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J. H. ESTILL. President. ‘ I 1 .<SO9.
BLOODY BATTLE
IS NOW RAGING
JAPS DROVE THE RUSSIANS
but Russians rallied and con
timed their advance.
Dnaalas Advance Crossed the Schtli
Uiver and Went Within Three
Miles of Yentai Before Being;
Driven Back—Japs Then Rein
forced and Fought Their Artillery-
Most Effectively—Fight Still on
and the Result Undecided.
For three days there has been
sharp fighting a little north of the
railway town of Yentai, between
Liao Yang and Mukden.
The Russian advance was check
ed and the attacking force was
compelled to retire to the north
side of the Schili river, but subse
quently recrossed to the south side
of that stream, where at latest ac
counts a terrific artillery fight was
in progress.
In military circles at St. Peters
burg the fighting noted is not con
sidered as being the magnitude of
a general engagement, such as is
expected to come, possibly within
a few days, somewhere within a
triangle indicated by lines con
necting Liao Yang, Yentai and
Sykwantun. This battle when it
is fought, is expected to be decisive
of this year’s campaign.
Wounded Russian soldiers who
have been taken back to Mukden
show by their cheerfulness the im
provement that has been produced
on the spirits of his troops by Gen.
Kuropatkin's course in assuming
the offensive.
Mukden, Oct. 11, 11 p. m.—A bloody
battle is now raging about six miles
north of Yentai railroad station.
The Japanese on Sunday fell back
along the whole front, and the Rus
sian advance guards crossed the
Schili river (about half way between
Mukden and Liao Yang) and came
within three miles of Yentai; but yes
terday the Japanese received strong
reinforcements of infantry and artillery
and not only held their positions, but
even assumed the offensive. '
The lighting lasted the entire day
and night. The Japanese directed their
artillery fire with great skill and
searched the Russian positions so
fiercely that the Russians fell back
north of the Schili river, which crosses
the railroad seven miles from Yentai.
The Russians this morning resumed
their advance, once more crossed the
Schili river and engaged the Japanese
two miles south of it. A terrific ar
tillery engagement is proceeding along
the entire front.
The result of the battle is still un
decided.
A NUMBER OF WOUNDED
BACK FROM THE FRONT.
Mukden, Oct. 11, 7:45 p. m. —A Rus
sian correspondent of the Associated
Press telegraphs as follows:
"I have seen a number of wounded
who have been sent back from the
front. It is impossible at present to
enter into details of the operations on
foot, but the men interviewed are in
Infinitely better spirits than were those
wounded when we were retreating. Ev
ery one is confident and the men are
all anxious to finish the war in order
to get back home.
"None of them, however, has any
idea of going home except as victors.
TVe have enough troops and the one
determination of officers and men is
to wipe out the Japanese.”
ONLY A PORTION OF HIS
REPORT IS GIVEN OUT.
"*r Commission Doesn’t Tell All
the Kent ot the Battle.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11, 5:11 p. m.—
No official news has been received
from the front as to what is happen
ing to-day, but a portion of Gen. Ku
topatkln’s dispatch of last night, giv
en to the public showed that his army
"as steadily pushing forward and that
the Japanese were gradually with
drawing their outposts, which were
°nly a cannon shot distant.
There have been almost constant ar
tillery skirmishes, which at any mo
ment may develop into a battle.
There is no confirmation of the Jap
enese evacuation of the Yentai mines,
but the report is credited at the War
Office.
ONLY RUMORS HAVE
REACHED JAPS’ CAPITAL
Tokio, Oct. 11, 7 p. m.—Toklo to
night In eagerly awaiting tidings of
the persistently rumored engagement
•outh of Mukden.
It is reported th'at the Russians, as
suming the offensive, crossed the Hun
river and attacked Gen. Kurokl's
forces, charging a position which the
Japanese, being strongly reinforced, re
captured and reoccupied. The Japan
ese, it is reported, have checked the
Russian advsnoe. It is suld that the
losses on both sides were heavy.
No official confirmation of these re
ports can be obtained.
Jsabannab JBoMna
RUSSIANS DON’T THINK
THE BATTLE GENERAL
Believe the Crucial Moment ot the
Campaign llau Not Yet Come.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 12, 2:10 a. m.—
Severe fighting north of Yentai, re
sulting in a temporary check of Gen.
Kuropatkin s advance guard, of which
the Associated Press correspondent at
Mukden telegraphed the first news, is
not regarded at the War Office as in
dicating a general engagement.
The latest official dispatches indicat
ing the disposition of the various corps
show that the whole army is not yet
in line of battle. The present engage
ment may, therefore, be regarded as
the result of a counter attack, which
an enterprising foe like the Japanese
might be expected to make, hut with
out any calculation to prevent the Rus
sian advance. Gen. Kuropatkin’s
present superiority in numbers, it is
held here, is bound sooner or later to
compel the Japanese to fall back upon
their strong positions within the tri
angle formed by Yentai, Liao Yang
and Sykwantun. Everything points to
that district as being the prospective
scene of the decisive struggle of this
year’s campaign.
Strategic reasons of the most
weighty character render it impera
tive for the Russians, as well as for
the Japanese, to bestow their chief at
tention upon the country east of the
railway. The Russians are compelled
to this course because the railroad
runs northeastward, and hence lines of
communication are more vulnerable
from the east. The Japanese are in
fluenced by a similar consideration, but
the railroad no longer plays a fore
most part in their plans. In view of
the approaching close of navigation at
Yinkow and of the fact that the line
from Pitsewo is long and cumbersome
and liable to interruption, they must
consider Feng Wang Cheng and Tak
ushan as the source of supplies dur
ing the winter, and with this in view
the eastern communications of Liao
Yang are of the utmost importance.
The Yentai triangle is admirably situ
ated to protect them. Field Marshal
Oyama must, therefore, hold the tri
angle at all costs.
The problem confronting Gen. Kuro
patkin in the immediate future is the
capture of the fortified hights compos
ing this triangle, where the Japanese
will have the advantage of fighting
behind breastworks and utilizing their
superiority in mountain guns. The
general superiority of the Japanese in
mountain operations is conceded.
The Russian commander, undoubted
ly is aware of the difficulties of the
task before him, has measured them
well and is confident of his ability to
overcome them. If Gen. Kuropatkin
possessed an army of half a million
men he could leave a sufficient force to
attack the triangle, while he moved
with the remainder around the eastern
and western flanks. This is consid
ered in the best informed circles at the
war office to be impracticable with the
numbers now composing Gen. Kuropat
kin’s army, and a frontal advance i
the only alternative. Operations, how
ever, are likely to he nl'arked by feints
on the right and felt. The Japanese
will probably make similar movements
until both forces become engaged In
a death struggle.
TERRIFIC DUST DEVIL
HINDERED THE FIGHTING.
Mukden, Oct. 11. —A Russian corre
spondent of the Associated Press, de
scribing incidents of the Russian ad
vance, tells of a frightful dust storm,
peculiar to this season in Manchuria,
which raged on Saturday. It was at
its hight while a battalion of the Pek
off regiment with guns attacked a
Japanese force posted in a village, east
of the railroad and south of the Shakhe
river, and drove out the J'apanese aft
er a stubborn resistance.
Clouds of dust blinded the combatants
and made it impossible to aim. The
fingers of the soldiers were numbed
with cold and a strong wind carried
the shells beyond the mark. The Jap
anese got away in good order, car
rying off their killed ‘and wounded.
The Russians lost seventy-nine men.
The railroad is clear and not dam
aged so far as the Shakhe river.
The correspondent repeats the state
ment that Liao Yang is practically clefar
of Japanese troops, indicating that all
of Field Marshal Oyama’s men are
north of the Taltse river.
TWO TORPEDO BOATS
WRECKED ON LAND.
It In Thought Cam That Carried
Them Were Tampered With*
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 11.—A special to
the Dispatch from Minot, N. D„ says:
Two knocked-down torpedo boats, en
route over the Great Northern to Se
attle, have been wrecked near Towner
through the breaking of the forward
Journal on the truck containing part
of one of the boats. It is thought the
truck was tampered with at Rugby.
During the summer a number of
Russians have been employed on the
section crew at Towner. Some of them,
it is said, have disappeared. It is
known the Russian and Japanese gov
ernments have had secret agents in
this country with a view of watching
suspicious shipments to the Orient.
BALTIC FLEET HAS
SAILED FOR LIBAU.
Reval, Russfti, Oct. 11, 9:05 p. m.—
The Baltic fleet weighed anchor ear
ly this morning and sailed for Ltbau,
one torpedo boat destroyer remaining
behind because of a broken rudder.
Copenhagen, Oct. 11.—The Associat
ed Press learns from an excellent
source that the Russian Baltic fleet
will leave Libau, Oct. 14, and pass
through Danish waters, Oct. 16. High
Russian navtul officers have arrived
here and will investigate the Danish
waters before the passage of the fleet.
JAPANESE ATTACKED
BUT HAD TO RETREAT.
Ch Foo, Oct. 11, noon.—Japanese
who left Dalny Oct. 10 says that a de
tachment of Japanese attacked, on Oct.
9, a small position In the hills near
Fort Itzshan.
The Japanese crossed a moat which
the rains hid filled In sampans. The
Russians offered a slight resistance at
first, but later the Japanese were com
pelled to abandon the position under
a scourging artillery fire, recross the
moat and retire to tbelr trenches.
NEARLY 300 MEN
LOSTJHEIR LIVES
WHEN GUNBOAT WENT DOWN.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTER TO
THE HEI YEN.
Jnpnnene Gunboat Struck: a. Floating
Mine*—Filled Soon Afterwardn.
Only Four of the Complement
Managed to Heacli an Inland—Heal
Were Drowned In the High Sen
Running at the Time of the Dln
anter to tlw Venael.
Tokio, Oct. 11.—The loss of the ar
mored gunboat Hel Yen was announced
to-day and permission was granted by
the authorities to publish the details
of the disaster.
The Hei Yen struck a mine off Pi
geon bay on the night of Sept. 18 and
foundered. Nearly 300 persons were
drowned.
Two petty officers and two sailors
managed to reach Chiaopai island,
from which they were rescued.
The Hei Yen, which was engaged in
guard duty off Pigeon bay, was missed
by the fleet and a search for the ves
sel was immediately begun.
The petty officers and sailors found
on Chiaopai island reported that at
dusk on Sept. 18 a storm came up. ac
companied by high seas. The Hei Yen
endeavored to return to her base, when
she suddenly struck a floating mine,
which exploded under her starboard
side, amidships.
The vessel began to sink and an at
tempt was made to lower the boats.
The boats were swamped and the crew
jumped into the sea, where, owing to
the heavy combers, they were quickly
drowned.
AMERICAN MAIL WAS
STOPPED BY RUSSIANS.
Protest Is Made to St. Petersburg
About It.
Washington, Oct. 11.—One of the
subjects brought before the cabinet
meeting to-day was a protest against
the seizure of American mail on the
British steamer Calchas by the Rus
sian Vladivostok squardon, from Dod
well & Cos. to Tacoma, repre
senting the steamship line.
Postmaster General Wynne present
ed data collected by the PoStoffice De
partment to show that American mail
was on the ship. These papers were
transferred to the State Department
and will in turn be transmitted to the
American embassy at St. Petersburg
for submission to the Russian govern
ment as part of the whole matter re
lating to prize seizures.
Treaty provisions between the United
States and Russia which bear upon
this case was discussed and specific re
ports as to the mail taken were sub
mitted. It is anticipated that If the
Russian government sustains the act
of seizure the contention will be that
the mails taken were contraband, a
uosition to which this government is
opposed. There are a number of pre
cedents sustaining the inviolability of
the mails under the same general
circumstances.
KUROPATKIN WIRED
THAT FORCES MET.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. —Gen. Ku
ropatkin has telegraphed to the Em
peror that the Russian van guard is
now in contact with the Japanese, who
are within gunshot. There is skirmish
ing along the entire line.
WILL COUNT BONDS
IN TOBACCO MATTER.
Coart Want* to Learn tf Majority
Favor a Merger.
Newark. N. J., Oct. 11.—After hear
ing arguments on the return rule, ob
tained by Julius B. Ikeiheimer of New
York and other stockholders, to show
cause why an injunction should not
issue to restrain the Consolidated To
bacco Company, the Continental To
bacco Company and the American To
bacco Company from merging, Vice
Chancellor Pitney to-day appointed
Halsey M. Barrett as master to count
the bonds claimed to be owned by the
defendant, showing that a "majority of
the bondholders had agreed to the
merger, and report back to the court.
Counsel for the complainants hold
that the common stock practically
would be wiped out by the proposed
merger. They also allege that the doc
uments annexed to the answer of the
defendants showed that nobody had
signed the contract merger. The de
fendants, on the other hand, declare
that the merger would increase the
value of the holdings of the complain
ants and explain that the signatures
of subscribers to the merger were pur
posely omitted, as the subscribers did
not want to place on record or dis
close to the public the amount of their
holdings.
Counsel said the defendants were
willing to prove that a majority of
bondholders had agreed to the merger
and the appointment of Mr. Barrett
as a master to count the bonds fol
lowed.
Vice Chancellor Pitney this afternoon
dismissed the temporary Injunction
and abruptly terminated the hearing
in the tobacco merger case. He said
he dismissed the temporary Injunction
against the merger on a technicality.
The rule to show cause, however,
would be continued until the case can
be heard by the Court of Errors and
Appeals.
lorFmilner resigned.
London, Oct. 11.—Lord Milner hss
reslkned the high commlsslonershlp of
South Africa on account of 111 health,
brought about by the prolonged strain
In grappling with the situation, which
Is becoming daily more difficult, ow
ing to the financial and racial troubles
of ths country.
SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1001
NOT A MEMBER OF THE
“SWEETHEART POOL.”
Ilay Had Forgottrn Koine Thing*
About His Dealing* With Solly.
New York. Oat. It—Frank H. Ray
appeared to-day at a witness In the
continued bankruptcy proceedings in
the case of Daniel J. Sully & Cos., and
denied that he was a member of the
"Sweetheart pool,” which has figured
prominently in the investigation of
Sully’s affairs. He said, however, that
he was interested in the pool in a way,
but made no profit. “It was for other
people,” he added.
According to his ’testimony, his re
ceipts from the pool included a check
for $7,500, which was delivered to "oth
er people.”
The witness had forgotten a check
of $10,825 sent in December until shown
the returned check, when he said he
must have received it. He had put up
no money on the deal, however, and
said that it was all clear profit. He
also received a check In the same deal
for $65,205 on Jan. 26, making $75,030
without a cent put up for margins, ac
cording to the testimony. He had re
ceived other amounts, including checks
for $9,860 and $48,966, at various times
from Mr. Hawley, although he never
had any arrangement with him. He
considered it as Just his profits in cot
ton deals and he did not go into details.
Ray said that he never put up any
money to secure these profits, with the
exception of Feb. 12, when he put up
$15,500 for margins. This money was
returned to him within a month, how
ever.
Mr. Ray said he received statements
for profits of some of his. deals from
Sully & Cos. direct. He had a “memo”
for profits of over $117,000, but testified
he had torn up the statements. The
statements produced in court, however,
were ones said by the witness to have
been given him, together with a
check for $48,966.67, to close his account
after Sully & Cos. had failed.
Mr. Sully expected to testify in the
regular proceedings to-morrow, this
special hearing being adjourned until
Dec. 6.
WILLING TO GIVE SSOO
lint Wnnlil hot Mnnd for a fItTi.OOO
Touch.
New York. Oct. 11.—At the trial of
Philip Welnselmer, former president of
the Building Trades Alliance, who is
charged with the extortion of $2,500
from George Essig, a contractor,
George F. Johnson of the firm of
Johnson, Kahn & Cos., the contractors,
who erected the Chatsworth Hotel in
Riverside Drive, told In detail of an
alleged attempt by Welnseimer to ob
tain from him $2,000 on the Chats
worth contracts, of his refusal to pay
the amount and the subsequent strike
on the plumbing contract.
Mr. Johnson said that in November,
1903, he met Welnseimer. Weinselmer,
he said, announced that a strike was
to be called.
"You are making some money on
the Job—about slo,ooo—and you ought
to give up $2,500, Welnseimer said,”
continued the witness.
"1 said we could not do that, but
that after the Job was completed, if
the work had not been interrupted, our
firm might make him a present of
$500.”
He laughed and said, "Why, that is
not cigar money for my friends.”
Several conferencese were held be
twene him and Weinselmer, he said,
but no agreement, was reached.
Dedicated l> Warren.
Knoxville, Tenn., Oct. 11.—Bishop
Warren of Denver. Col., dedicated a
new Industrial building at the Morris
town, Tenn., Normal and Industrial
College to-day. He was assisted by
Dr. W. C. Thlrkleld of Cincinnati. The
new building was erected by Misses
Mary and Belle Boyd of Philadelphia,
Pa., as a memorial to their father
and mother. William And Sarah Boyd.
It represents an expenditure of $15,000
in building and equipment.
INTO THE FOLD.
N. Y. HeraVL
NINETEEN LOST
WITH THE CALL
THE STEAMER WENT DOWN
AJiD IT IS BELIEVED THAT NONE
ABOARD ESCAPED.
Steamer Piled Between New nrnns
vriok and Prince Edward Island
Port*—Wu* Hound to New London
When Wrecked In Bale* Tlint Pre
vailed In Thonc Water* Last Sat
urday— Report* of tlie Wreck Are
but Meagre.
Halifax, N. S., Oct. 11.—News reach
ed here to-day of the wreck of the lit
tle steamer Cali of New London,
Prince Edward Island, during last
Saturday’s gale, with the loss, it is be
lieved, of all on board, some nine
teen souls, of whom fourteen were pas
sengers, all man.
Among those on the steamer was
the son of John Fagar of this city, one
of the principal owners.
The Call was anew vessel and had
been busily engaged during the last
six months in plying between New
Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
ports on a regular packet service.
The steamer was bound from Tra
cadi, far up in Northern New Bruns
wick, to New London, on the north
ern coast of Prince Edward Island. It
had been the custom of the Call to
stop at numerous little fishing ports
on her way down the coast, and it Is
thought that her passengers were near
ly all fishermen.
Last Saturday’s storm raged with
great severity in the Gulf of St. Law
rence, blowing directly on the north
ern shore of Prince Edward Island.
The harbor of New London is a diffi
cult one to enter, and while the re
ports of the wreck are exceedingly
meagre, it is believed that the little
vessel was caught in the gulf by the
storm and was either thrown on the
ledges at the entrance of the harbor
or foundered a short distance off the
sjiore.
BIG FIRE AT WINNIPEG.
Three of the Finest Business Blocks
Destroyed.
Bt. Paul, Minn., Oct. 11.—A special
to the Pioneer Press from Winnipeg,
Manitoba, says:
Fire to-night destroyed three of the
finest business blocks in this city, en
tailing a loss of at least SBOO,OOO. For
a time the flames threatened to spread
to adjoining buildings, and but for the
splendid work of the fire brigade a
much larger damage would have re
sulted.
The fire started In the new Bullman
block, which was totally destroyed.
The Ashdown Hardware Company on
Bannatyne street, one of the largest
establishments of Its kind In Canada,
was next attacked by the flames.
■Many explosions were caused by
powder and cartridges carried in the
stock of the hardware company, but
no one was injured.
I.ady l orion'a Conilltlnn.
Walmer Castle, Oct. 11, Midnight.—
The night bulletin states that Lady
Curzon's condition continued un
changed since morning, but it Is un
derstood that the patient had a rather
serious relapse, causing considerable
anxiety.
FAIRBANKS BN PROSPERITY.
ni View of What Hl* Party Ha*
Dune for Farmer*.
Marshalltown, la., Oct. 11.—Senator
Fairbanks made here to-night the last
of a series of ten speeches delivered
sine* leaving Omaha early this morn
ing. At lowa Falls, Senator Fairbanks
dwelt upon the prosperity of the farm
ers. He said:
”An eminent Democratic authority
sometime ago. In the hope of winning
the support of the great agricultural
vote, asserted that the Republican
party had done but little for the fann
ers of the country. He contrasted the
expenditure of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000
for the support of the Agricultural De
partment with expenditures for the
support of other branches of the fed
eral service.* His statement was not
entirely accurate, though he did not
mean that it should fall short of the
absolute truth.
“The Republican party has not only
appropriated over $5,000,000 for the sup
port of that department, but it appro
priated more than $20,000,000 at the
last session for the support of the rural
free delivery service throughout the
United States. That service Is one
of the fruits of Republican administra
tion. More important than these are
the benefits coming to the farmers of
the United States through the benefi
cent operation of the policies of the
Republican party.
"We have found everywhere among
the farmers of the country where I
have been that they have been able
to rtayo ft mortgages Incurred during
a Democratic administration, with the
fruits of Republican prosperity. In all
of the cities and villages through the
great agricultural regions, farmers have
money on deposit In the banks. They
have become in many places money
lenders. Down in Kansas, the other
day, I learned that many of the farm
ers of that state and of Oklahoma hod
Invested In millions of dollars worth
of the Philippine bonds floated In the
United States, and I learned further
the fact that the farmers of some sec
tions of our country have Invested
their savings, won under Republican
administration, in the bonds that have
been negotiated by one of the Powers
now engaged in war in the Far East.”
TRAIN CHKW AILEkP.
Charged With Responsibility for
the Terrible Wreck.
Warrensburg, Mo v Oct. 11.—The crew
of the extra freight train which collid
ed with the Missouri Pacific World's
Fair train yesterday, resulting in the
death of twenty-nine persons, Is held
responsible for the disaster by the coro
ner's Jury, which returned a verdict
to-night.
The verdict charges the crew with
disobeying orders, and with being
asleep at their post of duty. No rec
ommendation wus made as to the
prosecution of the ti*aln crew.
Prosecuting Attorney Morrow said
after the inquest that he would Imme
diately begin the prosecution of the
persons charged with the responsibil
ity of the wreck by the coroner's Jury.
HORRIBLE WORK OFTbI
IN ISLAND OF ST. LUCIA.
Kingstown, St. Vincent, Oct. 11.—
Barbarous superstition which prevails
among a portion of the population of
West Indian Islands Is the basis of a
ghastly and extraordinary crime that
has come to light In the Island of gt.
Duels. The finding of the heart and
hands of a white child In the posses
sion of a obi-man (a negro aorcersr)
led to the discovery that the child had
been murdered and the body mutilated
in order that superstitious natives
might, through possession of portions
of the body, be able to work spells.
World's Pool Tonrnnmenl.
St. I/ouls. Oct. 11.—The second aeries
of the world's pool tournament was
played to-night, Jerome Keogh of Buf
falo winning from Thomas Huston of
*t. Louis by a score of 1U te U.
6 CENTS A COPY
DAILY. 18 A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEBK.BI A
JUDGE ADVOCATING
SECOND JEOPARDY
SAYS ALLEGED LYNCHERS
MAV BE INDICTED BY LNITED
STATES BRAND .11 KV.
t ailed Slate* Dlatrlet Judge Jnne*
of Alabama I* After Thoe Who
Lynched the Negro Maple* and
Fired Ihe Jail. In Which Were
Federal I’rlioner*-Hold* That Ac
quittal by State Coart Doe* Not
Header Them Immune te Hl*.
Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 11.—Judge
Thomas G. Jones, In opening United
States court here to-day, delivered a
vigorous charge to the grar.d Jury with
regard to the recent lynching of Hor
ace Mapjes, colored, and th firing by
the mob of the Jail, In which were con
fined federal prisoners. Judge Jones
said in part:
“If you are fairly satisfied that the
rnob would not have murdered Maples
If he had been a white man, then
every dictate of humanity and Justice
demands that you return true bills
against the members of the mob.”
The grand jury was Instructed to
probe to the bottom the action of the
mob In firing the Jail, which held In
custody persons accused of crimes
against the United States. The Judge
also fully explained what constitutes
a conspiracy and directed that that
phase of the lynching be investigated.
In conclusion he declared:
"A conviction or acquittal In the
courts of Alabama for what these par
ties did Is no bar to prosecution under
the laws of the United States. The
United States owed a duty of protec
tion to Its citizens, which was the most
Imperative since It had rendered him
helpless to resist the efforts of the mob
or save himself from the flames. It
would be a grave reproach to Its Jus
tice, If such an offense went unnoted
and uncondemned. *'
Judge Jones arraigned the mob In
the severest terms and instated that
every citizens must set his face against
lynching for any crime.
williamTdreamof -
HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE.
Wants to Brian the Vatican Indrr
the Drelbnnd Orbit.
London, Oct. 12.—The limes' Rome
correspondent, upon what he is In
clined to regard aa accurate informa
tion, says:
“It appears that Emperor William
has conceived and is attempting to
execute a master stroke of poliov by
bringing into the orbit of the Drel
bund the Vatican, hitherto its most
persistent foe, thus bringing within
measurable distance the realisation of
the Emperor's lifelong dream of re
vival of the Holy Roman Empire, In
fact, if not in name under Hohensoi
lem leadership."
flan host Paducah l.annrbed.
New York. Oct. 11—The gunboat
Paducah was successfully launched st
the shipyards of the Oaa Engine and
Power Company and the Charles L.
Reabury Company on the Harlem riv
er at Morris Heights to-day. Mtsa
Annie May Yeiaer of Paducah. Ky.,
the sponsor, broke the bottle of cham
pagne over the vessel's bow si