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WEATHER FORECAST FOR GEOR GIA—FAIR AND SOMEWHAT WARMER SATURDAY; INCREASING CLOUDINESS: LIGHT WINDS, MOSTLY WEST. ’ *>
E3TA&.ISHED IN 1826.
MACON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 1904.
DAILY—$7.00 A YEAR
IN \ i'OI!i) WITH
CENSUS BUREAU
pinners tnd Farmers Wish
to Woik in Harmony
(THE COT ION ESTIMATES
‘letter From Secretary Con
nell Mole l’ublio
MB. NORTHV. COMPLAINT
Dallas Man Unable to Follow Reason
ing of Those Who .me.y ne it Will be
to Their Interest to Do Away With
Present System—Taylor'j Communi
cation is Quoted.
crop is totally incorrect. Those re
ports are as far wrong as anything l
w. Many glnnors did not count
tlioir bales correctly, often adding
many hundred bales more than they
had In reality ginned. In many 'in
stances the number of bales ginned
was guessed at. I have come to the
conclusion that I and the other glnners
were churopa for giving out the re
ports.”
TO CONTIUNE STRIKE.
DALLAS, Tex., Dec.
|ng letter was Issued
Connell, secretary of
Ginners* Association,
the glnners and forme
.—The follow-
>dny by J. H.
the National
declaring that
are in accord
ensus bureau in its cotton
■with the
Estimates:
“Mr. North in today's Washington
dispatches complains to Congressman
Burleson without cause i^gardlng the
disposition of. the National Glnners*
Association to destroy the work of the
Census bureau. Hero and chore farm
ers ore found who declare that the
census cotton estimates h .\ * been
hurtful to the grower’s interests, but
no large organization of farmers have
expressed themselves as indicated in
Mr. North’s statement. As secretary
of the National Cotton Glnners’ As
sociation, |n session at Shreveport this
month, I am prepared! to state posi
tively that no criticism of the bureau’s
work was permitted to pass, though
some" severe strictures were • offered
for consideration.
No Such Intention.
“Just why Mr. North should assume
that It is the object of the. National
Ginners’ Association ,to gather in
formation regarding the amount of
cotton produced in advance of*the re
port is beyond my understanding, and
at variance with the intention of the
association. There is certainly In the
constitution and bylaws of the" Na
tional Cotton Glnners* Association
nothing to justify the fear* expressed
by Mr. North, when he<says':
“But I confess myself unable to fol
low the reasoning which leads the
growers, and through them the gln
ners, to imagine that tt will be to their
advantage to r*entroy the nystom, etc.
••:•*. J - A. lAl >r. the president of
the National Glnners’ AssdciatloYi,
In Atlanta today, holding a meeting of
the ginnbrs 6t that section, but r will
tiuote his Tetter of December '27, ad
dressed to Mr. North from this ofTlce,
Iwhlch will refuto the nnuuinptlons
contained In the communication ad
dressed to Mr. Burleson:
Mr. Taylor’s Letter.
” ‘DALLAS*. Tex.. Dec. 27, 1904.—Mr.
S. N. D. North, Director pf Census
Bureau, Washington—Dear Sir:
you will probably have noticed In the
press, the glnners are organizing with
a view of getting out a report for
themselves similar to the one you get
out. We will use every endeavor to
, make yqitr report more perfect,
" 'We are having our reports sworn
to and think this will make glnners
more particular than they have been
In their former reports. We will en
courage them to still make reports to
you when asked for. Wo will nsk for
a report :»t the same time and the two
reports rt|ould agree. We, as glnners.
have thlst Information and will compile
it and will benefit by It. If we can, In
regard to making our report publl?. I
must say that we have no desire to do
this ahead of you. We will be glad to
arrange with you so as to work In har
mony. I will try to come to Washing
ton in the near future and talk the
matter over with you. Youra very truly,
” ‘J. A. TAYLOR, President,
‘"National Ginners Association.
“Mr. Taylor's letter cannot be mis
understood, and it seems probable that
the ginners* association can do much
to improve the report put out in future
by the census burcan.”
Labor Unions at Fall River Will Keep
up Contest.
PALL RIVER, Mass.,.Dec. SO.—The
labor unions Involved since last July
In a strike against a 12Vi per cent, re
duction in wages in the cotton mills of
the city, today, by a vote of approxi
mately three to one, approved a con
tinuance of the contest. The vote of
the unions was 1,401 for ivgM
against continuing the strike. T/,
The call for meetings of theMmions
to vote on a continuance of the contest
was prompted by agitation of the ques
tion whether the employes should re
turn to work for the winter under the
reduction and renew the strike later
if wages were not advanced.
It was also stated in mill circles that
the majority of the union men were
ready to return to work but that the
leaders were keeping them frcun do
ing so. Accordingly It was decided to
submit the question to a vote today,
with the result that in a total of 1.821
ballots cast there wns a majority of
971 in favor of continuing. This wns
the first formal vote taken on the ques
tion since the action of the unions In
July inaugurating the strike. The re
suit of today’s vote is a general disap
pointment to business men. who had
hoped for an ending of the trouble.
There is still some question ns to
whnt extent It will be considered bind
ing by the great body of non-union
help. There is believed to be some
possibility that the unorganized ope
ratives may gradually go back and
thus slowly end the strike.
S. E. A. ELECTS
ITS OFFICERS
.T. II. Van Sickle of Balti
more Heads Teachers
GEORGIA MEN HONORED
They Get Vice-Presidency
and Secretaryship
"It is
out for t
It stimuli
exertion
puttlni
nets of the period before the
said that no man could go
t iho country and lay his
he lo ad of any yinglo child
Here Is a Lamar, a Vance,
II111. a Hampton or a Bock.”
o business of the school “to
* these splendid children and
lent into i •• great leaders.”
t on. he behoved In universal
for r.o other reason, that
for him X sufficient one.
•« taring'that the finest things
•nc only b tho education of
Governor Aycock said:
Lucatlon that finds and brings
•» tho noblest and the best,
tea these best to the utmost
•i'll tulle: lopment by
competition
COTTON GINNED.
Final Bulletin on Amount up to De
comber 13 8hows 11,971,477.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.—The final
bulletin of the census bureau on cotton
ginned In the United States up to De
cember 13. places the number of bales
at 11.971.477. counting round bales as
half bales. The items are: 11,747,403
square; 276.692 round and 85,728
Island. The total number of nil kinds
of bales reported was 12,109.823. The
totals reported for the previous states
EVERY BALLOT BOX IN
DENVER TO BE OPENED
weeping Investigation of Alleged
Frauds Ordered by the Supremo
Court of Colorado.
DENVER, Col., Dec. 30.—Stretching
its hand so as to .cast a shadow over
every* man and woman in any way im
plicated .In .election fraunds of the city
and county of Denver on or before or
after Nov. 3, the supreme court today
ordered an* investigation so sweeping
in its scope that every phase of the
election may bo scrutinized and every
thing that bears in apy way upon It
may be made known by judicial In
quiry.
Alva Adams, Democratic candidate
for governor, who appeared from the
returijs (o be. elected,'.btlt who declared
that he does not want the office taint
ed with -fraud, asked the court to open
every Denevr ballot box, but the order
of the court goes beyond the mero
examination of the ballots and pro
vides.for an Investigation of. the reg
istration lists, tho campaign expendi
tures and, in brief, all election mat
ters.
Attorney Samuel W. Bedford for
Adams and Attorney Henry J. Hersey
for tho Republicans, asked the court
to make its order of such hreddth that
the court need not stop at nnything in
the investigation. The court said that
what it meant to do and Instruct
cd the lawyers to agree upon the
wording of the order and present It to
the court for npproval next Tuesday.
As there are two hundred and four
ballot boxes, it is evident that several
months will be consumed In the ex
amination by the two handwriting ex
pert* who have been appointed for
this work. It Is expected Jhat the
court will be asked to moke an order
placing special workers nt tho court
house to guard the registration books
until such time as the investigation
is made.
F. A. Williams, chairman of the Re
publican committee, has published the
following statement over his signa
ture:
“Our investigation Into the conduct
of the recent election in Denver has
developed the fact that approximately
20.000 fraudulent votes were cast or
counted for Alva Adams In this city.
There is now no reasonable doubt
that Governor Peabody and the entlro
Republican state ticket was fairly
elected on November 8 by the votes
of a large majority of the legal vdters
of this state.”
Republicans, ns well as Democrats,
admit that the opening of all the Den
ver boxes complicates the political sit
uatlon in Colorado, but believe that it
means there will be no serious trouble
as predicted.
It was announced late today that
the Republican plan to unseat Dem
ocratlc senators had been modified and
that possibly only Senators Borne and
Healy, who were seated by Democratic
majority on contests two years ago,
would be turned out.
It also was reported that on the
advice of influential Republicans the
proposition to memorialize the United
States' senate to unseat Senator Tell
er would be abandoned.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
Governor Aycock of North Carolina
Disfcussos Education of the Masses,
and Hon. Peter W. Meldrim of Sa
vannah Makes an Appeal for the
Negro. _______
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 30.—
The first session of the Southern Ed
ucational Association today discussed
tho Forward movement, which was
participated in by Superintendent of
Public Schools Merrdtt of Georgia, Su
perintendent Hill ot South Carolina,
President O. B. Mattin, state super
intendent of education of South Caro
lina; President Charles Mclver of the
Sthte Normal School df North Caroli
na, Dr. Purington of Jho University
of West Virginia, Dr. Abercrombie of
Alabama and Dr. Andrew Shedd of
thq University of Florida. Governor
Aycock of North Carolina occupied
box during the session and followed
the proceedings closely. He spoke at
the evening session. Tho attendance
Is large and the Interest in the work
is active.
At the afternoon session) the Flor
ida State Teachers Association elect
ed the following officers: i
Stato Teachers’ Officers.
President—A. A. Murphree, pres!
dent of Florida State College, Talla
hassee.
Vice-President—Mrs, Mary Sydney
Johnson, of the State/ Normal School
nt De Fun lak. ,*
Secretary—.y.r». Kellum of Gaines
ville. y
Treasurer—J. M. McCIung
Tampa.
H. J. Kendall. Mulberry; R. M. Ray.
Flnnt City, and George Scott of Starke
were chosen as members of the exec
utive committee.
Miami was selected as the place for
holding the next annual meeting.
While the Southern Educational As
sociation held no regular afternoon
session, a number of its departments
met and listened to addresses.
The committee appointed for tho
purpose reported a constitution nnd
by-laws which will be acted on nt tho
session of the association tomorrow.
At tho meeetihg of the department
of superintendence, papers were read
by Superintendent R. Phillips of Levy
county, Fla.,' on “Things Not Seen,'
and by Lawton B. Evans of Augusta,
Go., on the' securing and training of
competent teacherM^^HI^^HHHIB
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
8. E. A. Officers.
President—J. H. Van Sickle, BdUl
more.
Vice-President—Lawton B. Evans,
Augusta, Ga.
Secretary—Allen J. Barwlck, super
intendent of city schools, Thomnsvlllc,
Georgia.
Two prominent speakers consumed
the time of the night session. One of
them was Governor Aycock of North
Carolina, who spoke on “The Educn
Alabama 1,329.936: Arkansas 769.
783; Florida 75,713: Georgia 1,796.195
Indian Territory 431.969; Kentucky 1,
252; Louisiana 8C3.193: Mississippi 1
415,824: Missouri 39,653; North Caro
lina 659.135: Oklahoma 294.041; flouth
Carolina 1.085,725; Tennessee 271,670;
Texas 3.030.433; Virginia 15,101.
These figures covey the reports made
by the agents of the census bureau up
to December 13. last, and are the total
for that canvass. Up to the same- date
Ip 1903, 86.8 of the entire crop had, . , .. .. . _ ,
b«*n Blnn.<1. wMIe in 1902. S4 p*r J ,n hl * hMd and man 1 .
THE GARRISON
UR AGAINST IT
Japanese Publish. Russian
Evidence.
A CAPTURED LETTER
Fort Arthur Defenders in
Last Extremity
others just .is well trained as them
selves nnd It gives to us the noblest
and most appreciative audiences.
When this thought shall become the
guiding thought of (he South nnd our
ohool teacher.-. ahull work r.ll tho time
to their utmost until fc-xery son and
daughter of th<* South is the thing that
God Intended—then nnd not till then
shall we take our rightful rlacc In the
American Union.'?' To fio that, he said
In conclusion, would cost much money,
toll and sacrifice^ but everything that
wns worth while always did cost*much
and the finest things could be secured
only at the hijfcbest pri< and then
only when paid for in advance.
Mr. Moldrim's Speech,
Tho other speaker was Hon. P. W.
Meldrim, chairman of the State In
dustrial College of Georgia, a gentle
man who ., advocai ■ ..n«» argument in
favor of the education of the negro
along proper lln»« has made him more
than an interesting figure in his stato
nnd in other state* where his influence
has spread nnd permeated. Mr. Mel
drim spoke tonight for the negro. It
was a plain and practical appeal for
the negro’s education along lines which
would be of the greatest benefit to him
and to the state.
ISOLATION IS COMPLETE
‘mbf
south of Bhakhe
bridge, the firi
o’clock In the ev
ment of the Jap:
fectlve. The Jn
slowly with sh
shells and did v
Activity
CHE FOG. E
British steamer Cant
from Vladivostok, rape
Vlad
. 30,
HAS CHADV/ICK END.
Anothe
Who Find
—Cashier O.
. M. Trover
nk of Con-
New York Negro Tragedy.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.—One man is
lead, another has a serious bullet
had been ginned up to that dat
There.will be two more cai
one taking the work up to Jan
next and a final one up to aomq
March.
■ 31 1
vasses. th<
wry 16 in
date In Tv
“Chumps,” Says Taylor.
•ther is under arrest charged with
shooting, as a result of a quarrel
a negro lodging house in West
enty-ninth street during the night.
> prisoner's wife is detained by the
Ice as a witness. All the parties In
affair are negroes. The dead man
«' Cassius Green, about 39 years old.
one with a bullet in hif head says
in John Brown. 35 years old. of 7226
lman street, Philadelphia, and
toner is Sterling Green. Sterling
I arrested after a chase on Broad
ly after he had made a threatening
ratio
with ft revolve,
in a saloon. T
Mifeased that
a quarrel.
the quarrel
of
tion of the Masses.” The other was
P. w. Meldrim. chairman of the Gcor
gla State .Industrial College, whose
subject was “Industrial Education.
Governor Aycock spoke for over
hour and thirty minutes nnd held his
hearers ns Jacksonville audiences are
seldom held. He has a way of ex
pressing himself and impressing his
thoughts upon his hearers which Is
distinctively his own. and no one can
move his hearers with him In his va
rious and often thonging moods with
greater effect.
After quoting from a tribute paid
the people of the South by the late
Henntor Hoar In an address delivered
nt Charleston a few years ago in which
he predicted that u great and magnifi
cent future for the country was to be
based in large part on the strength and
beauty of the South, Governor Aycock
said;
Tho 8outh’s Part,
“The question now arises among us,
however, ns to whether, despite this
prediction, we have any large part in
the life of this nation and if not, how
can we secure and make good our
proper share In the affairs of the coun
try?”
It seemed said Governor Aycock, that
today “we have less cfTect upon the
thought nnd action of the nation than
nt any period of our history.” Before
the civil war. he added. Southern
statesmen directed the policies of the
nation and filled the largest place in
the eye of the people. They wrote few
books but their speeches illuminated
every subject which they touched and
set the fashion of political thought,
but “In this day It is not too much to
say that what any Southern man
thfnka of political.questions or govern
mental duty carries
final settlement.” . The only remedy
for the South’s loss of power in the
nation, he declared, was unlversal'ed-
ucation. The people of the South must
build their own foundation of charac
ter, temperament and inherited traits.
Continuing, he said:
“We must not repud Lite, but devel
op: we must seek out and appreciate
our own distinctive tmlt* our own tra
ditions, our deep rooted tendencies and
read our destiny in their interpreta
tion. We must put av. t y vain-glory
and,boosting and take an impartial in
ventory' of nil the thing* we have and
are; end these things ran come to us
only through the training of all our
citizenship.”
Work of the Schools.
Governor Aycock call'd attention to
tbe fact that the South today had its
Hills, its Lamars. Its Becks. Its Vests,
its Vances and iu Hamptons, “all of
1 Story of Bank'
Themselves in T
CLEVELAND. Dec. SI
C. Lillie and President
of the First National 1
neaut. Ohio, were placed under arrest
at Canncaut today hy United States
Marshal Chandler upon a warrant
charging the bankers With d violation
of the national banking laws, the spe
cific charge In Mr. Ljllie’s case being
the making of n false entry In tho
books of the bank, changing the sum of
3233,605 to read'3228,605. Mr. Traver
is charged In the wnrrant with being
an accomplice of the cashier In tho
alleged falsifying.
The First National Bank of Con-
neuut cioaed Its door nearly two weeks
ago after u run upon Tt the previous
day. The bank has n capital stock ot
350.000. The cause of the run. the
bankers said nt the time, wns that the
report-had gntned currency that Mrs
Chadwick had -"'.'led in -curlnj
lit,!. lull;- ri-.tll it. The Kin! *»I f "Ml
deny holding any rkadwlcji pi,nor,
Mrs. Chadwick's Measurements.
CLEVELAND. O., Dec. 30.—Bertll-
llon measurements were taken of Mrs.
Chadwick today by n • government
secret service expert. The purpose of
the system Is the Identification of
criminals. When Mme. de Vcro was
arrested In Lucas county 15 years ago
she wus subjected to the measure
ments and those records are on file.
Tho present measurements of Mrs.
Chadwick will be compared with tho
do Vero record.
Dr. C. Aldrich, the alienist, again
called at the county Jail to see Mrs.
Chadwick today, but upon Instructions
Issued by United' Ftutas Marshal
Chandler, he was refused Admittance.
Dr. Aldrich stated that ho -was making
a study of Mrs. Chadwick upon the re
quest of her counsel, J., P. Dawlcy.
Several other matters developed In
the Chadwick case today that seem to
Indicate Insanity as hor almost cer
tain line of defense. It was learned
that Dr. If. C. Bynum, superintendent
of the Massillon state hospital for the
Insane, made un examination of the
woman last Tuesday. Dr. Bynum's
visit was kept secret at the time. He
is one of the ablest an<) best known
practical alienists and specialists In
Insanity In Ohio.
No Method of Communication With
Outside World—Fuel Almost Unob
tainable, and Soldiers Cannot Keep
Their Bodies Warm—Impregnable
Dofonses Now a Myth.
TOKIO, Dec. 30.—(Evening.)—The
navy department published tonight a
letter written by a man on tho battle
ship Sevastopol, which had fallen Into
the hands of the Japanese. Following
is tho text of tho letter:
“The fortress cannot resist after De
cember. The progress of the enemy
is reducing our principal line .of outer
defenses Is not fully known, but it Is
Irresistible.
We are sadly disappointed over the
non-nrrivnl of the second Pacific
squadron, and, are dally nearing our
miserable end.
Gen. Stocssel's so-called Impregnn
ble line of outer defences Is now i
myth. With 203-Metre IIIll lost, ths
fall of Port Arthur cannot bo avoided.
Its capture by the Japanese means Jhe
full of tho town, howover strong tho
other defences.
“The new town Is nt the mercy of
tho enemy’s fire. The old town alone
Is dafcndnble, and here alone may re
sistance be prolonged.
“Two-thirds of the defenders of 203-
Metre IIIll were lost.
“The Sevastopol, which was exposed
to the enemy’s flro In thO day time,
left the harbor on tho night of De
cember 8, without being towed. She
enrried only 111. Instond of her com
plement of 660 souls. When she.went
out i;ho hnd her nets down, btifl* was
struck twice by the enemy’s torpedoes
nnd wns beached, irreparably damaged.
Gen. Rtoessel highly prnlsed tho of
ficers and crew of the ship.
“Fuel is almost unobtainable, nnd
it is Impossible to keep our bodies
warm. c
Isolation Comploto.
“Wo no longer have a wireless tele
graph system and have no means of
tok.
6 P . m.—The
t. Just arrived
ta great activ
ity there In naval circles, every effort
being made to complete the drydock
before the arrival of the second divis
ion of the Pacific squadron. I.lnny
mines have been removed because the
harbor will soon he closed with ice.
The cruisers now in port never leave
the harbor. A passage through the ice
will have to be freshly made when Ad
miral Skrydloff attempts to Join Ad
miral Rojestvensky.
'PatWn's Illness Denied.
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec. 30.—The
ar office absolutely denies the report
in circulation to tho effect Hint Gen.
Kuropntkln is ill.
The rumor? that the Russian com
mander-in-chief is about to assume
the offensive are not confirmed by the
general staff, where It is pointed out
that with the thermometer nt zero It
Is Impossible io begin a movement on
n largo scale without the risk of ap
palling horrors.
MYERS SAYS HE
DIDN’T SAY IT
Jacksonville Man Denies
Making Statement
QUESTION OF VERACITY
.linl^e Twiggs Writes Let
ter to Attorney Levy
Japs Fenr Mines.
LONDON, Dec. 31.—A dispatch from
Cho Foo to the Dally Telegraph says:
"A messenger from Port Arthur
states that the Japanese hnve mounted
eight guns commanding positions north
of the Etse forts, hut they suffered
heavy losses by tho Russian fire!
“The Russians have abandoned the
new town, but the Japanese have been
unable to occupy It because of fear
that it has been mined.”
REPRESENTATIVE IS
SHOT BY HIS WIFE
A VERY QUEER MIXIJP
Prominent Naval Stores Operator Who
is Alleged to Have Claimed That Ho
Witnessed Caesar Young's Death
Denies Assertion and Leaves Savan
nah Attornoy in Tangle, ^
SAVANNA I t
Myers, a nav
30.
-W. B.,
Mrs. William R. Schley Puts Bullet
Into Her Husband, Who May Ro-
covor from Wound.
COLUMBUS, Go.. Dec. 30.—Thero
was great excitement In Chattahoo
chee county, eleven miles cu|it of, Co
lumbus, today on nccount of tbe shoot
ing of Wm. K. Schley, n prominent
planter nnd late representative to tho
legislature, by his wife.
Tho shooting occurred nt tho Bchley
home about six o'clock this morning
nnd tho whole country was wild with
rumors of various kinds. The place he-
iBula
id It
th« full I i rtlculd
hnd
' info
DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
Important Changes Decided Upon by
President Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 80.-President
Roosevelt has decided fipot^neveral
changes In the diplomatic service.
Joseph II. Choate, ambassador to the
court of 8t. James, will be succeeded
by Whltelaw Reid, proprietor of the
New York Tribune, Gen. Horace Por
ter, ambassador to France, 'will retire
from that post. His successor has
been chpsen, but cannot be announced.
Charlemunge Tower, ambassador to
Germany; Robert 8. McCormick, am
bassador to Russia, and Bellamy Htorr,
Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, will
continue at their respective posts.
As to the smbassadorshlp to Italy,
nothing of n definite nature can be said
now. The probabilities are that Am
bassador Meyer will remain In Rome.
Gen. Powell Clayton, ambassador to
Mexico, will be succeeded by Edwin
H. Conger, now minister to China.
Minister Conger wlfl be succeeded at
the court of Pekin by William W.
Rockhlll.
John K. Gowdy, consul-general at
Paris, will be succeeded by. Frank II.
Mason, who Is now i consul-general at
. w. . In succession to Mr. Mason,
weight in tneir | JohR Lewis Griffiths of Indianapolis
wUI ^ nomtd.
tion for a leni
“It is Impossible to smuggle ammu
nition. The captain of the King Ar
thur brought only barley.
“There is a largo hols In the hull
of the Sevastopol nnd she la complete
ly disabled. All that rcmulns. for
those on board her Is to do their ut
most in repulsing tho enemy’s attacks.
“The enemy's torpedo boats came
close to the Hepnstopol nnd attacked
her ns If they were going through
ordinary maneuvers.
“Should the Sevastopol sink we aro
to land nt n place already decided up
on. All nre, however, prepared to
fight to the very last. On us of tho
Sevastopol depends the duty of retain
ing the honor of the navy and avoiding
the shame and humiliation of threat
ened starvation. We would rather die
than be thus shamed.
"From Dec. l tho enemy’s 10-Inch
shells began to fall on the-deck of Jho
Sevastopol and some of them pierced
through the decks to the bottom of the
■ship.
“Who Is responsible for the fate wo
face? It Is he who did not give In
structions for the prevention of a
Japanese landing on the Liao Tung
peninsula.”
Lsw Declared Unconstitutional.
CHARLESTON, fL O, Dec. 30.—In
the United States circuit court today
Judge Brawley filed an opinion and
order declaring unconstitutional the
law recently pissed by the South Car
olina constitution prohibiting the ship
ment or transportation of shad fish
beyond the limits of the state. A test
case has been made, the complainants
preferring fish for shipment to the
Southern Express Company, ond upon
the refusal of the latter to handle the
same, action was brought, with the
result mentioned. In his opinion Judge
Brawley brought out the r...t that the
lsw did not confine its mandates to
fish caught In South Cat lm waters
and was therefore in opposition to the
interstate < omtqerce clause of the fed
eral constitution, -
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Rihtung Fort,
HEADQUARTERS OF THE JAPA
NESE ARMY BEFORE PORT AR
TIIUR. via Pusan, Dec. 80.—Rlhlung
fort, captured yesterday, Is the Inrg
est and strongest of the eastern forts.
Tunnels were cut through solid rock
nnd two tons of dynamite were used
to blow up the walls. The spectacle
was magnificent and the work of the
assaulters was splendid. Half the
garrison was killed by the explosion of
the first charge. The remainder of tho
Russians made a stubborn resistance.
Four heavy guns, seven rapid-firing
guns ond two machine guns were cap
tured. ns well an 30 quick-firing guns
which were stored In the fort.
Togo and Ksmimurs,
TOKIO, Dec. 30, ll n. m.—Admiral
Togo and Vice Admiral Knmlmurn
with their staffs, arrived at the Shlm-
hassl station today. Their Journey
from Korea to Toklo was a continuous
ovation. The city was gaily decora
ted with flags, lanterns und new year's
decorations.
The quiet gray bearded Admiral To
go. In a, blue service uniform, seemed
embarrassed at the noisy ovation. Rear
Admiral Shimamura, chief of staff,
laughingly elbowed forward Vice Ad
miral Kamimurn. The junior officers
tried to dear the woy. but the crowd
closed In on Admiral Togo and they
were frequently forced to push the
crowd backward in on endeavor to
dear the reaching hands.
Finally Admiral Togo and Vice Ad
miral Kamtrnun were freed from their
enthusiastic admirers and surrounded
by officers they reached the carriage
sent by the emperor to the' station to
convey th4 distinguished party to the
palace.
As Admiral Togo appeared a great
shout arose, hats were thrown In Ihe
air, srms were raised and “Banzai”
followed "Banzai.”
Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral
Kamlmura will probably remain In To-
kio about one week for the purpose of
consulting with the general stuff and
perfecting plans for future operations.
Japs Bombarded.
8IAPANTIA. via Mukden, Dec. 80 —
Russian artillery engaged In on action
ANOTHER FRIEND.
found. Mr. Schley Is resting well un
der stimulants and unlesti Internal
hemorrhages begin he may uncover?
It is said that Mr. Schley bus of late
been drinking very heavily and that he
made things very unpleasant at
home while In that condition, but when
sober is nn exceptionally fine man.
Relatives who visited tbe Hclficy
home today state that Mrs. Schley did
not Intend to shoot her husband. He
was trying to strike her with a chair,
he said, "to make her shut her mouth,”
,nnd she seeing a revolver lying on tho
table seized It to frighten him off and
It went off accidentally. She Is -proa-
trated over the affnlr.
hley stands well In the community,
bring one of tho wealthiest men in tho
county. He has a large family.
BISHOP TALBOT’S CASE.
Herbert Noble Talk* nf Intimidation In
tho Repudiation.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 30.—Herbert
Noble of New York, one of the leading
figures In the controversy between
Blshpp Talbot and Dr. I. N. Irvine,
who held a secret conference here to
day on the case, said tonight that In
timidation hud been u met Iced In gat
ing the Huntingdon signors to repu
diate the presentment against the
bishop.
“The friends of Bishop Talbot.” h
said, “had nn agent at work, nnd w
know who this ngfcnt Is, We have hn
detectives on the case, and tomorrow
wo will make a statement and dlscloi
all the facts to the public.
“We know this agent has done h
best to break the power of the pre-
sentement nnd these repudiations are
tho result.
“Even Is the Huntingdon signers do
Insist upon repudiating the present
ment, It will not Invulldntn the Instru
ment, which even then would have
more signers than are necessary.”
Opinion Is still divided as to wheth
er tho board of Inquiry owing to a new
canon going Into effect on January 1,
will have the right to take up tho case.
It Is now believed that nothing will
be done until the board meets on Jan
uary 10, when the members of that
body will themselves decides the ques
tion. *
Bishop Talbot held ft conference to
day at Sunbury, Pa., with Col. C. M.
Clement, who Is an attorney nnd who
has been close to the bishop nil through
the trouble he has had with Dr. Ir
vine. After the conference. Bishop
Talbot would not talk. All that Col.
Clement would say was:
“At present I have nothing to say,
hut I may be able to glvs a statement
a little later.”
8chooner Palmer‘Safe.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.—The new big
flve-fn&etcd schooner Singleton Pal
mer, which salted from Boston for
Newport News December 6 and con
cerning whose safety much fear has
been felt, wns riding at anchor, safe
and apparently uninjured, on last
Wednesday off the Maryland const.
This report wan made today by the
captain of the schooner John B. Coyle,
which arrived here todty. The cep-
tain said that fts far as he could sec
the Palmer had not suffered an a result
of the boisterous wen ther. The Pal
mer was lying about 'thirty miles
*'> 11th-southwest of winter quarter
al.oala,
Offer
May Ir
to
NEW YORK,
the nctrnss. has *
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Jury'n disngreeme
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