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Subscriber s Paper-Not for Sale THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIAl FAIR FRIDAY, EXCEPT RAIN IN NORTHWEST POPTIONl SATURDAY RAINl FRESH 80UTH WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMRER 23, 1904. DAILY—$7.00 A YEAR MO VERDICT IN ACTRESS’ CASE Kan Patterson’s Fate Is Still Undecided THE JURY LOCKED UP Defendant Greatly Unnerved by Delay SCENES ON YESTERDAY Crowd of Morbidly Curious, Including Scores of Newspaper Men and Wo men, Hung Around the Corridors of Judge Davis' Court, Waiting Anx iously for Definite News. NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—The Nan Patterson Jury was Anally locked up at 31:30, it being found Impossible to ar rive at a verd'et. tonight. Court will not reconvene until 10 o’clock tomor row morning. -The delay in reaching a verdict greatly unnerved Nan Patterson, who waited with her-father in "the pen." She was said to be on the verge of collapse when it was found at o’clock* that an agreement had not been arrived at up to that hour. Nan Patterson spent an anxious evening in the criminal courts build ing awaiting the result, of the delib erations of the twelve’men who short ly after noon today were sent to a jury room to decide whether she should be branded as the woman who flred the shot that killed Caesar Young, or lib crated to Join her family. She had expec^d a speedy verdict and had even packed her belonging* nnd left them in a cell which has been her home for several months, but evening came and the Jury went to dinner, and returned to its deliber ntions with no sign of what the verdict would be. , The suspense of the' early days of the trial when Prosecutor Rand put witness after wltnessvm the stand to complete a chain of circumstantial evidence against, her, returned, although outwardly Miss Patterson seemed to maintain the same de meanor that has characterised her from the beginning. Many Rumors Abroad. As the afternoon passed into even Jng, various rumors were spread about the criminal building as to doings in the Jury room. s "The Jury stands ten to two for ac quittal." .was one of these reports. "One man Is holding out," was an Other. Some had the hardihood to name the Juror upon whose refusal to acquit bangs so much for the former ac tress. The fact that one of the jurdrs. after the charge of Judge Davis today, bad asked that he might take the re volver with which Young was killed, to the Jury foom, gave rise to stories that the . Jjirymen were spending much time in experiment, but all these rumors wore but idle talk apparently, for not an authentic hint reached the crowds congregated in and about the criminal courts building as to what was actually taking place. The great interest which the trial of Nan Patterson* has attracted was never evidenced In a more pronounced way than this afternoon and evening. Excluded from the corridors of the court building several scores of per sons stood outside the main entrance In the slush and snow and cold to night, waiting for word that the Jury had at last agreed. It was a quiet crowd but needed only the news of verdict to start Into a frensy of ex citement and cheering. Newspaper Watcher*, In th* coriidors of the building near Judge Davis' court were a hundred newspaper men nnd women, keeping n constant vigil and picking up here and there the scraps of Information which f.Itered from no one knew where, concerning Jury, defendant and attorneys. During the evening the lawyers terested on either side of the case call ed at the building, but did not remain, having made arrangements to be called In case an agreement was reached. Miss Patterson, after the Jury tired this noon, spent the afternoon and evening between her cell in the Tombs and what is known as the ‘pen* on third floor of the court building. Most of the afternoon was spent the Tombs. As she was led from the court after the Jury retired she wit nessed a marriage ceremony between two prisoners and congratulated them. For a moment her face brightened as though she had forgotten her own troubles, but soon after resumed its look of sad calm. While she was in the Tombs this afternoon she opened tonight, for the Jury, I think, will not stay out all night." When she said this her face was tense with nervousness and in her hand as the missive she had Just received from her mother. It read: Dear Nannie: We look for you to morrow because father sent word that tho Jury would set you free and* send ou to me tonight. I dreamed last night that you were with us again and was Christmas day. God grant that the dream comes true, Nannie and that will coon have my little girl again.” Watching Jury Room. At 10 o’clock the crowd of morbidly interested people about the court house gathered on the White street side of the building where they could see the little room In which the Nan Patter son Jury was sitting. Thl3 room is on the second floor of the structure, and though the curtains were drawn any movement made on the inside was plainly silhouetted. Half of those gathered were women, and for a time the people were quiet. Finally, however, becoming impatient, various cries were set up, directed at the Jurymen, and this was continued for a long time. The Jury began its work of considering the evidence about o'clock the twelve men were escorted to a Park Row rostau rant for lunch and an hour afterward again took up the case. At 7:30 o’clock court officers again opened the Jury room and the men went to dinner. The men were solemn looking lot and during the meal there was little con versation and fewer smiles. It was over an hour later. Today’s proceeding consisted of the charge to the Jury by Justice Davis, lasting something over an hour, outlined the law. and then sent the Jury away. The judge adjourned his court late in the afternoon, saying that verdict was reached before clock he would return to the building. The Judge’s Charge. Justice Davis in his charge informed the Jury that It was not his duty to interpret the evidence which had been placed before them. He would In struct them only as to the rule of the law to the end that they might arrive at a careful and Just conclusion. Re ferring to the alleged failure of the prosecution to show that Miss Patter son had any motive which might lead her to kill Young. Justice instructed the Jury, that, while It is not always necessary for the prosecution to prove motive, It is Important in connection 1th the other fucts. "In circumstan tial evidence." he said, "the question of motive often becomes Important; but it must not be a motive that la Im agined: it must be proved” Referring to the several letters which have appeared in the case, knowledge of which was denied by the defendant, he said that the testimony of the witnesses must be carefully weighed. If Miss Patterson was be lievod the letters must be excluded en tirely from their consideration; if not. they must be taken at their face value. In this connection he' said the Jury must give careful consideration to the question "whether it is possible that the witness for the prosecution may have lied for the'^urppee of aiding the prosecution or tho defendant. On the other hnnd, again you must consider whether the defendant was Influenced by any motive to tell an untruth about the letters." Smith'* Absence. Of the absence of J. Morgan Smith and his failure to appear in the trial, he said the jury should take no cogni zance. The defendant was to be Judged by her own acts and not by the acts of others. The rule of law regarding missing witnesses did not apply in this case, as It had not been shown that it was with in the power of the defendant to pro duce Smith as a witness. Judge Davis said that if the defend ant flred the shot without premedita tion she would be guilty of murder In the second degree. He then explained that she might be found guilty in the first or second degree of manslaughter, If not 6t murder, but added that If there was a reasonable doubt of her guilt in any of the degrees of homicide the Jury must acquit htr.^Hl^l In the long hour and a quarter occu pied by the Judge's charge to the Jury, Miss Patterson bore herself well. The pallor of five months in the Tombs wss touched with a clearer white by the strain under which she labored, but only that and the sustained rigor of her attitude Jtetrayed th*» tension of her nerves. She was gowned In black, the only touches of color being a pur ple pansy-tipped with diamonds, which she wore on her breast and. peeping from the black collar of her dress, narrow white ruchlng. Once when Caesar Young's name fell from the judge’s Ups she quickly placed one black gloved hand on the table, gave a little start and then with a deep quivering breath that seemed to ex pand her whole slight frame, she fell again Into her wonted fixed and strained positions. Sir Chas. Wyndham, the English ae- tor, who occupied a seat inside the rail, was pointed out to her by her father, and she stared curiously at the man who stands for so much in that world In which she had once so briefly flut tered, and once he turned and bent hia gaze on her, his big glasses seeming to shine with benevolence and cheer. MOKE POSITIONS FOR BESIEGERS Japanese Take Important Positions DESPATCHES DECEIVED Occupation of Mikado’s Men Is Secure AT 203-METRE HIM. General Kuropakin, in Telegram to Staff Headquarters, Say8 This portant Point Has Been Recaptured by Russians—Weatlior at Front is Reported Sunny. TOKIO, Dec. 22. (4 p. m.)—Tho Jap anese troops have captured some im portant positions on Pigeon Bay. From Port Arthur. TOKIO, Dec. 22.—A dispatch received by telegraph today from the Japanese army before Port Arthur says: "The right column of the army at 5 o’clock this morning taking advant age of the enemy’s excitement drove the enemy off an imminence north of Housanyentao on Pigeon Bay and oc cupied the position and at 7 o'clock dislodged the enemy from a height on the peninsula west of Housanyentao. which we occupied, capturing one small gun. After the Japanese occupation of the positions the enemy made a counter attack but was immediately repulsed. At present our occupation of the po sitions is practically secure." 203-Metro Hill Retaken. ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 22.—Gen eral Kuropatkln telegraphed to the general staff that he has received a report from Chinese sources to the effect that the Russians have re-cap tured 203-Metre Hill at Port Arthur, with the guns mounted by the Jap anese. Kuropatkln’s dispatch, which inflated December 21. also reports further re connolssnnces of both the Russians and Japanese but says they were not pro ductive of important results. The weather at the front is sunny and tho thermometer registers 14 de grees fahrenhelt. A Jap Fleet. SINGAPORE. Straita Settle m- Dec. 22.—Two Japanese cruisers called here this morning and left at noon. They reported that two Japanese bat tleships, two first class cruisers, two second class cruisers and twelve tor pedo boat destroyers were near by, steaming west.. Jap* Dispersed. MUKDEN. Dec. 22.—There was more artillery firing from Poutlloff Hill December 21. which resulted in dis persing a party of Japanese who were trying to entrench in front of that po sltion. Chinese report that Field Marshal Oyama nnd his staff have established headquarters ut Lino Yang and that the Japanese are constructing new forts around the city. The Japanese are reported to be suf| fering severely from cold and sickness In the vicinity of Palaszandzl nnd Hhl llkhe, where It Is snld they lost 2,000 men In a single week. OPENING SESSION Commission to Inquire Into North Sea Affair Meets. PARIS. Dec. 22.—The international commission appointed to inqure into the North son incident met at the for eign office today. Rear Admiral Da vis, U. S. N.. was present. The commission unanimously elected Admiral Huron Von Spann, of the Austro-Hungarian navy, to be the fifth member, completed the preliminary or ganization and adjourned until Janu ary 5. The opening session was held in a suit© of sumptuous saloons of tho D’Orshy Palace. Admiral Davis arriv ed in civilian dre*s accompanied by bis aides. Lieutenant Commander Roy C. Smith, the naval attache of the Amer ican embassy, and Ensign Mm. F. Bricker, U. S. N. Admiral Fournier, the French member Of the commission, in behalf of Foreign Minister Del Cassee. who was »Ment from the city, met the American admiral, extended him a cordial gretftfbp and recalled his Ited to the United Stales at the time the Rofeheambeau mission. Admir- Fernanler presented Admiral Davis Admiral Kaznakoff, the Russian member of the commlHsion. and Rear Admiral Sir Lewis tf. Beaumont. Great Britain’s representative, the group of admirals Joining in an Informal chnt, partly in English and partly in French. The .admirals nnd their aides did not wear uniforms, thus detracting some what from the expected brilliancy of the opening session. SOMETHING WILL BE DOING SOON Kamimnra Goes to Meet the Baltic Squadron HAS POWERFUL FLEET Big Battle Is Probablo in China Sea REGARDING SEVASTOPOL LOUISE AT DRESDEN. Former Crown Princ*«s Tried In Vain to See Her Children. DRESDEN. Dec. 22.—The former Crown Princess Louise arrived here unexpectedly today. Accompanied by lawyer, she proceeded to the Tns- chenbcrg palace nnd asked to be per mitted to see her children. Her mis sion. however, was peremptorily re fused. The princes*. who had written to the king that unless he granted her oft-repeated request to see her child ren she would attempt to see them without his permission, arrived here unexpectedly from Vienna last night with a woman companion. She went to the Hotel nellevue. where she was immediately recognized. The police were Informed and then ministry sent „ telegram to the king at Plllnltz. who directed that she should on no account be admitted to the palace, but that she shftuld not be arrested unless she be came violent. The princess went alone to one of the entrances of the palace dressed In mourning. A lieu tenant of police salute.i the prlnCeaa nnd told her quietly that It would be Impossible for her to inter the palace. The princess returned to her hotel nnd left the city this afternoon for Lelpug. An immense cheering crowd icorted her to the railroad station. NEGRO WAS SHOT DEAD IN ALLEY DR. CHADWICK AND WIFE ARE INDICTED CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 22.—Dr. Le Roy 8. Chadwick and his wife, Mrs. Cassle L. Chadwick, were Jointly In dieted by the county grand Jury this afternoon on the charge of having forged nnd uttered a $5,000,000 noto signed Andrew Carnegie. Dr. Chadwick Is now on his way to New York from Paris and is expected to land next Wednesday. As soon as the Indictment wss returned Sheriff Barry, of this county, made plans to secure Dr. C!\adwlck’s extradition. He will meet the steamer on its arrival. This Is the third time that Mrs. Chadwick has been Indicted by the county grand jury, but It Is the first Instance of her husband's name ap pearing in legal proceedings in the case. The Indictments already re turned against Mrs. Chadwick are similar to the one voted today, except they cover notes of $250,000 and $500, 000 signed Andrew Carnegie. lira. Chadwick was reclining on couch before her cell In the Jail when she was informed this afternoon of th* action of the grand jury. 8he appeared not the least concerned and naked only If there had been any one else Indict ed. mentioning the name of a person who has figured In the case to some extent. She declined to make any Vice Admiral Togo Reports That Con dition of Warship, Ono of Moat Pow erful in Russian Navy, is Such That it Cannot Bo Restored to Fighting Trim. SHANGHAI, Dec. 22.—A squadron of powerful cruisers under Admiral Kamlmura has gone south to the China non to meet the Russian second Paclflo squadron. Slayer Escaped After Com mitting Deed BODY NOT IDENTIFIED Young Negro Supposed to Bo John Wood, a Central Railroad Section Hand, 8hot through tho Head by Another, Supposed to Bo Harry Boynton—Coroner Postponed Inquest Until Today—No Arrests Mado. A negro was shot nnd killed last night at 8 o'clock on Poplar street at the entrance of an alley between Third and Fourth streets. Neither the dead negro or his slayer Is known to any one who was near by ut the time of the shooting. The dead negro Is sup posed to be John Wood nnd his slayer Harry Boynton, both section hands. Pedestrians passing along Popular street heard some ono call for an of fleer and the report of a revolver, group of negroes had gone Into the alley and stopped In the darkness: From evidence gathered a scuffle had taken place. This was quickly follow ed by a report from a revolver and those who turned to see what had hap pened, saw a negro fall fat* downward towards the entrance: A shot had passed through his head and his brains were oozing from the wound. The ball had entered the right forehead just above the eye and made its exit above the left ear. He wsa dead when reached and his slayer had fled down the alley In the darkness. On the ground near the dead negro lay a bag of apples, some walnuts and a broken bottle of whisky. There was slight evidence of a. scuffle between the dead negro and his slayer and the-e was nothing other than the bottle left by which the officers are to work out the name of the perpetrator of the deed. There were no mark bn the The Sevastopol. TOKIO. Dec. 22. (Evening.)—A re port received from Vice Admiral Togo at 10 o’clock last night says: "A prisoner taken by our fleet, Who is considered to b© reliable, reports that ns the result of our attack since December 13, eight torpedos struck tho net of tho battleship Sevastopol and that at least one took effect on her hull. This seems to have occurred on the night of December 15, or early on the morning of December 16. The Se vastopol's crew was seen to be In a slate of confusion and n hawser h*om tho shore was attached to the battle ship. 'The torpedo which struck the hull of the Sevastopol took effect on the port side, damaging about eight feet along the rivet lines. "The Sevastopol, la now headed to ward the outer part of the entrance to the hnrbor, with her stern aground nnd her gun pdrts amidships almost awash. "The ship Is listing to &iitrhonrd and the side lights in her lower deck are submerged. Working on Warship. "There Is one torpedo boat to the starhoard-nof the Sevastopol nnd one pumping vessel to port, together with one vessel resembling a mine layer, all of which are busily engaged In pump ing, but It will be difficult to restore the seaworthiness of the warship. 'On the night of December 16 ono of our torpedoes struck the bow of a Russian torpedo bont destroyer and that vessel in now nground." Another report from Admiral Togo received at 11 o’clock last night l« foils: "After personal observation outside Port Arthur, I found that the Sevas topol, which was struck by our torpedo flotilla, Is now anchored In the shal- lows about four hundred yards from the shore of Chengtuo mountain. The Russians rue engager] in pumping hut the Sevastopol Is listing at least ten degrees with her bow slightly sunk. There can bo no hope of restoring tho vessel to fighting trim, considering tho present ronditlon of Port Arthur and I Judge she has been completely dis abled. I ulso observed that the ene my’s destroyer, which wns torpedoed by us, has been destroyed." SPEAKER MORRIS !N REPLY TO OSBORNE Marietta Man Addreato Lively Com munieation to Savannah Solicitor General. es. Now If the corporations, through their mercenaries could whip 103 mem bers of the ‘ house into line against the will of the people to vote for me for speaker, why could they not whip them into line to defeat these meas ures that they were so bitterly oppos ed to? 1 supported every one of these measures with all the vim and energy 1 could command. When the franchise lax bill passed the house the year be fore I was elected speaker I made a speech in favor of Its passage. I made three or four speeches during the seven years I was a member of the house in favor of the bill to domesticate foreign railroad corporations. You were also present, ‘Billy.’ when tho franchise tax bill passed, but were there as one of those ©operation mercenaries described In your letter, trying to defeat Its pass age. This same house also passed the Australian ballot bill; the convict lease bill; the hill limiting state tax to 5 mills; the bill to allow rural school districts to levy a property tax for the support of their schools; ,a bill increas ing the number of counties; a bill in creasing tho pay of the governor and Judiciary of the state; tho uniform text book bill. They Increased the ap propriation to free schois $200,000, and passed a number of other bills of great importance to the people of the state. "And stilt theso men who played such a prominent part in the passage of these bills that are of vast Import ance to the grant masses of the people of the etatt are arraigned nnd de nounced by you. Who are you any how, ‘"Little Billy," who turn your rath on corporations, corporation mercenaries, lobbying nnd ring politics? The answer is plain: You are now and havp been for n number of years at torney for the street railway of Savan nah nVid tin* Southern railway com pany. You have asked about as many fjivora of the legislature for the past seven years as uny man that I can rocall. You have fought all along the line, from tho local bills to earnest mercenary work, against the franchise tnx bill, nnd you haven’t confined your tnercennry work to the general sembly of Georgia alone. Only a short time ago you extended It to Washing ton, D. C.. and lobbied a bill through congress for the Seaboard Air Line railway company to authorize them to erect a railroad bridge across the Sa vannah river nt Savannah, which would have cut off the boats of the Central Railway nnd Steamship com pany from Its wharves. My informa tion is that you got a five thousand dollar fee for this mercenary work, and the bill was so unjust that the secre tary of war would not approve of the construction of the bridge. And now "Little Billy’’ you hnve turned state’s evidence on your brother mercenaries. There never #'na anybody who had respect for n man that would turn stnto’a'evldence. except a solicitor gen eral. You were a member of the house for four years. Take your record nnd ahow us what you did against railroads and lobbying. What,did you do for the children you now writ*- nlmni. m f..i |»ni|i11>111hi ‘ N 1111 \ "ii i !K ili.nit i ing J "III H . ' Y«111 > I ill III.- 11. "I "I Hi' BrtlMt political ring today In Georgia, and It i* through this machine the) two big railroad attorneys from your tunty will he in tho next house. You havo done as much, if not more, to orrupt Democrat!© politics In thi state than any man tn;It of your age. But since you have turned state's evl dtnee It Is to be hoped that you will discharge ypur duty us solicitor gen oral, and make some effort to tarnish the managers of the last stute election in Savannah under your machine that voted nearly four thousand people that Were not nt the polls, and did It so boldly that they voted thorn alpha betically as their names appeared the registration list. It Is true that there was no opposition to the nomi nees of the Democratic party, hut grave constitutional questions were voted for at this election. And you might do a little against the gambling bells of Ha vummh that your ministers preach so fulthfully against. You further statu In your letter as follows, to-wit: new general assembly has already been ■elected." You may be sure the mer cenaries are already at work. The cor poratlons have their choice for presld Ing officers. Who are they? Let the people begin to Inquire. Who do tne corporations want for president of the senate? Find this out and beat him. You will be doing Democracy an ever lasting benefit. The mercenaries want to control this high office. It will give them u strangle hold on legislation. Don't let them get It. Democrats should get busy—the humbler tho Democrat the greater Is his personal Interest In this selection. INTERESTING COMPARISONS Ollicial Canvass of Votes Cast Nov. 8 DIVISION OF BALLOTS Decrease of 100,078 From Four Years Ago THE GEORGIA RESULT Parker Received More Support in Em pire State of South Than Bryan- Wonderful Gain of Socialist*—Con tinental Labor Party Made Pitifully Sho ing. numerous telegram and letters from. .. . . . _ relatives and friends mngr.itlating t When * u<1 ge h . a ^ concluded his her upon her defense nn.l Mpiwln* charge and the u*iml forpinmie., gone the hope and trltti that her freedom **"»«*> ® ■»«>«» *° *>« was near at hand. One of the mes- 1 . sages was from her mother, who has I Where do I go. she almost whls- not been able to attend the trial, said she hoped to have her daughter home for Christmas. ’ / With Her Father. This evening after her dinner she was taken to the ’pen' where she was Joined by her father, who has been con stant In his support of his daughter since she pered tn a plaintive voice. ’’Upstairs," ho said reassuringly, and down the aisle and into the room where she has passed the long moments of waiting. Escaped Murderer Captured. COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 22.—J. H. s ’ first accused of the | Adams, who was convicted of the mur- crime and who has been her faithful I der of James Jacques of Colleton coun- ally and companion every day In court. No one else saw Mis* Patterson dur ing the evening and the fact that she was taken from the Jail to the court in dicated that she stUI expected a ver dict. notwithstanding that the Jury had consumed hours in discussion without reaching a finding. One of her counsel was about the building this evening, but did did not see his client The abiding faith of the young wo- turn was shown shortly after 6 o’clock .t- night when she expressed the opinion that the Jury would acquit her. "J almost feel sure I will leave here ty and sentenced to be hanged and who escaped some months ago. has been captured by Sheriff Owens and a posse in Colleton county. A reward of $1,000 for the capture of Adams Was offered. Governor Heyward re ceived the following telegram from Sheriff Owens: "Adams captured last night by posse and myself. Now in JaiL Won’t you allow me to transfer him either Charleston or Columbia for safekeep- A reply was at once sent to the sheriff to bring Che prisoned to the penltcntUo in Columbia, comment, "It will do mo no good to discuss my, body of the dead negro which showed *««•— ir» evidences of the fight and only one shot was flred. affairs in the newspapers. There has been so much misrepresentation that I have decided to do no further talk ing and I am also acting on the advice of my attorney In this respect." "There are many things which Dr. Chadwick will have to explain and I hope he will do so,” said Prosecutor Keeler thia afternoon. "Dr. and Mrs. Chadwick may be tried on the indict ment separately or together Each has a right to trial singly if it is de sired, "The Jurors w‘ll finish their work Saturday with the Chadwick Investi gation as far as this Jury is concerned Is ended. But I cannot say that this concludes our inquiry into this mat ter. It la possible that there may be no other developments." The grand jury has spent more than two weeks In its Investigation of the Chadwick affair. It is understood that it was mainly on the testimony of President Beckwith of the Citizens’ National Bank of Oberlln. Ohio, which failed recently, that the Jcurors voted to indict Dr. Chadwick. Nathan Looser, receiver for the Chadwick property, who :< trying to j locate assets for the benefit of cred- j Itors. said today that he had obtained I information concerning 'hr where abouts of the trunk an I ?afehel be longing to .Mm. t’agdwirk snd which were taken from the Holland house in Nev York during her stay there. He expects to - recover them, hut does not (know if tfc*> com.,in valuable* SEVEN SUFFOCATED. Soon after the body was found Cor oner Young was summoned and em panelled a jury for an inquest. He had not gone far when he found no evi dence could be gathered and he post poned the Investigation until 11 o’clork this morning. The dead negro !« supposed to be John Wood, a section hand on tho Byron division of the Central railroad. A barkeeper remembered having sold four negroes some whisky during the early part of the night and also cashed a check for each of two. The dead ne gro appeared to be one of the two for whom he cashed checks from the Cen tral railroad for small amounts when they made their purchases. There were four negroes In the group, but only one seemed to be the companion of the dead negro. If the dead negro proves to be John Wood, the negro who Is supposed to have don<* tho shooting is Harry Boynton, another section hand on the same division. The label* on the whisky’bottlek are Identified aa coming from the saloon where the four negroes made their purchases and th* Office™ think the slayer will be revealed as Harry Boyn ton. Officer* have the description of Boynton and ere nwt ’tv & search So one was arrested lest night and the killing is yet to b* worked out. The dead negro la small of stature and black. He app*-,»r-i u* be about [ 22 years old* Former Speaker N. A. Morris of the house of representatives, has given out the following reply to the recently published letter of Holteltor General W. W. Osborne, of Savannah: '•MARIETTA, Oa., Dec. 1804. "W. W. Osborne, Savannah, Oa.. "Dear Sir—I feel that I owe it to myself and every member of the last house who voted for me for speaker to reply to certain portions of your most remarkable letter published last Sun day by a number of dally papers in this state. "Your letter Is an Insult to every member that voted for me. You do not give a single one of them credit for voting his choice In that light, hut claim that they were whipped Into line by corporation mercenaries. In referr ing to the speakership fight, you charge that ’it makes a black page in Demo cracy’s hlntory.’ ’That Its memory shames where Democracy is loved.' You ask, "Did It not write "Democra cy’s shame?" ' ”1 was elected speaker by 23 majori ty. Now, let us take the records of the house for the past three years and ace what it is that you base these charges upon. I never missed over three or four roll-calls during iny three years' administration as speaker. I presided during the consideration of almost every hill of general Import ance, and out of the thousands of rul ings that I had to inuks ths house never reversed me but one time during my three years us speaker, and then they reversed me by a close vote. You were present at the time and told me I was wrongfully reversed; that my ruling was unquestionably right, and that you tried to get the ‘young Geor gian.’ whom you speak of In your let ter to sustain me. I have In my pos session now a letter from Hon. A. A. Lawrence, the lawyer of your firm, stating that I ruled correctly, and was wrongfully reversed. There was never ns much ns one hour's fllilbusterlng under my administration. This same house that elected me speaker by 33 majority. In spite of the fact- that you led the opposition against me. passed the franchise tax bill; the bill to make the llotitherri railroad Incorporate un- der the law. of GeoritU; 111.- bill to I f'* 1 **— c T n *** r Ctl»tt»noog.i prohibit the .upreme and .uperlor | Yw'.mb. r te'Hl court Jud«e* from rldlnf on free pa,.. ! rordrart c-»ll» I e«; a hill creating a board of ...cor,I an hoar. She already » ration i; !rty for U- 117.J fcbOU IP, * prtliu.iu.rj clay, mini! of the Kaese-Hamtnond Fire- . brick Company, near here. The victims with Australian*. There were about twen ty-five men In the mine, and ail but seven were rescued, though they wero all In bml shape and likely to die. The cause of the disaster was most peculiar. A small building, about 16 by 2o. burned down at the mouth of the mine. The air shaft from the working tn the surface, some distance In the mine, acted as a sort of fine and drew Into the drift the head and smoke from the fire, thus suffocating the men. whose escape was shut off by the fire at the opening. As ■bon aa It could be done, tne burning shanty waa torn away and rescuers rushed into the mine, but already five had succumbed to the hear mna smoke, nnd others were In a dying condition. One morn died while on the way out, snd another after they had reached the fresh sir. The men were not burned In any way. Practically all of the men In the mine were foreigners and those killed were Australian*. Tho property loss Is trifling, not amounting to more than a couple of hun dred dollar*. It is supposed that the fire waa started by a miner, who went out to the shanty tn eat hia dinner. He Is thought to have upset a lamp and ignited some oil. Strike May End. FALL RIVER. Dec. 22.—Many per sons now* believe that the end of the cotton mill operatives strike Is in sight The union members state tbat the con test will not be terminated until the owners nnd strikers reach an under standing of some sort. Still, It is said, by persons well Informed upon the matter that assurance by the manu facturers that wages will be restored under favorable conditions and minor grievances. Independent of the reduction will* be remedied, will en strike. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—The official canvass of the votes casj November s. for presidential electors was completed today, when the result waa announced In Minnesota, North Dakota and Washington. The Associated Press therefore able to present the first table giving the official vote of all the forty- five states. The to&.« Is 13.508,496; against 13.060,57« in 1000—a decrease of 460,078. The ballots were divided as follows: Roosevelt. Republican, 7,627,832. Parker, Democrat, 5,080.054. Debs. Socialist, 891,587. Swallow, Prohibitionist, 280,303. , Watson, People's Party, 114.637. Corregan, Socialist Labor, 33.453. Holcombe, Continental La bur. 830. Roosevelt received over ell 1,746.76? nnd over Parker 2.547,578. In 1900 McKinley hud 467,046 more than all the other candidates nnd 859,- 084 more than Bryan. The vote for Roosevelt was 409.822 more than for McKinley, while that for Pnrker was 1,277,772 less than for Bryan. Where McKinloy Boat Teddy. McKinley polled more voten than Roosevelt In Alabnmn, Georgia, Ken tucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland. Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tsnnsss-o, Texas nnd Vlrglnln. Roosevelt got more thnn McKinley In tho other thir ty-two states. Pnrker received more votes Hum Rrynn In Delaware, Georgia. MIms'.s- Ippl. New Jersey, New York. Rhode aland. South Carolina nnd West Vir ginia, whll«* Bryan got more thnn Par ker In the remaining thirty-seven The Republicans m:id«* gains their vote of 1900 In thirty-two states and tin* official figure* show I*e» In thirteen. ' ' Th«* lots I gnlii-i of the Republic ms were 722,048, nnd the total lou u 312,- 249; net gain 419,799. The Democrats polled more vole* in eight states than In 1000, but Ich* in Their totnl gains were 30,702. nnd the totnl losses 1,291,401; net losses 1,260,600. Roosevelt carried 82 states against 28 by McKinloy, nfid has 3S6 eh - r i under the apportionment of 1900. McKinley hud 292 under the apportion ment of 1880, there hnvtng been an ad dition Of 20 by tho last apportionment. Pnrkop and Bryan. Parker carried 18 states against 17 by Bryan, and has 140 electoral vote*. Bryan hod 155 under the apportion ment In force In.1900. Watson received his largest vote tn Georgia, the total of that state. 22,634, with 20,508 In Nebraska, being nearly ono-thlrd of his aggregate, 114,657. Parker polled 50>21ft in 1900. The prohibition vote In 1900 was 208,791; In November 260,203; u. gain of 51.512. Four years ago tho Socialists had m electoral ticket In 32 states nnd po!D--i 87,769 votes. This year they had a ticket In 45 states, nnd the Debs vote was 391,587. In 1100 over 5,000 v..t.* were polled in only California, Illinois. Massachusetts, Missouri and New York. In November Debs got over flv ? thousand in California, Illinois, Indi ana, Iowa, Kansas. Mns^a'husctt*. Michigan, Minn ota, Missouri. Mon tana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania. Utah, Washington and Wisconsin - the largest number, 69,22 ., in Illinois. The vote of Ii.-- Socialist Labor p.r- I ty in 1900 was 39,944. This ysur it v. >s 33,453. The Continent '! Lah< adherents In only in Chicago, where 820 vote; The following table si dal vote vote In each sia principal candidate*; Official Tab! Colorado ... Connecticut De'aware •. Florida .... Idaho Illnols ndlana .... Kansas .... i.'d inoia really v. *-re polled 111,1