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WANTS PARKER TO
MEET THE PEOPLE
SAYS IF THEY KNOW HIM
THEY WILL \OTE FOR HI 'I FOR
THE PRES I DEM'Y.
Hanes of St. l.oni> Sought to Sernre
a Promise That the Democratic
Nominee Would N i*it Ihnt t it>
During; the t ain pa inn—.lnilae nntl
Mr*. Parker Expect to *h There
During the Fall—Non in the < at
skills for a Two-Day* Re*t from
Polities.
Esopus, N. Y., Aug. 13. —Judge Par
ker has determined to take a rest from
polities for a couple of days, -and to
that end will go to a mountain club
in the Catskills to spend to-morrow
and Monday. He will be accompanied
toy Mrs. Parker.
Judge and Mrs. Parker expect this
fall to go to St. Louis, where they
will be the guests of Mrs. Daniel Man
Ding, and visit the exposition. It is
Judge Parker's purpose to eliminate
politics upon that oocasion also, but
plans have already been laid to hold
a public reception there, so that West
ern Democrats will be able to make his
acquaintance.
Harry B. Hawes, president of the
Jefferson Club of St. Louis, and a
leader in the Missouri Democracy, call
ed at Rose-mount to-day and endeav
ored to get a promise from Judge Par
ker that he would visit St. Louis
during the campaign. He said Judge
Parker had not named a date to go to
St, Louis, hut that the outcome of his
visit was perfectly satisfactory. Mr.
Hawes attended the notification cere
monies at Rosemount on Wednesday,
and after meeting Judge Parker said;
.lust Need to Know Him.
“All that is necessary to elect Judge
Parker is to have him meet the peo
ple. I.et them know him and they
■will vote for him.”
After returning to New York Mr.
Hawes talked with National Chairman
Taggart and. with other members of
the National Committee concerning the
campaign in the West. He said here
to-day that if he had any influence he
would use it to make this a “speak
ing campaign.” He believes the party
is in a good position to go before the
country.
Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Inte
rior under President Cleveland, accom
panied by his son. Marion Smith, vis
ited Rosemount this afternoon. He
told Judge Parker that he would make
a number of speeches during the cam
paign. To the newspaper men, Mr.
Smith said he believed the people
would awaken to Judge Parker's ster
ling character and that Democratic
success would be the result.
Among other visitors to-day was Col.
Cooper of Nashville.
Old time Western and Southwestern
Democrats will pay Rosemount a visit
some time in September. They will
come as the guests of Edward Field
Goltra. a St. Louis capitalist. In the
party will be Capt. Flatau of Colorado,
and of Texas Ranger fame, and Maj.
White, on the staff of Col. Joe Shelby.
BERLIN SPIELER ON
AN EDUCATED HORSE.
Entlinsiastic Over Something
Common in Midnny*.
Berlin, Aug. 13.—Wilhelm Von Os
ten. who has for a long time made in
vestigations of the intelligence of ani
mals, has reached results in educating
an Orloff stallion that cause amaze
ment among scientific men and psychol
ogists. The horse besides adding, sub
tracting, multiplying and dividing
sums, does examples involving several
of those operations, finds square num
bers and not only simply repeats what
is taught, but solves fresh problems
put to him by examiners in the ab
sence of his master, showing a grasp
of the principles of arithmetic.
The stallion also forms little sen
tences, remembers them next day and
discriminates twelve colors and shades,
giving their corresponding names. The
animal distinguished musical tones, in
dicating where they are situated on the
chromatic scale and picks out discords,
designating which tone to omit in or
der to restore harmony.
The horse communicates by a system
of hoof beats, representing the alpha
bet. Prof. Von Osten affirms that the
horse is as well educated as a boy who
has gone to school for The same num
ber of years, and the professor desires
that a commission of specialists be se
lected to take the horse under obser
vation for four weeks. This probably
will be done with the view of deter
mining whether the conventional idea
is true, that animal instinct and hu
man intelligence are essentially differ
ent.
FUNG WOO ARRESTED.
Yal<lo*ta Chinaman In Trnnhle
About Hl* Paper*.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 13.—Fung Woo,
a well known Chinaman who has been
going under the name of Joe Lee. is
in jail here awaiting a hearing in a case
brought by the government charging
him with violating the Chinese immi
gration act. He will probably be tried
next Monday. Lee has been living
here ten years and came from Fer
nandina. It is said that he came to
Fernandina'from Cuba, and that for
many years he was on a British ves
sel.
Lee dresses like an American and
uses good English. He has had a very
checkered career since coming here,
but has not lacked in enterprise and
perseverance. When he came he start
ed a laundry and a week later he
swapped his laundry outfit for a pea
nut parcher. He peddled peanuts for
a few weeks and started a fruit stand,
■which soon developed into a grocery
store. Then he built the "Happy
Chance" Hall, noted for Its negro fes
tivals and fisticuffs. Then he put on
a line of hacks and drays and became
the head of several enterprises of that
sort.
Next came his arrest for receiving
stolen goods, a large part of his stock
having been stolen by negro boys from
the Pendleton Company, the bovs hav
ing entered by way of a ventilator to
the cold storage department Then
came a term In Jail, his trial and con
viction to four years in the chatngang,
which he served. In the meantime hi*
business collapsed and he was penni
less when he was given his freedom.
He made another humble start, how
ever. and was the proprietor or a small
grocery business when Deputy United
Rates Marsha! Godwin arrested htm
last evening. Lee denies that he did
not have a certlfleate from the gov
ernment, but say* that It was lost
white he was In the rhaingang. hts ef
tecta having been disposed of for debt.
CLARK PROMISED TO
CUT MAN’S THROAT.
The Mnn Hml Shouted That Clark
Wa* a Liar.
New Albany. Ind.. Aug. 13.—“1f the
man who just called me a liar will
meet me outside the park when I finish
my speech, I’ll cut his throat from
ear to ear,” declared Congressman
Champ Clark of Missouri, during a
Joint political debate with Congress
man Charles B. Landis of Indiana, be
fore the Chautauqua Assembly here
to-day.
The debate was the principal attrac
tion of the Chautauqua. During the
speech of Mr. Landis someone in the
audience shouted: “Where’s Bill Tay
lor?”
Mr. Landis replied: "He is in In
diana and will stay there until he gets
justice."
When Mr. Clark took the platform he
referred to ex-Gov, Taylor as an assas
sin, charging that the Republicans
were protecting a man who should be
hanged. Continuing, he said:
"The Republicans want to rule this
country by assassination.”
Someone in the audience cried out:
"That's not true; you are a liar." Im
mediately Congressman Clark shouted
his challenge, which was greeted with
hisses.
When quiet had been restored Mr.
Clark concluded his speech.
GORDON DIEdTrOM
HIS BULLET WOUND.
He Was Shot I.n*t Wednesday at
Liberty Clfy.
Liberty City, Ga„ Aug. 13.—H. W.
Gordon, who was shot by Capt. Q.
Fleming last Wednesday night, died
to-day at 11:30 o'clock. It was thought
at first that he would recover, but
yesterday evening he took a sudden
change for the worse. He leaves a
wife 'and six little children.
Brantley Chapman is improving and
will be up in a few days.
FIRST SEA ISLAND BALE
REACHES VALDOSTA.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 13.—Contrary to
expectations, the first bale of sea
island cotton made its appearance here
to-day, seven days sooner than has
been known in a number of years. It
was raised by a negro man named
Richard Griffith, who works on Mr. W.
H. Peterson's place. It gi'aded extra
choice and was bought by T. M. Ray
for 22c, though it was worth hardly
that much according to the market re
port s.
KILLED A WOMAN AND
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Boston, Aug. 13.—Mrs. Ada Richard
son. wife of a prominent farmer of
Methuen, was stabbed to death to-day
at a lodging house in the south end by
William E. Clark, who is said to have
been in the employ of the woman's hus
band. The landlady was aroused by
cries and running into the hall met
Clark, who ran from the house. In
the room which the guilty couple had
occupied the landlady found Mrs. Rich
ardson dead, her body lying on the bed
with a knife wound in the breast. Clark
later committed suicide.
He**ort Out on Sept. 2 s
Washington. Aug. 13.—Owing to the
fact that Sept. 3, Saturday, has Ijeen
declared a holiday by a large number
of the commercial organizations of the
country and th'at Monday, Sept. 5, is
a legal holiday, the September cot
ton report of the Bureau of Statistics
of the Agricultural Department will
be issued at 1:15 p. m., Friday. Sept. 2,
instead of at noon on the third of the
month, as is usual.
The Alfiliiimn Coal Strike.
Birmingham, Ala.. Aug. 13.—There is
practically no change in the strike sit
uation at the coal mines to-day. Six
teen hundred tons of coal were mined
at the Blossberg mines of the Sloss-
Sheffleld Steel and Iron Company to
day. The operators claim the num
ber of men at work is being increased
gradually. The miners' leaders declare
the contrary is true.
Reception to Cleveland.
Sandwich, N. H.. Aug. 13.—The citi
zens of this town to-day tendered a
reception to former President Grover
Cleveland and Gov. Nahum J. Bbeheld
er at Center Sandwich. Rater a crowd
assembled in front of the hotel, and
was addressed by Mr. Cleveland and
Gov. Bachelder. Mr. Cleveland refer
red to his presidential service 'as a
"servitude of honor, indeed.”
Pound Sailor's Remains,
Villefranche, France, Aug. 14.—A
party of fishermen have found in Vllle
france roads the remains of an Ameri
can sailor, thought to be Henry Mit
chell. a stoker of the cruiser Olympia,
of the American Fluropean squadron.
It is believed he was waylaid and
beaten and cast Into the sea by thieves.
Reached \o Aareenient.
Knoxville. Tenn., Aug. 13.—The joint
scale conference of miners and opeia
tors of District 19 adjourned to-day
without reaching an agreement.
GOT IT
Got Something Else, Too.
"I liked m.v coffee strong and I
drank it strong," says a Pennsylvania
woman, telling a good story, "and al
though I had headaches nearly every
day I just wouldn't believe there was
any connection between the two. I
had weak and heavy spells and palpi
tation ot the heart, too. and although
husband told me he thought it was
coffee that made me so poorly, and
did not drink it himself, for he said
it did not agree with him. yet I loved
my coffee and thought 1 just couldn't
do without it.
"One day n friend called at my
home—that was a year ago. 1 spoke
about how well she was looking and
she said:
"‘\es. and I feel well .too. It's be
cause 1 am dilnking Postum in place
of ordinary coffee.'
"1 said, what is Postum?
"Then she told me how it was a
food-drink and how much better she
felt since using it in place of coffee or
tea. so 1 *cnt to the store and bought
a package and when it was made ac
cording to directions it was so good I
have never bought a pound of coffee
since i began to improve imme
diHtelv.
I cannot begin to tell you how
much better I feel since using Postum
and leaving coffee atone My health
is better than It has been for year*,
and 1 cannot say enough In praise of
this deiu ions food-drink ' Name
given by Postum t'o.. Battle Creek
Mich
Take away the destrover and put a
rebuilds?' to work and Nature win do
the rest. That's what you do when
postum takes coffee* place m your
diet "There's ,i reason "
Get the little book, "Th* Road to
Wellvllle," in each packHg^
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 14. 1904.
TO PAY SPANISH
WAR CLAIMS
OVER $150,000 DUE GEORGIA
GOVERNMENT IS READY TO PAY
AS SOON AS CLAIMS ARE ADJUSTED
A part of (lie Claim* Have Already
neen Filed, But Other* Are Y'et
to Come—Must Be Filed Before
January ItiOO to Be Considered.
Anditor*' Decision a* to the State's
Right to Re-Imliurement for Et
penditore* on Account of Furnish
ing Troops.
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, Aug. 13. —There is some
thing like J 150.000 to $200,000 claimed
to be due the state of Georgia, from
the United States government, grow
ing out of disbursements by the st'ate
government in furnishing troops for
the Spanish War. These claims are
now pending before the Auditor of the
War Department, and as soon as they
are adjusted they will be paid. The
money is now available.
Judge C. J. Jones, of Cedartown,
was designated, sometime ago, by Gov.
Terrell, to represent the Interests of
the state before the Treasury officials,
and he has recently been in communi
cation with Auditor Rittman, auditor
of War Department accounts.
Many Claim* Not Y'et Filed.
Some of the Georgia claims have
been filed, but others are yet to come.
The first act of Congress providing for
the reimbursement of states furnishing
troops for the war with Spain, required
that all claims should be filed not later
than April 1, 1904. There was consid
erable misunderstanding and confusion
as to what should be included in these
claims, and the consequence was that
many of the states were not prepared
to submit their claims within the time
limit fixed by the act.
At the last session of Congress the
question came up for consideration,
and it was provided that all claims
growing out of the Spanish war, in
connection with the furnishing of
troops and supplies by the various
states, must be filed not later than
January, 1906. In the new act of ex
tension of time, it set forth that these
claims must be based upon actual dis
bursements made by the various states,
for supplies, transportation, and other
necessaries in connection with the
equipment and maintenance of troops
intended for active service in the Span
ish war.
The Slate to Be Reimbursed.
In the consideration of the Georgia
claims the question arose whether the
state is entitled to reimbursement for
expenditures to prepare the troops
and have them in readiness for enroll
ment in the service of the United
States. Under the existing law the
auditor holds that the state is entitled
to be reimbursed for the money it ex
pended in enlisting, equiping and sup
plying state troops up to the date of
their enlistment in the government
that each claim shall be filed separate
ly. giving a description of the condi
tions and circumstances under which
the disbursement was made, and if it
is clearly demonstrated that the ex
penditure was made in good faith, to
assist in furnishing troops to the na
tional government, the claim will be
paid.
It is understood that many of these
claims have their origin in Savannah.
OBITUARY.
Mr*. Wm. M. Thomn*. Griffin.
Griffin, Ga„ Aug. 13.—Mrs. William
M. Thomas, wife of Hon. William M.
Thomas, clerk of the Superior Court
of Spalding county, died at her home
yesterday after a protracted illness
from turberculosis. She is survived
by her husband and two children. Miss
May Ruth and Willie Thomas, and two
sisters. Mrs. Lucy R. West of Milledge
ville, and Mrs. W. H. Brewer of Grif
fin.
W. T. Rntney, New York.
A telegram to Mr. T. A. Bryson last
night from Mr. Roy A. Rainey an
nounced the death in New York city
yesterday afternoon of his brother. Mr.
W. T. Rainey. Mr. Rainey wasi 38
years old. He was unmarried and
leaves a mother, sister and two broth
ers, Roy A. and Paul Rainey. Mr.
Rainey was well known in Savannah
through his visits here. He first came
three years ago last winter and spent
several months here with his brother.
Both were enthusiastic automobilists
and formed a wide circle of acquaint
ances and friends. Last winter they
were here again and spent most of the
winter. During their visit they in
vested in considerable suburban prop
perty. Mr. W. T. Rainey bought a
place at Montgomery on which he
built an attractive house. The grounds
are now being improved and the place
when completed is designed to be one
of the handsomest and most pictur
esqe of any around Savannah.
Mr. Rainey's former home was in
Cleveland, 0., where he was born.
Mr*. T. W. Snook*.
Mrs. Lena A. Snooks, wife of Mr.
T. W. Snooks, died yesterday at the
home of her father, No. H Thirty-sec
ond street, west, after an illness of
several months from consumption. She
was a native of Savannah and was 26
years old. She leaves, besides her hus
band. a father. Mr. William Kiernan,
a mother, two brothers, one sister and
an Infant child. She was a member
of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church. The funeral will take place
from the family residence at 4:30
o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Father
Aloysius Will officiate.
.Innie* Mrl.miKhlln. Nashville.
Nashville, Tenn.. Aug 13.—James
McLaughlin, president of the Mer
chants' National Bank of this city,
died here to-day after a protracted fit
ness. Mr. McLaughlin was TO years
old and a native of Ireland.
—Robert H. McCurdy, president of
a life insurance company, is having
plans drawn for a mansion in New
York with a sun parlor on the roof.
The size of this room will be 9 6x19
feet, and It will be constructed, sides
and top, of plate gl'ass, the floor be
ing of wood. It is Mr. McCurdy's In
tention to use the sun parlor during
periods of convalescence among mem
bers of hi* family. Sun parlors in
dwelling house* are unusual, but no
doubt Mr. McCurdy's Idea will be
adopted by others, ns it is well known
that physicians always recommend
plenty of sun during convalescence.
in."—
Denver Ordered to Until.
Washington, Aug. 13.- The Denver,
of the Caribbean squadron, bos been
ordered to Oonaives and Jeremle, Hay
li. Minister Powell having reported dis
turbance* there.
t RUSSIAN’S STORY
OF BATTLE AFLOAT.
Continued from First Page.
Azarieff, Navigating Lieutenant Dra
gushevitch. Those slightly wounded
included tnyself and eight others. . A
number of sailors were killed or
wounded, but just how. many has not
yet been ascertained.
"I arrived at Kiachou at 9 o'clock
in the evening and found there the
cruiser Novik and the torpedo boat
Bezshumi. ,
“I am happy to bear witness to your
majesty to the unexampled bravery of
the officers and men during the des
perate encounter."
RUSSIANS IN DESPAIR
OVER NAVAL REVERSES.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 14, 5:15 a. m. —
Not since the beginning of the war be
tween Russia and Japan has anything
so obviously affected Russian spirits
as the gradual revelation of the ex
tent of the Port Arthur squadron's re
verse. The details of Rear Admiral
Withoft's fatal sortie are not known
to the general public even at this hour,
though the dispatch of Capt. Matouse
vitch, Admiral Withoft’s chief of staff
to the Emperor, was promulgated late
to-night.
Capt. Matousevitch makes it clear
that the Port Arthur squadron fought
what was probably the greatest battle
of “ironclads” since steel replaced
wood in naval construction. The ef- v
fort of the Russians to fight their way'
through the Japanese fleet probably
would have been successful, but for
the disaster to the battleship Czare
vitch, which compelled the squadron
to fight a second battle, ending in the
dispersal of Jhe Russian fleet in the
darkness.
The Associated Press learns that the
awful mortality among the officers of
the Czarevitch is due to Admiral Wit
hoft and most of his officers being
gathered on the bridge during the ac
tion, so as to encourage the men. A
Japanese shell burst beneath the
bridge, wrecking that part of the ship,
and killing or wounding every officer
on duty thereabouts.
TORPEDO BOATS HAVE
ENTERED CHE FOO PORT.
Che Foo, Aug. 13.—10 p. m.—Four
torpedo boats or torpedo bo'at de
stroyers, apparently Japanese, enter
ed this harbor at 8 o'clock to-night.
A cruiser remained outside the har
bor.
One of the torpedo boats exchanged
signals with the Chinese flagship.
Che Foo, Aug. 14, 4 a. m.—The cor
respondent of the Associated Press at
once visited the Chinese flagship and
he was told by Admiral Sah that no
Japanese or Russian vessels had been
seen during the night.
JAPANESE THINKS THEY
WERE BADLY DAMAGED.
Tokio, Aug. 13. 5 p. m.—lt is be
lieved here that the Russians will
not be able to repair the five battle
ships reported by Admiral Togo to
have been damaged in the recent sea
fighting at Port Arthur. The Japanese
land batteries now commanding the
entrance to the harbor, could render
this work impossible.
Before the Russian fleet emerged
from Port Arthur, on Aug. 10, the
Japanese batteries could reach the
warships there with shells and the
docks were exposed to a fire, the
severity of which was increasing con
stantly. It Is doubted if the ships will
be able to go to sea without undergo
ing repairs, and it is reported that the
Russians themselves will destroy them
before Port Arthur falls.
TOGO REPORTS UPON
DAMAGE TO RUSSIANS.
Tokio, Aug. 13, 10 a. m.—Admiral
Togo reports that five Russian battle
ships appear to have been heavily
damaged in the engagement of Aug.
10.
The Pobieda lost two masts, and one
of her heavy guns was disabled.
The flagship Retvizan, which was hit
several times at a distance of 3,500
yards, seems to have sustained the
greatest injury.
The damage inflicted on the,Russian
cruisers was comparatively slight.
The Bayan has not appeared since
the engagement.
The damage sustained by the Japa
nese vessels has been temporarily re
paired.
CHANCE FOR
TO LEAVE PORT ARTHUR.
Tokio, Aug. 13. —The Emperor,
through Field Marshal Yamagata, chief
of the general staff, has directed Field
Marshal Oyama. commander of the
Japanese armies in the field, to permit
the women, priests, merchants and
diplomats and the officers of neutral
powers to leave Port Arthur and to ex
tend to them shelter at Port Dalny.
Oyama was given authority to re
move other non-combatants not
enumerated, providing it dies not af
fect the military operations. Yama
gata’s formal order declares that the
Emperor, prompted by humanity, de
sires to spare the non-combatants at
Port Arthur from devastation by Are
and sword.
JAPAN'S EXPLANATION '
ABOUT THE RYESHITELNI.
London, Aug. 13.—The Japanese lega
tion to-day Informed the Associated
Press that the Tokio government will
send a circular note to the Powers on
the subject of the seizure of the Rus
sian torpedo boat destroyer Ryeshltel
nl.
It was Intimated that the explana
tion will contend that the Japanese
torpedo boat destroyers entered <’h>
F'oo to'ascertain If the Hyeshlteln w as
really dismantled and unable to take
part in future operations, that the
Japanese boats’* crew was attacked by
tile Russians, that the Japanese re
plied in self-defence and that, seeing
the Ryeshltelnl was able to continue
military opotation*, she was towed out
to sea.
CHINESE LOSE FAITH
IN RUSSIAN ARMS.
Liao Yang. Aug. 13.—The Chinese
goverrlor of Mukden has issued a
proclamation welcoming the Japanese.
This is due to the fact that the suc
cessive retirements of the Russians
upon their main lines have caused the
Chinese to lose faith in the Russian
arms.
RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP
BADLY BATTERED.
Che Foo, Aug. 13, 9:30 p. m.—The As
sociated Press correspondent at Tsing
chou wires that the Russian battleship
Czarevitch received terrible punish
ment in the fight off Shantung pro
monotory on Aug. 10.
The fight lasted from noon until
evening. The Czarevitch bore the
brunt of the fighting until 4 o’clock in
the afternoon, when Admiral Withoft
was hit by a shell which blew his body
to pieces, only one of his legs being
found after the explosion. Four officers
standing near him were also killed. Al
together the Czarevitch lost fifteen kill
ed and forty-five wounded.
At 4 p. m. Aug. 11 a Russian torpedo
boat destroyer, badly damaged, steam
ed slowly into Tsingchou, and half an
hour later the protected cruiser Novik,
slightly injured, entered port. No dead
were on board either vessel.
They took coal and departed at 3
o’clock on the morning of Aug. 12.
The battleship Czarevitch arrived at
Tsingchou on the night of Aug. 11.
Her rudder shaft was broken, one gun
was disabled, life boats had been lost,
her masts were badly bent, her fun
nels were riddled and her bridge
twisted out of position. The pro
jectile holes above the water line
were covered with make-shift stoppers
of wood.
The same night one torpedo bo'at de
stroyer and the cruiser Askold, with
five of her crew dead and twelve
wounded, attempted to enter Tsing
chou, but were kept out by a Japa
nese cruiser, whereupon they proceeded
to Woosung.
The officers of the Czarevitch claim
that the Japanese vessels suffered
severely in the fighting, as the pursuit
of the Czarevitch was maintained for
a short time only. Several Japanese
cruisers are now reported to be off
Shantung promontory, near the scene
of the fighting, while the destroyers
on scouting duty are watching the
mouth of Tsingchou harbor. The Ger
man warships at Tsingchou to-night
are the cruisers Fuerst Bism'arck, Geir,
Hansel and Hertha, the gunboats
Luchs and Tiger, and two torpedo boat
destroyers. They control the harbor
exit absolutely.
THE LITTLE-CZAREVITCH
WEIGHED 10 7-10 POUNDS.
St. Petersburg, Aug. 14.—The Em
press and baby Czarevitch, ‘at last re
ports, were In the best of condition.
The heir to the throne at his birth
weighed ten and seven-tenths pounds,
English weight, and has dark hair
like that of his paternal grandmother.
The christening may take place Aug.
20. The churches 'are filled all day
long with praying throngs.
THINKS FIGHTING DAYS OF
CZAREVITCH ARE OVER.
Che Foo. Aug. 13, 10 p. m.—The
steamer Dagmar, arriving to-night
from Tsingchou, had on board the har
bor pilot who steered the Russian bat
tleship Czarevitch into that port. He
expressed the opinion that the fighting
days of the Czarevitch are over and
that she will be dismantled.
Chinese dock yard laborers who left
Port Arthur on the night of Aug. 8,
and who arrived here to-day. confirm
the report of heavy fighting there.
They state that the Japanese lines are
gradually closing in on the inner forts.
A shell, which exploded in the gen
eral hospital, killed a number of pa
tients.
THE CRUISER NOVIK
GOT AWAY IN TIME.
Berlin, Aug. 13.—The Russian pro
tected cruiser Novilc left Tsingchou, at
the entrance of Kiaochou bay, the
German concession on the Shantung
peninsula, where she arrived Thursday
night, within the twenty-four-hour
limit, according to an official dispatch
to the Navy Department from the Gov
ernor of Kiaochou.
Several other Russian vessels are still
in the harbor in a disabled condition.
TWO DESTROYERS
FOUND STRANDED.
Washington, Aug. 13.—The Japanese
legation late to-day received a cable
gram from Tokio as follows:
"According to a telegram from Che
Foo two Russian destroyers were
found stranded twenty miles east of
Wei-Hai-Wei on Aug. 11."
ROOSEVELT’sTiND WORDS
WERE SPOKEN TOO SOON.
Anti-Race Sntelile Product Turns
On* Rather Badly. ,
Sioux City, la.. Aug. 13.—J. C. Fran
cis. aged 17 years. one of sixteen
F'rancls children, whose father was
congratulated by President Roosevelt
last spring on his numerous progeny,
was shot through the right arm by
Deputy Sheriff Kelso near Holly
Springs, as the boy whs faking from
its hiding place a package which he
supposed contained $1,600 in money.
The package had been deposited by
Jacob Feldner, a wealthy farmer, who
had six letter signed "The Unknown,"
which Informed him that de'ath await
ed him if he refused to leave $1,600
at a designated rural mail box.
Must Clean Che Streets.
Havana. Aug. 13.—The continued re
fusal of authorities of the cities of
Eastern Cuba to clean the street*, on
the ground that no money had been ap
propriated for the purpose, has result
ed In a decision by President Palma to
reform the system of municipal tax
collections, and to have new asses*,
ments made throughout the Island.
President Palma has decided to ap
point Curios Ortez, secretary of state
and Justice, and Carlos Alberto Smith
will be appointed secretary of agri
culture
A PASTOR CURED RY PE-RU-NA
Rev* Leander and
Mrs. Dalton have III" Hrife
Faith inPeruna 5k if; I •m J
The Catarrh Remedy of /(M j ;Jj
National Fame. Ai| |i L.-fglj--.
From East and West Come Jr • li,
Words of Praise from Those fli Mk \
..run.
I*^l
Rev Charles Learvder.
Cannot Be Too Thankful to Pe-ru-na.
Mr. Christian Wenger, Sigsbee, Mo.,
writes:
“I cannot thank you enough for re
storing my health. I am satisfied that
I am rid of my headaches. I have not
experienced a return of them this
winter.” —Christian Wenger.
A Temperance lecturer Used
Pe-ru-na.
Mrs. Evelena A. Dalton, 363 Fre
mont street, Boston, Mass., a well
known temperance lecturer, writes:'
Hlr*chfel<l Tried Suicide.
New York. Aug, 13.—Emil Hirsch
feld, of San Francisco, attempted sui
cide by cutting his throat with a
razor on the French line steamer La
Touraine, just before she reached her
dock from Havre to-day. His condi
tion is serious. He left a note indi
cating that he was h'aunted by a fear
of insanity and had been in ill health.
For Open Shop Policy.
New York. Aug. 13.—Announcement
was made to-night that the board of
governors of the Building Trades As
sociation have decided unanimously to
adopt the policy of the “open shop"
in this city unless the seven locked
out labor unions reaffirm the general
arbitration plan and return to work
before Aug. 22.
Bryan Will Drop It.
New Haven, Conn., Aug. 13.—Coun
sel for William J. Bryan in his appeal
to the Supreme Court from the decision
of the Superior Court excluding the
famous sealed letter, which appeal was
lost as the court found no error in
the ruling, say that no further steps
will be taken by Mr. Bryan in this
direction to secure the $50,000 mention
ed in the letter.
Anderson Again Talk*.
St. Louis, Aug. 13.—The Internation
al Typographical Union Convention to
day sustained the decision of the Ex
ecutive Council, upholding the action
of a New Orleans foreman in discharg
ing a printer for alleged incompetency.
Delegate Anderson of Macon, Ga., de
clared that this convention ha;i assem
bled to make laws not founded on sen
timent, but on justice.
SCOUNDREL IN VENEER
Itnisonll Nothing Less Than a Cal
lous Murderer.
Edgar Wallace in the London Mail.
With dramatic swiftness comes the
test of the Anglo-French agreement in
so far as Morocco and its future are
concerned.
There 's this about most treaties,
that long before they take effect the
circumstances of their manufacture are
hallowed by time and excused by their
antiquity.
“Makin’ a treaty,” said the sporting
attache, "is like backin' a two-year-old
for next year’s Derby. He may 'come
on’ or he may ‘go off,’ but you've al
ways got a year's grace before you
find how big a fool you’ve been in back
in' him."
So far Raisoull is loaded with
honors. He demanded provinces—he
has got them. He asked for money—
the dollars are his. Great men of the
country whose only crime has been
their loyalty to the government of the
Sultan have been thrown in prison, and
infamous blackguards, who, in default
of the operation of capital punishment,
have been languishing in jail, have
been set free to augment friend Rai
souli's band of cut-throats.
Avery gentlemanly fellow is this
"Slave of God," Raisouli, a man whom
Mr. Perdicaris is pleased to eulogize.
Fluropeans of Morocco' who know him
better, are content to allow Mr. Per
dicaris a monopoly of the cut-throat’s
friendship.
Let there be no mistake about Rai
soull; no sentimental glossing over the
unclean character of the man. Pic
turesque he is, but it is the picturesque
ness peculiar to the exceptional crim
inal. I could name a dozen men of
London or New York as interesting;
men who have walked the last walk
to trap or chair. Raisouli is pleasant
spoken and good-humored—think Af
fat-faced Palmer and cheery Charles
Peace. The element of romance that
lies in Raisoull's case is purely one of
environment and background.
A Romantic Scoundrel.
A murderer in jellab and fez. with
blue, wavy hills in the distance and
palm trees and cactus bushes about
him. is no less a scoundrel than the
sallow-faced sneak thief of Wapping
or the Cherry HUI tough. Our good
friend Raisouli, whom most of us
would like to present for sweet ro
mance's sake as something mildly Na
poleonic—with Just a dash of Claude
Duval—is nothing less than a callous
murderer, veneered with a spurious
and plausible variety of patriotism.
He abducted Europeans—for what?
If the story h told the Dally Mali
is to be believed, It was from some fine
high motive. It was to effect the dis
missal of a cruel and unjust governor
and the release of Innocent men. Ad
mitting the truth of the charges he has
brought against the deposed Ksshs and
th virtues of the prisoners, one might
reasonably sympathize with slal*oull In
his action But the greed of the pro
fessional thief who has ftk hed his way
Rev. Charles H. Leander, 202
Golden Gate ave., San Francisco,
Cal., National Lecturer and Pastor
First Spiritual Society, writes:
“It Is with pleasure that I give
my endorsement of Peruna. My
experience has been very satis
factory from its use, and I do
firmly believe that it is the best
known remedy for catarrh in all
its different forms.”
REV. CHARLES H. LEANDER.
“For years I have suffered with bil
ious colic. A friend advised me to try
Peruna, and I have not been troubled
with bilious colic since using it."—
Mrs. Evelena A. Dalton.
A reward of .J 10,000 has been de
posited in the Market Exchange Bank,
Columbus, 0.. as a guarantee that the
above testimonials are genuine; that
we hold in our possession authentic
letters certifying to the same. During
many years’ advertising we have never
used, in part or in whole, a single
spurious testimonial. Every one of
our testimonials are genuine and in
the words of the one whose name is
appended.
to notoriety and affluence does not
stop at these demands. He goes on to
inflict his vengeance on the men who,
ten years ago, were responsible for
laying him by the heels for his com
plicity in a series of particularly re
volting crimes. So these sheiks, at an
age when they were expecting to reap
the fruits of their age and service to
the government, are torn from their
homes and cast into a filthy prison.
Brigand and Overlord.
Then Raisouli asked for the governor
ship of two small villages. These were
granted. The cupidity of the men ex
cited by his easy victory, he demands
a province. This, too, is granted him.
Then another province is asked for,
and another, until he is overlord of a
great slice of territory. Then money is
requisitioned and promptly granted,
and Raisouli finds himself at the end
of two months’ negotiations in a much
better position financially and politi
cally than most men who have devoted
lifetimes to honest work.
I touch upon Raisouli's present posi
tion beeahse it may be a very great
factor in the situation he has himself
unwittingly created.
Black as this man's character is, I
think there can be no doubt that the
last thing in the world he desires is
a European occupation of this country.
He is Moor enough. Mohammedan
enough, fanatic enough to regard
Christian encroachment upon this land
of God as something to be resisted with
every drop of blood in his body. I give
him no more credit for this than I
would the meanest peasant that ever
peddled charcoal on the Sok for being
possessed of a similar sentiment. And
yet Raisouli’s act has brought about
the very catastrophe that he. no less
than Mussulman Morocco, most dreads.
France'* Mission.
Fh-om the moment Mr. Perdicaris
was forcibly taken from his house the
occupation of Morocco became inevita
ble. I do not entirely share the doubts
that have been thrown upon Lord
Lansdowne's wisdom in handing over
the absolute control of this country to
France, but surely no treaty was ever
so quickly put to the test as that made
by England and France. The wisdom
or unwisdom of that section of the con
vention dealing with Morocco will be
decided almost at once. Great Britain
having relinquished the last shred of
claim she may have had in favor of
France, and incidentally her respon
sibilities, will France carry out the
duties involved by the'convention and
restore law and order to this coun
try?
For the punishment of Raisouli will
not prevent a recurrence of the inci
dent that agitated Tangier for a month.
There are hundreds of little men anx
ious to emulate Raisouli.
Human nature is much about the
same the world over; gentlemen who
successfully "loop the loop" are soon
supplanted by other gentlemen who
as successfully "fiy the flume," and we
may look forward to a brisk revival In
the brigandage business.
Unless
There is no law in Morocco worth
talking about. Acts of violence are
only avoided by mutual consent of all
parties, so to speak. The Sultan is
powerless to deal with people of the
Raisouli breed. Morocco is made up
of a number of disunited states with
a distrust of the Sultan in common.
It is to France that Europe must
now look for a restoration of law at
the inevitable cost of war. Great
Britain, with the Transvaal squander
and the Somaliland folly behind her
and a general election somewhere
round the corner, will do nothing, that
is certain.
After F'ranee there remains only
America, and what America will do in
any given set of circumstances none
but the most foolhardy would prophesy
It may be taken for granted that she
will do exactly the thing that nobody
anticipates.
—Andrew Carnegie gives a bonus of
10 per cent, upon their yearly wages to
all employes upon the Skibo estate*
who are total abstainers from intoxi
eating drink. He believes that sm h
are well worth their bonus, both from
an economic and a social point of
view.
—"I certainly did enjoy your sere
mon,” said the hard cage, who
attended church. "Indeed!” iplied the
Rev. Mr. Tawker, "and which part did 1
you enjoy the most?” "I guess It w*j
the part where I drenmd 1 had a mil
lion dollars." —Philadelphia Ledger.
—Her Experience.- "I am not a rich
man." he mild, "so if you are married
to me we will probably have a grmit
deal to contend with.” "Oh, of routse, "
rejoined the young widow, who knWj|
whereof she spoke, "we will Haw* aacim
other.”—Chicago Dally News. m