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THE MORNING NEWS. ~~ Established 1850. .- - Incorporated 1888 l Vl'Aroi?T~ -< m On— 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. 5 CENTS A COPY 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.