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VOL. VIII. NO. 22.
MORE PEACE TALK
Pacification Party in Russia
Claim Victory.
OVERTURES ARE COMING
Advices from Zone of Hostilities in
Manchuria Reveal That Russians
Are in Worse Plight and in
More Danger Than Ever.
A St. Petersburg special says: "The
ministers and supporters of the court
who advocate the submission of pa¬
cific proposals to Japan, as previously-
set forth in these dispatches, so as
to ascertain whether an honorable
basts of peace is possible, believe
they have carried the day, and the
Associated Press hears on high au¬
thority that an actual step is immi¬
nent if not already taken.’’
Washington Not Surprised.
The sudden growth of the sentiment
in Russian official circles in favor of
peace is not at all surprising to the
officials in Washington, because it is
In line with the predictions of the
American embassy in St. Petersburg
when last heard from on this sub¬
ject. In fact, jt was gathered that
the real obstacles in the way of bring¬
ing negotiations to this end was to
be found rather in the jealousies of
European power* outside of Russia
than in the czar'e own court.
There have for some time been sub¬
stantial evidence that by the execu¬
tion of quiet pressure from the out¬
side upon the St. Petersburg govern¬
ment it might be induced to break
the deadlock in the situation, which
results from the reluctance of each
belligerent as a matter of pride to
making the first overtures for peace.
But just at this point the efforts of
the real friends of peace are said to
have been negatived by the fear of
eom e of the European powers that
• their interests niitffit suffer in a set¬
tlement which they did not them
selves arrange. There Is reason to
believe now, however, that the grea’
financial case of ion don, Berlin and
Paris, looking to their own salvation,
end the security of their enormous
Russian loans, have risen above na¬
tional lines, and that to the exertion
of their powerful influence is due the
present promise of peace in the near
future.
Rusoian* Keep Moving.
Advices from the seat of war in
Manchuria state that the Japanese are
following the Russian rear guard,
which is moving north from Santou-
pou at the rate of 8 1-2 miles a day.
On both flanks the Japanese are op
orating a wide turning movement, but
the strength of the flanking forces has
not been definitely ascertained.
At a number of places along the
railroad between Santoupou and Gun
shue Pass there are broken hills with
steep sides and gorges at the bot¬
tom where stubborn resistance might
be made, but it is doubtful whether
General Linevitch will make a stand
before h e reaches the Sungari rivet
end Chantchiatu.
Unless he is able to hold the line
of the river, the Russian position will
be so weak that Linevitch may be
compelled to retire back of Harbin
into Siberia, owing to ths fact that as
they approach Harbin the Russian
front parallels the railroad, fearing
the danger of the severance of the
sole line of communication.
While the army is still far from
Siberia and with the Chinese eastern
railroad behind it in perpenflioular
front, the danger to the Siberian rail¬
road is only from raiding parties and
Chinese bandits and the comparative¬
ly few railroad guards are only suffi
cient to protect bridges. But once the
army falls hack behind the Sungati
river communication with the far
away base will be terribly jeopardized,
not by the small number of thd guard,
but by the army which will he requir¬
ed to protect the railroad,
The prospect of the isolation of
Viadivostock must also be met, and
It Is urgently necessary to supply the
garrison with guns and ammunition.
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TO TAk REFRIGERATOR CARS.
Attorney General of Arkansas Brings
Suit Against Packing Companies.
and the St.. Louis Refrigerator Compa-
ny to recover back taxes on private
cars used in the state on an approxi-
mate valuation of a miiiion dollars.
It is estimated that suits will be in
etituted agains’ other companies that
during in e past ten years, which have
not been taxed.
HOMERVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY. MARCH 31. 1905.
RUSSIA’S BAD LUCK.
Army Organ Lays Bare the Enormous
Losses Sustained In War.
Stung by the wholesale criticism
lately heaped upon the war office for
its unprepareduess and incapacity in
providing the Manchurian army wuh
men, guns and munitions, the Russian
army organ lays bare what has been
done since the opening of hostilities,
giving the exact figures. From these
it appears that up to March 12 the
war office has dispatched 13,087 offi¬
cers, 761,457 men, 146,408 horses, 1,521
guns and 716,321 tons of munitions
and supplies to the front, declaring
the transportation strained the Si-
beiian railroad to its utmost capac-
ity.
It is denied that the war office was
deceived in regard to the available
strength of the Japanese army or the
organization of the Japanese reserves,
but the army organ frankly admits
that the talents of the officers and the
wonderful spirit of the soldiers were
miscalculated.
The publication of this article has
created a sensation among military
men in public circles, many of the
former censuring the general staff
for disclosing valuable military se¬
crets, and the latter finding from the
figures a practical admission that the
war has cost half a million men in
killed, wounded, prisoners and sick,
as the whole force in the Far East
is now believed not to exceed 300,000
men.
BODY OF MRS. STANFORD BURIED
Thousands of People Pay Her Tribute
in Attendance Upon Funeral Rites.
The body of the late Mrs. Jane
Stanford, who recently died at Hon¬
olulu, was laid to rest Saturday in
the Stanford mausoleum, between the
bodies of her husband and her son,
near the institution of learning that
bears their name.
Simple ceremonies were held in the
Memorial church erected in memory
of her husband. Tile church was filled
with thousands of people from nil over
the state. Between 4,000 and 5,000 fol¬
lowed the body from Memorial church
to the mausoleum. Fifteen hundred
undergraduates formed the main body
of the column, in addition, there was
nearly five hundred faculty members
and as many alumnae.
AGAINST RETURN OF FLAG.
Wisconsin Blue Veteran* Anxious to
Hold Alabama Trophy.
The lower house of the Wisconsin
legislature Saturday deferred action on
the joint resolution passed in tie sen¬
ate to return to Alabama the battle
flag of the First Alabama regiment.
The action was a result of a protest
by survivors of the fifteenth Wisconsin
regiment.
A new resolution will be adopted
provided for the return of the trophy
providing the state Grand Army of the
Republic encampment, to be held m
La Crosse in June, sanctions the ac-
tion to give back the flag.
BEARS ARE INVESTIGATING.
Send Out Men to Watch Work of the
Southern Cotton Association.
Prominent cotton firms of New
York, on both the bear and bull side
of the market have had represent a-
tives traveling all over the south
during the past few weeks to aacer-
bain what work the Southern Cotton
Association is doing, and if the farm-
ers are really going to reduce the
acreage. Even the hear firms’ men
have had to admit that the acreage
and the fertilizers are going to be
reduced, and these reports have been
forwarded on in a large number of
instances to the headquarters of th >
firms in New York.
FALLING off IN revenue.
The Internal Receipts for February
Amounted to $16,865,546.
The monthly statement of the col¬
lections of internal revenue shows that
for the month of February, 1905, the
total receipts amounted to $>6,865,-
546 which is a decrease of $537,816
as ’compared with February, 1904.
RENFROE found guilty.
Aged Man Convicted by Jury for the
Murder of His Daughter.in-Law.
At Fayetteville, Ga., Thursday, Ste-
phen D. Renfroe was found guilty of
murder and recommended to th® mer
cy of the court, which means life im-
prisonment. An appeal for a new
trial was entered by his attorneys.
Colonel Renfroe was charged with
killing • his daugbter-in-law, as a >
StvS'l, ^ it <-,f a dfsnute over £ho a cabbesre pate
is about 76
years of age, and very feeble, reelin'
on an improvised bed in the cour
room most of the time.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY.
JUDGE LAIYIAR RESIGNS.
Vacancy Occurs in Georgia Supreme
Court, and is Filled by Appoint¬
ment of Judge Lumpkin*
Associate Justice Joseph R. Lam'at
of the Georgia state supreme court
tendered his resignation to Governor
Terrell Monday to take effect April
10 .
Almost immediately upon receiving
the resignation Governor Terrell ap¬
pointed Judge Joseph Henry Lump¬
kin, grandson of Georgia’s first chief
justice, Joseph Henry Lumpkin, and
present judge of the superior court
for the Atlanta circuit, to succeed
Justice Lamar upon the supreme court
bench.
Governor Terrell followed the ap-
pointment of Judge Lumpkin by ap¬
pointing Judge John T. Pendleton, a
well known Atlanta lawyer, formerly
city recorder and assistant city at¬
torney, as judge of the Atlanta cir¬
cuit.
The appointments both of Judge
Lumpkin and Judge Pendleton came
to them as complete surprises, the
governor having consulted neither of
them prior to reaching a decision.
But: Judge Lumpkin and Judge Pen¬
dleton will accept the appointments
tendered them, and will assume their
new duties of the respective offices
on April 10. when Judge Lamar leaves
the supreme court bench.
Justice Joseph R. Lamar has had
under consideration for some days the
question of tendering his resignation,
ibis reasons for leaving the supreme
court bench, where the most cordial
and delightful relations existed lid
tween himself and the other justices,
are purely personal, and he so stated
in his letter to Governor Terrell. It
is known, however, that he was prin¬
cipally prompted by family consider¬
ations, particularly by the health of
near members of his family. And,
loo, there has for sometime been a
desire on his part to resume those
home ties which were broken when
he was called away from his home
in Augusta to accept a position on
the supreme bench.
Justice Lamar was appointed by
Governor Terrel] to the supreme bench
upon the resignation of Justice Wil¬
liam A. Little of Columbus, January
1, 1903. He served two years under
this appointment, and last October was
elected by vote of the people, with¬
out opposition to succeed himself for
a term of six years.
NO BAIL FOR FEUDISTS.
Judge Hargis and Pals Turned Down
in Kentucky Court.
A dispatch from Lexington, Ky.,
says: Judge James Hargis; his neph¬
ew, Elbert Hargis, and Sheriff Ed
Callahan of Breathitt county are held
without Lai I on charges of complicity
in the feud murder of .James Cockriil,
in Jackson, Ky., three years ago, while
Senator Alex Hargis, arrested in the
same connection, was released on $15,
000 bail.
Tbs decision was announced Mon¬
day by Judge Parker of the Fayette
county court, who heard testimony last
week on the question of bail, and the
trial of Hie case will be held at the
present term of court. Cockriil was
shot and killed from the courthouse
window at Jackson, and Curtis Jett,
who had been convicted and sentenced
to death for connection with the crime,
was on Saturday granted a new trial,
while Tom White is under life sen¬
tence for complicity iri the crime.
BEWARE OF THE DORGi.
This Canine’s Rights Within His Ken¬
nel Sustained by Court.
A novel application of the time-
honored principle that a man’s home
is his castle, has been made by a
jury in the circuit court at. Edwards-
ville, Irid. James Tobin had sued
John Winkelmeyer for $5,000 damages
because Winkeimeyer’s dog had bad¬
ly bitten Tobin. It was shown tha’
Tobin was endeavoring to crawl inio
the dog’s kennel to take a nap. Th.-
defense contended that the dog had a
perfect right to defend its own prom¬
ises against an intruder, and the jury
so decided.
CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS BIFFED.
Cannot Practice in Nebraska Until
Medical License is Obtained.
The Nebraska state senate hue
passed the Christian Science bill, al¬
ready passed by the house, which re-
quires all healers to take a four-year
course j n medicine and pass the ex¬
am j n iation required of regular physi*
When the governor s.gns the ,
bill, all Christian Science healing for
fees will be stopped in the state until
a fter the healers have obtained ii-
censes.
BLUFF BY CASTRO
Dictator Gives Most Defiant
Answer to Uncle Sam.
ARBITRATION IS REFUSED
While Answer is Considered Insulting,
No Immediate Action Will Be
Taken, as Venezuela Has Best
of the Argument Just Now,
A Washington speoial says: Pres¬
ident Castro seem® to have oalled the
administration’s bluff, and from pres¬
ent indications, the United States can
do nothing further. Minister Bowen
cabled that the Venezuelan president
had finally declined lo submit to ar¬
bitration the claims of the asphalt
trust, holding that the case must take
its course in the Venezuelan courts
Castro seems to bo in a position to sit
back and say: “What are you going
to do about jt?”
It is known that Minister Bowen
commented pretty severely upon the
action of the Venezuelan president,
and it is understood the minister goes
tc the extent of pronouncing the reply
insulting. The ease in all its bear¬
ings was discussed at the cabinet
meeting. The tendency was to min¬
imize the importance of the Venezue¬
lan reply, members of the cabinet
saying that it has no more effect
than to leave the situation where it
was a year ago, and there is a dispo¬
sition to believe that Mr. Bowen may
be needlessly excited.
In endeavoring to force Castro to
arbitration there is distinct reversal
of the policy of the government, which
has always been that claims of the
character of this one of the asphalt
trust must be settled in the courts
of the country granting concession
and Castro occupies, in consequence,
a strong position.
Castro lia s executed a shrew flank
movement by entering upon an agree¬
ment with the English and German
holders of Venezuelan bonds under
the terms of which sixty per cent of
the. port receipts of ail ports, save
La Guayra, and Puerto Cabeilo, are to
go to the liquidation of Venezuelan ex¬
terior debt. The receipts of the two
exceptions are now being applied to
the settlement of other claims, accord¬
ing to tile protocols entered into
in Washington about a year ago. This
last agreement eliminates the possi¬
bility of European interference and
apparently leaves the United States
high and dry. There is nothing a
naval demonstration off Venezuelan
ports could accomplish, and the only
effect of such a move would be to
make this country ridiculous. So
far as can be ascertained, there is
absolutely no warrant for any such
demonstration,
It is the indicated intention of the
president and Secretary Taft, -who, tn
the absence of Secretary Hay, is be¬
ing relied on for advice in matters
pertaining to foreign affairs, simply
to await further developments in Ven¬
ezuela. It is not believed that the
situation now is of such a character as
to warrant alarm. Indeed, the pres¬
Went is proceeding with the avraage-
f « r hi s southwestern rtlp with-
out reference to the Venezuelan fm
nog io.
It is regarded c.s possible that hr
ther developments in the Venezuela*
situation may be forthcoming in a few
days, but it is not believed in Wash
ington they will add to Hs serion?-
• ness.
How Castro Views Matter.
The World prints t.he following dig-
patch from President Castro: “1 have
received your telegrams. There is in
reality between Venezuela and Wash-
ington no question of sufficient import¬
ance to occupy public attention and
worthy of attention by serious per-
sons Y'otir minister holds himself
aloof from the good understanding
that exists, but Venezuela will de¬
fend with ardor the common inter-
est* and honor of both countries.
“CIPRIANO CASTRO.”
VALID ONLY IN STATE.
1
Decision of Appellate Court Affecting
Maryland “Jim Crow’’ Law,
In an opinion delivered Wednesday j
the court of appeals at Annapolis,
Md., held that the act passed at the
last session of the legislature, com¬
monly known as the “jim crow” law
and requiring steam railways in the |
state of Maryland to furnish separate
compartments for white and colored
passengers, is valid so far as it af-
foots commerce wRTfln the state, but
invalid as to interstate passengers and
must, he construed as not applying to
them.
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HORSE RAKE’S, IRON AND WIRE FENCING.
HANGMAN’S NOOSE SUPPED-
Shocking Mishap Occurs During an
Execution at Pittsburg.
Two men were hanged at Pittsburg,
Pa., Thursday, aud the first unsuccess¬
ful hanging was recorded in Alleghe¬
ny county. Reno Daarda went to the
scaffold first and his neck was broken.
Wfilliam J. Biers followed him and
when the trap was sprung the loop
of the noose pulled apart, precipitat¬
ing him to the ground. For about one
minute he staggered around under the
scaffold and then Sheriff Dickson
caught him and removing the noose
and black cap, carried him into the
Jail. He was not badly hurt, The
rope was again adjusted, Biers placed
on the scaffold and the trap sprung.
This time there was no mishap and
death resulted from strangulation.
ATTORNEY WANTS HALF.
War Claim Awarded by Congress
Held Up by Washington Lawyer.
A treasury warrant representing the
amount appropriated by congress to
meet the claim of some Atlanta peo
pie is tied up by court proceedings in
Washington brought by an attorney
who contends that half the amount
must go to him.
The claim in question is that of the
estate of the late Michael Kreis, for
tobacco taken by the United States
troops during the civil war, and
amounts to $7,404.
GEORGIA FLAGS RETURNED.
Governor Receives Box of Battle.
Scarred Relics from War Department.
Monday Governor Terrell received
from the war department in Washing-
ton an express package containing the
old ha. lie (lags of the state organiza¬
tions which served in the confederate
army and which were captured or sur¬
rondo ed with General Lee’s army at
Appomattox.
MONEY READY FOR JAPAN.
New York Bond Syndicate Will Ar
range for Loan at Once.
Japan’s new $150,000,000 loan will
probably be formally offered in New
York the present week. The under¬
writing syndicate which has now I c r.
completed will rank as the large:;,
ever formed in connection with the
flotation of a foreign loan in the Unit¬
ed States. There are altogether 300
mom-bars rf presenting prominent
financial interests of New York, Chi-
-ago uni] other cities.
GEORGIA STATE SPONSOR.
Falls Upon Daughter of Gen.
.
era I Clement A. Evans.
General Peter A. McGlashan, com¬
manding the Georgia division of the
United Confederate Veterans, an-
nounced Wednesday night that he had
appointed Miss Lucy Evans, daugh¬
ter of General Clement A. Evans,
sponsor for the state at the Louisville
reunion of veterans.
Mil sb Leila Scarborough of Amerieus
was given the appointment of maid of
honor to Miss Evans. Both hive ac-
cepted.
SMALL FARMERS UNPLEDGED.
Critical Time of State Association of
Cotton Growers in North Carolina.
A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says:
It is regarded by the cotton growers
that this is a very critical timer in
their affairs.
The agents of the state association
are going in every direction urging
the farmers to stand together, and
getting every pledge possible for unity
of action as to holding crop and re¬
ducing acreage.
Some of the smaller farmers, who
raise only a few bales, have not given
any ple'dges.
ARROWOOD “ALIENIZED.”
Deserter Dismissed from Navy and
Loses His Citizenship.
President Roosevelt has approved
tlie sentence of the eourtmartial in¬
flicted upon Midshipman A-rrowood of
North Carolina, recently tried for de¬
sertion from the navy.
The sentence carries with it dismis¬
sal from the navy, arid the law bear¬
ing upon the case provides that a
mail So dismissed shall not. hereafter
h 0 ’eligible to any of the rights of
citizenship.
GIRL STOPS JAIL BREAKERS.
Forets Prisoners to Deliver Saws After
Steel Bars Had Been Cut.
A daring attempt at a jail delivery
was frustrated at Scottsboro, Ala.,
by Miss Lula Austin, the young daugh-
ter of Sheriff Austin.
After three of the steel bars lead-
ing Into the main corridor, whlen
would have practically admitted them
to their liberty, had been cut, Miss
Austin discovered the condition of af¬
fairs and herself forced the prisoners
to turn over to her the saws which
had been used in the operation, six in
number,