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DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AAE
CHEERFUL OVER THE OUTLOOK
By R. M. Larner.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 24.—Gen.
M. C. Butler of South Carolina, who
has been campaigning for Parker and
Davis, left here to-night for his home
at Edgefield, where he will remain un
til after the election.
Gen. Butler spent several days in
New York, and from the party leaders
he learned that the Democrats have
a good fighting chance of electing the
national ticket, and a better chance
of capturing the House of Representa
tives.
A careful canvass of all the doubt
ful states shows that thousands of
Democrats who were not in line four
great crowd hooted
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR.
Continued From First Page,
pursuers encountered a cordon of police
that had been hurriedly dispatched to
guard the embassy. After singing
•'Rule Britannia,” the disturbers dis
persed, no arrests being made; but the
police continued to guard the embassy
as if it were a British fortress. With
such vigilance did they carry out their
task that when Prince Sviatopolk-Mir
sky, a cousin of the new Russian min
ister of the Interior and second secre
tary of the embassy arrived, he had
hard work getting in. Count Benken
dorff had telephoned him to come to
the embassy to write a long cipher mes
sage to St. Petersburg describing to
night’s hostile demonstration.
In reply to a request for some state
ment to the Associated Press, the Am
bassador sent word that he could say
nothing, but it was gathered that he
had sent a dispatch to St. Petersburg,
which may add to the existing delicacy
of the situation.
PREMIER BALFOUR HAS
PROMISED ACTION.
London, Oct. 24.—The Mayor of Hull
has telegraphed to Premier Balfour as
follows:
“The greatest indignation prevails
here at the unprecedented and wanton
attack on the Hull fishing fleet by
Russian warships, resulting in the loss
of valuable lives. We appeal to the
government to take the speediest and
strongest measures to insure full re
dress and complete security against
further Russian outrages.”
King Edward has sent to the Mayor
of Hull SI,OOO as his donation for the
families of the victims of the North
sea firing.
Premier Balfour has telegraphed the
Mayor of Hull as follows:
“Your telegrams received. You may
have full confidence in the govern
ment's action.”
GREAT BRITAIN WANTS
QUICK EXPLANATION.
London, Oct. 24, 8:02 p. m.—An offi
cial statement was issued by the. for
eign office this evening as follows:
“The foreign office has been in com
munication with representatives of the
fishing industry at Hull and Grimsby
and has obtained a full statement of
the facts connected with the attack
during the night of Oct. 21, by the
Russian second Pacific squadron upon
part of the Hull trawling fleet.
"Urgent representations based on
this information have been ‘addressed
to the Russian government, and it has
been explained that the situation is
one which, in the opinion of his majes
ty's government, does not admit of
delay.” .
st. petersburglgTnorant
AS TO ITS MEANING.
Does Not Know What to Make of the
Blunder.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 24.—Midnight-
No official or unofficial Russian ex
planation of the unfortunate affair off
Dogger Bank is forthcoming up to
this time, and the world must wait un
til to-morrow to hear Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky’s version of the firing
upon the British fishermen. Rojest
ventsky has communicated direct to the
Emperor, but at 11:30 o'clock to-night
the admiralty announced that it had
not yet received a report. At the same
hour the foreign office issued a state
ment expressing the regrets of the gov
ernment for the deplorable incident,
but explaining that no formal action
is possible until Rojestvensky's report
of the affair has been received.
While no formal action has been tak
en, the deepest regret is expressed in
ull quarters, and the purpose of the
government to make amends if Ro
jestvensky shall be found to have been
in fault has been proclaimed in every
government department. Emperor
Nicholas himself was greatly aggriev
ed when he heard the news, while he
'yas Inspecting the cruiser Oleg at
Uronstadt this afternoon; and Foreign
Minister Lamsdorff expressed to Am
bassador Hardinge his deepest personal
>egrets. The Russian embassy at Lon
don has also been directed to convey
similar expressions to the government
of Great Britain. It is felt that this
is all that can possibly be done pending
the receipt of Admiral Rojestvensky's
btatcment.
That a horrible blunder has been
committed la recognized and deplored
< vorywhere, and nowhere has an at
tempt been made to Justify the firing
u "Pn innocent fishermen.
It Is felt that Rojestvensky is too
Rood a man and officer to be summn-
J'dy condemned. It Is agreed that he
> K entitled to a hearing, but even the
admiralty regretfully admits that it
at a loss to understand what ex-
M.inatlon could Justify such an ap
parently cold-blooded act as the af
falr is made to appear by foreign re
ports. It developed during the day
that the admiralty had strong reason
to believe that an attempt would be
made against the squadron during Its
Passage through the Great Belt or
’he English channel. So specific was
the Information that even the present
crisis has not diverted attention from
the possibility of such an attack yet
occurring.
The failure of the steam trawlers
w llh their nets out to obey the slg
nals from the Russian warships or
the nervousness of some officer who
Imagined that fishermen working with
th'dr nets In the water were laying
tnlnea, may be responsible for the
years ago are now T giving loy*al and
enthusiastic support to the Parker and
Davis ticket.
Senator Gorman and other working
members of the Campaign Commit
tee, who are not given to rainbow
chasing, tell their friends frankly that
Democratic success is possible under
existing conditions. In spite of the
outward display of confidence by the
Republican managers, it is said they
are not justified in the extravagant
claims they are making. The most
encouraging feature of the Democratic
canvass is the general line up of the
party in all sections of the country and
the friendly disposition of the indepen
dent voters in the doubtful states.
blunder. As soon as the facts are
established, it is certain that the
Russian government will voluntarily
offer the fullest reparation.
It is even hinted that the Emperor
to-morrow will send a formal message
to King Edward conveying his pro
found sorrow for the incident and of
fering to make what reparation is pos
sible as soon as the responsibility can
be fixed. These advance assurances, it
is hoped, will be met in an amicable
spirit by Great Britain.
Notwithstanding the provocation
which may seem to exist for most vig
orous and uncompromising demands for
redress, Ambassador Ifardinge had not
presented any instructions from his
government up to 8 o'clock this even
ing, and up to midnight it had been
impossible to ascertain whether in
structions had been received. In diplo
matic circles, the gravity and delicacy
of the situation is recognized. Un
questionably nervousness exists, but in
view of the sentiment in government
circles here, the feeling prevails that
an amicable adjustment will be reach
ed.
This evening the censor passed all
telegrams relating to the subject which
became the all-absorbing topic in everv
public resort. The war in the Far Eas’t
seemingly was forgotten.
COUNT CASSINI TALKS
ABOUT THE AFFAIR.
Ambassador at Washington Says flfo
Enmity Was Felt.
Washington, Oct. 24.—Official news
of the action of the Russian fleet, in
firing on British fishing vessels, reach
ed Washington to-day in a cablegram
from the American consul at Hull.
He recited the facts as stated in the
press dispatches and added that great
excitement prevailed there.
The news was received here with
something like dismay, for it excited
apprehension that the result might be
world-wide entanglements unless ex
traordinary tact is shown by both the
British and Russian government offi
cials in dealing with the affair. In of
ficial circles there is the strongest
possible desire to prevent any exten
sion of the present war in, the East.
Arbitrary and unreasonable demands
on the one hand and an uncompro
mising spirit on the other, might, it is
believed, backed by an excited press,
easily involve the two great Euro
pean nations in hostilities, the result
of which would be to call to Russian
support her ally, France, and per
haps develop an English alliance so
far undiscovered to European politi
cians. But os the unfortunate incident
was more carefully considered here,
the impression strengthened that it
was not one which would defy diplo
matic treatment, particularly in view'
of the fact that it is the concensus of
opinion here that the affair was by
no means a premeditated attack up
on a neutral power, but rather a
blunder —terrible—but not beyond
reparation by peaceful methods.
Count Cassini, the Russian ambas
sador, has received no official informa
tion on the subject, w'ith the excep
tion of the news contained In the dis
patch received by the State Depart
ment to-day from its consul at Hull.
He was unable, therefore, to speak
officially, but in a conversation w'ith
a representative of the Associated
Press he said:
"We have recently learned that the
Japanese have been tremendously ac
tive in the effort to inflict severe dam
age upon the Baltic squadron before it
reached the Far East. Admiral Ro
jesventsky knew this, and he left home
w'ith implicit instructions, no doubt,
to keep the most rigid wtatch through
out his trip. When this is known it
is not difficult to see that w'hen his
squadron came upon these Vessels at
night and seeing them approaching his
ships even after the Initial shots had
been fired that his commanders should
have mistaken them for vessels hos
tile! y inclined. Moreover, the vessels
w'ere encountered at night, which was
the time an attack would probably have
been made.
"I am very confident that thinking
people w'ill not make the blunder of
saying that the Russian commanders
intentionally fired upon British fishing
vessels. Fishing vessels themselves
are, of course, harmless. I am equal
ly sure that Admiral Rojesventsky,
when he makes his report, will h’ave
a full and satisfactory explanation for
what now appears to be a regrettable
incident.”
TO THE ROOTS
Food the Cause and Another Food the
Eure of Stomach Alls.
When sickness comes it’s best to go
to the root of the trouble at once—
take away the kind of food used when
the person got ill for the food evi
dently didn’t keep the body up. Feed
the patient on Grape-Nuts. That is
the way of the food cure which has
so many remarkable cases to its credit.
"Several years ago my husband be
came affected by a most disagreeable
and painful diarrhoea, lost his appe
tite and grew shockingly thin and
haggard. I persuaded him finally to
see a physician but after taking a
course of medicine he was worse than
ever and this discouraged him so he
tried a lot of home-made remedies but
they gave him only temporary relief.
"Finally I persuaded him to try an
other physician, who treated him for
indigestion which he said was the
cause of all his troubles, but after sev
eral months treatment the physician
said: ‘You have let it run so long It
has become chronic and exceedingly
difficult to cure and will alw'ays
be troubled more or less.’
"Well, you can imagine how this
made him feel.
"Sometime after that some friends
advised Grape-Nuts food and he
thought he would Just give it a short
trial. To our surprise he began to
Improve at once. He kept on each
dav getting better and better until
now he can ent anything he likes and
declares he never felt so well in his
life, has absolutely no trouble with
his stomach and bowels, and is fleshier
than he has been for years. Three
cheers for Grape-Nuts.” Name given
by Postum Cos.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Sounds too easy almost to be true,
but 10 days trial by anyone will prove
the value of Grape-Nuts, the most
scientific food In the woild.
"There’s a reason."
Get the famous little book, "The
Road to Wellvllla,” In each pk#e.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1004.
you should
try it r r r
especially
for sicknoss
“oßd joe”
whiskey
puva-old-mollow
fltm tho
pocket hook
ao/a omnmrm
“b. & b.”
atlanta
ADMIRAL THOUGHT THEY
WERE JAPANESE SHIPS.
Forecast of What the Itiinsinn De
fense Will Be.
Cherbourg, Oct. 24.—Four Russian
torpedo boats and a Russian transport
sailed this evening. There is no longer
any Russian vessel in this port.
The Russians here appear not to be
aware that any British fishing \poats
were hit. They declare that no fish
ing boats were sunk, and add that the
torpedo boats received a signal from
Admiral Rojestvensky to be on the
lookout, as the admiral feared there
were Japanese ships in the channel.
The commander of the Russian tor
pedo boats says he does not know any
thing about the incident of the fishing
boats.
Two divisions of the Russian squad
ron are observed in mid-channel,
steaming westward. It is expected they
will coal at sea.
DEMAND THAT OFFICERS
RECEIVE PUNISHMENT.
London, Oct. 25.—The feature of the
editorial articles in the newspapers
this morning is a practically uni
versal demand that the government
insist upon the punishment of the
Russian officers responsible for the
Dogger Bank affair as the only pos
sible insurance against a recurrence
of the kind. Without this it is argued
that the seas will be unsafe for any
peaceful vessel.
King Edward’s telegram character
izing the affair as “unwarrantable”
is considered to reflect well the na
tional temper, and the fact that his
majesty has taken the unusual
course to thus interfere in a diplo
matic matter, gives the greatest sat
isfaction as emphasizing the excep
tionally grave nature of the crisis.
A day’s reflection on the matter only
leads the newspapers and public opin
ion to greater firmness in demanding
that the amplest reparation shall be
made without delay.
Regret is expressed that there should
have been any demonstration against
Count Benktndorff.
RUSSIANS ENTRENCH
AS THEY ADVANCE.
At the game T*lme They Bombard
tlie Japanese.
Mukden, Oct. 24, via Pekin.—The
Russian forces on the left again
crossed the Shakhe river on Oct. 21
and are now pushing forward to
wards the Japanese positions, en
trenching as they advance. At the
same time Russian batteries are con
tinually bombarding the Japanese,
who can be plainly seen engaged in
the making of trenches.
This plan of the Russians to en
trench as they advance was adopted
because it was found in the recent big
battle that it was impossible to ad
vance without some protection from
the Japanese shrapnel fire.
The Russian batteries are now better
screened than they were in former
engagements, but the troops on both
sides apparently make no great ef
forts to conceal themselves.
The Russian and Japanese armies
are now separated by less than four
miles, and the whole field of opera
tions of both armies can be plainly
seen.
The question of fuel Is becoming a
serious one. The greater part of the
Chinese corn has already been used
for fuel and for fodder, while most
of the houses in the Chinese villages
have been destroyed and their wood
used for fuel.
Without fuel and without shelter
beyond that provided by tents. It
seems Impossible for the armies to
remain In the fields during the in
creasing cold weather.
HOSTILE ARMIES ARE
BUT 700 YARDS APART.
With the Japanese Left Army. Gen.
Oku's (In the Field, Oct. 22, 4 p. m.),
via Fusan, Oct. 24.—The respective
armies retain somewhat peculiar posi
tions. Their advanced forces are lying
in the trenches 700 yards apart, and
tbelr inaction cannot be explained.
For five days the Japanese have not
attempted to make the advance for
which the Russians seem to be wait
ing.
The outposts and patrols of both
sides are in close touch, and there is
occasional firing by the light artillery
batteries. The Japanese are sending
dow ;i the guns and rifles captured
from the Russians, and are receiving
supplies of ammunition and reinforce
ments.
A Japanese forward movement Is
dally expected, and it Is believed that
there is heavy fighting ahead.
SAKHAROFF REPORTS
SITUATION UNCHANGED.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 24, 6:15 p. m.—
T here was no fresh news from the
front to-day. Gen. BakharolT, tele
graphing at 2:45 o'clock this morning.
reported that there was' no NiangeTn~
the situation.
The war office does not confirm the
report that the Russians have occupied
Bent6laputze.
The official returns of the Russian
losses received up to date do not ex
ceed thirty thousand.
Gen. Sakharoft telegraphs that there
was no fighting during the night of
Oct. 23-24.
The Russians burled 1,500 Japanese
at Lone Tree Hill.
JAPANESE TOTAL OF
RUSSIAN DEAD 13,333.
Tokio, Oct. 24.—The Japanese head
quarters here to-day, without referring
to the general situation in the vicinity
of Shakhe river, published the follow
ing report received yesterday:
“Since the last telegram referring to
the enemy's dead bodies left on the
field, they have been increased to the
following:
“Found by the right army, 5,200;
found by the left army, 5,603; found
by the center army, 2,530; total, 13,333.
“The number of prisoners captured
totals "09.”
KUROPATKIN SAYS THAT
HE REPULSED JAPS.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 24.—Emperor
Nicholas has received the following dis
patch from Gen. Kuropatkin, dated,
Oct. 23.
“The night of Oct. 22-23 passed quiet
ly. At 9 o’clock this (Sunday) morn
ing the whole of our volunteer sharp
shooters harassed the enemy, while the
Japanese tried to attack our outposts,
but were everywhere repulsed by the
Russian fire.”
JAPS FOUND MANY
ABANDONED GUNS.
Gen. Oku’s Headquarters, Friday,
Oct. 21, 4 p. m., via Fusan, Oct. 24.
While clearing the field near the vil
lage of Shakhe the Japanese found
many abandoned Russian guns. Their
condition has not been reported.
Both armies are resting on their
arms. Continuous skirmishes are oc
curring between outposts and the pa
trols, and the artillery is firing daily.
A great battle is expected south of
the Hun river, where heavy field
works have been erected. Great num
bers of Japanese reinforcements are
arriving.
FIRE ATOCALAr
Ocala, Fla., Oct. 24.—The residence
and barn of B. H. Seymour, in the
northern part of the city, were de
stroyed by fire last night. With the
residence went the furniture and cloth
ing of the family, the members of
which barely escaped with their lives,
and with the barn went several wag
ons, carriages, harness, etc. The fire
seems to have been Incendiary. The
loss is several thousand dollars; the
insurance only $2,500.
OBITUARY.
Mr*. Malcolm Maclean.
Mrs. Mary Mclntosh Milts Maxican,
wife of Mr. Malrolm Maclean, died
yesterday morning at 5:30 o’clock at
the family residence on Drayton street.
Mrs. Maclean had been ill for ten days
with enteric fever. Her condition had
at no time been pronounced alarming,
and, while grave fears were felt by
her family and those intimately as
sociated with her, her death, which
resulted from congestion of the brain,
was unexpected.
It caused deep and widespread grief,
not only in the circle of her Intimate
friends, but to people in many walks
of life, among whom her kind and
generous spirit had made itself felt
in delicate sympathy and practical
deeds of help. Her personal charities
were large and unfailing, and the good
she accomplished In a quiet way in
estimable. She was, in addition, a
member of most of the organized char
ities in Savannah and an active work
er in many of them. For over thirty
years she had been on the board of
managers of the Abrams Home, and
was identified with this charity work
more than any other. She had been
since girlhood a devout member of the
Independent Presbyterian Church and
was prominent in all church societies,
particularly in missionary work.
Mrs. Maclean was a daughter of the
late James G. Mills of Savannah. She
w r as born in this city in 1851, and was
married in 1875. She is survived by
her husband and seven children,
Misses Annie McDonald, Marlon Mor
rison and Cornelia Sams Max-lean; and
Messrs. Edward Mills, Malcolm Rod
erick, George Mills and Charles Mills
Maclean. One son, James Mills, died
In childhood.
All were with her at the time of her
death except Messrs. Edward and
George Maclean, with whom it was
Impossible to communicate in time.
Besides her immediate family. Mra.
Maclean leaves a brother, Mr. George
J. Mills, and four sisters, Mrs. Joyn
son of England, Mrs. R. Habersham
Clay, Mrs. P. M. Dougan and Mrs. C.
Lucian Jones. She was a niece of
Mrs. W. J. Sams.
The funeral arrangements will not
be made until the arrival of the two
sons who are out of the city.
James H. Galls her.
Mr. James H. Gallaher, a well-known
young man, died at his residence, No.
320 Harris street, east, yesterday morn
ing.
Mr. Gallaher had been suffering with
heart complications for some time, but
his condition was not thought to be
very serious and his death came sud
denly, and as a great shock to his
family.
Mr. Gallaher was about 33 years of
age and had lived all his life In this
city. He had held a position In the
Postal service for several years, being
president of the local order of Postal
Clerks. Ho was also a member of Di
vision No. 3 of the Ancient Order of
Hibernians an<} of the Knights of Co
lumbus.
All of these organizations will prob
ably be represented at the funeral,
which will take place from the late
residence this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Services will be held at the Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist, and the Inter
ment will be In the Cathedral Ceme
tery.
Mr. Gallaher leaves a wife and one
child, a sister, Mrs. John Bell and two
brothers Mr. J. A. G. Gallaher of Den
ver, and Mr. Lewis Gallaher of this
city.
lady Dtlke, F.nglnnd.
London, Oct. 24.—Lady Dllke, wife
Odors of Perspiration for'S-Su, 00 " Royal Foot Wash
feel, etc,, by .■ ..
Stops Chafing, cures Sweating. Itching Swollen, Tired Feet,
tic at druggists, or prepaid from BA TON DRIIO CO.. Atlanta, Os. Money
back if not satisfied. Sample for S- cent stamp.
TWO KINDS OF MEN BUY THEIR
CLOTHING
AT ADLER'S DEPARTMENT STORE.
The gentleman who dresses with taste and
The gentleman who dresses with economy.
Department store methods are strictly applied in the Clothing
Department. No clothing store approaches any value like this
one:
for $11.98
we offer to-day and to-morrow 550 Men’s All Wool, strictly hand
tailored, elegantly finished and lined suits, in all sizes and col
ors and mannish mixtures.
The price of this suit in the clothing store is $lB and S2O.
5,000 suits are here to select your clothing styles from.
Leopold Adler
The Big Department Store Clothier.
of Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Wentworth
Dilke, died suddenly to-day at her res
idence in Woking as a result of the
rupture of a blood vessel.
MODE ANSWERS TO PARKER.
Treasury Department This Time Is
Making Explanations.
Washington, Oct. 24.—H. A. Taylor,
acting secretary of the treasury, to
day issued the following statement:
“The attention of the department
has been called to the statement twice
made by Judge Parker that there had
been administration orders forbidding
the publication of information con
cerning governmental expenditures.
This is a mistake. The only order is
sued concerning estimated expenses
was that no subordinate should make
any estimates public until the heads
of the departments had gone over
them with the President and they had
been approved.
"Before Mr. Parker had made his
second statement in reference to an
order to withhold information the
Postofflce, Interior and Agricultural
departments and District of Columbia
had made and published their esti
mates. The estimates from the oth
er departments will be given out in
the ordinary course of business, as
soon as they are made and approved.
Just as they have been in previous
years. The practice of the depart
ments in this respect has not been in
any manner departed from this year.
“Mr. Parker says further that for
the first two months of the present
fiscal year the expenses exceeded the
receipts by $24,000,000 'and adds: 'How
much more we have run behind since
I am not able to state, because the
public has been denied all information
pending the campaign.’ This is a very
remarkable statement and Judge Par
ker must have said It on the spur of
the moment without reflection. He
surely knows that the treasury issued
and publishes a daily bulletin each day
and a monthly bulletin each month,
giving the receipts and expenses by the
day and month, and that these bul
letins are regularly published in all the
leading papers of the couhtry. For In
stance, the bulletin of Oct. 20, the
day before the Judge made the speech
referred to. showed the deficit up to
that day, for July 1, to be $20,335,542.
a decrease of about $4,000,000 during
September and up to Oct. 20. Should
this rate of Increase of receipts over
expenses continue, as Is quite certain,
the delict of July ‘and August, so
alarming to the Judge, would be wip
ed out during the year.”
DIED >1 VST Kit IOt.SLY.
Strange Wound Found Ipon the
llody of Day,
Brunswick, Ga., Oct. 24.—A special
received by the News to-night from
Waynesville, in Wayne oounty, nays:
"A man by the name of Day, claim
ing to be from Minnesota, and who a
few days ago came to Waynesville,
died about 3 o'clock yesterday morn
ing under most peculiar circumstances.
Pretending to have a headache, he
went to Dr. Gordon on Saturday to be
treated. Later he became worse and
was carried to the house of a colored
woman, Lavina Perry. It became nec
essary to dress the patient, which was
done, and In doing so a bruised place
was found Just over his kidney. When
asked what caused name he would give
no natlsfactlon, and died Sundny
morning. An inquest wan held to-day,
and the verdict of the Jury was that
his death was caused by the bruised
placed, which was inflicted by some
thing unknown.
VIRGINIA MOB
KILLS A NEGRO.
Continued from First Page.
he will use every effort to apprehend
the members of the mob.
Troops Patrol Street*.
Norfolk. Va., Oct. 24.—A detachment
of Norfolk militiamen are patrolling
the negro section of Berkley to-night
and while everything seems quiet on
the surface, there is a possibility that
trouble may occur at any moment.
Under Martial I-avr.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 24.—Berkley Is
now under martial law. Two encount
ers occurred to-night between the
troops and negroes. One negro refus
ed to obey orders to move on and was
bayoneted. He is not seriously hurt.
Two militiamen (tailed upon a negro
seen crossing a lot to halt. In reply
he opened fire on them and they re
plied. The negro fired three times and
fell In front of the soldiers’ fire. As
they rushed towards him he jumped up
and ran, escaping In the darkness. It
Is thought he is wounded.
There is an ugly undercurrent of feel
ing existing among the negroes of the
town.
A MILLION IIANGS ON A TOR.
Title Depends on Which Toe Mary
Klnicaton Had Crippled When
She Was a Girl.
From the New York Sun.
Orange, Tex.—On the Identity of an
old woman’s crippled toe depends the
title to a million dollars’ worth of
property in the Batson oil district of
this state. The toe was Introduced as
evidence in suit Just tried at Hous
ton, but the Jury could not agree as
to its genuineness, and the case goes
hack to the calendar for another trial.
Twenty years ago Mary Kingston
was left a widow with one child, a girl
of 5. and a tract of land on the Bat
son prairie where she lived. The land
was then a worthless piece of proper
ty, and Mrs. Kingston abandoned it
and removed to Harris county with her
little girl.
Shortly after that she disappeared,
deserting the child, who was taken by
a sister of Mrs. Kingston, who lived on
the Batson prairie near the abandoned
Kingston property. A year or so later
word was received by this sister, from
the western part of Texas, that a wom
an had died and been burled there who
said her name was Mary Kingston and
that she had a sister and other rela
tives, including a daughter, at Batson
and In Harris county.
About a year ago, following the oil
development at Beaumont nnd other
places In that field, oil was discovered
at Batson, and a great boom In land
ensued. The abandoned Kingston tract
became the most valuable territory In
that locality.
Mrs. Kingston’s daughter had been
cared for and raised by her aunt. When
the prairie tract came thus Into promi
nence she had no difficulty In estab
lishing her right to it as heir-at-law
of her mother, and an offer of $1,000,-
000 was made to her for the property.
She refused It, and the development
of the territory put her In possession
of some of the finest wells in the state.
There has been much decline In oil
values during the past few months, but
Mims Kingston's income from the prop
erty Is at present $1,500 a month.
It is lees than a year since the Bat
son field came Into prominence, and
when the Kingston wells were at the
bight of their prosperity a bent and
shriveled old woman appeared at Bat
son and announced that she was the
long missing Mary Kingston, supposed
to be dead these twenty year*, and
that consequently the property was
hers.
Miss Kingston had sold off paresis of
the tract at big prices, her title to tbs
property being thought beyond ques
tion. If the claim of this old woman
were established, the purchasers of the
land would of course have no owner
ship In It, and serious complications
at once arose.
Mis Kingston denied the old wom
an's assertions, as did th& aunt, Mrs.
Buckles, and all other relatives of
Mary Kingston except one brother, Jo
seph Oerson. He took sides with the
claimant, declaring that he was satis
fled that she was his sister, Mary
Kingston.
The claimant said that she had been
living In Fort Bend county ever since
she disappeared, and had herself sent
the news that she had died. It had
been her Intention never to correct the
belief that she was dead, but having
learned of the sudden wealth that had
come through the once worthless King
ston tract of prairie, she resolved to
return to Batson and claim the prop
erty, as it was hers.
The case came up in court at the
trial. Mrs. Buckles on the witness
stand made the declaration that Mary
Kingston had had a crippled toe, hav
ing cut off the tip of the big toe on
her right foot with an ax when a girl.
Tlie nail had grown out and down
over the place where the Up had been
and turned under the end of the toe.
If the claimant was Mary Kingston,
the witness said, that mark of Identi
fication would still be present.
The claimant was put on the stand.
She said she had s crippled toe, and
removing the shoe and stocking from
her right foot, proved her assertion.
But the crippled toe she produced
was not the big toe of the foot. Tt
was the toe next to the big one. And
It had not been cut oft, but showed
evidence of having been mashed off.
It had no freak growth of nail.
She declared that her sister had tes
tified falsely as to the toe and the
way she had crippled It. The genuine
crippled Mary Kingston toe, she said,
was the one she was putting in evi
dence.
She was sustained in this by Joseph
Oerson, who accepts the claimant at
his sister, Mary Kingston. William
Odle, who married a sister of Mary
Kingston, swore that the real too that
Mary Kingston crippled when she was
a girl was the one Mrs. Buckles had
testified to.
Upon this contradictory evidence the
Jury could not come to an agreement,
and no verdict could be arrived at.
The interests at stake are so great
that unless a compromise can be effect
ed with the claimant the case will
come up for retrial, and that disputed
crippled toe Is likely to uso up a good
deal of the Batson oil field in lawyers'
fees and costs before It Is settled who
has the title to that <1,000.000 worth of
property.
—August Butte ken, who hits been
running a humble fish and oyster busi
ness In Kast Bt. Bouts, has received
■word from a firm of reputable English
lawyers that a Liverpool sea captain
recently deceased has left him $25,000.
Eighteen years ago, while rounding
Cape Horn. In the British merchant
man Westgate, he saved Capt. Wat
kins from being swept overboard In a
fierce storm. The captain died, and
left the sum named to the man who
preserved his life long years ago.
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