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OF JAPS
IS
firmed News of Another and
con Conflict.
Greater
SUALTIES ENORMOUS
ic jj £S Received in London State
■ihat Japs Lose 10.000 Men and
| g tt ssian Casualties 7,000.
dispatch to The Central News
V
ccdoa) Ironi St. Petersburg says
tuner is ; s current there that a sec
battle has been fought at Kiulien
eng, ; n which the Russian loss was
)i), the Japanese loss 10,000 men
resulted in tbe Japanese being
h-en back in disorder.
lie dispatch adds that no confirma
0 of this report is obtainable.
Reported.
'here were persistent rumors in
Petersburg Thursday of a naval
■agement between the Vladivostock
[ Vice Admiral Ivamimura’s equad
s. but no confirmation of the report
I been received up to Thursday
'he admiralty says no further news i
i fi e en received here from Port Ar- !
ir. |
I
I ndon), dispatch Cannonading dated to The at Off beoul Central Gensan. Tuesday, News ,
V cannonading was heard off
Heavy
esan (on the east coast of Korea)
mfiay and this morning.
I ll is supposed that Rear Admiral
ju's fleet has succeeded in engaging
[Russian Vladivostock squadron.'
To Isolate Port Arthur.
Tckio dispatch says: It is official
announced that Japanese forces
e begun landing on the Liao Tung
ins uia. The place where the land
is occurring and the number of
n being landed is withheld.
special of Thursday from Port
l
ihur says: The Japanese squadron
behind the Lian-Shan promontory
ith«of Pert Arthur,
transports with Japanese troops of
p , rrivpd at pitsewo, northeast
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cdinE -
Railroad Guards 7 Dou , ° . * ,
Manch \
dvices from Harbm l
e that the forces guarding the -
ian railway have been doubled at
h station and bridge and compa
s of mount ed frontier guards make j
3” excursions on either side of the |
way for a distance of 15 miles. |
object of these excursions is to j
ir the neighborhood of Manch irian ^
rands, collisions with whom had be
le increasingly frequent.
JUDGE GARY GOFS TO REWARD. ;
lived Cit'zan of South Carolina and of
Georg'a Passes Avvav.
udge William L. Gary died in Au
ita, Ga., Thursday afternoon after
illness of about one year’s duration.
announcement of his demise
be as a great shock to all Augus
|s, |t who loved and honored whose the adopted gal
South Carolinian,
ne was Georgia, There was no
n in the city or county better
)wn or more ardently admired than
jge Gary. His humanity was of
broadest and most generous
P 3 c. in appearance and action he
F the typical South Carolina gen
pan of the old school, brave as a
courteus at all times and gener
He shirked no duty
his hand and heart were ever
(ly to extend aid or sympathy to
se w ho needed it.
a presiding officer of the supe
court he was dignified and firm,
he always tempered justice with
c y- He went about his labors in
businesslike manner and over
himself in clearing congested
TiVE CHILDREN DROWNED.
udburst in Texas Did frightful Damage
in Vicinity of Austin.
8 a result of the cloudburst t.liat
central Texas Tuesday not a
moved in or out of Austin to the
r th Wednesday.
five miles of the International
Great Northern tracks have been
out.
children were drowned in a
0ek five miles from the city.
are under from four to eight
of water to the south of city
V 15 miles. Rivers and cxeeks are
far beyond their banks.
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FORT ARTHUR
IS ISOLATED
Japanese Finally Surround the Rus
sian Stronghold.
I
NO RESISTANCE OFFERED j
harbor IS Said to bl Effectively Block
aded-Russian Garrison * wnnacnt Confidant
- Withstanding w ,. , Scige. , I
01 a
A special from St Petersburg says:
Japanese troops swarming across the
narrow neck of the Liao Tung peniu
j sula, the railroad and telegraph com
munications cut and the Russian Gi
braltar isolated and left to its iwn
I resources. All rhis the Russians seem
I to accept with great stoicism.
These events nave been anticipated
since the outbreak of the war and the
authorities, in a sense, appear to be
relieved now that the blov/ has fallen.
They assert that the fortress is im-
pregnable and amply provisioned to
stand a siege for a year, and that it
can hold out until the time comes to
relieve it.
According to official information the
landing of troops from sixty trans
ports began simultaneously at Pitse
wo and Cape Terminal on the morn
ing of May 5. it is also reported that
troops are being landed at Kin-Chow,
but this is not credited, as the Rus
elans are known to have fortifications
<bere and jt j s not believed that the
j a p anese bad the daring to land im
mediately under an intrenched posi
tion from which the Russians could
inflict severe injury,
It was because he was convinced
that Port Arthur was about to be cut i
t bat Viceroy Alexieff, accompanied
by his staff and Grand Duke Boris, left
hastily. On Thursday several ram
loads of sick and wounded and other
ineffectives were dispatched nctrth
ward.
Harbor is Blockaded.
It is reported in St. Petersburg that
the Japanese ships bombarded Port
Arthur early on the morning of May
G and succeeded at last in closing
the entrance, but no official confirm
ation of the latter statement can be
1 obtained.
The exact hour at which communi
cation with the Russian stronghold
: ! The at
port Arthur is not given by the au
thorities, who will only say that it Is
adequate for defensive purposes, ir
^ be]}eyed that the forC0 there
excee ds ten thousand soldiers.
, force is not considerel nec-
essary, as was shown from the recent
wilMrawal o£ some o£ the troops who
were simply a diain on the resources
of the garrison, The fleet must now
take a secondary position, and the sail
org will be used to man the shore guns
. £ nece ssary.
Despite the greater number of Jap
anese, the general staff believes mat
their formidable fortifications still
leave the defensive superiority with
the Russians, whose staying qualities
will Insure their holding out as long
as necessary.
Vice Admiral Skryloff, who is en
route to Port Arthur to take command
of the naval forces in the Far East,
will be unable to reach his destma
tion.
BRITISH SLAUGHTER TIBETANS.
Natives Made Fierce Attack and Suffered
Disastrous Deteat.
Ijondon Daily Mail’s Simla cor-
respondent says that eighf
Tibetans coming from the direction
of Shigatse attacked the British mis
sion at Gyangtso at dawn on April
The Tibetans were repulsed
o.
with heavy loss ar.u fled.
The British had only two sepoys
wounded.
Deed Man Found in City Reservoir.
A watchman at St. Louis discovered
body of an u nidentified man m
the the city water
the settling basin of
It had evidently been . m the
works.
water for seme time.
NGMINAT10N GIVEN TO DEAD MAN.
Chosen as Assistant Reading Clerk of Na
tional Republican Convention.
A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., says.
James H. Stone, who was today Be
lected for one at the assistant read
ing clerks of Che republican national
convention, has been dead for a num
her of months. He was a prominent
citizen of Detroit.
Convention of Colonial Dames.
The national society of the Co’onial
Dames of America met in biennial
vention in Washington Wednesday.
There were 175 delegates present.
GEORGIA NEWS 4* i
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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random. |
j
rewards Offered by Governor. *
Governor Terrell offered rewards of i
S1C0 each for the arras: of Charles
Smith and Crawford McLeod, of John
son county, who are wanted on several *
, ar§e3 m, lney char ed With rob
c “ - aiv S
b8r)% aS ' lUl t ,T ith in f nt i° murder
and the , i probable K murder of a woman
named Bertha Smith.
First Peaches Shipped.
C. J. Austin, of Tifton, shipped the j
first of the 1904 crop of Georgia peach- j
es cn May 4th. They were of the
Snead variety ar.d the ten crates were
consigned to an Atlanta firm, Last
year Mr. Austin shipped the first Geor
gia peaches May J3 and in 1902 made
the first shipment from the state on
I j May 20th.
Troops for Manassas.
Mere than Georgia’s allotment of
1,292 troops for the fall maneuvers of
army at
Va., have signified their desire to make i
the trip and join in the encampment on
that occasion. These maneuvers will i
besin September 5, and it is expected
to have there 15,000 troops of the ieg
ular military army and division 15,000 state of the troops Atlantic trom j
the !
which is commanded by General H. C.
Corbin.
Costly Lumber Blabze. |
A recent fire burned 1,250,000 feet
of lumber at the Hilton and Dodge i
Lumber Company's mill a mile trom
Brunswick. The lumber all being cy
press is valued at about $35 per thou
sand feet, so it will be seen that the
damage is a heavy one. The fire orig
inated in the dry kiln caused by too
much fire being in the boiler. A heavy
northeast gale prevailed and fanned
the flames from pile to pile until near
ly evej-y piece in the yards was de
stroyed.
Call Issued to Veterans.
General Andrew J. V'jst, command
ing the North Georgia Brigade, Unit
ed Confederate Veterans, has issued
an official circular to the veterans com
prising his command, calling their at
tention to the coming annual reunion
of the veterans at Nashville, Tenn.,
and urging them to make preparations
for attending it.
This will make the fourth time the
veterans of the south have been enter
tained within the borders of Tennes
see a state which is famous in the
,
annals of Confederate history. U pon
this point General West comments in
terestingly in his circular.
Road to Go On Block.
At chambers in Gainesville Judge
J. Kimsey, of the northeastern cir
passed an order allowing the sale
of the Gainesville, Jefferson and South
ern Railroad on June 21st in Gaines
ville. The road has been operated by
a receiver for several years, and the
litigation has been going on incessant
ly. It is said that the Georgia nail
road, with which it connects at Social
Circle, will be the purchaser of the
line. The railroad is 50 miles ion Ci cr '
running from Gainesville to Social Cir
cle. a branch line going to Jefferson.
It is understood that the Georgia will
broaden the gauge from Social Circle
to Winder, where it crosses the Sea j !
board Air Line.
From Augusta to Elberton.
The Augusta and Elberton Railway
Company was organized at a meeting
of the stockholders m Augusta the
past week, with the youngest presi-
dent of any railroad m e ^ *
Bruce States. Young, The president who is not selected yet 2o years is
of age, but has shown remarkable ap
titude in business and the law. '
Construction of the road will be
gin June 1, and the first 20 miles will
have trains running over it Decern her
1. The rapidity of the construction ol
the first 20 miles is rendered possible |
by the fact that the roadbed for this j
length has already been graded by the
old Augusta and Chattanooga road
and has been bought by the Augusta
and Elberton.
Morris Makes statement.
Hon. N. A. Morris, of Cobb county
whose recent contest for the nomina
tion as judge of the Blue Ridge cir
cuit was decided by the state executive
committee against him and in favor
of Judge George F. Gober, the incum
bent has made a statement with
sard to the matter since the ,e, U lt
the committee's action was given to
of lhe the PU 7mm^rM7L commit he sa a iTin
,
Pa t:
*T contested Judge Gober’s
Don because it was due to my
and to me that -the matter
be taken before the state
executive committee and a full, fair
opportunity asked to demonstrate that
I was fairly nominated in the primary,
but was counted out.
“I took the matter before the ex
ecutive committee and stood ready
with the proof to sustain the charges j
j made and demonstrate the fact of
my nomination. The committee by a |
majority vote sustained the technical held ] J
pl ea filed by Judge Gober. and
tliat the party machinery was without j
any power to correct this fraud or tc ;
protect the primary election under the
system that _ . prevails m Georgia; i
. teel that 1 have done what was
due to my friends and myself in nress
S matter to this point. I passed
the party organization ;he re- 1
t0 |
suonsibility for condoning a fraudu
lent primary, and 1 will not contest it |
further. j
“I wish you would say to my friends
over the state that I had Judge Gober j
beaten by from 1,500 to 2.000 major
ity whe*. the determination was arnv
ed at in Washington, D. C., by certain
j leading politicians an* other inteiests
I that figure in politics in this state,
i that it w'as necessary that I should
be defeated. Senator Clay came down
about ten days before the election and
[ proceeded to use his entire influence
j to compass my defeat, He remained 1
aad actively canvassed against me un
til the election was over.
“In addition to this during the last
few days of the campaign large sums
Qf money were disbursed on behalf of
Judge election throughout the
c i rcu jt
After the primary and pending my
contest before the executive commit
tee, these same influences that started
this movement in Washington, contin
ued their right and but for tnis 1 am
satisfied that the result would nave
ueen uirferent.”
Want Immigration Department.
A department of immigration is pro
posed tor Georgia by the Greater Geor
gia Association, The general assem
bly of the state will be asked during
its June meeting to make an appro
priation ot $200,vOO lor the purpose cf
carrying on tne work.
Tins was practically agreed upon
during a recent meeting ot the exec
utive conumaee ot the association in
ivtiaiua. i no suggestion \vas made m
cue annual report. ot tne president of
the Greater Georgia Association, J ■ lv
j urr, ot Atlanta, nd it vvas well re
| ceived by the members ot the ' oin
mitLee.
it is probable that a concerted ef
fort will be maue along tins line uui
ing tne meeting ot the Gegislature
rue „anual convention of the Greater
Association will be held in At
ianta on June 2a, and during that meet
mg u is probable that steps will be
Lai.di to have the attention of the gen
oral assembly uirccted to the work
that has been done tor the slate by tne
association during the past year.
Athletics and College Life.
Athletics is the art ot training tho
boay by indulgence in games and Aner
athletic exercises. Tne health of trn)
body is thu^ minisuered to, and
through it uie health of the iutei
lectual and moral nature of man.
The University and other leading
colleges permit athletics, though uu
der wholesome regulations and careful
supervision, To stimulate more in
terest in the various kinds of bocluy
exercises, the students are also per
mitted to have contests with the stu
dents of other institutions, To meet
the needs and wants of a 11 j a grea
variety of games and exercises are
provided:
The regulations governing athlet
ics are as follows: The University -mail
be conducted under the rules of tne
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Asso
Nq student i& permitted to
^ {n mes without the con-
^ ^ Qr guardian . No student
who is behind in his work can accom
the teams away from Athens.
h Qf each player ig most
carefully iooked after and he is not
permitted to play if his physical con
dition does not warrant it. No long
trips are permitted if they take the I
students away from their college work
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for more than a few days.
The number of games is strictly lim
ited. There is a widespread feeling that
football is too rough a game to be
1 ermitted, but those most competent
to judge—those who have played the
game for years—are most enthusiastic
in considering it the very game to
i make strong, courageous, self-controll
i ed men. As to the talk of its brutal
ity,” that is nonsense, as is evidenced
by the fact that a high-tempered, bru
tal man cannot hold his place on a
team for long, and the further fat t
that hundreds of refined, quiet, self
reha« men have played football physical tc^r
tea s c J ' their
^ ^ g>
and their characters deepened,hr the
gelf-restrain imposed upon them by
the discipline. The element of danger
j in football exists in ai sppr'S. and
to a larger extent m some, s in skat
ing, swimming, sailing, hi ting, etc.
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The training required at the Univer
sity is very rigid. Sweetmeats, ilco
helic drinks (or milder) of all kinds
smoking and all things calculated to
injure or weaken the body are abso
lutely forbidden. Regular hours must
be kept. No dissipation of any kind
j s allowed. Whenever a team leaves
Athens a member cf the faculty ac
companies it. The expenses of these
trips are, of course, borne by the Ath
letie Association. Tbe time lost in
athletics is small, and good students
are easily able to make it up. The
trips have an educative value. aiso,
and many students whose limited
means will not allow them to travel
much, have an opportunity ot going
with the team, at no expense to them
selves, stopping at the best hotels,
traveling often in private cars, and
seeing a great deal of our own south
land, visiting other states and other
colleges and hearing their ideas of
tilings improved by the wider view.
Thus in the past few years Univer
sity teams have played in Raleigh.
Durham and Chapel Hill, N. C.; Spar
tanburg, Columbia and Clemscn. S.
C. ; Nashville, Knoxville and Sewanee
Tenn.; Montgomery, Birmingham ami
Auburn, Alla.; Atlanta, Macon, Colum
bus, Augusta and Savannah, Ga. Next
fall the state of Mississippi will be
The subject of athletics has had the
earnest consideration of Chancellor
Hill for several years, and we believe
that we are getting out of it the max
imum good with the least possible in
jury to any one by the system now l:i
vogue here.
PROF. PATTERSON,
of State University.
STORMS SWEEF TEXAS.
Three Tornadoes Get in Deadly and
Destructive Work in Different
Sections of the State.
A special from Go-ldthwaite, Tex.,
says: A tornado, accompanied by se
vere rainfall, resulted in the death
of Mrs. Allen Dennis, George W. Ma
son and a child of S. E. Harper, of
this vicinity. Luther Reed, Allen Den
nis, Mrs. S. Harper, Joe Griffith and
a child of S. F. Harper were seriously
Injured. Twelve or more homes were
totally destroyed. Full particulars are
not obtainable.
A tornado in the section of coun
try about Star Mountain, located about
25 miles southwest of Hamilton, in
Mills county, destroyed five houses,
killing George Mason and blowing
away one of his children. The child
is alive, but is not expected to live.
C. E. Behooker had his house blown
away, and one child killed and other
members of his family slightly injured.
The house of Mr. Rayburn was aiso
destroyed, injuring four of the tam
ny-
A tornado at Holliday station, in the
Wichita valley, about 12 miles trom
Wichita Falls, entirely demolished the
school house and many other build
ings. The teacher, Sam Horton, of the
public school, was fatally injured, and
a boy, Henry Riggs, had his arm
broken.
The elevator and grain house of.
Wilson & Nolan was totally destroyed.
The Davis grain house was wrecked
and the hotel blown from its founda
tion and wrecked.
At Ruby, John Mullen’s house was
wrecked and Mr. and Mrs. Mullen
were carried nearly 100 yards oy the
wind. Mrs. Mullen is believed to be
fatally hurt. Wesley Spurlock, 14 years
old, was killed.
At Sunset nearly twenty buildings
were wrecked, but no person was la
tally hurt.
CANAL CONVENTION AT TAMPA.
Maay Delegates from Yavious Sections
Discuss Great Waterway.
The Panama canal convehTTTn open
ed its regular session at T&mpa, r la.,
Thursday morning. J*mes VV. Porch,
of New Orleans, was duty elected per
manent president, and F. B. Bower,
o£ Tampa, permanent secretary. j. X16
convention was addressed Samuel by fo-rmer Pasco,
United .States Senator
recently a member of tho Panama ca
nal commission. Many of the dele
gates also entered into the discu /y
of good results of the canal to soutn
err* ports and the best means cf giving
the moral support of the commercial
interests to the government in carry
ing out and completing the work.
Many more delegates arrived Tbura
day morning and the attendance is
larger than was expected. Cuba is rep
resented by Dr. F. F. Mendoza.
The city is thronged with an im
mense crowd.
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