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EIGHT DROWNED -
IN A GOLD MINE
HORROR IN NORTH CAROLINA.
WATERS OF A POS’D Bt'RST FORTH
AND FLOODED THE SHAFT.
Only One, lie Maunder, of Those
■Wltliln the Barringer Mine Near
Dold Hill Escaped With His Life.
Bodies of the Others Have Not
Been Recovered—The Accident
Was Dne to Excessive Rains—Had
Caused Pond to Swell.
Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 11.—Informa
tion was received here to-night that
the Barringer gold mine, located near
Gold Hill. Rowan county, North Caro
lina, was suddenly flooded with water
late this afternoon, causing the in
stant death of eight men employed
In the mine. The dead are:
Will Canup.
Will Stirewalt.
Joseph Magrum.
Bob Deberrv.
Sam Price.
Three others whose names are un
obtainable.
Nine men were in the mine shaft
when a large pond, located near the
entrance to the mine, suddenly broke
loose, the breakage being caused by
excessive rains, the waters rushing
in terrific and deadly force to
a depth of about a hundred feet upon
the men, who were powerless to save
themselves.
Thomas Moyl, manager of the plant,
was the only one to escape death.
The mine is filled with water to
night and none of the . dead bodies
has yet been recovered.
An unusual downpour of rain is
reported in the vicinity of the mine
this afternoon, much damage being
done to property.
The flooded mine is the property
of the Whitney Reduction Company
of Salisbury, and Pittsburg, Pa., and
Jhas been operated by them for a
number of years.
THE STRIKE IN NEW YORK.
(Continued from First Page.)
strikers and those who had taken their
places were of frequent occurrence late
this afternoon and to-night. Several
arrests were made, but most of those
nno created disturbances got away
Viefore the police appeared.
in one fight in a street car two white
men were badly cut by razors in the
hands of negroes who are employed in
one of the abattoirs. In another fight
a negro was severely cut and sought
refuge in a police station.
DIAMONDS STOLEN.
Sogro Woman Held fop Theft Com
mitted on St. Simon’s.
Brunswick, Ga„ Aug. 11.—A big dia
mond robbery has just been commit
ted on St. Simons Island, the popular
summer resort near Brunswick, and
Mrs. IV. W. Rawlins of Albany was
the victim. The stones stolen are es
timated to be worth between SBOO and
SI,OOO.
The robbery was committed Tues
iday and kept quiiet, but Detective
Sam Goins of this city w’as put to
work on the case, and yesterday he
arrested Zola Williams, colored, who
was i harged with the robbery. She
was given a preliminary hearing be
lore Justice Fahm this afternoon and
was remanded, to jail under a. heavy
bond The diamonds have not been
recovered, but Officer Goins stated
this afternoon that he had about suc
ceeded in locating them and would
lie in possession of them in the course
of a few days.
Mrs. Rawlins and family have been
occupying a cottage on St. Simons for
several weeks. Wednesday they went
away and left the diamonds in a draw
er. I pon their return the stones were
missed and a search around the house
proved that they had been stolen. One
ol the pieces of jewelry stolen was a
handsome breastpin, set with two
large stones, valued at SSOO. Another
was a pretty necklace, set with dia
monds, valued at about S3OO. Zola
williams, the woman arrested, has
been on the island with the Rawlins
family for some time. She has been
cooking for the family In Albany and
came down with them to do the work
on the island.
\ew Warehouse Company fop Nash
ville.
vmr S os ,le V Ga -> Au G- 11.—The Nash-
p Warehouse Company was or
ganized here yesterday. A $2,000 eot
en warehouse will be erected at once.
Bullard was elected president,
'' , H- Tygart secretary and treas
urer of the company.
obituary!
John A. Henderson , Tallahassee
tJ^ ~ailasspe’ Pla ’ Au *r- 11.--John A.
” Dens 5 "Tr Fl ° rlda ' B foremost
home herJ TuPSday aftPrnoon - at hi
t S?'- Henderson enjoyed the repu
ta'ion of being, for a long term
Florida*' th<? m ° St lnfluent,al citizen of
* p P Pra ' counsel for the Flor
*na’d . P , a ' an< l Peninsula Rail
<he d tau* W e d * <l a Kreat lnfluencfi
Bbm. n t te . V th * < ’ < ' iath of h,s Wife.
4-rson"lf^ hieen months ago. Col. Hen
suffered a decline, and he
“ a Ji y rpw worse until the last
summons.
Jack Cameron, Dawson.
Oa... Aug. 11.—Chief Jack
meron of the Dawson Are depart
ment died this afternoon of fever. The
hUrhVfJLT*/* rarrlp ' 1 to Americus to
been rhis) nt 5 r .T* n L Mr ’ rarnp ron had
lortmillf* ? f ,hp Daw "™ Pld "re de
l : ™"' B,nc * Its establishment sev
ag °‘ an ' l had rnad,> an effl
ath fflcer ' All Dawson regrets his
John T. Reeks.
T ’ T,ppk * d|pd IBBt niff-bit
u nm ?' No ' 22 Henry street.
d4urh.*.. w VPR a w ' fpa a d two
■•tenure' J,r ’ Bp< * ka removed here
• Drlanda. Fla. He was
’ riV *h p Kplacopal Church.
t.C, ,'" Pr l sprv ‘cs will be held from
ITv r conducted by
will k , ™ nn - ThP Interment
i* 1 "* ,n Bonaventure Cemetery.
/ Joseph Merrill, Moultrie.
ifcm rl a,ed a 5n Au * M '- • , ° Bp r' h
1,1, a *C'l 50 years, and a lea l
rtled H n<l ‘l*men of Moultrie.
?tj r -‘in 2 ! f '" m heart failure, i
lllerri lllnw" Of „ few days. Mr.
vko oa, 7’ Moul " ‘- *w o years
"'lmingion. N. c. His r- !
lilief-’ #rp , * k 8 to Wilmington lor j
RUSSIA ANXIOUS
ABOUT ITS SHIPS.
Continued from First Page.
there with official dispatches and filed
Lieut. Smyrnoff's telegram.
The news of dismantling of the tor
pedo boat Ryeshitelni at Che Foo has
not caused surprise. It is understood
'hat she was deliberately sacrificed so
that Vice Admiral Skrydloff might be
apprised of the departure of the Rus
sian vessels from Port Arthur, in order
that he might start out with the Vla
divostok squadron for the purpose of
meeting them.
Still Hope for Port Arthur.
It is denied at the admiralty that
the squadron left Port Arthur because
the situation of the fortress was des
perate. The admiralty authorities say
it is more than likely that with the Jap
anese close up to the perimeter of the
fortress the warships were unable to
render further effective aid, and that
their safety was endangered by the
plunging shells dropping from the Wolf
hills.
THE RUSSIAN CAPTAIN
RECOUNTS EXPERIENCE.
y
Che Foo, Aug. 11.—Capt. Shestakov
sky of the Russian torpedo destroyer
Ryeshitelni, which emerged from Port
Arthur with the fleet Wednesday
morning and which arrived here early
this morning, says he saw no Japa
nese vessels.
He confirms previous statements
that the large Russian warships had
left Port Arthur, but refused to say
directly that the fleet had gone on an
extended cruise, leaving the inference
in the course of a long interview that
the warships expect to join the Vladi
vostok squadron, which he said had
been recruited by the purchase of ships
from the Argentine republic. Capt.
Shestakovsky said further that the
Russian torpedo boat squadron and
small craft generally remained at Port
Arthur. Some came out to perform
their usual duties in the vicinity, but
they did not follow’ the big ships.
Capt. Shestakovsky stated that the
recent firing heard at Che Foo evident
ly came from Port Arthur, where the
Japanese continue to attack daily,
with scarcely less energy than they
manifested during the severe three
days’ fighting the latter part of July.
The Japanese line, he said, now ex
tends from the north shore of Louisa
bay to a point immediately east of
Taiche bay, about seven miles east of
Port Arthur. The Japanese are, he
alleged, wasting lives with reckless
courage. Their positions are frequent
ly lost, retaken and then lost and re
taken again.
shortly after the arrival of the Rye
shitelni here the Chinese admiral,
Sah, sent an officer on board, who de
manded that the destroyer either leave
’ the port or disarm. The captain of
the Ryeshitelni agreed to render the
engines absolutely useless and to dis
arm in such a manner as Admiral
Sah demanded.
The captain of the Ryeshitelni re
quested the Chinese admiral to indi
cate a position nearer the shore where
the destroyer might lie till the end qt'
the war under the protection of the
Chinese government.
The Ryeshitelni shows the effects of
tong service. Her paint is scratched
and fading to yellow, owing to ex
posure to the sun, and her deck re
sembles a machine shop, but she has
not been damaged by gunfire, although
it is stated that the ship was exposed
constantly for three months to the fire
of the Japanese.
The passengers of the Ryeshitelni in
clude two women, one of whom is said
to be the wife of Gen. Stoessel. This,
however, is denied.
It is evident that grave reasons
caused the Ryeshitelni to undertake
her hazardous voyage. Presumably
she came here to file urgent dis
patches.
DRIVEN TO SEA BY THE
FIRE OF THE JAPANESE?
Tokio, Aug. 11, 11 a. m. —Evident-
ly driven to sea by the fire of the
Japanese land batteries, the Russian
fleet emerged from Port Arthur yes
terday morning. Admiral Togo im
mediately closed in and opened a sev
ere engagement, which lasted until
nightfall.
Afterwards the Japanese destroyers
and torpedo flotillas delivered a series
of attacks. The Japanese fleet with
drew during the night.
A guardship stationed off the harbor
reported that she saw at dawn to
day the battleships Retvizan and Po
bieda steaming toward the harbor of
Port Arthur.
Admiral Togo has not yet reported
the results of yesterday's engagement.
It is thought here that the Russians
attempted to escape seaward from a
base which is no longer tenable, but
that they again refused to attempt to
force Admiral Togo’s line.
Details are expected hourly.
HAD ORDERS TO LEAVE
FROM ADMIRAL SKRYDLOFF.
Che Foo, Aug. 11.—The Russian
squadron left Port Arthur in response
to imperative orders from Vice Ad
miral Skrydloff.
A semi-official telegram reports that
the Russian battleships Pobieda and
Retvizan Wave returned to-day to
Port Arthur.
Three Japanese torpedo boat de
stroyers are now outside this harbor,
watching the Russian torpedo boat de
stroyer Ryeshitelni, which still flies the
Russian flag.
BALTIC FLEET TO SAIL
ON AUG. 14, IT IS THOUGHT.
Cronstrndt, Auk. 11.—Admiral Birl-
Heff, In command of the naval forces
here, to-day ordered Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky, commander of the Bal
tic fleet, and his staff to take up their
quarters on board ‘the battleship
Souvarleff and to be In rendlness to
sail on Aug. 14.
HEAVY MOVEMENT OF
JAPANESE NORTHWARD.
Liao Yang, Aug. 11.—While no fight
ing has occurred on the eastern front,
a remarkable heavy movement of Jap
anese northward has been reported.
The Japanese seem to be trying a
turning movement on Yantai or Muk
den.
RUSSIANS AND GERMANS
EXCHANGED SALUTES.
Che Foo, Aug. U. 9 a m.-The Rus
sian protected cruisers Askold and
N'ovlk and one torpedo boat destroyer
ontir*l the KlluclißU buy lnt night
,Thursday), and exchanged salutes
with German vessels.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. AUGUST 12. 1904.
SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT FOR
THE SIX MONTHS ENDING JUNE
30. 1904, OF THE CONDITION OF
THE
UNITED STATES BRAXCH OF THE
Times oihT Mersey lie
in once company,.
(LIMITED),
OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, ORGAN
IZED UNDER- THE LAWS OF THE
KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND, MADE TO THE GOVERNOR
OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, IN
PURSUANCE OF THE LAWS OF SAID
STATE.
Mioi (lie m Kiel sums.
S2-92 BfiAVER STREET, NEW
YORK CITY, N. Y.
I.—CAPITAL.
Whole amount of cap
tal stock *10,000.000 00
Amount paid up in
cash 1.000.000 00
II.—ASSETS.
Stocks and bonds
owned absolutely by
the Company-
Par value $ 522.000 00
Market value (car
ried out) 535.480 00 —*535,480 00
Cash in the company’s
principal office 41 58
Cash belonging to the
Company deposited
in bank’ 4.710 11
Total cash items (carried out) .... * 4.751 69
Amount of interest
actually due and ac
crued 5,050 00
Premiums in course
of collection
(not over three
months due) 57,958 71
Due from insurance
companies, recover
ies on losses paid .. 3.794 53
Total assets of the Compsny.
actual cash market value *607,034 93
III.—LIABILITIES.
Gross losses in process
of adjustment or in
suspense, including *
all reported and sup
posed losses 117,662 00
Deduct re insurance
thereon. 7,110 00
Net amount of unpaid losses (car
ried out) * 110,552 00
The amount of re
serve for re-insir
ance 43,956 00
Commissions due brok
ers $ 3,014 05
Premiums due other
companies for re-in
surance .. . 5,420 20 8,434 25
Surplus beyoud liabil
ities ; 444.092 68
Total liabilities t 607,034 93
IV. —INCOME DURING THE FIRST
SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR 1904.
Amount of cash premiums received* 287,281 59
Received for interest 9,735 00
Total income actually received
during the first six months in
cash * 297.016 59
V. EXPENDITURES DURING THE
FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE
YEAR 1904.
Amount of losses paid $ 151,678 68
Amount of expenses paid, includ
ing fees, salaries and commissions
to agents and officers of the com
pany 25 530 86
Paid for state, national and local
taxes in this and other states 12.623 62
All other payments and expendi
tures: Commissions paid brokers 23,616 81
Amount sent to home otttoes during
the last six months 90,799 17
Total expenditures during the
first six months in cash $ 301.248 97
Total amount of insurance out- .
standing. *4.458,168 00
STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY
OF NEW YORK—Personally appeared
before the undersigned H. K. FOWL
ER, who, being duly sworn, deposes
and says that he is the man
ager of the New York Branch of the
THAMES AND MERSEY MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY, Limited,
and that the foregoing statement is
correct and true.
H. K. FOWLER,
Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 4th of August, 1904.
WARREN S. BANKS,
Notary Public, New York County.
In presence of THOMAS L. HAM
ILTON, Clerk of Superior Court in the
County of New York
Name of State Agent, A. L. FARIE,
112 East Bay street, Savannah.
RUSSIAN IDEA NOT
SATISFACTORY TO ENGLAND.
London, Aug. 11. —In the House of
Lords to-day Lord Lansdowne, re
ferring to the Russian definition of con
traband of war, staid the government
h'ad informed Russia that it refused to
consider itself bound to regard as valid
the decision of any prize court which
failed to act in conformity with recog
nized principles of international law.
The government had been given to
understand that Russia considered that
it was within the rights of a belligerent
to destroy a Captured neutral vessel,
whether she carried contraband or not.
This country has never accepted such
a view and he (Lord Lansdowne) be
lieved it had been refused by other
Powers. It certainly had not been ac
cepted by the government of the United
States. The British government, there
fore, was unable to admit that the
sinking of the Knight Comm’ander was
justifiable according to any of the
principles of International law by
which this country had ever consider
ed itself bound.
Lord Lansdowne concluded with re
marking that he was glad to be able
to add that the replies of the Russian
government to the British representa
tions Justified the hope th'at these acts
of destruction of neutral prizes were
not likely to be repeated.
VLADIVOSTOK EXPECTS
PORT ARTHUR SQUADRON.
Vladivostok, Aug. 11.—Preparations
are being completed here for the re
ception and protection of the Port Ar
thur squadron. The departure of the
squadron from Port Arthur is general
ly Interpreted to indicate that the siege
of the fortress la entering on Its final
stage, as the programme has repeatedly
been announced by the Associated
Press for the squadron to leave as soon
as the situation at Port Arthur became
desperate.
It Is believed that the purpose of the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Rye
shltelnl in going to Che Foo was'to
notify Admiral Skrydloff of the sortie
of the Port Arthur squadron, In order
that he may dispatch the Vladivostok
squadron to meet the ships from Port
Arthur.
CRUISER KASAGAI
IS REPORTED SUNK.
Che Foo. Aug. 11, gp. m.—lt Is re
ported that the Japanese protected
cruiser Kasagal was sunk off Round
Island, forty-eight miles east of Port
Arthur. In the recent engagement.
The Russian ships before leaving
Pori Arthur took on board heavy
stoies. machinery and materials for
ship repairing.
The torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshl
telnl has been dismantled by the re
moval of the breeches of her guns.
1
HOKE SMITH SPOKE TO
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS
Over 3,000 Heard the Georgian Talh of the Can
didates and the Issues.
New York. Aug. 11. —Former Secre
tary of the Interior Hoke Smith of
Georgia was the principal speaker to
night at the annual outing of the Dem
ocrats of Queens borough, held this
afternoon and to-night at College Point,
Long Island. Over 3.000 Democrats
were present. Mr.. Smith said in part:
“This is a great day for a Demo
cratic rally. Our candidate has spoken
in response to the formal notification
of his nomination. His plain, clear
declaration in favor of obedience of
law, his devotion to constitutional gov
ernment, his equal and just recognition
of the rights of person and property,
give joy and hope to all who love their
country.
"His nomination was due to no effort
of his own. It was due to no effort of
his personal friends. No ten men in
New York and no fifty men in any
state secured the delegates for Judge
Parker. The people of the United
States nominated him.
"Hanging over them like a dark
cloud, was the possibility of the elec
tion, of a man whose restless egotism
placed the entire country in a state of
uncertainty, and about whom the en
quiry, with no feeling of hope, was
constantly made; ‘what will he do
next?-
"Mr. Roosevelt, as President, had
overriden the rights of Congress. He
had violated the constitution. The
feeling of doubt and uncertainty pro
duced by the administration of Mr.
Roosevelt had checked the prosperity
made possible by the administration of
Mr. Cleveland, and realized under the
administration of Mr. McKinley.
They Minn < 0111 paritto iim.
"Conservative Democrats everywhere
sought a candidate who would rep
resent respect for the constitution and
laws of our country; who would rec
ognize the office of President to be
one of unlimited duty; who would not
be carried into reckless activity by
intense adulation of himself; who
would prefer to exercise the legitimate
duties of the office of President to
startling the country continuously by
sending warships to Morocco, or acting
as agent for some European powers to
force our southern neighbors to pay
the debts.
“They selected a man of even and
conservative temperament, devoted to
law, and its enforcement; brave, able
and modest, ready to discharge legiti
mate duties, but not prompted by
over-weening ambition to assume the
responsibilities of oil others.
“Well may the Republicans shrink
from a comparison of the candidates.
Adroitly did the secretary of the treas
ury here endeavor to present an is
sue, which is not involved in the pres
ent campaign.
"Speaking in this borough a few
weeks ago he sought to give especial
prominence to the financial question
and more particularly to the gold
standard. He reviewed some of the
history of legislation and some of the
party platforms, claiming that the Re
publican party had been nearly al
ways right and the Democratic party
wrong. He claimed that the success
of the Democratic party would en
danger the gold standard, but he omit
ted much that was .pertinent upon this
subject.”
Gold and Silver Legislation.
Reviewing the legislation on gold
and silver from the formation of the
government, Mr. Smith said that the
first legislation under which the silver
dollar, now a part of the coin of the
realm, went into circulation, was the
joint work of Democrats and Republi
cans. The Republican platform of
1888, he continued, was presented to
the convention by William McKinley.
Among other things it contained the
following language:
"The Republican party is in favor
of both gold and silver as money and
condemns the policy of the Democratic
administration in its efforts to de
monetize silver.”
This became a part of the Republi
can platform upon which President
Harrison was elected, and the Republi
MORE RUMORS OF THE
FALL OF PORT ARTHUR.
London, Aug. 12.—Rumors that Port
Arthur has fallen are again current,
ibut apparently there is no further
warrant for them than on previous oc
casions. It is regarded as Impossible
that Port Arthur can hold out much
longer, but there Is no further news
at hand, either concerning the fortress
or the fate of the Port Arthur squad
ron, beyond the statement from Che
Poo that the protected cruisers Askold
and Novik have entered the port of
Kiauchau, the German leased territory.
According to the Che Foo corre
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, the
Jaf/anese attempted to blow up the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ryes
hitelni and her crew had to swim for
their lives. The same correspondent
states that Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, the
commander of the military forces at
Port Arthur, personally commanded
the Russian forces in the fight for
the possession of Taku mountain, which
was accompanied by fearful carnage.
The correspondent adds:
“The Russians are short of ammuni
tion, and the garrison is exhausted by
incessant fighting. If the Japanese
continue their assaults with fresh
troops, the worst must happen.’’
ALEXIEFF ANNOUNCES
SQUADRON’S DEPARTURE.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 11.—8:08 p. rn.—
The admiralty has Just received from
Viceroy Alexlcft a brief dispatch of
ficially announcing the departure of
the Port Arthur squadron. It does not
give details, and doubtless was the j
news communicated to the admiralty
by the captain of the torpedo boat
destroyer Ryeshltelnl from Che Foo.
TWO WAR VESSELS
PASS DARDANELLES.
London, Aug. 12. —The Brussels cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph de
eds res that two vessels of the Russian
Black sea fleet have already passed
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[ can party was then criticising the Dem
ocratic administration of Mr. Cleveland
for its effort to demonetize silver.
In IS9O the Sherman act, providing
for the purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of
silver monthly and the Immediate in
troduction of this large volume of sil
ver into our currency by coinage or by
silver certificates, passed Congress.
This was a Republican measure and
received the approval of a Republican
President. Silver dollars and silver
certificates in circulation in the United
States have been placed there through
these acts. The first the work of Dem
ocrats and Republicans, and the second
pre-eminently the work of Republi
cans.
“The situation was bad under the
Bland-Allison act; it was rendered
far worse under the Sherman act.
“The Republican administration,
given power under a platform pledged
to silver, and eritising Mr. Cleveland
for opposing silver, instead of protect
ing the gold standard, had by the pas
sage of the Sherman purchasing act,
almost brought the country to mono
metallism. The Democratic adminis
tration under Mr. Cleveland repealed
the Sherman purchasing act, put a
stop to the inflation of our currency
with depreciated silver dollars and
made possible tho prosperity which
followed.
IVntl to Ben Gold Candldnte.
“Not to the Republican party, but
to Mr. Cleveland and his Secretary of
the Treasury, Mr. Carlisle, more than
ail others, is the country to-dlfty in
debted for the stability and prosperity
which has come to pass under the gold
standard.
"Both parties during past years have
advocated silver coinage, but) ’against
the Republican party stands the charge
of the most dangerous silver legisla
tion.
“The world accepted the gold stand
ard. Our political leaders. Democrats
and Republicans, gradually learned
that bi-metallism is impossible; that
a single standard is necessary.
"The nomination of Judge Parker
would have been Impossible had not
the delegates recognized in him a gold
standard advocate.
“The wisdom, under present condi
tions, of the gold standard having once
been recognized, will be adhered to. It
can form no issue in the present cam
paign. The telegram of our candi
date to the National Convention only
confirmed the views of the overwhelm
ing majority of the delegates and of
the voters they represented, that the
gold st'andard had been irrevocably
established. We should not allow the
Republicans to boast of what happen
ed under the conservative and gentle
spirit of President McKinley and make
claims thereon for the election of tho
present occupant of the White House.
“Has not the man in Rough Rider
costume changed our treatment of
foreign countries?
“Has he not disregarded our repre
sentative government?
“McKinley declared the day he was
murdered: The problem of more mar
kets requires our urgent and Imme
diate attention ** * We cannot re
pose in fancied security that we can
forever sell everything and buy little
or nothing. * * • The period of exclu
siveness has passed.
“Have not Roosevelt and his follow
ers adopted the motto as to the tariff
of 'stand pat?’
“The Senator from Massachusetts, In
deference, 'probably, to the petition be
ing signed by Republicans as well as
Democrats all over his state, has
claimed the Republicans desire reciproc
ity with Canada, but if so, why has
the Republican party done nothing to
accomplish 'it?
“The truth may be the declaration
in the Democratic platform ‘We favor
liberal trade arrangements with Can
ada and with the people of other coun
tries, where they can be entered Into
with benefit to American agriculture,
manufactures, mining or commerce,’ is
arousing the hopes of the people and
disturbing 'the Republican ’stand pat
ters.'
“President Roosevelt has returned to
the days of 1868. He and his extreme
followers w’ould renew sectional strife.
The hopes and the ties of the people
of all the Btates know no state borders
or sectional lines.”
■the Dardenelles without the interposi
tion of any difficulty on the part of
the Turkish government.
JAPANESE DESTROYERS
ENTERED CHE FOO.
Che Foo, Aug. 12, S a. m. —Three large
Japanese torpedo destroyers, which
have been hovering outside the harbor,
entered under the cover of darkness
last night, showing no lights and an
chored a quarter of a mile from the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer
Ryeshitelni, which had been
moved to a permanent anchor
age. The correspondent of the
Associated Press was not allowed to
board the Japanese vessels. The Japa
nese officers said they would depart at
daylight.
Negotiating With Nison.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 11.—The Asso
ciated Press learns that Lewis Nixon
of New York, who has been in St. Pe
tersburg for several days, came here
at the request of the Russian admiralty
and that negotiations are progressing
between the admiralty and Mr. Nixon,
but whether for the sale of ships, ma
chinery or what, is not ascertainable.
Mr. Nixon is going to Sebastopol Fri
day to confer with the commander of
the Black sea fleet.
Ilnssln Won’t Do It Again.
London, Aug. 11.—In the House of
Commons to-day Premier Balfour,
speaking on the same lines as Lord
Lansdowne, said he was perfectly con
fledent that no neutral ship would
again he sunk hy the Russians. He ful
ly agreed in the statement that such a
sinking was an International outrage
and the government had expressed to
Russia in the clearest way possible
that view with the above result.
Want, Mollifications Made.
London, Aug. 11.—The Associated
Press learns that Great Britain is dis
tinctly dissatisfied with Russia's atti
tude in the case of the Brltlsh'steamer
Knight Commander, sunk by the Vladi
vostok squadron and continues to press
the Russian government to make sub
stantial modifications of the list of ar
ticles regarded as contraband.
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HOUSE AND SENATE
FINALLY AGREED.
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manner toward members sitting
around him, who favored the bill.
Snftl Tlicy toted Ignorantly.
The House then adopted the substi
tute and passed the bill by the vota
stated. Mr. Hall, in explaining his
vote, declared that not a half dozen
members in the House knew what they
were voting on, though the matter has
been regularly in the papers for the
last six months. Messrs. Harden and
Stovall voted for the bill.
The Railroad Committee this morn
ing, through its chairman, Mr. Cann
of Chatham, made an adverse report
to the House on the bill passed by the
Senate to require railroad companies
to equip their lumber cars with proper
standards. This means the bill is dead
for this session.
The House spent most of the day in
acting on Senate measures and con
ference committee reports. The Sen
ate did little but wait on the House,
outside of acting on the school fund.
As the House acted on measures, they
were sent to the Senate for concur
ence In amendments, If there were any.
The bill by Senator Sweat to pro
vide for a commission to report on new
counties, was reconsidered and killed a
second time by the House.
Messrs. Dunbar of Richmond and
Steed of Taylor were appointed a com
mittee to look into the matter of the
General Assembly visiting the St.
Louis Exposition on Georgia Day,
Sept. 28, under a Joint resolution.
The bill by Senator Davis, which
passed the Senate, providing for the
removal of the State Department of
Geology to the State University, and
making the state geologist professor
of geology, was dealt a quick death
thrust by the House. The North Geor
gia mining counties opposed the meas
ure, Messrs. Rankin of Gordon, Un
derwood of White and Gross of Mc-
Duffie making speeches against It. The
House disagreed to the favorable re
port of the committee by 68 to 27, and
thus killed the bill.
Action on Other Mensnrca.
The House reconsidered, ‘and a sec
ond time killed the bill by Senator
Park, permitting counties which work
only half of their misdemeanor con
victs to receive felony convicts from
the state.
The House killed the Senate bill to
Increase the salary of the clerk to the
Commissioner of Agriculture from sl,-
200 to $1,600, and passed the bill to In
crease the salary of the clerk to the
Attorney General from SBOO to $1,200.
The House agreed to all of the Sen
ate amendments to the boll weevil bill,
and the measure goes to the Governor
as the Senate fixed It. The Senate
reduced the total appropriation front
$15,000 to SIO,OOO, Rtruek out the section
providing for the destruction of cotton
fields In which the boll weevil might
be found, and added anew provision,
requiring the State Entomolglst to
visit agricultural Institutes and other
agricultural gatherings, and to lec
ture on fruit and plant pests and dis
ease.
To Prevent Sole of Votes.
By a vote of 105 to 5, the House pass
ed the bill by Senator Snead of the
Twenty-ninth, making It a misdemean
or for any one to buy or sell a vote in
any primary election In the state. The
bill also provides that either the buyer
or the seller may be made to testify
against the other, If he Is not, himself,
on trial. Heretofore there has been
no law against the buying and selling
of votes In primary elections, or, at
least, there has been no penalty at
tached to It, though vote buying In
regular elections has always been a
crime.
The House and Senate got together
on the judges’ increased salary bill,
the only amendment being one to
make it prohibitory on any judge to
accept free passes or franks, whether
he accepted the Increased salary or
not.
At the afternoon session of the
House, an effort was made to bring
about an adjournment at 6 o’clock in
the afternoon, and a resolution to this
effect wtfs passed. The Senate refused
to agree because of the large number
of the Senate bills not acted on by the
House, and both bodies finally agreed
to meet again at 8 o’clock to-night.
Messrs. Mayson of De Kalb and
Holder of Jackson were appointed a
committee on the part of the House to
purchase a life size portrait of Gen.
John B. Gordon for the State Capitol.
Other Illlls Passed.
The House passed the following
Senate bills: By Senator Moore of
the FUrst—To provide for four, in
stead of three, terms of the Superior
Court of Chatham county.
By Senator Davis of the Seventeenth
—To provide for substitution of trus
tees on bonds in certain cases.
By Senator Howell of the Thirty
fifth —To make it a misdemeanor for
any one other than an authorized rail
road agent to buy or sell contract sig
nature railroad tickets. This bill prac
tically does away entirely with the
ticket scalping business in Georgia.
By Senator Merritt of the Twentieth
—To provide for the care of all in
sane convicts at the state prison
farm, instead of at the state sani
tarium. so as to remove the insane
convicts from the Innocent insane.
By Senator Jordan of the Twenty
eighth—To provide for a medical com
missioner to report on the number of
cases of tuberculosis in Georgia, the
number of deaths from this disease,
the number of cases contracted in tha
state, 'and the number imported and
the measures, which are being taken
to prevent the spread of the disease.
The Senate passed the following
House bills:
By Mr. Harden of Chatham—To
am-rnd the fish laws so as to make
seining for fish unlawful between
March 1. and July 1. instead of be
tween June 1, and Sept. 1, as at pres
ent.
By Mr. Shackelford of Clarke —To
appropriate $29,000 to the State Uni
versity for rebuilding Science Hall at
Athens.
By Mr. Calvin of Richmond —To fig
the fees of notaries public for protest
ing notes and commercial papers at
the uniform rate of $1.50 in each oaae.
By Mr. Mason of De Kalb—To ap
propriate SSOO to buy a portrait of
Gen. Gordon.
By Mr. Howell of Baldwin—To ap
propriate $5,000 to repair buildings at
the Georgia Normal School at Mil
ledgevllle. •
FENCE WAS FOUND
WITH 35 BICYCLES.
Wholesale Thievery of Amerlcus
Wheels Practiced.
Amerlcus, Ga., Aug. 11.—In a raid
made by officers to-day upon a negro
house In the county, seven miles from
Amerlcus, thirty-five bicycles, all of
them probably stolen, were found con
cealed on the premises. The recovery
of a stolen wheel yesterday by acci
dent furnished the clue to the big dis
covery to-day. The negro, an ex-con
vlct, appeared to have a mania for
stealing bicycles, and many valuable
wheels stolen here recently, will doubt
less be discovered In this assortment.
The bicycles found will fill a two-horse
wagon.
Itrrrien Props Hurt by Rains.
Nsshvllle, Ga.. Aug. 11.—As a result
of the continuous rainfall of the last
two weeks, the farmers of this section
are feeling no little anxiety over the
crop prospect, especially tsUsn, which
Is beginning to shed.
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