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The Jones County News
M. C. GREENE, Editor and Proprietor.
WORK OF POISONER
Mrs, teland Stanford Dies
Mysteriously in Honolulu.
FAILED TO ESCAPE ENEMY
Was Widow of Well Known California
Millionaire, Senator and Governor,
and Founder of Leland Stan¬
ford University.
Mrs, Jane Latbrop Stanford of San
Francisco, widow of the late multi¬
millionaire United States Senator and
Governor Leland Stanford, died at
11:40 Tuesday night at Moana Hotel
in Honolulu, Hawaii. Suspicious cir¬
cumstances surround the death of
Mrs. Stanford. She was taken ill at
11 o’clock, and said: “I have been poi¬
soned.” Her last words were: "This
Is a horrible death to die.” Mrs. Stan¬
ford arrived at Honolulu from San
Francisco on the Korea February
21 .
In conversation with Mrs. Henry
Highton of San Francisco, who Is now
in Honolulu, Mrs. Stanford said that
an attempt had been made to poison
her In that city, and that there was
reason for her sailing on the Korea.
Mrs. Stanford’s belief, according to
Mrs. Highton, was that enough poison
had been used to kill 20 person. The
Honolulu authorities are conducting
an investigation.
Before retiring Tuesday night Mrs,
Stanford took a dose of bicarbonate of
soda, which she purchased at San
Francisco It is reported the soda con¬
tained strychnine, but this report can¬
not he verified. Dr. J. K. Humphreys,
who attended Mrs. Stanford, is now
making in examination of the contents
of the bcttle which had not been
touched since Mrs. Stanford left San
Francisco.
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Standford
went to a picnic. She ate heartily.
On returning to the hotel she took
r.o dinner and retired shortly after
10 o’clock. At 11 o’clock a guest of
the hotel, who occupied an adjoining
room, heard Mrs. Stanford groaning,
and, running to the room, found her
lying on the floor. She had evidently
tFied to summon help. At the time of
Mrs. Stanford’s death there were
present Miss Berner, her secretary
and her maid. May Wilson.
The remains were taken to an un¬
dertaking establishment, where they
are awaiting an autopsy.
A San Francisco dispatch sgys: The
body of Mrs. Stanford will be returned
from Honolulu on the first steamer.
Until its arrival In San Francisco,
it Is probable that the Standford Uni¬
versity will remain closed. The fun¬
eral will take place from the Stanford
Memorial Church, and interment will
he made in the Stanford mausoleum
on the college campus. The death of
Mrs. Standford will stop all student
activities that have been scheduled for
the next few days. President David
Jordan, when interviewed, stated that
the death of Mrs. Standford would re¬
sult in no change whatever of the
policy Qf the university; that things
have been in the hands of the board
of trustees for some time past and
that the trustees are in entire sympa¬
thy with Mrs. Stanford's wishes.
M]rs. Stanford was born in Albany,
N. Y., in 1825. She married Leland
Stanford, who later became one of
the builders of the Central Pacific rail¬
road, and accumulated an Immense
rtune.
As the wife of Governor, and la¬
ter Senator, Stanford, MYs. Stanford
fgr many years took a prominent part
hi social affairs. She co-operated with
her husband In the founding of Le¬
land (Stanford, Jr., University and
after Senator Stanford’s death de¬
voted herself almost entirely to the
Interests of the university.
Although the immense endowment
of nearly twenty million dollars made
by Senator and Mrs. Stanford to the
university was placed in the hands
of trustees, Mrs. Stanford, until tho
time of her death, had control of tho
funds and the appointment of the
trustees. Almost the entire Stan-
ford fortune now goes to the univer¬
sity. Mrs. Stanford had but one
child, a son, who died at an early age
and in memory of whom the
Leland Stanford, Jr., University was
fpunded.
FOR CATTLE QUARANTINE.
House Passes Bill Authorizing Estab¬
lishment of Districts.
The house Thursday passed the bill
/fca»>rizing the secretary of agricul¬
ture to establish and maintain quaran¬
tine districts In the several states,
end to permit and regulate the move*
meet of cattle.
PARTING SHOT AT JUDGE
A Ringing Echo of Impeachment Pra-
ccedings Heard In th. House of
Representatives.
A Washington dispatch says: Th«
house, at Wednesday night’s session,
passed the general deficiency appro¬
priation bill, the last of the great
supply measures to be acted upon.
The total amount carried is $31,224,-
074.
The temper of the house regarding
the Swayne impeachment verdict was
shown when amendments were at¬
tached to the bill restricting the tea-
c’.ollar a day limit for expenses of
United States judges so that expend¬
itures above five dollars a day shall
te certified upon Jjrope.r (vouchers,
with the further proviso that in ease
a Judge presents a false claim for
expenses he shall be fined not less
than $100 and Imprisonment for not
less than ten days.
Mr. Miaynard of Virginia offered an
amendment increasing the salary of
the president to $75,000 per annum,
and that -of the vice president to
$15,000 per annum, and providing upon
retirement of the president a salary
of $25,000 per annum, but a point of
order against it by Mr. Baker of New
York was sustained by the chair.
An amendment by Mr. Sherman of
New York to appropriate $190,000 for
mileage for senators, members and
delegates for attending the second
session provoked much discussion. It
was opposed by Mr. Underwood of Ala¬
bama, upon the ground of illegality an.l
because the house would be put In an
improper attitude.
After Messrs. Littlefield of Maine,
de Armond of Missouri and Gudger ct
North Carolina had spoken In opposi¬
tion, the amendment was adopted.
The conference report on the mili¬
tary academy bill was adopted and
other appropriation bills passed by
the senate were sent to conference.
When the mileage amendment to
the general deficiency bill was report¬
ed to the house Mr. Underwood of
Alabama demanded a separate vote.
The amendment on division was agreed
to, 63 to 46. Mr. Underwood de¬
manded the yeas and nays, but Mr. .
Hemenway meantime Insisted that
there was no quorum and the roll
accordingly was called, the vote being
taken on the amendment at the same
time. By a vote of 90 to 80 the'
amendment was agreed to amid ap¬
plause. It required over an hour to
secure a quomim, the vote remaining
practically a tie throughout the call
and swaying first to one side and then
the other. The most intense interest
prevailed. The advocates and oppon¬
ents of the proposition were very act¬
ive on the floor of the house and out
In the lobSnes securing votes. Mr.
Gaines of Tennessee protested in n
question to the speaker as to whether
a member had the right to lobby
among his colleagues. ,r Ask the chair
something easy,” responded the speak¬
er amid thunderous applause. Mr.
Gaines did not further pursue his in¬
quiry. The bill then passed and the
house adjourned until 12 o’clock.
STOE6SEL COLDLY RECEIVED.
Pitiful Welcome Given Port Arthur
Defender In St. Petersburg.
Lieutenant General Stoessel -arrived
in Str. Petersburg Wednesday morning
from Moscow. A quarter of an hour
before his train was due It looked as
If not more than a hundred persons
would be present to welcome the de¬
fender of Port Arthur, but their num¬
ber augmented rapidly and when the
train steamed into the depot many
hundreds of people, especially women,
crowded on the platform.
Two months ago all Russia was
singing the praises of the defender of
Port Arthur, yet when he came home
comparatively few people assembled to
oheer him.
HAY DECORATION BARRED.
Secretary of State Cannot Receive the
Order of Legion of Honor.
In the senate Thursday Mr. Cul-
lom reported a bill from the commit¬
tee on foreign relations authorizing
Secretary Hay of the state department
to accept the decoration of the grand
cross of the national order of the Le¬
gion of Honor tendered him through
the state department by the govern¬
ment of the French republic. Mr.
Spooner objected, and no response was
made to the question. This ended the
matter.
NOT AFTER BLACK I8LANDB-
Hay Disclaims Any Hankering for
Haiti or San Domingo.
In answer to an inquiry on the sub¬
ject Secretary Hay has formally as¬
sured the Haitlen minister at Wash¬
ington that th© United States govern
meat has na intention whatever of ac¬
quiring b'y annexation or otherwise
possession of Haiti or Santo Domlago
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH !>, 190 .)
CAN ONLY
Czar is Willing to Concede
That Much to His Subjects.
CALL FOR ELECTIVE BODY
Dramatic Scen e in Palace When the
Emperor Attached Signature to
Document — No Surrender of
Autocratic Power.
A St. Petersburg special says: In
the Alexandra palace at Tsarskoe-
Selo, surrounded by the ministers and
a few members of the court, and with
the empress at his side, Emperor
Nicholas Friday afternoon affixed hi*
signature to a rescript containing hi*
majesty's decree to give elected rep¬
resentatives of the people an oppor¬
tunity to express their vlews in tho
preparation of the laws of the em-
pire.
This is the autocracy’s final response
to the agitation In favor of participa¬
tion by the people in government,
which has brought Russia in the last
few months almost to the brink of
revolution. Its purport must not be
misunderstood.
No Change of Regime.
For the present at least it involve*
no change in the regime of autocracy,
and it means neither a constitution
nor a national assembly. At the same
time, it recognizes the principle of
the people's right to he heard regard¬
ing laws under which, they must live.
The signing of the document came
at the end of a dramatic scene, tho
climax of which was an impassioned
speech by Emperor Nicholas to his
ministers, in which he declared that
he sought only the welfare his sub¬
jects.
"I am willing.” the emperor said,
“to shed my blood for the good of my
people.”
Substance of Rescript.
The rescript is directed to the min¬
ister of the Interior, and says:
“My desire is to attain the fulfill¬
ment. of my Intentions for the welfare
of my people by means of the coop¬
eration of the government with expe¬
rienced forces of the community, and.
continuing the work of my crowned
ancestors, to retain the prestige of the
Russian nation therein. 1 am resolv¬
ed, henceforth, with the help of God,
to convene the worthiest men, pos¬
sessing the confidence of the people
and elected by them to participate in
the elaboration and consideration of
legislative measures.
“In undertaking these reforms, I
am convinced that local needs and
experience of life well weighed and
sincere speech of those elected will
insure fruitfulness to legislation for
the real benefit of the people. At the
same time, 1 foresee all the complex¬
ity and difficulty presented in the
elaboration of these reforms while pre
serving absolutely the immutability of
the fundamental laws of the empire.”
HIGH PRICE FOR CONVICTS.
Gecegia Syndicate Secures Four Year
Lease of Florida Prisoners.
Officials of the Georgia prison de¬
partment are much interested in Ihe
fact that Dr. W. B. Hamby of Way-
cross, who, with W. M. Toomer, also
of that city, now controls the labor
of 585 Georgia convicts, is the lead¬
ing member of a syndicate composed
largely of Georgians, which has just
secured a four-year lease upon the en¬
tire number of Florida’s convicts
amounting to between 1,100 and 1,200.
For Florida’s convicts the syndicate
pays $207.70 a year each, including
men, women and boys, and will also
guard and care for them. This is said
to be the highest price now paid for
any state convicts.
Georgia, under ihe contracts made
last April, receives an average of
$225.12 for each able-bodied convlcl,
while the women, boys and invalids
are kept on the state farm at the
state's expense. Besides Georgia has
to guard and furnish physicians for
her convicts at an expense of about
$60 a year each. It is evident, there
fore, that Florida will get. about $40 a
year each more for her convicts than
Georgia does. Florida followed Geor¬
gia in making a new contract, as Ala¬
bama did, and both have profited well
by Georgia’s experience.
JORDAN TO TOUR SOUTH.
President of Southern Cotton Associ*.
tion to Make Many Speeches.
President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association, will be¬
gin at once a tour of the south, partic¬
ularly of the southwestern states, In
the interests of the association and
the work it has undertaken, He
plans to make many addresses.
MARDl GRAS FESTIVITIES.
Open at New Orleans With Pageant
by Knights of Momus.
The Mardi Gras carnival parades
opened at New Orleans Thursday night
with the pageant by the Knights of
Momus. The subject was “Vathek,’'
a Persian poem, describing th© caliph's
wanderings through enchanted gar¬
den* to the halls of Ebilg.
constructive recess.
Senate Committee Declares Action ol
President in Making Certain Ap¬
pointments Clearly Illegal.
A Washington dispatch says: The
senate committee on the Judiciary on
Tuesday by adopting the views of Ben
ator Spooner concerning x-ecess nomi¬
nations and what constitutes a recess
ot the senate has declared that there
can be ao constructive recess.
The decision, if It were given any
It gal st anding by action of the senate,
would affect the nominations of Gen¬
eral Leonard Wood, Dr. W. D. Crum,
collector of the port of Charleston, 8.
C., and 166 other nominations sent
to the senate in the inflnlteeslmal pe¬
riod between the adjournment of the
special session convened on November
0, 1903, p.nd the convening of the reg¬
ular session on December 7, the two
session?, having been merged.
All tbj nominations were sent to
the senate later and confirmed, but
the officers drew salaries for the time.
The senate eommittee now decides
they were not serving under authority
of the law.
The question originally was raised
by Senator Tillman of South Carolina,
who, opposing the confirmation of Col
lector Crum in a resolution, asked that
the committee on judiciary construe
the statutes and the constitution con¬
cerning appointments and define the
term "recess.”
Referring to the word “recess," the
committee’s report says:
“It was evidently intended by the
framers of the constitution that It
should mean something real, not some¬
thing Imaginary; something actual,
not something fictitious. They used
the word as the mass of mankind then
understood and understand it. It means
in our Judgment, in this connection,
the period of time when the senate
is not sitting In regular or extraordi¬
nary session, as a branch of the con¬
gress, or in extraordinary stolon for
the discharge of executive functions;
when Its members owe no duty of at¬
tendance: when its chamber is empty;
when during Its absence it cannot re¬
ceive communications from the presi¬
dent or participate as a body in mak¬
ing appointments.
“It would seem quite as natural that
there should be i ‘constructive ses¬
sion’ of congress or of the senate as
‘constructive recess.’
“We think there cannot be any ‘con¬
structive end’ of a session or a ‘con¬
structive beginning’ of a session of
congress or of the senate.
"The constitutional provision that
the commission (of an officer) shall
expire at the end of the next session
is self-executing and when the ses¬
sion expires the right to hold under
the commission expires with it. If
there be no appreciable point of time
between the end of one session and
the beginning of another, since of
necessity one ends and another be¬
gins the tenure under the commission
as absolutely terminates as if months
of recess supervened.
“There was not a moment when the
president, could not, had he chosen,
have se-.it nominations to the senate.
It was In session to receive any nom¬
inations or messages he might com¬
municate. There was no ‘recess’ with¬
in the letter or spirit of the con¬
stitution and therefore there was no
right, to issue commissions and induct
the officers commissioned into office.
"The theory of ‘constructive recess’
constitutes a heavy draft upon the im¬
agination, for It solves a constructive
ending of one session, a constructive
beginning of another and a construc¬
tive recess between the two.”
Under the law as construed by the
judiciary committee the nominations
had failed and a recess appointment
could not be made.
THE SAN DOMINGO TREATY-
President Will Ask New Senate to
Ratify Convention.
President Roosevelt will pend lo the
new senate a special message relating
to the Santo Domingo Ireaty. The
message will present In concrete form
the circumstances of the negotiations
ot the convention and the arguments
on which its raiIdeation is urged by
the administration.
AS TO “DISTRESSED” COTTON.
President Jordan Suggests That Cot¬
ton Companies Buy It Up.
Hon. Harvie Jordan, president of
the Southern Cotton Association, has
written an interesting articlo regar
ing "distressed cotton.” He suggests
that the cotton which is being sold ia
the small towns and cities where tlier*
are not the proper warehouse or bank,
ing facilities he bought by some cot.
ton company and kept off the mark?!
at the present prices,
DISLODGING SLAVS
Japs are Busy Driving Rus¬
sians Into Mukden,
SUCCESSION OF VICTORIES
Mikado’s Forces Capture Large Quanti¬
ties of Stores White Driving
the Enemy from Many
Positions.
Advices received In Toklo from
headquarters of the Japanese armies
in Manchuria show that the Japanese
activity on the extreme right con¬
tinues. Tiia,. wing is pressing for¬
ward and Is dislodging the Russians
A dispatch from the front says:
“Our troops in Sing King (Yenden)
direction are occupying Tsing Ho
cluing (Tslnkhetchen?) and pursuing
the enemy northward. We captured
large quantities of provisions at Tslng-
hocheng.
“Our force at Henshshue is gradu¬
ally dislodging the enemy from his
position 13 miles northeast of Bent
ziapulse and from another position
seven miles northwest. The first posi¬
tion Is four miles west of the aecond.
Our force has pressed the tenemy
northward of the Shakhe river and
has occupied Sunmupaotzu, Tlaochin-
hutun and Sunhupoatzu, three miles
north of Wjaitc mountain.
“The enemy has many field and
heavy siege funs on either side of
the railroad heretofore unused and Is
now shelling us.”
A dispatch from Toklo to The Lon¬
don Dally Telegraph states that the
Japanese are endeavoring to force :i
decisive battle in Manchuria, but that,
It Is feared General Kuropatkin will
retreat, fighting a rear guard action.
Reports from the Shakhe river in¬
dicate, says the same correspondent,
that the Russian morale is seriously
Impaired and there are numerous vol
unta ;-y surrenders, not only of
and Jews, but of recently
European troops, They relate
rumors are current In the army
General Kuropatkin has been
and knowledge of the internal tron
bles In Russia causes a deep depres
slon in the army.
Reports are current at Toklo, but
not confirmed officially, that the Jap¬
anese have occupied Sakhalien.
Chines ' arriving in Nluchwang from
Mukden report that the Japanese have
advanced almost to Mukden. The
Russians having been reinforced have
recaptured several positions out of
which they had been driven. The hat
tie Is still raging.
BUSY DAY IN THE SENATE.
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill Passed
After Much Debate.
The senate Thursday passed the
sundry civil appropriation bill carry¬
ing about $68,000,000. Vnrlous amend¬
ments wore offered to the measure and
most of them were debated at some
length.
When the 1)111 came up the house
provision relating to (he expenses of
federal Judges was amended at the
Instance of Mr. Piatt of Connecticut so
as to provide pay for “reasonable ex¬
penses actually Incurred for tratel and
attendance.,” not exceeding $10 a
day.
Mr. Culberson presented an amend
men! prohibiting the allowance of fees
to United States district attorneys in
excess of their salaries. It was aimed
especially at the New York district,
attorney. Mr. Bacon suggested a sal¬
ary of $10,000 for the New York offi¬
cer and with this change the amtend-
ment was adopted. It prohibits tho
payment of fees to district attorneys
except in the case of the District of
Columbia.
The house bill for Ihe celebration of
the anniversary of the first English
speaking settlement. In America on or
near the waters of Hampton Roads,Vir¬
ginia, appropriating $250,000 for the
purpose, was passed.
The general deficiency bill was pass¬
ed after striking out a provision appro¬
priating $190,000 to pay mileage to
senators and members on account, of
the extra session of the fifty-eighth
congress.
WOMAN SUICIDES WITH GUN.
Dead Body of Miss Mary Dodson of
Pooler Found in Wooda,
The body of Miss Mary Dodson of
Pooler, Ga., was found dead In the
woods near her home Wednesday
TO <ornl»*t, Her death wg* caused by
# douM# barreled gun, (vh!cl\ was
found beside the body.
VOL XI. NO. IT.
HAMMERING RUSSIANS.
Oyama’s Victorious Troops Deliver
Heavy Blows Against Retreating
Slavs in Vicinity of Mukden.
A St. Petersburg dispatch, under
date of March 3, Is'as follows: Ac¬
cording to the latest information from
the front, the battle is now general
and of the most desperate character
The losses have been exceedingly
heavy on both sides during the pre¬
liminary fighting. Although it is not
officially admitted, It Is regarded as
certain that General Kuropatkin fs di¬
recting all his efforts to the withdraw¬
al of his army to Tie Pass. It Is now
practically a rear guard action. but
General Kuropatkin’s task of extricat¬
ing himself Is proving very difficult.
The Japanese have not only driven
In his left, hut a column Is already
said to have crossed the Hun river
east of Fushlan. At the same time,
the Japanese are pressing the Russian
center under cover of the fire of their
siege guns, and General Kuropatkin
is gradually retiring before the Japan
cse advance. The efforts of the Jap¬
anese to turn the Russian right were
unsuccessful, but it has forced bach
almost on a line with Mukden. Two
Russian divisions were dispatched to
head off the wide flanking column
advancing from the Liao river toward
Slnmlntin, about 30 miles west of
Mukden, but, according to the latest
advices, they were too late, the Japan¬
ese having entered (he town Thurs¬
day. No official figures regarding the
Josses are obtainable, but according
to unofficial reports, the Russian losses
up to Thursday night were nearly 7,000
men.
General Rennenkampf particularly
distinguished himself during (lie tight
ing In tils mountain passes southeast
ot Mukden.
BEARS ARE SCHEMING.
Resorting to All Kinds of Subterfuges
to Secure Cotton.
According to a statement by Presi¬
dent Harvle Jordan, of tlie Southern
Cotton Association, the “hear specula¬
tors,” who are short on their contracts,
are resorting to all sorts of schemes
to make the holders of spot cotton turn
loose their holdings. Mr. .lords.l
slates that the bears are knowingly
misrepresenting facts and urges upon
all the holders of spot cotton to con
tinue to hold what cotton they now
have.
Mr. Jordan says: “The hear specu¬
lators an,l exporters who are short on
their contracts are resorting to all
kinds of devices and subterfuges to
shake the faith of the holders of spo‘
cotton and weaken their determina¬
tion to hold for higher prices. One
of the practices now being daily press¬
ed by the bear element Is to send
out telegraphic reports to one state to
make It appear that farmers are free¬
ly offering their cotton for sale in
another state.”
PICTURE ILLEGALLY USED.
Man Whose “Mug” Appeared in Ad
vertlsement is Entitled to Damages.
Under a decision of the supreme
court of Georgia, just rendered, the
publication of a man’s picture as an
advertisement without his consent,
nnd llio publication of statements
which he did not make, entitles him to
recover damages from the party of
fending.
The case in question was that of one
Paolo Paveslch, on artist, who brought
suit for $25,000 damages against the
New England Mutual Life Insurance
Company and J. Q. .Adams photogra
pher, on account of lire use of his pic¬
ture In an advertisement printed by
the company In The Atlanta Constitu¬
tion, without his consent, and because
certain 'angunge was attributed to him
which, he stales, he did not use.
SIX DIE IN TRAIN CRASH-
Two Specials En Route to Washington
Meet in Collision.
In a rearend collision Friday be¬
tween two special passenger trains
from Cleveland, Ohio, on Ihe Cleve¬
land and Pittsburg railroad, en route
to Washington, six men and one wo¬
man were killed and twenty other pas
sengers seriously Injured.
AUTHOR GORKY BANISHED.
Government Refused to Allow Him to
Remain In St. Petersburg.
Miaxim Gorky, who was released
from the fortress in St. Petersburg
Monday on $2,500 ball, was banished
to Riga after he had been informed
of the decision of Governor General
Trepoff that he could not remain In St.
Petersburg. According to the official
statement, M. Gorky himself preferred
a request that he be allowed to re¬
side at Riga.
NEW RAILROAD PROPOSED.
Line of Brief Length to be Built In
Screven County, Georgia.
Application will be made. In a few
days to the secretary of state for a
charter for the Sylvania and Burton’s
flerry railroad, In Screven county,
Georgia. miles in
The proposed line la 18
length, and will run In a northerly di¬
rection from Sylvania, crossing Drier
creek at Milll Haven.
READY TO RETREAT
Kuropatkin Tells Czar That
Ground is Untenable.
DEFEAT A VIRTUAL FACT
Japs Are Delivering Crushing Blows on
Every Side and Utter Disaster
Seems in Stor e for the Great
White Czar’s Force*.
A St. Petersburg special, under dati
of February 28, Is as follows: It t»
learned from a high source that Gen¬
eral Kuropatkin considers his position
on the Shakhe river to be menaced to
such an extent by General Kurokl’a
success on the left flank as to neces¬
sitate tihe Immediate withdrawal of
bis army to Tie Pass and has so ad¬
vised Emperor Nicholas. No confir¬
mation of this is obtainable in mili¬
tary circles here, where it is pointed
out that, with tho Japanese pressing
the whole Russian line, such an opera¬
tion must almost Inevitably end In a
disaster of the first magnitude.
Fighting Along Whole Line.
A Mukden dispatch says: Fighting
la In progres along the whole line. Tho
Japanese attacking everywhere, AR
attacks Tuesday morning were beat¬
en back, and the Russians made coun¬
ter attacks at many places. On the
right flank the Russians occupied the
village of Boatatzi, which Is close to
Sandiapu, and from that position hurl¬
ed hand grenades across tho Interven¬
ing ravine Into the Japanese trenches
In Sandlapu, causing heavy loss and
great disorder.
The Itusslans have seized t-he head
of the bridge across the Shakhe rivet
In the center of the Japanese lines as¬
sisted by artillery firing of particular
energy from Putlloff hill and Novgorod
hill. Ten determined attacks oppo¬
site Yansiii-Tung and west of Vanu-
pmlzl were all repulsed with heavy
loss The situation on the Russian left
flank is unchanged as compared with
Monday evening.
The seizure of the railroad bridge
•cross the Shakhe river was the oc¬
casion of a sharp combat. The Rus¬
sians succeeded in surprising the Jap¬
anese bridge guards and after being re¬
inforced beat, off all attempts of th*
Japanese to regain It.
The Japanese are using heavy artil¬
lery in the bombardment of Putlloff
hill and Novgorod hill, and this Is be¬
lieved to he preliminary to an attempt
to storm them.
MRS. CODY ON WITNESS STAND.
Wife of “Buffalo Bill” Denies Ch«rgee
of Husband In Divorce Case.
At North Platte, Neb., Tuesday, Mrs.
Louisa Cody took the witness stand
In defense of her character and good
name, which has been assailed by W.
F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) In his petition
for divorce. Mrs. Cody emphatically
denied that she had ever attempted to
poison her husband, or that she had
admlniatered "dragon’s blood” or any
other poison for Ihe purpose of get-
ting control over him.
The hearing was held behind closed
doors In 1he law offices of Mra.
Cody’s attorneys.
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SPEER AGAINST THE BILL. *
Judge Opposes Creating New Dlvlelon
In Southern Georgia.
Judge Emory Rpeer Is opposing the
bill of Judge Griggs to create a new
division of the southern district of
Goorgla with headquarters at Albany.
Judge Spepr has written the president
and attorney general urging that the
bill which recently passed both
houses he not. signed. i
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PLANTS MAY CLOSE DOWN. |
Fertilizer Manufacturers Facing a Seri-
ous Situation, .
The wholesale reduction In the use
of fertilizers by cotton plan!era, says
a Huntsville, Ala., dispatch, makes a
serious situation for Ihe manufactur¬
ers, and many of them will have la
close down. It is not possible for the
factories to sell as much as 75 per
cent of the usual amount sold to cot¬
ton planters. Mhiny country merchants
are fighting the movement of the
planters to reduce their cotton crop
this season.
HERMANN TO FACE COURT.
Member of Congress from Oregon In¬
dicted by Washington Jury.
Binger Hermann, member of con-
gress from Oregon and former com-
n.lssioner of the general land office,
was indicted by the federal grand jury
in Washington Friday on the charge
of desiroving public records The in¬
dictment was found on the r.Htlmony
:f certain general land office employes
tnd of the secretary of the interior,