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SLOW DIPLOMACY
DISPLEASES THEM
BRITONS WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE RUSSIA**. MEANT BY
FIRING IPO* THEM.
Vet Yet Hue Russia Sent an Expla
nation to the British Capital, but
the liar Has Expressed His Re
grets to (he Kins (or the Dogger
Bank Affair—Host the Admiral ot
the Fishing: Fleet Uescrlbes the
Russian Attack.
IN THE FAR EAST.
No fighting: of any consequence
by the Russian and Japanese
armies in the vicinity of Shakhe
is reported.
Emperor Nicholas has designated
Gen. Kuropatkin to command all
the Russian land forces in the
Far East.
Alexieff has been continued in
the office of viceroy.
London, Oct. 25. —The Inevitable de
lays of diplomatic procedure appear to
retard a complete and satisfactory set
tlement of the acute differences be
tween Great Britain and Russia aris
ing from the deplorable North sea af
fair.
King Ed Ward has received from Em
peror Nicholas himself a cablegram ex
pressing the deepest regret and a prac
tical acknowledgment that Great Brit
ain’s peremptory note will meet with
a reply conceding every demand for
apology for tlje act of the Russians
against the British flag, compensation
for the sufferers and punishment of the
officers responsible for what is every
where conceded to have been a gigantic
blunder, and the Russian ambassador
to the court of St. James has express
ed to Foreign Minister Lansdowne his
sorrow and sympathy.
These developments, which came late
in the d*ay, have allayed to some ex
tent the deep resentment in the public
mind, and the admiralty to-night gave
evidence of its appreciation of the
necessity of proving that it is pre
pared actively to support the position
of the people of Great Britain and
fulfill the expectations of the world,
when it issued the following statement:
Fleets Were In Readiness.
"On receipt on Oct. 2* of the news
of the North sea tragedy, preliminary
orders for mutual support and co-oper
ation were issued as a measure of pre
caution from the admiralty to the
Channel, Mediterranean and Home
fleets."
The day has been one of the busiest
1n recent years In diplomatic circles
here. The Russian ambassador, who
only reached London shortly before
midnight Monday, was an early caller
at Lansdowne House and had a long
interview with Lord Lansdowne, after
which the Foreign Minister drove to
Downing street and conferred with
Premier Balfour and others, and for
the rest of the day was occupied with
a mass of matters pertaining to the af
fair.
Almost momentarily the public ex
pected some definite announcement of
an official nature, but late this after
noon the Foreign Office announced that
no further statement would be issued
to-night. It is understood that this Is
because It is considered that it would
be unwise in the present state of pub
lic feeling to make any immediate
proclamations concerning diplomatic
proceedings in view of Great Britain's
announcement to Russia, that the mat
ter would not brook delay.
Benkendorff Not Concerned About
Attack on Him,
Count Benkendorff, the Russian am
bassador, was busy to-night at the
embassy with a mass of cipher dis
patches, and It was announced at the
embassy that It would be physically
Impossible to prepare a formal reply
in such ‘a short time.
While Great Britain is stirred to
Its depths, there has not been the
slightest evidence of a repetition of
the rowdyism of last night, which Is
condemned on all sides. The sugges
tion that Ambassador Benkendorffß’
visit to Lansdowne House, Instead of
to Dounlng street, was due to fears of
mob violence, is Indignantly denied at
the foreign office and at the embassy.
In flaot, there was not the slightest
sign of any gathering of a hostile
crowd at the foreign office, although
the police precautions were most thor
ough .
Count BenkendorfT himself discussed
the incident of last night as trivial
and did not appear to consider it worth
notice. Popular appreciation of the
situation, however, was evinced when
King Edward appeared in public to
rtgy. He was greeted with more than
usual enthusiasm on account of the
decided tone of his telegram to the
mayor of Hull, on Monday,
tamidu't llmr Happened In British
or American Navy.
The speeches of members of the cab
inet and of the House of Commons to
day in different parts of the country
voice the sentiment of Great Britain,
nd the spirit in which the utterances
w ’ere met shows that for the moment
Party differences have besn laid aside,
and that the country is solidly be
hind the government. Lord Selborne.
*t the Pilgrims' banquet to-night, de
nounced the Dogger Bank affair in
'he most outspoken terms yet heard
front a member of the cabinet, as an
Inexcusable outrage" aud terrible
blunder which would be Impossible In
Jfofoatmab JHaftting
either the British or the American
navy.”
Colonial Secretary Lyttleton, also,
in another place, spoke in plain terms,
saying that It was impossible to view
he affair as “other than the result of
murderous intention or wicked negli
gence.”
The post mortem examination of the
odies of the victims of the Dogger
Bank affair was held to-day at Hull.
The proceedings were purely formal,
and no official announcement was
made; but it is stated positively that
both of the dead men bore wounds in
flicted both by machine guns and a
larger shell.
The report of Thomas Carr, admiral
of the fishing fleet, dated from “The
North Sea.” is a picturesque touch, a
plain sailor’s yarn of the occurrence,
which was handed to Foreign Minister
Lansdowne to-night. Carr’s report
says:
Sea Dog’a Story of It.
“We were fishing in latitude 55.18
north and longitude 5 east, the night
of Oct. 21. At 11:30 p. m. a large fleet
of men-of-w;ar sprang up on our lee
bow, the wind being about south
southeast. One squadron passed by
our lee side. The remainder, consist
ing of four battleships, steamed just
across our head, throwing searchlights
over our fleet.
As soon as they got to windward
they began firing on us. their projec
tiles flying all around and across our
decks for a full quarter of an hour,
some of the shots passing under our
mainsail so unpleasantly near the men,
who were gutting fish in the pound,
that they cleared out down below, one
shot passing right between them.
“I very much regret to say that
others in the fleet were not so fortu
nate as us in escaping hurt. The
Crane was sunk, her skipper and third
hand were killed and all the rest of
the crew were wounded, with the ex
ception of the cook. The skipper of
the Gull, it was who, being hailed by
the Crane, saying, ’We are sinking,’
hove up his gear, got out a boat and
went to the rescue of the unfortunate
survivors.
“The Moulmein, Mino and Snipe all
had shots pass through them, the two
former vessels being obliged to make
sail homeward. I think two or three
vessels did not board us in the morn
ing, but that may be owing to thick
weather causing them to miss the
fleet
“I don’t know whether they took us
for Japanese or whether they were
practicing to get their hands in. There
must be a “mistake somewhere. They
ought to have known we were only in
offensive fishermen.”
NOTE WAS STIFF THAT
ENGLAND SENT RUSSIA.
Did Not Mince Words in Describing
the Outrage.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 25, 7:02 p. m.—
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff, upon his
return from visiting Emperor Nicholas
at Tsarsko Selo this afternoon, drove
direct to the British embassy, where
he conveyed to Ambassador Hardinge,
on behalf of the Emperor, a message
for communication to King Edward
and the British government, express
ing the Emperor’s profound regret at
the news of the North sea incident,
and stating that the Emperor had not
yet received a report from his officers
on the subject, but asking the British
ambassador nevertheless to convey the
assurance that fullest reparation would
be made to the families of the suffer
ers.
Later the ambassador went to the
Foreign Office and formally presented
a copy of his instructions. The note
was couched in a moderate, but firm,
tone. The note stigmatizes the act as
inhuman, unjustifiable and deliberate,
but makes no direct demands, reserv
ing them pending the receipt of Rus
sia’s explanation. Neither does it
place a time limit upon the response.
The note recites the circumstances of
the affair, saying that a fleet of steam
trawlers carrying the established lights
was approached by the Russian
squadron, which threw searchlights
upon the vessels and then deliberately
altered its formation. One vessel was
sunk, two fishermen were killed, many
were wounded and several vessels
were missing after a bombardment of
the fishing vessels which lasted for a
considerable time. The squadron then
sailed off, leaving a vessel of small
tonnage, which remained on the spot
for six hours.
The note points out .that the indig
nation of the British people, highten
ed by the inhuman conduct of the
commanders of the warships In aban
doning the sinking and crippled traw
lers, was further emphasized by the
failure of the smaller warship to offer
or render any assistance, although it
was impossible for it during all that
time to have mistaken the true char
acter of the Ashing vessels.
The note concludes with the state
ment that the British government is
awaiting Russia's explanation of this
unjustifiable act, pending the receipt of
which it reserves Its demands.
EXPLANATION IS NOT
KNOWN AT CAPITAL
g(, Petersburg Does Not Know Why
Fishermen Were Fired Upon.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 26, 2:50 a. m.—
Vice Admiral Rojestveneky’s reasons
for firing Into the Brlthrti fishing fleet
remain as fireat a mystery as ever.
Again at midnight the admiralty an
nounced that the admiral's report of
the affair had not been received.
The disposition of Great Britain ta
await the explanation of Russia, be-
Continued on Fifth Page.
FOLKSTON MAY
HAVE TROUBLE
FRIENDS OF THE FEUDISTS
GATHER FOR THE TRIAL THAT IS
TO BEGIN TO-DAY.
Duncan and Altman Supporters Are
Assembling in Force—Every Sign
of Impending Trouble, and the
Visitors in the Charlton County
Seat Seem Prepared for It—Troops
May Be Asked for by Judge Par
ker, Who Will Preside.
Waycross, Ga.. Oct. 25.—The largest
crowd ever seen at Folkston is at that
place to-day. awaiting the trial of
Charles and Hillary Altman and Ivy
Harvey, charged with the murder of
Dunoan and a negro, Jim Riley, sev
eral weeks ago.
The greater part of the crowd is
made up of friends of the Duncans and
the Altmans, and there is every sign
oi impending trouble. One of the morn
ing trains from Florida brought in
about forty Altman supporters, and the
indications are that all have come pre
pared for any row that m‘ay arise.
Two negro witnesses for the state
were brought in this morning and were
closely guarded by Deputy United
States Marshal McClellan and Deputy
Cason. As they were being carried to
the Court House to testify before the
grand jury the officers were met with
jeers from a crowd of the Altmans’
friends.
It is the opinion of some of the offi
cers here to-night that Judge Parker
will request that a military company
be sent to Folkston to-morrow should
there be any Indication of a row.
Three deputies will accompany the
Altmans and Harvey to Folkston to
morrow.
STEEL EARNINGS OFF.
Poor Showing Made by the Finan
cial Statement.
New York. Oct. 25.—Directors of the
United States Steel Corporation to-day
declared the regular quarterly dividend
of 1% per cent, on the preferred stock,
payable Nov. 30.
The financial statement of the quar
ter ended Sept. 30, last, shows net earn
ings after the usual deductions for re-
Bairs, renewals, maintenance, fixed
charges and interest on bonds of $lB,-
773,932, compared with $32,422,964 for
the same quarter of 1903. Net earn
ings for the nine months of this year
aggregate $51,709,889. In 1908 for same
period they were $94,133,970.
A striking feature of the statement
is the Item showing a surplus over
charges and dividends of only $1,312,-
988. a decrease of $1,464,656, compared
with the previous quarter, and of $lO,-
998.707 compared with the correspond
ing quarter of 1903.
Unfilled orders on hand on Sept. 30,
last, amounted to 3,027,436 tons, a de
crease of 701,306 tons over the same
period last year. As an offset to this,
however. Chairman Gary stated that
the corporation had booked an average
of 26.U00 tons of new orders per day
during the current month, an Increase
of 30% per cent, over the business of
last October.
PARKER GUEST OF HONOR.
Candidate Entertained at the Uni
versity Club.
New York, Oct. 25.—Judge Parker
was the guest of honor to-night at a
dinner given by Edward S. Rappallo,
at the University Club. The guests
were all New York city lawyers. The
dinner was entirely informal and pol
itics was eschewed, although a
number of the guests were conspicu
ous in the management of the cam
paign for Judge Parker.
The candidate spent the day in his
apartments receiving his political
lieutenants and others. The visitors
were fewer than on former occasions
when he has been in the city. Among
the callers were George Foster Pea
body, August Belmont, and former
Senator J. K. Jones, and J. G. John
ston of Kansas.
Alfred Hutlinger of Brooklyn con
ferred with Judge Parker concerning
the organization of a club of Spanish
speaking citizens, the Executive Com
mittee of which made arrangements
to call on the candidate to-morrow.
TRIED TO'LYNCH HIM.
Negro Under Arrest for Killing a
Conductor.
Little Rock. Ark., Oct. 25.—P. A. At
wood, a passenger conductor employed
by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and
Southern Railway, wnls shot and killed
to-day neat Farreli station, fifteen
mflos east of Little Rock, by Houston
Hooker, a negro porter. The tragedy
occurred on the Pine Bluff-Little Rock
accommodation train.
Hooker's alleged grlevanoe against
Conductor Atwood was that the latter
slapped Him In the face, after repri
manding him on the ground that he
had been Inattentive to passengers.
Hooker was brought here for safe
keeping. A small party tried to take
the negro from the officers, after they
left the train, but the attempt was
frustrated.
To-night the whereabouts of Hooker
Is known only to the authorities. An
effort to lynch the negro will likely be
made If he oan be reached by a mob.
OH Goes Up In Prlee.
Beaumont, Tex., Oct. 25.—The local
crude oil market advanced two cents
to-day In the Pipe Line Company's
offerings for Sour Lake. Saratoga and
Batson crude ollfi. The growing
strength ef the local crude oil market
Is due. tt la believed, to the salt water
In the Jennings oil field, and to the
well founded reports regarding a
Steady decline In the production of the
several Texas oil fields.
SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1904.
EPISCOPALIANS WILL
MEET IN RICHMOND.
Pastoral Letter Was lteml by Bish
op Henry C, Potter.
Boston, Oct. 25.—The triennial gen
eral convention of the Episcopal
Church, which has been in session here
since Oct. 4. was ended late to-day
with a public service in Trinity Church.
From the pulpit Bishop Henry C.
Potter of New York read a pastoral
letter addressed to the church at large.
The communication, which consisted of
more than 3.000 words, considered the
problems now before the country. Re
garding divorce, the pastoral said that
the facility with which the marriage
relation may be taken on and put off
is one of the menaces of American civ
ilization, to the possible perils of which
Christian people are as yet very Im
perfectly aroused. The letter made a
plea for the permanence and security
of the family, and discussed other
Dressing questions.
Little business of importance was
transacted at the final business ses
sions. A resolution permitting foreign
congregations now in communion with
the church, to use forms of service in
their own tongue, was adopted after
a sharp contest. This legislation was
enacted specifically for the benefit of
Swedish congregations in Minnesota.
The next convention will be held In
Richmond, Va„ in 1907.
i The letter takes up with the terms
“those two great problems which
supremely confront the republic" the
labor question and the race Issue. The
first the pastoral declares that “what
ever organizations have accomplished
they have mainly moved along lines
which are the glory of our democratic
institutions."
Touching the race problem the let
ter, after referring to the appoint
ment of a Joint commission to investi
gate the question, says:
"If by giving them (the negroes)
freedom, we have only given them the
power to work mischief; and if lynch
ing has come to be defended as a
necessary protection to families, then
surely we are face to face with a
situation at once desperate and dis
honoring. We may not ignore it; we
cannot disown it. It is a part of our
social situation, and if the Church can
have nothing to say about it then she
simply disowns her duty and her
master.”
STRANDED OFF BAHAMAS.
Atlantic Transport Liner Massachu
setts Went Aground.
Nassau, N. P., Oct. 25.—The Atlantic
Transport Line steamer Massachu
setts, from Cardiff for New Orleans,
stranded off Abaco, Bahama Islands,
Oct. 16. She is resting easy.
The Massachusetts is of 7,913 tons
gross and 5.130 net, is 490 feet long,
has 59 feet 3 Inches beam, and her
depth is 31 feet 8 inches. She was
built at Camden, N. *3., in 1903. Capt.
Crichton is the commander of the
vessel and she has a crew of eighty
nine men. The Massachusetts sailed
from Cardiff Oct. 1 with a cargo of
coal for New Orleans.
Tampa. Fla., Oct. 25.—The cap
tain of the Spanish steamer Ontaneda,
which arrived to-day, reports the loss
of the steamship Massachusetts. The
captain states that on the afternoon
of Oct. 20, while off Stirrup Key, his
vessel was approached by an Ameri
can two-masted schooner, with flag at
half mast. The schooner asked the
Ontaneda to report upon arrival at
port the loss of the Massachusetts,
the wreck having occurred seventeen
miles north of the old Bahama chan
nel.
The name of the schooner reporting
the wreck is not known. It made no
mention of loss of life.
New York, Oct. 25.—One of the offi
cials of the International Mercantile
Marine Company gave out a statement
to-night regarding the wrecking of the
Atlantic Transport Line’s freight
steamer Massachusetts, in which he
states that the steamer went ashore
on Abaco Island, seventeen miles north
of Holo-ln-the-Wall, on Oct. 16, dur
ing a heavy gale. The outer bottom
of the Massachusetts has been dam
aged. but the inner bottom is Intact
and the ship will be saved. Wrecking
apparatus has been sent from Norfolk,
Va., to assist the steamer.
The Massachusetts is commanded by
Capt. Crichton. She sailed from Car
diff Oct. 1 for New Orleans.
TROUBLES OF VANCOTT
BROUGHT ON HIS DEATH.
• ———■
Postmaster of New York City Hus
Passed A way.
New York, Oct. 25.—Cornelius Van-
Cott, postmaster of New York city,
died suddenly this afternoon of heart
failure following a sharp attack of
acute nervous Indigestion. He was
taken ill yesterday afternoon at his
office in the federal building, and his
condition was such that the attending
physician deemed his removal unwise
at that time. To-day Mr. VanCott ap
peared better and was taken to his
home in West Eighty-sixth street.
Shortly after the patient h‘ad a sinking
spell and died at 3:25 o'clock.
Mr. VanCott had been a vigorous
man, but of late he had been subject
to 'an unusual amount of trouble, and
this Is believed to have undermined hie
health. He assisted in the establish
ment of a commercial agency and sign
ed notes to a large amount. The con
cern failed and Mr. VanCott was call
ed upon to pay over $23,000, which took
practically the savings of his lifetime.
About this time an investigation of
the New York poetofflee was under
taken by the Washington officials, but
the Integrity or probity of the postmas
ter was not impugned. Notwithstand
ing the favorable outcome, he worried
much over the affair.
The reeent arrest of his son, Rich
ard VanCott, charged with colonizing
voters, alas a severe blow to the post
master, who expressed his firm be
lief In his son’s innocense. These trou
bles coupled with advancing age—he
was in his sixty-seventh year—played
an Important part In bringing on the
fatal illness,
He had long been prominent In New
York politics.
FATHERLAND SON WERE
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Sparta. Tenn.. Oct. 2s.—Near Wall
ing, In White county, to-day City Mar
shal h. H. Mem bred and his 18-year
old >n were shot from am hash and
killed.
Tom Chlem la under arreet, charged
with the crime.
HAS AN AIRSHIP
THAT WILL SAIL
THE WORK OF THE ARROW
SUCH AS TO SECURE COMMENDA
TION AT ST. LOUIS.
Airship Mails a Flight of Ten Miles.
Invented by Baldwin of San Fran
etseo nnd Operated by Knaben
shue of Toledo—Bat for an Aret
dent to the Motor the Trial Would
Have Been Even More Satisfac
tory.
St. Louis, Oct. 25.—Propelled part of
the way by Its own power and the re
mainder of the distance by the wind,
which was blowing at ten miles an
hour. The Arrow, an airship owned
and perfected by Thomas S. Baldwin
of San Francisco, in charge of A. Roy
Knabenshue of Toledo, to-day was an
unannounced flight of ten miles from
the World’s Fair grounds over
St. Louis and across the Mississippi
river to Cahokia, 111.
The aerial performance attracted the
attention of thousands of persons who
cheered almost continuously as the
big flying machine passed over the
exposition grounds and soared high
above the high buildings of the busi
ness quarter of St. Louis.
Clinging to the framework of the
car, hts precarious foothold an iron
tube that forms one side of the base
of the triangular network of supports
and ribs of The Arrow’s body.
Knabenshue directed the movements
of the flying machine and maneuvered
in circles and against the wind high
over the great buildings of the expo
sition, before an accident to the mo
tor rendered the big fan propellers
useless and curtailed hts command of
direction, but not of suspension or
descension.
Steered Without Motor.
When the motor broke Knabenshue
maneuvered the flying machine into
the wind, and he was enabled to steer
The Arrow in a course that varied
several points either way from the
trend of the wind, and to land at a
point of his own selecting.
When within ten feet of the earth,
Knabenshue threw out his grapple, and
one of the hooks caught In a large
tree. The large balloon settled slowly
to the ground, resting lightly on its
framework.
Knabenshue alighted, secured the
airship to prevent injury from the wind
and assured Mr. Baldwin by telephone
that Tha Arro-ty was uninjured, ex
cept for the minor breakage of the
motor.
After landing Knabenshue said that,
in hts opinion the trial of the airship
was a distinct success. He Bald that
he could have brought the flying ma
chine to the ground at any time, but
that as he could, to a certain extent,
control Its movements, and that as he
felt himself in no danger, he decided
to continue the flight and demonstrate
that, even though the motor was
broken. The Arrow could be controlled.
The flight occupied exactly one hour.
The motor broke about fifteen minutes
after the airship left the aeronautic
concourse.
Airship That Will gall.
The airship was constructed under
the personal supervision of Capt. Bald
win In California and differs in many
features from ships constructed in the
past.
On the ship Capt. Baldwin places his
hopes of winning the SIOO,OOO prize at
the fair.
The gas balloon is cigar-shaped, of
Japanese silk, 54 feet long and 17 feet
in diameter and requires 8,000 cubic
feet of gas to Inflate it. The frame
attachment is 30 feet long. It carries
a double cylinder, seven horse-power
gasoline engine, making 2,000 revolu
tions of the propellers a minute pos
sible. The machine Is arranged so that
the ship Is pulled instead of pushed.
To-day's flight was not a trial for
the World’s Fair SIOO,OOO prize, Capt.
Baldwin said, but simply a trial to con
vince the residents of St. Louis and
the World’s Fair visitors that he had
an airship that could fly.
SOLDI^S - CONTINUE
ON GUARD IN BERKLEY.
Rulet Nat Entirely Restored After
the Lynrhlnic of Blount.
Norfolk, Va., Oct. 25.—A heavy pa
trol was kept until after daybreak to
day by the Norfolk militia on all thor
oughfares of Berkley, Va., where
George W. Blount, a negro fish dealer
and political leader, was taken from
the Jail and murdered yesterday.
The town remains under martial law.
At a conference to-day between Mayor
Allen and Col. Higgins, commanding
the militia, it was decided that it
would be necessary to keep the troops
on duty until after the funeral of the
negro. The whites, and especially the
women of Berkley, are fearful of a
riot, and the white citizens are plan
ning to establish vigilance committees
for night patrol after the soldiers leave.
The coroner says he has not suffi
cient evidence yet to justify swear
ing out warrants against any ont.
Commonwealth’s Attorney R. C. Mar
shall and Coroner F. M. Morgan will
conduct a Joint Investigation of the
affair.
Blount was buried this afternoon
from the colored church, from which
his fellows bore his body to the grave.
There was a large assemblage, but no
disorder. The Inquest Into the killing
was adjourned until Friday.
CONDUCTOR WAS KILLED.
Wreck on the Augusta Southern
Near Maude revlll*.
Augusta, Oct. Oct. 35.—Albert M.
Humphrey, conductor, was killed and
Tom Halley, colored train hand, In
jured in a wreck on the Augusta
Southern this afternoon.
The oabooee ef a special freight train
jumped the traek near Banderevdlle,
about nighty miles from Augusta, and
overturned.
NAVAL OFFICERS AT
BANQUET IN LONDON.
Speeches Made by Enallshmen ami
Americana.
London, Oct. 25.—"1 thank God the
day has come when neither the Brit
ish nor the American navy can bn Jeal
ous of each other’s development.’’
Rear Admiral Jewell In the foregoing
sentence to-night elicited loud cheers
when he replied to the toast in honor
of the American European squadron,
at the banquet given by the Pilgrim
Society. Lord Selborne, first lord of
the admiralty, presided.
Lord Selborne in proposing the
American navy and naval guests, said
he must refer to the “inexcusable out
rage” in the North sea. In a similar
ease, said Lord Selborne, the American
or British navy would make immediate
and ample apology. "They would pun
ish," added Lord Selborne, amidst loud
cheers, "the perpetrator of such a ter
rible blunder and demand security
against its recurrence. I no more
doubt that I am standing here than
that the Emperor and Russian people
will feel their responsibility and take
some action an would the British or
American people*."
Lord Selborne proceeded to pay a
glowing tribute to the American navy,
and emphasized Instances of co-opera
tion between the British, French and
American navies.
Rear Admiral Lambton declared that
he oould never believe any naval offi
cer. Russian or otherwise, would do a
dastardly act intentionally. Naval of
ficers sometimes make mistakes, but.
said Admiral Lambton, “give them
time to apologize and everything will
be all right."
Admiral Lambton’s statement com
bined with Lord Selborne's expressions
are taken as practically closing the
North sea affair. Admiral Lambton
saw King Edward to-day and un
doubtedly he voiced the highest views.
Rear Admiral Jewell did not refer to
the Anglo-Russlan difficulty, but in
the briefest of speeches won loud ap
plause by reference to the lack of all
Jealously between the American and
British navies.
Among the many telegrams read at
the banquet was one from the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, referring in
glowing terms to his visit to America
and expressing regret that he was un
able to be present at the Pilgrims’
banquet.
KNOT ANSWERS PARKER.
What the Former Attorney Genem!
Says for His Side.
Washington, Oct. 25.—Senator P. C.
Knox, who was until recently Attor
ney General under President Roose
velt, to-night Issued a statement In
answer to Mr. Parker’s speech on
trusts and ex-Presldent Cleveland’s
remarks on the same topic. Mr. Knox
accuses both Messrs. Cleveland and
Parker of having changed front on the
trust question, and asks:
"Is there any connection between
Judge Parker’s abandonment of his
futile common law panacea, which
meant immunity to the trusts, and the
fait, as he alleges, that the trusts
contribute to the success of the Re
publican party? Do the principles of
law which Mr. Cleveland thought last
March protected manufacturing mo
nopolies change in October, and if so,
does the change affect the Belmont
trusts or only those which are sus
pected of seeing in the perpetuation of
Republican administration the con
tinued general prosperity of the coun
try?”
Mr. Knox refers to Judge Parker’s
charges of corruption In politics and
says: “When Judge Parker last ac
tively participated In politics off the
bench, he was chairman of the New
York State Democratic Committee,
which elected David B. Hill as Gov
ernor. He was a cog In the Hill ma
chine. There never have been in our
political history methods mor* debas
ing and corrupt than those of the
Hill machine In New York, and they
culminated In the steal of the state by
the Maynard frauds, and the over
throw of the Hill machine In conse
quence. This was the, machine which
Mr. Parker ran until, as a reward
for running it. he was made a judge
by Hill; and these are the methods he
deplores."
Mr. Knox asserts that Tammany
Hall Is supported by corporate favorit
ism and that, "Judge Parker Is now
seeking to become the beneficiary of
the verv methods which he affects to
denounce."
Mr. Knox charges that the men who
are conducting Judge Parker’s cam
paign represent the corporations and
mentions August Belmont, W. F.
Sheehan, Thomas F. Ryan, David B,
Hill and Thomas Taggart as men who
"owe their whole power in politics to
the intimate connection they have es
tablished between the management of
corporations and the management of
public business.”
Mr. Knox asserts that Judge Parker
and Mr Hill have been bidding for
the support of the corporations, "with
reckless disregard of the Interests of
the public."
Mr. Knox says: "Judge Parker’s
statement that the President and the
trusts combined in an effort to satisfy
the country that the trusts were op
posed to the present administration, Is
simply preposterous, and smacks of
the rashness of desperation.”
DRIVEN OUT OF BUSINESS.
Haddock Testifies Before the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
New York. Oct. 26.—John C. Had
dock. an Independent coal mine owner
and operator, testifying to-day before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in the Case of William Randolph
Hearst against the coal-carrying rail
roads, said that as a result of the tar
iff discrimination, his company suf
fered a loss of more than SBOO,OOO In
less than eight years.
This loss meant the difference be
tween solvency and Insolvency and
his company, which at one time had
a reputation of high standing, which
he Jealously guarded, as a result of
the alleged discrimination. Is now In
the hands of trustees. Mr. Haddock
said that he had persistently complain
ed to the management of the Lack
awanna company and had been met
by the proposition that he turn his
properties over to this railroad. This
he had declined to do.
In the end there was a compromise
by which he received $150,000 from the
Lackawanna company In settlement
of his claim for SBOO,OOO. Mr. Had
dock also sold that the Lackawanna
company would not furnish a sufficient
number of oars to market the output
of hie mines during the anthracite
coal strike.
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M’CUE ON TRIAL
FOR WIFE MURDER
DEFENSE DECIDED TO GO ON.
ANOTHER LAWYER IN THE PLACE!
OF HARMON, WRO IS ILL.
Dr. Frnnlc HeCio, a Brother of the
Drfrnilant, Desrribrd the Finding
of tlie Body of His Sister-In-Law
Juet After the Tragedy—D r . Ven
able Also Gave Testimony Resard
ln the Wonndi That Were In
flicted—Jury Visited the Scene.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 25.~The
attorneys for ex-Mayor McCue.
charged with the murder of his wife,
who announced late yesterday that
because of the Illness of Mr. Hannon,
chief counsel for the defendant, they
felt they could not proceed further,
stated at the opening of the court to
day that they had decided to go on.
Mr. Coleman, an attorney from
Lynchburg, has been retained in Mr.
Harmon's place.
Dr. Frank McCue. a brother of the
defendant, was the first witness. He
was called to the home of the accused
about 9:16 o’clock on the night of the
tragedy. He said when he got inside
the house he met the brother now on
trial at the staircase, who said to
him that there was someone in the
house who had attacked him and
probably "had shot Fannie,” his wife.
He detailed the finding of the dead
body of Mrs. McCue, clad in a night
robe in the bath tub on the second
floor and described the wounds, there
being one on the right ear, another on
the left side of the nose, and a gun
shot wound In the breast. The water
was running in the tub at the time.
On coming out of the bathroom, the
witness told his brother of the finding
of the body, when the latter ex
claimed: “Oh. my darling wife."
McCue Burst Into Tears.
As the witness repeated this the ac
cused burled his face in a handker
chief and burst into tears. The wit
ness also told of the finding of a gun
and a baseball bat in the bath room,
the latter bearing a red stain near the
end. The exhibits were identified by
the witness. The gun la a repeating
shotgun.
The witness believed his brother
came Into the doorway of the bath
room and eaw the dead body. On en
tering the bath room the odor of burnt
gunpowder was present. On meeting
hiis brother in the house he asked
where his wife was. when the accused,
he said, told him to "Go look for
Fannie." He said he could get no re
plies to his questions from his brother;
that he seemed dased and that when
he went to attend his brother later
he offered him a stimulant, which was
declined. The witness said he observed
a wound on his brother’s cheek, from
which blood was dropping on his shirt.
McCue said on cross-examination
that hts brother complained of pain
in his head, and that blood was drip
ping from his nose, which would re
sult from Injury to the head, and that
the wound on his brother’s head was
such as would be made by a blunt In
strument. The witness was questioned
as to the nature and effect of wounds
produced by a sand bag.
Another Doctor Testified,
Dr. C. S. Venhble, who was at the
McCue residence shortly after the
tragedy occurred, characterized the
wound on the defendant’s head as an
abrasion. He found no other wounds
on McCue’s head. He, too, was ques
tioned regarding sand bag wounds.
Dr. Venable said he was holding tha
defendant’s hand when the latter ask
ed Dr. McCue If his wife was dead.
Being informed that she was, he gave
utterance to an exclamation. Witness
said be noted no change in his condi
tion after receiving the announcement
that his wife was dead. He eaid he
was surprised that McCue did not know
his wife was dead up to that time.
The defendant, in reply to 111 m, had
explained that someone rushed In and
It all happened so quickly. A number
of people had gathered at the house
when he arrived. The accused, he said,
complained of jfaln In the back of his
head, but on examination, he found no
external marks of violence. He did not
observe blood coming from the defend
ant's nose and in reply to counsel, said
a wound such as appeared on the de
fendant’s head would not produce un
consciousness In his Judgment. When
he saw the accused, the day following
the ti’sgedy he was perfectly rational.
Died Soon After Being Sbot.
Dr. Venable said that Mrs. Mo-
Cue's night robe was not bloodstained
until after her body had been turned
over. The wound on the back of her
head, he said, might have been made
by contact with the bath tub, but the
one on the ear he thought to have
been made with some blunt instru
ment.
The gunshot wound In the breast, he
said, was an inch long and badly
powder-marked, indicating very close
range. It was of such a character
that death would be practically in
stantaneous. The wad from the shell
had lodged against the spinal column.
He gave it as his opinion that the
wound oould not have been Inflicted
with Mrs. McCue In the position in
which she was found, and said he did
not believe she oould have stepped in
to the tub after having been shot, as
he did not think more than a half
dosen heart beats occurred after the
shot entered the breast.
The witness was questioned closely
by the counsel for the defense as to
the presence of a piece of blood
stained cloth in the bathroom. Wit
ness saw none, although he would not
say that such a piece might not have
been present and escaped attention
during his Investigations that night.
On the day following the shooting
he testified that he discovered finger
marks on Mrs. McCue’s throat, made.
In his opinion, by a left hand, also a
broken finger nail on one hand. The
defendant did not touch the dead body
of his wife to the knowledge of the
witness.
The bloodstained night robe was
shown to the Jurors, each of wham
carefully Inspected it.
The defendant followed the testi
mony elo*elv to-dav and took deen In.
Continued on UUUt i'ag*