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ANOTHER TOWN TAKEN BY JAPS Niuchwang Wrested From Rus sians By Soldiers of Mikado. PORT ARTHUR HELPLESS Czars Army Still Bdng Pursued By Victorious Japs-Another Attempt to Bottle Up Czar's Fleet. The Chefoo correspondent of The London Daily Chronicle cables the following under Tuesday’s date: “The Japanese landed troops and attacked and captured Niuchwang last evening, the Russians falling back to protect the railway.” The capture of Niuchwang by the Japanese and the landing of a heavy Japanese force at that point, together with the Japanese succe sses along the Yalu, puts Port Arthur in the great est peril. From Niuchwang the Japanese only have to move 50 miles east to cut the railroad between Mukden and Port Arthur, completely isolating that point, as the Japanese blockade is complete. The Japanese forces at Antung and those at Niuchwang are less than 200 miles apart, and by rapid marching will be able in a very short time to throw a line clear across the l.iau Tung peninsula, caking all the Russian forces south of Antung and Niu chwang. The capture of Niuchwang probably throw a line clear across the Liao Arthur Monday morning. Admiral Tung Peninsula caging all the Russian attention of the Russian forts while Japanese transports passed. A supplemental report was received in Tokio, Japan, from Kurolci. It was dated as follows: “Y'esterday (Monday) the enemy of fered a stubborn resistance against our pursuit, adding about 300 to our casualties. The enemy stood with resolution until their artillery, con sisting of two batteries, lost the ma jority of its men and horses. They then broke the breeches and, closing apparatus of their guns, hoisted the white flag. “According to a captured Russian officer, General Kashtalinsky, com mander of the Third East Siberian rifle brigade; the colonel of the Elev enth and Twelfth rifle regiments, and the commander of the rifle artillery battalion were killed in the fighting at Hamatan. it seems that the enemy was en tirely routed by our attack because since yesterday, many have come >n and surrendered. “Our prisoners included 30 officers, 20 of whom are wounded, and 300 men, 100 of whom are wounded. “A preliminary report from the chief surgeon of the first Japanese ar my shows that we had 798 men killed and wounded. These casualties are divided as follows: The Imperial Guards, 132; Second Division, 359; Third division, 31G.” An Associated Press dispatch from St. Petersburg says: The report that Vice Admiral Togo had made another attempt to block Poi't Arthur is con firmed. Vice Admiral Alexieff reported offi cially that the Japanese sent eight fire ships Monday night to block the entrance of the harbor, but they were all sunk by the Russian torpedo boats and the fire from the land batteries, leaving the channel clear. The vice admiral also reports that the Russians sank two Japanese torpedo boats. Commenting on the Shanghai report that United States Consul Davidson I sproceeding -to his pest at Antung, The Globe says: : “The triumph of the open door has begun d the United States have giv en once more a sign of their clear ap preciation of the real issues at stake in the Far East. ■ * / \ SUBSCRIBED THREE TIMES OVER. Sreerf ^ ctl,ant * f° r Bonds of New York City on Part of Bidders. Bids- \ were °P ene d New York Tuesday by Controller Grout for $37, . 000,000 o/, city bonds at 3 1-2 per •ent, fW.OGt 000 for ten years, and the Balance for ft, ’ty years. 7 -? „ s over subscribed about serL Thl> comptrollCT * Co bal1 ’ tint J. w ’ ,::m - KJ - «rd Sweet & 4 -. '“V pr '’ bab 1 ')' “ 8 •He *10.000,000, ' that ,' ... . amount at raL rates ranging SSgregR fitm, ^ '0.88 to 101.53. ufc—’.’.-’JC-jr. u ’ GOBER IS THE VICTOR. i Georgia decides State in Adjudicating Executive Committee Contested So Primary Election. The first contest, under the primary ! election law, in the history of Geor gia, was begun at Atlanta Wednesday at noon before tho state democratic j executive committee when tbat body was called upon to decide who was entitled to the A judgeship v of the Blue ! Rid-ge circuit, . .. Newton A. Morris, or George F. Gober. Both sides were rep resented by able counsel. Mr. Morris based bis contest on alleged gross frauds in Fannin coun ty, in the primary election of April 20, while Judge Gober made counter I j charges as to Gilmer county. Thirty-four members of the com- j mittee were present when the meet ing was called to order. The con vention room at the Piedmont hotel was filled with leading politicians from j all sections of the state who came ; down to attend the hearing. They ! j ; were greatly interested in the argu- | j ments which were made. I Alter a lengthy session, lasting well j into Wednesday night, Judge Gober was declared to be the nominee of | the party Tor judge of the Blue Ridge ! circuit, the contest made by Hon. N. A. Morris being rejected. This conclusion was reached alter the committee had gone into secret I session, it is- said, for the first time in the history of the party, and after j a warm discussion, during which four teen votes were cast for a new pri mary in the circuit, though twenty members opposed this plan. The resolutions favoring Judge Go ber’s claims were introduced by Hon. A. A. Lawrence, of Savannah, and these were adopted by a vote of 23 to 12, after having been amended as pro posed by Hon. Clark Howell, the amendment being to the effect -that the alleged frauds in Fannin county about offset those in Gilmer county, and that, therefore, the sum total of the alleged frauds would not affect the final result of the primary in the cir cuit. The aye and nay vote on the Law rence resolution was as follows: For the Resolution—Hamilton Mc Whorter, A. A .Lawrence, Clark How ell, M. J. Yeomans, L. D. Shannon, Phil Lanier, J. S. James, S. T. Bla lock, J. Z. Foster, S. P. Madiox, Moses Wright, L. M. Heard, C. J. Wellborn, proxy for M. L. Ledford; R. F. Ousley, S. G. Atkinson, J. E. Foye, J. S. Turner, proxy for S. T. Wingfield; J. T. Oglesby, A. C. Stone, H. J. Rowe, J. W. Goldsmith, James Taylor, proxy for John A. Cobb, and J. H. Witzell. Against the Resolution—H. W. Hill ; J. R. Gray, J. J. Spalding, Boykin Wright, George P. Monroe, J. D. Howard, C. D. Thigpen, J. R. I'hil lips, M. L. Cornett, John Triplett, A. H. Russell, W. C. Hamilton. The contest excited great interest throughout the state, as both men are prominent in the political world, Judge Gober having been prominent in poli tics for many years and the judge of the Blue Ridge circuit since 1892, and Mr. Morris being the present speaker of the house of representatives. THE ITINERARY OF BISHOPS. College at Waco Arrange Plan of Methodist Fpiscopal Visitations. A dispatch from W'aco, Texas, says: The college of bishops, nine being present, promulgated the plan of apis copal visitation for the present year and next year in the south as fol lows: First District—Bishop Wilson; Vir ginia, Lynchburg, November 9; North Alabama, Talledega, November 23; Al abama, Selma, December 7; South Car olina, Darlington, December 14. Bal timore conference, MincheMer, , a., March 22. Second District, Bishop Duncan — Tennessee, Gallatin, October 5; West ern North Carolina, Charlotte, Novem ber 9; North Georgia, Marietta, No vember 23; South Georgia, McRae, November 3; Mississippi, Gulfport, December 7 Sixth District, Bishop Candler — North Carolina, Henderson, November 30. Florida, Orlando, December 7. COTTON MILLS ARE CURTAILING. Plants at Providence, Rhode Island, Begins Working on Short I urn-. The Crompioa company at Provi dence notified its 700 employees of its cotton mills at Crompton that the plant he would shut down Thursday night for remainder of the week. Thereafter the concern will bd in ope ratio nhbut V four days each week un til ... there .. ia an improvement . . in . the „ market . , for . A. finished . , , goods. , Other conlierns 1 southern . New m ‘’"'“o''- hnsland „ , hav| ■' ..ccided to cur.a.1 , .. pro V l U^UgB ET •aa a'gT ; TO FORESTALL ROADS. Western and Atlantic* Property of the State of Georgia, May Be Ex tended to Tide-Water. An approval of the project to ex tend the Western and Atlantic railroad to tide water, a request that Atlan ta ’ 3 case against the railroads because of freight discriminations be present to the interstate commerce com- I mission, and „ , a suggestion .. to the ., mu nicipal government to purchase Pied mont P ark > 5f advantageous terms to the city can be secured, were the results of the monthly meeting of the | members of the Atlanta, Ga., chain- | ; her of assembled Tues- i 1 commerce, who j day evening in the convention hall °f the Piedmont hotel, | The meeting was attended by about two hundred representative business men of Atlanta, members of the gen- j eral council and railroad men. ses-! j It was not until the heel of the sion that the project of extending the | Western and Atlantic railroad to the j sea was mentioned. It was brought , up by Hon. Hooper Alexander, a re cently elected member of the Georgia house of representatives from DeKalb county. He had listened -to the talks of the Atlanta merchants regarding the discriminations against them in the matter of freight rates, Referring to the fact that fre'ght f rom Chicago is shipped through At l anta to Jacksonville for $1.33 per 100, while the rate from Chicago to Atlan ta is $1.47 per 100, to the fact that freight from New York city passes through Atlanta to Savannah cheap er than it can stop in Georgia's capi tal, while freight from Savannah pass es through Atlanta and goes to. Nash ville for less money than it can be sMppea from. Savannah to Atlanta, IWr. Alexander declared that fie did not know the reason for the failure of the Georgia railroad commission to prevent these things. If the railroads were asked why they charged less for hauling Chicago freight to Jacksonville or Savannah than to Atlanta, they would, he de clared, reply that -they w r ere compell ed to give those cities better rates than Atlanta because of water com petition. “We have been told that we can not bring the sea to .Atlanta. I say we can. »> Mr. Alexander then launched into his subject. He sp-oke of the West ern and Atlantic Railroad as a heri tage from the men who had fought for the independence of the state, stated that before the civil war it had been a splendid paying property, asserted that it ! | was recognized by both sides j during the war as -th ©backbone of the Confederacy, declared that it was now : | paying to its lessees about $909,900 per annum over its rental, maintained that it is now the only thing + hat stands between the state and an an nu-al deficit, and declared that when operated by the state its expenses had been less and Its revenues more than - any other -railroad property in this ] section. For proof of these facts he referred to the records of the state, Mr. Alexander was frequently in terrupted by applause and the con clusion of his speech was greeted by prolonged applause. When Hon. Hoke Smith introduced the fol lowing amendment to resolutions he had already presented the business men began cheering and rmid cheers it was adopted: “Resolved, further, that we approve the project to extend the Western and Atlantic Railroad to tide water. MOVE AGAINST WHITECAPPERS. , Mississippi Deoutv Marshal Goes After .Witnesses Wi'h Manv Subpoenas. A deputy United States marshal, arme( j wjth a bundle of subpoenas, | ! left Jackson Wednesday for the white- ; ; j capper districts of Lincoln, Amite and Franklin counties. The object of the j trip is to bring witnesses to testily the federal grand jury now in , sessio regarding the of * acts white- 1 cappers in driving negroes from gov e-rnment homesteads, and some sur i prising developments are promised. MAYOR FIRES POLICE BOARD Chief Executive of New Orleans Hot After Alleged “Grafters. A dispatch from New Orleans, La., saj-s: Mayor Capdeville. has asked the members of the board of police com “loners of New Orleans to resign as a result of the charges by Commis- 3ioner John A - Woodville that the commissioners are ‘“grafters” and are responsible for gambling houses and 1<)t ' l : ry &h0I>s ' The mayor s action produced K a sen * sation. Riotous scenes attended „ the meeting .. of . the .. , board, , and, , adjo.irn ° ’ on i inent, Woodville was cheered and , car rM atout bJ . a crowJ of „, s Sl , p . porters. - rs r .'xi is j s j i;.u! THREE MURDERERS DIE. payers of Man and His Wife Expiate Double Crime on Gallows at Winchester, Tenn. At Winchester, Tenn., Thursday morning, Henry Judge, Joe Delp ana John Evans were hanged for the mur der of Simon Bucher and his wife ia 3 t August. The trap was sprung at 5:43 and all three died without a struggle. The condemned men exhibited the same in difference and stolidity that marked their conduct during the trials and walked boldly and without assistance onto the scaffold. Bach of them made a short speeeeh in which they exnress ed their preparedness and said theii only regret was to leave their w;ves and children. None of them made any reference to the deed for which they P ai( t the panalty. The crime for which this trio of white men paid the extreme penalty was the murder of Simon Bucher and his wife 051 the ath of last Au S ast - It was Judge who conceived and planned the deed, and his motive is sa ^ to kave been prompted by a de s ’ le to £6t rid of Bucher because he had the oversight, on some mountain lands upon which Judge wanted to have the timber. Judge employed Ev ans and Delp to do the murder. The conspirators reached the Bucher home late in the afternoon and asked to be shown in the garden. Bucher led the way and when a short distance from the house was shot in the back by Delp. Bucher dropped in his tracks and was found the next day. The assassins then returned to the house, where Evans shot Mrs. Bucher. Fire was then set to the house and the murderers left both victims for dead. The charred body of Mrs. Bu cher was found next morning and upon further investigation her husband wat discovered in the garden near by. Bu cher was conscious but paralyzed in the lower libs, and his face was badly scorched. He lived long enough to make a dec laration to a minister in whicn he told of -the assault by Evans and Delp, who were shortly afterwards appre hended. They did not betray the arch conspirator, but condential information led the sheriff to suspect Judge, and his arrest followed. SOLDIERS UNDER SH? ! 01S CHARGE. Attiilerymen at fort Screven Accused of Assaulting Young Woman. A special from Savannah, Ga, says: Eight United States army artillery men are in irons at Fort Screven, Ty beeIsland - awaiting a courtmartiai or trial by civil court They are charged with criminal assault committed upon a young white woman, Sallie Guest, of -Douglas, Ga. The terrible story nas been current in Savannah for some days, the alleged crime havffig been committed two weeks ago. The com manding officer and other officers at Fort Screven made every effort to sup press the facts, and to prevent any publication of the matter, and up to this time succeeded. They considered that the honor of the army was involved and that the story should be spared as far as pos s ible ail publicity. They have not telt disposed to condone the offense in any degree intending that justice snail be done. They had the eight alleged culprits put under arrest at once. A man who saw the girl after the out rage declared that she was 17 years old and that she had come from Val dosta, G-a., at the solicitation of one of the soldiers, who was from the same town, and who was under prom ise to wed her. When -the girl arriv ed at the reservation she was met by her lover. The story has it that there was something to drink at hand and that the young woman was unwise enough to indulge in it. She and her lover wandered off in to the woodland of -the reservation where he betrayed her. After having worked his will upon the , unfortunate woman he returned to the fort, where he told rome of his comrades that he had left the woman. Seven of them then mad 0 their wav to her. where they, too, it is declared, outraged her. JOHNSON GRASS LAW UPHELD. Supreme Court P. ssas Upon Unique Case Sent Up from Texas. The United States supreme court, in an opinion by Justice Holmes, in the case of the Missouri, Kansas and Tex as Railway Company vs. Clay May, sustained the validity cf the Texas statute prescribing a penalty against railroads in that state which p-v-mit Johnson grass to go to seed on their lines. The law was attacked as un constitutional, but the ccmrt n-nheld It as a measure for the projection «f the people of the state against an in ! juricua plant. ■ Smugglers of London Cioth-j “That ease in Boston a few ago, *» said a. Nassau street da* n “about several expensive su»ts Eas! ter clothing being found in fke of a Liverpool liner, waiting ho;j steward who was going until the them to smug to American customers could them ashore, i is part of a game ' over week here in New pi a have York • an association that has been ■ ing to stop it for years, but we Lav- ■ made much headway. The troi.M* ®'| with the Boston man KM pro:) that he _ was new at the game. You can’t catch the old hands on the N York liners like that, Of ew well known Boston law course, the yers to whom ■the three suits were addressed not know anything about did they them. Do yvu suppose would hav e own^j up if they did? The/ 7 won’t pay them either. Those f 0r suits are a d-ea) loss to the London tailor. But can gamble that the brought yon man who them ever will be out of the s gling business after this. mug. “Every spring and every winter Eg Gilt's of „ fashionable . London tailors stop at the uptown hotels and make a display cf their samples. They know their old customers, bu t every new one has to have a bang up i atra duction. . It s like tne side-door busi nes of a sal-oon cn Sundays, Them are hundreds of men in New York wha order their clothes in London every year who have never crossed the pond. They are measured hero, and their clothes are delivered to New York tailors who stand in with the foreigners. The customer Stts his clothes , at this tailor’s, free of duty How, he doesn’t know. But he has to pay the New York tailor for making the alterations. After all, h e gets little out of the deal but the London cut, styles six months in advance o{ New York, and a suit or overcoat that doesn’t fit. But they will do it.” New York Press. Cttumbus and the Gulf Stream. It is curious to note in the history of the gulf stream how great its influ ence has been on the fortunes of the new world. Before the discovery o' America strange woods and fruits were frequently found on the shores of Europe and off lying islands. Some of these were seen and examined by Columbus, and to his th-c-ughtful mind they were confirming evidence of the fact that strange lands were not far to the westward. Tnese woods were carried by the gulf stream and by the prevailing winds from the American continent, so that in part the gulf stream is responsible for the discov ery of the new world. AdmiraJ Evans telegraphs that tie best single scores made in the annual record target practice of the Asiatic fleet. ju3t completed, were: In 11 minutes and 20 seconds, the best 13 ^nch gun of the Wisconsin made 9 bits, the Oregon 6 lifts and the Ken tucky 5 hits. The best 5-inch gun of the Kentucky made 1-1 hits in 2 min utes. Foreign papers kindly cony. FIT.4 permanently cur -<1. No fits or nervous ness after first day s use of I)r. Kline’s Great NerveRestorer.$2 trial bottle and treats®fw Dr. It. II. Kline, Ltd., CS1 Arch St.,Ph;la. Pa Lots of neop’e come to grief by met. uj trouble half way. How to Clpnii To clean delicate laces, take a largo c'M far, cover with old cotton and spread thdsd carefnlW on it. Fe 1 the bottle in warm Ivory Soap ends and leave for an hour. If stains are difficult to remove, pla^e in the sun ana and thev will disappear. Binso by dipping the bottle in clear water. Eleanor R. Parkes. Abort, the time love lets up on a nua rhsumati.-im takes a fall out of him. Ladle* Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Aden’s Foot* Ease, a powder. It makes tight or new shoM easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating, acoin, feet, Ingrowing nails, corn3 and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Don t »(•• oept any substitute. Trial package Free by mail. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, 5- 1 - After a man has been married about eO long he'becomes acclimated. Looms Large. Worried by the frequent apP M lii!* f' ance of typographical errors in newspaper, a Kansas editor says that a typographical error is a hard thing to find in a proof, but in the printed and completed paper it looms up like a fat lady in a group of vegetarians. Beware of Ointmentp For CftturrU That Contain Mercury, ol ns mercury will surely destroy t.ho pmell and completely derange the whole sys tem when enterin'? it through tho rauC0 > surfaces. 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