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VISCOUNT TADASU HAYASHI
Japanese Minister to Great Britain, who declares intervention by
the Powers would not be surprising, and would be easy of
success after Port Arthur Falls.
L.&N.AND A. C. L.
MUST PAY TAXES
UPON THE W. OF ALA. STOCK
OWNED BY THE GEORGIA RAIL
ROAD AND BANKING CO.
United States Supreme Coart Re
versed the Circuit Coart of Ap
peals, Finding for the State—Les
see Roads Must Pay on the Stock.
Zteojslon Is Important nod Ear
■teaching—Means Added Revenue
for the State.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The decision
of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth circuit in the case of
the state fif Georgia against the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad ‘and the
Atlantic Coast Line Company was to
day reversed by the Supreme Court of
the United States, Justice Holmes de
livering the opinion.
The case originated in the state’s ef
fort to collect taxes on stock of the
Western Railway of Alabama held In
Georgia, notwithstanding the railroad
is an Alabama corporation. The Court
of Appeals held against this right.
Justice Holmes said in his opinion
that under the constitution and laws
of Gcorgfa the controller general of
the state was bound to collect the tax.
The defendant companies appear in
the case because the Alabama Railroad
is controlled by them under lease.
STATE OFFICIALS ARE
HIGHLY GRATIFIED.
Hard Fight Had Been Made Upon
This can.
Atlanta, Nov. 14.—Governor Terrell,
Attorney General Hart and Controller
General Wright expressed them*
selves as highly gratified over the de
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States rendered to-day, which
requires the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company to pay taxes on $l,-
wO.ooo capital stock of the Western Ala
arna Railway Company, which it
owns.
This decision also firmly establishes
e Principle that under Georgia's
av *■ the s tate can collect taxes on all
e or k in foreign corporations which is
"' l l or owned In this state. The de
cision means that the Louisville and
:;“ h ' ,|lle an <i Atlantic Coast Line,
, 7 1, a * leBB <** the Georgia Rail
' • are responsible fof all its taxes,
■ ‘ have to pay the state at least four
gears' back taxes on this amount of
k ’ whlch will be $30,000 at the av
erage rate of five mills. It is eonfl-
J" ,ly believed that these taxes can be
•wo,, a* 1 * f ° r BeVen yeara back - which
~ U ‘ l a total of $52,500. and possl
taxes can b collected for the full
"”cen years during which this stock
*. * n owne<l >y the Georgia road,
ine Central of Georgia Railway
Ixm f" y l ” ln practlcal 'y the same
1,, 7 >r 11 ,8 the owner of the other
of th * Western of Alabama
v ,. ,ut there •* another point in*
Jr ,he ‘-antral's stock being held
„j “ Rt bjr ,h Central Trust Company
“* Tork “ "* ollr * t y for a bond
111 w ,‘ h,>u * h tha Central still retains
pow * r - is believed, how*
'hat the Central will have to pay
„ .I* 11 "* Juat th * "* m * ** the Oeor
‘ugh taxes -annot be collected
f 'he reorganisation ln'ls#6.
"... I tb ** M! ba h taaes can be
e *" la now believed, It will
t, ’ ,h " ata,# treasury to the ex
•omethlng like $200,000.
a Ul * “ Richmond county are
ae they claim . <-■
on the stock held by the Georgia Rail
road. Whether Savannah and Chat
ham county could collect taxes on the
Central’s holdings, which are in New
York, is a question to be determined.
Controller General Wright first
sought to collect these taxes in 1901,
when Gov. Terrell, then Attorney
General, gave an opinion to the effect
that the taxes were collectible. Judge
W. T. Newman in the United States
District Court and then the Court of
appeals at New Orleans sustained the
injunction applied for by the Louis
ville and Nashville and the Coast Line
to prevent the collection of these
taxes, and it is these decisions which
the Supreme Court has reversed.
The state was represented succes
sively by Attorneys General Terrell,
Boykin Wright and Hart.
MAY MEAN TRUNK LINE.
Proposed Merger of Fere Marquette
and C. H. Jt I). Railroads.
New York, Nov. 14.—1 t was said here
to-day unofficially, but on what was
considered good authority, that J. P.
Morgan & Cos., and H. B. Hollins &
Cos., have an option on a majority of
the stock of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton Railroad. Representatives
of these two firms are said to have
started on a tour of inspection of the
property.
The syndicate now In control of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, and
responsible for the Pere 'Marquette
merger, is composed chiefly of Eugene
Zimmerman of Cincinnati, F. H.
Prince of Boston and the United States
Mortgage and Trust Company. Under
the option held by Morgan and Hol
lins, this syndicate has given up its
rights to negotiate a sale, and until
the option has expired, H. B. Hollins
& Cos., will be the only medium
through which control can be passed.
A merger of the Erie. Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton and Pere Mar
quette, such as is proposed, would form
anew trunk line system, 5,000 miles
between New York. Chicago and St.
Louis.
THREATENED THE RECTOR.
Slie Wne Armed With n Revolver In
St. George’s Church.
New York, Nov. 14.—According to
stories printed to-day. Rev. Dr. Wil
liam S. Ralnsford, rector of St.
George’s Episcopal Church, and one of
the best known clergymen in this city,
was threatened by a woman while in
his church on Sunday. Published ac
counts say that the woman rushed into
the rector's study, armed with a re
volver, and after some conversation,
threatened to kill him.
Dr. Rainsford’s secretary Informed
the Associated Press to-night that on
Sunday morning several people went
forward to greet the rector. Among
them was a woman. He says there
was some conversation, that the wom
an asked several questions, among
them one as to what had been done
with her money, which led Dr. Ralns
ford to believe that she was irrespon
sible, and he referred her to the sex
ton.
Miss Mary Byron was taken Into
custody by detectives at noon to-day.
and later arraigned ln court. Sexton
Chapman identified her as the woman
who appeared ln church yesterday.
Miss Byron was sent to Bellevue for
examination.
twelvenegroesTtT
POISONED ICE CREAM.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 14. —A special
to the Commercial-Appeal from Deca
tur, Ala., says that twelve negroea are
dead at Cedar Lake, a negro settle
ment In the euburhs of Decatur, from
the effect* of poisoned Ice cream
which they ate, It la aald, at a church
rally. (
AUBURN BOYS
ON LYNCHING BEE
ATTEMPT WAS FRUSTRATED
ONLY BY THE FORETHOUGHT OF
PRESIDENT THACIi.'
Negro Had Stabbed One of the Stu
dents, a Son of Former Congress
man Howard—Crowd of the Stu
dents Fired n Fusillade at the
Calaboose and Then Broke It
Open—Negro Had Been Removed
nt the Direetion of President
Thueh.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 14.—An at
tempt to lynch a negro by a number
of the students of the Alabama Poly
technic Institute was thwarted only by
the forethought of President Thach of
that institution, according to specials
from Auburn, Ala.
A report to the effect that a negro,
Arthur Barnes, porter at the depot,
had fatally stabbed Claude M. Howard,
was the cause of the trouble.
About midnight last night a number
of cadets went to the calaboose, fired
a fusilade at the building and then
broke it open with the intention, it is
alleged, of killing the negro, but were
disappointed on finding the negro miss
ing.
President Thach, fearing trouble, had
had the negro removed to Opelika.
The trouble is said to have been
started by the negro cursing Howard
because the student asked for a match.
Howard is said to have struck the
negro with a switch, whereupon the
negro struck at Howard with a knife,
cutting him behind the ear. Young
Howard is not seriously injured.
Howard is the son of ex-Congress
man Howard.
No further trouble is anticipated.
PLEAD FOR HIS LIFE.
Old Soldier Was on Trial In the
Y. S. Court.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 14.—Frederick G.
Kingsley, an inmate of the Hampton
Soldiers Home, 72 years old, present
ed a pitfeble appearance this afternoon
as he plead valiantly for his life in
his trial for murdering Capt. A. C
Paul, in the United States court. The
old man was too weak to climb into
the witness box and begged to be al
lowed to take a se*at at the foot of
the pedestal upon which stands the
witness chair.
Already a nervous wreack apparent
ly, Kingsley lost complete control of
himself. He arose from his chair dur
ing the recital In his own behalf, and
staggered before the Jury to go on with
his story, the better to illustilate how
he was set upon first by his victim
and afterwards how he reached for his
own knife and killed the other man
when he thought he was going to be
killed himself.
Although no one saw Paul strike
Kingsley, two witnesses heard a crash
and afterward a brpken shaving mug
was found on the floor. Dr. Baker
testified that Kingsley had a deep gash
on the top of his head.
Kingsley was a member of Dan Em
mett’s famous original minstrel com
pany and he served in the Civil War
from 3861 to the surrender of Lee at
Appomattox.
The trial was continued until to
morrow.
MRS. NOBLE HELD FOR
MURDER OF HUSBAND.
Policeman Su>* She Said She Shot
Him After He Strnck Her.
New York, Nov. 14.—Mrs. Paton No
ble, whose husband was found dead at
midnight last night at his home ln
Long Island city, was to-day arraign
ed on a charged of homicide. She ap
|r|eaired before Magistrate Smith In
Loner Island city and was ordered
committed without bail to the Queens
county jail.
The charge Is based on the Investi
gation made by Policeman Deboe,
who says he heard Mrs. Noble say
that she shot her husband after he
had struck her. Mrs. Noble declares
that she made no such statement, but
that what she said was that she and
her husband had never quarreled and
that the shooting took place while her
husband was trying to take the re
volver out of her hands.
Paton Noble, the dead man, was
clerk in the Fifth Street Police Court,
where the woman was to-day arraign
ed. He had received two bullet
wounds ln his chest.
MUSTN’T PUT ON AIRS.
So Booker Washington Advises
Members of Ills Race.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 14.—1n an
address to the colored citizens deliver
ed here to-night. Booker Washington
said:
"Not a few have predicted that on
account of the recent election many
members of our race would lose their
heads, would become unduly pompous,
self-assertive and generally offensive.
With all the earnestness that I can
command, I want to urge our people
In every part of the country to dis
appoint those who have made such
predictions by leading a life of In
creased usefulness, soberness and sim
plicity, remembering, as I have often
exhorted before, that in the long run
it Is to the certain and fundamental
ideas of growth In property, Intelligence
and high Christian character, together
with the cultivation of friendly rela
tions with our neighbors of all races,
that wc must Took for our ultimate
success.
“The masses of our people are to
dwell for all time here in the Mouth,
and here It la that our destiny must
be worked out, and we can only suc
ceed when wc have the cnnfldenae and
to-oksrftUea of those shout us.”
SAVANNAH. GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1904.
FIRES CRIPPLED IT.
Knoxville Department Has Been
Done In 1- Two.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 14.—The
Lawson-McGhee library, a three-story
brick structure at the corner of Gay
street and Vine avenue, was gutted by
fire this afternoon, leaving nothing
more than the bare walls standing.
On the ground floor of the building
was a double store occupied by the
Vance Furniture Company. The sec
ond floor was dev< ted to the public
library, containing about 15.000 vol
umes, und the offlc s of the Commer
cial Club. On the hlrd floor was the
Knoxville Business College.
The fire originate I in the basement
from the furnace and spread with
lightning rapidity 1 throughout the
structure. Firemen saved the sur
rounding property only after a hard
fight. The building was valued at
$20,000, and was given to the public
in ISBS by Col. Charles M. McGhee
of this city as a memorial to his
daughter, Mary Lawson McGee, who
died during that year.
Capt. Joseph Frazier of Engine Com
pany No. 1 and Capt. James Jones of
Engine Company No. 2 were overcome
by smoke. Vernon Miller, a volunteer,
was crippled for life by falling glass,
his right hand being nearly severed
from his arm.
The local fire department Is badly
crippled as a result of Saturday morn
ing’s fire and explosion at the Wood
ruff Hardware Company’s store. Eight
members of the department were dis
abled by It. three of them still being
In a serious condition.
The total loss in to-day’s fire was
$54,000; the Insurance was $37,000.
WARE HAS*RESIGNED.
Commissioner of Pensions Will Give
I'p His Olliee.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Commissioner
of Pensions Ware to-day tendered his
resignation to the President and it
was accepted to take effect, Jan. 1.
When seen to-night, Commissioner
Ware refused to discuss his action in
any way, except to state that -the news
papers of the country had been "re
signing” him for the past two years.
For at least one year, however, it
has been definitely [known that Mr.
Ware would retire fiinn his office soon
after the fall elections and return to
his home in Kansas to resume his law
practice. It is believ and here that Com
missioner Ware’s action was not due to
any suggestion that the severance of
his relations with the pension office
would be agreeable to the President.
On the contrary. It has been no secret
th’at Commissioner Ware, soon after as
suming his duties, found the duties of
his office distasteful to him and that
this distaste steadily increased.
There is no intimation to-night as
to who his successor will be.
ISADORE RUSHWAS~
DROWNED IN THE SURF.
The Actress Was Swept Into Deep
Writer at San Diego.
San Diego, C*al., Nov. 14.—Miss Isa
dore Rush, the actress, to-day was
drowned, while bathing in the surf.
An immense wave carried her into
deep water.
Half a dozen members of her thr'nt
ricai company were in the surf and
assistance was at once hurried to her.
She was unconscious when brought to
shore. Physicians worked over Mi3S
Rush for an hour in vain.
Another member of the company, Mil
ton Heriot, who endeavored to rescue
Miss Rush, was rendered unconscious,
but was revived after vigorous treat
ment.
BRAZILIANS FIGHT TO ~
AVOID VACCINATION.
Sertons Riots Are Those Occurring
at Hto Janeiro.
Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 14.—Busi
ness is suspended here ln consequence
of the rioting yesterday, as a result of
the opposition to compulsory vaccina
tion law. Military and naval detach
ments have been called upon to re
store order.
Thus far seven persons have been
killed and thirty others have been
wounded.
It is believed that the opposition to
vaccination is only a pretext for dis
order, and that the disturbances are
really Instigated by discontented poli
ticians.
MESSAGE PIUS
Presented to the President by Arch
bishop < hnpelle.
Washington, Nov. 14. —Archbishop
CWapelle of New Orleans, Cuba and
Porto Rico, who last week returned
from Rome where he spent some time
in (kmsultatlon with the officials of the
Vatican, to-day paid his respects to
President Roosevelt. He presented to
the President a verbal message of es
teem and good will from Pope Pius
X. The President expressed his pleas
ure at receipt of the message.
After a brief visit to Mgr. O’Connell,
rector of the Catholic University, Arch
bishop Cktapelle will go to New Or
leans and thence to Havana.
FOR CIVIL SERVICE ON
THE PANAMA CANAL
Order Will Shortly He Issued by the
President.
Washington. Nov. 14.—President
Roosevelt will shortly sign an order
completed to-day by the civil service
and Isthmian Canal Commission, ex
tending the civil service regulations
over the employes ot the Canal Com
mission. The order embraces all em
ployes. except those appointed by the
President. and laborers. Besides,
about thirty places are excepted, such
as the secretary to the commission, the
secretary to the Governor General of
the zone, the custom* collector for the
zone. ate.
GAVE $50,000 FOR THE
SOUTHERN WHITE PEOPLE.
Boston, Nov. 14.—Appropriation*
mad* by the General Missionary Com
mittee of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, now In session here, include
$60,000 for work among Ute white peo
ls*le of tb* Mouth.
WORST UN WIRES
IN MANY YEARS
NOT SINCE BIG BLIZZARD
HAD THE EFFECTS OF A STOKM
BEEN SO FAR REACHING.
New York 11ns Had Great Dltllenlty
With Its Telegraph Commanlen
tlons— How the Assoelateil Press
Was Put to It to Bender Its News
Service—Wide Seetlon Wns AlTeet
ed hy the Storm.
New York. Nov. 14.—That the effects
of yesterday's storm were far more
reaching than In any similar disturb
ance since the great blizzard of 1888,
became evident to-day when the disar
rangement of wire communication con
tinued almost as complete as at any
time during the height of the storm.
Up to 10 o'clock many points were
completely isolated, while whole sec
tions were reached only by most cir
cuitous routes.
To the West the only points having
direct communication with New York
were Philadelphia and Baltimore. The
Associated Press, however, had suc
ceeded in reaching the West and inci
dentally many Eastern points, by
means of a telephone wire between
Baltimore and Chicago. The news re
port carried over the regular wires
between New York and Baltimore
when it reached the latter city, was
transferred a distance of ten blocks to
the telephone office by cabs, was then
forwarded by telegraph to Chicago
over a long-distance telephone wire and
from Chicago was telegraphed back to
Washington and other cities which
could not be reached over the regular
routes.
The New York Circuit.
The same plan was followed ln many
other cases. For instance, the Asso
ciated Press regular New York State
Circuit, a network of wires connecting
all the principal cities of the state,
was practically out of service for a
time. Newburg to the north marked
the end of the circuit, points beyond
being completely cut off. Finally,
however, a temporary circuit was set
up by forming a connecting link be
tween Cleveland and Buffalo. From
Buffalo, the report was relayed down
through the state as far as Utica. At
that point, however, wire paralysis
again was eticountered, leaving Am
sterdam, Schenectady, Albany and
Troy completely cut off from the out
side world.
The only reports received from that
seotton of the state to-day came by
train from Albany. Four inches of
wet snow had broken down telephone,
telegraph, electric light and fire alarm
wires In Albany and vicinity, and bad
ly hampered street car and train serv
ice.
While the effect of the storm was not
so severe ln New England, some points
ln tha( sertlon felt the full force of the
gale. Wires were down ln all parts of
Maine. Some points on Cape Cod could
not be reached by wire early In the
day and Pittsfield, ln the Berkshire*,
was cut off entirely from both New
York and Boston.
Wire service to many points In East
ern Canada, which was swept by the
storm also, was disabled.
Hurt Wall Street Business.
Operations In Wall street were cur
tailed to-day by reason of yesterday’s
storm. At the opening of the stock
market the stock exchange brtanch of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
had only a few direct wires working.
These were to Philadelphia on the
south and Hartford and Boston on the
east. Western and southwestern wires
were still down, as were all wires south
of Baltimore. All messages were ac
cepted subject to delay.
At no time since 1888 has the Wall
street business of the telegraph com
panies been so badly crippled. The
private wires of almost every stock
exchange commission house were out
of commlsssion. One prominent firm
had communication over Its direct wires
to Philadelphia and similar communi
cation was had with Boston, though
with some difficulty. On the Cotton
Exchange, business was virtually at a
standstill. All telegraph wire com
munication was cut off and across the
quotation board on the trading floor
was written, “No wires.”
In the first h’alf hour of the cotton
market less than a half dozen trans
actions were made. At the Produce
Exchange a similar state of affairs was
reported and business there w*as stag
nant. One packing house reported In
direct communication with Pittsburg
and Chicago, but all other financial
wires were still out of commission.
Army of Linemen at Work.
A small army of linemen were sent
out directly after daybreak, and it is
expected that all the damage will be
repaired by to-morrow. The local tele
phone service was not seriously Inter
rupted by the storm, but there was
no communication over the telephones
to such points as Philadelphia, Boston
and Albany.
Two "trusties” and a keeper em
ployed on Hikers Island, during the
storm, started in a small boat from
the Island to One Hundred and Thir
ty-eighth street to get the night keep
ers. After considerable work they
managed to get out ln the river,
where the wind seemed to Increase and
the three men were unable to reach
the mainland, the boat being swept
down the river to South Brother Is
land, where It was beached.
The whereabouts of the men was
unknown until to-day and It was
feared they had been drowned, as they
had been compelled to remain on the
Island all night.
Two keepers, who tried to go from
Harts Island to City Island In a
launch at about the same time, were
compelled to put on life preservers
and abandon their boat, which was
swept to Whlteatone, a distance of
about ten miles.
DAMAGE CANNOT~YET
BE ASCERTAINED.
Believed the Sehonner Spear Was
Dnstied to Pieces.
Norfolk. Va„ Nov. 14.—N0 word has
j yet been received from the Virginia
I and Carolina coast, and until the pros
i (rated wires hava been repaired noth
ing definite of the damage done by yes
terday’s storm can be knowu.
The wind reached a velocity of IB
LIEUT. GEN. PRINCE FUSHIMI
Japanese Prince, Whose Mission Here May Be One of Peace.
miles an hour at Cape Henry and was
necessarily much greater in Its force
around Hat'teras.
The three-masted schooner iMyra W.
Spear from Georgetown, S. C., to New
London, Conn., with lumber, which
stranded last week on the Carolina
coast, thirty miles north of Cape Hat
teras. Is supposed to have gone all to
pieces during yesterday's gale, though
no report of any kind has yet been re
ceived from the vessel. The Merritt
and Chapman Wrecking tug Coley,
Capt. Tooker, made a second start late
Saturday for the scene of the wreck
of the Spear, but Capt. Tooker, seeing
the approach of a storm, anchored be
tween Cape Henry and Currituck. N.
C., Saturday night and hurried Into
port yesterday Just as quickly as he
could get back.
The schooner DeMorey Gray, with
hard coal, was in distress off Ocean
View yesterday, with her Jlbboom
damaged and leaking. The Coley on
Its way hack went to the schooner’s
assistance. The Gray Is In command
of Capt. Walton, brother of Capt. Rob
ert Walton of the schooner Wilson and
Hunting, who recently lost bis life
when the latter vessel was sunk off
Barnegat by the Culgoa.
Capt. Walton was Informed of his
brother's death when he reached this
port to-day.
Telegrams for the North from Nor
folk up to to-night have been sent by
wire to Richmond and from there on
ward by train.
WHALE BLOWN ASHORE
BY THE FIERCE STORM.
Boston, Nov. 14.—The fierce South
ern storm, which started off the Flor
ida coast on Saturday night, had Its
center off Cape Race, Newfoundland.
The storm ln the provinces, particular
ly along the peninsula of Nova Scotia,
was attended with terrific gales and
an unusually low barometer.
Telegraphic and telephonic communi
cation with the provinces Is interrupted.
To-night there Is no wire communi
cation east or north of Waterville,
Me., and all telegraphic connection
between Boston and Vermont Is sus
pended.
Few marine disasters have been re
ported. So far as known to-night on
ly two vessels were wrecked and no
lives were lost.
At Pennellvtlle, Me., a whale eighty
feet long, was blown ashore. Unable
to get back Into deej> water, the great
creature lay helpless on the beach and
a bullet from a hunter's rifle ended
its life.
AT THE EMD OF A ROpf THIS
MACHINE WAS FLOWN.
Frenchman’s Kslilbitlon Was Not a
Success.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14.—An accident
brought the test of the large Francois
airship to an abrupt termination to
day, after the flying machine had been
ln the air fifteen minutes, during
which its dirigibillty-was not satisfac
torily demonstrated, owing, the In
ventor said, to the absence of a rud
der. The ascension was made at the
end of a roge.
The airship progressed slowly ln a
westerly direction and M. Fruncols at
tempted to turn the Hying machine
around. He stopped the right hand
fans, but although the pair on the
left hand side revolved swiftly, there
was no perceptible change In the
course of the airship, and It was drag
ged around by those holding the ropes.
Shortly after this, a sharp breaking
noise was heard and a few seconds
later, one of the stern propellers
struck the upper frame several
hard blows, breaking the propeller and
splintering several of the under sup
ports. Francois signalled to those on
the ground and the airship was pulled
down and taken into the aerodrome.
An examination showed that one of
the steel braces beneath the stern had
pulled loose and that the rear end of
the car had tilted upward, throwing
the propeller Into the upper works. M.
Francois suld that the damage could
be repaired within a few hour*.
The Francois airship la the largest
that has ever been seen In the United
Htates and Us Inventor says that It Is
the largest flying machine in the world.
TEN WERE KIiTIED
BY THE FILIPINOS.
Manila, Nov. 14.—The news has been
received here that nine scouts of the
Thirty-eighth company and one Amer
ican attached to the hospital corps
hava been killed In an ambush on the
••at ooaai •< Samar.
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PRINCE OF ROYAL
HOUSE OF JAPAN
IS A GUEST OF THE NATION.
riSIIIMI HAS ARRIVED IS W.UH-
I ACTON.
DUtlnwulolx'd JaitßiirM Wan Mft at
(he Stutltin li> Hip Third Aiiilil*
unt Secretary of Slntf, Hpprppl
hiK the President—Count Cauluh
llenn of the Diplomatic Corps,
Will Sot Act in That Capacity
DnrinK Prince’* V l*lt.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Prlnoe Fu
shlmi, the adopted brother of the
Emperor of Japan, arrived In Wath
ington this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock
and assumed for the first time since
his arrival In this country hts official
personality as Prince of the royal
house of Japan. He was met at the
station by the third assistant secre
tary of state, Mr. Pierce, who, as the
personal representative of the Presi
dent, bade him welcome to this coun
try. The Prince thanked him for his
cordial welcome and expressed the
satisfaction he felt at being In the
United States.
The progr*mme for the entertain
ment of the Prince begins to-morrow
morning at 10 o’clock, when he will be
presented to the President. The Pres
ident will return the call of Prince
Push Infi to-morrow afternoon.
At the Invitation of Count Cassini,
the Russian ambassador, who Is dean
of the diplomatic corps, Mr. Asplros,
the Mexican ambassador, will act as
dean during the visit of the Prinoe.
OYAMA NOW READY
TO OFFER BATTLE.
The Japanese May Advance Their
Right Flank.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 14. 1 p. m.—
The latest Indications from the front
point to an early resumption of mili
tary operations on a large scale.
Field Marshal Oyama has received
heavy reinforcements from New
Chwang and evidently is about ready
to wage battle for the possession of
Mukden. The Japanese are showing
particular activity on their right flank,
us If they were contemplating a turn
ing movement from that direction.
Oen. Kuropatktn has fortified his
positions along the Shakhe river, and
as he seemingly Is prepared <to accept
a battle, he doubtless has made dis
positions to block a flanking opeihtlon.
According to the opinion of the mili
tary authorities here his left tl&nk
is secure.
JAPANESE ATTACKED
AND CARRIED MOATS.
Headquarters Third Japanese Army
Before Port Arthur, Nov. 4. via Fusan,
Nov. 14.—8 y a general attack on the
eastern fortified ridge on Oct. 10.
the Japanese gained the moats of the
principal forts assailed. These were
wider, deeper and stronger than had
been supposed, and were defended by
caponieres, or galleries, running north
of the Keekwan forts. The galleries
were captured after desperate fighting
under ground.
The Russians still hold parts of the
moats, but the Japanese are engaged
In sapping to dislodge them, after
which the capture of the forts should
be easy.
The casualties on the Japanese side
In this engagement were 1,000.
JAPANESE DISPLAY”
GREAT ACTIVITY.
Mukden, Nov. 14. 2:60 a. m.—Since
yesterday signs of a serious engage
ment taking place within the next few
days have been Increasing. The Jap
anese are displaying great activity east
ward.
Fears are beginning to be expressed
that the railroad will not be able to
bring up sufficient supplies.
THE RUSSIANS WERE
SEVERELY REPULSED.
Oen. ICarokl's Headquarters, Nov.
Continued en Fifth Pass*