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Subscriber's Paper-Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIAi—PARTLY OLOUDY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAYl LIGHT VARIABLE WIND8. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA„ WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 7, 1964. PRICE—ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. CARNEGIE NOT Woman Changes Hotels and Is Followed DETECTIVES ON TRAIL *vi. who arrived here today, failed i Mrs. Chadwick. E. W. Powers, ofr Mrs. Chadwick’s VT?HP T\I P A QT? counsel, was interviewed today with XJljA 111 L/AOJuJ reference to the statement itRtrtS fay Mr. Beckwith In QbfttiUfa last night. PoVvdFs Interviewed, you ever in Oberlln, Ohio?** VAf asked. “Yes." answered Mr. Powers. "Were you there with Mrs. Chad wick?" "Yes." "Do you know Mr. Beckwith?" "Yes; I know all of these pcopU.*’ "Are you the New Ytofk lAWyefr in ferred to* in his etateihefttf" "No." "Dbl yttt ever see the note for $500.- ono said to be signed 'Andrew Car negie’?” "I decline to answer." "Have you seen Mr. Reynolds?" "No, but 1 expect to see him today, t still believe and know Mrs. Chadwlrk to bo an honest woman. All her dehta will be paid in full." "Has she a million dollars?" "Yes, and mors than a million/* Nothing New Regardin Chadwick Matter the PRESIDENT BECKWITH f-iead of Closed Oborlin Bank Practi cally in State of Collapse and Again Talks Hysterically—Some New His tory From Mansfiold, 0<—Grand Jury to Investigate. NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—The expected did not happen tonight in the Chad wick case and all predictions proved at fault when at a late hour it was an nounced that no conference between federal officers and Andrew Carnegie had been held at the latter’s home. This turn was surprising, for Mr. Carnegie had announced in the course of the day that he would be glad to receive a federal officer and it was supposed that F. F. Oldham, represent ing the comptroller of the currency, would meet him tonight, and that the matter of the notes alleged to have been given Ira Reynolds of Cleveland and said to bear the name of Andrew Carnegie would eb discussed. As unexpected ns the news that no conference was held was the departure of Mrs. Chadwick from the Holland House, where she has resided, for the New Amsterdam hotel. She was ac companied by her son and a maid and took with her some baggage. Secret service men who have been at the Hol land House for several days followed Mrs. Chadwick, Developments Today. Andrew Squires, a Cleveland attor ney, representing Ira Reynolds, made the announcement tonight after seve ral conferences with Receiver Lyon, Mr. Oldham and others that he believ ed there would be no further develop ments In the case before tomorrow and alsb said that Mr. Oldha inhad return ed to Washington. This announcement was the first Indication that there: would not be a meeting at Mr. Carne gie's home tonight. Stories of a possible arrest In the case were still current this evening, but so far as known no warrant has been Issued. Lawyer Carpenter, one of Mrs. Chadwick's counsel In New York, de clined to give.the results of the num erous conferences today. Percy W. .Carver, counsel for Herbert D. New ton. In an interview with an Associat ed Press representative, said that tho Newton claim had not been paid and that no new assurances had been given ns to Its payment, nnd George W. Ry- all, associated with Mr. Carver, gaev no now Information beside confirming the story that he had been in confer ence with Mrs. Chadwick today. As to the subject of their talk he declined to make any statement. Mrs. Chadwick Fainted. ' It was about 10 p. m., when Mrs. Chadwick, with her son and maid, left nn elevator in the Hollnnd House and took a cab. She walked slowly and f her actions Indicated that she has not fully recovered from her recent Indio position. As soon as Mrs. Chadwick's cab left the hotel, secret service men took other vehicles and* drove after her. At the New Amsterdam hotel she was helped Into the women's reception room, where she fainted. After some five minutes the woman was able to walk again and clinging to her son’s arm she went to the elevator and was shown to h room on the first'floor. The son and maid carried Mrs. Chadwick's baggage. The son returned to the reception room for the baggage, after he had taken his mother to her room and the secret service men held him in conversation for some minutes nnd then let him go. He went back to his mother. The detectives refused to eay what they had nsked. Was Very III. 8hort!y before midnight Mrs. Chad wick’s son went to the public. tele phone in the hotel And called up Dr. Albertus A. Moore. He asked the phy sician to hurry at once to his mother who he said was very 111. Dr. Moor* •aid later: "Mrs. Chadwick Is suffering from nervous prostrutton, the result of her removal from the Holland House to this hotel and being followed by secret service men and reporters.’ One of the hotel clerks said the son had told him his mother was In a crit ical condition from nervousness. The coach used by Mrs. Chadwick, her son and the maid was driven to Gramercy Park after leaving the party. From present indications every ef fort wil) be made by Mrs. Chadwick’s friends tomorrow to settle the case. It was said tonight by one Interested In her affairs that Mrs. Chadwick has at the present time much more than enough to settle those claims which have been brought up to this tlmS. •Her counsel said today that she worth over $1,000,000. Wouldn't Talk of Notes. NEW YORK. Dec. Frank Lyon, receiver of the Oberlln bank, arrived In this coty today accompanied by F. F. Oldham, counsel representing the comptroller’s offlee at Washington. Mr. Lyon would neither affirm or deny that he had with him the two notes for $750,000 bearing the name of An drew Carnegie. He declared that his business was not with Mr, Carnegie. Mr. Oldham had a long interview with Mr. Lyon late today. Neither would make any statement, except to admit that the subject of converse tlon* bad been the use of Mr. Carne gle's name on the notes now held by the bank. irf Reynolds, secretary arfd treesur- SECOND MY OP' THE LAWMAKERS House Heard Message and Adjourned A COMMOTION CAUSED Sti-anger in Gallery Utters Series of Whoops THE SENATE’S SESSION More Chadwick History* MANSFIELD, O., Dec. Mr*. Cat ie L. Chadwick, made two or three islts to Mausfleld, called upon Jurigi* Brucker. president of the flArtk of '•Mansfield, nnd attempted td negotiate a loan of $30,000 through him. She also called upoh the law Arm of Cum mings. McBride and Wolfe nnd at tempted to retain this firm to eecUrt $50,000 loan for her. Slit* visited Judge Brucker twice With an interval of six months between and on the sec ond occasion showed him what pur ported to be a receipt for a $30,000 feo In a case signed by Virgil P. Kline, a well known Cleveland lawyer. This receipt was exhibited by the woman after she had offered to retain Judge Brucker under fee of $10,000. This story was tent out by The As sociated Press, and Judge Rtucker ts now In receipt of a letter from Virgil P. Kline stating that he never signed a receipt for $30,000 nnd if the Chad wick woman showed one It was a forgery. Judge Brucker, however, re- Iterntes that he was shown one by the woman. The letter from Virgil Kline to Brucker says that he had some legal business with Mrs. Cassle Chadwick but the fee she paid him was not $39,* 000 or anywhere near as large as that. This is the first time the alleged $30,- 000 receipt has been branded a forg ery and Mr. Kline comes out with si flat footed denial through Judge Brucker. Heard Preliminary Report Prom Mar chaht Marine Commission And Wit nessed induction Into Office of MSffo Crano and Knox—Peculiar Wording of Governor Pennypacker’s Comunieatioh. SENTENCED TO JAIL. Grand Jury to Investigate. ELYRIA,'O., Dec. 6.—Judge Wash burns has called a special grand Jury at the direction of Prosecutor Leo Stroup of Lornlno county to Inquire Into the Oberlln bank failure. The Jury will be drawn Thursday. An ef fort will be made to discover If any crimes were ■ committed which corns within the jurisdiction of the court. Oberlln'Win Lorafne county. It Is re ported that the action of Prosecutor Stroup was taken upon the request or complaint of Andrew Carnegie. This report, however, cannot be confirmed. Subpoenas have been issued for President Kttflcwlth and’CSshlcr Spear of the closed Oberlln bank to appear before the grand Jury to testify. WASHINGTON, Dec* 3.—After 11*- leidng to the reading of the president’s annual lrii.Lsviige to congress the house adJOUrhed fir.tll tomorrow. During tho first tdn minutes of the session two mi nor routine matters were disposed of, but outside of these no other business waj transuded. Just before Speaker Cannon rapped the house to order, an elderly man oc cupying n front seat In the public gnl- Hry. uttered n series of long drawn whoops. Considerable commotion was caused before he Wfli ejected. Shortly after the clerk began to rend the message printed copies were dis tributed among the members. Demo- ocrats and Republicans alike gave close attention to the utterances of tho president and with tho aid of the print ed copies intently followed th* clerk In the reading. Upon the conclusion of the reading of the lfiCMSfge, which consumed on* hour nnd f.fty-three minutes, therd WHS loud n|t|tiaUse frbm the Itepdbll- tan side* The inefrugfik, on motion of Mr. Payne, was referred to the committee bf the whole house on the state of tho union, after which the house adjourned. Six Colorado Eleotion Officers Are In Trouble DENVER, Col. Dec. 6.—Six etectlpR officers ware sentenced to jail today by the supreme court for disregarding its Injunctive order nt the late election. They were Wm Reid, S. 8. Barker, John E. Dixon, John Sullivan, Willie E. Spencer nnd Chas. W. Bunch. Sul livan was Democratic committeeman. Reid. Barker and Spencer Judges, and Dixon and Bunch rlflfkg In precinct 9, bf ward 5, in this Htr. the ballet box of which was opened in Court last Fri day, disclosing many fraudulent bil lots. District Judge John f. Mullins today delivered hla instructions to the grand Jury summoned by him.In the criminal court. He charged it to hake a thor ough Investigation to all violations of the law growing out of the recant general election. "Irt my opinion," he said, "the lavish expenditure of tnoftOy has been witnessed Nn this country and state l* Criminal. 1 believe it id be .the very toot of ali bf the crtthl arid Violation* bf the election laws Whith have AC* Companled oUr recent ejection*. "Jt ought to be made a criminal of fense for nhy ebfporatlpn to contribute th any political party. , "it Is common talk fan Ine streets arid currently circulated lnithe newspapers that a conspiracy exists to deprive of the governship of this state one bf .diif citizens whom* all citizens, Irre spective of party, believe to have heed honestly elected. It Is openly chnrged, that this conspiracy will Involve the unseating unjustly hnd Illegally of cer tain members of the coming legisla ture. It Is also charged that Immense sums of money have been collected from the various corporation* of this city and state to aid In this work." BOMBARDMENT OF WARSHIPS Japanese Ilad Advantage of Russians SHELTER UNAVAILABLE Tho Immense Importance of Meter Hill REPORT OF BESIEGERS Czar’s Fore,, Making Desporate Ef fort* at Rooapture—Reported That Armid Cruiser Adiuma of Mikado’t Plltt Haa Been Blown Up and Sunk By a Min«—Curioua Dicpatoh. A State Case. CI.EVKT-AND, Dec. fi.—County ProiT- '■utlna Attorney Harvey I,. Krrirr stated thl* afternoon that ho waa working nlonit Cortatn llnra with a view tnwarda tnklnit actlonomlnatMra. Cassis T., Chadwick, on behalf of tho state of Ohio. While he Would not Indicate tho lino, nlontr }!• *** ? ork| nit. he Intimated that 'A brought, would he on tho charge of obtaining money under falao pretenses. Receiver Looser has secured fi? order, of tho c*/y*' preventing Tho Senate. * WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The senate was In session for more than two hours today, and fn addition to listening to the reading of the president's message received * preliminary report from the merchant marine commission, witness ed the Induction bf Senators Knbx and Grnhe into office, dnd In executive *es- Aloft referred the presidential nomina tions to the proper committees. The reading of the commissions of the two new senators attracted more attention man usual in such cases on account of their prominence and sena tors generally did not fall to note the peculiar wording of Governor Penny- packer’s communication, wherein he conferred the office of senator upon Mr. KnoX, empowering him to Hold It \ylth all Its emoluments and privileges until the fiekt meeting of tho legisla ture Of tm* state "If he shall so long behave himself well." The senate held a brief executive ses sion and adjourned until tomorrow. the Elyria bank from selling or ramnv- »"y *b« chattels of Mrs. Chadwick rrom her home at the corner Euclid Ave nue .and Genesee street. The hank holds ‘ Chad ‘ mortgage on sir*. Chadwick's household effects nnd recently put a tern- Pjf&jy .Injunction against Henry Wuerst 2Jl :w ho Is said to hold ag security £L£. ,0 ?TL£. torB & W"W Mrs. Choil- JJg? « Reports vary as to tho of tho jewelry In question. One report places the worth at SSO.OOO while another says It In only $10 000. Wuerts himself refuses to dlscusa the mntter. Mrs. Continued on Paoe Twp. BAD NEGRO DEAD Killed by B. M. Pollock at Irvinville Amos Williams Csmo Into Town, Loaded With Wiskay and Armed With Winchester Rifle, Hunting Trouble, Whioh Ho Diecovered—Fur ther Developmente Feared for Awhile IRWINVILLE, On.. Dec. .—This af ternoon at 4 o’clock B. M. Pollock shot and' killed Amos Williams, a negro. Williams came to town loaded up With whiskey, raised a row with Mr. Pol lock and they engaged In a light. Pol lock got the best of him a*m. Wil liams got his shot gun and Winchester rifle, came back to town and hunted Mr. Pollock. Pollock had been warn ed of Williams’ actions and kept "out of hfs way. Williams, falling to And Pollock In town, started toward home saying that he would kill him. A crowd of white citizens hastily formed a posse and goon overtook him, took his gun from him, arrested him and started to carry him to jail. When he got In sight of the jail he said he would die before he would go further. He jerked loose and drew his knife and tried to cut Pollock, when Pollock drew his pistol nnd shot him four times, killing him instantly. Pollock Is an ex-sheriff of Wilcox county. Several ladies on a nearby veranda saw the shooting and fainted A crowd of citizens patrolled streets with guns for a while fearing further trouble with the negroes. Is quiet now. Declared Extra Dividend. NEW YORK. Dec. 6.—-The directors of the Delaware. !*a«-knwnnna and Western railroad have declared a tra dividend of 10 per cent, on the company's stock. The dividend ts flv , dollars in cash on each share pf fifty •r of the Wade Park bank of Cleve- j dollars par value. Land fraud gas^S* All Defendants Are Found Guilty Ex cept One. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 9.—The Jury In the Innd fraud cases which has been occupying the attention of Judge Bel Unger’s court for over two weeks brought In a verdict of guilty for all the riefcndrfnts with the exception of Miss Marie Wafe this afternoon, after foriy-flve minutes deliberation. Nn recommendation as tb punishment were made. Miss Ware was acquit ted following the Instructions of the court Afr. Hall nsked that the defendants be placed under additional bonds In this case, but the court decided that a bond of $4,000 deposited In tho case would be sufficient, find therefore or dered that such security should be given. This places the defendants each under $4,000 bonds ofr each of the cases, with the exception of Tarp ley nnd Wolgamot. who do not flguro In the succeeding casbp There I* no doubt that *n appeal will be taken. Thrt attorneys for the defense are hbW preparing their mo tlon and will In all probability present It at the opening of the next case December Jt. CRITICIZED HIS ORDER. MERIT SHOULD WIN. So Thinks Paul Morton, Socrotary of tHo Navy. WASHINGTON, Opc,. 6.—Merit and pot political tnfllitiitrs or j>lTlclnl pres tige should alone • determine assign ments to duty In the navy, In thfr opin ion of Secretary Morton, ntld the sec retary today addressed a letter to Su perintendent Brownson * of the Naval Academy expresslng'bls emphatic dis approval of the efforts t<?s.Jnfluence the department in the assignment of mid shipmen from tho class soon to bo graduated to certain ships. The letter says: The department will regard with disfavor the bringing of any influence, Official, political or associate, seeking? to control or divert In their behalf It# order* to duty." The secretary 1ms repeatedly refused to Intervene In the regulur assignment of officers prepared toy Rear Admiral Converse, chief of the bureau of navi gation, and this he declares, wilt con tinue to bo his policy. The department Has the full support of the president In Its position. NOMINATIONS AEE SENT IN Names of Moody, Wynne, Morton and Metcalf CRUM NOT FORGOTTEN Jloosevelt Still Loyal to His Negro Friend GEORGIA POSTMASTERS BACON LIKES TREATY. Officials Appointed at Lithonia, Louis ville and Ocilla—Consul General to Panama Named — Seven Captains Promoted to Rear Admirals and Eight Army Officers to Brigadier Generals. TOKIO, Dec. The effective bom bardment of the Russian battleships In Port Arthur which began on Sat urday Inst was one of the results of the capture of 203—Meter Hill. lip <*1 that time the warships had been abU* tb fl^t>k shelter from the Japanese Are unde* iWyu mountain but the cap ture Of 203-Metre Hilt November 20- 30 enabled the Japanese to train their guns on the Russian vessels with tho result that a number of them have been set on lire and the others must either put to sea or suffer Irreparable dam age. Ths Port Arthur besiegers report as follow*: "On Saturday, December 3 our naval guns bombarded the enemy’* ships. The Pobleda was truck six times, a vessel of the Uetvlzan type was hit elgth times and on other ships sixteen sheets took effect. "On Monday following the same plan the Pobleda was hit seven times, the Poltava eleven times and the Retylzan eleven times. At about three in the afternoon one of our shells struck a magazine south of Pelyu mountain causing a heavy explosion. The con flagration which followed was not ex tinguished for two hours. "The same day our heavy guns were directed nt the enemy’s ships. Tho Peresvlet was struck twice and two more shells were lodged In other ships. A vessel of the Poltava type wns ob served to he on Are for nn hour send ing up a great volume of amoke. "The attacking operations against the Sungshii mountain forts eastward are carried on day and night. T wo 36-mlllmetre quick-firers were cap tured Sunday In a half moon fort de fending a counter scarp on Rlhlung mountain." So Thinks Sir Thomas Barclay of Eng land. LONDON, Dec. 6.—In dlacUsalng the prospect of the Anglo- American arbitration treaty, Sir Thomas Barclay, who has been prominently Identified with* the work of promoting amity be tween nations, said to the Associated Press today. "The treaty of 1897 was defeated by twenty-six senators, many of whom were influenced by Michael believe that auch a treaty would delay the solution of home rule for Ireland. Today no one can possibly couple the question of home rule with the ques- tln of adopting peaceful, business like methods for dealing with International difficulties. If the majorlt tJnlted States sennte should thwart the progress of arbitration today when the minds of nil men nre shock horros of the war In the far East nnd when nil realize how Indispensable It is to promote pacific methods of settle ment of difficulties between nations, there would be nn outcry throughout the world nnd they would be disgraced In the eyes of nil mankind. I know positively that several senators who votod against the treaty of 1897 will vote for the treaty of arbitration, would cite the case of Senator Morgan of Alabama, who told me he had alter ed his views since 1897. I am perfect ly sure that Senators Money nnd Ha- con nre now good friends of tho treaty." PANAMA RAILWAY, Taft Says Documont Issued by Him Was a Mistake, PANAMA, Dec. A.—A supplemental agreement signed today between Bed- retary Taft and President Amador and Foreign Minister Gunrdla, pro vides that nfter December 12 no car goes can he landed at the canal port* except when presenting a Panama con sular Invoice from the port of ship ment. The original plans for a popular demonstration In the public square In celebration of the ratification of the agreement were carried out laat night. Secretary Taft made a speech dur ing which he criticised the order, which he, said he himself had Issued, putting In force the Dlngley tariff be tween the canal zone and the Isthmus, .ns being a mistake. The frktlon be-' tween the two governments wns un doubtedly caused by that order. It was fair to say that the order was made against the recommendation of Governor Davis. Ho felt sure that a reading.of the agreement would satisfy every Impartial perr.cn that the United States hnd no desire to acquire any powers or property in the Isthmus ex cept such as necessary to r .dld, main tain and protect the canal. Pablo Arosemenn. the Liberal leader, expressed satisfaction with the agree ment and added that it was gratifying to the administration. Resolution for Inquiry Into Its Affairs Is Introduesd. WASHINGTON. Doc. Represen tative Shackleford (Democrat) of Mis souri, one of tfie members of tho house committee on interstate uud foreign commerce, who accompanied the con gressional party on the visit to Pana ma, today Introduced a resolution pro viding for nn Inquiry into the affairs of the Panama Railway Company nnd a report to congress by the committee on interstate nnd foreign commerce. The resolution says that as 98 per cunt, of the road’s capital stock Is own ed by the United States, It Is expedient that congress should have full knowl edge of the affairs of the company. Tho resolution confers the usual pow ers upon the committee—to adminis ter oaths and employ necessary cleri cal help. Tragedy Near Hawklnsville. HAWKINHVILLE, On., Dec. *.—Tom Tharp was killed by D. W. Reid on Jordan's plantation about Hawkins- vllle Inst night. Both had qunrreled nnd Reid claims he wag forced to shoot Tharp. Reid has surrendered and wns locked In the county Jail to await trial. Wants Tidewater Canal. WASHINGTON. Dec. «.-"I sha’.l use every effort to have constructed a tidewater canaFnnd I believe most of the members of the Panama canal commission believe such a cenal fea* Ible," said Senator A. B. Klttradge, a member of the senate committee on Inter-oceanic, canals. Continuing he said he* may soorr Introduce resolu tion to give authority to the rnmti.l* ►bn to build the great inter-oceanic V’-terway on the sea level, although he goes not believe such a resolution m recessary. ^ While on the*tv.hnr.i* recently the senator talked with a number of meni her* of th® commission nnd conferred at length with John V. Wallace, th chief engineer In charge nf tne buikdng of the canal. He became convinced, hr says, that the waterway should be on the sea level and Uiat nearly •:! officials of this government who hav made the canal % study agree with him. He said he we® ms re the report of Chief Engineer Wllhrf would rhpw a sea level canal to be feaslbta. No Fighting Probable. MUKDEN, Dec. f.—Everything now Indicate® that the proopefct of an Im mediate encounter on a Urge scale has 'passed. During the fighting below Tsinkhet- chen the Russian loss was twenty-five men killed and 11% wounded. Including two ofPcer*. Seventeen Japanese prisoners were taken, one of whom committed suicide. hh Attempt* at Rrcapturs. TOKIO. Dec. *. -Noon—The Rug. Slabs are ril^hfly"* attacking 203- Metre Hill In a determined endeavor to re-take the summit of the ground In contention. The Japanese nro Increasing their defenses on the position and IMV* succeeded so fur In lepelllng all the assaults. The nusstann have suffered the heaviest losses and It Is estimated that they havo sacrificed 8,000 men in their effort to re-capture th® ground which the Japanese are confl dent In their nblllty to hold. Observations Indicate that the gar rlson Is feeling the shortage of men. The works agnlnst Sungshu moun tain nnd the forts to tho nnstwaTd are progressing rapidly and all Indi cations point to on early general as sault. although the date when It will begin Is kept secret. It Is expected that the next general aasault will prove successful. • GETS NEW TRIAL Caleb Powers Will Have An other Chance Plea of Former Secretary of Stale cf Kentucky, Convicted of Complicity in Assassination of Governor Goebel Looks Good to Four Judges of the Appellate Court. FRANKFORT. Ky., Dec. 6.-Caleb Powers, the former secretary of state, wan today granted a new trial by tho Kentucky appellate court. Each of the seven Judge* of th* court wrote an opinion In the case. Four concur red In ordering a new trial. ?Tboy were Judges Barker. Kettle, l^irns and O’Rear. The three who dissented were Judges Painter, Nunn'and Hob son. Powers was churged with fompHcity in the assassinailer} of Governor Goe l>el. On the first trial he wan con vlcted and given 4 life sentence. Tho second trial resulted In a conviction and sentence of death. The principal grounds assigned by Judge Barker in the main opinion granting a new trial wair; v Because of improper remarks mode by the late attorney for the common wealtb. T. C. /Campbell; because sen tencc was passed within two days af tor the Jury rendered Its verdict, and because the court refused to grant further time to the defendant's’ at torneys to file reasons for a flew trial. Cruiser Rumored Bunk. MOSCOW, Dec. C.—A special die patch from Vladivostok says that steamer which has Just arrived th* fiom Shanghai reports that the Jap anese armored cruiser Adsuma tats been blown up and sunk by a mine. The cruiser is add to have been sunk north of the Mlaotao IsUnd*. Preparing for Winter. GENERAL OKU'H HKADQIJAR TERS, via Fusan, Monday, Dec. (delnyed In transmission)—fn the vll I age* near the actual Japanese Hue houses are being repaired and built, scores of wells are being dug. villages are being denuded of trees, and'quan tities of fuel nre being prepared. Every Indication points to the Intou tlon to remnln on the present I'ne during the winter. Tho cold weather Is not affecting the Japanese although the temperature has already fallen to a few degrees above zero. There are few sick men. A Curious Dcspatoh. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. A very curious despatch has been received from a correspondent at General Kuropatkln's headquarters about the arrest of n Chinaman who wns found In possession of five hundred feet of fuse used In detonating high exftlne Ives. The telegram speaks of 'h cesslty for providing a larger body guard for General F.uropntkiu. The wording of the dospatch generally leads to the Inference that an attempt made upon the cormnander-m-chlofs life ha* been foiled. No confirmation of the report Is obtainable here. POLICE 8U8PICIOU8. Man Who Shot Wife and Daughter Under Arroet. WORCESTER. Mass., Dec. John Walnwrlght, 50 years old, shot his wife and 'daughter, Mrs. Frank H. Bindley, In the' parlor of his cottage today. He says tho shooting whs accidental, but the poilco Ignore hi* plea nnd he Is locked up at police headquarters on the charge of murder. The daughter died from effects of the shooting thirty minutes afterward without galng con lousness. His wife - la In the city hospital with a acrlous wound through the beck of her neck. The bullet en tered the right side of the nock and came out on tho other side. Walnwrlght says that he went Into the pnrlor, and flourishing an old re volver which he had beer cleaning, exclaimed "Here the way I would do If there were a burglar In this house." He says the revolver went off accl dentally and that one ahot Injured both women. i a statement to Chief Inspector Patrick O’Day at the city hospital, Mrs. Walnwrlght said: It must have been an accident. My husbqhd wns a good man and could not have done such a thing." Norfolk Wante Teddy. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 6.—The com mon council of the City of Norfolk at Its meeting tonight pnssed a resolu tion unanimously Inviting President Roosevelt to visit this city on hi* In tended Southern trip. Hlinllur action will be taken by the select branch at a meeting to be held next week. WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—A large batch of, nomlnatlong was sent to the senate by the president today, many of them recess appointments, which In cluded four cabinet position)*, as fol lows: % ^ Attorney general, iWm. H. Moody of Massachusetts.' Postmaster general, Robert J. Wynno of Pennsylvania. Secretary of the navy, Paul Morton of Illinois. Secretary of commerce and labor, Victor J. Metcalf of California. Among otfi,er nomination*) were IIc- zekiah Oudger of North Carolina to be consul general fit Panama; Adam C. Carson of Virginia to be associate Justice of the supreme court of the Philippine islands; Chat. F. Ordwny to be assistant appraiser of merchan dise In the District of Tampa, Flo.; Wm. D. Crum to be collector of cus toms for the district of Charleston, S. C.; George F. White to be marshal for the Southern district of Georgia; also the following postmasters. Postmasters Named, Alabama—James A. Chambliss, En terprise; Hugh R. Duggan, Florala; George W. Russell, Kufuuta; John X. Thomas, Pratt City. Georgia—William R. Watson; Litho nia; Lewis R. Farmer, Louisville; Wal ter C. Terrell. Ocilla. North Carolina—Erwin Q. Houston Davidson. South Carolina—Benjamin G. Col lins, Conway; Mary L. Well*, Cheraw; Louis Jacobs, Klngstraw; Arthur M. Gnrner. Tlmmonavllle. Tennessee—Rufus Rutherford, Clin ton. Florida—George A. W. Wendell, Quincy. Virginia—Asbury Redfom. Ktras- burg; John M. Campbell. Wnrranton. The nominations Included a large number of army promotion* among which were the following to be briga dier generals: Coin*! Albert T. Mill*, Cnl. H«nry C. C. Dunwoody, Lieutenant Colonel Pe ter Leary, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Samuel L. Woodward, Lieutenant Col onel John McK. Hyde. Lieutenant Col onel Oscar F. Long. Major Theodore A. Bingham. Colonel Constant William*. Made Rear Admiral*. In the naval promotions the follow ing were nominated to bo rear ad mirals: Captains Wm. M. Folger, Francis W. Dickens. Oocrtfh F. Wilde. Charles II. Davis, Charles J. Train, George W. lMgtnnn, flAorge A. Converse. The following original appointment* jxt second lieutenants In tho urmy weru ‘made: Phillip Bradley Peyton nnd Kurl Truesdall of Virginia; Aristides Moron* of Alabama; First Sergent FUsbugh Lee Mlnnlgerode, 12th cavalry. The following original appointment.* in the navy were made: To be assistant paymaster, Charlo* N. Wronshall of North Carolina; To he assistant surgeons: Frederick i:. Porter of Tennessee; Cary-T. Grayson, David C. Cather, and Hugh T. Nelson of Virginia; To be second lieutenants in the murine corps: Jeter R. Horton of South Carolina. THE BILL TODAY Platt Wants Reduction of Representation Th« Wily Old Now York Sonotor Claimo That tho Mooouro lo Non- Portioon ond Will Affoel Northern Gtntes no Well Southern, Eopooiol- ly Mzooochuoett,. CAUSED SUSPENSION. Probable Loot of Two Schooner, Provo, Embzrraoting Financially. 8TONINOTON. Conn., Dac. Tho probable lorn, of tho nrhoonerH Qulnno- liaUK and tho Chnrlon K. Wilbur, which havo not boon roportod alrtco the early part of Novombor haa rooultod In tho temporary nuoponolon of operutlono at the new »hlp yard In proceea of )n- atnllatlon In this place. Captain C. A. Davie of Bornoroot, Man. who waa the head of the company behind the ehlpyard project, today announced to the employee that work would be ex pended temporarily becauoo of finan cial dHTIeultlee, hut he hope* that tfleie Mil be overcome and the yarda pro ceed. Captain Davlo la the managing owner of the Providence fleet, of which the Qulnnebaug and Wilbur were a part, and hla ahlpyard waa backed by the Inveatora In thooe two veoael*. Davie Still Hoping. FA!.!. RIVER, Maaa., Dec. I. Cap- loin C A.. Davlo, proprietor of tho ohlpy-ard at Ktfnlngton. Conn., which Dae euepended temporarily berating of the probable loaa of two arhoohera, raid today that he experta a favorable wind will bring the vereela to port. He hellevrd they were blown far out to MW In tho recant gala. WASHINGTON. Dec. I.—Senator Thomaa C. Platt of New York, will Introduce tomorrow a bill providing for the reduction of the repreaentatton of certain atatea In congreae, princi pally In the Houlh. Many hllla of thla character have been offered from time to time, In one or the other branchea of congreoo, hut no peralatent effort hue been exerted to bring about the paeeage of any of them. The menaure to-be presented by Henator Platt la auld to have origi nated In the Republican club of New York City. A etntornent will he made by Senator Platt when he prerenta the meaaure. He will call attention to the fact that It will affect Northern alutea, eapecla,- ly Maaeachuaetta, aa well aa aUtea in the South. Its backers will declare that the menaure la non-partlaan. The bill proposes that the represen tation of a state shall be baaed on the male voting population, according to the laat official ceniua. The reduction In Southern nnd aolldly Democratic delegatlona ahould the bill becon law, la eatlmated at alxteen membera. Jamastown Fair Bill, WASHINGTON, Dec. Chairman Tawney Intends lo call a meeting of the houae committee on tnduatrlal arts and expositions thla week qnd take up for consideration the hilt Introduced by Representative Maynard. (Va.) pro viding for the rrlebratlon of the foui Ing of Jamestown and appropriatlm >6.0«e,e04 for that purpose. INSULT TO TEXA8. Judge Exprexcs an Opinion of Die- trlot Attorney Jerome. HOUSTON, Texas. Dac. . Chnrles P. Dodge, whose writ of habeas cor- pua haa been dismissed by the Uniicil States supreme court, today de<lir»,i he would not return to Nvw York. Meanwhile detectives watch his movement*. Officers Herley ami Josse of New York who wen- plai ■ I under arrest Monday were released by District Judge Klttrull today after tho court had expressed nn opinion con cerning District Attorney Jerome of New York and his assistants. The court raid th* action of Mr. Jerome’ In aendlng detectives to Houaton to hound Dotige'e footrlcp- after he had given bull, waa a groaa Insult to the stale of Texae. and It war e regretted that Doilg.* had not resented the "ahadowlng" In a forci ble manner. Dodge will remain her... said, until the mandate of the supreme court arrives. DON’T LIKE CHANGE. Charleston Cotton F. ahsnge Send, Reiolutione to Waihington. CHARLESTON. 8. C., I)e O.-Thc Charleston cotton e-M-h mx- today adopted the foRowlnc resolutions and sent a copy to the cht f siattrtl, !.in for manufactures, census bureau: Resolved. That It is the sense of this exchangi that the method adopt ed this year by the census bureau In Issuing the report of cotton g a l n Installments, Instead, of In sum 1 aa dona by sold bur.- i " ■* yeara, haa been a serious detriment to the cotton trade lb-. ■ sehbon unset tling the market i , • - "f »i»t cot ton, and creating err.,- "prM- aiona as to the • 'bo , ott*in ginm 1. A 1 - - ■ -* !'• 1 1 r re solved that the chief statist" ' <,c the census bureau be I ispe- IflilR g»* ed and requested to Issue a)! fulura reports of the c.tt.it - I In a monthly form n Us <ntlret> n> » 1 hie manner of doing same in the pre- vlous Fees __ ^ (Signed) THADDI't Secretary Bonn Of D!