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COMPLICATIONS
Through Seizure of Neutral
By Misguided Russians.
BID FOR MORE
England Will Demand an Explanation
While Germany Also Has Greivance.
Unde Sam Using Precaution.
A London special . , says: In .
official circles the recent seizures and
overhauling of British ships in
Red sea by the Russian volunteer fleet
,learners Smolensk . . and , q. St. PeU.sliur. .-isliur -
are regarded as very grave
tional incidents.
The seizure of the Peninsula and
Oriental steamer Malacca by the St.
Petersburg and her arrival in the
Suez canal as a prize of war on her
way to Li ban, on the Baltic, has come
*3 a climax and the cabinet is now
considering the course to pursue.
The British law officers acknowl
edge the right of the Russians to seize
and detain mails provided that only
official communications are taken,
but ibey take the most serious view of
the status of the two Russian ships
pa:rolling the Red sea, and if any offi
cial action or protest ensues it will
be chiefly iu regard to the passage of
these erstwhile merchant ships
through the Dardanelles and their
subsequent transformation into ships
of war.
Iu official circles strong comment
is made in regard to Russia's policy in
this matier. It is regarded as impos
sible that the commanders of the Smo
lensk and St. Petersburg were given
full power, and the officials therefoie
are inclined to the grave conclusion
that the Russian government gave im
plicit instructions to the two com
manders. The effect on the stock ex
change Tuesday was seen iu a hea\y
fail in consols and other gilt-edged se
eurities on fears of international com
plications. The dangers and difficul
ties of the situation are much com
mented upon in the newspapers-, which
are pra.-ticallj. unanimous in Jcnounc
ina the “dubious ami Irregular char
aeter" of the volunteer fleet vessels.
Another element adding to the dan
gers of the situation is the attitude
Japan may assume. The Pall Mall
Gazelle points out that if, as stated
In a dispatch from Constantinople, the
Russian guardship Chernomoretz trav
ersed the straits fully armed, "it would
seem to 'justify Japan as regarding
Turkey as an ally of Russia, and in
voking the terms of the Anglo-Japan
•e»e treaty."
To Protect American Ships.
A Washington special says: With
a view to being fully prepared for any
contingency that may arise in connec
tion with the passage of any American
vessel through the Red sea the state
department has began an exhaustive
study of all the precedents since the
Crimean war, in regard to the
page of neutral ships by belligerents
ani the exercise of the right of search.
All the information possible
ing the present actions of the Russian
volunteer cruisers in the Red sea is
being gathered. The United States
flag is seldom seen in that quarter ex
cept on a government vessel passing
to and from the Philippines, and of
course there will be no interference
with such craft by either belligerent.
The state department has taken
very broad ground respecting the ex
emption of neutral shipping from an
noying interference as markedly
shown in the proclamation of Presi
dent McKinley at the beginning of
Spanish war. The general contention
was that a neutral nag covers neu
tral goods, and while it Is admitted
here that it is not yet a universally ac
cepted tenet of international law, it
is- held that It should be snch and the
state department has lost no oppor
tunity to bring that to pass.
But aside from the question of con
traband goods and neutral ships, the
officials in Washington feei that the
action of the Russian ship® in connec
tion wdth the mails is the gravest is
sue now presented. In the famous
Trent case, where the American ad
miral, Wilkes, boarded the British
steamer Trent and carried off Mason
and Slidell, the confederate commis
sionersythe British government in its
contention, which was practically ad
mitted by the United States in the
end, remarked that the summary ra
rnoval from the ship of the commis
sioners was “almost as bad as re
moving the mails would have been, >»
showing clearly what the British idea
was then as to the right to carry off
mail.
GROVER GIVES ADVICE.
Ex-President Urges Democrats to Stand
»« Steady ” and Be Careful.
Parker Telegram Lauded.
"Steady, 'Democrats, Steady," is the
title of an article by Grover Cleve a
land, printed in Colliers for July
i In it Mr. Cleveland lauds the actiod
i of Judge Parker in sending his "gok|
telegram" to the his St. Louis satisfaction convention} witq
| and exoresses
i the platform and the outlook in pari
as follows:
"No action of democracy’s represen-*
| tatives assembled in the late conven
i lion can be construed in any
! way than as an acknowledgment
^ establishment of the gold
; ard and wi Ung pIedge ita ;
a ......° , ro maia
1 ’ "
tenance.
] sufficient -Thi s e„i,Ji t io n should of iw«lf be
i to so fill our measure of sat
^ (o ^
i . trepidation that
i tears or may havd
vexed us during the days just passed.
"I do not overlook the fact that twn
clear and unimpeached verdicts of tin*
people stand recorded in favor of thd
gold standard, and that its perpetuity
has* been secured by federal enact:
luent; but I insist that, in refusing to
indulge in any further free silver or
double standard vagaries, the conveen
tion did not, on account of existing
conditions, make a virtue of necessity,
but that it voiced instead an actual
| and wholesome change in sentiment
I among the file of democracy.
"Herein is found abundantly suffi
cient cause for gratitude and congrat
ulation on the part of all ihose who
love true democracy. I want to go
further than this, and to express a
reverent belief that certain conven
! ticn utterances apparently untoward
j have worked together for democracy's
i good, and that a happy outlook has
: been reached through a leader, wiser
and more certain than the wit of man
i could have devised.
"Senator Tillman and I have occas
; ! icnally differed, but I hope he will
i take no offense if I applaud and give
| hearty concurrence to his expression
of belief that ‘providence has taken
kindly hold on our affairs.’ ’’
; After quoting Judge Parker’s mes
sage to the St. Louis convention, Mr.
Cleveland says:
j "Those democrats who have been
: impatient of the silence of their par
I ty wah ' s «“«<«* the 0 “S ht 10 1>e *“*•««-*
I ot hls
; It filled the blank in a disabled plat
form; it gave leadership to the demo
cratic cause and rallied supporters by
thousands and tens of thousands to
The democratic standard.
a I believe that no man ever did so
much for the cause and in so many
directions and in so short a time and
in so compact a form as was done by
our candidate when he sent his mes
sage to the St. Louis convention. He
has reminded all who profess demo
cratic principles that they also have
work to do if they, like him, would
do the political duty the time de
mands."
OFFICIALS DETAIN CHINESE GIRL.
Came Over to Attend Wesleyan College
But is Detained at San Franciseo.
More than a month ago Miss Eling
Alice Soon, a young Chinese girl, left
Shanghai under the charge of Rev.
W. B. Burke, a Christian missionary
to China, and lus wife, Mrs. Burke,
to attend Wesleyan Female college,
Macon, Ga., this fall, Miss Soon be
ing the daughter of a local Christian
minister at Shanghai. Owing to some
alleged defect in her immigration pa
pers she is being held aboard ship at
3an Francisco.
HOW BRYAN WOULD RUN PARTY.
Nebraskan lies Some Radical Views, But
is Satisfied at Parker’s Nomination.
W. J. Bryan's plan for the reforma
tion of the democracy was given pub
licity at Lincoln Thursday. In it Mr.
Bryan favors radical changes, but ad
vocates the election of Judge Parker
for president as a good beginning. He
declares for state ownership of rail
roads, government control of tele
graphs, abolishment of the private mo
nopoly, favors the income tax and the
election of federal judges by the peo
pie.
STAND READY TO PROVE CHARGES.
\
j New Feature Added to Broughton-West
brook Affair at Albany, Ga.
At Albany, Ga., Wednesday after
noon a new turn was given to the sen
Rational affair in which Chief of Po
lice Westbrook and Rev. Len G.
Broughton have been the central fig
ures, when twenty-four of the most
prominent business and professional
men of the city published a card in
which a demand was made of the po
lice commission that opportunity bn
given the signatory parties to prove
the charges against Westbrook.
1H TV. O DIRECTIONS
^ ou ‘ Cs * Russian Hosts Fiei After Un
equal and Disastrous ^*bat
With Japs.
A special dispatch from Tokio, un
j dcr date of July says: Geuera si
Kuroki, in a severe fight, occupied
j Kiao-Yang on July id. The place bar
been fortified by the Hu ns, who
j defended it stoutly.
In the fighting General Kuroivi s
troops drove the Russians from their
> strongly fortified position on the Chi
river, which is northwest of MoUeu
p a3g and east ot Appling, inflicting
.. . lesifcj
upou enern v uore serious
-
than they sustained themselves. The
I ȣht began on the ISth, and ended
,he 13 “>
! ,. le Japanese iost 4.4 .. men . in
r -
and wo.mded. The Russian losses
estimateed at 1,000.
General Kuroki began his advance
early in the morning on the 18th. Me
uncovered and tollo’v,ed the enemy
- aIon S the Chi river. The two
ions, with eight guns, turned and at
i tacked the Japanese advance guard
vigorously.
At this point the Japanese suffered
before relief came, one company ios>
ing all its officers. At a late hour in
the afternoon the Russian position
was developed. They occupied an em
inence on the banks of the Chi. This
river guarded their left flank, and high
precipices protected the Russians on
the right.
The only approach to their position
was through a narrow defile. The
fighting continued until dark, when
the Japanese force bivouacked. Th*
Russians made two counter attacks,
but were repulsed in each ease.
The Japanese renewed the attack at
midnight, posting their artillery in the
valley below, and on the high ground
to the south of the Russian position.
The main Japanese body was assigned
to attack the Russian center; a small
detachment was sent towards the
right flank and another to watch die
enemy's left flank, lifter these posi
tions had been taken, the fighting
ceased for a time, but it was. resumed
at dawn. The Russians had thirty
two guns in action, and they vigorous
ly shelled the Japanese. To thi 3 fire
the Japanese replied, the bombard
mknt ,or r °»f ho " rs '
Dunn f thls tlw J f |,aneae a,m - v
moved forward, the flankers had sue
ceeded in scaling the heights on the
Russian right by 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon, at which hour the main force
was ordered to storm the Russian
center. The Japanese artillery prompt
ed this movement splendidly, but the
infantry met with a severe fire and
lost heavily in gaining the heights,
The final successful charge was de
live red about 5 in the afternoon. The
Japanese succeeded in partially cut
ting off the Russian retreat and this
soon became a rout. The enemy went
in two directions, to the northward
and to the eastward. The Russian
forces engaged included in addition to
the artillery seven battalions of in
fantry and a regiment of Cossacks.
The enemy left one hundred and thir
ty-one dead and 300 rifles on the field.
Prisoners taken estimated the Russian
losses at one thousand. The Japanese
I lost one officer and 54 men killed and
18 officers and 351 men wounded.
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PUGILISTIC GEORGIA SOLONS
\ Create Scene in Legislature-Lie is Given
j
and Ink Bottle Thrown.
j The Georgia house of representa
j fives was the scene of a decided sen
nation Friday when two members of
: the body tried hard to engage in a
! fistic encounter on the floor.
The wouid-be combatants were
Steed, of Carroll, and Buchanan, of
Early. Bad blood has existed between
the two for some time, and during a
personal privilege speech in reference
thereto, Mr. Steed made a remark
which Buchanan resented by calling
him a knave and a liar.
Before the members could realize
j what was happening, Mr. Steed had
! seized an ink well and driven it in the
j direction of Mr. Buchanan. The lat
; ter ducked and the well flew out the
window, spattering ink in its flight.’*
The flight of the ink through the
air was swift, and drops of it fell upon
several representatives, over whose
i heads the ink well winged its flight.
Re P re sentative Shannon. however,
1 came in for most of the ink thou S h
-
i nor ' n tlie ^ rac ' k R3 . Passage. lie
wa * ke ‘* Mr. Steed just as
the latter drew back to throw, and
; most of the contents were spilled on
him.
Mr. Buchanan escaped without in
jury, either from contact with the ink
wel ' or * ,:s c 011 ten ts.
| The scene which followed the throw
j ing of the ink well was one of inde
scYibable confusion, and it took th«
speaker five minutes to restore order
MRS. MAYBRICK
GIVEN
American Woman is Finally
leased by British Authorities.
:
DEPARTS FOR
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Termination of Noted CfiS 2 WhiCfl
t Attracted Widespread Attention on
! Both Hemispheres.
j
. A special of Wednesday Horn „
Cornwall, England, says: "Mrs.
ence May brick is free. She left
lodaj ou her way
‘ au ‘ ~
Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss
j ence Elizabeth Chandler, a member
! a well known and prosperous
! family, was married July 27, 1881,
; bt. Jam.-s church, Piccadilly, to
Maybrick, of Liverpool. She was
j years old. Her husband was over
ty years of age. In the spring
j 1889 Mr. Maybrick became ill and
; a few days- he died. His brothers
. vestigated hia death and charged
j Maybrick with the murder of her
band. A long trial followed, and
j number of doctors swore that the
j ceased died of arsenical
j The defense proved that, for
j years firmed Mr. Maybrick had been a
I user of arsenic and that
daily took doses large enough to
killed a dozen ordinary men.
j Maybrick was eventually sentenced
I death by the judge, Sir Fitzjames
phen, who spoke for two days
| charging the jury. lie said it was
: possibie to find her not guilty in
^ ace of the medical evidence,
judge died some time laler in a
house.
From the time of airs.
conviction her mother, the
de Roques, was unremitting in her
torts m behalf of the prisoner.
Bucceet e in a% »n. s the death
ence commuted to penal servitude
life, and finally has obtained the
dom of her daughter, to whose
from prison she had devoted her
Ine baroness was aided by
r! Zt° D < t a ‘J®
sell, of Killewen, chief , justice 4 of
and, a letter which had been
o x rs. a ay nc - m 1 -j was
covered. It showed he was
that she ought me-er to have
eonvice., an it as een
understood that all the recent
can ambassadors to the court of
James T have ^ cone everything .
. to obtain Mrs. , Maybrick’s r u . pardon. ,
rp, The fan tact . of . . her probable . ., release , w r
used as a _ „„„„„ reason for , securing . the ..
ponement of , a , trial . , . last year of „ ,
suits hearing on Mrs. Maybrick’s
torocf teiest m land . in . Kentucky, r- i. i . .
s
and nna woof Vvest Virginia \-,-o T ;r,i until sne . was
nnrsnmlW personally to t.o testily. tootlf,- If n> she was
dole ahio tn to testily t DO Hr„ in these suits 14 ,,
’
Maybrick \To-iri>rioi r and „„ 4 her 1 o mother ti would ,
lost all title and interest in the
thousands ot acres of land
in the case.
On February 4 last, Home
Akers-Douglas, replying to a
in the house of commons,
the reports which had been in
tion that Mrs. Maybrick had been
moved °rom Aylesbury prison to a
valescent home, where she would
main until the summer, when
would be allowed her freedom,
home secretary said a license
been granted to Mrs. Maybrick
the penal servitude act.
The transfer of the prisoner from
penal prison to a q det country
constituted an almost
action on the part of the British
thorities. It was due to the
of the Duchess of Bedford, who, as
visitor to Aylesbury prison for
years, had taken a keen personal
terest in Mrs. Maybrick, and
succeeded in obtaining the
of her punishment to the extent of
being allowed to spend the last
months of her confinement outside
prison walls.
Mrs. Maybrick is not freed
tionally; she Ts out on ticket of
but to all intents she i3 as free ns
other person.
PARKER AND DAVIS CONFER.
Democratic Candidates Meet for
Time and Indulge in Congratulations.
Senator Davis, the democratic
presidential candidate, arrived
Esopus Wednesday, accompanied
National Committeeman Norman
Mack, of New York, and D. J.
of Michigan, They were driven
once to Rosemount. Judge
and Senator Davis had never met
fore. Mr. Alack introduced the
dates and they warmly greeted each
other, after which they held an ex
tended conference.
! ™ KER 55* fi
' -
For Notification Exercises at Es
Committee Will Call U fvJ "n.’i
Him August 10.
A s e via! from Lsopu 3 X. Y
i Judge Parker has axed , • k,
Augus
| ination the dale for for notifying him of hi
I president. The j ud?e reaci,
i ed this decision after a !(>n S
ence with William F. < <;af .
I Sheehan tv
i day. and a telegram was at
i Champ Clark, of Missouri,
I of the committee named 1
j crafic convention to
j nee for president.
Representative Clark is expect ad
j call meeting of his i -f
a committe
i ably to be held in New Proj
Yc s ar.rj J
also may visit Rosemount to k ove
i the arrangements with Park*
j although no plan for such confer,i
j has vet been made.
,
The program for the c tremoni
Rosemount on August l(i will
precedeiits in similar e Veins. i
known that Judge Parker i; 3 particu'
ly impressed with the simplicity
the ceremonies which took place oJ
the occasion of President I.iacola'J
j second nomination, and also
j Judge Thurman wax informal of h'J
nomination for vice president. tJ
j speeches both times were marked
cause of their brevity. When Pi- ]
dent Cleveland was notified in ]g
made a long speech, and the cere
nips were far more formal ; n asjl
other which have been brought o
attention of those who are arrangid
deails It is the of plan the Rosemount ceremonies] notigj
now to have the
cation follow* closely the form of lid
earlier ceremonies. It is not ex pectej
that Judge Parker will talk at length,
nor that he will discuss intimately any
of the campaign issi 3 3, but will lead
this to ;hp letter of acceptance, ’.viiicw
will be issued a week or so
Tlirtk TURNS DOWN UNCLE MM.
Consul is Barred from Makin, Invested
0 j Outrages on Missionaries, J
The stare department af oomolainti Washi
1on }, as been receiving
| j from mi3slonarles G f outtrages of ul!
cialg in Aaiatic TuPkey .
Not caring to address a r , arsr . !
slrance tQ auother nation upon aiTa : rj
edil within its own border with
being absolutetlly and officially
‘ faiu facts justifying interven
ce! '
t , 0Q ihe state departmen t instnicW
Consu] Norton at Ezeroum. the nea-
est American official to the scene of
(he distnrbance> t0 proce ed to Van a
Biais and any other nearby point
i p ersona ]jy observe the actual coaJI]
■ li()ns He was instriK . ted to report i
the ., state . , department. , , ,
But „ , both „ rurkish , . , local , , officials «... arJ J
„ the porte . refused ,. , co allow ,, Mr. honor Vnrl
to . proceed , with Ins inquiries, on ..J h
*
allegation tnat Bitlis, Van and aa
outside , . . the jurisdiction .. o. «
soun were
the ., consular , district, of Ezeroum.
The state t ^ department, was not satis
hecl wlth tlus reason - an(l has ..J '
Mr. Norton to , again ” demand , . the . ngli
of - passage to . the places named - and-
1h m Turk,b , . , . , . bM n . “ J “l
" “
', hat m instants
Mr Xorton 13 actm g not as „„„ consul
'
but as special agent of his govern
ment.
No reply has been received so f«r
DASTARDLY DEED OF ASSASSIN.
Through Open Window Woman Was Shot
as She Lav Asleep in Bed
Sunday morning about day. the « -
of L. R. Snipes, who lives a! Hanseh
a small statiou below Meigs, Ga., ' nj
I shot by an unknown person. ^
She was in bed, the shot being
through a window, The bullet entere.
the right breast and ranged down
ward, through the lungs. liver ^
kidney. She is in a critical comfitW
It is thought that the shot was
aimed at, her husband, who was 'n
bed with her.
Three white boys have been an-'
ed and lodged in Thomasvilie jail 1,2
circumstantial evidence.
Pros-uting Attorney for Canal /«n e -
J. Hai'bourg Keedy. a New' York J
torney and former resident of Hage lr
town, Md., has been appointed P r0i j
cuting attorney for the Panama cans!
zone.
MAKE WAR ON POSTMASTER.
Miners Complain to Roosevelt Agai flsl
Office Holder at Victor, Colorado.
Secretary Haywood, of the Y\es‘ l 1
Federation of Miners, at Denver, has
^ Preside 1 ’ 1
forwarded telegram to
Roosevelt stating that posemas^
Reardon, of Victor, is one of the
bers of the committee which he s-.j nC 1
is responsible for deporting ni‘
from the Cripple Creek district. a "
asking that steps be taken to prev^j aft
federal office holders from taking P
in such demomstrations.