo.
There are now 50,000 Japanese
troops on the peninsula.
China Strictly Neutral.
A Washington special say: Minis¬
ter Conger reports by cable to the
state department, fro Pekin that fhe
Chinese government has reiterated its
determination of observing the strict¬
est neutrality, and has asserted its
ability to do so.
In view of the leading part taken by
the United States government in se¬
curing the international pledge of the
neutralization of China, the state de¬
partment has felt deep concern in the
reports of agitation among the Chi¬
nese military forces near the seat of
war and the danger of their violating
neutrality, thus releasing the powers
from the engagement into which tney
entered.
Mr. Conger .is keeping (he depart¬
ment closely advised of the situation
in China from that point of view.
Will Retreat to Harbin.
A Russian officer who will not al¬
low his name to be mentioned in¬
formed the Associated Press at Niu-
chwang that the Russian plan is to
retreat to Harbin and remain there
until home troops arrive and then
make a quick and decisive campaign
southward.
The late summer rains commence
soon, and then campaigning will be all
but impossible.
STANLEY’S LAST JOURNEY.
Famous Explorer Will Not be Buried
in Westminster Abbey.
A London dispatch says: It has defi¬
nitely been decided that Sir Henry M.
Stanley, who died May 10, will not be
buried in Westminster abbey. A me¬
morial service, however, will be held
there on ihe day of the funeral.
Stanley achieved fame by discover¬
ing Livingston, wno had been lost In
the wilds of Africa for years. He ac-
complished this exploit many years
ago for James Gordon Bennett, the
proprietor of The New York Herald.
Subsequently he led many exploiting
expeditions into Africa and was .hen
knighted for his services by the ate
Queen Victoria.
Stanley, although an Englishman,
spent many years in the United States.
He served in the Confederate army for
a time, and his enemies allege that
he deserted, but this charge bis friends
denied.
WENTZ NOT MURDERED.
Verdict of Coroner’s Jury Over Body
of Dead Millionaire.
The dead body of E. L. Wentz
which was found near Big Stone Gap,
Va., last Sunday, arrived at Bristol,
Tenn. Wednesday morning and an horn
later the special left for Philadelphia,
the home of the Wentz family, con¬
veying the dead man’s two brothers
and the body.
The coroner's jury at Big Stone Gap
gave a verdict of suicide or accidental
killing. Nothing has yet developed tc
lead to a clew to the murderer, it
murder was committed.
COSSACK RADERS REPULSED.
lap Garrison at Anju Surprised But
Came Out Victorious.
Details of the unexpected attack by
Russian Cossacks at Anju, Korea,
Tuesday morning were received in Ta-
kio Wednesday.
The Russian cavalry numbered 200
men and their attack was spirited.
The small Japanese garrison succeed¬
ed in driving off the enemy. Later
Japanese reinforcements arrived
1 JAPS LOSE A VESSEL.
While Engaged in Removing Mines,
Torpedo Boat is Blov/n up and
Seven of Crew Killed.
A special from Tokio says: The
Japanese torpedo boat No. 58 was do-
stroyed while removing mines from
Kolr l>®y, north of Tallewan, Port Dal-
ay, Thursday. Seven men were killed
and seven were wounded. This Is
the first warship Japan dias lost in
the war.
The torpedo boat* was lost during
a series of bombardments and survey¬
ing operations at Talien-Wan, Deep,
and Keer bays, by Admiral Kataoka,
commander of the third squadron.
Internal Troubles of Russia.
A secret report received from St.
Petersburg depicts the internal situa¬
tion of Russia as becoming most se¬
rious as regards the preservation of
the present institutions.
The military failures in the far east
having been strengthened the opinion
that the evils are due to the present
organization of the country in which
a change is necessary.
The hope is expressed that the em¬
peror himself seeing the danger will
be induced to grant the country a con¬
stitution, in which event, it is asserted,
the enthusiasm of the people will be¬
come so great as to render ii possible
to raise an army and collect the means
necessary to defeat Japan.*
Otherwise, the report says, it is be¬
lieved all the efforts made at St. Pe¬
tersburg will remain futile, as besides
the war in (he Far East, Russia will lie
obliged to face a latent if not an open
revolutionary movement at home, de¬
priving her of the assistance of the
most progressive elements of the em¬
pire, such as the Poles and Finns.
Seventy Whip Five Hundred.
A Washington dispatch says: The
state department has received advices
from Minister Allen at Seoul to the
effect that a considerable body of Cos¬
sacks are reported to have arrived
south of the Yalu river. The minister
further states that in the atack made
on Anju on the 10th and 11th seventy
Japanese soldiers protected by walls,
held off 500 Cossacks.
PREACHERS HAVE A SCRAP.
Texas Delegates to Southern Bapiist
Convention Engage in a Fight.
The opening session of the South¬
ern Baptist convention at Nashville,
Tenn., Friday, was in a flutter of ex¬
citement over the report of a sensa¬
tional encounter bot'reoJYftev. J. B.
Cranfill and Rev. S. a' Hayden, of
Texas, qn their way to the convention.
Both are among the delegates.
There has been had blood between
them for some years. Mr. Cranfill is
editor of The Texas Baptist Standard,
while Mr. Hayden is editor of Vne
Texas Herald. There has been quite
a struggle In Texas between those
who have stood by the work of tho de¬
nomination as conducted through the
boards of the convention.
Cranfill has been advocating tho or¬
ganized work while Hayden was
against it.
Tho fight grew so warm that Hay¬
den was refused a seat in the Texas
convention. He brought suit against
the committee that. reported agamst
him. He was awarded thirty thousind
dollars damages, but in another trial
this was cut down one-half. Two other
trials were granted, the last decision
practically throwing the case out of
court.
The feeling between the leaders
and others has been very hitter. Cran¬
fill has said some bitter things in his
paper and Hayden has said tilings
equally as bitter. Cranfill has been
managing a natural oil company and
his alleged unbus. nesslike methods
have drawn much criticism upon him,
it Is said.
At the time of Ihe difficulty, noth
preachers were in the same sleener,
and met in the lavoratory.
Sharp words passed between them
and Cranfill took a pistol from his grip.
Hayden seized it and in the struggle
two shots were fired, neither doing
any damage.
When the train arrived at Texarkana
Cranfill was arrested and after a pre¬
liminary trial w-as released on a bond
of $1,000, and proceeded on his way.
“ABUNDANT EVIDENCE.”
Official Report from Washington on
Removal cf Marshal Barnes.
“Abundant evidence was furnished
the president and the attorney general
to warrant the summary dismissal of
Marshal J. M. Barnes and the ap¬
pointment of his successor, George 1* ■
White, of Macon, Ga.”
This is the substance of the oflicial
statement given out at. the departm mt
of justice at Washington Wednesday
relative to the removal of Marsnal
Barnes, because of alleged offensive
conduct to Judge r , r L _v Sneer ' -nd
•
other - court officials in the southern
judicial district of Georgia.
COTTON SPINNERS IN SESSION.
American Manufacturers’ Association
Faith in Washington.
The American Cotton Manutactur-
ers’ Association convened in Wash-
ington Wednesday morning for its
eighth annual session, the meetings
being heid in the banquet ball of the
Arlington hotel.
About two hundred members of the
association were present at the open-
ing session-
FLEET IS BLOWN UP
Rather Than Surrender, Rus¬
sians Destroy Their Ships.
NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR
Determined that Bottled Fleet Shall
Not Fall Into Hands of Japs
When Stronghold
is Taken.
An official Japanese dispatch has
been received in Che Foo to the ef¬
fect that the Russians have destroyed
their fleet in Port Arthur.
A special from Tokio says: Admiral
Togo reports 'that since the 6th of May
many explosions have been lie ird
coming from the vicinity of Port Ar¬
thur, but their cause has not been as
certain*?,d. The impression is tiiat
the Russians, despairing of their abil¬
ity to defend Port Arthur, are do
stroying their ships before evacuating
the place.
Denied by Russians.
A St. Petersburg special says: The
general staff admits it is without ad
vices as to whether the raiinoa 1 or
telegraph to Port Arthur are still
open. Upon several points, however,
specific information is vouchsafed.
The idea that the Russian squadron
at Port Arthur is being destroyed to
prevent its falling Into the hands oi
the enemy is scouted at the admiralty.
“We are not. going to repeat Hie
mistake made at Sebastopol,” said
Vico Admiral Kojeslvensky, command
er of the Baltic fleet. “If 'the worst
comes to the won., Ihe squadron will
put to sea, engage Ihe enemy an l in¬
flict as much damage ns possible be¬
fore going to th? bottom. But you
can say that it is a little early vot
to talk of such desperation.”
Strength of F'eet Unknown.
It is impossible to give an accurate
list of the effect!va Russian warships
at Port Arthur, but some idea of ihe
state of the fleet can be formed from
tho oflicial repor 1 of Viceroy Alexicil
to Emperor Nicholas concerning ihe
engagement of April 13, in which the
Petropavlovslc was sunk and the Po
bieda was seriously damaged.
In the report the viceroy said: “Tilt
whole effective squadron at Port Ar
thur sailed out.” He then enumerated
ag the units of tho fleet the first, class
battle ship3 Poresviet, Pobioda, Pa
lava, Petropavlovslc and Sevastopol
tho armored cruisers Dayan, the first
class protected cruisers Askold and
Diana, the second class protected cruis¬
er Novilc, two torpedo cruisers and
live torpedo boat destroyers.
It will, therefore, be seen that, on
(he day after the destruction of die
Petropavlovslc the Russians at Port
Arthur had available three battle ships
one armored cruiser and three protect
ed cruisers, The number of topedo
boats or torpedo boat destroyers effect
ive or disabled is not known.
WHIPPED UNION ORGANIZERS.
Judge Jones Renders Important Labor
Decision in Albania.
Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the
United States district court, fn Bir
mingham, Ala., has rendered a far-
reaching decision in the Walker coun¬
ty conspiracy case. Lasfi summer Jo¬
seph Hattier, organizer of District No.
20 of the United Mine Workers, and
B. L. Green, colored, vice president
of the organization, v:ere assaulted
and whipped while they were in Walk¬
er county on a mission of organizing
local unions.
The opinion concedes the right to
form labor unions, but says it is not
one of the rights conferred by the con-
Btitution of the United States, The
judge says in conclusion.
“It, would be a lesser evil to society
to leave tho wrong unredressed than
to usurp jurisdiction to punish the ot-
tense here. This court has no juri3-
diction, and the defendants are dis¬
charged, without delay.”
MAIL CLERK UNDER ARREST.
Is Held Responsib'e for Valuable Pack¬
age Sent by Tampa Bank.
William J. Henry, a mail clerk run¬
ning on the Atlantic Coast Line divi¬
sion, between Jacksonville, Fla , and
Tampa, was arrested in the latter city
Friday on a charge inside by Inspector
Canfield, of the 'ai'way mall service.
Preliminary hearing was waived before
Commissfontr Crane and bond fixed at
$1,500, which Henry was not able to
furnish. The action is based on the
disappearance of a valuable package
mailed ^ by the Tampa National Bank
^ ^ Qoria ,, ank .
RACING BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.
N ew Exposition Feature to Be Put On
at Charleston, S. C-
Arrangements were completed at
Charleston, S. C., Friday to give horse
races under electric light at the old ex¬
position grounds track and the racing
wi i) Ht art 0 n June 2, and continue dur-
ing the entire summer. Many horses
are already here, and the contractors
kave everything complete for the
opening night.
it Cream of News.* •; ,
1 1
Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—A dispatch from Bristol, Te in.,
says Dr. Wentz, lather of the young
man who was found (load In the
woods .apologizes to the jury that
returned verdict of accidental killing,
the doctor ut the same time denying
the report that, he criticized the
jury.
—Midshipman Philip Bi'ittingh <m,
of West Virginia, was drowned near
Annapolis Sunday. Four other mid¬
shipmen narrowly escaped death.
—Officer Cox was killed while at¬
tempting to arrest two negroes in
Greenville county, South Carolina.
—Two mass meetings at Buffalo,
N. Y., one for women and the other
for men, Sunday, ended the Iliirly-
(lft h International convention of the
Young Men’s Christian Association of
North America.
—The annual convention of the
Cumberland Presbyterian church be¬
gan in Chicago Sunday.
—The Mexican superior board of
health is making an active campaign
against yellow fever on the isthmus
of Tebauntepec.
—A traction engine pulling six wag
ons loaded with children, forming a
queer excursion train, entered Ox¬
ford, Ga., Friday, the ocasion being
l he oratorical contest of Newton cotm-
ty.
—Dr. G. E. Bingham, Jailed at Ma¬
con, Ga., on tlie marge of killing Ma¬
jor Holly, au old negro, expresses con¬
fidence in his acquittal and wants
to get out on bail.
—Normal school at Alliens will
close May 28, Rev. C. B. Wilmer,
of Atlanta, delivering ihe baccalaure¬
ate sermon. Thirteen will bo gradu¬
ated.
—Lucy Cobb closes May 27 with
splendid commencement exercises. A
fine musical programme lins also been
arranged.
—Grand jury at Balnbridge, Ga.,
fails to indict M. li. Haggs, who Kill¬
ed John Hunter last February.
<1
—The Alabama Denial Association
selects Gadsden a' its next meeting
place, after naming officers for Ihe
ensuing vear. M Clay Hassell, of
Tuscaloosa, is president.
—The Southern Baptist convention
in session at Nashville again names
ex-Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, as
president, and elects all officers of
the body.
—Wiliinm J. Henry, of Jacksonville,
Fla., a poslal clerk, Is arrested on
the charge of taking a package
which was missed from the mail.
—Miss Marietta Porter, who slow
herself in Montgomery, left a tote
saying she feared she was becoming
insane.
—The coal roads have been ordered
to appear in court May 24 to answer
questions to be propounded by attor¬
neys for W. R. llearst.
—In Ihe Tyner-Barett caso at
Washington, Saturday ,the prosecu¬
tion closed the rase and the hearing
of testimony for Ihe defense began.
—Tlie recent heavy exportations of
gold have cause 1 quite a slump in
the stock at the New York assay of¬
fice.
—Armenians in the Sassaun dis¬
trict are being exterminated by the
Turks. The porte has taken advan¬
tage of Russia's troubles in the Far
East..
Prisoners captured by Tibetans
have been tortured to death, being
cut to pieces slowly.
—Sir Henry M. Stanley will not bo
buried in Westminster Abbey.
—From the latest primary retarns
in Florida it seems that Senator Tal¬
iaferro failed to secure a majority
vote and will go Into the second pri¬
mary with Stockton.
—The queer actions of a woman
in Columbus mystify tho people, and
no clew has been found as to iter
name or identity.
—Recent educational meeting of the
Ogden party at Birmingham Is al¬
ready bearing fruit and meetings aro
being held in Alabama to arrange tor
new and better methods of local school
taxation.
—The Inter-church conference on
marriage and divorce, a body repre
senting officially fourteen leading de¬
nominations, has Issued through its
secretary, the Rev. Dr. William H.
Roberts, an appeal to the public, call¬
ing attention to the several aspects
of the divorce question.
—The port of Dalney was bom¬
barded by the Japauese Saturday. The
result is not yet known.
—City of Columbus, the splendid
new ship of the Ocean Steamship
Company, arrived at the Savannah
wharfs Saturday decked in flags and
was saluted by all the craft in the
river.
—General Crozier will report favor¬
ably on Senator Bacon’s desire for a
repair station to be established at
Augusta.
NO. 26.
TAFT TO CONTROL
Canal Work is Turned Over
to War Department.
IS ORDER OF PRESIDENT
Conference Is Held In Washington, at
Which Regulations of Commission
in Great Undertaking Aro
Decided Upon.
A Washington special says: Presi¬
dent Roosevelt held a long conference
Monday with Secretaries Hay and ’lalt
and Attorney General Knox, at which
the regulations to govern the isth¬
mian canal commission wore determin¬
ed on finally. Secretary Taft gave a
brief resume of their provisions at the
conclusion of the conference, Wnile
the creation and work of the cornmis-
slon Is committed by law to the pres¬
ident, whose authority in that regard
is practically suptemc, I he president
by the regulations directs that the
commission shall exercise its powers
under the direction and supervision
of the secretary of war. General Geo.
W. Davis, the nrmy member of the
commission, is appointed governor of
the American zone on the isthmus. Un¬
til the expiration of the fifiy-elghth
congress, the isthmian commission will
exorcise executive authority over the
American strip, Governor Davis is
given authority to appoint one judge
who shall exercise judicial authority.
If in the opinion of the commission¬
er an additional judge is necessary to
Ihe proper conduct of the judicial
work on the isthmus the regulations
confer on the commission authority
to appoint him.
Secretary Taft explained that it
manifestly would be impossible for
tlie president in the execution of his
duties to give that, personal attention
to the canal work which is absolute¬
ly necessary and as Ihe war depart¬
ment hitherto has exercised supervis¬
ory control over public, civil and mili¬
tary works and governmental control
over thu territory dependent upon fhe
country, it was deemed advisable that
the isthmian commission should oper¬
ate under tho direction of the war de¬
partment. What particular bureau of
the war department the commission
will he under has not. jot bean deter¬
mined by Secretary Taft, but be indi¬
cated that it might not lie the bu-
reau of insular affairs, which, ho in-
timated, already had enough work on
Its hands.
Under the operation of what is
known as the dockery law, the audit¬
ing of the commission’s accounts will
fall to the duly of the auditor of the
state department, but beyond the mat
ter of auditing, the state department
will not. be charged with any control
over tho commission. The commls-
slon itself will establish an elaborate
sj-Btem of bookkeeping, through which
its accounts may be handled very rea¬
sonably by the state department audi¬
tor. Tho committee will report, direct¬
ly to tho secretary of war as often
as he may direct, upon all phases of
its operations. It will be under the
same sort of control of the secretary
of war as in the Philippine commls-
sion All directions concerning the
operations of the commission are set
out. fully in the regulations, and a
recitation is made of all the opera¬
tions leading up to the p.cquisition of
the canal property and appointment of
the commission. Tho details still re¬
main to be worked out, but they aro
largely administration in nature and
aro not regarded as essential to the
regulations themselves.
RUSSIAN STOCKS TUMBLE.
Revcrncs on the Yalu Put Check on
Buoyancy of Trading.
The disaster to Russian arms on the
Yalu put a chock to the recent buoy
ancy on the London stock exchange,
but os the Paris market, although de¬
pressed, did not give any evidence of
a scare, the fail in prices on the ex¬
change during the l>as week was
r.vt great.
Japanese securities ro.;o to about
tho sane extent that Russians fell.
FOR CORRECT COTTON REPORTS.
Agricultural Department Insists on
Accurate Statistics.
The department of agriculture is
making elaborate arrangements for its
report on the acreage and condition
of the cotton cron on May 26, Ihe
condition of cotton on June 25, tnd
for reports on other crops for June
and July.
A large number of correspondents
will send in detailed reports on the
cotton acreage and conditions and
they have been enjoined to use tho
greatest care.
CARNIVAL Cr HOMOCIDES-
Two Hundred Killings in Mississippi
Since First cf January
Two hundred killings is the record
Massissippi has achieved since tho 1st
of January, and 1hc killing mania,
which is spreading with such aston¬
ishing rapidity, forms the most seri¬
ous phase of the southern race prob¬
lem, for practically all of these crimes
have been committed among the col¬
ored population.