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The Lee County Journal.
VOL. IX.
APPEAL TO HAGUE
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England and Russia Agree
- to Arbitrate Trouble.
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WAR CLOUD VANISHES
Russian Fleet to Stay at Vigo, Spa\lrv,l
Pending Exhaustive Inquiry (
Into North Sea Tragedy. |
i Excitement Allayed. . 1
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" A London special of Friday says: '
All danger of war between Russia
and Great Britain has been averted,!
and the settlement of the only points!
ifn dispute regarding the attack byJ
the Russian second Pacific squadron
on British trawlers, October 21, has§
been referred to an international}
commission under The Hague conven
tion. 1
Premier Balfour, speaking at a
" meeting of the National Union of Con
servative Clubs at Southampbon,}
Thursday night, broke that silence
which had brought the people of the?
United Kingdom by a cindition of al
most desperate irritation and given
rise to misconceptions which Mr. Bal
four himself exposed. '
“The Russian ambassador,” sa'd
Mr. Balfour, “has authorized a state
ment to the following effect: The
Russian government on hearing ot
the North sea incident at once e:-
pressed its profound regret and also
promised most liberal compensatio..
The government has ordered the de
tention, at Vigo, Spain, of that pait
of the fleet which was concerned in
the incident, in order that the nav'llf
authorities might ascertain what offi
cers were responsible. for it; that}
those officers and any material wit
nesses would not proceed on the VOy
age to the Far East; that inquuy
would be instituted into the facts by
an international commission as pro-i
vided by The Hague convention.’ |
That, Mr. Balfour interpolated, Jad!
nothing to do with arbitration; it was
the constitution of an international
eommission in order to find out the
facts. and any persn found guilty
would be tried and punished ade:
quately. The Russian government
undertook that precaution would te
taken to guard against a recurrence
of such incidents. Special instruc
tions on this subjeet would be issued.
. Preliminary to this court, said Mr.
Balfour, there would be the coroner’s
inquest at Hull over the dead fisher
men, a board of trade inquiry and an
Inquiry by Russian officials at Vigo.
Apology and compensation having
already been offered, nothing now re
mains but to determine which accovet
fs correct, Rojestvensky’s or the
trawlers.
Eventful Day in London. |
Thursday was an eventful one in
the metropolis. The population, sti-.
red by flaring head lines in the morn
ing newspapers, seemed convinced
that war was inevitable. The cabinet
meeting, which was held at noon,
gerved to Increase father than allay
anxlety. Throughout the country
LEESBURG. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4. 1904
i there had spread a deep rooted, though
perfectly erroneous, idea that Groat
Britain had given Russia a time lim.t
in which to reply, aid “Charles' Beres-
I ford, England’s naval idol, was on the ‘
spot. Many, indeed, thought it was
only a question of hours when he
would be demolishing Russian ships.
Czar Nicholas Approves.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Th 2 |
i North sea incident will be settled by:
an international commission. This is
absolutely assured. The British pro
posals submitted to Russia was to re
fer the question to a commission un-i
“der articles 9 to 14 of The Hague con
vention, and a certain of officers of
i the Russian squadron cimpetent t')‘
give testimony were to be left behindi.
. Russia’s proposition submitted to|
lGreat Britain through Ambassador
| Benckendorff declares that the emper-‘
- or, being desirous of shedding the fu i
est light on the North sea incidev-,
proposes that the whole question re
gubmitted to scrupulous investigation
} by an international tribunal. |
‘ FAREWELL OF ALEXIEFF. 1
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fViceroSl Thanks Mariens on His De
l parture from Harbin to Russia.
i Viceroy Alexieff delivered his fare
‘well order of the day at Harbin, Fri
~day, in part as follows: : -y
“In execution of his majesty’s order,
¢ am leaving for St. Petersburg. 1
thank all the officers of the Pacific
) fleet most heartily for their self-sacri.
fice and work at sea during the last
ten months. I consider it my duty to
thank particularly the seamen, who
l have helped in the defense of the for
tress against the advance of the self.
willed, stubborn enemy.
Three Children Cremated.
During the absence from home of,
parents, three small children of Jesse®
Evans, living near Coarlea, Oklahoma,
t were burned to death in a fire that de
l stroyed the house.
{ New York Postmaster Dead.
~ Cornelius Van Cott, postmaster of
New York city, died suddenly Saturday
afternoon of heart failure, following a
short attack of acute nervous indiges
tion. .
KILL OUT THE DEGENERATES.
Drastic Measure Suggested for Elimi
nation of Criminal Classes. :
At Wednesday’s session of the Na
tional Prison congress, at Quincy, 111.,
an animated discussion wax started
when Dr. Henry Hatch, of Quincy, ad
vocated the inflicting of the death pen
alty on degenerates 2s a means of
preventing the spread of degeneracw.
GAINESVILLCE POSTMASTER QUT. 1
Ashley Reports That He Has Secured
- Bcalp of Col. Farrow. |
Telegrams were reccived in Gaines
ville, Ga. Friday night by Mayor How-.
ard Thompson and Judge James B’
Gaston from James M. Ashley, at|
‘Washington, D C., saying that he hadi
Colone¢l Henry B, Farrow, postmaster |
at Gainesville, removed from office by‘
wire. The affair is the result of a‘
volitical row.
Air Ship Made a Successful
Trial at St. Louis,
ASTONISHED THE NATIVES
Though Driving Motor Was Broken at
the Start, the Machine Remained
in Air and Was Piloted to a
safe Landing. :
Propelled part of the way by its
own power and the remainder of the
distance by the wind, which was blow
ing at 10 miles an hour, The Arrow,
an airship owned and perfected Dby
Thomas & Baldwin, of San Francis
co, in charge of A. Roy Knabenshue,
of Tclede, Tuesday made an unan
nounced flight of 10 miles from the
fair crounds at St. Louis across the
Mississippi river to Cayohi, Ills.
The aerial performance attracted
the attention of thousands of persons
who cheored almost continuously as
the big flying machine passed over the
buildings of the business quarter of
St. Louis.
Clinging to the framework, his pre
- carious foothold being an iron tube
that forms one side of the base of
the triangular network of support and
ribs of the Arrow’s body, Knabens
hue directed the movements of the
flying machine and maneuvered in
circles against the wind high over the
great buildings of the exposition, be
fore an accident to the motor render
ed the big fan propellers useless and
curtailed his command of direction,
but not of suspension ¢r descension.
When the motor broke, Knabens
hue maneuvered the flying machine
into the wind, and he was enabled to
steer the Arrow in a course that va
ried several points either way from
the trend of the wind and to land at
a point of his own gelecting. ,
When within ten feet of the earth
Knabenshue threw out his grapple anl
one of the hooks caught in a la‘ge
tree. The large balloon settled slow
ly to the ground, resting lightly on
its frame work. "% s@benshue alight
ed, secured the airship to precent in
jury from the wind and assured llr.
Baldwin by telephone that the Arrow
was uninjured, except for the minor
breakage of the motor.
The flight occupied exactly one hour.
The motor broke about fifteen mlu
utes after the airship left the aerd
nautic conaourse.
The airship was constructed unuer
the personal supervision of Captain
Baldwin in California, and differs ia
many features from ships constructed
in the past. On the ship Captain Bald
win places his hopes of winning the
$lOO,OOO prize at the fair. -
The gas balloon is cigar shaped, cf
Japanese- silk, 54 feet long and 17
feet in diameter, and requires 8,000
cubic feet of gas to inflate it. The
frame attachment is thirty feet long.
It carries a double cylinder, 7-horse
power gasoline engine, making 2,000
revolutions of the propellers a mlio
ute possible. Tbe machine is arrang.
ed so that it is pulled instead of
pushed.
The flight was not a trial for tie
world’s fair $lOO,OOO prize. Captaln
Baldwin said it was simply a trial to
convince the residents of St. Louis
and the world’s fair visitors that he
had an airship that could fiy.
FOR INSULT TO LADY
And Murder of Her Husband, Walline
Gets Six Years.
In the Fulton superior court, at At
lanta, Andrew A. Walline was found
guilty of manslaughter for the killing
of Frank E. Brett, a football and basc
ball coach, whom he shot to death In
his boarding house, and was given a
sentence of six years. :
Walline was charged with having
killed Brett because of the orders of
Brett to keep his door closed while he
was dressing. Mrs. Brett, in passing
to and from her room, was compelled
to see into Walline’s room, which was
opposite, in the event he had the door
open.
ALABAMA iBS BOOMING.
in Valuations State Has Made Great
Stridegs During Past Year.
Some idea of the great pregress ‘n
Alabama valuations may be gained
from the figures for several years.
For the year 1903, they were $308,-
624,642, an increase over 1902 of $l7.
489,000. For this year the increase 8
$14,541,068, with an increase of tie
state taxes of $35,358. The assess
ment for schools increased this year
from $868,636 to $925,873, and for sai
wries from $308,624 to $322,878.
FIGHT GOES HIGHER UP.
Interstate Commerce Commission to
Pass Upon Atlanta’s Claims.
The interstate commerce commi~-
sion will be asked to pass upon the
unjust discriminations against Atlau
ta in the matter of interstate rates,
and through its powers to grant the
relief in this respect that is _so much
needed.
The Georgia state railroad commis
sion reached a final decision Friday in
the matter of appealing to the inte~
state commerce commission,
CAROLINIANS ARE JARRED,
Connecticut Party Took Negro With
Them to Supper Table,
The visit of Governor Chamberlain,
of Connecticut, with his staff and his
escort, the Governor's Foot Guard, has
created a sensation because at Greens
boro, N. C., it became known to tL%
residents that some of the men in the
party had, without the knowledge o 1
consent of the hotel proprietors, taken
a negro with them to supper. Up to
the time of this discovery there had
been great cheering for the visitors.
TRANSFERRED TO COAST LINE.
Macon, Dublin and savannah Railroad
Under New'Control,
The Macon, Dublin and Savannnh
railroad has been transferred to the
control of the Atlantic Coast Line, 'l.
K. Scott, general manager of the Geor
gia railroad, being elected president.
The road runs hetween Macon and Vi
dalia, a distance of about eighty miles.
NO. 14.