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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 ’t *>«■ <**•*»' 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. ■ 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 I J + ; irk"l ,, H..H”l"i"l , 'l’+ , H , 'l'+4’4+44"t+++4 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 “ 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. ; jr h V 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. 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