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VOL. VIII. NO. 20.
JAPS TAKE MUKDEN
Russians are Driven From
the City an 1 Mikadp’s*
Forces Now in Full
• Possession.
KUROPATKIN STILL RUNNING
Russian General Making Desperate Ef¬
forts to -Escape Being Surrounded,
Precipitate Retreat in Full
8wing Toward Tie Pass.
SfiSkden is now in tho hands of the
Japanese and Fieid Marshal Oyama’s
first great objective has been accom
plished after a prolonged and desper
ale battle. A single terse sentence
from Tokio saying that tho Japanese
entered the ancient capital at 10
o'clock Friday and a confirmation die-
patch from Yinkow, wag the extent
of the information.
Kuropatkin is in full retreat, but the
fate of his army is still in doubt.
With Tie Pass his point of refuge, he
is endeavoring to extricate hiB forces,
but from the meager information in
Friday's dispatches it is apparent that
his position is extremely critical. Be-
•hind the Japanese screen that has
been gradually thrown to the west
and north of Mukden, columns of in¬
fantry and guns are reported to be
moving northward.
The Russians have been driven from
their positions, and now are rushing
northward towards Tie Pass, around
which are high hills which were pre¬
pared for defenses after the battle of
Liao Yang in September.
That the Russians have lost many
guns and large quantities of ammunl
tion and supplies is certain. Inmicnt- ■
stores, it seems certain, have been de
sti-oyed. The Japanese have not yet
reported the capture of guns, but it
seems hardly likely that Kuropatkin
could have removed ali of his artil¬
lery.
The result of Oyama's great turning
movement is said to depend on Gen¬
eral Kawamura's army, which is sup
posed to be moving from the east to
ward Kuropatkin’s line of retreat.
Should he reach the military road,
which runs almost in a direct lin >
from Fushun to Tie Pass, before th“
passage of the Russian army, the cir¬
cle will be complete, as Nogi’s guns
airefldy command the railway and
should soon control the Mandarin road
which is a short distance cast of the
railway and runs parallel with it.
Even cl. lid Kuropatkin extricate
his army, it is believed in some Eu¬
ropean capliais that peace will fol
low this latest Japanese victory. The
calling to St. Petersburg of Mr. Is
woisky, Russian minister to Denmark,
who formerly was In TokTo, is regard¬
ed as significant.
The losses in the operations preced¬
ing the battle proper must have
reached enormous proportions, but up
to t*e present neither side has a -
tmpSed an estimate. They will ex¬
ceed the Shakhe losses, in which the
Russians alone lost in killed, wound
ed and missing 67,000 men. Field Mar¬
shal Oyama arranged his attack so
that the Chinese city of MuRden
should not come within the range ot
battle, rather an easy task, as the Rus
sians had no positions immediately
around the city, as was the case at
Liao Yang, and the Russian town is
two miles from the outer walls of
the old city.
Oyama's Telegram.
A Tokio special says: Field Marshal
Oyama telegraphs as follows, under
Friday’s date: “We occupied Mukden
at 10 o’clock this morning. Our sur¬
rounding movement, in which we have
been engaged for some days past, has
now completely succeeded. The fieri
est fighting at several places in the
vicinity of Mukden took place.
"We captured a great number of
prisoners, enormous quantities
arms, ammunition, provisions and oth
er war supplies. There is at
ent no time to investigate the num¬
ber of these.”
General Kuropatkin sent the fol¬
lowing dispatch to Ernperor Nicholas,
under Friday's date: "Last night be
gan the retreat of all our armies. Dur¬
ing the night there was no
but a heavy cannonade.”
In the above eight words the
est defeat in the history of the
Eastern war was made known in
Petersburg. This brief message
flung ovei the streets in
extras, and it was passed from
) BATE FUNERAL IN SENATE
Impressive Services Held in Upper
House Over Remains of Dead
Tennessee Senator.
A Washington special says: The
funeral services for William B. Bate
of Tennessee were held in the senate
chamber Friday afternoon.
The president of the United States,
the members of- his cabinet, the chief
justice and associate justices of the
supreme court, the diplomatic corps,
| members of the house of represents
tivea who are in the city and repre¬
sentations of the army were present
and occupied seats in the chamber.
The Body of the late senator was
brought from the Ebbitt house to the
capitol at 1:45 p. m.. and was met
by the committee of. escort at the
bronze door of the seriate wing. The
committee formed in open rank and
after the remains had passed througn
followed to the senate chamber.
An exception was made to the sen
ate rule adopted recently excluding
flowers from the chamber. The desk
of the "secretary and clerks of the
senate was completely covered with
beautiful offerings, mostly of roses,
carnations, , Hyacinths and violets.
When the casket was brought in it
was accompanied by a number of im¬
mense floral tributes which were plac
ed on the casket.
Tho galleries >were crowded and
extra seats had been placed on the
floor, some of them being occupied b.v
members of the house.
The ceremony was begun at. 2:03
p. m., when Vice President Fairbanks
rapped for order. The officiating cler
gy, Chaplain Hale of the senate, Dr.
Samuel H. Green, pastor or the Calva¬
ry Baptist -church, and Dr. J. F. Pret-
tyman of the Mount Vernon Square
Methodist church, South, took seats
at the .secretary’s desk.
After all were seated Dr. Greene
read a passage from the Bible and
Dr. Prettyman delivered the funeral
address.
. Paying a high tribute to the char¬
acter of Senator Bate, Dr. Prettyman
eulogized the-record the deceased
had made i,_. the service of his coun¬
try in statesmanship and in the Mex-
.can war. „ He praised , . the ., gallant ,, ,
fighting qualities displayed by the sen-
ator In that later conflict, the civil
war in which he served the confeder
acy. The address was brief, eonsum-
ing not over seven minutes.
Th e eervices were closed with pray-
er by Dr. Charles Hale, closing with
the Ixird’s Prayer, in which all joined.
Dr. Hale read an announcement to
! j the effect that all who cared to ac-
company the remains to Nashville,
Tenn.. for the funeral would be ac-
| j commodated on a special train over
the Southern railway, which would
leave Washington at 8 p. m.
Senator Carmack Then escorted Mrs.
Bate and other members of the family
from the chamber. President Roose¬
velt and his cabinet, the supreme
court, diplomatic corps and other
guests retired, and on motion of Sen¬
ator Allison, the senate at 2:30 ad
journed until Monday.
The remains iay in the closed sen¬
ate chamber until 7 p. m., when they
were taken to the special train for
Nashville. The members of the sen¬
ate who went to Nashville are
Messrs. Carmack, Proctor Ddniel, Pet-
t.us, Scott and Overman.
Only three members of the Ten¬
nessee delegation in the house of
represen'atives were in the city,
Messrs. Sims. Brownlow and Gaines.
They accompanied the family to Ten¬
nessee.
to mouth. Two thoughts formed in¬
stantly in the minds of every one,
and two words on every Up: “Sur¬
render-peace!” the former dreaded,
the latter hoped for.
General Kuropatkin is no maker oi
phrases; his words never are quoted
like the famous “All is lost save hor-
or,” but his laconic message hides
more than probably any two other
sentences in the literature of war
News addens Russia.
A St. Petersburg special says: The
dispatches of the Associated Press
from Tokio and Yinkow announcing
that M-ukden had fallen arid that the
Japanese captured thousands of pris
oners and enormous quantities of
stores and guns only confirm the
worst fears entertained here, the dis¬
patches received here last night hav¬
ing shown that the trap was sprung.
The announcement furnished a mis-
j erable end to the Russian carnival
wee1T. Friday being a holiday, the
j war office was closed to the public,
hundreds of people in quest of news
besieging the doors in vain. Inside the
gloom was Intense. Officers stool
around discussing the catastrophe
seemingly without a ray of hope.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
HOMERVLLLE. GA., FRIDAY. MARCH IT, 1905.
cAssiE founCguilty.
Decides Against Mrs. Chadwick
on Trial fob Conspiracy—Prisoner
Collapses and Goes Into Hysterics.
In court at Cleveland, Ohio, Satur¬
day night, Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick
was found guilty of conspiracy to de¬
fraud the United States by conspiring
procure the certiiication of checks
a national bank, when there were
no funds in the bank to her credit.
She was found guilty on every count
the indictment upon which the jury
was at liberty to judge her—-seven fn
all.
The original indictment contained
sixteen counts. Two of these were
ruled out during the trial by Judge
Tayler, and of the remaining fourteen,
one half c harged her with securing the
of checks without having
the- proper entries made upon the
hi voles of the bank.
Judge Tayler in his charge directed
the jury to disregard these counts
and consider only the remaining sev¬
en, whicn related to the certification
with no funds on deposit. On all of
these the jury found against her.
Under the law she can be lined on
each count not more than $10,000 or
imprisonment more than two years on
each .count, or she may be fined a
maximum of $10,000 and also impris¬
oned for two years on each count. The
jury reached a verdict, in two hours,
but it was not. read until 8:33 o'clock
at night..
Ponding application for a new trial
sentence was suspended. While being
taken from the courtroom Mrs. Chad-
wick’s composure deserted her utter*
ly. She violently threw off the arm
of Deputy Marshal Clobltz, and that
of her son, exclaiming:
"Let me go. Oh! my God, let me
go!” She tottered in weakness and
Clobitz, together with Deputy Mar¬
shal Minder, stepped quickly to her
side.
“I’m not guilty,” she exclaimed, and
then with all the energy gone from
her voice, she moaned again and
again.
“Oh, let me go, let me go. I’m not
guilty, I tell you. Let. me go.”
Suddenly she fell against Judge
Wing. He caught her by tihe shoul¬
ders and kept her from falling until
Deputy Marshal Minder came up on
the other side. Together the two men
lifted her bodily and bore her into
th( , elevator whicll descended one
floor and she was taken, half walking
an( , hn)f ( . arrle d, into the office of
United States Marshal Chandler and
placed upon a sofa. An attack of hys¬
terics followed that lasted fully fif-
teen nl j n „tes, her sobs and cries be¬
ing distinctly audible in the hall out-
side.
j n speaking of the verdict of the
j nry j. }>. Dawley, Mrs. Chadwick’s
senior counsel, said that the verdict
W as not according to the terms of the
indictment and that the case would
be taken to the court of appeals at
Cincinnati as soon as possible.
KUROPATKIN ASSUMES BLAME.
Say 8 Defeat of Russian Armies in Man-
churia is Ail His Fault.
Genera] Kuropatkin has telegraphed
Emperor Nicholas assuming himself
all the responsibility for his defeat,
making no excuses except that the
strength of the Japanese was miscac
ciliated, and refusing to place any o
the blannj upon the council oi genera s
upon whose advice he determined to
sive battle. 1 his manly course ant
<ho general’s personal exertions in cl -
reeling the retreat will tow ever, art
ly save him. His reputa ion as a
fensive strategist as K° n e, - ■
the emperor’s military advisers know , nv
not w lere o oo< or a
.
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BODY CAUGHT ON FISH HOOK.
Remains of Fireman Bates Fihally Re¬
covered from the Chattahoochee.
The body of Fireman Bates, who
was on the ill-fated locomotive that
plunged into the Chattahoochee river
at: the Central railroad drawbridge
near Columbia, Ala., twenty days ago,
was found Saturday night, having been
caught upon a set-hook placed in the
river by negro fishermen, The other
bodies are still missing.
BODY OF BATE IN NASHVILLE.
Remains of Dead Senator Lay In State
and Viewed by Many Thousands-
Under the shot-rent, powder-stained
battle flag of the Second Tennessee
Confederate regiment, which he led
at Chickanrauga,, and with the Stars
and Stripes floating at half mast from
the dome of the capitol building, the
remains’of United States Senator Bate
lay in state at Nashville Sunday
Twenty-five thousand people, it is es-
t!mated viewed the remains and other
thousands were massed about fhe
bujl(]ing awa iting their turn, when the
(jo(Jrg were c]ose d for the night,
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APPALLING PLAGUE I
Bubonic is Slaying Its Thous¬
ands in India.
HORRIBLE STORY IS TOLD
Within On e Week 34,000 Persons Suc¬
cumbed to Ravages of Dread Pesti¬
lence — Desperate Efforts to
Check Its Spread.
Advices from Calcutta, India, state
that the deaths from the plague last
week numbered 34.000. Statistics show
that the deaths from bubonic plague in
India within a few years reach near¬
ly 3,000,000.' In 3.903 the mortality
_
In India from the plague alone was
860,000. The number of deaths re¬
corded last week, while extraordinary,
is not unprecedented.
The infection recently spread to Btp.
mah, where it. is making rapid strides.
This season of the year always favors
its spread. The Indian government is
making every effort to eradicate the
disease, destroying by burning whole
sections of towns and segregating the
inhabitants. That owing to the cli¬
mate and the sanitary conditions of
the outlying districts and native see
tions of the towns it is difficult to
cope with the epidemic which breaks
out continually at fresh points, The
deaths are said to bo 90 per cent of
those infected. As a result of the
plague the labor supply for the man¬
ufacturing centers has seriously depre¬
ciated. So long has the plague exist
ed in India that the native population
regard it callously.
The Lancet recently aiftioun-ced the
probable appointment of a commission
composed of scientific investigators,
who will assist the plague department
of India in the work of eradication.
Since the outbreak at Bombay in 1894
that town lias not been free from tin
plague, which has ravaged the entire
presidency and is gradually spreading
throughout India. Its victims are chief¬
ly natives.
VARDAMAN AFTER VAGRANTS.
Mississippi Governor Issues Open Let.
ter to Peace Officers of the State.
Governor Vardaman of Mississippi
addressed a long, open letter to the
peace officers of the state in which
he starts out with the proposition that
the white people of the state are con¬
fronted with a grave problem, taking
as his text the recent assault caso
in Jackson. He says that what oc¬
curred in the capital city is liable to
occur in any city or town in the state
and he calls on the officers of the law
t« enforce the vagrancy laws of the
state. Among other things he says:
“Much has been said about closing
t]l0 ^ bopo j n the face of the
black man,” unless the officers of the
law do their full duty in suppressing
^ increasing criminal tendency of
fhe negro p i 0O ks to me like the prob*
a t>jiity is that the door of hope will
be cIosed j n tfi e face of the white man.
j wa nt the law enforced. I want tin
pro t e cted in his enjoyment ol
liberty, the product of his labor
t be pursuit of happiness. I want
tho mob flp , rlt dlscmiragfid in every
anj the only way to do it is to
enforce vigorously the law against va-
grants particularly, and all criminals
^ ^ ^ (f ^ ^ be (]one
i f ee ] sa f e j n saying that crime among
tbe negroes in the state of Mississippi
for the year 1905 will decrease 75 per
per cent,
“Officers of Mississippi, I expect you
to do your duty. The peace and order
of your / aspect,ive communities have
been committed to your keeping. !*iost
of the crimes that have been commit¬
ted by negroes upon white women
are traceable to your neglect of duty.
The governor concludes by saying
that he has to hear of the first negro
who makes his living by honest toil
being guilty of this crime.
MEYER TO PUT ON STYLE.
United States Ambassador Leases Pal-
ace at St. Petersburg.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says: Geo.
Von L. Meyer has leased the famous
Kleinmichael palace for his term as
American ambassador here. It. is an
imposing structure lying on a fashion¬
able thoroughfare, near the French and
other embassies.
Its interior is one of the most gor
geous in St. Petersburg. It was oc-
cupjed for several years by Prince
Pio the Spanish ambassador, but for
some years has .been unoccupied.
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CHARGES AGAINST LIDDON.
Florida Ex-Chief Justice Called Upon
to Face Disbarment Proceedings.
Proceedings for disbarment have
been entered in the circuit court of
Jackson county. Fla., of which Mars-
arina is the county seat, against B. S.
Liddon, ex-chief justice of the state
of Florida, the proceedings being
brought by J. Walter ICchoe. state at¬
torney of the first judicial court.
There are three charges, the first
charging that Liddon has been guilty
of deceit and misconduct in ilia office
as attorney in the courts of the east
judicial •ireuit of Florida. The sec¬
ond that Liddon lias been guilty of
unprofessional cels which unfit, him
for association with fair and honor
able members of his profession, and
third that Liddon has been guilty of
dishonest conduct.
The charge was filed In office
Clerk W. N. McRae of the circuit
court, of Florida, the 8th of March
News of disbarment has created pro
found aensation
ENORMOUS LEGAL FEES.
Three Lawyers for Indians
Sum of $750,000 for Services.
The secretary of the treasury
issued a warrant for $750,000 in
of Mansfield, McMurray and
lawyers residing in the Indian
tory, as foes for services rendered
them to the Choctaw and
Indians. The secretary of the
rior declined to approve the claim on
the ground that it is excessive. Coo
gress, however, directed the
on the showing that it was regular
in accordance with the contract
the Indians.
GREAT JUBILATION IN TOKIO.
j j aps Rejoice at Many Victories Be
ing Won in Manchuria.
Although the actual success gained
by Field Marsha) Oyama’s army is
unknown, Tokio already is celebrating
the victory.
Flags are going up all over the city
and crowds are on the streets. Crowds
j are buying the extra editions of the
tor-ai papers, and congratulations are
pouring into the office of the minister
| of war and to the army staff head¬
quarters.
| London Truth asserts that “now, for
j the first time in centuries, Englahd
1 possesses, in Sir Edward Elgar, at
! least, one composer of inti rnat.ional
j repute.”
FOR GREATER NAVY.
Bill Carrying $100,300,000 Appropria¬
tion Passed In Senate.
The senate Monday passed the naval
hill carrying a total appropriation oi
$100,300,000. The bill was discussed
pro and con by many senators.
Mr. Gorman, discussing the propos¬
ed increase of the appropriation for
the marine corps, declared there could
be no excuse for such an increase
in times of profound peace.
JAIL BREAK THAT FAILED.
Sixteen Prisoners at Hot Springs
Stopped in Flight by Cold Lead.
Sixteen prisoners made a desperate
dash for liberty from the jail at Hot
Springs, Ark,, Sunday morning. One
of them, Silas Love, was shot dead.
The others were all captured in a short
while after the outbreak. Among tho
prisoners attempting To regain their
freedom was Houston Hooker, under
death sentence for murder.
IN HONOR OF SENATOR BATE.
Both Houses of Tennessee Legislature
and Supreme Court Adjourn.
Roth houses of the Tennessee gen¬
eral assembly took appropriate action
Thursday morning on the death of Sen¬
ator Bate and adjourned until after
the funeral out of respect to his mem¬
ory.
The eupreme court of Tennessee also
adjourned.
WOULD BE FINAL BLOW.
8t. Petersburg Hears That Russian
Center Has Been Broken.
A very specific report is circulating
in exeeadlngly well informed quarters
at St. Petersburg that the tide of bat
tie has gone badly with General Kuro-
patkin; that the Russian center is
broken and that thirteen heavy siege
guns have been lost. If this ik true, it
is pointed out, the battle is lost.
EARLY SURRENDER PROBABLE.
Report That Tie Pass is in Hands of
Japs and Russians Are Doomed.
It is reported that Tie Pass has
been invested by (he Japanese and that
General Kuropatkin, having no alter¬
native, will probably be forced to sur¬
render within a week.
In the lobby of the house of com¬
mons at Ixmdon Thursday night i: was
reported that General Kuropatkin had
asked for an armistice, but the report
could not be traced to any reliable
source.