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THE MORNING NEWS. , ===== Established 1850. .- - Incorporated 1888 . 'VT "Ullnr. J. H. ESTILL. President. C N MRFT? 1 7.52 H. 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. 6 CENTS A COPY DAILY. 18 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TTMES-A-WEEK $1 A YEAR 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*