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juu^vuubi 3 i apwi—mil iui jaro THE MACON TELEGRAPH WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEORGIA: FAIR FRIDAY AND SATURDAYl LIGHT NORTH WINDS. ESTABLISHED IN 1826. „ MACON, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1904. DAILY—$7.00 A YEAR DIRECTOR NORTH IS discouraged iPained at Expected Boycott of tlie Ginners (•LETTER TO BURLESON Census Reports Impossible Without Co-operation OFFICIAL IS IMPATIENT Texas Congressman In Interview Up holds Contentions Advanced—Ques tions Asked by the Memphis Cotton Exchange in Message to Washington Yesterday. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 29.—The Memphis cotton exchangeVhaa dent the following telegram to CenBUs Ditector North at Washington: "Many glnners In this district deny having made a report as to the amount of cotton ginned from Nov. 14 to Dei 13. Reliable report from other districts Indicate that the same conditions exist. In making up your report what per cent of cotton ginned was allowed those not reporting, and what percent of the total did not report? Please advise." North’s Reply. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Director North of the census bureau admitted today having received a telegram from the Memphis cotton exchange stating that many glnners in that district de nled having made reports as to the amount of cotton ginned from Nov. 34 to Dec. 13. He has replied as follows: "Where Information was refused in Shelby county the November returns were brought forward for Decembei without estimates. Comparatively few Instances throughout belt where correct Information was not avail able." In discussing the matter Director North said that for some unexplained reason a number of glnners refused to furnish Information regarding the amount of cotton ginned during the period stated, and that following the custom of the bureau under such clr cumstances the returns for the pre ceding period were brought forward without estimates. The final report on the amount of cotton ginned to Dec. 13 will be Issued by the census bureau tomorrow, and this report will Include 75 counties not heard from or Included In the report Issued yesterday. Direc tor North explained that as Memphis is In Shelby county, Tenn., his reply to the Memphis cotton exchange re ferred speclfldajly to it. North’s Letter. WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.—Director of the Census North. In a letter to Representative Burleson of Texas, made public today, takes notice of the situation presented by the cotton stn tistlcs given out for publication yes terday and expresses his surprise and concern at the recent alleged move ment in the Southern states, "appar ently approved and augmented by the cotton growers themselves," to destroy the census reports by concerted refus nl of the glnners to make returns. Director North asserts that a con tlmutnce of the cotton ginning reports Is Impossible without the sympathetic and whole hearted co-operation of the glnners of the South. Immediately af ter the receipt of the letter, Mr. Bur leson. a member of the house census committee, and who was the author the provision making appropriation for the gathering of cotton statistics, gnv out un Interview In which he upholds the director In the work now being done by his bureau. The letter is follows: Analagous Conditions. "WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. 1994. “Hon. Albert S. Burleson, House Representatives. Washington, D. C.— "My Dear Sir: It seems proper to In vite your attention to certain anala gous conditions which confront the census office In carrying out the pro visions of section 9 of the act to estab lish a permanent census of office, d! rectlng the periodical collection of the statistics of cotton production through the agency of the glnners. This pro vision was inserted in the law at your urgent request and that of other Southern representatives, on the plea that It was necessary for the protec tion of the cotton producers against the speculators and others interested In depressing the price of the staple for their own profit. It was urged thst enormous losses resulted from the un trustworthy estimates put forth every # year by speculators and agents of the Liverpool market, and thst early and trustworthy official information re garding the size of the crop would pro tect the grower, disarm the speculator and market manipulator And permit the law of supply and demand'to regulate the price. "Since the law was passed, congress lias appropriated and this office lias disbursed more than $125,000 a year in the collection and dissemination of this Information. The system has been gradually perfected until It has be come more nearly perfect than any similar plan for obtaining exact knowl edge of the size of any agricultural crop during the progress of harvesting. Traced Crop Closely. "No complaint has been made that the census reports are not accurate: indeed for a year or two past, we have been able to trace tbe crop so closely that practically every bale has been accounted tot. The statiatlca increase In value every year; for it becomes possible, by comparison of the statis tics of one year with those of the same date in preceding years, to judge the size of successive crops with un ucru- racy never before known or approxi mated. “The ginning reports of the census office have crowded out the speculative and interested estimate* referred to, ami the single object which the South ern representatives had in view, in urging this legislation, has been buc- ssfully accomplished. In view of these facts, I have been prised and concerned at the present movement In the Southern states, hlch Is apparently approved and aug mented by the cotton growers them es, to destroy the census reports, the concerted refusal of the gln- s to make the returns upon which they are based. Thus far the move ment has not seriously affected our work, but If It continues and spreads, will necessarily destroy its value dur ing the coming year. It appears to have been suddenly discovered that these reports, undertaken solely at the demand of the cotton grower, are high ly detrimental to his interests. Mr. E. Wopber. president of the Memphis Cotton Exchange, Is quoted as declar ing that "the cotton interests of the South have everything to lose and nothing to gain by their continuance; they put the manufacturing interests in possession of Information which works irreparable Injury to the South." The Ginners' Association. 'My attention has also been called to the so-called 'National Cotton Gln ners'Association* the purpose of which Is stated to be 'to gather accurate and reliable information regarding the amount of cotton produced In advance of the government report.' It also ap pears that 'this Information is to be sent In code; and the members of the association will be sworn not to di vulge it.’ The information is still high ly desirable, but possession of It Is to be restricted to those who grow and gin cotton. 'I can understand the disappoint ment of cotton growers at the present prices of cotton, and their feeling that these prices are due to the unusual size of this year’s cotton crop, early and definite knowledge concerning which has been given to the public by the census reports. But I confess my self unable to follow the reasoning which lead the growers, and through them the ginners, to Imagine that It will be to their advantage, because of this exceptional situation, to destroy the efficiency of the official machinery through which they learned the pres ent situation, early knowledge which has undoubtedly, extended the change In the price of cotton much longer period, and thus saved the growers and the country from much larger losses than would other wise have been encountered In con nection with this year’s crop. It would seem to be plain that # In the long run, taking one year with anoth er, only one thing can decrease the speculative element In the business of cotton selling, and thus permanent ly benefit the cotton grower, and that Is knowledge of the exact truth as to the size of the crop, from an absolute ly Impartial and trustworthy source, at the earliest practicable dates. This was the unanimous contention of the Southern representatives In congress, when the law was passed. Muht Havo Co-operation, "It 1b not my purpose,'however, to argue the matter. I simply desire to call your attention to tho fact that the continuance of ‘the census cotton ginning reports Is Impossible, without the,/ Aplel • sympathetic and whole heat 1 co-dperatlon of jhe thirty odd thof *nd glnners of *the South. The census office cannot enter Into compe tition with a cotton glnners’ assoc'n- tlon which proposes to gather the same data ’for private information only.’ Moreover, It cannot continue to pro mulgate statistics of the quantity of cotton ginned to certain dates, after n has reason to believe thnt these re ports are no longer correct. In conse quence of a concerted boycott by the glnners. Otherwise It would be guilty of the Identical evil of mlsrepresenta tlon Its reports were established to prevent. The census bureau has no Interest In the matter whatever, be yond the discharge of Its duty oh es tablished by law, and the maintenance of its reputation for the compilation and publication of accurate statistics. "I have, therefore, derided to notify you in this letter, and through you the cotton growers of the Houthxthat the continuance of the movement which they have begun will necessarily result in the discontinuance of the cotton gin ning reports of the census office, for without the hearty and general co-op- eratlon of the glnners, those reports would become valueless and their com pilation an unpardonable waste of pub lic money. The situation would then revert to what It was five years ago. “But after the private and Interested estimates controlling the market price have again for a few years been too high, as they undoubtedly will be, and the repeated losses of the cotton grow ers In consequence have again con vinced them that the change they de manded in 1901 was a wise one. It will be far more difficult and may be Im possible to Induce congress to re-es tablish a system which the cotton growers set up once before only to tear It down when It chanced that a knowl edge of the facts was to their disad vantage. "I deem It my duty to acquaint you with the probable course of the census office, In order thst you may take Any steps which may seem to you desirable or necessary in connection with the matter. "Very respectfully, "8. N. D. NORTH, Director.' Mr. Burleson’s Statement. Upon receipt of the letter, Mr. Bur leson gave out the following state ment: "Believing that it was to the Inter est of the producer of cotton to ellmi nate as far as possible the speculative element from entering Into or affecting the market price of his product, caused to be embodied in the act mak ing the census bureau permanent the original item providing for statistics of cotton ginned during the current year, and the result of the census bureau’s labors In carrying Into effect this pro vision has materially aided in accom plishing this *nd. The result haa not influenced a change of opinion on my pkrt. "If I may be pardoned a personal al lusion. a grower of cotton myself, hav ing frequently experienced the damage occasioned by the high est Invites snd cocksure assertions put forward by those acting fo?' speculators and cotton gambler*. I felt the necessity of some Importiril source of information which would be as accurate as possible. This the census bureau has proven Itself to be, "f concur in every word contained in his letter of Mr. North and feel that it WILL PROBABLY STEAL OFFICE Alva Adams to bo Done Out of His Honors REPUBLICANS’ SCHEME Governor Peabody Is to Be Reseated REAL GRAND LARCENY Because in Absolute Control of Gen eral Assembly, Grafting Old Party is Preparing to Perpotrate Most Monu mental Theft in History of Colorado. DESPERATE DEED OF A TH0MASVILLE MAN J. B. Bar Hii Kills Mother-In-Law, At- Slay Wife and Shoots elf. DENVER, Dec. 29.—By the action of the state canvassing board In Issuing certificates of election, as senators, ta Casimero Barela and Henry B. Millard, the Republicans have secured such ab solute control of the general assembly that it is now regarded in Democratic circles as highly probable that Gover nor James H. Peabody will be re elected. The Republicans’ plan, It is said, to accomplish this by throwing out the vote of all Democratic wards In Denver and counting the vote of the Republican wards. Although the members of the can vassing board refused to say how they stood on the proposition to go behind the returns It has been learned that one member. State Treasurer Whitney Newton. was opposed to the action taken. Those who voted In favor of unseating the Democratic senators- elect are: Governor James H. Pea body, Secretary of State James Cowle, Attorney General N. C. Miller and Au ditor J. A. Holmberg. AH the members of the board are Republicans. Carpenter Before Court. District Judge Samuel L. Carpenter nppeared before the supreme court to day in response to a citation requiring him to show cause why he should not quash the alternative writs of mnn- damus issued by him against the state board of canvassers and ex pin in why he assumed jurisdiction In disre gard of the opinion and judgment of the supreme court. Judge Carpenter issued the writs In question, requiring the board to accept the returns from Las Animas and Boulder counties, which showed the election of tho Democratic candidate for the senate nfter the supreme court had refused the Democrats permission to file a mandamus suit and ordered the lower courts not to Interfere with the can vassing board. Judge Carpenter explained that he did not know tho full purport of the supreme court's decision when he Is sued tho writs and admitted that the higher court order made it obligatory to dismiss the proceeding In the dis trict. This explanation was accepted nnd the citation against him was dis missed. Wolcott Followers Honest. Very few members of the legislature have yet arrived In the city and whether the plana of William O. Evans and other Republican leaders to re seat Gov. James II. Peabody will be adopted by a majority of the Repuhll can members is still undecided. The Republicans have an even two-thirds of the votes on joint ballot, nnd can carry any measure on which they are united. A Republican caucus probably will be held next Monday, at which the plan to continue Gov. Peabody In office will be considered. Some Re publican members known as followers of Edward O. Wolcott, have declared that while they do not contemplate a union with the Democrats under any consideration, they will oppose vigor ously any plan for keeping Adams out of the governorship. SPLENDID WORK OF LIFESAYERS Thrilling Rescue of North eastern's Crew THOMASVILLE. Ga„ Deo. 29.—Af ter killing hia moUvr-in-law, Mrs. VV. II. Parrish, making a desperate attempt to kill his 18-year-old wife, and shooting himself twice with a Winchester rlllo here today, J. B. Barrow in lying In the city hospital tonight In a precarious condition close ly guarded by officials- Barrow Is an engineer on the At lantic Coast Line. lie Is 33 years old. and had been married but two years. His wife was 20 years his Junior. Do mestic Infelicity is given as the cause of the tragedy. The verdict of the •coroner’s Jury does not say whether murder was committed, or tho killing was accidental. THREE LOST LIVES. Burning of Farm Rocidenco in Now York Yesterday. OENESEO, N. Y., Deo. 29.—Three persons lost their lives in a fire which totally destroyed the farm residence of Chas. McMillan, at the head of Conesus, lake early, today. The dead: *• Chna. McMillan. little McMillan, his sister. , Frank McMillan, his nephew. Lulu McMillan, another sister, es caped. The cause of the fire has not been explained. The McMillans were among the prominent families of Livingston county. The three McMillans lost their lives In an attempt to save the house from destruction. Aroused by the crackling of the flames tho family filed from the house in their night clothing nnd awoke a farm hand who occupied a house a few rods*away. He arrived on tho scene Just In time to see Charles, Frank and Chhrldtte rush Into the burning building with palls of water. Lulu McMillan and Mary Dornan, a servant, were restrained by main force from following the others. The charred bodies of two of the vic tims were found In the ruins. It Is supposed the third body Is In the debris. 22 GRATEFUL SOULS Accomplishment of Seem ingly Helpless Tcosk CONQUERED ELEMENTS Brave Men Whose Mission Saves Hu man Beings From Davy Jones' Lock er Sent Cockle-Shell Boats Indomit ably Into Angry Breakers and Won Contost for Supremacy. Moore Gets Pie. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—President Roosevelt has appointed J. Hampton Mooro of Philadelphia, chief of the bureau of manufactures of the depart ment of commerce and labor. Mr. Moore Is president of the National League of Republican clubs and was formerly city treasurer of Philadel phia. He has accepted the appoint ment and will enter upon the discharge of his duties about the first of the year. would be nothing short of a calamity if the ginners should at any time fall to furnish prompt and accurate re porta to tbe census bureau. To fall to report to the census bureau will only play Into the hands of the cotton gamblers and will serve to promptly re-establish alleged statistical agents, who are now, thanks to the bureau of statistics of the department of agri culture and the census bureau, thoro ughly discredited. If during next year, ns a result of decreased acreage and Imperfect weather conditions, there should be a short crop, which is not Improbable, then the glnners reports issued by the census bureau would again be In high favor by the cotton growers. What It wanted and what is really always to. the Interest of the rotton grower is a prompt knowledge of the exact truth. "It is my purpose to prepare and offer at this session of congress an amendment to the census act provid ing for the collection and publication of Accurate statistics of the number of bales of cotton consumed eneb year and the surplus of cotton held In the hands of the manufacturer, and the number of bales exported. This is ne cessary and only falf to the grower of cotton. He should prompMv have this Information ait the m «i. jf lurer of cotton throughout the world are given knowledge of the ngmi-r of bales of cotton grown. "I have discussed thin with Henator Bailey of my state, end !> »gr**s with me-*an fo tbe Importance ■.<.d necessity •tl this amendment^qnd ugfe*.* to lend a helping hand in securing »U adop tion," FRANK S. BLACK HAS COME OUT OF RACE Chauncoy Depcw Will Succeed Him self as United States Senator From New York. .-V NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Chauncey Mitchell Depew, of Now York, will succeed himself for a term of six years as United 8tute* senator from tho state of New York, continuing as the colleague of Henator Thomas C. Plntn who has still four years to serve. The formal announcement of this conclusion was made late this afterr noon at the Fifth Avenue Hotel by Governor Odell, ns chairman of the Republican state committee, nnd came as the culmination of a series of con ferences by prominent Republicans extending over several weeks, nnd practically continuous during the puat three dAys. The purport of the announcement is thnt the candldncy of former Governor Frank 8. Black of Troy, which has been warmly pressed by his friends during the past fortnight or more. Is to be withdrawn, and that the nume of Henator Pepew will be the only one presented to the caucus of Republican legislators which will select the party’s candidate for senator. Governor Odell's formal announce ment, which. Is regarded ns closing the controversy on the subject, gives it as his conclusion that "party hnr- mony will be best subservod by the re-election of Henator Depew’’ con cedes thnt the sentiment favoring his selection Is very strong throughout the state, and declares that "It would have been the worst kind of party general ship to hnve run countsr to this ex pressed public opinion." Late In the afternoon a letter was given out. addressed by Mr. Black him self to Henator Depew, In which the former governor withdraws his name from further consideration for the senatorshlp, and declares thnt In this course his duty us a Republican and his private sentiments coincide, for he protests that his private interests ond persona! tastes have both been distinctly against entering a contest, or even accepting public office, even If It earne without controversy, graceful lette/ of reply Henator Depew thanks Mr. Black for his cordial tlmants nnd declares that the former governor's action places the party un der great obligations to him. EXPLODED DYNAMITE. Fatal Attempt of Convict to Make His BIRMINGHAM. Abf.^Dee.- 29.~-.Whlt* a train carrying 12»> convicts In tho employ of the Tenner*** C(nl. Iron Ut nallro.nl Company w»r coins from Mine No. Z to the prlron, Will Filler, a negro convict, exploded n sxck of dvnamltc In on* of the eosches with a view to effecting a wholesale escape. Dawkins, a convlrt from Henry county, was killed. Guard Pickett lost a lew nnd nn arm George Dtlaney, one of th* trainmen, was hurt and several convict* were *Sfsht!y injured. During the stam pede guardr from the other cars .fusVd forward and prevented th* er'-ape of any of tin- convicts. The explosion blew out the end of tit* coach. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 29.—After be ing imprisoned on the wrecked oil stenmer Northeastern nine miles 6ft Cape Hatteras for thirty-six hours, Cuptain Wilder ond his crew of twen ty-one men were taken nshore at noon today by the crew* of Klnnnkeet, Creeds Hill and Hatteras life saving stations. The big ateamer is pounding Dia mond shoals under a terrific sea and Is given up by the crew as a total loss. In a bewildering fog Tuesday night the Northeustern on her way up the coast from Port Arthur, Texas, to New York, with a cargo of crude petroleum, shoved her prow Into the deadly sands off Hntterns nnd was fast In the clutches of the graveyard of shipping before her crew realized what had happened. Helpless In Storm. This was at 11 o’clock npd beforo day hnd come the gale thnt swept over the country from the nilddlewest had struck the sea and waves were crash ing over the helpless vessel Incessantly. The force of the wind and tide threw her on her port .beam nnd the flood of water extinguished hSr fires before her Inflammable cargo could bocotna Ignited. Had this not boon the case,, the twenty-two men aboard the North eastern would have met a horrible futo with no possible chance of escape* When morning dawned the wreck was sighted by the life savers nnd the weather observatory at Hatteras. Hhe was nine miles off shore and tho water between whs a seething mass of mountainous aves. No surf boat ever built could have lasted one minute In auch a sea and the life guards on the coast bjul to stand by helplessly and watch the big ship being pounded by the waves. During Wednesday night tho wind diminished b(it tho temperature dropped about twenty degrees, adding to tho suffering of tho row. This morning at sun-up tho hardy life savers began their attempts to get a surf bout to the ship. Again and again the life boats were sent head-on Into the sea only to he caught up by n monster wave nnd hurled back on the beach. Human* determination conqured the elements after a three-hour struggle, and at 9 o’clock three life boats, with their brave crews, were safely across the breakers. Wh6n the turfmen reached tho wreck they were con fronted with a problem of great danger nnd difficulty. The sea, while It had subsided to some extent, was still In an angry mood, and the little life boats were being tossed like cockle sheila about the helpless mass of steel. Lines were finally strung between the boats nnd the Northeastern nnd every mnn was taken from the vessel In snfety. It was over six hours before the first of tho boats reached shore again. Tho almost exhausted crew was cared for by the Hntterns life savers. No state ment could be secured from Captain Wilder tonight owing to the fact th the const wires were broken shortly after the barest facts concerning the rescue were obtained. The vessel, it is said, will be a total loss. ^ The Northeastern Is a steel ocean steamship built In Chicago In 1901, snd Is owned by C.' Counselman of Cincinnati. The Northeastern sailed for Port Arthur December 3 from New York, arrived on the 17th and sailed the same day. SOUTH IS LEADING. Some Bouquets from Speech of Prof. A. J. McKelvey. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 29.—Diet as a factor in the prevention and cure of consumpt’on, the negro race problem, hlld labor question In Southern mills and number of other themes of equal Interest formed the basis of some of tho many papers read before the sec ond day’s session of the American Asr sedation for the Advancement of Science. Edward L. Blnckshenr of the Prai rie View State Normal and Industrial College of Texas, discussed "Some Sur vivals of Primitive Racial Instincts In American Negroes." He said the edu cation needed by the negro is one that will develop character, a sense of per sonal responsibility and a aence of tho Inviolability of personality. As a so lution for the race problem, he said he would suggest simply education, ex perience and the scattering of negroes over the country. Prof. A. J. McKelvey, assistant i retary of the Natlonnl Child Labor obnunlttes, read a paper on "Child La bor In Southern mills." After calling attention to the condition of compara tive well-being that exists among the children of tho South, ho said there are more children under sixteen years of age working In the factories of Penn sylvania than there are in all tho Southern states put together. One reason why tho percentage of child workers to adult workers is large In the South Is that the percentage of children Is larger. While Massachu setts has 600,000 more population than Georgia, he said, tho Southern state had 100,000 more children of school nge than the Now England state. Tho South, he said, is lending the country In wages compared with the cost of liv ing, In sanitary conditions and other ways, though there are* some condi tions whtbh exist that ought to bo wiped out. It was his opinion that child labor was not a sectional but a natlonnl evil. □ell Lines Bold. ROANOKE. Va.. Dec. 20.—Tho Bell Telephone company's plants In this city nnd at Halem, Vn„ hnve been pur chased by the Virginia nnd Tennessee company, which operates an exchange here. The two exchanges will "'bp con' solldnted under .the management tho Virginia and Tennessee company Jan. 1. Traffic arrangements have been mnde to give* the new owners connection with the Bell long distance lines. NEGRO LYNCHED FOR KILLING WHITE MAN Infuriated .Citizens .Take .Prisoner, ,Hang Him nnd Riddlo Hio Body With Bullets. ATLANTA, Oa„ Dec. 29.—A special from Neal, On., says Herbert Simmons, negro, was lynched here today for the killing of J. A. Park, a white mnn, and one of the community’s best known citizens. The negro wns taken from the offi cers* by infuriated citizens while be ing carried to the Zebulon Jail, and af ter being strung upon a treo his body ns riddled with bullets. Mr. Park wns murdered on the night of Dec. 27, his skull being crushed In with a large stick. The coroner's ver dict was thnt he came to his death at the hands of Herbert Hlimnons. COTTON FACTORS ADVISE THE FARMERS Big Lumber Failure. NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 29.—The U V. De Borrlennve Lumber Co. was thrown Into involuntary bankruptcy today by the filing of a petlton by counsel for the Blades Lumber Co. of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and othPr credi tors. While the total liabilities claim cd by the petitioners aggregate $771 the obligations of the corporation are estimated at $20,000 or more. Its as sets consist of mills In Hurry county and a large stock of lumber on hand, five million feet of standing timber, a logging outfit end a herd of horses. The petitioners claim the company nn act of bankruptcy by transferring funds to a creditor a few days ago. Charter for United Americans. ATLANTA. Oa„ Dec. 29.—Secretary Of State Cook today granted a charter for the United Americana, ft-, fraternal and benefit social .order, national and International in its scope. The head quarters of the new organization will be Atlanta. Ga. The petition show name.! a* given In fbe application >re K. fi. Thornton. George B. Lound**, O. V. Carter, William Owens, J- T, Kelly. Richard Thornton and J. B* tiutlez, aU of Fulton >■ ui.ty. Mexico's New Finances. ELPASO. Tex., Dec. 29.—A. L. Van Antwerp, traffic agent of the Mexican American ateampshlp company, says that Mexican pesos have been pouring into that country from foreign cities at a' rapid rate since the announ< ment of the new financial system. Af ter Jan. J the import duty on Mexican sliver money will be* prohibitive and those holding it In New York and where have hurriedly shipped large consignments to the republic to get It there before the law became effective. Mr. Van Antwerp says that the day h left Mexico a Ward liner brought In consignment of one hundred end eev enty-five thousand Mexican dollars. Mobile Invites Roosevelt. MOBILE. Ala.. Dec. 29,—Jones Afc Withers camp No. 675, United federate' Veterans, today forwarded to President Roosevelt an Invitation tc visit Mobil-, assuring him of n pltahle Houthern welcome from all Confederate veterans and till ..'ns at Urge. IIHLUNG F0KT IS CAPTURED Taken After Fierce Assault by Japanese STUBBORN RESISTANCE Small Garrison Inflicted e, Terrible Loss CASUALTIES WERE 1,000 iportant Breach Now Exists In For tifications of Port Arthur and Heavy Guns Can Now Easily Reach Town and Harbor—Kuroki Alive, as Evi denced by Message. FUSAN, Dec. 29.—(Headquarters of the Japanese army before Port Ar thur.)—Rlhlung fort wan captured at 3 o'clock this morning with a thousand Japanese casualties. Seven dynamite mlnoa exploded at 10 o'clock yesterday, made breaches In tho front wall, through which ft large body of Jap anese troops charged under cover of a tremendous bombardment and cap tured the first line of light guns, a bitter fight resulted in tho capture of the fort. Tho garrison, i hundred men, escaped. Rlhlung fort, sltuatod on Rlhlung mountain, formed part of the inner cir cle Of the chain of forts defending Port Arthur. Rlhlung is situated about two miles from the outskirts nf the town of Port Arthur, from which It bears duo northeast. The fort Just enptured Is a mils and a half south east of Keck wan fort, recently cap tured by the Japanese. The possession of these two forts should nn,k*« u most Important breach In the fortifications of Port Arthur and cut off communi cation between tho Golden Hill forts nnd tin- forts of the western section of the Inner circle of .fortification*. 1-11M " 1 11bIiing iimimt .in, which Ih nearly opposite 203-AIetr- mil. are un- nhle to hit, thus making It apparently Russian second Fl eeting of tho Factors nnd Warehoi men of Macon— Urgo That the Fa ers of Middle Georgia Borrow No Monoy Before February or Mi and Not Then Until They Find It Absolutely Necessary. impossible fur rifle squadron I Arthur even at tent themselv ng posit lor iiuKo any i Id tho Jap <>f Pr TOKIO, months of flgii the JnpiincH** Rlhlung mom On Wednesda o’clock In the nil olumn of our Mon* they now Tokio's Report. fire "At 4 o'clot our occupatlo W# charged lines of hen quently dlslo enemy's fore gorge fort, i\ BERLIN'. I) !e at Dorlmu occupied the rimer in positions, i/ibse- A meeting of the cotton factors and warehousemen of Macon was held yes- terday, due to the extraordinary con dition of the cotton market. By un animous vote tho eight factors end warehousemen of Macon adopted the following resolution: Macon, Go., Dec. 29, 1904. Resolved that In view of the unaatia- factory prices prevailing for cotton, we, the undersigned cotton factors warehousemen of the city of Macon, most earnestly advise the farmers of Middle Georgia to borrow no money before February or March, and not then, until they find It absolutely necessary, and that they use less Com mercial Fertilisers, and reduce tho cotton acreage S3 1*3 per cent. C. B. WILLINOHAM. MAYER ft WATTS. HEAR RROH. HOLMKH ft HARDEMAN. W. A. DAVIH CO. BEN L. JONEH. ENGLISH, JOHNSTON ft CO. UNITED EFFORT8 NEEDED. Negro Educators Think This Neces sary For 8o!ving Race Problem. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Dec. 29.—The ne gro educators seem to be a unit In declaring that the solving of the i discussed problems of today will re quire the united r.fforts of the bet lasa of white people and the better class of negroes, both North and South. Among the numerous subjects dis cussed today was "The teachers In Community,” by Prof. Frank Trigg, of Princess Ann academy, Maryland. Prof. Arthur W. Mitchell, principal of the West Alabama Normal and In dustrial Institute, Greensboro, and perhaps the youngest prtnelp the South, was Introduced and d ered an address. He made a piej the young men of hia race and about to accomplish something foi Heptoniber, a card of enthtutooti . grnfiliations o n his military and has now yecofvsd the following answer: h "On the Battlefield in Mflnchurlr> November 5, 3901 iw-.s l f() f ‘„' congratulated ,.t no great .. ,iisr an( ... upon our victories. As you knov we are pupils of Oerngin tan , I have double pleasure ,. wf » ' ' I I I. C.-rn. ,u i, . f j ’•With iptcUl rt-K.u.S, your obedient servant, k uroki.’* Tho nllnv,. Ml..r from Cm Kuroki If any J ,hat Gen. Kuroki Ih Mill alive n,.’ penitently reported to have t,** n kill'd during mo fighting of October 4 last. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. Stations to h« Established, Several in the South. WASHINGTON. Dee _-9. i Wr Ajfl . mlrdl M inri' V, < h!ef of the bureau of equipment, h.n < ornpleted plane fur st■ iLI l -«'n11t of ,i line of w1rel*MH j * extending from Elizabeth, near Portland. Me., to stations having a rnr stations will lopen at th< Diamond ah Hatteras, R. lnclu tilth D**I.i The ape He NORFOLK. V« day to Join ran which waten prei ship, t, N. C\; i Penxacol.i equlpmer.' / ‘ Squadron. Dec. 29.—The bat- Keritucky and lampton roads to- th Atlantic squad- " W.voun In thoxo Inspection by .y next Thum- '• Inspected the Work lx y»elng • rgwing repairs Club. -9 —Col. well known <•**