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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. 5 CENTS A COPY DAILY. *8 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WKEK.iI A YEAR RIGHT TO COWHIDE REV. DR. BROUGHTON 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*. ~~~*