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young putney
HAS TURNED UP
MISSING RICHMOND YOUTH
W AS IX KANSAS CITY AND HAD NOT
BBSS KIDNAPPED.
Bl „> Story Was That He Had En
)Utrrt In the United Staten Amir.
Didn't Know Wlint He Wan Do
ina—said He Had Been Drlnklnic.
Had Jewel* and Money of Hi* Sl*.
ter-111-l.aw— EHorta to Get Him Out
of the Army.
St. Louis. Nov. 25.—Stephen Putney,
jr the son of a wealthy Richmond
( Va.) shoe manufacturer, who disap
peared nine days ago while visiting
the Fine Arts building at the World s
Fair, returned to-day to the Hamilton
Hotel, where his brother, Langhorne
Putney, is stopping, in company of a
friend of the family, who had been
sent to Kansas City to get the boy.
Young Putney, for whom the police
and his relatives have been searching
since the day after his disappearance,
was in Kansas City all the time, stop
ping at 623 Walnut street, it is stated.
His family refused to discuss Stephen's
return, saying that his explanation of
his absence was satisfactory and that
they desired no more publicity of the
affair.
Young Putney, when he so suddenly
disappeared, had with him jewels val
ued at more than SI,OOO, but had less
than SIOO in money. The story that
young Putney was kidnapped is dis
credited by the police.
Enlisted In tlie Army.
I,ater in the day the seal of silence
adhered to ever since the young man’s
disappearance was broken by Lang
horne Putney, who said they were go
ing to Jefferson Barracks to see what
could be done about getting Stephen
Putney discharged from the army.
According to the statement made by
him, Stephen enlisted in the army at
Kansas City, his size enabling him to
pass as of the required age without
difficulty. He was sent from Kansas
City to Jefferson Barracks, according
to Langhorne Putney, and on Wednes
day was recognized from published de
scriptions of him. It was this offi
cer, Langhorne. Putney said, who had
accompanied Stephen to the hotel.
Langhorne Putney thought that as
Stephen was only 16 years of age, there
would be no difficulty about getting
him discharged from the army.
The brother of the youth said fur
ther that Stephen had been drugged
and abducted by three men with whom
he had taken a drink. Langhorne de
clares that after the drink, Stephen
lost consciousness and remembered
nothing more until he found himself
in a strange city. Stephen was told
he was in Kansas City, Langhorne
says. He had no money and knew no
one to whom he could appeal for help.
He was ashamed to notify his family
of what had happened, and, discon
solate, wandered about until he saw
a poster calling for army recruits. He
decided to enlist in the United States
army and went to the recruiting of
fice.
Strayed Away From Slnter-ln-La w.
Putney's brother was overjoyed when
the young man reached the hotel to
day and Immediately notified the other
members of the family at Richmond,
Va., of his safe return.
I>anghorne says Stephen met the
three men while he was in the fine arts
building at the World’s Fair just aft
er having separated for a moment from
his sister-in-law, Mrs. Langhorne H.
Putney, whose purse, containing her
jewelry valued at more than SI,OOO and
about S3O, was In the young man's care.
He also had about $25 of his own
money.
At the headquarters of Col. Ander
son, In command at Jefferson Bar
racks, It was stated to-day that noth
ing was known of the supposed en
listment of young Stephen Putney in
Kansas City. It was also stated that
to the commanding officer’s knowledge
the boy had not been received there.
Said He Wm ill Yearn Old.
Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 25.—The po
lice here to-day stated that Stephen
Putney. Jr., enlisted at the United
States recruiting station in this city
on last Monday, giving his age as 21
years. He was assigned to the ar
tillery service and requested that he
be stationed at St. Louis. He left for
Jefferson Barracks, near St. Louis, on
Tuesday.
R. N. Williams and R. T. Hancock,
a cousin and a friend of Putney, who
were in Kansas City conducting the
search for him, started for St. Louis
late to-day, upon receipt of a telegram
announcing that he had returned there.
fall river mills
BEGIN TO GET HANDS.
Fall River. Mass., Nov. 25.—The
Uavls and Seaconnet cotton mills were
in operation to-day with practically a
full force of operatives, while several
other plants report that they have more
hands at work than at any time since
,attempt was begun to break the
strike. Many mills, however, are still
closed.
Ihe Textile Council to-day issued a
lengthy statement, denying one re
cently Issued by manufacturers who
claimed th'at the rate of wages here
compared favorably with that paid in
other centers.
DERG ME* WAS HAZED.
\ow Hln I ni'li' Threntene Trouble
for the Haxeri,
San Francisco, Nov. 26.—The hazing
of Albert Deßome by his fellow stu
dent* of the Mark Hopkins Institute
"f An promises to result In severe
'rouble to those who participated In
tile affair. Louis Deßome of Oakland,
nn uuole of the youth, declares that he
will cause the arrest and criminal
prosecution of the persons who mal
treated his nephew.
Albert Deßome. the victim, Is still
" Knout the full use of his lower limbs,
which were partially paralyzed when
he was subjected to repeated shocks
In an electric chair by a number of
young men who had him completely at
their mercy.
CoiMlltlun of heelan.
Cave flprlngn, Or., Nov. 25. —Charles
Neelnn, the New York cartoonist, con
tinues desperately 111 here. There la
no hope for hla recovery, but he la
resting well at night and appeura to
suffer lUti# or no pain.
UerniHMS tureen In It,
"'ashlngton, Nov. IS. —Herretary Hay
ha* received from the German gov
ernment a cordial note accepting In
lulnrlple l*i ceid i|t ItooßCVett'a SUg*
geat loti for anoitiur conferurice at The
Hague.
DIED FROM FASTING.
W* Under the Impre**lon That He
Hiteyed a Divine Command.
Cincinnati. Nov. 25.—Death from
fasting, under the impression that he
was obeying a divine command, was
the fate of Rev. D. C. Buckles of Ad
dystone. a suburb of Cincinnati.
He was found dead to-day in his bed
after fasting forty days. He had been
for years a local Methodist preacher
in Clermont county and came to Ad
dystone over a year ago. His license
was not renewed last year, and he be
came an adherent of a religious body
outside the regular denomination. To
his former pastor, who pleaded with
him, he said he was acting under di
vine command from God. and he
would, as a result, be much more use
ful. His sister, living with him, has
also been fasting and she declared to
day that her brother was not dead
but sleeping.
The coroner will hold an inquest.
WILL HEAR EVIDENCE
IN LAND CLAJMS.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 26—The
United States Circuit Court for the
Northern district of Florida, in chan
cery, iat the instance of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad Company, has
served summons on the trustees of the
Internal Improvement Fund of Flori
da, w hich is composed of the Governor,
Controller, Treasurer, Attorney Gener
al and Commissioner of Agriculture,
to give evidence next Monday at Tal
lahassee, before Frank Willis, Esq., as
examiner, in the case where the Louis
\ ille and Nashville Railroad Company,
as complainant, is suing the trustees
for several hundred thousand acres of
land which the railroad company
claims was granted to it by the state,
but which the trustees refuse to turn
over to it.
This is a very important case, as
several million dollars’ worth of land
are involved. A good many years ago
the Legislature of the state in grant
ing charters for the construction of
railroads In the state, granted a cer
tain number of acres of land to them
for every mile of road constructed.
Ihe Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company was one of the railroads thus
favored. By special act of the Leg
islature, that road was granted 20,000
acres of land per mile of road, and
besides, that was granted every alter
nate section of state land through
which the road ran. extending six
miles on each side of the road, and the
United States government granted it
every alternate sectidn of government
land through which it ran.
It was contemplated that the land
granted by the state was to be only
swamp and overflowed lands, but as a
matter of fact the road was deeded
thousands of acres of highland under
these acts. The Louisville and Nash
ville road has received thousands of
acres of land under these grants, but
has never received as much as was
granted by the Legislature, and the
suit is brought to obtain the balance.
The land for which suit is brought is
In the Everglades.
The trustees contend that the Leg
islature had no power to make the
grants that it did. They hold that
the sole power of granting a good title
to these lands rests in the h'ands of
the trustees, and that the railroad
has no legal right to any lands ex
cept where the grant of the Legislature
was confirmed by the trustees, which
was done to the extent of many thou
sands of acres, by former sflate ad
ministrations. It is also claimed that
it was never contemplated that the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
should have grants of land In -the
southern part of the state, when the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad does
not extend east of the Chattahoochee
river, but that the land which it was
intended to give the roads was that
which lay on each side of it and which
the rofad would be particularly inter
ested in seeing developed.
The whole trouble comes about by the
over-generosity of former Legislatures
with the land of the state. It seemed
that they couldn’t give enough to the
railroads, and the records show that
they have actually granted many thou
sands more of acres than the state act
ually possesses.
New* of Candler.
Candler, Fla., Nov. 25. —Oranges are
going to market from this section now.
The fruit is coloring rapidly and ship
ping will now begin in earnest. The
fruit on the groves at Lake Weir is
mostly sold on the trees, but no sales
have been made here. Growers are
holding for $1.25 on the tree.
Farmers are busy grinding cane and
digging the sweet potato crop, both
of which crops are excellent. Cot
ton Is about all picked. The condi
tion of farmers and people generally
in a financial way is better than at
any time since 1894. Those who lost
their all that memorable winter have
now about regained what they lost.
Mrs. W. W. Jones has arrived home
from her summer’s visit in Canada,
and opened the hotel which is rapidly
filling with winter visitors and health
seekers. The Wallace House will open
in two weeks, and nearly every vacant
house in town is rented. Everything
indicates a prosperous season in Flor
ida.
Cards are out announcing the mar
riage next Wednesday of Miss Anna
L. DeLong. daughter of Capt. W. H.
DeLong, a leading merchant and the
postmaster of this place, to John H.
Mathews, superintendent cf Taylor &
Mefterts’ Ice Factory and Cold Stor
age Plant in Ocala.
Cotton Expert* at Jamaica.
Kingston. Jamaica, Nov. 25.—Messrs.
Oliver and Stancliffe, English cotton
experts, arrived here to-day from Bar
badoes to give advice to Jamaica
planters on ootton growing. They were
sent here by the British Cotton Grow
ing Association.
TOO WELL FED
Clergymen Not Entirely Sure on That
Point.
There is an inclination among the
ladies to rather overfeed the Dominie
sometimes, and while that Indirectly
helps the sale of Grape-Nuts, it offers
no suitable excuse for the makers to
encourage the practice.
A minister of Auburn, Ind.. writes:
’Whether it was from irregular habi*-
and more or less badly prepared food
taken during some of my travels, or
whether I have been too well cared
for by my parisloners does not seem
entirely clear however, the fact re
mains that Indigestion set in and after
a period of hard work I came down
with a genuine case of nervous pros
tration.
"It seems the trouble had been
brewing for some years, for several
insurance companies had rejected me
after careful examination by their
physicians.
“I was urged to adopt Grape-Nuts
and cream for my sole diet for break
fast and lunch. The request was
urged so strongly that I concluded to
follow the suggestion, and to my sur
prise began to gain quickly In health
and strength.
“I persisted In the use of this re
markable food and a wonderful result
followed. I have entirely regained my
health, have been examined by the
physician of one of the moat conserva
tive Insurance eompsnle# In America
rind have been accepted. It seem*
sufficient evidence of the change that
has taken place as a result of (he use
of Grape-Nuts." Name given by Pos
turn f!o. Battle Creek. Mich.
Get the book. 'The Hoad to Well*
villa,” in each package.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 26. 1904.
POVA? BAKING
K%\J I POWDER
ABSOLUTELY-PURE
B Healthful cream of tartar, de
rived solely from grapes, refined
to absolute purity, is the active
principle of every pound of Royal
Baking Powder.
Hence it is that Royal Baking Powder
produces food remarkable both in fine
flavor and wholesomeness.
ROYAL BAKINQ POWO6R CO.. NEW YORK,
CULPEPPER TRIED
FOR KILLING FOLDS
CASE GIVEN TO THE JURY.
DECATUR COUXTY GREATLY IN
TERESTED IN THE TRIAL.
Culpepper Shot Fold* at Donaldson
Lust Jnly—They Met in the Rond
and Culpepper Applied nn Epithet.
A Fight Man Abont to Start, When
Culpepper Fired—He Claims Folds
Had a Knife—Culpepper Was For
merly a Preneher.
Batnbridge, Ga., Nov. 25.—The Cul
pepper murder trial has occupied the
attention of the Superior Court all day.
At a late hour to-night argument will
be concluded and the case go to the
jury. A sealed verdiot will
be returned if the jury agrees before
morning.
Will Culpepper is indicted for the
murder of D. A. Folds of Donaldson.
July 29, last. The evidence introduced
by the state shows that Culpepper ac
costed Folds late in the afternoon of
the day mentioned as the latter drove
into town in his buggy. Culpepper
told Folds that he had lied on him,
and applied an epithet which Folds
stated he could not take. Asking Cul
pepper if he Intended to fight fair, he
began to get out of his buggy. Cul
pepper thereupon pulled his pistol and
shot over Folds' head, saying as he
did so: “You hear,” and immediately
shooting him again in the heart.
The state has further introduced evi
dence to show that the defendant had
made threats of killing Folds.
The defense claims that the killing
was in self-defense, Culpepper stating
that Folds had a knife in his hands.
This statement is not confirmed'by any
of the state's witnesses, however.
The trouble grew out of Folds being
instrumental in having Culpepper
turned out of the church on account
of his alleged intimacy with a woman
of the neighborhood.
Culpepper had formerly been a
preacher of the Gospel in some of the
rural districts. Both Culpepper and
Folds were men of families, and their
relatives are in the court room. Practi
cally every prominent citizen of Don
alsdson has been summoned as a wit
ness, and the court room is crowded
on account of the prominence of the
parties.
J. W. Walters of Albany, Clarence
Wilson of Fort Gaines and M. E.
O'Neal of Bainbridge represent the de
fendant.
Solicitor Wooten is assisted -by Har
rel and Hartsfleld of the local bar.
ARMY AND NAVY WILL
MEET ON FRANKLIN FIELD.
Annual Game of Football Will be
Played To-day.
Philadelphia, Nov. 25.—Thousands of
enthusiastic football rooters arrived in
this city during the day and even
ing to ‘attend the annual struggle on
the gridiron between the West Point
and Annapolis cadets at Franklin
field to-morrow. Clear and cold
weather is predicted and with the ex
ception of the year, when President
Roosevelt attended the game, the larg
est crowd in the history of the annual
army 'and navy contest is expected to
be present.
All the leading officials of the army
and navy who can get away from
their duties will see the game. The
occasion will be made notable by the
presence of Prince Fushiml of Japan.
The two football squads arrived
early in the day and went through
signal practice on Franklin field in
the afternoon. Special trains carrying
the cadets from West Point and An
napolis, will reach here to-morrow
shortly before the game begins.
OBITUARY.
John Wright.
Mr. John Wright died at his home,
No. 44 Lincoln street, yesterday after
noon, after a long Illness. He had been
a sufferer from asthma for about two
years. He was 65 years of age and a
native of Ireland. Mr. Wright had
been a resident of Savannah for eigh
teen years. He was a boiler
maker by trade, and was quite
well known. He was a mem
ber of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
and the funeral services will be con
ducted from the residence by Rev.
Gilbert A. Ottmann at 2 o’clock to-mor
row afternoon. Besides a widow, the
deceased loaves one son.
Mrs. Marla B, Wilke*. Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Nov. 25. —Mrs. -Maria B.
Wilkes, the oldest actress In the coun
try, died to-day, aged 88 years. She
retired from the stage many years ago
and had since resided in this city.
Mrs. Wilkes was the original Widow
Melnotte with Edwin Forrest.
Mr*. Oro. airmans, Nashville.
Nashville, Ga., Nov. 26.—Mrs. George
Slrmans, died from pneumonia yester
day. at her home, nine miles east of
Nashville, after an Illness of several
weeks. She was about 32 years old,
and leaves a husband and six children.
William Purdy, Kausvllle.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 26.—• William
Purdy, profeasor of mathematics and
mechanical drawing at Knoxville Col
lege, died to-day. The body will prob
ably be sent to Heaver, Pa., for inter
ment.
SCHOONER JUDGE BOYCE
IS REPORTED AS SAFE.
Philadelphia, Nov. 25.—The report
that the schooner Judge Boyce was
sunk off the Delaware Capes on Nov.
15 and the crew drowned, is. accord
ing to the statement of Capt. Blair of
the schooner Marcus M. Urann, un
true. The captain states that the
schooner Judge Boyce was at anchor
in the Kennebec river on the night of
Nov. 14.
A special, originating in Laurel, Del.,
Nov. 23, said the Judge Boyce had been
lost off the Delaware Capes and her
crew of ten men drowned.
SHOULD BUY’LAND”
ABOUT FORT TAYLOR.
Washington, Nov. 25.—Lieut. Gen.
Chaffee, chief of staff of the United
States army, in his annual report, says,
in his opinion, little new general leg
islation is needed at this time. He
suggests the enaotment of state laws
disfranchising deserters from the army,
saying that would 'be most healthful
remedy practicable for the evil of de
sertion.
Gen. Chaffee recommends the pur
chase of additional land adjoining Fort
Taylor. Fla., at an estimated cost of
$126,000.
Against Brewery Union.
San Francisco, Nov. 25.—After spend
ing almost the entire day in a bitter
debate, the Iconference between the
Brewery Workers’ Union and the In
ternational Brotherhoods of Engineers,
Fremen and Teamsters was settled by
the American Federation of Labor.
The vote on every point at issue, with
one minor exception, was against the
Brewery Workers’ Union.
A resolution to do away with the
Washington lobby was Voted down aft
er the Socialistic delegates had made
speeches in favor of its passage. The
Socialists were opposed on the floor
by President Gompers. The latter bit
terly denounced the Socialists for what
he termed their "sneering tirades.”
The Report Denied.
New York, Nov. 26.—An attempt was
made to communicate with the chief
of police at Nyack to-night.
The Associated Press was informed
on the telephone from the chief's house
that Detective Judge had been there,
but no information was available as
to the whereabouts of Smith.
Assistant District Attorney Garvin
said -that so far as he knew, the re
port that Smith had been arrested was
untrue.
Negro Shot Another.
Tallahassee, Fla., Nov. 25.—0n
Thanksgiving Day afternoon, while out
hunting, four miles west of Tallahas
see, Abern Miller idiot and killed An
der Albert. Both parties were negro
boys. Abner Miller is In Jail here.
He claims that the shooting was ac
cidental, but the authorities are not
certain and the affair Is being Investi
gated.
Treaty to Settle It.
Washington, Nov. 25.—News has
reached here of the signing of a treaty
between Peru and Brazil, looking to
the peaceful settlement of the bound
ary disputes between the two nations
and the adjustment of claims arising
out of the boundary line disputes.
THEY FAVORED SUBSIDIES
FOR THE MERCHANT MARINE
Speakers Were Heard by the Joint Commission
at Washington.
Washington, Nov. 25. —The Merchant
Marine Commission, composed of five
representatives of each house of Con
gress, resumed its session to-day. The
Navy Department was represented by
Secretary Morton, Capt. Ushur, Capt.
Alfred T. Mahan (retired); Rear Ad
miral Stephen B. Luce, (retired), and
Rear Admiral P. F. Harrington, com
mandant of the navy yard at Nor
folk. Representing the Postofflce De
partment was W. S. Shallenberger,
second assistant postmaster general.
Representative Parker of New Jer
sey epoke briefly, contending that in
order to get Americans to go to sea,
better wages must be offered, and that
there should be a graded service with
promotion.
Secretary Morton followed. His view
of the relation of the government to
the merchant marine in the foreign
trade was that it was simply a ques
tion of competition. It will be neces
sary, he declared, to In some way rec
ognize the mail contracts, the subsi
dies, the bonuses and the premiums of
Germany, England and other coun
tries. The American owner of sea-go
ing craft and the American sailor, he
said, must be given equality in all re
spects, if they are not to be handi
capped by foreign competition.
Admiral Luce favored subsidies as a
means of building up the merchant ma
rine.
Capt. Mahan said that American
shipping should be encouraged to come
Into existence and to compete with the
carrying trade of the world. He sug
gested that one way to form the nu-
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BAPTISTS CLOSED
THEIR CONVENTION
MUCH WORK WAS DONE.
SOME IMPORTANT RESULTS OF THE
COLUMBUS GATHERING.
Next Year the Convention Will Meet
In Macon-President Pollock ol
Mercer University I* Given K
Year's Vacation—Prof. Kilpatrick
Will Have Hi* Place Daring Presi
dent Pollock’s Absence—Pollock
Hasn’t Resigned.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 25.—The Geor
gia Baptist Convention came to an
end late this afternoon, after a four
days’ session, In which the Baptists
increased largely their contributions to
the causes for foreign missions and
education, took under their direct
charge the Hapevllle Orphanage and
agreed to spend $30,000 In improve
ments there; took high ground in con
demning the twin evils of crime and
lynching, and declared their “undying
antagonism” to the whisky traffic.
The convention will meet next at Ma
con, on the Thursday before the third
Sunday in November, 1905.
Rev. A. B. Vaughan was selected to
preach the next convention sermon,
Rev. L. E. Roberts being the alter
nate.
President Jackson of Monroe College
announced that a South Georgian had
given $5,000 to the institution.
The education commission was in
structed to devise the wisest plans pos
sible for the raising of a fund of $5,-
000, over half of which will be applied
on the current expenses of Mercer Uni
versity.
The Mercer trustees reported that
President Pollock has been granted a
year’s leave of absence. In his ab
sence W. H. Kilpatrick Is in charge
of the work there. Prof. Kilpatrick's
work was praised by speakers. A re
port that Dr. Pollock had resigned the
presidency of Mercer Is incorrect. The
state of his health is such that he
has expressed to members of the board
of trustees doubts as to his ability to
serve the college any longer. If he
does resign the resignation will not
take effect until June.
Valentine Case Postponed.
Cincinnati, Nov. 25.—Joseph T. Val
entine, president of the Iron Molders’
Union of North America, was in the
Police Court to-day to answer to the
charge of aiding and abetting the ma
licious destruction of property. His
attorney demanded an immediate hear
ing and made caustic reference to the
detectives who have been instrumental
in causing the arrest of Valentine and
others in the Eureka Foundry dyna
miting case. The prosecution was not
ready and the hearing was set for
Monday next.
cleus of a large, trained naval service
would be to develop the foreign ship
ping trade and after that to reserve It
to Amerloan seamen.
Rear Admiral Harrington favored the
building of steel ships, and said that
the laws of the United States Bhould
be changed so as to permit the mer
chants of this country to run Ameri
can ships as cheap as foreign owners
can run them. Just as the controlling
principle iri the composition and con
struction of the American navy is de
termined by the constitution of foreign
fleets, he said. Just so in commercial
rivalry this country must abandon
means which have failed and seek new
implements which will meet the meas
ures of foreign competitors.
Capt. Usher, speaking for the bu
reau of navigation of the navy, said
that the Navy Department was not
disposed to suggest any plan which
looked to the encouragement of the
merchant marine through subsidies for
speed, mileage or mail-carrying vessels,
but was disposed to favor naval pre
m I urns upon ships to be built and
which fulfill certain requirements.
Eugene T. Chamberlain, commission
er of navigation, said that the Imposi
tion of discriminating duties would be
liable to result disastrously to Ihe
trade of this country through retalia
tory action by the countries affected.
Mr, Chamberlain said he favored the
granting of subsidies as a proposition
of national defense.
Mr. Hhallenberger did not believe a
mall service act alone would benefit
more than a limited portion of the
American shipping. There must he
some legislative action which will give
this country the selection of at least
one line of steamers to each of the
principal ports of the world.
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
Reported to Have Been Acquired by
Union Partite.
Chicago, Nov. 25.—The Post says:
The report that the Union Pacific
has purchased the Chicago Great West
ern road was reiterated this afternoon
with such poßttlveness and circumstan
tial evidence in Its favor that it re
ceived general acceptance.
The deal, which has been pending for
some time, was said to have been
closed, and the Chicago Great Western
will shortly lose its identity as an In
dependent road, and either be wholly
absorbed by ilia Union Pacific Itself,
or distributed piecemeal among the
Western connections of that system.
CATHOLIC CHURCH BURNS.
Altar Was Presented by Mrs, Marga
ret Plant.
Branford, Conn., Nov. 25. —9t.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church, one
of the most costly in the state, and
which was dedicated less than a year
ago, was totally destroyed by fire to
night, and the loss Is estimated at $90,-
000. Of the magnificent structure noth
ing remains but four walls.
The altar, given by Mrs. Margnret
Plant, widow of Henry B. Plant, and
doubtless one of the finest In New Eng
land, is now a pile of ashes.
STEAMER FITZWILLIAM
GIVEN UP AS LOST.
London, Nov. 26.—The steamer Flts
wUllam, with a cargo of oil, has been
given up for lost. She left Liverpool
on Oct. 29 for Gothenburg, Sweden,
and no vestige of her has been seen
since.
There is a theory that the Fitzwll
liam was sunk in the North sea by a
Russian shell about Nov. 2, when, ac
cording to rumors, a vessel was thus
sunk. She is a vessel of 150 tons and
is owned in England.
Fault of the J nil tic.
London, Nov. 25.—The report of the
committee of inquiry in the case of
Adolf Beck, who for the crimes of
William Thomas, alias John Smith,
served a term of five years' imprison
ment in England on the charge of ob
taining money and jewels from wom
en under false pretenses, places prac
tically the entire blame for the miscar
riage of Justice upon the Judge, Sir
Forrest Fulton, who excluded from
Beck’s trial in 1896 all evidence favor
able to the accused and who refused
to state a case for the consideration
of a higher court. The committee finds
that tf the matter could have been
brought before a higher court a flaw in
the proceedings must have been dis
covered and the conviction have been
quashed.
Fool ni St. Louis.
St. Louis, Nov. 25.—At the end of
the second block of 200 points In the
600 point challenge match for the pool
championship of the world, played here
to-night, Alfredo I'JeOro of New York,
the holder of the title, again ran away
from the challenger, Thomas Hueston
of St. Lulls, dpfeating i him 200 to 179.
The total score was, DeOro, 412; Hues
ton, 326.
Football Killed Thirteen.
Chicago, Nov. 25.—The Record Her
ald to-day says:
Thirteen deaths have resulted from
football this season. The casualty list
is the same as lost year, but the num
ber of serious injuries during the sea
son Just closed will exceed that o(
any year since the introduction of mod
ern college sport. The pfayers injur
ed number 296.
Schooner In Distress.
New York, Nov. 26.—Late yesterday
a two-masted schooner, flying signals
of distress, anchored two miles west
of Fire Island. The life savers from
the Fire Island station went out to
the vessel, but up to 2 o’clock this
morning they had not returned.
Potato Crop Failed.
London, Nov. 25. —The failure of the
potato crop is causing grdat distress
and suffering among the peasantry of
Connemara. Reports from various dis
tricts of the Ireland state that the
pinch of hunger is already severely felt,
especially on the Mayo seaboard.
Gott'li Threw Rogers.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 25.—Frank
Gotch of Humboldt, la., the American
wrestling champion, to-night easily de
feated Charles (Yankee) Rogers, the
New England giant, winning two falls.
RUSSIANAND THE CHOLERA.
From Andrew D. White In the Cen
tury.
A peculiar duty during my last stay
in St. Petersburg was to watch the ap
proach of cholera, especially on the
Persian frontier. Admirable precau
tions had been taken for securing tele
graphic information, and every day 1
received notices from the Foreign Of
fice as to the result, which I com
municated to Washington. For ages
Russia had relied on fetish Isms of va
rious kinds to preserve her from epi
demics, but at lost her leading officials
had come to realize the necessity of
applying modern science to the prob
lem, and they did this well. In the
city “sanitary columns" were estab
lished, made up of small squads of
officials representing the medical and
engineering professions and the po
lice. These visited every nook and
corner of the city, and, having extra
ordinary powers for the emergency,
compelled even the most dirty of the
population to keep their premises clean.
Excellent hospitals and laboratories
were established, and of these I learn
ed much from a former Cornell stu
dent who held an Important position In
one of them. Coming to town three or
four times a week from my summer
cottage In Finland, I was struck by
the precautions on the Finnish and
other railways; notices of what was to
be done to prevent cholera and to
meet It In case It appeared were post
ed everywhere In six different lan
guages; disinfectants were made ac
cessible everywhere; the seats and
hangings in the railway cars were cov
ered with leather cloth frequently
washed with disinfectants; and to the
main trains a hospital car was at
tached, while a temporary hospital,
well equipped, was established at each
main station. In spite of this the
number In the cholera hospitals at St.
Petersburg In the middle of July rose
to a very high figure, and the number
of deaths each day from cholera was
about 100.
Of these victims the most eminent
was Tschaltkovsky, the composer, a
man of genius and a most charming
character, to (whom Mr. Andrew Car
negie had Introduced me at New York.
One evening, at a dinner party, he
poured out a goblet of water from a
decanter on the table, drank It down,
and the next day he was dead. But
with this exception the patients were,
so far as I learned, almost entirely
front the peasant class. Although boil
ed water was supplied for drinking
purpose*, and some public-spirited in
dividuals went so far ns to set out
samovars and ths means of supply
ing hot tea to peasant workmen, the
answer of one of the mushiks when
told that he ought to drink boiled water
Indicated the pessant view: "If God
had wished us to drink hot water hi
would have healed the Neva."
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CZAR RECEIVED
THE ZEMSTVOISTS
AND HEARD THEIR PLANS.
BENT AUGURIES ARE DRAWN FROM
HIS ATTITUDE.
Const Kill inns I Government May Yet
Be in Store for Hussla—lt Is Said
Nicholas Was Onatly Impressed
by the Ideas Laid Before Him by
the Delegation—Si. Petersburg is
Deeply Interested in the Prospect,
St. Petersburg, Nov. 26, 2:50 a. m.—
The unexpected may happen after all.
The meeting of tho Zemstvoists “First
Russian Congress,” as It is now naUed,
may, Indeed, work the inauguration of
anew era for Russia. (Emperor Nicho
las, the Initiator of the plan for uni
versal disarmament, may turn his back
upon the reactionaries and crown his
reign by granting to his subjects the
constitution which his grandfather had
already prepared when he fell by the
hand of an assassin.
The basis of such a possibility is the
significant fact that Hate yesterday aft
ernoon the Emperor received at the
palace at Tsarkoe Selo M. Shipoff of
Moscow, M. Petrunkeivlteh of Tever,
M. Rodzlanko of Hkaterlnnoslav and
Count Helden, four prominent members
of the Zemstvo congress, and listened
at length to their views.
It develops that when Minister of
the Interior ftviatopolk-Mlraky pre
sented the Zemstvo memorial and res
olutions on Nov. 24 the Emperor was
so deeply Impressed as well by the
contents of the documents as by tho
character of the signers, that he im
mediately expressed the desire to per
sonally receive a deputation of four.
The Zemstvoists, therefore, went to
Tsarskoe. Selo by Imperial command.
At their audience, it is understood, they
explained fully their position and re
iterated the views expressed by the
memorial that the salvation of the em
pire from ruin by revolution lay in the
adoption of the general Ideas expressed
In the memorial.
The Emperor was greatly impressed
by what he heard and asked many
questions. While it is understood that
he gave no Indication of his purposes
except the sympathy he displayed, the
deputation when they returned to St.
Petersburg were in high spirits.
The news that the delegation had
been given an audience by the Empe
ror spread like wild fire through the
city to-night, and created a tremend
ous sensation, rejoicing among liberals
and amazement among the uncom
promising supporters of th old re
gime.
TOLD EMPEROWTHERE
WAS NO MIDDLEGROUND.
Venerable Proonror General Advised
Csar Nicholas.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 25.—The Asso
ciated Press correspondent to-day saw
M. Pobedonostzeff, procurer general of
the Holy Synod, who is credited with
having informed the Emperor, in con
nection with the presentation of ths
Zemstvo memorial to his majesty, that
no mlddleground is possible at tho
present moment.
This remarkable man who has exer
cised so much influence In the councils
of the empire is now a mere shadow,
almost four score, and his tall, with
ered form seems bowed beneath the
weight of his finely chiseled, dome-Uke
head. Nevertheless, fire still smoul
ders In the sunken caverns of his gray
eyes. An impression of wonderful
virility still clings to the ghost-like fig
ure. Hs to-day received the corre
spondent of the Associated Press In a
kindly manner, but absolutely declined
to discuss the Zemstvo movement.
*T am an old man," he said. "Lit
tle time yet remains, but the days and
thoughts still granted me are conse
crated to church affairs. The world
concerns me no longer."
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