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of Ballots Strenuously Waged I
Rattle
By Democrats Wednesday. j
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through unopposed. Russell, j
’ has run an extraordinary
carrying many counties _ i ;
race,
the state.
The races for judgeships and solid- |
generalships in many of the judi- j
circuits is so close that it will re- I
the actual count to establish
result, this being particularly true
the Blue Ridge, Cherokee, Stone
Chattahoochee, Coweta and
Oconee circuits, The indications are
Judge W. A. Fite and Solicitor
General S. P. Maddox have been re
leetd in the Cherokee, Judge Butt in
the Chattahoochee and Judge Roberts
in the Occnee, but the fights for solici
tor general in the Stone Mountain,
Coweta and Chattahochee, and for
judge in the time Ridge will probably
be involved in doubt until determined
ljy tho offlcial count,
For an 0 f[ year the returns show
that tbe en ti re state ticket, led by
Governor Terrell, has been given per
haps a larger vote than was ever be
j ore recor( j e( i i n a Georgia democratic
primary. An entire new legislature
has been nominated, and this, together
with other local contests, resulted m
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For « p 0Ver f 0 T-f^.^ Toserh W ^ Terrell re “
Jte dr etar> of St ate—P p h 1 o ,
For 1 1 D p
For State Treasufer-R. E. Park
For Comptroller General--William
a. Wright.
For Attorney General—John C. Hart.
FY>r Commissioner of Agriculture—
o. B. Stevens.
For State School Commissioner—
W. B. Merritt.
For Prison Commissioner—Joseph
S. Turner.
For Chief Justice Supreme Court—
Thomas J. Simmons.
E'er Associate Justices Supreme
Court—W. H. Fish, Beverly D. Evans,
Joseph R. Lamar.
tinuing, he said they did not learn
the marriage for three or four years.
“How about that?” asked
Beveridge. “Oo you mean
say that the marriage was not
to any one?”
“It was known to some of
friends, but not to my wivo3,”
the answer.
“Why was this marriage
ed from them?” asked Chairman
rows.
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SimiTions Wins Over Rus=
se !S and Turner Beats
Strickland=IMinor
Contests Hard
Fought.
The Georgia state democratic pri
mary , election was held Wednesday, j
and despite the fact that this is an off I
year , r in in state politics, v and despite the !
of opposition to state house j
scarcity
officers, an extraordinarily large vote
was given the state ticket as shown
by the returns from every section of
the state.
The morning opened with the weath
er everywhere favorable to a large
vote, and the local contests over leg
islative seats and county offices
brought the voters to the polls in un
usual numbers. And in every ticket
cast the state house officers partici
pated, for there was but one ticket
to be voted in each county and that
contained the name of every officer
to be voted for from govenor down to
coroner.
Returns from every section of the
state assure the re-election of Chief I
Justice Thomas J. Simmons, of the su- ;
promo cor- 4 :, over his opponent, Judge
Richard B. Russell, of the Western j
circuit, and the re-electiou of Chair
nan Joseph S. Turner, of the state
prison commission, over Judson M. j
Strickland, of Spalding, along with the j
rest of the entire state ticket, headed i
by Governor Joseph M. Terrell, which
SMOOT HEARING
Is Opened for Second Round Before
Senate Investigating Committee
at Washington.
What may be termed the second
round of the Reed Smoot contest open
ed at Washington Wednesday before
the senate committee on privileges
and elections.
It was announced that several wit
nesses would be heard before the ad-!
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journmen of congress, but it is prac-:
ticaliy certain that the committee j
wiil then afijoura to convene in Salt j
Lake, Utah, on July 18. At that time!
will be examined witnesses who were
unable to come to Washington and
others who could not be reached with
summons.
The hearing opened without formal-1
tty of any character. Brigham H. Rob
°rts was called to the stand by Mr. j
Tayler. He wes questioned to bring j
out a statement of his official con-!
section with the church. Mr. Robert s j
said be was elected to tlie position of i
one of the first seven presidents in j
1888, end entered politics about 18S9. !
Lig His interest was manifested in mak- j J
speeches, but. he was not a can
Relate for office until 1894. I
In flosponse to questions of Mr. !
Tayler Mr. Roberts said his first pin- j
fal marriage was performed by D. H !
Wells, counsel to the apostles, and he |
thought the ceremony was performed j
' ;u the home of Mr. Wells. j
Senator Overman inquired of Mr. j
Roberts whether his first wife and his j
second wife had consented to his ■.
third wife. ;
“No, sir,” said Mr. Roberts. Con
UNION LABOR A “TRUST. ft
^junction Secured Against Brotherhood
of Carpenters at St. Louis.
Alleging that the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of
-Mneiica “is a trust, an illegal associa
tion, a combination against public pol
icy and contrary to law,” a petiion
Was filed in the office of the circuit
c ' er k at St. Louis Wednesday by sev
oral concerns asking a restraining or
and injunction pending action
; hood eking the dissolution of the Brother
of Carpenters and Joiners
against the carpenters’ district coun
cil of that body.
CANAL SALE RATIFIED.
Stockholders of Company in Paris
Unanimously Agree to Take Un
' de Sam's Ducats. .
The meeting of the stockholders
of the Panama Canal Company for ’he
purpose of finally ratifying the irans
fer of the canal to the United States
was held in Paris, France, Sa'urday
morning. A large and demonstrative
crowd was present, many women oc
cupying the galleries, Prior to the
meeting it became known that the
conveyance of the property to the
Suited States already had been made. |
Great , interest . . was manifested ... as it
was recognized that the vote cn ap- |
proving the conveyance would be the
final struggle
The report of the council of admiuis
tration was distributed to the share
holders. This formally announced hat
President Bo and Director Rischmann ;
had signed the conveyance and pre
sented a resolution ratifying their ac- I
tion. They report also gave the text
of the conveyance to the United States.
The most important paragraph reads
as follows: |
Now, therefore, we, the new Pan
: ama Canal Company, represented by
j Marius Bo and Albert Rischmann, in j
consideration of the payment of the
sum of forty million dollars in gold ;
coin of the United States to the said
company on its order or demand con
temporan ously with the delivery of
this present conveyance to the repre- j
sentatives of the United States, first
above mentioned, and the delivery to
them of its property in Paris and the
certificates of said Panama railroad.
^ares^ risur “"assets j 10 , 0 jnd^lhe
of the company, in
eiuding deposits of money ons.and
ing credits and investments on the
bonds), and the delivery upon tho
Isthmus of Panama to an agent, of
the Unltei States . designated by them
: ^ ^ &ttorney generftl of the Uuited
States, of the remainder of its rights
and properties, do hereby acknowledge
and confirm said sale, and do grant,
j sell and assign, transfer and set over
to the United States absolutely in full
| ownership, the totality, without excep
tion, of the company’s property and
rights on the Isthmus of Panama and
| ! its maps and archives at Paris. ’
The report also gave the opinion of
I former Premier Waldeck-Rousseau on
the regularity of the transfer and the
resolution for the liquidation of the
company after all the property is turn
ed over to the United States.
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MAIDEN SFEECH MADE BY HEARST.
Appears Before House Judiciary Committee
Anent His fght on Trust.
A Washington special says Wil
liam R. Hearst made his first speech
since coming to congress Friday
“Because I did not want to embar
rass them.”
“How embarrass them?”
“Well, we knew the marriage was
Illegal, and it might be embarrassing
to them if they should for any rea
gon be ca n e d 0 n to testify.”
Mr. Roberts said his third wife was
tbe divorced wife of Dr. Shipp, and
j n regar d to his courtship, he said he
a i ways had* met. her at the house of
mutual friends and had never called
on her at ber home. He also snid that
s j le continued to live in her home, but
that he never bad called on her there,
un tn she removed to rooms on Main
street, Salt Lake. Mr. Tayler asked Mr.
ghipp sbrdlu mfwyapapaup......
Roberts if he knew that Magg'e
Shipp Roberts lived in a. house where
lived her divorced husband and two
0 f his divorced wives.
Mr. Roberts said he was not. aware
of that fact.
Mr. Tayler asked Mr. Roberts why
;,e thought it incumbent upon him to
take plural wives.
“From boyhood,” he replied, “I had
been taught the rightfulness of plural
marriages, and 1 believed this prac
fj ce to be the law of God. I knew
that this practice was contrary to the
mandates of congress, but believed
that the law- of God was the highest
ru le and I felt impelled *o obey it.”
CONVENTION OF GEORGIA DOCTORS
Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting of State Asso
ciation in Macon.
The Medical Association of Georgia
convened in fifty-fifth annual session
at Macon Wednesday with 200 mem
bers out of an enrollment of 600 in
attendance.
The convention was called to order
by President McHatton, of Macon.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Douglass,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Mayor Smith, in behalf
| j the city, welcomed the association
1 in a felicitous, interesting and happy
j address.
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TOO WARY
TO BE CAUGHT
of Mikado Will Stick Cose
to River and Sea.
TO AVOID TRAP OF RUSS |
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Invasion Of Manchuria Not a Plan of
Campaign—Czar Will be Forced
to Fight for Eis Ships.
An Associated Pres.s dispatch from
St. Petersburg says: Apparently reli
able information in the possession of
the general staff leads to the belief
that the objective of the Japanese
campaign does not involve the atnbi
tious invasion of the interior of .Man- i
ehuria with tlie purpose of reaching
the Russian army,
If the Japanese ever entertained the
hope of accomplishing a task similar
to that which Napoleon set himself,
present advices indicate that they
have abandoned it and have adopted
ous programme. If this is correct ’here
a much more cautious and less hazard
would be no advance of the army to
ward Mukden with its attendant
lengthening and weakening ... of the
Japanese line of communicates In
there seems to be a determi
ati ™ to stick as close as possible
to the sea, where lies Japans natural
» a ^* she having established herself
in Korea.
Japs Have Three Objects.
The genera, staff say the Japanese
I still have three ohjccts-the est.h
Ushment of a line across the Liao
Tung peninsula for the purpose of cut
ting off Port Arthur, the isolation of
yi^vostock and the establishment of
a juncticn between the army of Korea
and the force at the head of the Liao
j Tung peninsula. The last mentioned
! movement might oe accomplished by
a landing near the mouth of the Ta
Yang river, which by threatening the
flank of the Russian position at Gong
j Hu might render it untenable and
ma ke the advance of a column from
Korea comparatively easy.
If these plans should succeed, the
]}f e 0 f both Russian squadrons would
be menaced and with the sea and a
| fl ee t back of her, Japan could fortify
the positions thus gained, and with the
tables turned compel General Kuropat
kin to come forward and attack.
General Kuropatkin, however, is in
possession of the latest advices re
ceived by tho general staff, and it is
safe to assume that if the Japanese
campaigns develop along the lines in
dicated he will be ready to make such
I disposition of his forces as Will
it.
morning. This was upon his appear
ance before the house committee on 1
judiciary to argue for a favorable re- i
his resolution calling I
port upon upon i
the attorney general for the evidence j
against the anthracite coal-carryipg
roads, including the report of the
United States district attorney.
Mr. Hearst appeared with his at
torney and fortified by an array or i
papers and a lengthy brief reviewing |
the litigation instituted by himself
which recently brought a decision
from the supreme court in his favor.
He read from the brief, supplement
ing this with oral argument, and
made a good impression. Said he:
“The attorney general has been
brooding over that evidence like an
old hen on a door knob for eighteen
; months. He has not acted in any
way and won’t let anybody take it
away from him.”
Mr. Hearst occupied the attention
of the committee for an hour. He
reviewed in detail the proceedings in
stituted by himself against the rail
j roads and demanded that action
should be taken either by the attor
j nev general or that the house* should
appoint a committee of seven of its
j j members to compile anew the evi
j i denc-3 in the possession of the at
j ; torney general with a view of secur
i ! action against these roads under
ing
, Sherman anti-trust act.
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JELKS AGAIN AFTFR LYNCHERS.
1 Alabama Chief Executive Offers Tempting
Reward for Mob Members.
Governor Jelks, of Alabama, has of
j fered a reward of $400 for the first
arrest and conviction of*a person im
plicated in the lynching of Reuben
Sims, a negro, of Baldwin county. Re
wards of $100 each were aiso offered
for the second and third persons ar
rested and convicted of being impli
ca.tcd.
Sims wa3 lynched because of the
assassination of Dr. C. D. Cole, a
in in out c en of Baldwin conn T ’
BIG FIRE IN TORONTO.
Canadian City Swept by Conflagration
Which Entails a Loss of Ten Mil
lion Dollars.
Fire swept through a section of the
wholesale business district of Toronto,
Canada, Tuesday night, causing a loss
Which will run up into the millions.
The Are started in a factory in Well
ington street, about 9 o’clock. In less
than an hour the flames had spread
from building to building on both sides
of the street until the whole block was
a mass of flames and the fire was ut
terly beyond control of the local de
pariment. Appeals wsre sent to every
surrounding city where fire apparatus
CO uld be obtained, asking for assist
ance. Montreal, London, Hamilton and
Buffalo at once responded.
It was believed at 11 o’clock that
the fire was under control, but a sud
den shift in the wind again fanned
the flames into a roar and clouds of
sparks and burning brands were car
ried down side streets until three en
tire blocks were doomed.
The firemen were making a gallant
fight amid the falling buildings and a
mass of tangled wires, but their ef
forts at midnight seemed to be fruit*
less,
Chief Thompson of the fire depart
ment and George Dowkes, of Mon
treal, were cut off by the flames while
directing the work of firemen from a
roof. Thompson jumped six stories to
the ground and escaped with a broken
leg, a mass of tangled wires break
ing his fall near the ground. Dowkes
has not been seen since, and it is be
lieved he perished.
From the Curtis warehouse on Well
Ington street, where It originated, tho
spread with astounding rapidity to
^ “D ^ ”Y* 1 K ta Q ; i
h ° tel,Tje thlck flre "
, tel and the concentrated efforts of the
] Are fighters stopped the flames there
but in the meantime the fire had swep
across the street and the b oc c o
,
j buildings from Bay street west to t re
j National Club was wiped out.
At that time ,he flremen be ie y e
1hat the fire was under con.ro m
j a shift in the wmd sent tbe flame '’*
> j roaring e d every down building Bay street on both and sides destroy^ of
| the street from the NaUonal Club to
j Front street.
j Nothing could resist the force of
flames as ifiey swept down Bay
j street toward the lake and the fire
men fought back the fire from side
streets, confining tho fire zone to the
one thoroughfare wherever possible.
Several frame buildings which
threatened to cause a spread of the
fire were blown up with dynamite.
Tne loss entailed is estimated at
\ $10,000,000.
RUSSIANS DRIVEN FROM KOREA.
Viceroy Alexieff has issued a norifi
cation to the effect that correspoad
ents using wireless telegraphy will he
treated as spies. The notification is
the same as that served on the state
department at Washington some days
ago.
Advices received in Seoul, the Ko
rean capital, state that the Japanese
lines now extend 30 miles along the |
Yalu river, reaching from Yonghampho
1° 10 miles above Wiju. The Russians
are strongest at Antung.
Tiger Hill, as it was in the China
Japanese war, is the key to the situa
tion. ;
Three islands, one above and two j
below Wiju, will facilitate an attack
as they offer a base for artillery to j
cover the crossing of the Yalu.
USED FORGERY IN HIS COURTSHIP.
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» d an Sentenced in New York Court for !m*
personating Millionaire Goelet.
For declaring himself to be J. Og
den Goelet, Jr., a member of ihe
wealthy New York family, so as to wtn
j- be j ove Miss Eleanor Anderson, a
telegraph operator, James N. Abeel has
been cc>riv jcted of the crime of forg- |
ery in a New york court . The jury
that re turned the verdict of guilty
agaJnst Abeel a i so declared that the
man whose name Abeel took had been
j no wise injured by the offense.
WARRANT FOR BUNYAN SOLD.
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Edict for Arrest of Author of “PiitF'm’s
Progress” Auctioned in London.
The warrant under which Job n Bun
^ was apprehended and placed in
| jail at Bedford for six months during
tfag reigQ of Charles ir w as sold at
auction at London Saturday afternoon
j for $^ 525 . The warrant, which is 3ign
j ed by thirteen justices of the peace,
s j x ba ronet.s ap/h seven esquires, charg
! ed the tinke-r with contempt o£ law
| by preaching otherwise than “accord
} ng to tug/ liturgie or practice of the
!/ Church om England."
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o! Czar’s Scouting Cossacks Leave
Confines of Hermit Kingdom.
trol of Korea, and that the Russian
Authentic advices from Seoul, Ko
rea, dated the 12th instant, declare
that the Japanese are in complete con
trol of Korea and that the Russian
scouting parties nave retired across
the Yalu before the Japanese, who oc
cupied Wiju practically without re
sistance.
The Japanese army is divided into
two forpes, one for expeditionary pur
poses and tne other for occupation.
The former, numoering 45,000, is ad
vancing to the Yalu, and the latter,
consisting of 15,000 reservers, is mak
ing far sighted communication ar
rangements with the headquarters at
Seoul, where there is a garrison of
four thousand.
The headquarters of the transport
service is at Chemulpo. Railroad build
ing and road grading is progressing
rapidly. The fortification of Bojedo
island, at the mouth of Masampo har
bor, which protects <he southern ter
minus of overland communication, al
so guards the passage to Vladivostock
and Port Arthur through Broughton
strait.
Forty transports of Haiju are sup
posed to have u*fided part of their
forces at Takushan, apd it is the ev
Ment intention to disembark a second
army ^ Yongampo prepu,iawy to
forcing the Yalu.
GOOD WORK DONE IN CANAL DEAL.
Attorneys Day and Russell Receive Hearty
Congratulations in Paris.
A special from Paris says: W. A.
Day and Charles W. Russell, the Unit-
1 ed States assistant attorneys general
and a]1 tbe otber American officials
j who have been engaged in the Pan
ama canal negotiations, are being con
gratulated on the etirely successful re
| suits of the transaction and of the
overwhelming vote by which the
stockholders of the Panama Canal
J Company approved tho deed ^cf sale
executed by President J3o and Director
j Richman, which makes the measure
complete without further question.
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