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snDscriber’s Paper-NoTToTSale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECA8T FOR GEOR3IA:. RAIN SATURDAY, COLDER.IN NORTHWEST PORTION: SUNDAY FAIR, COLDER IN EA8T PORTIONi FRESH SOUTH WIND8 BECO MINQ WEST. ESTABLISHED IN ie26. MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1904. JAPANESE FIRING VERY DESTRUCTIVE WOW THEIR SHELLS SMASHED THE CZAR’S WARSHIPS AT PORT ARTHUR—SIX OF THEM PUT OUT OF ACTION—GOOD SHOOT ING AT STORE HOUSES AND ARSENALS—THE BOMBARDMENT WAS BY THE LAND FORCES OF THE MIKADO. TOKIO, Dec. 9.—Noon.—The follow ing report dated Dec. 8, 10 p. m... has been received from the commander of the naval land batteries in front of Port Arthur: “Eight shells struck the protected cruiser Pallada today and set her on fire. Simultaneously she began to list to port, lowering astern. She is deem ed unfit for navigation. “During the action we discovered the gunboat Glltak to the. landward north of the battleship Peresvlet and bombarded her. Eleven of our shells were effective. This vessel is also deemed to be disabled. “The armored cruiser Bayan caught fire at 11.30 this morning. The fire was not extinguished at 4:15 lit the afternoon. Evidently the cruiser is seriously damaged. * “The results of our bombardment of the battleship Sevastopol, the mine ship (transport) Amur, and the trans ports are not yet known.” The above mentioned hits were made with shells from the heavy guns. Those made by the small shells are not mentioned in the report. Another report from the same com mander dated 3 o’clock this (Friday) morning Is as follows: “As the result of our naval gun bom bardment yesterday (Thursday) the Bayan was hit six times and the Amur 34 times. The Amur Is sinking astern. “Our cannonade directed against the store houses and arsenals at the northeast base of Palyu mountain re sulted In 36 hits, causing great dam age” .tidtinfl Japanese Tactics Revealed. TOKIO, Deo. 9.—In disabling the Bussian fleet at Port Arthur, preclud ing the possibility of Its being able to reinforce the Russian second Pacific squadron, the Japanese have accom pushed the main object of the despe rate assaults against the fortress which they have been making for the past three months. There Is now strong probability that, while continu ing the siege, they will avoid losses of the magnitude already attending their efforts, and Instead of assaulting will rely on starving out the garrison until It Is finally captured. Russians Astounded. TOKIO, pec. 9, 5 p. m.~Considerable astonishment Is expressed here over the fact that the Russians In no way resisted the disabling of the Port Ar thui* fleet. In certain quarters, the opinion Is entertained that the Rus sians opened the seacocks of the sub merged vessels so as to lessen their ex posure to the Japanese fire. The re cent cessation of mine clearing was taken as evidence that the fleet did not Intend to mnke a sortie. There was no sign of life on the Russian ships dur ing the bombardment. Now thnt the Port Arthur fleet has been disabled It is deemed Impossible for the Russians to overcome the Infe riority of the second Pacific squadron to Togo’s fleet unless, at present un foreseen, the Black sea fleet should pass the Dardanelles. MRS. CHADWICK FEELS RELIEVED Taking Comfort in Tombs Isolation Her ATTORNEY’S RETICENT Story of a Great Battle. Headquarters of the Japanese Third ‘Army Before Port Arthur, Nov. 28, via Tien Tsln, Dec. 9.—(Probably held at headquarters for censorship.)—The general assault on Port Arthur which began at noon November 26 Is stll in progress. In the first series of assaults on attempt was made to capture the forts at Rlhlung and Keekwan moun tains by penetrating the principal line of fortifications surrounding them, and to envelop the city from the east. At the same time a strong force pushed up the gorge of flhlsl valley between two foretlfled ridges and attacked the supporting forts In the rear of west Rlhlung mountain, officially called Rungshu mountain, with the Intention of enveloping the city from the west. The nttempt failed nfter the most furious fighting that has been wit nessed since Port Arthur was Invested. The fighting lasted from noon of No vember 16 until after dawn of the fol lowing day without cessation. The assault began in the early mom Ing with a tremendous bombardment of the forts. For hours the whole for tified ridge was deluged with heavy shells. At noon the principal line of fortifications was a perfect hell of bursting shrapnel, and the spectacle was more wonderful than anything previously seen. Through the hare caused by the smoke of the bursting shells the sa niters could be seen emerging from the cover 'of the parallels as well ns swarming up the foretlfled ridge at half a dozen different points. Rifles, rapid-fire guns and machine guns blazed from the Russian position where advances were made in the open. The men went down by hun dreds. As fast as the assaulters were repulsed more Jnpnne?*> swarmed up, only toVe mowed down In turn. The Japanese paralleled some thirty- five yards of the Bosnian trench line, and an entire regiment charged across, the men falling by hundreds befbre the awful fire of the Russians. But still more men came on over the bodies of those who had fallen, and by sheer weight of numbers they reached the trenches, which they captured at the point of the bayonet. The assaulters succeeded in holding some eighty yards of the trench In front of the parallels, but their effort to rush the trench line east and west was a failure, owing to the Impassable burning pit*. They tried to cross the hills, but ther were unable to do so. At 6 o’clock In the venlng a furious Russian counter-attack drove the^Jap- anese back to the parallels with great loss. At t o'clock the Japanese again cap. fared the same portion of the trench and made desperate hut unsuccessful efforts to cross the pits. The awful struggle continued until the morning when the recaptured the trench which was piled with dead bodies. For over 30 yards between the trenches there was a veri table shambles. The last attack* and counter attacks were made over the bodies of the slain. t The first attempt to rush the fort on the northern portion of Keekwan mountain was made at 1 o’clock In the afternoon when the assaulters swarm ed up the rampart well from the moat and met with an awful Are. As the result of the first assault the Japanese succeeded In gaining a foot hold in the interior, where the defenses were bomb-proof. The assaulters attacked this bomb proof maze, where the fighting was hand-to-hand with bayonets and grenades. At 3 o’clock In the morning the Ja panese succeeded in establishing u trench line within Ine ramparts which they still hold. Another attempt was made to pierce the principal line of fortifications sur rounding the rear of the eastern part of Pantung mountain, where after four furious attempts a small body of Japanese succeeded In getting through the wall and In establishing them selves on the low*r slopes of Wantal hill. The Russians rushed the sup ports with machine guns from the upper slopes of the Wantal hid forts and the small party cf Japanese was practically annihilated. The most des perate fighting took place with this point. The last effort of the assaulters >vns made at midnight, assisted by artil lery, which covered the slopes of Wan- tai hill with an avalanche of shells. The Russians fought with tremendous courage, engaging the Japanese bayonets and grenades when they came to close quarters. The Jnpanese finally established a trench line five yards In front of the line of fortifica tions. which they now occupy. The forces are engaged In throwing dyna mite grenades at each other. The attempts which were first made to rush the western part of Rlhlung mountain, officially called Sungshu mountain, also *nd«d in failure. The Japanese reached the parapets from tho moat but fled ns fast as they came from the fire within the forts. The walls were black with the assault ers, who were dolunged with shells from supporting forts. At 9 o’clock at night a force of 2,000 voluriteers ; frbm % th’e‘ right division, led by a general, started from a point southwest of Shuishl village, pushed up the gorge between the two fortified ridges and ‘ attacked the supporting fort of fisunshu mountain. This force reqehed the fort hill, and, engaged a Strong force of -Russians upon Its Slope's In' a 1 * hand-to-hand encounter which lasted for two hours. At the Hame time the Japanese as saulting the east and west Rlhlung forts made desperate attempts to rush the Interior of the forts. They gained the ramparts. Inside which they estab lished trench lines. The Interior defenses of both forts are the same ns those on North Keek wan mountain, but the east Rlhlung fort Is the largest and strongest of the three forts. It has upper nnd lower levels. The lower levels were .RSI scene of the most awful struggle. Un der cover of darkness the Japanese poured over the ramparts and furiously attacked the first section of bomb- proofs. The defenders received them with bayonets and dynnmite grenades, while the machine guns on the upper levels poured a deadly hall Into the ranks of the Japanese. The Japanese gained practically the whole of the lower section of the fort, but were mowed down by machine guns and rifles whrn they attempted to assault the higher levels. A similar struggle was going on all the time In the west Rlhlung fort, where the ar rangement of defenses was the same. At midnight the column attacking the supporting fort of Bungshu moun tain was compelled to retire, having lost half the force. The struggle in the two fort* was continued until dawn, when the as saulters were compelled to retire to the trenches established Inside the parapet walls wh'ch they now occupy. The fighting of the afternoon and night was the most desperate and san guinary since the a»ege began. The opposing forces were so close together that only the fort walls or a few yards of level ground separated them. The struggle from start to finish was at dose quarters with bayonets and gren ades and rifles used ns clubs. The fe rocity of the attacking Japanese was equalled by the defending Russians, w'ho died at their post everywhere fighting till their last breath. Will Not Say That They Will Enter the Insanity Plea—Wilting to Go to Cleveland, but Her Attorney There Objects-—Kpifo and Fork Not Allow ed Her—Mrs. York of San Francisco Insists She is the Imprisoned Wo man’s Sister. lONGHESS lli LIVELY SESSION Effort to Cut off Civil Ser vice Commission FAILS BY VIVA VOCE Sharp Contention Over Rural Carriers. Provision for an Examining Board Thrown Out on a Point of Order. Speech by Baker of New York Against Trusts—Maddox ef Georgia Knocks Out Chief of Bureau of Manufacturers. CALL FOR PAST TAXES UPON THE RAILROADS Demand to be Made Upon the Central of Georgia Railroad for $200,000- Value of the Stock. NEW YORK. Dec. 9.—After a day full of disagreements with her counsel as to whether she should waive exam ination and go to Cleveland, Mrs. Chadwick finally consented to remain another night In the Tombs, but ex preened the hope that she might leave there tomorrow. Mrs. Chadwick had made up her mind to ignore the advice of her local counsel. Messrs. Carpenter & Powers, and go to Cleveland to stand trial there, when late In the afternoon she received a telegram from her Cleve land counsel, Judge Albaugh, asking her not to return to Cleveland Just yet. This telegram caused her to remain over right. Lawyer Carpenter then notified Mar shal Henkel of her Intention and the marshal and United States Commls sloner Shields announced that they would not remain at their offices after the usual closing hour on her account as they did last night. Lawyers Carpenter and Powers had a conference after leaving Mrs. Chad wick nnd Mr. Carpenter said that noth Ing further would be done for the night. In regard to.what would be done to morrow Mr. Carpenter was non-com mittal. “Nothing will be done before noon,’ continued Mr. Carpenter. I do not care to say whether wo have given up the question of securing ball or not, but if you know anybody who is willing to go on her bond send him nlong. We could have ohtatned ball-today were it not for the notoriety attached to the case." Mr. Carpenter declined to discuss the alleged Carnegie notes, or say pos itively whether Mrs. Chadwick would waive examination tomorrow or not. Neither would he say anything about the report thnt the alleged securities of Mrs. Chadwick had been examined and found to be wbrtKless. " Mrs. Chadwjck spent the greater part, of the time from 7 o’clock thla morning until 4 thla afternoon In tho corridor In front of her cell. Here sho talked With her lawyers and others who called to see her. Including her son, Emil, and her nurse, Freda. Most of her visitors remained with her ns long as the prison rules would permit. Mrs. Chadwick waa led to her cell in the Tomba prison by an attendant about 4 o’clock. To the matron, Mra. Chadwick said: “I am glad I am not going to Cleve land tonight. I am tired enough to sleep well, I think, even behind these awful bar*. It has been an extremely trying day and I am thankful It (a over. do not care to go through many more such ordeals.” In her cell Mrs. Chadwick ate a hearty supper. She had chipped beef, sprinkled With grated onion, coffee and oranges. The matron said Mr*. Chadwick showed a marked Improvement over her condition In the morning. After eating Mr*. Chadwick laid on her cot nnd said It was her first peaceful mo ment she had had since her troubles In New York begin. Warden Flynn of the Tombs waa so nervous over the welfare of Mrs. Chad wick and the possibilities of her doing herself bodily harm, that today he en forced the rule applied only In excep tional cases of not allowing her either knife or fork with which to eat. Conse quently the lamb chop which she or dered. had to be cut for her and she ate It with a spoon. report waa current about the Tomba that a request for the appoint ment of a commission to examine Mr*. Chadwick as to her sanity will bo made. Lawyer 'Bowers was asked If there was any truth In the rumor. 1 am not prepared to talk on that point Just now,” he replied, after some hesitation. He was asked again If there was any foundation for r.uch a rumor. He laughed and said. "It would make a pretty good de fense In a criminal action, wouldn’t it?” When Mr. Carpenter was asked u zo the probability of securing ball, ho said: “The situation Is exactly the same as It waa last night. Men are willing to give the ball, but as l n the Patter son case, they fear notoriety.” ATLANTA. Oa.. Dec. 9.—The official papers giving the findings of the su preme court of the United flutes in the Georgia Railroad tax case, have not as yet reached Ju*dge Hart, attor ney general of the state. As soon as he gets them Comptroller General Wright will call upon the Central Georgia for the state and county taxe* and the city Ux of Augusta. The toUl amount will reach nearly $290,- 000. This ux is based upon the stock being worth its face value. If It is claimed : hat the stock is not worth par and that (he officials of tho system will be culled upon by Comp troller Wright to produce evidences that this Is so. When the officials heard from Mr. Wright will flx'th value, impose the tax and then * V v4«v» ... ...w....... ... upon the Central of Georgia to pro- (Russlans again counter attacked and duce. Hia action will be final. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—The house today passed the legislative, executive and Judicial appropriation bill prac tically as it came from the committee nnd -adjourned until Monday. With the disposal of the provisions relating to the civil service commission wh’ch yesterday caused so much discussion and criticism, there was no lengthy debate on any item today. Through out the session the policy of retrench ment held full sway and all attempts to Increase salaries failed. By the terms of a concurrent reso lution, which was adopted, the house agreed to adjourn on December 21 un til January 4, 1905, for the Usual Christmas holiday.. When adjournment was taken yes terday the discussion was on the amendment of Mr. Hepburn of Iowa cutting off appropriations for the civil service commission. By a viva voco vote the amendment was lost. Mr. Olmsead of Pennsylvania de clared the provision for a rural car rier examining board to be new legis lation and not properly in the bill. The chair sustained Mr. Olmstead's con tention. .... . In criticising the paragraph relntlng to the bureau of corporation?, Mr. Ba ker of New York said that'his com plaint was not thnt too much money had been appropriated for the pay of special attorneys, special examiners and special agents, but thnt no use had been made of the money. There had been, he said, a demnml to Investigate what had become to be known as “the trusts.” “What Is the result?” he In qulred. “Absolutely nothing,” he said, an swerlng his own question. He had been assured by a friend In the de partment that an Investigation had been made of one corporation, whoso books were so kept that It could not be ascertained whether that corpora tlon hHd made $100,000,000 or $1,000. 000. From this he dtf w .the deduction that, either there was a lack of compo tehey on the part of tho men detailed by the bureau of corporations to mnke. Investigations or else a lack of Intent oil tho part of the i.ecretary of com merce nnrl labor to get at the facts. It wns, he said, a notorious fact thut a steel rail association exists and yet, he said, he had been Informed thnt tho house Judiciary committee would re port adversely on his resolution to Inn vestlgate thnt association on tho ground that It wns a rumor;- In sten torian tones he declared, amid Demo cratic applause, thnt *t wns a “rumor so strenuous, so terrible that It can take the American people by the throat nnd exact an undue tribute of $20,000,- 000.” He ridiculed the Idea that any one did not know of such an associa tion. On a point of order by Mr. Mnddox of Georgia, the salnry for the position of chief of the bureau of manufactures of the department of commerce nnd labor was abolished. Ah amended the bill then passed. Mr. Palmer of Pennsylvania, from the committee on the Judiciary, aub- mitted the supplemental report of the majority of the committee on the flwayne Impeachment case. The mi nority were given until Monday to file their report. The house adjourned until Mondny. JUDGE SWAYNE TO BE TRIED Report of the House Judici ary Committee EFFECT OF TESTIMONY YELLOW PINE KATES ARE TO BE ADJUSTED IMPORTANT CONFERENCE OF LUMBERMEN FROM ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES—TIMBER 18 BEING RAPIDLY CUT OUT AND THERE HAS BEEN NO REVISION OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY. v* " - ^ w Investigations of tho Committeo Strengthened the Charges Against tho Florida Judge—How ho Travel led Across the Continent in a Special Car Provided by the Railroad Com panies and Well Stocked by Them. diphtheria germ. In some cases there as no trace at all which Is wholly unusunl. Before experiments to ascertain the truth of Dr. Wolff’/* theory could be at tempted the epidemic of spotted fover died out. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—The sub committee of the house Judiciary com mittee, which has been taking testi mony In the cate of Judge Swayno of Florida, today reported to the full committee evidence heard since the adjournment of congress. Representative Palmer (Pa.), chair man of the sub-committee, was direct ed to submit to tho house a report for the full committee, embracing* tho fol lowing: "The committee on the Judiciary re spectfully report to the house the tea timony taken In the case of Chat, flwayne since congress adjourned, with the conclusion that in their opln Ion said testimony strengthens the case against the said Chas. flwayne. ’ Representative Talmer in thft*, fejprt which he expects to submit tomorrow will say that the testimony shows thnt Judge flwayne while the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railway was in the hands of a receiver, appointed by him, nccepted the free use of a prl vate car belonging to the compnny, stocked with provisions out Of funds of the company and with tho com pany'a conductor and cook, went from Ouyencourt to Jacksonville; also that Judge flwayne accepted the use of tho same car to carry hlniself and a party of friends from Florida to CJAl|fornla and back and that he accepted trans portation for the car and its occupants over other roads. Mr. Pair -’s report will further sny that the testimony shows that ,judge flwayne charged $10 a day penses actually incurred for every day he was away from home, while It will be added that the testimony of nesses shows his expenses to have been less than that amount. Mr. Palmer will Incorporate In tho report tho testimony given by Judge flwayne In his own behalf. Including thnt part in which Mr. flwayne Justi fies his use of the car. KILLED HER HUSBAND AND BURNT HIS BODY Negro Wife Confesses to tho Murder of Her Spouse, Aged 90—Sho 8hot Him First. ___________ AMERICU8, Oa., Dec. 9.—The most heinous murder committed here In years waa revealed thla afternoon In the discovery of the dead and charred body of Melton Wright, a negro 00 yenrs old, concealed behind a pile of burning pine logs with his hend, arm* and legs already burned away. The discovery waa made by a negro woman visiting at Wright’s house on the countryman's plantation four miles Bouth of Amerlcua. Wright’s wife, Anna Wright, has since confessed tho killing and wns Jailed here tonight, flhe shot her aged husband *• he lay bed und afterwards dragged the BOSTON WOMAN IN ATLANTA JAIL Appeals to President Roosevelt to Ro- leaso Her—Says Sho is Unlawfully Detained and Wants Proteotion. Mrs. Chsdwick’s Sister, BAN FRANCIBCO. Cal., Dec. 9 — Mra. Alice M. York, of this city, has relte-siei her statement that she Is the slater of Mra. Chadwick, despit the latter's repudiation of the relatlon- hfp. flr.e aald: “My s'eter, ^Elizabeth Bigley, now Mra. Gnadwlck, wag born near Londan, Canada, about 42 years ago. Her girl he'd days were spent at Eaatwood an I ' Istcck. which was the home of our family. Bbe waa not a great reader, and aa for having read books on mes merism and the like, that is all non sense “There was nothing peculiar about her a* a girl, save that she was a deep thinker, flhe always seemed absorbed hi thought nnd would alt In silence by the hour, flhe seemed In a trance and rever would pay attention to any one, flhe would come out of tho#* thinking spells as if bewildered, flhe would nev er discuss her strange actions nor the many trouble* In which she became ln- -fl’ie never indicated that she was possessed Of any hypnotic power. At the time in Toledo, when sha was con victed of forgery under the name o Madame de Vere, It la said ahe hypno tized a man named Joseph Lama, express agent, who was arrested with her. The papers were full of It at the time and nil the talk was hypnotism. The hypnotism talk, I repeat, was non sense. "It seems to me that my slater had a mania for doing Just auch things that have now involved her In thla trouble, flhe did not need money as ahe had plenty of It. After that affair In Tole do, when ahe was released from prison, she came to live with me at my home.” corpse away and burned It In an effort to conceal the crime. The woman’s VCDV HFAVV FFF^ statement wns that she hAd <Aieen V.JJfW IIE/\Vl I LLo drinking recently nnd whisky may have instigated the murder, although a white tramp has been living with the couple recently, for whom the man conceived a tenderness. The de liberation exercised In well nigh de- stroylng the body by lire caukes much astonishment here and stamps the mur der one of the most atrocious ever committed. Her Worthless Securities. CLEVELAND. O., Dec. 9.—Accord ing to a story published here today, the package of securities belonging to Mra. Chadwick and In the possession of Irl Reynolds, supposed to contain $6,000,- 000 worth of collateral, waa opened today. lit is declared that while the face value of the securities was $6,000,- 000, the artuai value Is not one cent. It Is also stated that tills package waa In a safe deposit eault In Jersey City until yesterday when It was tak en out and brought to this city by Irl Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds refuses to either deny or confirm this report. DAILY—47.00 A YEAR ATLANTA, Oa.. Dec. 9.—Alleging that she Is at the mercy of a person who has her daughter tinder control and who threatens her,* Mrs. Julia A. Young, who glve*t her home address as Boston, Mass., hus made a direct appeal for heln to President Roose velt. flhe telegraphed Pres'dent Roosevelt today ns follows: am a prisoner ln the Fullon county Jail In this city at tho mercy person who holJe my daugh:rr under control and has threatened me My address Is Julia A. Young, Gni Massachusetts avenue. Boston, Mossa chusctts. I am a member of the Wm. McKinley Circle No. It', Ladles of the Grand Army of toe Republic. I ask protection at your hand. My Boston counsel Is ex-Judge Dewey, 23 Court street, Boston. •‘JULIA A. YOUNG.' Mrs. Young has sued out a writ of habeas corpus upon which hearing will be had by Judge Reid tomorrow. Mrs. Young Is a prisoner In t TmfrAr on nccouiVc of having had peace wnrrant sworn out against her by her adopted daughter. Miss Fannie May Young. Mts. Young refuses to give ball nnd secure her release, though she says she able to do so. Miss Young asserts that her foster mother has followed her persistently since she ran away from her homo In Boston In 1901 urd has Interfered with her business nnd matrimonial pros pects. She further nsserta that sho (Miss Young)-Ik cngiqcd to a promi nent young Ijuslnr n* man of this city refuse* to give hln name. •s. Young asserted lute today that she had received ri reply from her message to the president* but refused to disclose Ith, contents. BOSTON. Dae. 9.—Mr*. Julia A. Young Is the second wife of the late John F. Young, n wholesale tobacco dealer. Mr. Young had n granddaughter. Fannie May Young, whose mother died when thn child was an Infant. When Mr. Young married the present Mrs. Young, the child, thru six years of us*, was legally adopted. After Mr. Young’s death. Mra. Young and the girl lived happily together until the latter was about 16 years of age. At thla time, It la nllegad. outside Influencea re sulted In n separation between Mrs. Young and Mias Young and four yearn ago the Young nwmnn went to Atlanta. It ta said thnt the trouhln arose over money matters, tho child being Mr. Young’s heir under tha guardianship of Mrs. Young. Mrn. Young began libel proceedinga against the hurtle* who. In her opinion, arc responsible for the separation betwevn the young woman nnd herself. Hlu- Halms damages for f 1*0,000. Her trip to Atlanta waa mode for the purpose of getting her daughter's signature to certain documents which will figure In the pending litigation. ATLANTA. 0*.. Dec. 9.— Miss Fannie May Young left Atlanta this morning for Jacksonville with the avowed Intention, It Is stated, of marrying In that city. SAVANNAH, Ga., Dec. 9.—Lumber men from all parts of the United States were ln session here today con sidering the matter of the readjust ment of Southern pine specifications. The New York Lumber Trade As sociation. the Illinois Interstate flaw Mill Association. the Philadelphia Lumber Men’s Exchange, the Yellow Pine Lumber Exchange of New York, the South Carolina Lumber Associa tion, and the Georgia Interstate Lum ber Association were among the bodiea represented. There has been no re-adjustment of Southern pine .specifications for a quarter of a century. The specification!^ under which tho mill men operate now and those by which they ship were drawn at a, time when there w*i a great deal of timber In the country and It was not hard to get cut timber of a high quali ty. Now the timber is being cut out so rapidly that there Is little of It from which lumber can be secured of a character called for In the spec!-’ flcatlons. It Is to re-adjuat the specification* and establish a new standard for lum ber that the m«eling/|s hold. The mat ter of re-adjustment was referred to a committee, with Instructions to mnke up a new schedule to be submit ted to the conference at the session to. morrpw. MILLIONAIRE SHOT. Gun Went Off Whilo he Was Crossing n Ditch in Hunting Field. RALEIGH., N. C., Dee. 9.—Mortimer . Brooks of New York city while hunt ing nrnr Plttsboro, In Chatham county, this state, today was accidentally an l It is believed fatally wounded by tho discharge of both barrel* of his gun. He wns grossing ;t ditch when the gun struck some obstruction, nnd went ofr. both loads entering his left aide and passing through nls body. A special train from this place bore Dr. Hubert A. Royster to tho wounded man’s aid nnd ho with two other phy- sllcann are rendering all possible at tention. Mr. Brooks Is a millionaire who has been visiting this section for a number of years on hunting expeditions. At 11 o’clock tonight Mr. Brooks is reported to l»e resting easy, and th • physlcldns with him. Dr«. Royster and McNIdcr of Rilptgh, and Chapin .ijv! lor of JMtlsboro. -<-\ there Is n,» »dlate dm ,round IS Th( I 1*0 tha IN THE SULLY CASE United States Commissioner Cut* the Receivers’ and Attorneys’ Bills About 40 Per Cent.—Estate to be Wound Up lereasarlly fatal. »vrr, a thorough examination of nnd it ton ha-- not yet been made. His wife, son and Dr. Polk of New York will arrlvo on a special train In the morning. II. Mortimer Brooks lives on East Sixty-first street In this city. Mrs. Brooks and her brother, Mr. Livermore, started for North Carolina tonight as soon ns word was received here of the accidental shooting of Mr. Brooks. Tho Injured man Is well known In social and financial circles of New York, and Is a member of a number of clubs, including the Metropolitan club nnd the Meadow Brook club. Mr. Brooks Is wealthy, his fortune having been derived from a wholesale Importing huslnesn in this city. Ho has a town house and a villa at Newport and the family entertained lavishly. His eldest daughter is Mrs. Johrf Liv ermore and a younger daughter Ls Mrs. Eugene V.' It. Thuyer of Boston. Ill* son, Reginald -Brooks, married three years ago Miss Langhorne of Virginia, a sister of Mrs. Chas, Dana Olbfton. Reginald Brooks, like his father, is an enthusiastic sportsman. CLEVELAND. •.—After bear ing two witnesses In the Chadwick case, the grand Jury adjourned today until Monday morr.lng. At the end dr the hear ing Prosecutor Keeler gave him Jurl aery case ben Hated In this county. P . _.J tho testimony ' tlon In Abe alleged * for- •me the notes were nego- BOSTON, I>e. 9.—fba Poet will say tomorrow. . ' — il**r»M*rt I>. Newton h%» not yet sue- ee*«led In recovering the $196,800 which he Hahn* to have leaned Mrs. Chadwick, but he still Haims to posses# strong hope of recovery • . .. Not upon the Cleveland woman does be base hi* hope*, but upon fhe belief that a certain biflllonslre. whose name he has agreed not to utter, will finally come to ttie woman's ffjM-ue. Meanwhile a civil suit for > |* f n progress against Mr. NfWtcn The suit lf« brought by K. V.. UY.. ;rr». # Kirk official of ftiyrift Ohio, In an attempt to recover from Newton, on ft r*nm mods tlon rote* *‘gned by htwton to aid Chadwick. Coffee County’s Tax Collector. DOUG LA H, Ga., Dec. 9.—The con solldAted election returns show W. Kirkland elected lax collector otCot fee by 100 majority na predicted In these dispatches yesterday. THE ANTI-TOXIN OF SPOTTED FEVER Said to Hav, Been Found in th. Diphtheria G,rm—B,,ult of a Phy aieian’a Experiment,. HARTFOHD, Conn., Dec. A di lution of the meiaod of treatlnc cone, of cerebro-aplnnl nirnlnpltt., common ly known a, .potted fever, which ■mould It prove to be aucreMfut wilt be a great aid to the medical proeea- elon, la announced by Dr. Arthur .1 Wolff, bacterlolUlit of the Hanford board of health. Dr. Wolff hel evwt that the anti-toxin of spotted fever la found In the dlptherla **rm. When the epidemic of «potted fever wee at It* height in thla city Dr. Wolff a„J»t- ed by Dr. Allen II. Williams b«£an ex periment* With pure cultures obtained by puncture* mad* In the apinal enn- 4I. and all theae lymph, *0 obtali 1 were found to contain th* typical germ which is the mu»* of the «!.'<• :i«e. He reached the conclusion that the diphtheria baellua may be the much wanted antl-tox.’n In th* followlj.c NEW YOnK, Dec. That the charge* for services rendered by Henry W. Taft and David H. Miller, the re ceivers, and several others who have 'heetpankaffed It) untangling the affairs of the bonkrupt firm of D. J. Hully tc t’o. are excessive <a the op'nlon of Macxrane Coxe, the special United BICYCLE RACE AT MADISON SQUARE One of the Men Charged With Foul Rid ing—Only Ten Teams Out of Eighteen Now Remain. tl me vhen tfo! fever wo* *t it* hHgM filphthatra db'4 bean announced that out. There was not a rasa reports while spotted fever was at It* heighth. Second. examination *>l the germ taken from the spina] canal of the vtHtlms of cerehro-*?;"}! men- Infill* showed iuidl£ & U<*ce Ot lbs NEW YORK. De* .. A the Bulklns-Ro'-kowItz mmh drew from the six-day bt< Madison Square Garden leaving only ti-n tenma of who Marled away on the States commissioner appointed by the I midnight Sunday, llraH r.f lha knnalaa. United flutes district court to take testimony on the report and accounts of the receiver*. The commissioners' report, filed today, says that the re ceivers ask for an allowance of $26,000 for their service* and that Booihby & Baldwin aak for an allowance of $S0,- 000 for their services as attorneys for the receivers. The report adds: I find that all that should be al lowed out of the estates of the bank rupts as compensation to the two re ceivers and counsel $40,000. Of this I think there should be allowed to the o receivers $16,000 and to their coun self $20,260. ’ “It follows, then r that upon the pay ment of these amounts by the receivers and of the expenses of tbfa proceeding, nnd upon the payment and delivery by the receivers to the trustees of all the money and property of the several bankrupt estates remaining In their hands, they should be discharged and their underuklng and the bond of their surety cancelled.” CONORE88 EE ECONOMICAL. Good Roads Bill Doomed Because the New Slogan. WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 Henator Latimer han given up hope of the pas sage of his good roads bill at the present session of congress. tired of the hopeless grind a w*s breaking gave up tho stm kins and Rockowltz were nearl <lred miles behind the leader*. The first Instaiu'm of what to be foul riding ocmrrad this Keegan of I.mwHI, M-.fu , w; cused. and Chief floorer Hpo< a formal complaint to the fer At the time. Root was leadlni In second pla* • K*r Kir. v. n »l the cunr -* ' Htoi away from fl make him lose his Root responded b_ sprint, gaming a half Up. making e fltol aud Root-Rerlon t-*»r leading, hud 1,997 miles. 7 credit. TL-- - it-i. ..f th« ranged from 1.997 miles. I rod**#, f Ut « The record 1 2,279 miles. ANOTHER MUSOUF to tv the slogan of the > quarter where effort has been mad Uf obtain support for the measure ih question of legislative extravagant h > been raised. The bid * 11 •... - the tn£ of tbs session. Wit* Postotftc* Site*. HANNIBAL. -M • . Df 9 —Di !-• '»ii who h-- - Unit'd Hat*- Plstrh tho rharx*- H bribery ■ ti-m <•? t -i-»r*m 'i • • ■ » i - r-Mir.d :ht. Two founts upon which h i* t—*1 .*• tt.- Itol • rly, K;fk-vill NASH VI LI.): court house at county, Tenn- v diaries at an v huh!-- re> ■■ ‘X -. d.