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THE MORNING NEWS.
Established 1850. .- - Incorporated 1888
J. H. ESTILL, President.
TO DESTROY HULL
OF A BATTLESHIP
OBSTRUCTION ON THE WAYS
TO RIP OPEN THE CONNECTICUT
AS SHE WAS LAUNCHED.
Obstruction Wae Discovered by
Divers Who Were Sent Down to
See That the Ways Were Clear.
Marine* Posted With Revolvers
to Frustrate Any Other Such At
tempt—Government Is Hntlding
This Ship at New York.
New York, Sept. 27.—The Herald to
morrow will print the following:
With the intention of ruining the
hull of the battleship Connecticut,
which 'will be launched at the New
York navy* yard Thursday, some per
son or persons placed an obstruction
on the ways. When it was placed
there or by whom is not known, for
it was not discovered until divers were
sent down to make an investigation.
This investigation was made as a mat
ter of precaution and the naval offi
cers then learned that an obstruction
had been placed on the ways that
■nould have destroyed the work of
months.
Officers at the navy yards would not
discuss the matter at all yesterday,
and it would not have become known,
if, in addition to the special guard
of marines, two watchmen had not
been stationed at the stern of the ves
sel with loaded revolvers and instruc
tions to fire at any suspicious object
in the water.
It is believed that the obstruction
was brought to the yard and placed In
position from a boat.
As is usual before a large ship is
launched divers were sent down to
see that the ways were clear. They
went down foj- the first time on Sat
urday and since the obstruction was
found 'they have been making the most
careful examination and were working
there yesterday afternoon. They will
be sent down for the last time to
morrow morninig before the ship is
launched, and Naval Constructor Bax
ter, who has charge of the launching,
will be satisfied that everything is all
right before he gives the signal which
will send the great battleship into the
water.
While the naval officers would not
discuss the nature of the obstruction
found on the ways, it is known that
it was not an explosive and also it
is known that if it had not been
found and removed it would have
either torn a great hole in the bottom
of the ship or would have thrown it
over on its side.
None of the naval officers or men
who have worked around the large
ship yards can recall another case
where a malicious attempt was made
to wreck a battleship-.
killedThmself when
HE FOUND HER FALSE.
A Wealthy Young Venezuelan’* Mad
Infatuation.
New York, Sept. 27.—Because a
young woman with whom he was in
fatuated had refused to recognize him
when they met in a fashionable cafe
last night, Carlo Frederlques Von Bau
ditz, the wealthy young Venezuelan,
shot, himself in his apartments at Hotel
Endtcott.
From a friend of the suicide, it has
been learned that Von Bauditz had
trouble with the woman several days
ago, when he met her In company with
another man. * After a stormy scene,
the woman promised, it is said, not to
offend again. Last evening, while Von
Bauditz and two friends were at din
ner in the cafe, the woman and an
other man entered and took seats at
a table near them.
The woman, according to Von Bau
dttz’s friends, did not appear to notice
her admirer. Von Bauditz became ex
cited. After reproaching the woman
und causing such a scene that the
waiters asked his friends to take him
out of the restaurant, Von Bauditz at
last consented to leave the place, shout
ing as he did so: “I will kill myself
She is false! I have nothing more to
live for.” y
Soon after he reached his room at
the hotel, a pistol shot was heard and
the young man’s body was found on
the floor. He had died Instantly.
A note, addressed to “Whom it may
concern," said. "No one to blame; I
did it myself.”
A second letter asked that some of
his personal property be given to the
woman who had spurned him.
thTrty-onTinjured.
Not a Pmiifiiscr of Them All. How
ever, Will Die.
St. Louis. Sept. 27.—Thirty-one per
sons were hurt, but none seriously, by
the derailing of four cars of a south
bound passenger train on the St. Louis
and Iron Mountain Railroad to-day,
iiv.tr Vulcan, Mo., 125 miles from here.
The train left here last night for Hot
Springs. Ark.
A special train brought the victims
'o this city, where they were met by
ambulances nnd taken to the hospital
or to their homes. Physicians wlm
* itne back with the Injured say that
l one of them will dir.
The accident whs caused by heavy
rain, which washed away the earth
about the tie*, tinder the weight of
the train the rails spread, overturning
he cars. The passengers •scaped
through the windows.
Too Low for Nsvlastlos.
Mobil#, Ala., Kept. 27.—The Alabams
river has bd. om* no low that It hns
been declared (innavigable and river
steamers will be laid up ML a rise
The banka are lined with cotton and
the low water will cause thousands of
dollars loss. Old river men say (tie
condition u unprtc4en 1 * *
£fabannaj) Jfiufning ffrto£,
NUMBER IT.TOo.
PROMISED CONNECTICUT
When They Called l pon JudKe Par _
her In New York.
New York. Sept. 27-Judge Parker
“ et and conferred at length
ith Democratic politicians from half
a dozen states, covering territory as
tar east as Connecticut and west to
California. His visit to New York is
the third of a series. He arrived at
3:30 o’clock this morning from Esopus,
and will not return before Thursday
noon at the earliest.
In accordance with his custom, Judge
Parker prohibited broad circulation of
his plans for his New York visit, and
as a result, had the forenoon clear to
receive such persons as came by ap
pointment. During the afternoon he
saw a number of delegates who learned
of the judge’s presence through the
Democratic National Committee.
FeWer 01 Judge Parker’s political
managers called to-day than on the
two previous occasions, but it is ex
pected they will confer with the can
aldate on the succeeding days of his
stay here. Those who called from na
tional headquarters were Chairman
inomas Taggart, Delaney Nicoll, vice
chairman; William F. Sheehan, chair
man of the Executive Committee, and
G. F. Parker, chairman of the Literary
Bureau.
TT G .? n - M a hew C. Butler, formerly
united States Senator from South Car
olina, called on Judge Parker to-day to
congratulate him on his letter of ac
ceptance. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who
expects to make several speeches in
support of Judge Parker, and Ex-Gov.
Benton McMillin of Tennessee called
during the afternoon. Mr. McMillin
is an old friend of Judge Parker and
will campaign for him. No dates of
places to speak have yet been assigned
to him.
Among the afternoon callers were
Col. Daniel S. Lamont, Charles M
Preston, chairman of the Ulster coun
ty committee, which is the candidate’s
home county; James B. Phelan, ex
mayor of San Francisco, and a delega
tion from Connecticut.
Members of the Connecticut party
said they told Judge Parker that their
state will go Democratic and that they
are prepared to make good their
claims.
An invitation for a reception in his
honor at the Manhattan Club was ex
tended to Judge Parker to-day and ac
cepted. No date was fixed, the time
being left for Judge Parker’s selection.
CUNNEEN ANSWERS ODELL.
Say* He Frequently Advised
Against Perversion of Funds.
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 27—Attorney
General John Cunneen, the only Demo
cratic member of the present state ad
ministration, to-night issued a state
ment in answer to the recently pub
lished challenge of Gov. Odell, in which
the latter was quoted as having asked:
"If the perversion of public funds,
about which so much was said in the
Democratic platform, had been going
on at Albany during the last four
years, what has the Democratic Attor
ney General been doing?” And hav
ing alleged that the Attorney General
"is a member of nearly all the state
boards.”
Mr. Cunneen asserts that he is not
a member of any of the state boards
against which the Democrats have
charged extravagance and perversion
of public money, and he declares that
during the two years of his term as
Attorney General he has "repeatedly
advised Gov. Odell that appropriations
of public money made by the Legisla
ture were unauthorized by the consti
tution, but he has ignored my advice
and given such appropriations his ap
proval.”
Mr. Cunneen accuses Gov. Odell of
being "more disposed to make the
state serve his party than to make his
party serve the state,” and denies that
the Governor has followed his advice
regarding the proposed legislation sub
mitted to his judgment.
Hill to Speak 111 Indians.
New York, Sept. 27. —David B. Hill
will speak in Indiana on Oct. 17. IS
and 19, the places to be designated toy
the Democratic State Committee.
SENT OBSCENE*LETTERS
TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Other* Also Said to Have Received
Them From Dnlheliner.
Des Moines, la., Sept. 27.—Charged
with writing and sending obscene let
ters to President Roosevelt, Miss
Roosevelt and Helen Gould, a man giv
ing his name as Edward Dalheimer has
been arrested by the United States au
thorities and lias been lodged in Jail
at Fort Dodge.
The letter alleged to have been writ
ten by Dalheimer to the President
threatens Ills life unless certain re
form* are made. The one to Miss
Gould proposes marriage. The Iptter
to Miss Roosevelt Is not made public.
It is alleged that the prisoner also
wrote to J. J. Hill, asking him to In
tercede at Washington to have the gold
standard changed to diamonds as a
medium of exchange.
Dalheimer was arrested at L.rnmett
burg, la., where he was brought be
fore commissioners of Insanity and
pronounced to be In his right mind.
It is claimed that Dalheimer wrote
the letters In South Dakota, and he
probably will be taken to Sioux I alls
for trial. _
FOUR gI.KW^rHK HSKI.VEtt.
A* Epidemic of Suicide* VUltetl
New Orlenn*.
New Orleans, Sept. 27.-Four sul
oldes have occurred here In the last
twenty-four hours.
Vincent PlanelUs, a freight handler.
to \laud'Mars quarrel, with her lover
U,,^r Heller, 1 him
self In the breast.
Eugene Phllaspere. a negro porter,
was .ITrcted by reading reports of ul-
Tldes and swallowed two ounce* of
carbolic acid.
ONE BY ONE THEY ARE
FOUND NOT GUILTY.
AsnlUer #f •*- Ha.tevlH*
Lrseher* I* *•
Hunievllle. Ala.. Kept. 37 TM Jury
of Benjamin Hill, n *rl*'
In in*
ii.—a nartti'lD.tlon In the lymh
far #ll**d ptT'<
the negro. M*pl*. 10-day r*-
'turned a verdict of not guiltr- I
GROWERS ADOPT
THE WACO PLAN
FOR STORING THE COTTON
AND THUS PREVENTING A GLUT
TING OF THE MARKET.
Plan I* to Organize a Corporation
Composed of Cotton Grower*, Bnat.
ness Men and Bankers to Balld
Warehouse* Wherever Feasible.
Harvie Jordan Re-elected Presi
dent of the Assoeiatton—Other Of
ficers Chosen.
St. Louis, Sept. 27—The Southern
Cotton Growers' Association held the
concluding session of its convention
to-dav.
With a view to maintaining a stable
market and fair prices for the cotton
crop of the South, the association
adopted the plan of organizing a cor
poration to be composed of the cot
ton growers, the business men and the
bankers of the cotton growing states,
which corporation should build ware
houses wherever feasible for the pur
pose of storing the product and pre
venting a glutting of the market. The
plan adopted is what is known as the
Waco plan.
The association also adopted a reso
lution urging cotton growers to with
hold from the market all cotton of the
middling grade unless 10 cents a pound
can be secured for' It.
Also that the cotton crop be market
ed as slowly as possible during the
months of October and November.
The officers'elected by the associa
tion follow: President, Harvie Jordan
of Montieello, Ga.; secretary and
treasurer, John R. Allison ‘of Concord,
N. C.
An executive committee, composed
of one member from each cotton-grow
ing state, was appointed.
AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTS
Held Their Twent y-ftrst Annnat
Convention,
St. Louis, Sept. 27.—T0-day’s session
of the twenty-first annual convention
of Official Agricultural Chemists was
called to order by W. A. Withers of
the North Carolina Chemical Experi
ment Station. Reports of the referees
on the following subjects were then
heard: “Tanning,” toy George A. Kerr
of Virginia- “Ash,” R. W. Thatcher of
Pullman. Wash.: "Potash,” by G. F._
Fratch of College Station, Tex.
The following officers were elected:
President, C. L. Penny of Newark,
Del.; secretary, H. W. Wiley, Wash
ington, D. C.; C. A. Browne, Jr., of
Auburn Park, La., and R. W. Thatcher
of Pullman, Wash., were chosen to
serve on the Executive Committee.
The convention adjourned to meet at
Washington, D. C., one year hence.
The Farmers’ Congress.
St. Louis, Sept. 27—The Twenty
fourth Annual Farmers’ Congress
opened to-day at the World’s Fair
grounds. The meeting was called to
order by Harvie Jordan of Montieello,
Ga.
F. W. Taylor, chief of the agricul
ture section of the World's Fair, de
livered the welcominig address, to
which B. Cameron of Stagville, N. C.,
and Joshua Strange of Marlon, Ind.,
responded. Following the president’s
address, E. S. Peters, president of the
Texas Cotton Growers’ Association,
read a paper.
FARMERS HONOrIvIAJ. RYALS.
Eulogies Will Be Delivered at the
Congress at St. Loats.
St. Louis. Mo., Sept. 27 At the aft
ernoon session of the twenty-fourth an
nual convention of the Farmers’ Na
tional Congress, in session here. Capt.
D. G. Purse of Savannah announced
the death of Maj. G. M. Ryals, ex
vice president, and upon his motion a
page of the records will be inscribed
to the memory of Maj. Ryals, and on
Thursday afternoon eulogies will be
delivered on the life and services of
Maj. Ryals.
WATSON TALKED POPULISM.
He Thinks That It Will Prevail la
Course of Time.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 27—Thomas E.
Watson, of Georgia, candidate on the
Populist ticket for the presidency, made
a campaign speech before a small au
dience here to-day.
Mr. Watson said the Populist move
ment was on its feet again, and that
It would continue before the American
people until it was triumphant, lie
said that there was no difference be
tween Roosevelt and Parker, there be
ing but one disagreement, that on the
pension order.
He said that it was a matter of In
difference to him whether the Popu
lists were hurting the Democratic or
•the Republican party the most, ex
plaining that the reason he devoted
most of his attention to the Democrats
In the South was because It was
from this party he expected to poll
votes. * •
Mr. Watson finished his letter of ac
ceptance while in the city, and left to
night for Birmingham.
FOR SENATOR*HOAir~
A QUESTION OF HOURS.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 27.—At 7
o'clock to-night Dr. Warren R. Oil
man. Senator Hoar's physician, ex
pressed the belief that the Senator
would live through the night, He Is
unable to swallow. Is unconscious and
his vitality I* almost gone.
Mississippi Negro Trouble.
Jackson, Miss., Hept. 27.— Marcus
Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Robert
McKinney are under arrest here and
Carl Xander and Tillman Kennedy are
in the hospital, all being held as par
ticipant* In the riot at Lynchburg,
vim Alegander Kennedy, one of the
negroes. 1* said to be fatally wounded
go ter as positively known, n on* was
killed Everything was <4144*1 at Lynch*
burg tv-dajb
SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER. 28. 1904.
WITH A SIXTY-MILE LINE
OYAMA THREATENS MUKDEN.
Gen. Kuropatkln Must Soon Fight
or Run.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 27, 7 p. m
The latest development in the situation
at the front is the definite establish
ment of the fact that Field Marshal
Oyama has now begun to move* up his
left.
Gen. Kuropatkin’s report to-day
shows that the Japanese have reached
Davan on the west bunk of the Liao
river. A considerable concentration of
Japanese is observed at Slanchan on
the Hun river, thirty-five miles south
west of Mukden, and Japanese cavalry
is massing in the valley of the Pu riv
er. The latter is a tributary of the
Hun river, which crosses the line of
railway midway between Tie pass and
Mukden, and may furnish a natural
line of advance from the west.
Oyama’s armies now apparently cov
er a front of sixty miles for envelop
ing movements. His wings are ex
tended to the north, east and west of
Mukden. Thus far the Russians have
found little strength or pressure from
the Japanese center, | Oyama seems to
be moving with gtffat deliberation,
probably gathering strength for a rap
id advance J of both wings when an at
tempt is made to .close the net.
Although the imaginary line connect
ing the extreme Japanese advance east
and west of Mukden still passes ten
miles below that city, it is evident that
the fate of Mukden cannot long be de
layed. If Gen. Kuropatkln intends to
try to hold the city fighting on his
flanks will begin almost immediately.
THE WAR
GAVE OUT NO NEWS.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 28, 2:05 a. m.—
The War Commission adjourned early
last evening without issuing further
news from the front.
The Mukden telegram to the Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger, reporting that the
Japanese have crossed the Hun river
fifty miles above the city, is believed
to refer to scouting parties of Japanese
whose presence was recorded in the
Associated Press dispatches of Sept. 26.
The movement of Japanese forces on
the Liao river, which -was reported in
a dispatch from Gqn. Sakharoff to the
genera! staff on Sept. 26. is all the more
significant since Sianrhan is the start
ing point of roads leading to Tie pass,
Mukden and Slnmintin. The announce
ment that the Russians are fortifying
Fakoman, twenty-flvT* mites northeast
of Mukden, shows that Gen. Kuropat
kin is preparing to check the flanking
movement on Tie pass from the west
in case Slnmintin should have to be
evacuated.
The entire absence of news from Port
Arthur, it is feared, indicates a closer
blockade there. Hitherto dispatches
from Gen. Stoessel have been coming
through.
The admiralty has not received any
details of the reported sea fight off
Aniva, at the southeastern extremity
of Sakhallen. The Vladivostok squad
ron, It is understood, Is still in the har
bor. The cannonading at Anlva was
probably a Japanese attack on 'a block
ade runner.
A telegram received here from Ba
toum, reporting the reservists are be
ing transported along the Caucasian
coast, brings the first Intimation that
troops there are being mobolized.
There are only two army corps In the
Caucasus and one of these has ap
parently been ordered to the Far East.
JAPANESE PURSUED
BY RUSSIAN CAVALRY.
Sakharoff Able (o Make a Pleasing
Report to the Staff.
St. Petersburg. Sept. 27.—The gen
eral staff has received the following
dispatch from Gen. Sakharoff, dated
yesterday: •
"The enemy’s vanguard, consisting
of one battalion and two squadron of
cavalry, assumed the offensive, prob
ably for a reconnaissance in the dis
trict between the Mandarin road and
the hights of the village of Toumytsa.
His advance was stopped by our
troops. The enemy retreated along the
whole line, pursued by our cavalry.
“The enemy has not yet advanced
north of Davan. on the left bank of
the Liao river, but an Increased force
has been observed In the neighborhood
of Sian Chian. Japanese cavalry have
appeared in the valley of the Liao
river."
TORPEDO BOATS OVER
ABOUT CHE FOO HARBOR.
Che Foo, Sept. 27, 10 p. m.—Two Jap
anese torpedo boat destroyers were
observed outside the harbor of Che
Foo to-nlcht.
A Junk which left Llaotl promontory
last night and which arrived here to
night reports having seen one torpedo
boat near Chee Foo.
Another Junk, carrying a Russian,
his wife and two children, were
stopped last night by a Japanese ves
sel, but owing to the great distance
the treatment which the Russian re
ceived could not be observed.
Chinese say that the battle which
begun Sept. 19 continued Intermittent
ly until Sept. 24. In defending one
fort, the Ruselans rolled bean cakes
down on the massed Japanese. These
bean cakes are very heavy and are
pressed Into the shape of circular
grindstones.
RUSSIAN REPORT Of
JAPANESE MOVEMENTS.
Mukden, Monday. Kept. 24, by way
of Pekin, Kept. 27.—The Russian
cavalry west of the railroad report an
Important Japaness movement and a
threatened attack
No change eastward Is reported
Pour division* of Japan*** remain at
Hi tala put re three division* are sup-
Continued on rifth Peg*.
THE CURZONS AND LADY CURZON’S AMERICAN BROTHER AND SISTER.
JOSEPH LKITEH.
HURRYING TO BEDSIDE
OF LADY CURZON.
New York, Sept. 27. —As fast as
steam can transport them Mrs. Levi Z.
Leiter, her daughters, Daisy and Fan
nie, and her son, Joseph Leiter, are
dashing along on their 4,000 mile jour
ney across land and sea to reach the
beside of Lady Curzon, Mrs. Letter’s
daughter, who is critically ill in Lon
don.
No expense Is being spared to ob
tain all the speed possible. The family
arrived here in time to board the
steamship Lucania.
As they telegraphed asking that one
of the ocean steamships leaving for
Europe be held in case the train upon
which they were traveling was late,
the Lucania did not leave until the
Letters were on board.
Upon her arrival on the other side
Mrs. Leiter will board a train from
Liverpool to London, which will have
a clear run and which will proceed
without stopping. Almost ill with
anxiety and worry, the Leiter family
has done everything in its power to
cover the long journey in the smallest
possible time, without a thought of
what it might cost.
Joseph Leiter did riot leave on the
steamship because of his business in
terests, but he accompanied his moth
er and sister as far as New York city,
so as to help them make the trip as
fast as possible.
• . ■
Walmer Castle, Kent, Sept. 27, 7:30
p. m.— Lady Curzon’S improvement
was not maintained to-day. She is
much exhausted this evening.’
HOW DID DUNCAN
POINT HIS GUN?
THE WITNESSES LAID STRESS
UPON THE WAY HE WAN HAXDLING
HIS WEAPON.
Case at Mct'lenny May Reach a Can
clnslon Tn-<lay—Argument* Were
Commenced Yesterday After Sev
eral Wltnr**e' Testimony Rela
tive to the Shooting of W. M. Dun
can at Raster Had Been Heard.
What the Witness** Ssltl.
McClenny, Fla., Sept. '27. —The pre
liminary hearing of the case of Jesse
Altman, Cauley Johns, Lon Dowling
and twelve others, charged with
Implicated In the shooting ot W. M.
Duncan from the postofflee at Baxter,
was resumed at 7:30 o’clock this morn
ing.
Morris Mills, for the defense, testi
fied that he saw W. M. Duncan ap
proach the postoffice with his gun to
his shoulder ready to shoot, and that
Duncan put the muzzle of his gun
through the door of the postofflee be
fore he heard shots fired from within.
Ivan Harvey, one of the defendants,
a 17-year-old boy, corroborated this,
but Leonard Raulerson, the other wit
ness Introduced by the defense, testi
fied that Duncan had the muzzle of
his gun pointed downward and did not
raise it.
W. M. Dufiean, W. Henry Yar
brough and .7. R. Hudson, Introduced
by the state In rebuttal, testified that
Duncan's gun was pointed to the
ground, and that he dltl not go on the
steps or porch of the postofflee.
Hudson testified to recognizing In the
party of men across the railroad, which
was Joined by Jesse Altman, Cauley
Johns and Lon Dowling after Duncan
was shot. Postmaster Hardy Altman,
W. H. Dowling, Aaron Dowling and
Hardy Johns. They called to him
with an opprobrious epithet, telling
him to come over the railroad; that
they had a happy party over thefe.
Argument was opened by Attorney
General Ellis. All the speeches except
one were finished. The case will be
concluded to-morrow.
JOINT WAS RAIDED.
Palle* Mail* a Ronntl-L'p, Taking In
One Cripple.
New York. Hept. 27.—1n a raid on an
alleged poolroom and bucket shop In
Forty-second street, near Sixth ave
nue, by agents of the anti-policy so
ciety and the police to-day, one man
In seeking to evade arrest was serious
ly Injured by falllnlg fifteen feet to the
sidewalk from a window of the room and
eleven others were arrested, charged
with being accessories to the crime of
grand larceny. The Injured man is al
leged to be the principal.
According to the police the majority
of the prisoners are men whose pic
tures are In the rogues’ gallery, and
who belong to the most extensive
gang-of those who are believed to be
the forefront of the swindle known ns
’’wire tapping ”
The man Injured gava Ike name of
Henry Myers
The raid was made as a result of a
eomplelnt la lb* Antl-Pnitry &*<:y
f Herman Mayer, an agent, who a
leged that he had beeti robbed of
t 1.400 by Myers us ih# loom* twidad.
cfl ' V*
MISS DAISY LKITEH.
MANY PRELATES MEET.
Important A**einl>lnge of the Ro
man Catholic Faith.
New York, Sept. 27.—N0 event in the
history of the Roman Catholic Church
in the-United States has ever brought
together so many priests, prelate# gnd
members of the hierarchy as the Third
General Eucharistic Congress, which
was opened to-day with a solemn pon
tifical muss at 81. Patrick's Cathedral.
The congress will cohtinue three days.
The first business session of the con
gress was held during the afternoon
In Cathedral College Hull. Bishop
Maes presided. The priests and pre
lates were welcbmed by Archbishop
Farley, who told of the feelings of af
fection expressed by Pope Plus, when
„he leurned that the third Eucharist
Congress was to be held In this city.
At the suggestion of Archbishop Far
ley the congress united In sending a
message of thanks to Plus, and the fol
lowing, bearing the signature of the
Archbishop of New York, was cabled
to Home:
“The Third Eucharistic Congress of
the United States assembled In the ca
thedral of New York thanks the holy
father, Pope Plus X moat cordially for
the paternal love and blessing contain
ed In his official brief, and salutes him
with filial love and loyalty."
Answering an Inquiry made by the
Rev. Father James Dougherty, pastor
of St. Gabriel’s Church of this city, if
the congress Intended entering a pro
test against the persecution of both
priests and nuns by the French gov
ernment, Bishop Maes personally ex
pressed the wish that before the con
gress adjourned, stinging resolutions
would be passed denouncing the French
government for Its persecution and
banishment of priests and sisters. He
said also that true liberty I* In this
country for God, the church and the
soul.
M’CU U ED.
A Change of Venire Was Asked by
the Detail**.
Charlottesville, Va., Hept. 27.—J.
Samuel McCue, charged with wife
murder, was arraigned In Corporation
Court to-day. The accused pleaded
not guilty, and the case was continued
until the next term of the court, Tues
day*, Oct. 18. A change in venire was
ordered, but the defense’s attorney de
cided not to ask for a change of venue.
That the Interest In the case is still
at white heat was amply shown this
morning when over 600 people crowded
the little court room and saw the ac
cused ex-Mayor enter with his guards.
He showed no 111 effects from his In
carceration and appeared cool and col
lected. Capt. Mtcajuh Woods of Albe
marle county, who consented to assist
the commonwealth, occupied a seat
between Commonwealth's Attorney
Frank Gilmer and Capt. R. 8. Kerr
of Staunton. Police Justice Edward
O. McCue, whose fidelity to his brother,
with whom he had not been on the
best of terms before the tragedy, haa
been the subject of much favorable
comment, occupied his accustomed seat
to the right of the defendant.
After much legal quibbling counaet
for the defense asked for a change of
venire and contrary to expectations,
did not ask for a change of venue.
After a consultation between Judge
George Watts Morris and the attorneys
for the common wealth and defense.
Judge Morris announced that if venire
of fifty men would be summoned from
Petersburg to attend th* October
term.
■chooser France* Imacl.
Titusville, Fls., Hept. 27.—Capt. Bro
ward, of the tug Three Friends, after
examining the schooner Francs*, bound
from Havana to Brunswick. Oa , which
Is aground about sixteen miles north
of this place, say* that the v**s*| la
Intact and apparently not sertotMlr
damaged and will be pulled off without
difficulty Thi* bo*l was erroneously
referred to last night a* the Ftoreru*.
from Havana to Jacksonville.
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PRACTICALLY THE FINDING
e
OF THE POLITE COMMISSION AT
- ALBANY.
Chief Writ brook Was Found Guilty
Upon Nome ot the Charge* Pre
ferred sad Not Guilty 1 pon Other*.
Fined for Thus* of Which He Wu*
Guilty—Hl* Friend* Regard the
Outcome a* a Practical Exonera
tion of the Chief.
Albany, Oa., Sept. 27.—The trial of
Chief of Police It. N. Westbrook was
concluded this afternoon at 5:30
o’clock, at which hour the Police Com
mission called the officer, his attorneys
and the attorneys for the prosecution
Into the chamber where the investi
gation had been conducted, and an
nounced their finding.
The witnesses who were examined
at the morning session gave evidence
of a far more Important character
than was adduced yesterday, though
fewer were examined. Yesterday the
defense had easily the best of the sit
uation, but those who were placed on
the stand this morning proved star
witnesses for the prosecution.
The defense introduced no witnesses,
but Chief Westbrook was on the stand
for an hour In his own behalf. H*
made a most Interesting statement,
denying the charges under their va
rious heads.
Guilty of Three Charge*.
After argument on both sides bad
been heard the commission went Into
executive session, and It was an hour
later when the announcement went
forth that a verdict had been reached.
There were seven heads under which
the charges against Chief Westbrook
were arraigned In the bill of Indict
ment drawn by the oily attorney from
the charges filed by the Cltlsens’ Com
mittee, and under sections of three of
these a verdict of guilty was rendered,
the defendant being exonerated un
der all the others.
The first charge was drinking while
on duty, and the finding was that the
officer was guilty under the evidence,
but he was acquitted under the speci
fication of drunkenness while engaged
In the discharge of his official duties.
He whs also found guilty of visiting
and entering saloons while on duty,
and drinking there, but was cleared
under certain sub-heads In connection
with this charge.
C trim met a nee* JjilllrS Him.
There was also a finding of guilty
of the charge of creating u disturbance
and conduct unbecoming an officer in
attacking Kev. Lett G. Broughton In
this city on June 27, but no penalty
was Imposed under this finding and
th* following significant statement wu
added by the commission lo the an
nouncement of a verdict of guilty:
"We find Chief Westbrook guilty of
this charge, but in our opinion th* pe
culiar clrrumeteriree Justified him as
a man In pursuing the course he did ’*
Th* pro**cutton felled to s uses In th*
more serious charges, which alleged
that the chief was frequenter of Uv
moral houses for immoral purpeaea.
Continued vu filth Ftg*. ~~~*