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THE MACON TELEGRAPH
WEATHER FOREC' FOR GEORGIA: FAIR AND WARMER WEDNE6DAY| THUR3DAY LIGHT TO FRESH SOUTH WIND8.
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER i6, 1904.
DAILY—17.00 A YEAR
POET ARTHUR'S DOOM
IS COMING SWIFTLY
■Hunger, Helplessness and
Loss of Home
BROWNLOW DISMISSED.
CATHOLICISM NO
MORE FOR HER
STOESSEL IS WOUNDED
tussian Soldiers Ready to Surrender
and are Only Held in Check by Their
Officers—Japs Believe Garrison Has
Almost Reached the Limit of Hu-
man Endurance.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY, before Port Ar
thur Nov. 15.—Via Fusan.—It is re
ported that a wound received by Gen
eral Stoessel has necessitated his con
finement in a hospital, that he refused
to relinquish the command of the gar
rison. and that he has issued orders to
the troops to die at their posts rather
than surrender.
It Is said that the spirit of the Rus
sian troops has been dampened by
continuous work, the lack of supplies
and the hopelessness of their ability to
make any successful defense of the
fortress.
It Is said further that many of the
Russian soldiers are ready to surren
der but that they are kept at their
posts by officers who threaten them
with revolvers and that several sol
diers who were suspected of a desire
to desert have been shot at*a warning
to others.
The Japanese now believe that the
garrison has almost reached the limit
of human endurance.
Government Clerk Accused of Insub
ordination and Impertinence.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.—John B.
Brownlow of Tennessee, a rlerk In the
postoffice department, who acted ns
disbursing officer of the department
at the St. Louis Exposition, was dis
missed from the service today by or
der of the president. Brownlow was
charged with impertinence and insub
ordination and, us he declined to with
draw his offensive language, his dis
missal followed.
Brownlow’s Insubordination con
sisted In refusing to supply an Item
ized statement of receipts and dis
bursements asked for by Postmaster-
General Payne, accompanying his re
fusal with statements to the postmaa-^
ter-general which were considered of
fensive. He evidently felt that the
demand of Mr. Payne was a reflection
upon his honor.
Brownlow was given an opportunity
withdraw the statements consid
ered offensive, but he refused to do so,
and his dismissal .followed.
• MUCH MEAT BURNED.
Big Cold Storage Fire In New York Does
Great Damage.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.—A considerable
quantity of dressed meats In cold storage
was incinerated, much valuable property
was destroyed and many blocks along the
water front were threatened by a Are
which raged for several hours In the
United stock yards In Jersey City early
today. The flro started In the cold stor
age room of the plant and Is thought to
have been caused by an explosion of am
monia.
W. A. Sherman, manager of the stock
yards, said that about 1.000 dressed hogs
nnd sheep were consumed by the flames
and that nbout two hundred live hogs
and two hundred live sheep perished.
Mr. Sherman said that the loss might
go to $150,000. nnd possibly a little over
that It is believed that no humau lives
were lost.
Marquise Des Moustiers Re
nounces Her Faith-
FOSHIUI CALLS
ON PRESIDENT
Adopted Brotheii of Japan’s
Emperor
HER EYES ARE OPENED
Founder of Great University of the
Denomination at Washington Says
at Last Her Honest Protestant Blood
Has Asserted Itself and She Casts
Off Yoke of Rome.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.—The Asso
elated Press has received the follow
ing. Before giving It publication,
authenticity has been fully verified by
cable from Rome:
“ROME, Oct. 30, 1904.—You have
my full permission to print the en
closed and give It as wide a publica
tion rb possible. Yours truly,
“MARQUISE DES MONSTIERS.'
GRAND JURY HEARD
CRY OF MINISTERS
But Little More Resistance.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE THIRD
JAPANESE ARMY, before Port Ar
thur, Nov. 14.—Via Fusan, Nov. 15.—
(Delayed In Transmission.)—Spies and
Russians who have surrendered report
that rations In tho fortress have been
reduced. The wounded found by the
Japanese are emaciated.
Russian artillery shells partly filled
with wood and which would not ex
plode have been found. This shows
that the Russians are short of material
for >maklng heavy ammunition.
The capture of the eastern fortified
ridge will mean the surrender of the
fortress In a couple of weeks unless
the garrison there retires to the Iso
lated forts. This seems improbable,
however, and cold weather and the lack
of food and ammunition renders des
perate resistance unlikely.
MILL DIRECTORIES. *
They Meet In Columbia nnd Transact
Important Business.
COLUMBIA. S. C., Nov. 15.—The
directories of the Granby and Richland
cotton mills inet here today and a
meeting of the Olympia directory will
be held In Boston Friday. These mills
belong to what Is known as the
“Whaley” group of mills In Columbia,
which also Includes the Capital City
mills. All were recently reorganized
with Lewis W. Parker as president.
Reports to the Granby and RIchand
boards today Indicated that they are
now running at a profit.
The new boards as they now stand
are:
Olympia—Tunstall Smith, of Balti
more: Stephen A. Jenks, of Rhode Is
land: Robert G. Herrick, Boston; Lewis
, W. Parker, president; H. C. Flelt-
man. New York; R. Goodwyn Rhett,
Charleston; R. P. Snelllng. Provi
dence; Edwin W. Robertson, Columbia.
For Granby mills—Lewis W. Parker,
president; W. A. Latimer, Augusta;
H. C. Fleltman. New York; G. A.
Gulgnard. Columbia; R. Foodwyn
Rhett, Chaleston; Geo. H. Bayne,
Baltimore; E. P. Frost, Charleston;
Ambrose B. Gonzales, Columbia; Willie
Jones, Columbia.
Richland Mills—Lewis W. Parker,
Columbia; H. C. Fleltman, New York;
John E. Carey, Baltimore; Wm. A.
Courtenay, Newry; Edwin G. Selbels,
Columbia; J. H. Sloan, Spartanburg;
August Kohn, Columbia; T. S. Bryan,
Columbia; Gadsden E. Shand, Colum
bia.
Capital City—Lewis W. Parker,
president; Wm. Elliott. Jr., Columbia;
' T. J. Harper. Columbia; Edwin W.
Robertson. Columla; G. A. Gulgnard,
Columbia; J. S. Muller, Columbia;
Mason GIbbes. Columbia; F. K. Carey,
Baltimore, and Robert F. Herrick, Bos
ton.
Charges Regarding Gambling and Sun
day Drinking In Savannah to Be Taken
Up In Superior Court.
SAVANNAH. Ga., Nov. 15.—The union
of ministers of the city has at last suc
ceeded In Inducing the grand Jury to look
into certain charges that the union has
made of gambling dens and Sunduy whis
key selling In 8avannah.
Some days ago the union presented a
list of names of alleged witnesses, saying
that the well-known men appearing on
the list could, if brought beforo tho
grand Jury, give information that would
result In indictments being returned.
The grand Jury answered, calling for
something more definite nnd specific.
Apparently it received that for which It
sought In this line, for announcement
la made that a number of well-known
men have been suppoenaed to appear and
give evidence aga!n*b«Um alleged vtoln-
tora of the law. It haa been a long thno
since a crusade against gambling nnd
Sunday liquor selling haa been conducted
In Savannah. It Is asserted now that
the evidence the ministers wilt be ablo to
adduce will not prove sufficient for the
grand jury to return indictments. *
Charged With Whitecapping.
JACKSON. Miss., Nov. 15.—United
titntes Marshal Wilson has urrested
V. V. Hamilton, Will Evans and Mn-
rlus Whchtur, indicted in the federal
court hero today for conspiracy or
whltecapplng, tho ofTenac alleged be
ing that they were running negro
United States homesteaders off the
land. In default of hall of $1,000 ench
the men were placed In Jail. They are
nil white, and come from Franklin
county, where a reign of lawlessness
has been In progress at intervals for
several years.
— the New England Cotton Yarn
Company today. President C. Minot Weld
devote.} part of hia annual report to
discussion of the depression of the past
year In textile circles. President Welrl
said:
“The high cost of cotton during the
past year made the price of yarn so high
that many of our customers shut down
their mills, and we found It Impossible
to sell enough yarn to keep all our spin
dles running on full time. We run nn
average of 66 per cent, of our spindles
during the year. We are now running
76 per cent, against 59 per cent, a year
Negro Fugitive Captured.
ROANOKE, Va.. Nov. 15.—William
Wright, colored. aMas Jack Dillard,
who shot and probably fatally wounded
Policeman J. J. Hall at Danville, Va.,
August 29 of th«a year while the offi
cer was trying to arrest him, was cap
tured here today by the local police.
There waa a reward of 31,250 for
Wright's arrest.
DANGER FROM BOLL
WEEVIL IS GROWING
Attention of Southern Cotton Gw
Is Csiied to the Seriousness of the
Situation.
SHREVEPORT, La.. Nov. W.—The ex
ecutive committee of the National Cotton
Boll Weevil convention, which assembles
in this city December 12 to 15 inclusive,
today Issued an address to the cotton
growers of the South- The committee
states that the flight of the weevil during
the summer of 1904 has been fully fifty
miles north ami east Into territory here
tofore uninfected and Indicates a habit
that is beyond the power of Individual
states to control. The committee says:
These efforts have been of untold value
to the territory involved, hut neverthe
leas emphasize in no uncertain terms
the danger threatening the cotton crop
of this country antes* immediate, definite
and co-operative action la taken by every
cotton growing state and every cotton
interest to utilise the results of. past
Investigations to further perfect rtRM4tal
* endeavor. The division of opinion aral
I to :% campaign r t gsic»t the w**-
“Dear Editor: It may Interest some
of your readers to know that the Mar
quise des Monstlers Merlnvllle, form
erly Miss M. O. Caldwell, who, It will
be remembered, founded the Roman
Catholic University at Washington a
few years ago, has entirely repudiated
her former creed. In nn Interview
with me the other day she said:
Her Eyes Opened.
‘"Yes, It Is true that I have left the
Roman Catholic Church. Since I have
been living In Europe my eyes have
been opened to what that church real
ly Is. and it is anything but snnOUty.
" ‘But the trouble goes much fur
ther back than this. Being naturally
rellgioua, my Imagination waa early
ight by the Idea of doing something
lift the church from the lowly po
sition which It occupied in America,
so I thought of a university or higher
school where its clergy could be edu
cated, and, if possible, refined. Of
course in this I wag greatly Influenced
by Bishop Spalding of Peoria, who
represented It to me as one of the
greatest works of the day. When I
was 21, I turned.over to them one-
third of my fortune for that purpose.
But for years I have been trying to
rid myself of the subtle yet over
whelming influence of a church which
pretends not only to the privilege of
being “the only true church,” but of
being alone able to open the gates of
heaven to a sorrowfu). sinful world.
At last my honest protestant blood hna
asserted Itself, and I now forever re
pudiate and cast off ‘the yoke
Rome.' So saying, the marquise po
litely dismissed me.
Of an Old Family.
"It will be remembered that I
Marquise Des Monstlers Merlnvllle and
her Hister. the baroness Von Zcdwltz,
are the daughters of the Into Wm. S.
Caldwell, and his wife, .who was
Breckenridge of Kentucky. Shortly
beforo his death Mr. Caldwell bccamo
oonwt to Ron\hn Cuthollsm, and
left h!a\! lldren to the care of Irish
Roman Y'VNoUcq in New York, whom
hia Wife* nm*. met In church Circles.
The younger sister married some fif
teen years ago a German noblemun, a
Lutheran, and has since then also left
the Roman Catholic communion. Tho
elder has been In very bad health for
some years, from having to occupy a
position In the world as u prominent
Catho’lc which was not u real one,
and j to which her extreme generosity
led 1 * as a young and Inexperienced
girl. Now at last her own mind has
asserted Itself nnd sho returns to tho
creed of her nncestora.”
Guilty of Manslaughter.
NORFOLK. Va.. Nov. 15.—Frederick
O. Kingsley, aged 76 year, a veteran
Inmate of the Hampton National Sol
diera’ Home, waa found guilty of man
slaughter In the United States court
today. Kingsley waa Indicted for the
murder of Capt. A. C. Paul, also an In
mate of the home. The prisoner
pleaded self-defense. His counsel
moved that the verdict be set aside.
Inasmuch ns It Is not In accordance
with the Indictment.
GREAT BRITAIN’S
INQUIRY BEGINS
Looking Into Famous North
Sea Iucideut
A. C. L. Stockholders.
RICHMOND. Va., Nov. 15.—The
stockholder, of the Atlantic Coast Line
met here' today. The action of tho
director. In purchasing the Jackson
ville and Southwestern was approved.
A dividend of 26 per cent, on the com
mon stock was declared. 20 per cent,
in cash and S per cent, on certificate
of indebtedness—payable In January.
The old ofTlcera were elected by the
directors. The capital atock was In
creased to fifty millions.
Indicted for Murder.
COLUMBUS. Ga., Nov. 15.—The
Muscogee county grand jury today in
dicted upon a charge at murder C. O.
Everett, who killed J. O. Sturdivant,
another young man. In this city last
June. Both young men were repre
sentatives of Collier’s Weekly. Ev-
erett hss been out under a 12,000 bond
since his prelimlnsry trial. He Is a
member of & prominent south Georgia
family. Sturdivant was a North Car
olinian. This will be the only murder
case trial at this time of the superior
court.
Something of tho Marquise.
Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell Is the
daughter of Win. Bhakespeare Cald
well. who after being a theatrical man
ager In England, settled In Richmond
Virginia, and eventually made a large
fortune In building gat houses In
Chicago, St. Louis, Mobile nnd other
Ittes. He married Miss Breckenridge,
a fsmous Kentucky beauty, kilts Cald
well and her sinter. I.lnn, spent the
summers at Newport, where they had
a magnificent house, and usually
passed part of the winter, when they
were not nbroad. In New York. On
the death of her father. Miss Caldwell
Inherited t2.000.000. In into she was
married to the Marquis Des Monlslers
Merlnvllle, a French nobleman, by
Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, guardian
and admllnatrator of the estate of Miss
Caldwell. At the time of her marriage
M Its Caldwell was u very handsome
woman, about thirty-five years of age,
and a devoted Homan Catholic. She
had previously shown her devotion to
the church by giving 2200.000 to found
the divinity college of the Roman Cath
olic university In Washington. Some
seven years previous to her marriage
Miss Caldwell was engaged to Prince
Murat, grandson of tho king of Naples.
7 -he engagement was broken because
he prince Insisted that half of Miss
Caldwell’s fortune should be settled
upon him.
The divinity college of the Romsn
Catholic university in Washington Is
known ns the Mary Gwendolyn Cald
well Hall of Divinity.
TRAIN DERAILED.
No One Seriously Hurt In Accident on
the Seaboard
YULEE, Fla., Nov. 15.—Southbound
passenger train No. 21 of the Seaboard
Air IJne waa derailed this afternoon on
a smell trestle, two hundred yards from
the elation at Glencoe. Oe. The baggage,
mall and two passenger care ran off tho
track, but did not turn over. Mull Clerk
!"■ M. Hulme and three passenger* were
hurt, but not seriously,
houthern Corn Millers.
KNOXVILLE. Term, Nov. 15—The
Southern Corn Millers' Association, com-
poetd Of millers south of the Ohio and
east or the Mlnbuuppi, held Its first an-
nunl convention today here, president J.
Abe" Smith of Knoxville presided. The
entire, dey-e dlsoti»Mo n wee devoted to
new traffic rulee whl h go Into effort
L*.?.'5P , aL55fi- ?. n yveral mllyda. Tlu.
EXCHANGED AMENITIES
Roosevelt Returned Call of His Impe
rial Highness and In the Evening
Entertained Him and Diplomatic
Corps at Dinner at thtt White House.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.—Prince
Sadamura Fushlmi, a neur relative of
the emperor of Japan, who has ar
rived In Washington as a guest of the
nation, today called at tho White
House to pay his respeetd to the pres
ident and to convey to him the sincere
good wishes and friendship of the mi
kado and his hope for the president’s
continued good health jgbd happiness.'
Prince Fushlmi waa attired In the
uniform of a lieutenant-general of the
Japanese army. The prince nnd his
suite were ushered Int cjj the blue room
where. In a few minutes, President
Roosevelt, accompanied by Assistant
Secretary of State Fronds B. Loomis
and Secretary William Loeb, Jr.,
greeted them. The greeting between
the president and Prlncp Fushlmi was
cordial.
Prince Fushlmi addressed the pres
ident In Japanese, his remarks being
interpreted by one of his suite. ’*
said in part:
Fushimi’s Speech.
"Hia Imperial majesty was pleased
to confide to mo the agreeable duty of
conveying to you. Mr. President, the
assurance of his sincere good wishes
and friendship and fervent hope for
your continued good health and hap
piness.
“Ills majesty also charged mo to
confirm to you his earnest desire that
the historic relations of amity and
good correspondence which have nl
ways, since the days of Commodore
Perry, united the great republic of the
west with the empire of the legendary
east, and which have contributed, in
no small measure to the progress and
prosperity of Japan, may grow still
closer and stronger with tho passing
years.”
The Presidents response follows In
part:
Roosevelt’* Response.
“Ever since the cmrire or Japan—
at the Invitation of thW country—cn
tered upon the career of modern and
Internotionul progress which bus led
to such good results, the relations of
the two countries have been those of
unbroken friendship. I pray that
those relations may continue rorevdf.
growing always more friendly Of id
moro extended, and I trust that this
visit of your Imperial highness may
result In that Increase of mutu-jl good
will between this republic nnd
empire of Japan Mhlch will naturally
come from more Intimate acquaint
ance and wider knowledge of ench
other.”
The President snd Prince Fushlmi
then chatted animateily for ten min
utes. Their conversation wns con
ducted through an interpreter and
related principally to Jnpaneso his
tory and literature, with Incidental
reference to the pending Russo-
Japanese war, In which Prince
Fushlmi has played, a conspicuous
part.
Tho President returned the Prlnco’i
call In the afternoon and In the oven
ing entcrtnlnod tho Prince and the
diplomatic corps at dinner at tho
White House.
TORPEDO BOAT MATTER
MR. SMITH DOES
NOT LIKE IDEA
Government Ownership of
Railroads Discussed
Standard Oil Dividends.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.—'The Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey today de
clared a dividend of $7 a share, payable
December 15. f*ast year a dividend
$12 was declared for payment on t]
same date. Today's dividend deetsrattc..
makes a total dividend for this year of
1 SST CeDt * coll, ** r *® ^ 44 P« r cant.
„ - Schooner Probably Lost.
MAZATLAN, Nov. 15 —The srononet
Napoleon, which left this port on dap-
leather 17. bound for la Pas, lower Cal-
undoubt*-Jly been lost.
Utotay wet
after her de-
Marin her *
harried r on
availed for some time
Caps. Napoleon mT
waa In charge. She
l»ree men, h+r cargo
miller* decided
the change*, w'
mental to their
Kentucky, O*oi__ . v (
Tennessee were present today.
they ronrtder detrl
6*ta- Delegatee from
orth Carolina and
E.rthqu.Ve, m Mtxlco.
..31Nov, t6._E.rth
ulwi of fi&ST’Th? JSSTSr
buildings were cracked.
At Manzanillo the shock lasted ten a*
much fr*rm/»n? Ch disturbance* are
a5 c, VJ2S•.' r Sh.■^\ t vu^ n<, Jur,n *
River print
ling Doing.
“ “ U —The Fall
« r e reopen*d
.r rr^iooo. win the p r
two and should
or a *
fall.
will t* Uo*tJ
PLAN NOT PRACTICABLI
President of National Association of
Commissioners Thinks Political Par
ty in Power Could Perpetuate Itself
In Power and in Fow Years Guild
Up a Monarchy.
Present In the Hull Fishing Fleet
So Far as Evidence Shows—Attack
May be Explicable but Not Excusa
ble—An Important Statemont by
Ship Surgeon.
HULL, Eng., Nov. 16.—The Inquiry
which Great Britain conducts on her
own behalf into tho North sea inci
dent opened today, Vico Adfnlral
Bridge and Butler Aspinal, an
mlrallty court lawyer, whose report
will form the basis of the British case
before the international commission
Paris, conducted the Inquiry. Dr.
Herbert Woodhouse represented the
Russian embassy.
Tho correspondent of the Associ
ated Press learned that the board of
trade solicitors who have been pre
paring the case have found no evi
dence to suggest the presence
torpedo boats among tho fishing
fleet.
Tho evidence of tho witnesses wns
In substance that the trawlers took
the Russians for British warships nt
maneuvers. When the firing began
the trawlers ran. The aklpper of the
trawler Keith In reply to questions
declared thnt there was no Japanese
agents made any suggestion to him
whatever. It would Imvo been im-
posslgle for the trawlers, he udded,
to screen a torpedo boat.
Important Statement,
sergeant of tho North sea hos
pital ship Alpha made the rather Im
portant statement that all tho Alpha
ights were extinguished soon aftor
the lire commenced.
Both Rear Admiral Bridge nnd Mr.
Asplnwal, who are conducting the In
quiry on the most Impartial lines. In-
dfcuted by questions that the trawler
which separated from tho fishing fleet
might possibly have been taken for
torpedo boat by the Russians.
A suggestion by the Russian consul
thnt the shelling wns due to the trawl
ers falling to slop when blank shots
were fired nnd the fact that the lights
were extinguished on at lenst one
trawler is considered bore to In some
degree explain, though not to excuso,
the attack by the Rusnlsnns.
Woodhouse holds a merely
watching brief. Neither he nor the
Russian consul here arc In possession
of any evidence tending to prove thnt
Japanese torpedo boats wero In tho
nelghl*orhood of Dogger Bank or that
the Japanese exercised any Influence
upon the fishing fleet.
ANDRE RESIGNS AS
MINISTER OF WAR
Hon. Thomas M. Bsll Led With Over
Eleven Thousand.
ATLANTA. Ga., Nov. 13.—Secretary of
State C»*K today practically completed
wouf of consolidating the vote cast
tho w several candidates for congress
lection held on the 8th instant.
‘ '1 follows:
:t—Itufua B. Lester (Dem.)
Higdon (Rep.), 822; R. M
Griggs
ThlrH District—Elijah B. Lewis (Dem.),
90S.
Fourth District—W. C. Adamson
(Dem.), 785; J. F. Jones (Rep.), 722.
Fifth District—L. F. Ll '
(Dem.), 9.387; C. I*, doree “
Sixth District—Chnrlen ...
(Bern.). 7,H»7; W. A. Poo (Rep.), 251.
Seventh District—Gordon Lee (Dem.),
i860; Thoa. Pickett (Pop.), 4,606.
“ District— W. _ M. Howard,
teuton
(Dorn.), 7.610; W. M. Hairston (K«p.)!
Ninth DUtrlct—Thoa. M. Boll (Dam.),
11,529; Jan. M. Ashley <R*p.), 5-508.
_ District—Tho* Hardwick (Dem.).
8,811; 11. M. Porter (Rep.). 786.
, Eleventh District—W. O. Brnntlv
(Dem).. 9,970; A. 11. Findley (Rep.). 2,92f.
The counties of Columbia. Rabun and
Cherokee are yet to send In their returns.
With theso counties still to bo heard
from, the total voto east for Democratic
candidates for congress amounts to 94,398,
nnd tho Republican, 19,814.
Change in Personnel of French Min
istry Due to Fierce Assaults on War
Office Administration.
PARIH, Nov. 15.—General Andre to
day resigned the portefollo of minister
of war, and Henry Berteaiix, a member
of the chamber of deputies and a sue
ccsnful broker on tho bourse, wan
nominated ns his successor.
Thla change in the ministry I* the
culmination of fierce aiuiaultM upon tho
administration of the war office, In tho
course of which the chamber of depu
ties was the scene of frequent wild
dlHordors, Including the recent peraonnl
uasault upon General Andre. These
events stirred the public to a high
pitch of excitement and ixirtlculsrJy
nrmy and parliamentary circles, where
u succession of duels evidenced the
bitterness. General Andre’s letter of
resignation asserts that the attacks
against tho war office wero morely
device of tho enemies of the govern
rneut to undermine the republic.
Th newH of the resignation of Gen
oral Andre created a sensation, owing
to the Intensity of the recent contro
versy.
The opposition to the ministry hailed
the resignation as a great victory,
which will speedily lead to the fall
the entire ministry.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Nov. 15.—Pres
Ident John V. Smith. In his annual ad
dresa before the National Association
of Railway commissioners, which met
here today, took strong grounds
against the government ownership
railroads, saying that a political party
with the patronage offered by tho rail
roads and the appointment of over
million of employes could not only
perpetuate itself Into power, but in
few years could build a monarchy and
our boasted free institutions would be
come a laughing stock of nations. Gov
ernment supervision reasonably nnd
Justly administered and not govern
ment ownership, ho aald# was to his
mind, the solution of the problem of
railroad combinations.
Blessing Instead of Curse.
Let the railroads combine/* the
speaker continued, “and combine until
every mile Is under one vast system,
and I have sufficient confidence in our
government to believe that under
proper supervision these combinations
could be made a blessing Instead of a
curse to our nation.
It might nlKo be said with some de
gree of truth that if our states and
national leaders in polltlos would cease
their wild and unmeaning ranting*
against railroads, combines and trusts,
and turn their attention.to a serious
and a conscientious study of this ques
tion along broad and statesmanlike
liner, a remedy would soon be found
that would conserve the interests of
the public and the railroads as well."
Speaking of what he termed the
clamor for reductions of the cost of
transportation, the speaker said he
felt that a note of warning rhould b*
sounded and a spirit of conservatism
prevail In the future Mcercls* of gov
ernmental control of railroad corpora
tions.
Christian Church Of Georgia.
SAVANNAH. G«.. Nov. 15. -Rev. W.
II. Roper of Macon, vice-president of the
organization, lo < the absent* ot Rer.
Lin Cav<* Atlanta, the prexjtfent, pre-
«dded tnnirht mt »he npeelMe
the convention of the Christian church
in Georgia The convention Is largely at
tended and will continue tnxv-gn i'tuiiy.
COMMITTED 8UICIDE.
Farmer Near Griffin Blew Brains Out
With Pistol.
GRIFFIN, On., Nov. 16.—J. H. Ross,
who hna been living out on the plunta
tlon of It. F. Htrickland, Just over the
lino of Kpnldlng. In tlio Hecond dis
trict of Pike county, took his 31-call
bre pistol and shot himself In the bead,
from which be died Instantly.
No cause Ik known why Mr. Rosa
acted no rashly. He was 28 years old
and had a wife and four children.
APANESE PREFACING
FOR THEIR ADVANCE
VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN.
Livingston
Russians Expect Attack on
Lett Flank
UNBROKEN CANNONADE
Czar's Soldiers Do Some Vigorous
Firing in Region of Shakhe Station
In Effort to Hinder Enemy's Work
on Thoir Fortifications—Weather
Growing Colder at Mukden.
Killed by Stroet Car, •
ATHENS, On.. Nov. 15.—This morn
ing W. G. Thomanon, aged 83 years,
was run over and killed by nn electric
car on the corner of Broad and Thomas
streets. He was nearly deaf und dkl
not hear the car nn It approached him.
He stopped in the middle of the truck,
nnd before tho tnotormun could stop
the car it wns upon him, killing him
instantly. Mr. Thomason was formerly
of Elbert county, and will be buried
there tomorrow.
CHANSIAN OUTUN, Manchuria.
General Kuropatkln’s Headquarters.
Nov. 15.—A Japanese advance Is dally
expected. Large mass of their troops
are moving eastward and the Russians
arc expecting them to strike at their
left flank.
An attack upon the fortified village
of Kndowunlulu, not far from Sln-
chlnuu, (two miles west of the Shakhe
railroad station), and fronting the right
flank of the heventeenth corps, was car
ried out brilliantly ^urlng the night of
November 10 by the second brigude of
the thirty-fifth infantry division. The
village hud been captured the same
morning by the Japanese. Subse
quently trfrs.Russians abandoned tho
place. ,
TWO ARE DROWNED
BY A TIDAL WAVE
Fishing Lodge is Washed Into Pimlico
8ound and Death Results to the In
mates.
8UINO FOR TAXES.
Railroads In Conflict With Kentucky
County Authorities.
MAYflVILLB, Ky„ Nov. 15.—John J.
O'Donnell, auditor’** agent of Mason coun
ty, today filed suit In the Mason county
court against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, the New York Central A Hud
son River Railroad Company, J. 1*. Mor
gan and other stockholders to com pel
them to list for frauchiMi! taxation since
1192, the property of the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad valued at over |6*M),000,090.
The defendants being non-residents, the
con * _ —
of — _
pending the litigation.
PLEADS OUILTY.
Miss Campbell Embezzled Government
Funds at Maysville.
ATHENS. Ga . Nov. 13-Miss Dora
Campbell, former postml*tre*s at Mays
ville, Oa., pleaded guilty of embezslement
of government fund* in the federal court
this afternoon. Her sentence waa sue-
B nded by Judge Newman until the next
rm of the court in April. The sum
short wsa about $700.
Beil* Meed tale.
NASHVILLE. Tent... Nov. 13.—Interest
In the l**lle Mead disposal sale, centered
around the disposal of I/Uke Blackburn,
the one time brilliant race horse and
noted sire. But one bid, $20, waa made
and W. If. Allison 'A IMbvue, Teon.,
befanv* toe old stallion's new owner.
Nellie Van. 21 years old. the d;»me of
Advance Guard and now with foal to The
Commoner, was sold to W. O. Farmer Of
Nashville, Tenn.. for $10*.
Several other animals were dl*poe*d of
at small price*, while dairy ntengfla an *
NORFOLK, Vo., Nov. 15.—Com
munication ov*r tho United Htuten
weather bureau's soucoust telegraph
wires wero restored today as far south
as Manteo, on Roanoke Islund, North
Carolina. At Klnahkcet, N. C„ a fish
Ing lodge on tho boach waa washed
Into Pimlico sound by u tidal wave
and two men wore drowned. Tho
names of the men wore not given by
tho telegram, which cumo over a badly
working wire. Knnnkeet la situated
flvo and three-quarter miles north of
Cape Hutteras, on a small strip of th<
land separating the Atlantic ocean and
Pimlico sound.
No new* haa boon received from the
schooner Myra W. Hpear. which
stranded on the Hntterua coast Inst
week and which It la aupptiecd must
have gone to pieces In tho storm of
Sunday.
Tho four-masted schooner Miles M.
Murray, Cunt. Pickett, bound from
Bangor, Maine, to Brunswick, Ga.,
came into Hampton roads this morn
ing with neurly nil of her nulla blown
away und with many of her s|>ars
missing.
Tho voasel hnd a rough time in the
gale which swept the const Sunday
and the wind played havoc with every
thing abovt- the deck,
SERIOUSLY ILL.
Hugh 8mith Thompson is not Expected
to Livo.
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—Hugh Hmlth
Thompson, former governor of Bouth
Carolina, und assistant secretary of
the treasury In President Cleveland’s
first administration, Is seriously HI at
tils home In this city nnd late tonight
It was said that he la not expected to
live. Mr. Thompson la suffering from
asthma.
At his residence tonight the Asso-
elated Press was Informed that his
case Is hopeless, Mr. Thompson hns
lived In New York since 1892, when
he took the position of comptroller of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany. He was governor of Houth Car
olina from 1882 to 1886, and assistant
secretary of the treasury from 1116 to
1189.
BILL FILED.
Vermont Does Not Csre to Abolish
Capital Punishment.
MONTPELIER. Vt., Nov. 16.—By a
vote of 163 to 83 the house nt repre
sentatives, after a spirited debate to
day, refused to pass a third reading,
and so defeated the bill to abolish capi
tal punishment In the state. There is
much Interest In toduy*n action of the
house because of the bill now In com
mittee to commute the death sentence
of Mrs. Mnry A. Rogers to ten years
Imprisonment. Mrs. Rogers was con
victed of the murder of her husband,
Marcus II. Rogers, nnd sentenced to
be hanged on February 6, 1904.
In spite of the sentiment expressed
In the house by today's vote It Is said
that the bill In behalf of Mrs. Rogers
will be reported soon and a determined
fight made to save her life.
PrttidBnt Discussing Message.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.—The pres
ident devoted all tho time of the cabi
net meeting today to a discussion of
his forthcoming annual message to
congress with the members of the cab
inet present. No Intimation of the na
ture of the subjects considered was
given. The president Is anxious to
complete his message before his trip
to the Ht. Louis exposition and la giv
ing all the time possible to Its prep
aration. It Is well In hand now and It
probably will be placed in the hand* of
the printer early next week.
Fierce Bombardment.
MUKDEN, Nov. 18, via Tien Tsln,
Nov. 16.—An unbroken cannonade of
siege guns, throwing fifty to sixty sheila
hourly against the Japanese position
In the region of Hhnkhe station begun
early this morning, ended only at
nightfall, when moro- than half a
thousand big contact shells hud been
thrown Into the Japanese army*
strongest position In the plain, for tho
purpose of demoralizing the work of
fortifications concentrated at that point
for (ho pnst four weeks.
Today’s bombardment was the most
serious attempt yet inode by the Rus
sian* largo guns and It was made on
account of the apparent determination
of Japanese to m»cke Hhakho station an
Impregnable defense of the railway bc-
4lft.d.
Weather Colder.
MUKDEN. Nov. 16.—There w
very little lighting In this vicinity
November 13 and 14. The weather
growing colder day by duy, und lb
rles of snow are frequent
Watching
CHE TOO. No\
BiiHHlnn torpedo i
Just entered the h
nmunb
Enemy.
Rime
3 that
atroyer haa b
Ing tho mo vet i
i of !
'"I" I ■> Mil , If
Firing was heard
entered the hart*
a high wind wen*
and It Is believed that th« Husslt
eel, under cover of th*- storm, attempted
to escape from Port Arthur. Tho corre
spondent of the Arft»Hated Press suc
ceeded In rnarhlng the destroyer after her
arrival here, but he wan nut allowed to
board her. The .-.plain of the Chliu* .
ertilser Hnl Yiing wns tho flret person to
go op IhsiM the Ratstnrnpony. n- p.-id
a brief eonreronce with her cotmn;tr..i<-r
after which the Ratstorepony ...mo
further In the etreum nnd anchored in
the same npof thnt the destroy, t ltw -q-
telnl did last August, but ah* was gist,
out by tho Japanese.
STUDENTS RIOTOUS.
Military Cadets and Authorities Clash
at Rio Janeiro.
RIO JANEIRO Nov. 15.-The mu-
dent.n of tho military • ■ hool revolted
yesterday evening and deposed tho
commandant. Gen. CottellenL This
was folk.wed by serret meetings held
nt the military club, nt which Goiih.
Olymplo. Sllvelr;* and Travaanns wero
present Gen. Trav/iaaoa wns np-
polnted to succeed Gen. Oostalent The
whole school at about H p. m.v under
•ommand of Gen. Trnvaaaos.
ed upon tho town hut were met
by n detachment of soldiers and mil
itary police. A serious encounter fol
lowed, during which Gen. Trnven.-ms
wns wounded and his horse shot under
him. His adjutant was killed. Tho
cadets then fell buck nnd occupied tho
hills In the neighborhood of the school
building. At H a. m. the soldiers and
police, supported bv the war vessels,
attacked the cadet*’ tioslilon and nt 5
n. m. the cadets, being without a
leader, surrendered. They were oil
placed In prison.
altln
Hu
PORT8MOi;Tlf. Eng.. fWf. t5.—The
king and queen of Portugul reached
Portsmouth today from Cherbourg and
subsequently proceeded to Windsor to
return the visit which King Edward
paid to them at Lisbon lost year. The
visitor*, .who crossed the channel In
King Edward’s yacht, the Victoria and
Albert, escorted by half a dozen Brit
ish warship*, had an Imposing welcome
at naval headquarters, where thirty to
forty warships, elaborately decorated
with bunting, had assembled In their
honor,
Order Restored.
RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 15.—-The revo
lutionary movement hns heen crushed
and order Is completely restored. Hen-
atnr Lauro Kodre and Deputy Barbosa
Lima, leaders of the movement, have
fled. Other leaders have been ar
rested. Many persons have been killed
or wounded.
WORKING HARD ON
REPAIRS OP WIRES
Linemen Endeavoring to Secure Nor
mal Telegraph and Telephone Con
ditions. ___
NEW YORK. Nov, XL—Wh:!- con
siderable progress has been made in re
pairing the damage wrought t»> Sun
day night’s cite, condition* tod iy had
by no means become normaL After
more than thlrty-stx hours of steady
work the repair crew* aent out by the
telegraph and telephone com* m; - had
succeeded In patching up the main
lines, but the wlr * in m *ny - were
worked under most discourage-
dltlonn and w*r unable to hsndle tho
great mass of matter that had accu
mulated. «: od ci :.*-:ttM * had b.-n
established between New York, Phil
adelphia and Boston, but b<\* t thus.*
point* emergency circuit* wer-
use.
Wall street was In-much hotter con-
tlon than yesterday. Direct «•
cation betw* • ' - of
New York .-:.l N- Orbanv v.hk-h
was entir.-ly .tit hn-1
been established by the West*
and th'.-- v.'i- tv..* wir.-K hetw**.*a
I New York and the cattle' and gruia
WABMi.wnn, cunp- ffnlf- 1 State*, tndav ivimm
troller of th* currency has issued a «vll I *
for th** condition of nationsl banka at the I *** himself In
cto*c of business, Thursday, November I while at his desk. lU-heultl
W, 1394, Jcjiuyc of yuiglde.
Suicide at Desk.
WASHINGTON, Nov, 15.—Albert
elyeu, chief of the redemption divls
n In the office of the treasurer of the I markets iq Chicago.
today committed sul- I In eastern Maine.
the head f 1.260 telegraph and
th was the I were blown dow n <
1 the wires wero >’.UI