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J. H. ESTILL. President l I J3l HKK 17.827.
HARBOR OF VIGO, WHERE BALTIC FLEET HALTED FOR REPAIRS.
SCOFF AT IDEA OF
i TORPEDO BOATS
INDIGNATION AND DERISION
EXPRESSED BY THE JAPANESE
OVER THE RUSSIAN CLAIM.
It I OtUcinlly Declared at Tokio
That Japan Haa Neither Purchased
Nor Ordered a Single Torpedo Boat
in England Since the Outbreak ot
the War-Were No Japanese Tor
pedo Boats Among the British
Trawlers It Is Said.
Comparative quiet prevails at the
scene of operations in Manchuria,
the combatants apparently being
satisfied with thoir successes in
minor engagements; but, the weath
er having again become warm and
fine the belief is general that an
advance by the Russians will short
ly begin.
In diplomatic circles in St. Pe
tersburg intense interest is display
ed in the arrangements regarding
the investigation of the North sea
incident.
Most of yie details for the car
rying out of the inquiry have been
arranged, including the composition
of the international court which will
make the award.
Tokio, Oct. 29, 2:30 p. m.—The re
ported statement of an officer on board
the Russian battleship Emperor Alex
ander 111. with the Russian Baltic
squadron now at Vigo, Spain, to the
effect that there were foreign torpedo
boats among the Hull trawlers when
they were fired upon recently by the
Russian warships and that the Japa
nese government was said to have pur
chased torpedo boats in England, cou
pled with the insinuation that the tor
pedo boats with the trawlers were
Japanese, has been received in Japan,
with a mixed feeling of indignation
and derision.
It is officially declared in the most
positive terms that Japan has neither
purchased nor ordered a single torpedo
boat in England since the outbreak of
the war.
ONE RUSSIAN SAW
. EIGHT TORPEDO BOATS.
He Declared That They Were All
Aronnd Hi* Ship.
Vigo. Spain, Oct. 29.—The Russian
squadron is still in port.
Upon the main question relative to
the identity of the Japanese torpedo
boats said to have been seen among
the Hull fishing fleet during the night
of Oct. 21-22, Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky said to the Associated Press
to-day:
‘‘Rumors had reached me that the
Japanese would attack the squadron,
and when I suddenly saw-that night
the two torpedo boats between our two
divisions and heard the noise of the
Using of torpedoes I doubted not that
they were Japanese.
"Prince Keretelli. an officer on
board the battleship Emperor Alex
■|der 111, told me that the transport
"• ' eadaur was surroun led by eight
Brpcdo boats or vessels carrying tor-
I ;do tubes. The Areadaur signalled
f er 'danger, and when our battleships
' dvanced we did not for one moment
oppose that the attacking vessels
! ,-ould be fishermen.”
Later in the day the British cruiser
Lancaster arrived from the south, an
chored outside the harbor and ex
changed salutes with the fort and the
Russian squadron. Her commander
shortly afterwards went on board the
Russian flagship Kniaz Zourieft and
had a conference lasting twenty min
utes with Admiral Rojestvensky. The
Lancaster subsequently sailed, clear
ing the harbor at 6 o’clock.
Five other British ’warships are
outside Cies Island, in the bay of
Vigo.
HOW THE COURT
WILL BE COMPOSED*
l’lau of the Trilnnal That Will In.
vestlgate tUe Trawlers’ Affair.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 29.—The widest
Interest Is displayed In diplomatic clr
cies over the arrangements for the in
vestigation of the trawler incident.
According to a high authority the
two governments will draw a series of
Jiatennalj lltenine fJcta>3.
questions which will serve as bases for
the investigation of the facts in the
case by the mixed commissions at Vigo
and Hull. The reports of the commis
sions will be handed to Russia and
Great Britain. For the award an in
ternational court will be created by
special treaty, in conformity with the
provisions of The Hague convention.
It is believed that this court will be
composed of a foreign naval official,
and a juris-consult appointed by each
of the two Powers. These four mem
bers will select a fifth, who will have
the casting vote.
The treaty to be signed will specify
the Powers and composition of the
court, the main purpose of which will
be to give a verdict on the basis of the
testimony supplied by the mixed com
missions. It will possibly also be
given the right of passing sentence in
the case.
GREAT SATISFACTION
OVER THE CONCLUSION.
English Pleased That the Pence
Will Not he Broken.
London, Oct. 29.—Profound satisfac
tion over the fact that an arrange
ment has been reached and the entire
certainty that the result of the com
mission of inquiry will be to discredit
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky’s state
ment anent the presence of torpedo
boats among the North sea fishing
rfe>t marks the comments of the
London afternoon newspapers almost
universally.
The Admiral’s story, it is pointed
out, has the great advantage that it
is capable of precise proof or dis
proof. "The Russian admiral can only
make good his case by producing the
vessel whose presence he alleges was
among the trawlers,” says the. West
minster Gazette.
The feeling that the British conten
tion will be upheld pervades all
classes and disposes the public to
calmly await the verdict.
The composition of the international
commission is the immediate Hubjeet
of communications passing between
St. Petersburg and London. It has
been suggested that it shall be com
prised of five admirals. French, Rus
sian and English, and two from
smaller powers, possibly Denmark
and Holland, to be nominated by
their respective government. Nothing
yet, however, has been definitely de
cided. No American members has been
suggested, though there might be an
opening therefor in the proposal that
one law jurist from a neutral power
shall be included in the commission.
Thus far no time limit has been fixed
for the end of the inquiry. After fuller
communlcatiob with St. Petersburg it
is now understood upon the conclusion
of the inquiry now proceeding at Vigo
all the Russian ships will be allowed
to proceed, only the material witnesses
being detailed.
The Board of Trade inquiry is likely
to be opened at Hull early next week,
and will be presided over by a naval
officer, probably Admiral Sir Cyprian
Bridge, assisted by a leading lawyer,
the case being In charge of the solici
tor of the Board of Trade. The in
quiry will be confined to ascertaining
the circumstances from the fishermen’s
point of view and assessing the dam
age. The Russian embassy has not yet
decided whether to accept the gov
ernment’s invitation to send a repre
sentative. A report of the evidence
will be forwarded to the international
commission. The Board of Trade in
quiry will express no opinion on the
action of the Russian squadron.
After the excitement of the last few
days a complete lull now prevails In
diplomatic circles. Mr. Balfour is play
ing golf.
Lord Lansdowne and Ambassador
Benkendorff to-day further discussed
the composition of the international
commission, but no final decision was
reached. It is thought possible some
British naval officers may participate
in the inquiry going on at Vigo, simi
lar to the oourtesy being extended by
Great Britain, as in its offer, to the
Russian embassy to send a representa
tive to the inquiry at Hull.
The Foreign Office thoroughly agrees
with the Russian understanding as to
the moral obligation to carry out the
findings of the international commis
sion.
The admiralty to-day rescinded its
order stopping ail naval leave, and the
Pall Mall Gazette says that although
all danger of war has passed, a great
naval demonstration in the nature of
practice is being planned as a sequel
to the hostile mobilization. t
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
ARRIVE AT TANGIER.
Tangier. Morocco. Oct. 29.—Four
Russian warship#, three torpedo de
stroyers and five colliers arrived 'here
this morning. The Russian flagship
exohanged salutes with the French
cruiser Kleber and the British cruiser
Diana.
The Russian vessels now here com
prise the battleships Osllabla, Blssol,
Veliky and Navarln, the armored
Continued on Sixth page.
SAVANNAH. GA.. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 30. 1904.
DID THEY SINK
THEIR OWN BOAT?
RUSSIAN VESSEL MISSING.
MAY HAVE BEEN SUNK ON THE
DOGGER BANKS.
Russian Vessels Arrived n< Tangier
With Seven Torpedo Boats—Had
Sailed With Eight—Russians nt St.
Petersburg Cannot Credit Heport
That Tlietr Ships Were Firing n(
One Another in the Affair.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 29.—The Associ
ated Press is unable to obtain confir
mation of the report that Vice Admiral
Rojestvensky has offered to resign, a
statement to which effect has been
cabled to the United States. There
,is ndt the slightest disposition on
the part of the admiralty to doubt the
entire veracity of his report.
The admiralty declares that it has
no knowledge regarding the statement
that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky's
ships were injured by fire from other
vessels of the squadron, and it also
declines to entertain the idea that the
Russian admiral might have sunk
one of his own torpedo boats, mistak
ing it for a hostile craft.
The version of the affair to this ef
fect which is circulating in St. Peters
burg is based on the fact that only
seven Russian torpedo boats have ar
rived at Tangier whereas Vice Ad
miral Rojestvensky left Libau with
eight such craft.
HAD A FIERCE FIGHT
WITH COLD STEEL
The Russian* Were Compelled to
Fall Back.
Mukden, Oct. 29.—The Japanese as
sumed the offensive on Oct. 27 at Yan
slntun, half 'way between Bentslaputze
and Fengtiapu on the Mukden road.
The whole day was passed by the ar
tillery in preparation for a bombard
jnent of the Russian positions.
Towards evening a whole regiment
moved out to capture the hill, on which
is a Buddhist temple, a mile south of
Yansintun. The tentple was held by
a Russian battalion with two machine
guns. A fierce fight with cold steel
strewed thfe summit of the hill with
corpses.
The Russians were outnumbered,
their machine guns were dismantled,
and they were compelled to fall back
upon their main positions, carrying
with them the barrels of their machine
guns. The Russian artillery then
swept the hill with such a hail of pro
jectiles that the Japanese were un
able to remain there.
Heavy losses were inflicted on both
sides.
SHELLED VILLAGES
FROM LONE TREE HILL
Mukden, Oct. 28.—(Delayed in trans
mission). —At daybreak the Russian
guns on Lone Tree hill began shelling
the villages to the south, where the
Japanese were noticeably active. Sim
ilar activity was remarked along the
whole front.
A detachment of the Russian western
column under Col. Giesser on the night
of Oct. 26, attacked a couple of vil
lages lying a few miles south of Hin
chinpu. Russian mortar batteries had
previously shelled them throughout
the whole day. Nevertheless the Jap
anese offered a desperate resistance,
and It was only after a determined
bayonet charge that the assailants
cleared the villages, the name of one
of which Is not given, and the other of
which Is known as Hanllnpu.
RUSSIANS ARE FIRING.
JAPS SELDOM REPLY.
Headquarters of Left Army. (Gen
Oku's) In the Field, Oct. 23. 3 p. m.,
via Fusan, Oct. 29.—The positions of
the armies are unchanged.
The Russians are continually search,
ing the Japanese lines with their ar
tillery. firing night and day. with sel
dom any reply from the Japanese.
The Japanese army are now working
the Yental mines, digging enough coal
for all military purposes. It is bellev.
ed by mining experts that they can
double the output.
The gauge of the railway has been
changed to Yenfial and quantities of
supplies and ammunition are arriving.
HORRORS OF FREE TRADE
A* They Appear Cos the Hepubllcan
Secretary of the Treasury.
Roanoke, Va., Oot. 29.—Hon. Leslie
M. Shaw. Secretary of the Treasury,
made three speeches in the Ninth Vir
ginia district to-day. His first stop
was ait Max Meadows, a small indus
trial town near WytheviJle. His
theme at Max Meadows was plenty of
work and high wages.
At Wytheville the speaking took
place in the Opera House.
Mr. Shaw was well received. His
speech was devoted to protection and
Its results. He said among other
things that under free trade in 1837
•hogs sold for about a cent each and
oxen for 12% cents each. Under
Cleveland’s administration the work
man first begged for work and then
for 'bread. Phil Armour, the meat
packer, told him on one occasion that
he packed meat when the working
people were at work, but he did not
pack when they were idle; that the
Democrats never congratulated the
country on high prices; that Cleve
land was for free trade and 'that dis
aster always followed Democratic
theory and that 'he, Mr. Shaw, of
fered his personal check of SI,OOO to
any one who would show that good
times had attended a Democratic ad
ministration.
He wanted to know if the farmers
of this section had anything to sell
for which there was not a market,
or a workman who wanted employment
who could not get It. He claimed that
McKinley had written the first plat
form against trusts.
Mr. Shaw went to Bristol from
Wytheville. He will speak at Bristol
this evening.
His Speech nt Bristol.
Bristol. Va., Oct. 29.—Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw addressed an enor
mous audience here to-night upon the
issues of the campaign, coming here
this afternoon from Wytheville, where
he spoke to-day. At the two points
he spoke two and one-half hours each,
and with talks at stations en route
he spent six hours of the day in
speaking.
Secretary Shaw was met in Bristol
by the Republican leaders of South
west Virginia and Bast Tennessee, in
cluding Congressmen Brownlow' and
Slennp. His speech was well received
by his audience, a probable majority
of whom were Democrats.
Mr. Shaw, In his introduction, plead
ed with the young men of the South
not to follow in the footsteps of their
fathers politically, but to do their own
political thinking. He contended that
policies aijd not men are the issues,
and that the Democratic policy has
always resulted, and will continue to
result, in disaster. He reviewed the
hlßtory of the parties and ridiculed
Democratic charges.
He discussed the Philippine question
at some length and gave the trusts a
few words, while the main topic of
his speech was the tariff. Probably
the most striking feature of the ad
dress was the failure which met Mr.
Shawls efforts to have his audience
sing ”America." The bond played the
air, but the audience did not take to
his earnest suggestion and effort to
join in the singing.
SECRETARY TAFT ON
NATIONAL FINANCES.
Attempted to Offset Judge Porter’s
Comparisons.
Buffalo, N. Y.. Oct. 29.—Secretary of
War William H. Taft addressed a
large Republican mass meeting here
to-night.
Secretary Taft's speech was intended
as an answer to Judge Parker's com
parison of national expenses during the
last year of Cleveland’s administration
with the expenses of 1897 with those
of 1904. In his speech Secretary Taft
said:
’’The difference between the expendi
tures of 1897, which were $366,000,000,
and of 1904, which were $532,000,000,
excluding the $50,000,000 for the Pana
ma canal, is $166,000,000. In the first
place, as I have already explained,
$632,000,000 are only apparent expendi
tures: the net expenditures are $34,000,-
000 less. So. too, the $366,000,000 in 1897
were only apparent expenditures; the
actual expenditures were $15,500,000
less. In other words, the real differ
ence between the actual expenditures
in 1897 and 1904 is less than $166,000,000
by $18,500,000, or $147,500,000. But for
purposes of comparison we may take
the larger figure.
"This difference of $166,000,000 be
tween 1897 and 1904 Is accounted for
first,” said Secretary Taft, “by an in
crease In the pensions of $1,500,000,
which Judge Parker says he would not
reduce. Second, there is an Increase
In the naval expenses of $68,400,000. I
have already discussed at. some length
the necessity for the Increase In naval
expenditures.”
Secretary Taft went over the objec
tions to a reduction In the army and
navy, and took up the Increase of $46,-
000,000 expenses in 190A over 1897 In
the civil departments of the govern
ment outside of the army and navy,
and claimed that the actual expenses
In 1904, after excluding the $50,000,000
paid for the Panama canal, are $31,500,-
000 less than the apparent expenditures
as shown by the treasury statement.
The apparent expenditures in 1897, ac
cording to Secretary Taft, were $90,-
000,000. The actual expenses were $14,-
000,000 less, so that the real difference
between the two years, excluding the
Panama canal payment. Is the differ
ence between $104,500,000 and $76,000,000,
or $28,500,000. This difference Is ex
plained first by the unusual expense
of $10,000,000 voted for the St. Louis
Exposition. $4,600,000 of which Is now
being repaid, leaving $18,500,000 to be
accounted for. Then there was an In
crease In 1904 In revenue of $170,000,000.
which necessitated a less than propor
tionate Increase in the cost of collec
tion of about $3,000,000.
THE D. & S*R. R GOES
UNDER A. C. L. CONTROL.
T. K. Scot* of the Georgia Railroad
Fleeted President.
Macon. Oct. 29.—The Macon, Dublin
and Savannah Railroad was to-day
transferred to the control of the At
lantic Coast Line, Mr. T. K. Scott,
general manager of the Georgia Rail
road. being elected president.
The roaA runs between Macon and
Vldalla, a distant* of about eighty
miles.
MEN OF THE TRIBES WHO DISTURB THE PEACE IN MOROCCO.
USb ■’ ■ •' ,s*• j
' -wr “f vl
PARKER WILL WIN
OVERWHELMINGLY
SO UREY WOODSON SAYS.
SECRETARY OF NATIONAL COMMIT
TEE SPEAKS FOR IT.
Claims All the So-called Doubtful
States for Parker and Says That
Some of Those That Are Called He
linbllcan Will He foe HlneEren
Hope of Ohio Going Democratlo—
Illinois He Classes ns Doubtful-
Other Good Krports.
New York, Oct. 29.—Urey Woodson,
secretary of the Democratic National
Committee, who said he was speaking
for the committee, to-day predicted the
overwhelming election Judge Parker
to the presidency. He predicted that
all the doubtful states will be Demo
cratic and also that some states, call
ed Republican, will be and are doubt
ful. Secretary Woodson said:
"I have every confidence that Judge
Parker will be elected. I have been
here 100 days now, and I am ready
to announce from observation and what
we have received that Parker is elect
ed.
“All the doubtful states, so-called,
will be in the Democratic column, and
many of the states called purely Re
publican are now in the doubtful col
umn .
"We will carry New York, New Jer
sey. Connecticut, Indian's, Maryland,
West Virginia, Idaho, Colorado, Utah
and Nevada. In other words, all the
doubtful states are for us and for
Judge Parker's election.
‘‘lllinois is doubtful. Ohio Is even
doubtful. The big men who controlled
that state are now dead. The Re
publicans assume they are going to
win there, but we hear they might lose.
Even California has Bent good reports
to us, and we are hopeful of even car
rying that state.
"Maryland is certainly as Democratic
as Kentucky. West Virginia Is,as sure
as Maryland."
COWHERD CLAIMS A
HOUSE MAJORITY.
Democratic Chairman Says He
book* for 2Z>*> Drmoerata to Win.
Washington. Oct. 29.—Chairman
Cowherd of the Democratic Congres
sional Committee to-day issued a
statement claiming 225 seats In the
Fifty-ninth Congress for the Demo
cratic party. He bases this prediction
on the claimed strength of the na
tional ticket in the East and to "lo
cal dissensions in the Republican
ranks” in the Middle West. Mr. Cow
herd says:
“As the situation stands at present,
the prospects are tftat the Democrats
will carry 225 out of the 386 districts
in the United States. In the esti
mate I have Included the states of
Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. These are
all doubtful as matters now stand.
The Democratic chances are excellent
In two of the three.
"Our gains In the East will be due
largely to the strength of the na
tional ticket. In the Middle West
they will be due more particularly to
local dissensions in the Republican
ranks. The long hold on patronage
has bred much trouble in Republican
districts, and the Democrats will
profit correspondingly by reason of it.”
The details of the estimate follow:
Alabama. 9; Arkansas. 7; California,
4; Colorado, 3; Connecticut, 3; Dela
ware, -1: Florida. 3; Georgia. 11;
Idaho. 1: Illinois. 10; Indiana. 7; lowa,
2: Kansas. 2: Kentucky, 10: Louis
iana, 7; Maryland, 5; Massachusetts,
4; Michigan, 2: Minnesota, 2: Missis
sippi. 8; Missouri, 14: Montana, 1; Ne
braska, 3: Nevada 1: New Jersey, 5;
New York, 19; North Carolina, 10;
Ohio, 9; Pennsylvania, 8; Rhode Island,
2; South Carolina. 7; Ten
nessee, 8; Texas, 16; Utah. 1; Virginia.
10; West Virginia. 3: Wisconsin, 6;
Wyoming, 1. Total—22s.
FIRED BY ROOSEVELT
Bemuse He Was Too Active In Col
lecting Campaign Fonda.
Washington. Oct. 28.—President
Roosevelt ha* directed the removal
from office of Jacob W. Bunn, finance
clerk of the Philadelphia postofflee, for
pernicious activity In collecting cam
paign funds from employes of that of
fice.
charges against Bunn have been un
der Investigation for some time by the
Civil Service Commission, which rec
ommended that Bunn be dismissed. The
President’s order waa In accordance
with this recommendation.
RAYNER RIDICULED
PHILIPPINE POLICY.
Inlands Coni United Stntc* $1100,(100,-
ouo and Are ValucltM.
New York, Oct. 29. —Justice D. Cady
Herrick, Democratic candidate for
Governor of New York, and Senator
elect lsador Rayner of Maryland,
spoke hero to-night ut a mass meeting
held in Carnegie Hall, under the aus
pices of the College Men's Parker and
Davie League.
William B. Ilornblower was intro
duced as the presiding officer, lie crit
icised President Roosevelt on the tar
iff, Panama, Philippine and pension
questions.
Senator-elect Rayner was then in
troduced. He was cheered for several
minutes and someone cried; "Three
cheers for Admiral Schley’s lawyer."
The cheers were given several times.
Mr. Rayner denied that there wits
general prosperity throughout the
country, and asserted that political
parlies could not create prosperity. As
to the Philippines, Mr. Rayner said;
"I would advise ex-Becretary Taft
to make an attempt to auction the
Philippine Islands. Let him call at
some desirable spot an International
sale, and see how much he can get for
them. Taft is the man tor auctioneer.
Let him put them up first as an en
tirety. and if there Is no bid, let them
be offered in parcels. What will you
give for the Mores und Igorrotes? Not
a dollar. Well, they are withdrawn.
What will you give for the Sultan of
Sulu, trader, polygamist and pirate,
with all hts duttoe and serfs und con
sorts? Not a bid. Well, withdraw the
Sultan of Sulu.
"Tell your audience, Mr. Taft, that
this archipelago cost the United States
$600,000,000 and try to get an offer. I
tell you that I do not believe they will
bring u dollar In the inarketH of the
world. Asa financial transaction they
are about as valuable to us as the
Dead sea or the Desert of Sahara.
Every year we are sinking millions of
dollars In this Investment without re
turn."
He discussed other Issues of the cam
paign. He said he wanted to Impeach
the "Iniquitous conviction” of Admiral
Schley and to show that this verdict
should be obliterated from the pages
of American history.
Mr. RVtyner said the President was
a good man, but nevertheless an auto
crat and a tyrant.
HAS WEST VIRGINIA.
Claimed for the Itepuhllcans by
Senator Scott.
Washington, Oct. 29. Henator N. B.
Scott of West Virginia* who Is chief
of the speakers' bureau at Republican
national headquarters In New York,
showed the President to-day a poll of
West Virginia. He declined to make
public the preclee figures of the poll,
but asserted that the Republican na
tional ticket would carry the state by
20,000 or 25,000.
"That Is as sure as fate,” said he,
"and my prediction will be confirmed
on election day. lam now on my way
to West Virginia, and will spend the
next week In the state. I am not
needed there, but the work at national
headquarters is about finished. The
fight Is won and I am taking the op
portunity to get home to see my
friends.
“In my judgment Roosevelt is cer
tain of 305 votes in the electoral col
lege and he may have 311. I do not
Include in my estimate the votes of
Nevada and Montana, which I regard
as doubtful, with Republican leanings.”
FOREST FIRES RAGING.
Wide Tracts Are Being Swept In
Pennsylvania.
Belvidcre, N. J., Oct. 29.—Forest
fires have been raging since Wednes
day in the timber of the Blue Ridge
mountains and in the four days have
spread over 20,000 acres of timber and
brush land and along a tract twenty
miles long eastward from Wind Gap.
Pa. To-night there is no cessation
of the onrush of the fire. Immense
clouds of smoke and cinders are being
wafted for miles down the wind.
Scores of farmers and squatters
have been forced to flee with their
moveable possessions as the firs has
extended toward them.
The timber Is as dry as tinder and
the fire, once started In the pines and
the dense covering of leaves, has shot
along with wonderful rapidity. In
spite of the efforts of the residents of
the locality and the state fire war
dens. who began the fight when the
lire started.
The wind ts driving the flames to
the eastward, but so dry Is the un
dergrowth that a column of flame has
worked Its way several miles to the
windward, smouldering through the
long, dry grass and leaves.
Thousands of patrldges. rabbits,
squirrels and other small gam# are
fleeing before the rush of the fire
east. Wardens who have pene
trated to the Interior of the burned
district say that the slaughter of the
wild creatures has been Immense.
Rsw Armored Orutuer.
Newport News, Va.. Oct. 29.—The
new armored cruiser West Virginia
sailed for Boston to-day. She Is to
he given her official trial trip next
Wednmday over the Tape Ann course.
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DAILY SS A YEAR.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK S! A YEAR
LOVE LETTERS OF
M’CUE AND WIFE
ARE ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE.
THEY' WERE FILLED WITH EX
PRESSIONS OF DEVOTION.
The Letters ot Both Hnshanil and
Wife Were Tenderly Loving*Com
monwealth itna Concluded the Ev
idence Upon Which It Seeka to
Convict McCuo of the Harder of
His Wife—Adjournment Until Mon
day.
Charlottesville, Va.. Oct. 29. -When
the trial of ex-Muyor McCue, charged
with the murder of his wife, was re
sumed to-day, the court announced
that the letters written by the ac
cused to his wife during the period
from 1899 to 1901, offered by the de
fense and which were excluded yester
day, would be admitted In evidence, to
gether with the letters written by Mrs.
McCue to the defendant during the
same period.
Edgar Crawford, a brother of Mrs.
McCue, resumed the stand and identi
fied tho letters of Mrs. McCue.
Mr. Walker of counsel for the de
fense read the letters written by Mr*.
McCue to her husband, some while she
way away and others while he was
absent from home. They were couched
In terms of endearment and devotion.
Some expressed solicitude for his com
fort and suggested that he was making
a mistake "tolling so hard." One let
ter read: "If you were only here, I
would be happy every minute.”
The batch of letters written by the
defendant to his wife were identified
and read. They, too, expressed devo
tion and eolicitude for her health. The
letters were addressed to “Dear Little
Darling." "Dear Little Sweetheart,"
"Dear Little Wife,” and similarly. Ref
erenpe was made to business success
and money matters. The letters con
cluded by sending love and kisses, one
expression being, "With a heart full of
love and a big sweet kiss," and an
other "Kisses from your old sweet
heart.” Other expressions were "God
only knows how I lovs you,” and "God
only knows how I miss you.”
The commonwealth introduced testi
mony to show the good character of
two of their witnesses.
After City Sergeant Rogers had tes
tified that he saw a dish In one of
the windows found open In the Mc-
Cue residence the day after the trag
edy. the commonwealth announced that
It had concluded Its testimony. Coun
sel for the defense stated that they
expected to close by Tuesday night.
Court adjourned at 12:20 o'clock this
afternoon until Monday morning.
THE WHITE QUESTION.
That’s the War {hr President ol
Herea College Puts It.
Chicago. Oct. 29.—‘'It is not a ques
tion of what shall we do with the ne
gro In the South, but what shall we
do with the white man. That la the
problem," said President W. G.
Frost of Berea College, Berea, Ky.. in
a lecture before the Northern Illinois
Teachers’ Association.
President Frost depicted the condi
tion of the poor, uneducated white
man In the mountainous districts of
Kentucky. He told what struggles
and sacrifices the mountaineers often
undergo to get an education, and de
scribed the difficulties under which a
teacher was forced to labor In that
part of the country.
"The need of competent teachers in
the South Is great.” said Mr. Frost.
“Those best fitted to teach the ele
mentary branches are the ones who
can perform the most good. There Is
a scarcity of elementary teachers to
day because the average pedagogue
aspires too high and will not be con
tent to teach the rudiments of
reading, writing and arithmetic."
randolphUotguilty.
OM hot Krabessle giW.OOrt of the
Public Funds.
Montgomery. Ala.. Oct. 2*.— In the
case of Probate Judge Franela C. Ran
dolph. agalnet whom twelve Indict
menta were reported charging embea
slement of about MO.OOO from the state
and county, and, who was tried on
one of the Indictments yesterday, the
Jury to-day brought In a verdict or
not guilty, and ail the Indictments were
nolle proseed, except in four state cases.