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THE MORNING NEJWB. i re j-hed ISSO. .- - Incorporated I*BB l j H. KSTILL. President. • CITY AND COUNTY MAY BE ENRICHED BY THE RAILROAD DECISION handed down by the u. s. su preme COI'RT. Thousands of Dollars May Poar Into 11,0 Treasuries of Savannah and , iiathain County Thro*h the Ia \Hlion Of the Stock of the We*t ,-rn of Alabama Held by the Ceb trnl of Georgia—State Officials ll„lit This Opinion. A pita, Nov. 18— According to (h . pinion of state officials Savannah an ] Chatham county will enrich their treasuries to the extent of thousands of dollars as the result of the United s Supreme Court decision, holding ihai i lie Western Railroad of Alabama p , t „ k held by the Georgia Railroad and Banking Cos. is subject to taxation. It is believed there is practically no doubt of the collection of taxes on the J 500.000 of Western of Alabama stock held by the Central of Georgia, because its ownership rests in the Central, de spit,- the fact that it is hypothecated in New York. The state expects to col let certainly five years taxes on this stuck, or about $40,000, and it will s,ck to go even further than that. If it does, Savannah and Chatham county will be entitled to taxes on this stock for the same period of time. Should it be held that this stock must also pay taxes for five years hack it would mean the Central of Georgia would have to pay something like $150,000 back taxes to Savannah anti Chatham county, putting the com bined county and city rate at 2 per cent. It is not unlikely, therefore, that the Central will fight the case to the last ditch, just as has been done in the rase of the lessees of the Georgia Rail road. The Louisville and Nashville and At lantic Coast Line, lessees of the Geor gia Railroad, will not only have to pay the state a minimum of $40,000 hack taxes, but will have to pay about three times as much to the city of Au gusta and Richmond county. This decision Is regarded as the big gest tax victory in the history of the state. Controller General Wright will instruct tax receivers and collectors uvxt year to seek out everywhere Stock In foreign corporations of every kind, cotton mills and lumber companies, as well as railroads, and get it on the tax books. Unless evasion is successful, this will mean several millions of In creased returns. There Is now pending before Judge Newman another tax case involving the same principle decided by the United States Supreme Court, 4n which the state is endeavoring to collect back taxes on $388,000 of Atlanta and West Point debentures owned by the Geor gia Railroad, but held by the lessees. There is no longer considered to be any doubt as to the result. repairing damage WROUGHT BY STORM. Mill Considerable to He Done to lloHtore Conditions to Normal. Xe "' Y °rlt. Nov. 15.— While consid erable- progress had been made in re pairing the damage wrought by Sun day o'sht’s gale, conditions to-day had by no means become normal. -\fter more than thirty-six hours of steady work the repair crews sent out hy Hie telegraph and telephone com panies had succeeded In patching up the main lines, but the wires In many cases were worked under most dis ! conditions and were unable h , H d f the * reat mass of matter nit had accumulated. Good con neetlons had been established between -' a lork Philadelphia and Boston, rm, r y ° nd •hese points emergency tr," lts were still In use. Wall street ywterday UCh bett6r condiUon than iMrect communication between the \,u rJ. XChangeß of New Y crk‘ and * trleans, which was entirely cut th \, MP . rday ' had be fn established by ■ (-stern Union, and there were os ms , between New York and the !o and gpain markets in Chicago. 1 -I',' l ';;‘" tern Maine, where, more than , l<! graph and telephone poles thr wire. down durin * the storm. n “ 108 were still out of service. WAS ALL SORTS OF ROASTED MEATS. ‘ mi,- Pi re Occurred In the New York Stockyards, a ■SnrX’ Nov. 15._ A considerable I 'ty of dressed meats In cold : lKe Wa * Incinerated, much \al nZt m° P ® rty WM destroyed and ' blocks along the water front f " 1 bteatened .by a Are which raged V .MsT 3 ! h ° Ur * ln thS Unlted Stock “• In Jersey City early to-day. The . Htdrted 1,1 the cold storage room •' Plant and In thought to have J aUßed by an e *Pl°*l°n of am- A. Sherman, manager of the >ards, nald that about 1,000 ' si - bogs and sheep were ronsum 'be llames. and that about 200 and HOO live sheep perished. ~ . ~' rman " aM thMt ,h * '<* might ibm!’ ,100,000 “ n<s po *" lb| y ■ '‘tile over V I.' p )^ ll * Ved thttt n ° human lives •eT,*i, r " inl. id.T' rhb r i ! b "!h*° n ' . Nov - —Albert Relyea. , -t the redemption division of the or the United ' .^.y. y .. torn mltte<l suicide by II '--.k iiTilL.1 th * while .a * , *i *Uu. 1U bvaith was tbs gauss of Jiatoannal) iHofning fscto>>. SIMPLICITY IN GOWNS MARKS HORSE SHOW. ■■ ■ ■ % Women nre Shnniug no Such Ela borate Toilettes. New York, Nov. 15.—The second day of the horse show brought greater crowds to Madison Square Garden than attended yesterday. This was particu larly true of the afternoon, when the promenade was thronged and all of the boxes were filled. A noticeable feature of the attendance in the aft ernoon was the large number of chil dren, who were especially in evidence when the pole ponies were judged. To the disappointment of a host of Englishmen xvho attended in a body, the English horses fared badly, and Queen Frederick, bred by King Ed ward, received only a third prize. The English exhibitors won their first blue ribbon in the class of hackneys when Robert Whitworth of Halifax, Eng land, took first prize. Mrs. J. D. M. Grosvenor’s horse, Roseberry, was given the blue ribbon over Alfred G. Vanderbilt's horse, High Tide, in the class for horses, carriages and appointments. Yesterday Roseberry was beaten by High Tide in the class for carriage horses alone, but to-day the addition of excellent equipment and perfect ap pointments won the honors for Mrs. Grosvenor. One of the notable features of this year's horse show is the attempt of the younger society leaders to inaugurate a reign of greater simplicity in cos tumes. ■ Where others have made upon jewelry and brilliantly finished crea tions of the dressmakers’ art, these leaders are wearing sombre satins and velvets, set with feathers. Those who are using jewels have brought pearls Into greater prominence, and the con trast between the brilliant costumes and flashing gems on the one hand and the severely plain corsages with feathers falling across the shoulders on the other is very marked. ♦ - BRAZILIAN CADETS AROSE IN REVOLT. Lost Their Leader nnl Were Forced to Surrender. Rio Janeiro, Nov. 15.—The students of the military school revolted yester day evening and deposed the com mandant, Gen. Costallent. This was followed by secret meetings held at the military club, at which Gens. Olympio, Silvera and Travassos were present. Gen. Travassos was appoint ed to succeed Gen. Costallent. The whole school at about 8 o’clock, under the command of Gen. Travassos, marched upon the town, but were met by a detachment of soldiers and mili tary police. A serious encounter fol lowed, during which Gen. Travassos was wounded and his horse shot under him. His adjutant was killed. The cadets then fell back and oc cupied the hills in the neighborhood of the school building. At 2 a. m. the soldiers and police, supported by the war vessels, attacked the cadets’ po sition and at 5 a. m., the cadets, being without a leader, surrendered. They were all placed in prison. Revolutionary Movement Crashed. Rio De Janeiro, Nov. 15.—The revo lutionary movement has been crushed and order is completely restored. Sen ator Lauro Sodre and Deputy Barboza Lima, leaders of the movement, have fled. Other leaders have been arrested. Many persons have been killed or wounded. FISHING LODGE WAS WASHED AWAY. Two Men-Were Drowned nt Kluna keet, N. C. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15. —Communica- tion over the United States Weather Bureau’s seacoast telegraph wires was restored to-day as far south as Manteo on Roanoke Island, North Carolina. At Kinnakeet, N. C., a fishing lodge on the beach was washed into Pamlico sound and two men were drowned. The names of the men were not given in the brief telegram which came over a badly working wire. Kinnakeet is situated five and three-quarter miles north of Cape Hatteras on a small strip of land separating the Atlantic ocean and Pamlico sound. No news had been received from the schooner Myra W. Spear. which stranded on the Hatteras coast last week, and which it is supposed must have gone to pieces In the storm of Sunday. The four-masted schooner Miles M. Murray, Capt. Pickett, bound from Bangor, Me., to Brunswick, Ga., came Into Hampton Roads this morning with nearly all of her sails blown away and with many of her spars missing. The vessel had a rough time In the gale which swept the coast Sunday and the wind played havoc with every thing above the deck. SCHOONEnTMISSING. Relieved That She and Her Crew Have Been Lost. Mazatlan, Nov. 15. —The schooner Na poleon, which left this port on Sept. 17 bound for LaPaz. Lower California, has not been heard from and has un doubtedly been lost. Stormy weather prevailed for some time after her departure. Capt. Napoleon M. Klavln, her owner, was In charge. She carried a crew of three men. Her cargo consisted of pottery and fifty bnrrels of tequila. MISS CAMPBELL GUILTY OF EMBEZZLEMENT. Her Smlrurr Was Suspended I Mill Next April. Athens, Ga., Nov. 16. —Miss Dora Campbell, former postmistress at Mays, ville, pleaded guilty to embezzlement of government funds Iri the federal court this afternoon. Hsr sentence was suspended by Judge Newman un til the nest term of (he court In April. The sum short wag about |7uo. NTTMBF/R 17.544. BRITISH INQUIRY INTO THE ATTACK THE DOGGER BANK AFFAIR IS BEING PROBED BY A COMMIS SION AT HULL. It Is Declared Most Positively Thnt There Were no Japanese Torpedo Craft Anywhere Around the Traw lers Hint Were Fired Cpon by the Russian Fleet—'Thoroughly Im partial Investigation In Progress. WAR IN THE EAST. The Japanese are pressing the fighting for possession of Port Ar thur, assaults being made almost continuously upon the eastern line of defenses. Reports from Japan ese sources intimate that the am munition and supplies of the garri son are running short. It is asserted that Gen. Stoessel, the Russian commander at Port Arthur, has been disabled by wounds. • There was some sharp fighting Nov. 10 for possession of the for tified village of Endow’unialu near Shakhe, the Russians being first driven out, then retaking the place and finally retiring. Hull, England, Nov. 15.—The Inquiry which Great Britain conducts on her own behalf into the North sea Incident opened to-day. Vice Admiral Bridge •and Butler Aspinall, an admiralty court lawyer,' w'hose report will form the basis of the British case before the international commission at Paris, con ducted the Inquiry. Dr. Herbert Wood house represented the Russian em bassy. The correspondent of the Associated Press learned that the board of trade solicitors who have been preparing the case have found no evidence to Suggest the presence of torpedo boats among the fishing fleet. The evidence of the witnesses was in substance that the trawlers took the Russians for British warships at maneuvers. When the firing began the trawlers ran. The skipper of the traw ler Keith, in reply to questions, de clared that there were no Japanese trawlers and no Japanese present, and that no Japanese agents made any suggestion to him whatever. It would have been Impossible for the trawlers, he added, to screen a torpedo boat. A surgeon of the North sea hospital ship Alpha made the rather important statement that all the Alpha’s lights were extinguished soon after the firing commenced. Miteht Explain, Though Not Excuse. Both Admiral Bridge and Mr. Aspin all, who are conducting the inquiry on the most impartial lines, indicated by questions that the trawler which sepa rated from the fishing fleet might pos sibly have been taken for a torpedo boat bv. the Russians. A suggestion by the Russian consul that the shelling was due to the traw ler’s failing to stop when blank shots were fired, and the fact that the lights were extinguished on at least one trawler, is considered here to in some degree explain, though not to excuse, the attack by the Russians. ' Dr. Woodhouse holds a merely watch ing brief. Neither he nor the Russian consul here are in possession of any evidence tending to prove that Japan ese torpedo boats were in the neighbor hood of Dogger Bank or that Japanese exercised any Influence upon the fish ing fleet. NOW JAPS CLAIM STOESSEL IS WOUNDED. Getting Even Over the Report About Death of Kuroki. Headquarters of the Third Japanese Army Before Port Arthur. Nov. 16, via Fusan. —It is reported that a wound received by Gen. Stoessel has neces sitated his confinement In a hospital, that he refused to relinquish the com mand of the garrison, and that he has issued orders to the troops to die at their posts rather than surrender. It is said that the spirits of the Rus sian troops have been dampened by continuous work, the lack of supplies and the hopelessness of their ability to make any successful defense of the fortress. It is said further that many of the Russian soldiers are ready to surrender, but that they are kept at their posts by officers, who threaten them with revolvers, ahd that several soldiers' who were suspected of a de sire to desert have been shot as a warning to others. The Japanese now believe that the garrison has almost reached the limit of human endurance. RUSSIAN WARSHIP ENTERS CHE FOO PORT. Che Foo, Nov. 16, 7:15 a. m.—A Rus sian torpedo boat destroyer has just entered the harbor. She has not been communicated with yet, owing to the roughness of the sea. It is report ed that a Japanese torpedo boat de stroyer has been seen outside, watch ing the movements of the Russian ves sel. WAS FIRING BEFORE SHE ENTERED HARBOR. Che Foo, Nov. 16, 8:80 a. in.—The Russian torpedo boat destroyer ILts lotopony pul .Into this harbor this morning. Firing was heard half an hour before she entered the harbor. A snot* storm and a high wind were prevailing at the time, and It Is be lieved Ik At ibv Russian vessel, under SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY.NOVEMBER 36. 1904. cover of the stonn. attempted to es cape from Port Arthur. The correspondent of the Associated Press succeeded in reaching the de stroyer after her urrivnl here, but he was not allowed to board her. The captain of the Chinese cruiser Hal Yung was the first person to go on board the Rntstoropony. He held a brief conference with her commander, after which the Rntsoropony came further in the stream and anchored in the same spot that the destroyer Ryes liitelni did last August, before she was cut out by the Japanese. UNBROKEN CANNONADE OF JAPS’ POSITION. Mukden, Nov. 15. via Tien Tsin, Nov. 15.—An unbroken cannonade of siege guns, throwing fifty to sixty shells hourly against the Japanese po sition in the region of Shakhe sta tion, began early this morning, and ended only at nightfall, when more than half a thousand big contact shells had been thrown Into the Jap anese army’s strongest position in the plain, for the purpose of demoralizing the of fortification concentrated at that point for the i>ast four weeks. To-day's bombardment was the most serious attempt yet made by the Rus sian large guns, and it was made on account of the apparent determination of the Japanese to make the Shakhe station an impregnable defense of the railway behind.' RATIONS GROW SHORT AT PORT ARTHUR. Headquarters of Third Japanese Army, Before Port Arthur, Nov. 34., via Fusan, Nov. 15.—(Delayed In transmission.) —Spies and Russians who have surrendered report that rations In the fortress have been re duced. The’ wounded found by the Japanese are emaciated. Russian artillery shells are made partly of Killed Wood and do not ex-' plode. This shows that the Russians are short of material for making heavy ammuni|tlon. The capture of the eastern fortified ridge will mean the surrender of the fortress in a couple of weeks unless the garrison there retires to the Isola ted forts. This seems Improbable, however, and cold weather and the lack of food and ammunition renders desperate resistance unlikely. japaneseTdvanceT IS EXPECTED DAILY. Chanslanoutun, Manchuria, Gen. Kuropatkin's Headquarters, Nov. 15. A.Japanese advance is daily expected. Large masses of their troops are mov ing eastward, and the Russians are expecting them to strike at their left flank. An attack upon the fortified village of Endowuniula, not far from Sinchlnpu (two miles west of the Shakhe rail road station, agid fronting the right flank of the seventeenth corps,) was carried out_ brilliantly during the night of Nov. 10 by the second brigade of the Thirty-fifth Infantry division. The village had been captured the same morning by the Japanese. Subsequently the Russians abandoned the place. DECLARES KUROKIIS BY NO MEANS DEAD. Tokio, Nov. 15.—The Japanese army staff pronounces the report of Gen. Kuroki’s death to be absurd. Weather Grows Colder. Mukden, Nov. 15.—There was very little fighting in this vicinity on Nov. 13 and 14. The weather is growing colder day by day, and flurries of snow are frequent. NOVOLAPuk THERE. Men on the Hope Couldn't “Paries Vous Francois.” St. Louis, Nov. 15. —Lack of a com mon language caused a misunder standing of orders given by the -French navigators of the Francois airship to-day and resulted In an ac cident which splintered the prow of the flying machine and tore two large rents in the top of the balloon. Several days will be required for repairs. When the airship was almost over the fence, M. Francois shouted In French to cut loose. The English speaking attaches of the aerodrome misunderstood him and hauled in on the guide rope. The pull on the rope exerted a lowering force, and although M. Francois’emptied several bags of ballast, he could not counteract the ef fect of the pull and the airship crash ed into the fence. > 25 per’centToTvidend DECLARED BY A. C. L. Capital Stock of the Company In. creased to $50,009,0011. Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.—The stock holders of the Atlantic Coast Line met here to-day. The action of the directors In pur chasing the Jacksonville and South western was approved. A dividend of 25 per cent, on the com mon stock was declared. 20 per cent, in cash and 5 per cent, on certificate of Indebtedness —payable In January. The old officers were elected by the directly*. The 'capital stock was increased to $50,000,000. SAVANNAiTcRimfORS WERE AFTER M00RI:. I'rnnilncnt Sawmill Man In Bank ruptcy Court at Valdosta. Macon, Nov. 15.—E. L. Moore of Valdosta, a prominent sawmill man of that section, h.ia been placed In bankruptcy upon the petition of sev eral Havunn.ih creditor*. The llabilltloa are about 8150,000. The asseta are not stated, but are RENOUNCES FAITH OF THE CATHOLICS FOUNDER OF A COLLEGE REPUDIATES HER CONNECTION WITH TIIE CIIURCH OF ROME. Marquise |)ra Monstiers, Formerly Minn Mary Gavoiutoly n Caldwell, NVIm Endowed the Divinity Col lege of Ilic tut holla- I' aal va-rxtty nt YVnshington, Makes a Fair 111 a 1 anal lla-a-illa-at Ra-iiaaua-tntion all Cntliolic 4am—\\ aan an Ainerlenn Waituau. New York, Nov. 15.—The Associated Press has received the following, and before giving it publication, its au thenticity has been fully verified by cable front Rome: “Rome, Oct. 30, 1904. Editor of the As sociated Press: You have my full permission to print the enclosed, and give it as wide a publication as possible. Yours Truly, (Signed). Marquise Des Monstters. “Dear Editor: It may interest some of your readers to know that the Marquise Des Monstiers Merinville, formerly Miss M. G. Caldwell, who, It will be remembered, founded the Roman Catholic University at Wash ington some years ago, has entirely re pudiated her former creed. In an In terview with me, the other day, she said: Her Eyes Opened. "Yes, it Is true that I have left the Roman Catholic Church. Since I have been living In Europe my eyes have been opened to what thnt church real ly is, and to Its anything but sanctity. But the trouble goes much further back thdn this. Being naturally reli gious, in y imagination was early caught by the idea of doing some thing to lift the church from the low ly position which it occupied in America, so I thought of a university or higher school where its clergy could be educated, and, If possible, refined. Of Course, in this I was greatly in fluenced by Bishop Spalding of Pe oria, who represented it to me as one of the greatest works of the day. “When I was 21, I turned over to them one-third of my fortune for that purpose. But for years I have been trying to rid myself of the subtle, yet overwhelming, influence of a church, which pretends, not only to the privi lege of being ‘the only true church,’ but of being alone able to. open the gates of heaven to a sorrowful, sinful world. “At last my honest Protestant blood has asserted itself and I now forever repudiate and cast off 'the yoke of Rome.’ “So saying, the Marquise politely dis missed me. Sister Also Renounced It. “It will be remembered that the Marquise Des MonstlerH Merinville and her sister, the Baroness Von Zedwitz, are the daughters of the late William S. Caldwell and his wife, who was a Breckinridge of Kentucky. Shortly before his death, Mr. Caldwell became a convert to Roman Catholicism and left his children to the care of Irish Roman Catholics In New York, whom his wife had met in church circles. The younger sister married some fif teen years ago a German nobleman, a Lutheran, and has since then also left the Roman Catholic communion. The elder has been in very bad health for some years from having to occu py a position before the world as a prominent Roman Catholic which waa not a real one, and Into which her ex treme generosity led her, as a young and Inexperienced girl. Now, at last, her own mind has asserted Itself and she returns to the creed of her ances tors.” History of (lie Family. Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell Is the daughter of William Shakespeare Cald well, who. after being a theatrical manager in England, settled in Rich mond, Va., and eventually made a large fortune In building gas houses In Chi cago, Ht. Louis. Mobile and other cities. He married Miss Breckenrldge, a fa mous Kentucky beauty. Miss Caldwell and her sister, Lina, spent the summer at Newport, where they had a magnificent house, and usually passed part of the winter, when they were not abroad. In New York. On the death of her father, Miss Caldwell Inherited $2,000,000, and Oct. 19, 1896, she was married to the Mar quis Des Monstiers Merinville, a French nobleman, by Bishop Spalding of Peo ria, the guardian and administrator of the estate of Mtss Caldwell. At the time of her marriage .Miss Caldwell was a very handsome woman, about 35 years of age. and a devoted Roman Catholic. She had previously shown her devotion to the church by giving $300,000 to found the divinity college of the Roman Catholic Univer sity In Washington. Some seven years previous to her marriage Miss Caldwell was engaged to Prince Murat, grandson of the King of Naples. The engagement was brok en because the Prince Insisted that half of Mis* Caldwell's fortune should be settled usron him. The Divinity College of the Roman Catholic University In Washington is known as the Mary Gwendolyn Cald well Hall of Divinity. FORMERGOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA ILL C'n*e of Hnitli S. Thompson I* Itr- Itnrded n* Hopeless. New York, Nov, 15.—Hugh Smith Thompson) former Governor of South Carolina and assistant Secretary of the Treasury tn President Cleveland'* flret administration. Is seriously 111 at hi* home In this city and late to-night It was said that he I* not expected to live. Mr. Thompson la suffering from asthma. At hi* res'Jence to-night the Associated Press was Informed that his case Is hopeless. Mr, Thompson he* lived In Nw York since 1*92, when be took the po sition of controller of the New York Life Insurance Company, He was Governor of Mouth Carolina from I*B2 to I**4. and Assistant Merrelarjr ol the i Treasury from liM to 1188. WAR MINISTER OUT. Urn. Anilrr liy Hrrtenux In tl* Front’ll C nlilnot. Paris, Nov. 15. —Gen. Andre to-day resigned the portfolio of Minister of War, and Henry Berteaux. a member of the Chamber of Deputies and a successful broker on the Bourse, was nominated as his successor. This change In the ministry Is the culmination of fierce assaults upon the administration of the War Office, In the course of which the Chumber of Deputies was the scene of frequent wild disorders,lncluding the recent per sonal assault upon Gen. Andre. These events stirred the public to a high pitch of excitement and particularly army and parliamentary circles, where a succession of duels evidenced the bitterness. Gen. Andre's letter of resignation asserts that the attacks against the War Offlco were merely a device of enemies of the government to undermine the republic. The news of the resignation of Gen. Andre created a sensation, owing to the intensity of the recent controversy. The opposition to the ministry hailed the resignation as a groat victory, which will speedily lead to the fall of the entire ministry. irrigationistTat EL PASO. Mnny Addresses Mini, by Those In terested In the Work. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 15.—The twelfth national Irrigation congress was call ed to order to-day by Senator William A. Clark of Montana, its president. The hall was decorated with the colors of Mexico and the United States. Many addresses were made, the speakers including President Clark, Gov. Pardee of California and others. Litters were read from President Roosevelt and President Diaz of Mex ico. There were two letters from Pres ident Roosevelt. One said In part: "The best use of the land is that mads by the man who has come to stay. You should make yourselves the guardians of the future and prevent the waste of any of the great national resources of the country.” The other letter said: "I wish it werq possible for me to aeeept your kind invitation to attend the National Irrigation Congress to be held at El Paso. I need not state to you the deep interest I feel In the cause of national Irrigation. Irrigation Is. iij every fact, one of the means for national expansion which Is most ef fective. “Wishing you all success, I am, Sincerely yours, "Theodore Roosevelt,” CAP IT ALPUn] SHMENT~ STANDS IN VERMONT. Legislators Hefuseil to Abolish (he Dentil Penn lip. Montpelier. Vt.. Nov. 15.—8 y a vote of 153 to 83, the House of Representa tives after a spirited debate to-day, refused to puss a third reudlng and so defeated the bill to abolish capital pun ishment In the state. There Is much Interest tn to-day’s action in the House because of the bill now in committee to commute the death sentence of Mrs. Mary A. Rog ers, to ten years imprisonment. Mrs. Rogers was convicted of the murder of her husband, M’arcus H. Rogers, and sentenced to be hanged on Feb. 5, 1904. In spite of the sentiment expressed in the House by to-day’s vote, it is said that the bill In behalf of Mrs. Rogers will be reported soon and a determined effort made to save her life. FLOOD OK RESOLUTIONS Poured In Upon the Amerlenn Fed eration of Labor, San Francisco, Nov. 16. —The second day's session of the convention of the American Federation of Labor abrupt ly ended shortly after the afternoon'* session opened to-day. This ohanjge in programme was forced by the flood of resolutions, which poured in. They were of almost every character th*xt could affect trade organizations. The adjournment waa taken that the proper committees might have the afternoon and evening to consider resolutions. The report of the executive council censured the New Orleans Central La bor Union. The latter organization boycotted a union labor paper of the city because of an expression of opin ion on the part of the editor. This was styled by the council a violation of a free press and a fundamental prin ciple of unionism, and the New Orleans body was given thirty days In which to remove the boycott or the alterna tive of having Its charter revoked. EARTHQUAKES IN MEXICO. Colima's Inactivity Now Alarms the People. Mexico City, Nov. 15.—Earthquake shocks are reported from several points in the state of Jalisco. At the town of Autlan the walls of sev eral buildings were cracked. At Manzanilla the shock lasted ten seconds. No damage, however, was done. The volcano C9llma Is Inactive and seismic disturbances ure feared, a* It has been noticed that such disturbances are much more frequent and severe during the volcano’s inactivity. steamerberkshire“ FOUND SHIP OFF STATION. Philadelphia, Nov. 15.—Capt. Pratt of the steamer Berkshire, which ar rived here to-day from Savannah, re ports that he fell In with the Diamond Shoals lightship Monday afternoon, four miles northeast by half east df the lightships station. The lightship signalled that the vessel was dragged from the station by Sunday’s gale. All on board were well and wished to ' be reported. Coni Miner* Strike. Charleston, W. Va.. Nov. 16.—The miners of the Cabin Creek district, one of the largest coal producing district* of the state, went out on strike to-day. The main cause of the disagreement le a notice {Misled by the operators de claring that they would employ end dismiss men without regard to wheth er they were union or non-union. Large number* of union men are leav ing the fields and operator* are en deavoring lo fill their places. Mcore* of peace officers are being sworn In to guard property. 5 CENTS A COPY. DAILY. $8 A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TIMEB-A-WEEK, $1 A YEAR CRY IS “DEATH TO BOLL WEEVIL” ALL INTERESTS CALLED ON TO COMIIINR FOR A WAR OF EX TERMINATION. Flight of the Weevil Daring Last Summer Was Fully Fifty Miles North and East Into Territory Be fore Unlufented—Working Singly and Independently It la Said Thnt the Staten Cannot Stop This Move ment. Shreveport, La., Nov. 15.—The Exec utive Committee of the National Cot ton 801 l Weevil Convention, which as sembles in this city Dec. 12 to 15 in clusive, to-day Issued an address to the cotton growers of the South. The committee states that the flight of the weevil during the summer of 1904 has been fully fifty miles north and east Into territory heretofore un- Infested and indicates a habit that is beyond the power of the individual states to control. The committee says: "Efforts to control the boll weevil hove been of untold value to the ter ritory involved, but nevertheless em phasize in no uncertain tones the dan ger threatening the cotton crop of this country unless Immediate, definite and 00-operatlve action is taken by every cotton growing state and every cotton Interest to utilize the results of past Investigations to further perfect re medial endeavor. “A division of opinion and Interest In a campaign against the weevil will bring disaster and defeat.” brownlovTwas FIR ED neennse of OfTrnalre Statements to Ills Department llend. Washington, Nov. 15.—John B. Brownlow of Tennessee, a clerk In the Postofflee Department, who acted as disbursing otltcer of the department at the St. Louis Exposition, was dismiss ed from the service to-day by order of the President. Brownlow was ehrged with Impertinence and insubordina tion and, as he declined to withdraw his offensive language, his dismissal followed. Brownlow's Insubordination consist ed In refusing to supply an Itemized statement of receipts and disburse ments asked for by the late Postmaster General Payne, accompanying his re fusal with statements to the Post master General which were considered offensive. He evidently felt that the demand of Mr. Payne was a reflection upon his honor. Brownlow was given an opportunity to withdraw the statements consider ed offensive, but he refused to do so, and his dismissal followed. cost oTcotton raT YARN UP TOO HIGH. Talk Mnde # (lie New England Cot ton Yarn Company. Boston, Nov. 15. —At the annual meet ing of the New England Cotton Yarn Company to-day, President C. Minot Weld devoted part of h|s annual re port to a discussion of the depression of the past year In textile circles. Pres ident Weld said: “The high cost of cotton during the past year made the price of yarn so high that many of our customers shut down their mills and we found it im possible to sell rough yam to keep all our spindles running on full time. We ran an average of 66 per cent, of our spindles during the year. We are now' running 76 per cent, against 59 per cent, a year ago. royal~guests arrive. Portngnese Monnrrha Repaying the Visit of Edward. Portsmouth, England. Nov. 15.—The King and Queen of Portugal reached Portsmouth to-day from Cherbourg and subsequently proceeded to Wind sor to return the visit which King Edward paid them at Lisbon last year. The visitors, who crossed the chan nel In King Edward’s yacht, the Vic toria and Albert, escorted by half a dozen British warships, had an impos ing welcome at naval headquarters, where thirty to forty warships, elab orately dressed with bunting, had as sembled In their honor. NO~OPERATIVESYET. Evident That Fall Hirer Workmen Will Not Aeeept the Cat. Fall River, Mass., Nov. 15.—The Fall River print cloth mills were reopened again to-day to give the striking op eratives an opportunity to return, but few of the corporations had better luck than on yesterday. None of the mills was able to keep Its machinery running And soon shut down. The mill managers. It Is understood, will pursue the present policy for a day or two and should their efforts fnll, the plants will be closed again for an Indefinite period. WANT.") FRANCHISE TAX. Mason County, K y.. Is After the Chesapeake and Ohio. Mnysvllle, Ky., Nov. 15.—John B. O’Donnell, auditor's agent of Mason county, to-day filed suit In the Mason County Court against the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company, the New York Central and Hudson ltlver Railroad Company. J. V. Morgan and other stockholders to compel them to list for franchise taxation since 1*93, the property of the fheaitpeake and Ohio Railroad, valued at over 1600,000,000. The defendants being non-residents, the commonwealth hae attached the bonds of the * **•—nmulrr and Ohio Railway pending the litigation.