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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: FAIR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAYl LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER ia, 1904.
DAILY—*7.00 A YEAR
JAPS AND RUSSIANS
IN PIERCE CONFLICT
Latter This Morning Resum
ed Determined Advance
FOES IN DEATH GRIP
Tokio, Afire With Uneasy Expectancy,
Awaits Further News From the
Front, Though the Mikado's Capital
Believes His Men Have Checked the
Advance of the Enemy.
MUKDEN. Oct 11, 11 p. m.—A
bloody battle Is now raging about six
miles north of Yental railroad station.
The Japanese on Sunday fell back
along the whole front and the Rue-
f Inn advance guards crossed the Schlll
river (about half way between Mukden
and Liao Yang), and came within three
tulles of Yentai; but yesterday the
Japanese received strong reinforce
ments of Infantry and artillery, and
not only held their positions, but even
assumed the offensive.
The fighting lasted the entire day
and night. The Japanese directed
ghelr artillery fire with great skill
and searched the Russian positions so
fiercely that the Russians fell back
^ north of the Schlll river, which crosses
1 the railroad seven miles from Yental.
The Russians this morning resumed
their advance, once more crossed the
Schlll river and engaged the Japanese
two miles south of It A terrific artil
lery engagement Is proceeding along
the entire front The result of the
battle Is still undecided.
a stubborn resistance. Clouds of
dust blinded the combatants and made
It Impossible to aim. The finges of the
soldiers were numbed with cold and a
strong wind carried the shells beyond
the mark. The Japanese got away in
good order, carrying off thel killed
and wounded. The Russians lost 79
men.
The railroad is clear and not dam
aged so far as the Shakhe river.
The correspondent epeats the state
ment that Liao Yang is practically
clear of Japanese troops, Indicating
that all of Field Marshal Oyama’s men
are north of the Taitse river.
COPENHAGEN. Oct 11.—The As
sociated Press learns from an excel
lent source that the Russian Baltic
fleet will leave Llbau October 14 and
paBs through Danish waters October
16th. High Russian naval officers have
arrived here and will Investigate the
Danish waters before the passage of
the fleet.
JODGE JOBES’
STRONG CHARGE
Talks to Grand Jury Re
garding the Maples Case
WHAT CONSPIRACY IS
If the Mob Would Not Have Taken
Negro's Life Had He Been White,
Then Every Dictate of Humanity
and Justice Demands That True Bills
Be Returned.
In Contact With Japs.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 11.—Gen.
'Kuropatkln has telegraphed to the em-
.peror that the Russian vanguard is
now in contact with the Japanese, who
'are within gunshot. The scouts aro
'skirmishing along the entire line.
Tokio Eagerly Expectant.
TOKIO, Oct. 11, 7 p. m.—Tokio to
night Is eagerly awaiting tidings of
the persistently rumored engagement
south of Mukden. It is reported that
the Russians assuming the offensive,
crossed the Hun river and attacked
Gen. Kurokl's forces, capturing a po
sition which the Japanese, being very
strongly reinforced, recaptured and re-
occupled. The Japanese, It Is reported,
have checked the Russian advance. It
1s said that the losses on both sides
were heavy.
No official confirmation of these re
ports can be obtained.
Russians Vengeful.
MUKDEN. Oct. 11, 7:45 p. m.—A
Russian correspondent of the Associat
ed Press telegraphs as follows:
"I have seen a number of wounded
who havo been sent back from the
front. It Is Impossible at present to
enter Into details of the operations on
foot, but the men Interviewed are in
Infinitely better spirits than were those
wounded when we were retratlng. Ev
ery one Is confident and the men are
nil anxious to finish the war in order
to get back home.
“None f them, however, has any idea
of going home except as victors. We
have enqugh troops and the one deter
mination of officers and men is to
wipe out the Japanese."
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 11.—Judge
Thoms G. Jones in opening United
States court here today delivered a
vigorous charge to the grand Jury with
regard to the recent lynching of Hor
ace Maples, colored, and the firing by
the mob of the Jail in which were con
fined federal prisoners.
Had Maples Been White.
Judgo Jones said In part:
“If you are fairly satisfied that the
mob would not have murdered Maples
if ho had been a white man, then
every dlotate of humanity and Justice
demands that you return true bills
against the members of the mob.”
The grand Jury was ihstructed to
probe to the bottom the action of the
mob in firing the Jail which held in
custody persons accused of crimes
against the -United States. The Judge
also fully explained what constituted
a conspiracy and directed that that
phase of the lynching be investigated.
In conclusion he declared:
No Bar to Proseoution.
"A conviction or acqultaal In the
courts of Alabama for what these par
ties did is no bar to prosecutjpn under
the laws of the United States. The
United States owed a duty of protec
tion to its citizens which was the most
imperative since It had rendered him
helpless to resist the efforts of the
mob or save himself from the flnmes.
It would be a grave reproach to its Jus
tice if such an offense went unnoted
and uncondetnned."
Judge Jones arraigned the mob in
the severest terms and Insisted that
every citizen must set his fuce against
lynching for any crime.
BATH, Me., Oct. 11.—The Georgia la
one of tho three battleships authorized
un.lor an act of congress, approved March.
1899. and Is also a duplicate of the two-
authorized and approved June 7, 1800.'
Bids for these five battleships were
opened at the navy department, Novem
ber 15, 1900, and In February, 1901, the
Bath Iron Works was awarded tho con
tract for the building of the Georgia, a
sister ship of tho Virginia, Rhode Island,
New Jersey and Nebraska, at a contract
price of 83,590,000.
Tho Georgia belongs to the most pow
erful type of battleship afloat nnd also
the largest class. She has u trial dis
placement of 15,000 tons and is 435 feet
long, 76 feet 10 Inches beam, and under
trial conditions will draw 24 feet while
she has an extreme draft of 26 feet when
fully loaded and equipped with stores,
coal, ammunition, etc.
The hull has a celular double bottom
and Is divided Into about 225 water tight
compartments. Tho craft Is fully pro
tected by tho best of armor, having a
combined weight of 3,700 gross tons, nnd
which Includes a main belt extending the
entire length of each side from cloven to
four Inches thick. Tho upper casemont,
'PaPtkln Pushing Forward.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 11. 11 p. m.
—No official news has been received
from the front as to what is happen
ing today, but a portion of Gem Ku-
rop&tkln’s dispatch last night, given
to the public showed that bis army
.vas steadily pushing forward, and
that the Japanese were gradually
withdrawing their outposts, which
were only a cannon ahot distant.
There have been almost consant ar
tillery skirmishes, which at any mo
ment may develop into a battle.
There is no confirmation of the Jap
anese evacuation of the Yental mines,
but the report Is credited at the war
office.
Japs Crossed Mountain.
CHE FOO, Oct. 12 —(Noon.)—Jap
anese who left Dalny October 10th,
aay that a detachment of Japanese at
tacked, on October 9, a small position
in the hills near Fort It* Shan. The
Japanese crofesed a mountain which
the rains had filled. In Sampans. The
Russians offered a slight resistance at
flrat but later the Japanese, who were
compelled to abandon the position un
der a scourging artillery fire, recrossed
the mount and retired to their
trenches.
A Dust Storm.
MUKDEN. Oct. 11.—A Russian cor
respondent of the Associated Press ^de-
scriblng incidents of the Russian ad
vance. tells of a frightful dust storm,
peculiar to this season in Manchuria,
which raged on Saturday. It was at Its
height while a battalion of the PekofC
regiment with guns attacked a Japan
ese force posted In a village, east of
the railroad and south of the Shakhe
river, and drove out the Japanese af-
KILLED FOR PROTESTING.
Bristol Carpenter Shot by Man Whoso
Profanity He Resented.
BRISTOL. Tenn., Oct. 11.—W.
Burton, a well known carpenter, was
■hot to death near his home In the
suburbs of tho city tonight, and Henry
Cole, who was with tho murdered man,
escaped with his life after being shot at
five times, once with a shotgun.
The shooting was done by one of
four members of a family of Watsons,
to whose home, near that of Burton,
the murdered man and Cole had gone
to protest against loud profanity and
disorderly conduct on the part of the
Watsons. #
The Watsons disappeared soon after
the shooting and no arrests have been
made. Burton was shot once In the
head and three times in the hands as
he attempted to seize the pistol of his
assailant.
SOUTHERN STOCKHOLDERS.
Eleventh Annual Election Was Held
at Richmond Yesterday.
RICHMOND, Va., Oct 11.—The
eleventh annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Southern Railway Com
pany was held In the office of the
company in this city today. Out of
the total capital stock of 1.800.000
■hares, 1,799,000 shares were repre
sented in person or by proxy. The re
port of operations for the fiscal y<
ending June 20, 1904, was ratified and
approved. The proceedings of the
board of directors since tto dm? of the
last annual meeting of the stockhold
era, October 12, waa. approved and
confirmed.
Adrian Iselln. Jr„ Chas. Lanier. Ed
mund D. Randolph and James T. Wood
ward was elected directors of the third
class for the term of three years, ex
piring in 1907.
21 WANTED HITCH
TO BE GOVERNOR
ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 1L—A consoli
dation of the votes in the recent state
election by Secretary of State Phil
Cook reveals the fact that in Fulton
county, of which this city is the coun
ty seat, thirteen votes were cast for
Captain Robert M. Hitch for governor
of the state. Floyd and Richmond
cou.aics gave Captain Hitch four votes
each for the same office.
Captain Hitch is now being tried in
Savannah by a court martial on serious
charges In connection with the recent
6 ta tea boro lynching. ,
The total vote cast in the state elec
tion la estimated by Secretary Cook
about 79,N4, which is much larger than
The United States Battleship Georgia
THE POWERFUL SEA FIGHTER LAUNCHED YESTERDAY AT BATH, ME.
Inch stroke. The engines exhaust In two
armor, nnd the athwartBhlp nrmor six
Inches' thick. The twelve-inch turrets
am! borbelts are covered with n ten-
inch armor, the eight-Inch turret and
barbette with six-inch armor. The con
ning tower Is nine Inches thick, the sig
nal tower five Inches thick and the gun
protection and splinter bulk heads Aro
two and three Inchea thick. There Im n
protective deck at the water line and be
low this Is u complete belt of copper
bund* to protect the steering genr and
equipment, and which arc filled with cel
lulose. which promptly swells to several
times Its own weight when wet, thus
stopping any hole made by shot.
The battery of the Georgia consists of
four twelvollnch breech loading rifles,
eight Hght-lneh breech. loading rifles,
twelve six-inch breech loading rifles of
rapid movement, twelve three-inch breech
loading rapid Are rltlds. twelve three-
pounder guns, four one-ponder automatic
guns. four, one-pounder single shot guns,
two .three-inch field pons, two machine
guns, nnd six nutomatle guns. There are
also four submerged torpedo tubes. Thero
Is n bunker enpnclty of 1,900 tons of coni,
and tlx- <.•1.1 I- . -I v it h t...
following machinery: Two cylinder triple
expansion engine*, -each driving one
bronze three-pladed propeller about 18
feet In diameter; each engine has a nigh
pressure cylinder 35 Inch®* In diameter,
one Intermediate cylinder, 57 inches in di
ameter and two low pressure cylinders
66 inches In diameter, all having a 49-
of about i2.000 square feet. Th
24 Nlelnuise hollers Installed In eight
ter tight compnrments, having tt total
grote surface of 1,440 square fer
total heating surface of 67.22i’ _ ..... ■
feet. This equipment will give a speed
of 19 knots an hour or ono knot faster
t»mr\ any battleship now In tho servlco
of tho United States navy.
Two 100 kilowatt generators and six
60 kllowutt generators will furnish tho
electrical equipment for six 60-Inch search
lights, 1,000 Incandoscnnta and for
every purpose for which electricity wtll
be used. Important accessories on thr
craft Include an evaporating and distil!
Ing plant for converting salt water Into
fresh. Ice plant, laundry, innctilne shop,
electric signalling communication
throughout ship, telephone, wireless te
legrnpny. nlr compressing plant, completi
coaling gear, electric switches, etc.
Hoth military masts with fighting tops
nnd signalling gears nre now In position,
and three smoke funnels nre set up and
the Georgia bus a distinction of being
the first battleship launched with steam
"i>.
The Georgia Is fitted as a flag shin.
Quarters nre provided for a total of 700
men, consisting of one flag officer, one
commanding officer, one chief of staff,
20 wardroom officers, 12 Junior officers,
10 wnrnint officers, and a crew of 653
men, Including marines.
SICK IS RAISED
AGAINST MERGER
Complainants Claim Such
Action Unfair
•1 FIGHT IS NOW ON
Stockholders Aver Their Common
Stock Would bo "Benevolently As
similated* by Proposed Combino—
Tho Temporary Injunction Dismissed
by Judgo Pitney.
NEWARK, N. J„ Oct. 11.—After
heurlng arguments on the return of
the rule to show cause, obtained by
Julius B. Ikclhelmcr of New York, and
other stockholders, why an Injunction
should not issue to restrain the Con
solidated Tobacco Company, the Con
tinental Tobacco Company, and the
American Tobacco Company, from
merging, Vice Chancellor Pitney today
appointed Halsey M. Barrett as master
to count the bonds claimed to be own
ed by the defendant showing that u
majority of the bondholders had ugreed
to the merger and report back to the
court.
Merger Would Be Unfair.
Counsel for the complainants hold
that their common stock practically
would be wiped out by the proposed
merger. They also allege that the doc
uments annexed to the answer of the
defendants showed that nobody had
signed the contract merger. The de
fendants, on the other hand, declare
that the merger would Increase tho
value of the holdings of the complain
ants and explain that the signatures of
subscribers to the merger wero pur
posely omitted as the subscribers did
not want to place on record or disclose
to the public the amount of their hold
ings. Counsel suld the . defendants
were willing to prove that a majority
of bondholders had agreed to the mer
ger and the appointment of Mr. Bar
rett as a master to count the bonds
followed.
Injunction Dismissed.
Vice Chancellor Pitney this after
noon dismissed the temporary injunc
tion and abruptly terminated the hear
ing. He said he dismissed the tempo
rary Injunction against the merger on
a technicality. The rule to show cause,
however, would be continued until the
case can be heard by the court of er
rors and appeals.
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X the war news
+ GJst of Intelligence From Scenes
in the Far East.
For three days there haa been
aharp fighting a little north of
the railway towtl 6f*XC.Mal, be
tween Liao Yang and Mukden.
The Russian advance was check
ed and the attacking force wan
compelled to retire to the north
side of Schlll river, but subse
quently redressed to the south
side of that stream, where at
latest accountH a terrific fight
was In progress.
In military circles at St. Pe
tersburg the fighting noted Is
not considered iut being of the
magnitude of a general engage
ment such as Is expected to
com®, , possibly within a few
days, somewhere within a trian
gle Indicated by lines, connected
Liao Yang, Yental and Sykwan-
tun.
This battle, when It Is fought,
Is expected to he decisive of this
year's campaign.
Wounded Russian soldiers who
have been taken hack to Muk
den show by their cheerfulness
the improvement that has been
produced on the eplrita of his
troops by Gen. Ktiropntkln’s
course In assuming the offensive. J
Russian government j.s part of the
whole matter relating to prize seizures.
Treaty provision^ between the
United States and Russian Which bear
upon this case were discussed and
specific reports as to the mails taken
were submitted. It Hi anticipated that
if the Russian government, sustains the
act of seizure the contention will be
that the mails taken were contraband,
position to which this government la
opposed. There are 4 number of pre
cedents sustaining the Inviolability of
the malls under the same general cir
cumstances.
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t MACON, OCT. 12, 1879.
BATTLESHIP GEORGIA
LAUNCHED YESTERDAY
firmly grounded In the belief that ho
had discharged his full duty as a sol
dier.
At the evening session of the court-
martial, Col. Toomber, counsel for
Capt. Hitch, made a forceful nrgument
on thb line that Capt. Hitch had obeyed
Instructions as far ah lay in human
power and that he failed to protect the
prisoners only because he had been be
trayed and forcibly overpowered.
Napier’s Powerful Plea.
Judge Advocate Napier made a pow
erful plea for the majesty of the law
and In defense of the dignity of the
militia. He was listened to with the
greatest Interest. At the conclusion of
his argument the court requested him
to give an opinion ns to whether a
finding In Capt. Hitch's case could be
held up until the other cases had been
heard. He will deliver his opinion on
this point on the convening of the court
at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning.
REMARRIAGE OF
DIVORCED ONES
Episcopalians Still Consid
ering the Snbject
IS TO BE CONTINUED
The Largest Vessel Ever
Built In Maine
Various Delogatos Express Their Opin
ions of Question Now Causing Much
Earnest Discussion In the Church-
Will Present Archbishop of Canter
bury With Loving Cup.
MOB DIRECTED
Sensational Testimony at
the Conrtmartial
PROTEST AGAINST
SEIZURE OF MAIL
The Cabinet Took Up and Discussed
the Matter at Its Meeting Held Yes
terday.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11.—One of the
subjects brought before the cabinet
meeting today wss a protect against
the seizure of the American mail on
the British steamer. Calchas by the
Russian Vladivostok squadron, from
Dodweil He Co., of Tacoma, represent
ing the steamship line. Postmaster
General Wynne presented data collect-
ed by the pot tofflce department to show
Occurrences in the Central City
Just s Quarter of a Cen
tury Ago Today,
From The Telegraph of that date.
Dancing school opened In Mu-
sonic Hall by Prof. Roy West, of
Memphis, with large attendance.
Public serenade by orchestra of
Prof. Kessler, who returned from
Columbus to take chargu of the
band.
Board of directors of the Har
monic Society held a meeting and
reclded to reorganize the society.
Funeral of Mr. J. Guyton Cole,
man.
Mr. I Newt. Hanson, brother
of Mr. J. F. Hanson, run over
and painfully inJuretUby a wild
horse near cotton min*
Misplaced switch threw car ofT
track near rock mill, delaying the
passage of trains for some time.
▼ Meeting of citizen^ called by a.
T Col. C. M. Wiley, hel l ,1 Capital ♦
T Bank, Cof. Hardeman presiding. ♦
STATEMENT OF UITCII
Has No Apology For His Conduot, Be-
lisving That He Did His Full Duty
as a Soldier— Forcoful Argumont by
Toomber, and Napier's Powerful
Pies.
SAVANNAH, On.. Oct. 11—The court
martial trial of Captain R. M. Hitch
was resumed toduy. Tho first witness
was Lieutenant Cone, of Btnttssboro,
who was on duty with his command
when Captain Hitch arrived. He said
the guns of his men were loaded when
Captain Hitch came out but that the
captain ordered them to be unloaded.
O. M. Guerry, a locnl newspaper man,
gave testimony ns to the remarks of
Judge Daly when sentencing tho ne
groes. He said that the tenor of the
Judge’s utterances was to keep down
strife.
Hherlff J. Z. Kendrick, of Bulloch
county, who with tho military was re
sponsible for the safety of the prison
ers, wns the most important witness
of the morning. It was he who was
ordered by the Judge to arrest the
leaders of tho mob, and whose' force
wun not large enough to enable him
to do so, and who also was told by
Judge Daly that Captain Hitch was In
charge of the situation. He repeated
his story that when ho rushed to the
prisoners It was to take them through
the scuttle hole to the roof and save
them. Counsel for Captain Hitch ques
tioned the witness closely about his
operation with the military. He said
that the rniltary did not always
operate with him.
Thompson's Testimony,
SAVANNAH, On., Oct. 11—The first
fitness today In the court-martisl of
Capt. R. M. Hitch and the militia offi
cers In connection with the lynching
and Incineration of two negro prisoners
was Hergt. R. M. Thompson. He tes
tified to the’dellvery of the prisoners
by *the sheriff. He estimated the mob
at between 1,600 and 2.000. He saw
about fifteen pistols. He recognized
!.andram George as n leader of the
mob and saw h»m place the noose
around Cato’s neck.
Deputy Directed Mob.
Private A. G. Lufbore testified that
Albert Kendricks, deputy sheriff, dl
reeled the mob. He saw him leave and
return with the mob.
Capt. Hitch begun his statement. Hs
was on the stand three and a halt hours
and went Into the history of the tour
of duty minutely, lie emphasized that
he had, he believed, discharged hli
duty according to the best of his ubil
tty under the clrcumstanc **
Oct.
•late for the oc
casion.
Floyd Rifles held important
•hot Amarinn . T meeting at their \ armory and
that Am.rlcan mall was on the ship. 4 elected the following officers
Th ie papers were irantfererd to the
state department and will In turn be
transmitted to the American embassy
At Petersburg for submission to the
% I™'* ♦ he hud been in full control of the .Du-
4 to arrange fo th. unveiling of + tJr n u „m the time he was betrayed
I the Confederate ihonurncnt. Oct. ♦ ! “!! , . hv th*
4 v 29 selected
X Captain,
4 lieutenant. Wiley N. Arnold; sec.
I ond lieutenant, o. 8. \v < tt.
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BOSTON, Oct. 11.—A proposed
chnnge In the ennonn of tho Episcopal
church, whereby .clergymen are for-
bidden to re-murry any person who has
been divorced, was discussed for two
hours by the house of deputies at to
day’s session of tho Episcopal goneral
convention. The house of deputies waa
sitting as a committee of the whole,
and tho consideration of the subject,
regarded as ono of tho most Important
to come before the present convention,
will bo taken up from time to time un
til the matter is finally disposed of.
■Tbt present canon on nartlsga tew
A T1FPT1VV mltB re-mnrrlnge of the Innocent
DI A \j JjJL U JL X persons In a divorce suit wherein Infi
delity In alleged. For some time there
has been a strong sentiment In the
church that tho clergy should not mar
ry the Innocent party.
Forbidding Divorcees Remarrying,
The committee on canons, of which
ltev. J. P. Dnvfnport of Memphis,
Chulrman, presented an amendment to
the present canon, forbidding re-mn
rl{«ge of liny persons who have been
divorced. A minority report permit
ting tho presont canon to remain us it
Is. with tho exception of an added pro
vision for tho presentation of court
evidenr© when an applicant for re
marriage appears before a clergyman,
was submitted by Rev, Dr. J. Lowls
Parks of New York and others.
Rev. Dr. Parks, R. H. Ilattlo of Ral
elgh. N. C„ and Rev. G. B. Van Waters
of Portlnnd, Oregon, spoke In behalf
of the minority report, while tho
Jorlty report was advocated by Rev.
John Williams of Omaha, Neb.; E. P.
Bailey of Chicago, Rov. Hamuel Ring-
gold of Knoxville, and C. II. Btanloy of
Washington, D. C.
R. H. Battle of Raleigh, of North
Carolina, a member of the committee
thought that no civil court In America
should adjudge any one to be divorced
unless the cause oppeared In the rec
ords and declared thnt the breaking of
a vow or covenant taken In tho mar
riage ceremony by ono of the princi
pals frees the other, according to the
practice of common law, IIe said there
was nothing In the prayer book to pre
vent the re-marriage of the Innocent
person.
As Loose as 8outh Dakota.
Rev. John Williams of Omaha, Neb.,
thought that If the deputy of North
(Carolina was correct In his argument
as to the marriage vow, the church
hnd laws as loose as those of South
Dakota.
Two members announced that since
the Ban Francisco convention, three
years ngo. they had been converted to
the side of those who oppose the re
marriage of divorced persons. They
were K. p. Bailey of Chicago, and Rev.
Dr. Hamuel Ringgold of Knoxville,
Tenn. The church, suld Dr. Ringgold,
has no power to unmarry nnd should
have none to re-marry any one.
The committee arose end was given
permission to take up the matter later
In the week.
Right Rev. Edwin O. Weed, bishop
of Florida, who has been confined to
his hotel on account of nn Injury re
ceived In New York, appeared In the
house of bishops for the first time dur
ing the convention today.
The archbishop of Canterbury was
present during the debate. The mem
bers of the house of bishops, In their
Individual capacity, have arranged to
present the archbishop with a mam
moth loving cup.
Bishop for Cuba.
The house of bishops today voted In
favor of consecrating a ( bishop for Cu
ba. The Cuban field Is* now under the
upervlslon of Right Rev. James H.
MISS TATE SPONSOR
As the Big Engine of War Started for
the Waves She Broke Bottlo of
Champagno Across Its Bow and
Named It in Honor of Empire State
of the South.
BATH, Maine, Oct. 11.—The largest
vessel over built in Maine, tho twin
■crew, first class battleship Georgia,
was launched from tho plant of the
Bath iron works today.
As she started from the ways she
was christened with champagne by
Stella Tato, daughter of the lato Maj.
Wm. Tate, and sister of Congressman
I*’. Carter Tate.
Naval officers and officials of tho
federal and state governments of
Maine and Georgia witnessed the
launching. The weather was not whol
ly favorable, a drizzling rain having
prevailed during the forenoon. The
sky began clearing, however,a short
time before the launching.
Battlochip Decorated.
The big battleship was gaily deco- •
rated with flags and hunting as were
also the .yard buildings In honor of tho
occasion.
Excursionists from all sections of
Maine had come to witness the launch- A
Ing and the party entertained by tho '
officials of the company Included Gov
ernor Joseph M. Terrell of Georgia.
Mrs. Terrell, Judge and Mrs. Hamilton
McWhorter. Miss Camella McWhorter,
Congressman F. Carter Tote, Mrs.
Tate, Miss Stella Tate and CongresH-
an W. C. Adumson, all of Georgia.
Miss Tate was escorted to tho
launching platform by Vice President
John 8. Hyde and Instructed In her du
ties as sponsor. Mr. Hyde also had
personal supervision of the launching.
A method somewhat different from
the usual ono of releasing the hull by
severing a cord wns employed today
Na
ns cut saws, u
:ed towards the
It “Georgia."
ship began ti
a bottle ot chat
naming tho c
As the' battle
Miss Tute brok
across tho boi
honor of her own state, nnd an thu
■tern parted the surface of the Ken
nebec, the Georgia was saluted by nu
merous craft and manufacturing pianist
along the shore, all of which wero ac
knowledged by her siren whistle, ns
the battleship was launched with steam
up.
Both military masts were In position
os well ns the conning tower nnd thu
three smoke funnels, which gave the
vessel more the appearance of a com
pleted battlosblp than any previously
launched.
Following the launching a luncheon
was served.
GERMAN BAPTISTS.
Twenty Thousand of Them Will Meet
in Oristol Next Yoar.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 1L—The
German Baptists of tt^s United States
will hold their 1905 meeting In Bristol,
Tenn., and the occasion will bring 20,-
000 visitors from uli parts of thu
country.
The question of a meeting plae** wan
decided by u conference held la-tween a
comiqlttei- of Baptists nnd the Bristol
Chamber of Commerce. The body will
convert In May or June and bo m *cs-
sion ten day*.
Mm Dod Defeated.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 11.—Mias
Charlotte Dod the English premier
golfing expert, met with defeat today
at the hands of Miss Pauline Mackay.
hailing from the Oakley country club
of Boston, on the first day's play of tho
Women's National-CMf.'CtMPnphui--hip,
by 2 up and 1 to play. Mb- Mackay U
a young golfer nnd. although lr was
not by brilliant golf, th** victory w.u
the lei
•d. By
Miss Dod Is out of the
nplonshlp.
>d that If the h<
Van Burcn, bishop of Porto Rico. It is j the present convention.
ATHENS MEN ARE
UNDER INDICTMENT
| and overpowered by tho sheriffs
deputy.
Under similar circumstances and
having confidence In the good faith of
the civil authorities, he could not see
any way clear to act in any different
manner from that which characterized
♦ i hb conduct at Statesboro.
X Capt. Hitch asserted Urn he had r.-»
44 44 apology to offer for hli cuuduct t being
ATHENS, Go., Oct 11.—A ipecial
session of Clarke auperior court waa
* sited to order tbla morning by Judge
Russell and the grand Jury that served
at the April term of the court waa
charged to finish its work In the inves
tigation of alleged fraud in the munic
ipal election in Athena last November.
Th- $rand Jury *dJouru-.-i t.tla after-