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The Lee County Journal. VOL. IX. APPEAL TO HAGUE | . l England and Russia Agree - to Arbitrate Trouble. e WAR CLOUD VANISHES Russian Fleet to Stay at Vigo, Spa\lrv,l Pending Exhaustive Inquiry ( Into North Sea Tragedy. | i Excitement Allayed. . 1 | " 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 | e 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.