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JAPS ASSAIL
Russians Routed at Frightful
of Life to Attackers.
TWELVE THOUSAND DIE
Kin=Chou Captured After
Stubborn Resistance.
Daring Soldiers of
Mikadc Faced
Big Odds.
A dispatch to The Central News
(London) from Harbin says the Jap
anese losses during the fighting at
Kin-Chou are said to be twelve thou
sand men killed. It is said these fig
ures have been confirmed by an of
ficial dispatch.
Japs Nearing Port Arthur.
A special from Tokio under Friday's
date was as follows: “The Japanese
are now within twelve miles of Port
Arthur, and the Russians suffered
heavier casualties than the Japanese
who have taken guns and other ma
terial and a few prisoners. A further
surprise is predicted as Japan is now
increasing her efforts in all directions.
The Japanese captured many guns at
Kin Chou. tt
Was Sanguinary Conflict.
The latest reports received in Tokio
indicate that the storming of Nan
Shan hill Thursday was a bloody af
fair.
The Japanese first centered their
fire on the Russian batteries, in which
they were aided by four gunboats
from Kin Chou bay. They succeeded in
silencing many of the enemy's, guns.
The Russians had constructed a se
ries of trenches around the hill on
a terrace protected by wire entangle
ments and other such devices.
The Japanese made a series of
rushes, but they were in vain. The
deadly rifle and cannon fire of the
enemy checked them repeatedly.
Finally, at 3 o’clock in the after
noon, the Japanese reformed and
stormed the crest of the h'll The Rus
sians held to tneir position doggedly
and it was 7 o’clock in the evening be
f°re He .Tup ° nese finally gained pos
session of the ridge.
A Japanese officer of high rank made
the following statement to the corre
spondent of the Associated Press:
“The Japanese in attacking Kin
Chou and Nan Shan hill had to fight
against rest odds. The Russians were
in full command of the stragetical
advantages afforded by nature, and
these advantages were augmented by
the new'est inventions for defense. The
forts on Nan Shan hill w’ere armed
with heavy guns. The Japanese had
only field guns, heavy guns being un
available on account of the difficulties
of transportation,
“Our army deserves great credit
for having driven the Russians from
this stronghold; it w r as a feat previ
ously considered to have been impos
sible.
“I fear our losses have been heavy,
but we have gained the strongest
point barring our way to the invest
ment of Port Arthur.”
The Japanese swept the Russians
from Kin Chou Thursday morning and
in a desperate night attack storm
ed the almost impregnable position
of the Russians on Nan Shan hill,
west af Talienwan.
The battle raged in the hills all
through the night and telegrams from
the Japanese headquarters reported
that th eengagement was still in
progress and that the Japanese are
still pursuing the Russians south of
Nan-Shan and the head of Talienwan
bay. The Russians had made elabo
rate preparations to check the Japan
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MANY HUNDREDS ARE DESTITUTE.
Authorities at Yazoo Citv Compile a List of
Sufferers from Recent Fire.
Amass meeting composed of 100
leading citizens was held in Yazoo
City Friday and a committee, headed
by Mayor Holmes, was instructed to
inquire into the number of people ren
dered destitute by the recent fire. The
committee reports that ^00 families
have lost their homes and one-half of
this number destitute. The committee
declined to make appeal for oi ide
aid, but announced that contributions
wiil be received and distributed.
! ese movement south on the Liao Tung
! peninsula toward Port Arthur.
They had fortified the high ground
on the south shore of Talienwan bay,
i their works extending to the east and
! the west. The extreme Russian right
j I w'as at. Hushan Tao and the extreme
left t Nan Shan hill. This hill was
, . .. e , p ar ...... 0 T e mt , s ®
I . of batteries, strongly - emplaced, -
nes
crowned its crest, while rifle pits ex
tended around its sides. Mines had
been placed lower down on this hill
i and around the base, on the northern
and eastern sides, were stretched well
made wire entanglements.
A not her line of defense protected
with wire entanglements extended
j from Yen Chia Tung, near the head
of Talienwan bay. due north of Lia
i Chia Tien, w'hich lies south of
j
Chou. A strong Russian force
posted at Kin Chou.
Blockade at Port Arthur.
According to a special from Tokio
1 Vice Admiral Togo has established
a complete blockade around the south
ern end of Liao Tung peninsula. This
j completely the envelopes Port. Arthur from
j seaward and probably marks tthe
opening of the final investment of the
town and its fortifications,
:
WITH A VOICE UNANIMOUS
j
j Presbyterians in Session at Buffalo
Union of the Various Bodies.
A special from Buffalo, N. Y., says:
j The general assembly of the Presby
! terian church in the United States, by
j i an overwhelming voice committee Friday, adopted
Hie report of the on union
! with the Cumberland Presbyterian
church. The resolutions adopted in
cluded not only favorable action on
the report, but recommended certain
other steps to be taken to secure the
union of the churches and to make
plain the position of th echiirch. The
question of proposed basis of union
will now * go to the presbyteries of
the general assembly. If it is approv
ed by a vote of two-thiras of them
the necessary steps will be taken at
the next general assembly to effect
the union.
! The announcement of the result was
1 received wiih great cheering. The
! vote was taken on the following prop
' ositions of James D. off att;
! a a Shall the adopted? re* port of the joint com
naittee be
i “That tlie question of basis of union
'
be sent down to the presbyteries be
j fore “That April the 1S05, report for of action. the presbyteries
shall be submitted to the general as
sembly in 1905, and if approved by a
two-thirds vote, the necessary steps
shall be taken if the way be clear,
to complete this union. That the as
sembly places on record that its re
vision of the confession of fair.h in
1903 has not impaired the integrity
the system of doctrine taught in holy
scripture.
I talk reverts to gorman.
Marylander Discussed es Receptive
• didate f >r 5 7 re'd mcy.
The Atlanta Constitution’s
ington correspondent wires the
ing to his paper:
“No recent political event has
traded as much attention here
Washington as ihe Maryland
ic convention of yesterday.
are pointing to the platform as
ideal statement of the campaign
from the democratic standpoint and
is inevitably being compared to
resolutions adopted by the New
democrats at Albany.
“Beyond this, however, stand
great maniiestation of
over Senator Arthur P. Gorman,
taken together with the high
mentary resolutions adopted is
strued as meaning that the
of his state intend to present
! Gorman as a receptive candidate
t h e presidential nomination.
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SULLY DEMANDS HIS COTTON.
1
Receivers arc Asked to Buy 593,000
of boot Staple.
; A sensation was created in
| exchange circles at New York
Gay when the suspended firm of D.
* Sully & Co., made a demand
; I the receivers now in charge of
! firm’s business that they buy
| bales of spot cotton.
D. J. Sully & Co. claim that
! were not notified by any of the
! ers that their cotton had beet
l ou^- and they, therefore, wish the
i eeivers to buy ir 190 000 hales ( of
| tual cotton.
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Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random*
Savannah Wants Judge Speer.
The board of directors of the Sa
rannah chamber of commerce has
named a committee to invote Judge
I Emory Speer, of the United States
! court of the southern district, to take
! up his residence in Savannah, should
he decide, as it is reported he will,
to leave Macon.
* * *
Chautauqua Will Be Great.
The arrangements for holding the
Chautauqua in Dublin. June 19-24, are
i being rapidly completed. All of tlie
. „ bee ed Thls 0ve
i „
j special trains will be run to Dublin
| by the Wrightsville and Tennille and
I i Macon, Dublin and Savannah roads
during Chautauqua week.
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Ten Years For Carter.
At Valdosta, J. C. Carter, the young
white man who was tried in the supe
rior court and found guilty on the
charge of attempted assault, was sen
tenced by Judge Mitchell to ten years
i in the penitentiary. He is now' in jail
| in default of $1,000 bond. The mo
lion made by his attorneys for a new
trial will be heard later.
* * *
V.'aycross Seeks Charter Change.
A movement has been started in
Waycross to have the charter chang
ed, that the water works commission
• of the city may be elected by the
| people. Since the organization of the
commission twelve years ago the
members have been appointed by the
ordinary. A petition requesting Rep
resentative Spence to have the char
ter of the city changed has been cir
culated. and there are many signers.
* * *
Now Under Regular Charter.
! Formal organization of the John B.
Gordon Monument Association was
perfected in Atlanta the past week by
the acceptance of the charter, the
adoption of by-laws and the election
of officers and directors. The officers
chosen were President W. L. Cai
houn; vice president, Alien D. Can
dler; secretary, Joseph T. Derry, and
treasurer, E. H. Thornton.
; New subscriptions aggregating
about $100 were reported, about half
of them in cash. One of the subscrip
tions of $25 was recorded on the
j minutes as having been received from
' “ a former abolitionist, who, since liv
ing in the south,has formed new ideas
j the negro question.”
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Important Ruling on Rates.
In a recent ruling upon rule G of
the state railroad commission, that.
i body decided that the railroads in
the state c a n reduce rates between
.
' certain points in the state in order to
1 put them on a basis of equality with the
! points similarly s-ituated outside
! state, without having to lower rates
i t(J other points on such lines, which
are not similarly situated.
| In other words, the Central of Geor
gia is permitted to reduce the rates
on certain commodities betw'een At
lanta and Savannah in order to put
Atlanta on a basis of equality with
i Nashville and other similarly situated
. without being required to
; points,
, lower its rates between Atlanta and
any intermediate points on its line.
* *
i Admits Charge of Infanticide.
Omer J. Coney, a young maa well
, known in Laurens co y, was arreat
ed a few days ago charged with the
murder of an infant found in the
Oconee river. Coney made a confes
sion to officers, in which he stated
that he put the child into a saclr and
then threw it into the river. When
examined by the coroner and a jurv,
the infant showed evidence of having
been mutilated—its throat was cut or
stabbed. Coney denies any knowl
edge of'this feature of the case.
j ; The young man was married four
months ago into one of the most prom
inent families in Laurens county, and
the people of Dublin are almost un
nerved bv the shocking and unmen
tionable features connected with the
affair.
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Primary Returns Compiled.
Chairman E. T. Brown, of the state
executive committee, has just co
piled the returns from the recent
s ^ a p e primary of April 20.
The returns show that State Trenc
urer R. E. Park led the state ticket
j with a total vote of 169,867. The vote
Tor Governor Terrell was 168,461.
In the race for chief justice of the
1 supreme court Chief Justice T. J. Sim
mons carried eighty-nine counties and
( forty-eight, Jus
j Judge R. B. Russell
, tice Simmons’ majority in votes being
21,160.
For prison commissioner Chairman
Joseph S. Turner carried 107 counties
and Judstm M. Strickland, of Griffin,
thirty, Chairman Turner’s majority
in votes being 22,118.
The preparation of these
Chairman Brown, of the state commit
tee. has been at work upon them
last P ; x weeks; in fact,
since the primary WC.3 held cn Apr:
! 20th.
The Law as to Fishing.
Now' that the fishing season
opened the attention of anglers is
ed to the following sections of
| new state law;
“5. That it shall he unlawful
j all y person to put walnut leaves,
nut hulls, devil shoe strings or
poisonous substance whatever in
of the waters or running streams
this state, such as lakes, ponds,
places or creeks, which will be
to drive away or poison the fish
1 said waters.
• * 6. That it shall be unlawful
catch or take any fish with any seine
’ net or like device from any of
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waters of tils state between the
of June and the 1st of
in each year, provided that the
visions of this act shall not be
strued to forbid the catching of
j by means of cast nets or with
or line.
* < 7. That the catching of
in the waters of this state with
or other devices, is absolutely
hibited for a period of four years
the date of approval of this act.
“8. That the use of dynamite or
other explosive and destructive
stances for the purpose of killing
is hereby prohibited.”
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Lays Embezzlement to President.
After one of the most sensational
trials ever held in Columbus, the jury
m the case of J. Perry Greene,
ed with embezzlement, brought in
verdict of ‘‘not guilty,” reaching
verdict after one ballot.
The charge of embezzlement was
brought by President John F. Weath
ers, of the Columbus Showcase Com
pany, for whom Mr. Greene had work
ed as bookkeeper during 1903, it being
alleged that he took $1,300 of the
company’s money and then made the
books balance by ‘ making false en
tr i es
The defense was extremely sensa
tional, Greene charging that President
Weathers, himself, had been system
atically robbing the company, and
that he tried to make a scapegoat of
the bookkeeper. Greene talked to the
jury an hour and a half, and made
a dramatic assertion of his innocence,
and an equally' dramatic accusation of
President Weathers,who sat a few feet
from him. Pointing to Mr. Weathers,
Mr. Greene exclaimed:
“Gentlemen, there is the guilty man.
He stole this money, and is trying to
shift it off on me. Nobody knows bet
ter than John F. Weathers that I nev
er took a cent of money of the Co
Iambus Showcase Company. He won’t
look me in the face. That man has
tried to rob me of all I have— my
character.”
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j The University Law schcol.
j Among the institutions that have
j ^ad a marked influence upon the his
po r y 0 f Georgia is the state law school
established in 1859 on motion of Gov
ernor Herschel V. Johnson.
Over eight hundred lawyers have
received their training here in the
last fifty years. The school has been
the training camp of our eminent ju
rists and the success of its graduates
is the strongest argument for train
ing of a good law' school in preference
to that secured in the lawyer’s of
fice.
In the law school the training is sys
tematic and thorough and the young
sindent must measure his strength
daily with his fellow students, As an
eminent writer said:
“The law school leads the student
readily to survey law as a science
and imbues him with the principles
of ethics as its- true foundation. Dis
puting, reasoning, reading, discours
ing, became his constant exetcise.
Members of the bar of the future, to
succeed, must have a scientific, well
directed and comprehensive training
in a law school.”
The state law course embraces two
years of text book study, lecture
courses, study of cases, moot courts
and legal exercises. It gjves the most
thorough preparation offered in the
South Atlantic States in daw and al
ded subjects. The students meet in
daily classroom exercises on the Uni
versity campus, and are an integral
j part of the student body, subject to
regulations and enjoying all the
! principles of the libraries, dormitories
j | an q lectures. They form associations Georgians
with hundreds of young
and with the great body of alumni j
friendships invaluable to the young ”
lawyer, whether considered from f
social, business or professional stand
point.
The degree of bachelor of laws of
the University of Georgia is conferred
upon those completing the course.
Some students take the first year's
course in a lawyer’s office, stand an
examination upon the same on enter
i ing the law school and taking the sqc
; ond year in class. This plan reduces
expenses, and combines the office and
class room methods.
The State University l a%
- Soho
jilstly won first place for the
ing of Georgians for hoQ(
profession of law' and a young
should count i u a privilege j, '
his name the graduated to
; among
i famous old school— J. g g^.
Morgan Completes Canal Transk
J. P. Morgan & Co. innaunoj
New York Thursday that the
fers of gold incident to the vj -
of the $40,000,000 purchase nx>ri
the Panama Canal Company 1
have been completed.
THIRTEEN HEN KID
Boilers of Tow Boat at Louisvil’e
Blow Up and Wreak a Carni
of Death. »i
A specialj^rom LouisviK "
Thirteen persons wer e killed,
fatally injured and five hurt a
explosion at boilers which tend
molished the towboat Fred W lib
Riverview park:
The dead are: Captain Joseph
unknown white man, believed
a Pittsburg insurance agent, t
ing with Captain Price; • w
Quinn, steward'; Albert Miller,
Sherman Shively, second engi
first cook; Joseph Warren, col
William Thornton; John Patric
| four W'hite deck hands, names
j unewn.
1 e i son vtthe property i
' onongiahela Coal and Coke Ooa
I an( * Pittsburg several d'ayj
j " ^ £ltX Ganges, twelve coal boat
j ‘ <>u r bound for Louisville.
^ !e arr ived at her destination
m iGnight, had proceeded down!
r *' ei an( l wa ® about to tie up
ex Plosion occurred,
^ ie cause *-he a'Ccident is
khowm. The boat had just put
to the to ’ w i nro a landing
w ^ en explosion occurred. 1
j Sykes, first mate, could give n
Planation of the cause of thej
Gent. He and Chief Engineer
were the only men cn the bead
soaped injury,
^' ne I >ol ^ ce an G Hospital ambui
aR G the automobiles of the mo
newspapers carried a corps of;
c i' ans an d nurses, to the scene, i
1 four miles from the heart <j
c residence ^- The of injured Colonel were John taken H. A; n
i proud
| until they could be bettor
; at hospitals. Mr. Whallen’s i
J which is about ^50 yards iron
; mer - waa badly damaged by d
P ! -°siion, but one of the fami-y
injured. The front doors were spl
; e; h the chandeliers in the U
room w’ere shattered and near,
! window in the house was broi.e,
The Wilson was built eighteen
ago and was reconstructed m r*
I year. She was valued at $25,000.
length w r as 175 feet and 30 fee:
,
The Wilson was literally bU
pieces and her hull sank in h
of water. Two heavy pieces o
boiler were found almost 500
from the bank and her flag boats
the top of a tree near Riverside^,
wihere it was blown with a F-k
wreckage.
MARYLANDERS FAVOR GGRVA
Democrats in State Convention
Strang Preference for Fevorde 1
rpj^ ( ] emc , cra tic state convent
Mary5and met in Baltimore Thu
j I adopted a platform and elected
j gates to the St. Louis convex
j United States. Senator Gorina:
: a delegate from Howard count;
j jjj S en t ry j D t 0 the convention laaj
the s i gna ) f or enthusiastic »F?
j as wag every remark made h
| ge a , a ior during the proceedin'© 13 '
rp,j ie pi a tform by the convent’)
m ittedly embodies Mr. Gorman pii™
f' what, the national ;
ion 0
should be, he being a member
resolutions committee. It is no
to national issues and practice
dorses the line of action f
rtemccrati peering cons E
j th0 . c
duri the late KG , s c,; on 0 f cons
j It calls for moderate tariff ne
independence for the and Filipp'^ ki
cimy in expenditures crookedn .
on tion of all alleged f e
the postoffice and other gove
deparl/ments and severely cl
the present, ’adiministration.
While the delegation to -
not instructed except to *
was
j a unit, it is admitted 'hat this
request c- f
was followed at th 8
tor Gorman the convention instriK- ben'j ■
ly in the humor to -
When delegate moved to so n
a
Senator Gorman protested
motion was withdrawn.
The convention adopted a
commending the “boldness ans
with which our signallized senator, Hon.J
P. Gorman, has t N
to his former field of his
leadership and distinguished
services. »»