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THE MORNING NEWS. I
Established 1850. .- - Incorporated 1888 YT'M Drn
J. H. ESTILL. President. ' ‘M JIBKR 1 7.520.
IMM^Fr
Secretary of War sent by President to do Away
with Panama’s Suspicions of the United States.
UPON THIS MEAT
THEY GROW GREAT
JUDGE PARKER TELLS HOW
TIM TS WAX FAT IPOS THE PRO
TECTIVE TARIFF.
Democratic Candidate Addresses a
'lathering at Esopns—Shows How
Infant Industries Have Grown Co
lossal and Tariffs Have Kept Pace
for Their Protection—The Process
of Selllnar Dearly at Home and
Cheaply Abroad.
Esopus, N. Y., Oct. 22.—1n a speech
eii the tariff issue Judge Parker re
plied to remarks on that subject from
men representing six distinct New
York delegations which were receiv
ed at Rosemount to-day. The day was
not pleasant for an outdoor political
gathering. The air was chill and dur
ing the noon hour a cold rain began
to fall.
In his speech replying to the dele
ga/ons. Judge Parker discussed at
tome length the tariff history of the
country. Referring to Hamilton’s re
port on manufacturers, Judge Parker
said: v
"Hamilton said that his object was
to promote such manufacturers, 'as
■Olll tend to render the United States
Independent of foreign nations for mili
tary and other essential supplies.’
Poes anybody say that we have not
reached that condition? Does anybody
contend that the United States is still
dependent on foreign nations, for mili
tary and other essential supplies? Have
ve not frequently heard the note of
alarm in Europe at the American in
vasion of the world's markets by our
manufactured goods and especially
those of Iron and steel? Whether Ham
ilton's conceptions as to the best way
to establish manufacturing industries
were right or not, the object which he
fought was long since gained, but
Hto protective tariff is now vastly
higher than any that he recommended
01 Probably conceived of.”
'* Designed to lie Perpetual.
•lodge Parker referred to the various
lariffs of our early history, quoting
( la >''s remark that no one supposed
'he protective fciriff was to be per
h lual, upon which the Judge com
tnonted thus:
Mr. Clay here voiced the prevailing
opinion of the country that the pro
t" trri trades were no longer In a state
o' Infancy. i n fact, the infant indus
' argument was then superseded by
’ lr ' Pauper labor argument. It was
contended for the first time that
’ " 111 riff should be used to conipen
; 'll* l American producer for the
,''" r wages that he had to pay as
'“"'Pared with his foreign competl-
As this argument has at times
," n *' (treat service, although now quite
o'".ad bare, T will dwell upon it a
P'linent. Inasmuch as the law puts
’arlff benefits exclusively In the
hinds of the capitalist and provides
pc means for giving the wage worker
Jl 1 " s hare, the system virtually says:
•*t the government take care of the
"h and the rich will take care of the
e r>r| r, n| H a B tep then to say:
i.it the government take care of sv
t.vbody,' a doctrine abhorred of all
ouud-thlnking men. But it Is not
'n p that greatly enlarged profits nre
11 ’hat account divided among the
/irkmen helping to produce them,
nc advance In wages Is not due as
rule to a desire on the part of the
jnployer to share profits with his
n l" n - but rather to the organlxa
n "I the workmen.
• low Tnrlffe Have Increased.
■t idgp Parker referred to effort* by
Publlcm statesmen to reduce the
.J?" ln 18 ' 2 - Senator Sherman's
nnton that the rale* should be re
,, /„ ;| nd to a similar opinion by the
emmlsslon of IM2. This com
e Pi,ia Judge Parker, reported
Jr, ,\S hill making a reduction of
y “ *' per cent. This bill was killed
protected interests, snd a bill
tltuted Increasing duties to 46,h*
I...The McKinley bill Imposed
•t‘ ** veragitig 41.71 per cent, and
Present Dlngley bill duties aversg
asH t * r °* nt - Judge Parker then
. ,0 this condition we have come at
, u keglnnlng with a tariff of I*
Morning ffeto#.
per cent, in 1759, when many of our
industries were really infants, we have
by successive steps reached a scale of
over 50 per cent., while the industries
themselves have become colossal.
Hamilton said that the iron and steel
industry was already in a flourishing
condition in his time. He was willing
nevertheless to give 7% per cent, of
protection to steel. It has now $7.84
per ton on steel rails and the ‘steel
pool' sells them to Canadians at sl9
per ton, but exacts S2B from "Ameri
can purchasers. It is enabled by the
tariff to do this, for without the tariff
it would be obliged to sell rails at home
for the price at which they could be
Imported. American railways are thus
compelled to pay $7.84 per ton more
than a fair price; that is. $7.84 more
than the price at which somebody eise
would supply them.
Ik a Game of Grab.
"Why do the railways submit to such
extortion? Why do they remain quiet?
Why do they not establish rolling mills
and make their own rails? Surely the
difference of $7.84 per ton, or 40 per
cent., is a sufficient inducement to do
so. I cannot answer this' question,
but if the leaders of the steel rail in
dustry are also the controllers of those
railways, which are strong enough to
defend themselves against extortion,
the mystery is explained. In such a
case the profits go into the pockets of
the controllers of the railways in their
Capacity of steel producers, while the
other shareholders of the railways and
the general public pay the difference.
The tariff lends itself to this sort of
grab game, and if the men who com
mand large capital do not avail them
selves of their opportunities they are
not so shrewd as they ’are generally
supposed tp be.
“I cherish no grudges against men
because they are rich, nor do I great
ly blame them for taking the profits
which unjust laws throw in their way,
but I protest against the unjust laws.
I protest against the men who make
them and who 'stand pat.’ whenever
anybody proposes to repeal or modify
them.
•The pauper labor argument' for the
tariff has for the most part dropped
out of sight. Industries that com
pete with foreign markets no longer
have the audacity to say that the dif
ference of wages prevents them from
competing on eqiful terms in the Amer
ir>o n markpf
"In place of the jfauper labor argu
ment, and the infant industry argu
ment, and all the other arguments here
tofore noted, the home marked argu
ment has been substituted and Is now
relied on so far as any arguments are
used.
Ik Hut n Bogy Man.
“This assutnees that without the tar
iff, and, indeed, without the 53 per
cent. Dingley tariff, we should have
no home market for the farmers’ prod
ucts, or for any other products. This
is a bogy to frighten children. So
childish is it in view of what Hamil
ton told us of the nourishing condition
of large branches of manufacturing
industry more than a century ago, and
or all that has transpired since that
no answer to it is required. The hare
statement of such an argument carries
its own refutation. What happened
under the low tariffs of 1846 and 1857?
Was there any lack of a home mar
ket then? On the contrary, Senator
Morrill of Vermont, the father of the
Morrill tariffs or the war period, said
in a public debate, that the year 1860,
which fell within this period, was one
of the most prosperous in our his
tory Tilts is also the teltlmony of
Prof Taussig In his tariff history of
the United States, not alone us to the
vear 1860, but as to that period gener
ally. The same authority tells us that
our cotton spinning industry grew
more rapidly or prospered more than
under the Walker tariff of 1846.
rlic Story of Horn*.
“The truth Is that the tariff benr
tidaries and the 'sfAiul patters' have
abandoned argument. They virtually
say to us now that- a high protective
tariff Is a good thing, per se, and ought
to last forever, and by this they mean
Ithe present Dingley tariff. So far
have the old arguments been abandon
ed that it is not necessary for a par
ticular industry, in order to get pro
tection. to show that It cannot stand
alone, and make fair protlts on Us own
n> “A t *few years ago a large deposit
of borax was found In California. the
owners of It forthwith advertised that
thev could produce borax at such low
rstes as to undersell the world, which
was the fact. They went, to WasliA
ington and expressly on the ground of
their ability to undersell foreigners,
they got a duty of R cent* a pound
.V, * borax They then begun to sell
torex “'England st rates far below
whet they charged to Amtrkxn pur
;•” s* J?JnZSr if Z
SSiotofi? -Ml. or.™ • [
and by no means the first
tlms which has obtained prof-sot I on.
Continued on 81* tb Pigs-
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 23. 1904.
RUSSIAN LOSSES
SAID TO BE 60,000
ESTIMATE OF JAPANESE
i
DOES NOT SCIUPLE TO PIT THEM
VERY HIGH.
Oyamn's Report* Formnlly the Cap.
tare of 500 Prisoners anil the Bur
ial of 10,550 Ilentl Kiikhliiii* With
Military Honors—Jnpnnese Report
Shows That Many Trophies of War
Fell Into Their llitnils—Further
InvestlKation Proceeding.
A review of the ten days’ fight
ing between the Japanese and Rus
sians south of Mukden shows im
mense losses to both forces, but
a decisive victory for neither.
The opposing armies are still fac
ing each other, though a distance
of several miles lies between them.
Offensive operations on the part
of the Russians are reported to
have been made ten miles from
Mukden, and attacks are of fre
quent occurrence along the en
tire line. No really important ag
gressive movements, however, ate
announced.
Avery heavy engagement is
considered certain to occur before
many d'ays to the southward of
Mukden as a result of the concen
tration in that vicinity of immense
bodies of the opposing forces.
The weather has become very
much colder, and great suffering
among the soldiers is reported.
Washington, Oct. 22.—The Japanese
legation to-day received the following
cablegram from Toklo:
“Marshal Oyama reports that the In
vestigation completed after Oct. 22 re
garding the Russian losses at the bat
tle of Shakhe, shows 500 prisoners and
10,550 dead bodies. The trophies of
the battle are thirty-five guns, 6,920
shells, 5.574 rifles, 78,000 ammunition,
etc. The dead of the enemy were all
buried with military honors.
“The Russian total casualties are es
timated at 60,000.
“Further investigation is proceed
ing.”
RUSSIAN LOSSES ARE
ADMITTED AS 40.000.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 22, 4:50 p. m.
—There is no news of fresh fighting to
day. Gen. Sakharoff reports under this
morning's date that last night passed
very quietly. There were no collisions.
The war office is not in a position
as yet to give figures of the casualties
in the long battle below Mukden, but
everything indicates that the Russian
losses reached 40,000, the figure given
by the Associated Press correspondent
at Mukden. Another correspondent
places the loss on both sides at 80,000.
The war office is convinced the Jap
anese losses, while below those of the
Russians, were almost as heavy.
WAR DOGS IN LEASH
SHOWING THEIR TEETH.
Neither Ja pa Nor Rnaalam Tow on
the Offensive.
Tokio, Oct. 22. 9 a. m.—The armtes
of Ovama and Kuropatkin continue to
confront each other, but neither has
again assumed the aggressive.
According to a report from the Jap
anese Manchurian headquarters tele
graphed yesterday, it is reported that
the Russians are massing a heavy
force against the right army, but the
purpose of this force Is riot indicated.
The report says:
“In the direction of our right army
two hundred of the enemy’s cavalry
crossed the Taitse river. They seem
to have advanced to the westward.
“Two battalions of Russian cavalry
are posted In the neighborhood of Kao
kuanchai, and It is reported that 20,000
Russians are assembling in the vicinity
of Kaotai pass.
“In the direction of the center and
left armies the enemy occasionally
sends an artillery Are and also fifteen
centimeter mortars.
“At 5 o'clock In the afternoon of Oct.
20 the enemy posted In the neighbor
hood of Sufarigtal began shelling the
Shakhe railway station.
“We captured 120 rifles and other
munitions near f'hangllngpao on the
night of Oct. 20."
SAYS JAPS’ RETREAT
v WAS PRECIPITATE.
ftakharnff Reports on ( aptnrei the
Itilssinn* Made.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 22.—Gen. Kuro
patkin, in a dispatch to Emperor
Nicholas, under date of Oct. 21, says:
"The Japanese retired from the vil
lage of Shakhe at nlghtgall Oct. 20.
Thursday night passed quietly along
the entire front.”
Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff. In a dispatch
to the general staff, says:
“The retreat of the enemy from
Shakhe was precipitate. We found In
the village arms, munitions and provi
sions which had bsen abandoned by
the Japanese, who also left behind In
our old artillery position one cannon,
four limbers and a wagon full of in
struments they had previously cap
tured from us.
“Hines ths battls of Oot. 16 we hava
captured altogether fourteen Japanese
guns. Including nine field placet, five
mountain guns and have retaken one
of our own loet suns
“There was no fighting Oct. 11 on
the front of the Manchurian army.”
THINKS THE FIGHTING
PRACTICALLY A DRAW.
Advantages Thnt Were Gained by-
Gen. KuroputWln.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 22, 11:05 p. m.~
With the of the week the semi
panic produced by the heavy reverse
sustained by Gen. Kuropatkin’s army
last week has. in a great measure, dis
appeared. and there Is a muoh more
cheerful feeling pervading the War Of
fice. The general disaster which
threatened to engulf the Manchurian
army has been averted by the results
of the ten days of almost continuous
fighting, which to-night is practically
a draw.
Gen. Kuropatkin has again display
ed consummate skill in preventing
Field Marshal Oyama from reaping
the fruits of victory. By withdraw
ing his shattered left wing under shel
ter of the right center, he succeeded
in the gigantic task of taking 30.000
wounded off the field of battle, and
more than this, according to all Indi
cations, he reorganized and reformed
his broken legions and again confronts
the Japanese across the Shakhe river.
That Kuropatkin, after losing close
to 40.000 men, was able to resume the
offensive within a fortnight, constitutes
a feat in military history. There was
an impression early in the week that
Gen. Kuropatkin was concentrating his
forces on his right and center to avoid
being driven off the line of the rail
road, which might have embarrassed
the retirement of his left, but now he
has umnle time to withdraw, and the
situation shows more determination
than ever to secure strong advanced
positions across the Shakhe. It is
knoflm that the left has actually push
ed forward slightly, and the idea that
operations contemplate, only rear guard
actions seems negatived.
The general staff acts rather mys
teriously. It simply attributes the ces
sation of operations to the natural ex
haustion of both sides, but does not of
fer a clue to what it anticipates. It is
significant, however, with what satis
faction the news of the capture of
Shakhe town, at the intersection of the
Shakhe river, and the Mandarin road,
was received here. The taking of the
town is considered an important
strategical gain placing Gen. Kuro
p'atkin in complete mastery of both
sides of the Shakhe river between the
railroads and the Mukden-Bentsiaputze
roads and assuring his communica
tions against the possibility of being
cut off from the south. The only point
on the left bank of the Shakhe river
remaining in the hands of the Jap
anese is Lamuntung, within rifle shot
of the flailrsad bridge. The bridge has
presumably been confounded with the
Shakhe station, five miles north, the
report that the Russians had bombard
ed the station applying 'to the bridge,
as the station is now beyond the sphere
of their operations.
The heavy concentration of both Rus
sians and Japanese between the Man
darin road and the railroad makes
certain a tremendous collision at this
point. The Associated PresSs learns that
a portion of the Eighth Army Corps,
which h’ad reached Harbin, is hurrying
southward.
The weather has again become clear,
but is very cold and the soldiers are
reported to be suffering. A correspond
ent wires that twelve Japanese were
found Friday night by a detachment of
Cossacks. They were unconscious and
half frozen and were conveyed to the
Russian camp, where they were car
ed for.
FRESH AMMUNITION
FOR BOTH ARMIES.
Hostile Forces Preparing for a
Fresli Struggle.
With the Russian Eastern Army
Headquarters, by way of Mukden, Oct.
22.—80th armies remain practically
inactive. The Russians have reoccu
pied Tantsiaputzy. The Japanese hold
a position on high ground sloping
down to the Shakhe river. There is
continual outpost fighting and snip
ing, and the 'batteries occasionally en
gage in a duel westwards. Gen. Mist
chenko fought a brisk engagement Oct.
20. He reports progress and the cap
ture of guns.
The two armies are receiving fresh
supplies of ammunition. There is an
indication of an early renewal of hos
tilities, with the Russians taking the
offensive.
A rough estimate of the Russian
losses during the recent battles places
them at 45,000, of which 10,000 were
killed.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press who filed this disi>atch was at
tacked by Chinese bandits while rid
ing to rejoin his corps.
NO CHANGE OF FRONT
REPORTED AT TOKIO.
Japanese Left Nr my Shown to Have
Taken Forty-three Guns.
Toklo, Oct. 22. 4p. m.—A telegram
received from Manchurian headquar
ters says:
"On Oct. 21 there was no change re
ported In the front of all our armies.
"Further Investigation shows the
number of guns captured by our left
army to have been forty-three, the
left column taking twenty-seven, and
the right column sixteen. The wag
ons, munitions, etc., which have been
captured, have not yet been counted.
Scouts dispatched from the left
army on the night of Oct. 20 discov
ered the corpses of 200 Russians
west of Cha ngliangpan."
REPORTS ALL WELL
AT PORT ARTHUR.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 22.—A telegram
received by the family of Naval Arch
itect Keuteiniknff, now at Port Ar
thur, dated Oct. 14. and sent by way
of Che Foo, says:
“All well. Do not be disheartened.
We are working on a Sebastopol.’’
The Associated Press learns that
the Bailie fleet will proceed to the
Far Kart at a low, economical speed.
There Is no Intention to have (he fleet
arrive there until February'. The ad
miralty expects the garrison ,nt Port
Arthur to hold out until the fleet ar
rive*. According to calculations, If
the garrison holds out another tig
weeks the fierce northeast gales which
then begin will sweep the Yellow sea
and constitute such danger to the Jap
anese warships that It will compel
Admiral Togo to relax Ms blockade,
and the garrison will be able to *•-
Contlnued on Siarh Page
CIVIL PLACES
OPEN TO HITCH
GNLY MILITARY OFFICES
ARB CLOSED AGAINST HIM BV HIS
DISMISSAL.
Ijiw Permit* the Governor to ao
Mollify an Order of Dismissal as to
Permit the tine It Alms nt to Hold
Other Thnn Military Positions—
Order Helming to Captain Illteh
Mailed at the Capital and NYHI
Prohnhly Hem'll Him To-day.
Atlanta, Oct. 22.—Adjt. Gen. S. VV.
Harris to-day issued the order dis
missing from the military service of
the state Capt. Robert M. Hitch of
Company I. who was found guilty by
court-martial of various charges in
connection with his services at States
boro on the occasion of the lynching of
the two negroes, Reed and Cato. Cop
ies of the special order were mailed to
night to Capt. Hitch and Col. G. A.
Gordon, commanding the First Regi
ment. Until they are in the hands
of these officers the adjutant general
declined to give them out for publi
cation.
It is known, however, that the or
ders distinctly specify that Capt.
Hitch, while he is disbarred from
holding military office in the state,
may hold any civil office to which ho
may be elected.
The new military law provides that
dismissal from the service by court
martial shall disqualify the officer so
sentenced from holding military or
civil office. There is some doubt as
to the constitutionality of this last
provision with regard to civil office,
though the matter has never been
tested. The law permits the Governor,
however, to modify his order in such
cases so as to remove disability as to
civil office, and this the Governor has
ordered done.
The orders suspending and repri
manding Lieut. George A. Moll and
reprimanding Lieut. H. L. Griner will
probably be issued Monday.
The total cost to the state of the
court-martial was about $1,400. It is
stated that the total cost of the
Statesboro affair, including transpor
tation of the troops, the court of in
quiry and the court-martial, was
about $3,000.
Lieut. GrntlHcil Over Ills Ariinltlnl.
Statesboro, Ga., Oat. 22.—The news
of the acquittal of Lieut. Cone and
the light sentence of Lieut. Griner by
the court-martial was favorably re
ceived here.
Lieut. Cone said to-day: "I have
been placed to some disadvantage
and spent more money than I cared
to spend in the trial, but I cannot
feel other than pleased nt. the out
come of my own case and more es
pecially because I was the only offi
cer acquitted. I do not think this will
injure our company here, but on the
contrary my acquittal will add anew
life and with the co-operation of our
members it seems we ought to have
a better and larger company than be
fore.”
COULDN’T POKE FUN
AT GERMAN OFFICERS.
Nobleman Writer Tried It anil Was
Fined.
Berlin, Oct. 22. —Count Wolff Von
Raudtssln, a kinsman of Rear Admiral
Von Baudissin, who commanded tho
imperial yacht Hohenzollorn during
the visit of Prince Henry of Prussia,
to the United States, has been tried
in the Criminal Court here for libelling
the officers’ corps of the Fusilier Guard
Regiment belonging to the Household
troops by satirizing them in a novel,
entitled “First Class Men.” Count
Von Vaudissln escaped with a fine of
$75, and the publishers of the work
were fined SIOO, while the court order
ed Ihe destruction of the confiscated
copies of the book and the plates. The
prosecution whs brought by the state
on the ground of the public welfare.
’’First Class Men” deals with the
vices and extravagances of officers,
their intense caste spirit and the false
attitude of society toward the officer
class. The entire novel was read in
court.
Von Baudissin, in his defense, said
he did not Intend to refer to any par
ticular regiment, but to Ihe whole
army. Von Baudissin said the suicide
of a young friend, a lieutenant In the
army, caused hltn to feel keenly tho
wrong of the system prevailing. This
youth was over $16,250 In debt, because
lenders exaggerated their respect of
the officer class and loaned money to
the class and not to the individual.
IOWA TOWEDSCHOONER IN.
Only I,oss of I.lfe Aboard Was That
of n Mouse.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 22.—After a thrill
ing experience in the Caribbean hur
ricane which passed up the coast
Thursday night, the schooner Pitts
burg, Cupt. George Jeffries of Atlan
tic City, N. J., was (owed Into Hamp
ton Roads this afternoon by tho bat
tleship lowa. Capt. Jeffries had to
cut loose from the lowa because the
big fighter was going too fast for his
little craft and almost swamped It.
and the tug Bennett caught her up
and brought her Into port.
The Pittsburg left Oh incot eague
Thursday afternoon with 540 bushels
of oysters for Norfolk. When off Cobbs
Island the gale struck her and a des
perate battle between the little craft
and the blow ensued. It seemed at
one time to Capt. Jeffries lhat noth
ing could save him, hut Ihe only life
lost on board was that of a mouse,
which. In running across the deck,
w.is crushed by a wave.
Early yesterday morning the lowa
sighted the reversed American flag at
the top of Ihe broken mast and came
alongside the Pittsburg. The request,
ed tow was granted and Ihe disabled
schooner was taken to the capes,
where rapt. Jeffries cut loose from
the man-of-war.
Mauls Decorated.
Mobile, Ala., Oct. 22—W. T. Stouts,
Imperial consul of Austria In thla city,
who baa celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of hie appointment, has
been deoorated by Emperor Francis
Joseph with the cross of a Knight of
the Order of Francis Joseph.
Samuel D. Gray, who swindled Savannah
merchants and was arrested in Porto Rico
NO JURY YET SECURED
IN THE M’CUE CASE.
Trial Mill Awaiting the Requisite
Numlirr of Juror*.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 22. The
corporation court room was crowded
to-day when the trial of J. Samuel
McCue, charged with the murder of
fits wife, was resumed. City Sergeant
Rogers brought Into court forty men,
who were summoned in Fredericksburg
as a venire, and the work of complet
ing the Jury was begun.
only three of the Frederlckburg
venire were accepted as qualified. Two
more are needed to complete the panel
of sixteen from which Ihe Jury final
ly is to be drawn as it. E. 1,. Har
graves, previously qualified, was ex
cused on Recount of sickness. Tho
court, accordingly, has ordered < 'lty
Sergeant Rogers to secure another
venire.
The failure to secure a Jury to-day
was unexpected. A total of 139 venire
men have been examined so far. In
formation as to the point from which
tho new venire is to be drawn and
tho riumbor is withheld.
Of those examined to-day four were
opposed to capital punishment, and
seven would not convict on circum
stantial evidence, but the majority had
formed opinions which testimony could
not remove. Those who have been
accepted on the panel are In charge
of deputies.
One of the counsel for the defense
said Just before court adjourned that
It had been reported to him that a
remark had been dropped during the
recess intended to be heard by those
who have qualified. Judge Morris
promptly stated that If knowledge of
any such attempt should be brought
to him he would deal harshly with the
person guilty of the offense.
The men who qualified to-day are
8. B. Quinn, Nelson Decker ami Bam
uel Beale. Court adjourned until
12:30 o’clock, Monday afternoon.
BOMB THROWN INTO
A BARCELONA CROWD.
Attempt to Aasnselnnt* One of the
Spanish Cabinet.
Barcelona, Get. 22.—What la be
lieved to have been an attempt upon
the life of Minister of Agriculture and
Commerce and Public Works Salazar,
occurred to-duy. A dynamite bomb
was exploded In the street while crowds
were welcoming the minister, who hud
come here to preside at a meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce.
No one wus Injured, but the buildings
In tho vicinity of tho scene of the ex
plosion were damaged, and the crowds
were thrown Into a panic. Several ar
rests were made.
The police believe the explosion to
have boon the work of a group of an
archists. who have been concerned In
previous similar outrages.
Jaln>c Farrau, the concierge of it
house where anarchist lectures were
given, has been arrested In connection
with tho explosion.
FARMERS AT MANASSAS
DAMAGED ONLY $13,700.
Washington, Oct. 22.—The special
board appointed to appraise the dam
ages suffered by farmers near Manas
sas as a result of the maneuvers has
completed II s work, pluelng the total
at $13,700, which Is much less than was
expected.
LOST ABOUT $35,000
IN BUCKET SHOPS.
nefnultlna f Mahler Ascribes Hla
Downfall to Them.
Tullahoma, Tenn., Oct. 22.—Allan
Parker, defaulting cashier of the First
National Bank, gave himself up to-day.
He says he lost about 225.000 of the
bank's money In Chicago bucket shops.
Parker, in addition to his banking
duties, was deputy revsnus oolleotor
for ths Tullahoma district. He han
dled large sums of money, and an ex
aminer Is now going over the govern
ment bouks
5 CENTS A COPY
DAILY. $8 A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-tVKEK $1 A YEAR
SWINDLER WITH
SAVANNAH VICTIMS
CAPTURED IN PORTO RICO.
ESCAPED THE NIGHT OF HIS AR
REST TO FRANCE.
Sninnel D. Gray. Alins “Grly." Who
Obtained Goods From Savannah
Merchants In the Name of Nathan
Mnyn. a Well Known Merchant ot
Hnnainertlcld. Fla.. Tracked to San
Joan by f'osfotttee Inspector Peer.
'Vos Arrested, Rut .lamped His
Monti.
Jacksonville, Flh.. Oct. 22.—United
HI ales Marshal John F. Horr of this
city received a cablegram to-day no
tifying him of the arrest In San Juan,
Porto Rico, of Hamurl I). Gray, want
ed on a rharge of using the United
Htute* mulls for fraudulent purposes.
After liis arrest Gray gave bond, and
tho same night escaped on a steamer
bound for France.
United States Marshal Wilson, who
arrested Gray, telegraphed Marshal
Horr as follows:
“I arrested Gray yesterday. Judge
absent and United States commissioner
hold him under S2OO bond. He jumped
the bond, taking a French steamship
for Havre at night.”
Marshal Horr has reported to thn
United States Attorney General and
asked that the Department of Justice
have Grsy arrested upon his arrival in
France, and held for extradition.
Gray formerly lived In Jacksonville.
The accompanying picture Is an ex
cellent likeness of him. His arrest
was brought about through the per
sistent efforts of United States post -
offico Inspector Fred D. Peer.
Gray’s Clever Scheme.
The alleged frauds committed by
Gray consisted In obtaining large
quantities of goods from various mer
chants in Havannah by falsely repre
senting himself to be Nathan Mayo, a
merchant of Surnmerfleld. Fls., and
having these shipped to Nathan Mayo
at Rosewood, Fla. It is charged that
Gray managed to obtain possession ot
the goods In Jacksonville and sold
them at discount for cash, pocketing
the proceeds.
As far as known, Gray came to Flor
ida four years ago from New York
state. He located In Ocala and opened
a barber shop. He made a number of
friends In Ocala and surrounding coun
try. He moved to Gainesvills In the
early part of 1902, and for severs I
months was s barber there. Later he
secured s position as traveling sales
man for the wholesale grocery house
of Eager, Skinner ft Cos. of Jackson
ville. Being a good talker and a pleas
ant, all around good fellow, ha made
many friends. In November, 1903. h
married Miss Hessle Lee Tyner of
Gainesville, and shortly after started
up a general store at Arrendondo, Ala
chua county, a short distance from
Gainesville. He succeeded fairly well,
but hart thought out a scheme which
would enable him to make money much
faster than waiting for the legitimate
profits on goods sold In a small vltlag*
■tors.
The srheme was a bold on* and re
quired a thorough knowlsdge of the
man he had decided to personate. The
story, as told by the postal authorities,
who obtained their Information from
Savannah merchants and from various
persons in Florida, who claim to have
bsen used by Orgy, without their
knowledge of tho scheme he was work -
lag. is as follows:
Tho Mae Me Personated.
Going to •ummerflold. Gray became
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