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The Lee County Journal Yol 11X ¥ . s . ® Marquise de Merinville Quits the Catholic Church. FOUNDED GREAT SCHOOL Daughter of Millionaire Caldwell Re turns to Faith of Her Fathers Af. ter Most Eventful Career in Philanthropy, : The Associated Press at New York hag received the following, but before glving it publicity its authority has been fully verified by cable from Rome: “Rome, Nov. 14, 1904. “Eaditor of the Associated Press: You have full permission to print the enclosed and give it as wide a publication as possible. (Signed.) Yours truly, “MARQUISE DES MONSTEIRES.” “Dear Editor: It may interest some of your readers to know that the Mar quise de Monsteires Merinville, for merly Miss M. G. Caldwell, who, it will be remembered, founded the Roman Catholic university at Washington some years ago, has cutirely repudiat ed her former creed. In an interview with me the other day, she said: ‘‘Yes, it is true that I have left the Roman Catholic church. Since I have been living in Europe my eyes have been opened to what that church real ly is, and to its anything but sanctity. “‘But the trouble goes much further back than this. Being naturally rclig ious, my imagination was early caught by the idea of doing something to lift the church from the lowly position which it occupied in America, so I thought of a university or higher scjol, where its clergy could be edu cated and if possible refined. Of course irn this I was merely influenced by Bishop Spalding, of Peoria, who rep regented it to me as one of the great. est works of the day. When I wag 21 I turned over to them one-third of my fortune for that purpose. But for years I have been trying to rid myself of the subtle, overwhelming influence of a church which pretends not. only to the privilege of being the “only true church,” but of being alone able to open the gates of heaven to a sor rowful, sinful world. At last my hon est protestant blood has asserted itself and I now forever repudiate and cast off the yoke of Rome.” o 0 saying the marquise politely dism.ssed me. “Ilt will be remembered that the Marquise des Monsteires Merinville and her sister, the Baroness von Zedwitz, are the daughters of the late William 8. Caldwell, and his wife was a Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Shortly t}efore his death Mr. Caldwell became a convert to Roman Catholicism and left his children to the care of Irish Roman Catholics in New York, whom his wife had met in church circles. The youngest sister married some fifteen years ago a German mnobleian, a T.utheran, and has since then also left the Roman Catholic commqnion. The LEESBURG. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 1904 elder sister has been ia very bad health for some years, from having to occupy a position before the world as a prominent Roman Catholic church benefactor which was not a real one, and into which her generosity led her as a young and inexperienced girl. Now at last her own mind has assert ed itself and she returns to the creed of her ancestors.” The Divinity Colleze of the Roman Catholic university in Washington is known as the Mary Gwendolyn Cald well Hall of Divinity. i Prominent members of the Catholic clergy in Washington expressed their surprise at the announcement. One official of the church attributed as a possible cause, taking the story to be correct, the noworiety which the university gained by the failure of Thomas E. Waggamaan, its treasurer, by which the university suffered con siderable loss. Appointmetns for Parker. Former Judge Alton B. Parker has been appointed a member of two com missions to acquire dock and wharfage rights for the city of New York on the East river. The appointment was made by Justice O'Gorman, in the su preme court. Big Blaze in MissoLri. Town. Eight of the principal business houses of the town of DeWltt, Mo., were burned Thursday with the con tents, causing a loss aggregating $50,- 000. The insurance partially covers the loss. A Dk et MUST BE DEPORTED. Qeisha Girls Wil be Sent to Their Own Country at Once. A Washington dispatch says: On the report of Immigration Inspector Dunn, at St. Louis, the department of commerce and labor Thursday ordered the deportation of fourteen geisha girls and six Chinese. who have been employed in a coneession at the Louisi ana Purchase exposition. The case has been pending for several weeks. FREIGHT STEAMER BURNED. Mohawk Takes Fire In Long lsland Sound and is Destroyed. While bound. down Long Island sound on one of her regular passages from New York and New London, Conn., the freight steamer Mohawk, of the Central Vermont railroad, took fire off Horton's Point, L. 1.,, and was burn ed to the water’s edge early Friday. Her crew, except ine watchman, was *escued by a passing steamship, None of the .‘valuable cargo was saved. DUNCAN PETITION DENIED. Case of Outlaw and Murderer Before the Alabama Supreme Court. The Alabama supreme court Thurs day denied the petition cf Frank Dun can, noted safe blower and murderer, for a writ of error for the reason that the petition was not accompanied by the transcript of record. Frank Dun can is now }n jail at Birmingham, and has been sentenced to be hanged sn November 25th, Sought Overthrow of Presi . dent Amadcr But Failed, SEEK CANAL MILLIONS News Received in Washington Indi. cates Widespread Conspiracy and - Trouble Brewing on the Isthmus. Advices have reached Washington concerning the reports from Panama of a conspiracy there directed against the president While the details are not available, it ig understcod by ad ministration officials that this conspir acy was directed against President Amador and was conceived by persons who want to control the remainder of the $10,000,000 fund paid by the United States to Panama in consideration of the right of way across the isthmus, It is further learned that the move ment was a failure, President Amador having been warned in advance, but it is fearel the same elements wili re peat the effort. INQUIRY BEGINS AT HULL. England Preparing Her Case Against Russia in North Sea Affair, The inquiry which Great Britain conducts on her own behalf into the North Sea incident,” opened at Hull Tuesday. Vice Admiral Bridge and Butler Aspinwall, an admiralty court lawyer, who were appointed to conduct the inquiry,and whose report will form the basis of the British case before the international commission at Paris, sat at a large table surrounded by maps showing the Dogger bank and the North sea. The correspondent of the Associat ed Press learned at the outset that the board of trade solicitors who have pre ‘pared the case have found no evidence to suggest the presence of torpedo boats among the fishing fleet. The in quiry will therefore merely be an. im plication of the evidence at the inquest “and it will be moved to London in the course of a few days, the proceedings in Hull being confined o a narrative of the shooting. ~ STOESSEL REMAINS DEFIANT. Commander of Port Arthur Garrison r Sternly Refuses to Qapltulate, Advices from Japanese sources at Port Arthur state that a wound receiv ed by General Stoessel has necessi tated his confinement in a hospital, that he refused to relinquish the com mand of the garrison and that he has issued orders to the troops to die at their posts rather than surrender. It is said that the spirits of the Russian troops has been dampened by continuous work, the lack of supplies and the hopelessness of their ability te make any successful cefense of the fortress. It is sald further that many of the Russian soldlers are ready to surrender, but that they are kept at their posts by officers who threaten them with revolvers and that several soldiers who were suspected of a de -Bira to desert have been shot as a warning to others. OUTLAWS CONTINUE BUSINESS. Robbers of Bank ard Murderers of Cashier Do Another Bold Deed. The two bandits who made a de scent on the First national bank of Cody, Wyoming, two weeks ago and killed Cashier Middaush, committed anofimer bold robbery early Tuesday, when they held up the inmates of Ed wards’ saloon and gambling house at Thermopolis, Big Horn county, and so. cured a large s.-‘-ggt,fl:,.‘,' moucy, watches and jewelry ¥ The outlaws wore masl3, but were recognized as George Merritt and his partner, who killed Mlddaugh. They were mounted on fast horses and es caped. ALABAMA IS FOR MERGER, State Presbyterian Synod for Consoli dation of Universities. By a vote of more than 3 to 1 the Alabama synod, in session at Annis ton, voted for the majority report from the Atlanta conference. By this mo tion, the synod of Alabama concurs in the majority report which provides for the union of the Presbyterian school at Columbia, 8. C., and the Southwest ern Presbyterian university, now 10. cated at Clarksville, Tenn., into one large school, to be located in Atlanta, provided legal obstacles are removed. e e sa—————— a——— st ettt ! HUNDRED ALGERIANS DROWN. French Steamer Goes Down After Hav ing Been in Collision. Advices from Bona, Algeria, staco that a hundred persong were drowned Thursday night by the sinking of the French steamer Gironde, after having been in collision with the French steamer A. Schiaffino near Herbillon, 23 miles from Bona, The Gironde left Bona with 110 pos sengers, of whom 100 wcre Algerian natives. TURKEY TRUST FORMED. Farmers in Warren County, N, Y., De. cide to Raise Prices on Fowils. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., says: Warren county farmers who raised many turkeys for the eastern markets, are reported to have formed a trust and. unanimously decided that the Thanksgiving fowl is worth more mon ey thig year than heretofore. The pres ent price is 23 cents, and a rise to 30 cents a pound is expected. SEVEN ESCAPE FROM PRISON. Prisonergs Tore Up Blanket and Let Themselves Down, Seven prisoners escaped from the county jail at Lumberton, N. C., ear ly Saturday morning by cutting the bars of the cage In which they were confined, and the bars of the outer window with a saw. \ They then tore up a blanket and let themselves down to the ground. Bix were negroes, one a white boy. NO. 17.