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pppptp'' ' DALNY DISMANTLED^' j D i To Make Difficult the Land- ! ing of Japanese Troops. ! t. DOCKS AND PIERS GONE i ? ? ! r\ v>, a. New Russian Port Upon Which Czar " * Has Spent Over Six Millions j n: in Building, Is Made To- w % -tally Useless. o: ! Ij A St. Petersburg special says: Viceroy Alexieff has telegraphed to the j v; czar announcing that the Russians j ri I XJ * have blown up the docks and piers at j Port Dalny, Liao Tung peninsula, ...re- j sumably to render more difficult a Jap- | anese landing at that point. Later j ^ telegrams received indicate that the j tl T>r,?T,,r v,cc hopn destroy- ! wnuie iw. jtui t uuU . ed by the Russian.--. Port Dalny, cn Talien-Wan Bay, on :t the east coast of the I.iao Tung penm- n , sula, was intended bv Russia to be the P chief commercial emporium of its eastern dominions. An edict prov/ding i0r fc its construction was issued by the Rus- *1 sian emperor July 30, 1S99, and Port Dalny, fully equipped with all mod- ei era impro\ements, docks, warehouses and railroad facilities, was opened to commerce in December, 1901. Talien-Wan Bay is one of the finest i deep water harbors on the Pacific, it H is free from ice in winter time and ships drawing thirty feet of water can enter at low tide without difficulty and S' \ without the aid of pilots can sail or n . steam alongside the immense docks ^??.*AAB /ton hn and piers, wnere mea ctuguco loaded into railroad cars and run di- fJ ^ ^ rect for six thousand miles into the citygof St. Petersburg. ?' Fire large piers had been construct ed, i&ach supplied with numerous rail- ? road, tracks and immense warehouses c< 4 and'elevators, gas, electr.ic lights and Cl water, and a large breakwater was be- r ing constructed so that ships could ii? at the piers and load and unload re gar?ess of weather. Cocks for foreign ai vessels, steam and sail, extended be- a] twedn the piers and along the shore ai for two miles. T/:ere were two iirst rc ? class docks, one for ordinary ocean a* steamers and the ether designed to ac.- &1 con&iodate the largest vessels of war ** or commerce. Otfer $0,000,000 had been expended r ? on the harbor system before the end I , of 2$02, and it was estimated that the *>' costtj of completing the works would v< be nearly $20,000,000, but this does not in any way represent the total cost ft ? of the erection of this great commercial port, which with Port Arthur, dis- h< tant about twenty miles, was leased oy aj the Chinese government from Russia in in 1898. ~ 01 Nearly 25,900 men were employed " daily on the work of constructing the gi port and town. The total population cj has* been estimated at about 60,u00 ti ?mostly Chinese. Japanese, Koreans and .'Russians. .1 >? r ' ' ^ i Explosions Explained. tt i [ An explanation of the explosions I heard at Port Arthur, which led to re- D ports tliat the Russians werd destroy- a* * ing their warships in that harbor, is 113 furnished in a dispatch from St. Petersburg. It is to the effect that the *n garrison at Pert Arthur is endeavoring to'' clear the harbor entrance of pc the stone-laden ships sent in by the Japanese. m , In order to remove/the obstruction, ** divers are said to have been sent down, who placed charges of dynamite in po- ^ sition and succeeded in blowing away *r enough of the cement and reck car- bl * goes to admit-the passage of torpedo boats threrrgh the channel. ** ' tc No Dispatches Accepted. ^b An attempt to send a response from St. Petersburg to a private telegram from Port Arthur, received Thursday (May 12), failed, the post officials M refusing to accept it * _ * Railroad Not Reoponed. Official inquiry shows that Viceroy *b Alexieff's report that railroad commun- ^ ication with Port Arthur has been re- er stored is untrue. m ROAD'S CHARTER UNDER FIRE; F , Question Raised as to Whether Ex- A emption from Taxes is Tenable. The question as to whether the Geori gia Railroad company is liable to the m gia Railroad Company is liable to the T( state for taxation is under discussion q4[ * - * -r__ js m ? ;? oeiore juugfcj w iniam I. xxewuiau m the United States district court, at At' lanta, and some interesting propositions were presented Thursday for the E3 court's consideration bv Attorney Gen> eral John C. Hart, who is supporting v' the claim that this road is liable to C( the state for taxes despite the provi- ** sion in its charter which seems to give it immunity. RACING BY ELECTRIC LIGHT. A , New Exposition Feature to Be Put On at Charleston, S. C? Arrangements were completed at Charleston, S. C., Friday to give horse a: , races under electric light at the old ex- si position grounds track and the racing K v will start on June 2, and continue dur' ing the entire summer. Many horses a 1 are already here, and the contractors ^ k will have everything complete for the 0 kfc opening night. sj / : v r -Xv . flOROS KILL AMERICANS. ctaehment cf 17th Regiment Caught in Ambuscade in Mindanao and Seventeen are Butchered. News comes from Manila that Lieumant Winfield Harper and thirty n:ne icii cf F company, of the Seventeenth 'sited States Infantry, were caught a May S in an ambush by several hunred Moros. Two American officers and fifteen ten were killed and five men were ounded. The ambush occurred at Simpatem _ ^4? T a1./N T a cue east sauie <jl i^aua^au >l;>nd of Mindanao. The officers killed in the ambush ere First Lieutenant Harry A. Wood iff and Second Lieutenant'Josepn 14. [all, both of the Seventeenth Infm y. Lieutenant Woodruff was born id idiana and entered the service i'rom le state of New York. Lieutenant Hall comes from Alaba ia, where he was born, and was pro loted to his lieutenancy from the inks. The regiment was last stationed at ort Vancouver, Washington state, be >re sailing for the Philippines last ear. Its companies are composed of westrn and northern men and was never :ationed in the south. GEORGIA GIRL IN PARIS JAIL. ighly Sensational Experience of Miss Belle Crane, of Decatur. A dispatch from Paris says: United tates Consul General Gowdy recently jceived a letter from an American Lrl, saying she was locked up in a rovincial jail, without any charge kavig been made against her. The conil general sent a representative to ie jail and secured the girl's re>ase and return to Paris. He then ibled to her parents residing at i)e itur, Ga., requesting funds for her ;turn to America. The girl related a sensational story, he claimed to have been abducted by 2 American seeking to marry her id she had accompanied him on an itomobile tour, was locked up m a )om in a country hotel, escaped and tempted to walk across the country, it was arrested as a wanderer by ie French authorities. Inquiries made by Mr. Gowdy's rep>sentative established the correctness : her detention at 'the provincial jail ut the story of her abduction was not jrifie.d, except by her statement,which as been reduced to an affidavit be>re the consul. * The names of the parties are rithald as no legal steps have been tu'ien gainst the alleged abductor and ow;g to the doubtful character of some the accusations. Pending the arrival of funds, * the rl is being cared for by the Ameriin Young Men's Christian Associaon. Investigation developed the tact lat the "young woman referred to in le above Associated Press dispatch om Paris is Miss Bella Crane, ot ecatur, Ga., who went to London >out a year ago to give concert readgs. Miss Crane attended the Agnes Scott stitute a number of years. i'ler ,ther, B. S. Crane, holds a prominent )sition with the Virginia-Carolina hemical Company, and was very uch distressed a; the indefinite xe;rts that had been received by him om the American Consul General owdy. He had heard nothing direct cm his daughter in several weeks, it about eight days ago, in response > a cable from General Gowdy tha't iss Crane was in Paris and wished i return home, he cabled $200 to pay .e expenses of her return passage. KOREAN CABINET RESIGNS. embers Took Umbrage at Censure Pronounced by Emperor. A dispatch to the Central News xradon) from Seoul announces that e Korean cabinet resigned in a body ednesday as a consequence of the nperor having sharply censured his Inisters for neglect of their duties. OR CORRECT COTTON REPORTS. Lgricultural Department insists on Accurate Statistics. The department of agriculture is aliing elaborate arrangements for its >port on the acreage and condition : the cotton crop on May 2G, the mdition of cotton on June 25, 'and >r reports on other crops for June id July. A large number of correspondents ill send in detailed reports on the )tton acreage and conditions and iey have been enjoined to use the reatest care. THE POOR OLD SOUL. ged Countess, Leader of English "Sassiety," Weds Her Coachman. A London dispatch says: Georgian, countess of Ravensworth, has artled society by marrying her coachtan. James Wadsworth. The bride is nearly 60 years of '-ge, grand dame, a leader of one of the ipst exclusive sets and regarded as ne of the stanchest defenders of "poition." | FLEET IS BLOWN UP j Rather Than Surrender, Rus! sians Destroy Their Ships. NEWS FROM PORT ARTHUR ! ! Determined that Eottled Fleet Shall Not Fall Into Hands of Japs When Stronghold is Taken. An official Japanese dispatch has been received in Che Foo to the effect that the Russians have destroyed j their fleet in Port Arthur. ! A special from Tokio says: Admiral i Togo reports 'that since the 6th of x?Iay | many explosions have been heard j coming from tli? vicinity of Port Ar'j thur, but their cause has not been as! certaincd. The impression is that | the Russians, despairing of their a bil? j ity to defend Port Arthur, are deI stroying their ships before evacuating the place. Denied by Russians. A St. Petersburg1 SDecial savs: The general staff admits it is without advices as to whether the railroad or telegraph to Port Arthur are still | open. Upon several points, however, I specific information is vouchsafed, i The idea that the Russian squadron at Port Arthur is being destroyed to prevent its falling into the hands of the enemy is scouted at the admiralty. "We are not going to repeat the mistake made at Sebastopol," said Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, commander of the Baltic fleet. "If 'the worst comes to the worst, the squadron will put to sea, engage the enemy and inflict as much damage as possible before going to the bottom. But you can say that it is a little early vet to talk of such desperation." Strength of Fleet Unknown. It is impossible to give an accura-3 list of the effective Russian warships at Port Arthur, but seme idea of the' state of the fleet can be formed from the official report of Viceroy AloxicH to Emperor -Nicholas concerning the engagement of April 13, in which the Petropavlovsk was sunk and the Pobieda was seriously damaged. In the report the vicefoy said: "Tht. whnlo offpetiva sniiiidrnn a-f Port Ar thur sailed out." He then enumerated as the units of the flee: the first class battle ships Peresviet, Pobieda, Po lava, Petropavlovsk and Sevastopol, the armored cruisers Bayan, the first class protected cruisers Askold and Diana, the second class protected cruiser Novik, two torpedo cruisers and five torpedo boat destroyers. It will, therefore, be seen that on the day after the destruction of the Petropavlovsk the Russians at Port Arthur had available three battle ships one armored cruiser and three procected cruisers. The number of topedo boats or torpedo boat destroyers effective or disabled is not known. WHIPPED UNION ORGANIZERS, Ju^ge Jones Renders Important Labor Decision in Albania. Judge Thomas G. Jones, of the United States district court* fh Birmingham, Ala., has rendered a farreaching decision in the Walker coun! ty conspiracy case. Lasr suhnmer Joseph Hattier, organizer of District No. 20 of the United Mine Workers, and B. L. Green, colored, vice president of the organization, were assaulted | and whipped while they were in Walk- i er county on a mission of organizing j local unions. The opinion concedes the right to j form labor unions, but. says it is not one of the rights conferred by the constitution of the United States. The judge says in conclusion. "It would be a lesser evfl to society t to leave the wrong unredressed than I to usurp jurisdiction to pur.ish the ofI fer se here. This court lias no jurisI diction, and the defendants are dia? j j charged, without delay." DIAZ AGAIN TURNED DOWN. Baptist Convention Refuses to Rehash Trouble Existing in Havana. The Southern Baptist convention at 1 Nashville refused to consider a communication from Rev. A. Diaz, of Cuba, asking for a committee on arbitration to hear the old troubles i which have existed In Havana for | years. A resolution to place the Cuj ban work in 'the hands cf the foreign : mission board was referred to a com! tnittee. KANSAS CITY CHOSEN. As Next Meeting Place of Southern Baptist Convention. After the nominating committee of the Southern Baptist convention at j Nashville had recommended Fort Worth, Texas, as the next place of meeting of the Southern Baptist convention, the recommendation was overwhelmingly lost at Saturday nfgnt's ; session and Kansas City was chosen j by the convention. Tampa, Fla., was i proposed and voted down. | JAPS LOSE ANOTHER BOAT ! Dispatch Beat Miyako Blown Up by ! Accidentally Striking Mine. Eignt of Crew Drowned. ? i I A special of Monday from Tokio ; i says: The Japanese dispatch boat Mii yako was destroyed in Kerr bay by j striking a submerged mine. Eight cas- ' | unities are reported. i j I The Miyako was lost while assisting ; in the operation of clearing the Rus- i j sian mines from Kerr bay, northeast [ of Talien-Wan bay, on which Port Eali ny is situated. Admiral Katoaka, com! mander of the third squadron, rerurned there Sunday with a detachment I of his squadron, protecting two dotilI las of torpedo boats which had been i detailed to complete sweeping the liarj bor by the removal of mines. Five : mines were discovered and exploded J and the work was being suspended for ! the day when the boat struck an un| discovered mine which exploded, vith j tremendous force under the stern on the port side, and inflicted immense damage ' to (he hull. The Miyako sank in twenty-two minutes. Two sailors were killed and twentytwo men were wounded. The rest of the crew were rescued. The news of j the loss of the Miyako has been sorrowfully received in Tokio. The ?an| gerous character of the work in which i the Miyako was engaged is generally appreciated, but it was thought that ' the loss of torpedo boat No. 48 under | similar circumstances last Thursday would serve as a warning to those j engaged in the work to exercise the , greatest care. rue Japanese nouna wane sweeping I the bay were exposed to the Russian ; fire all day. When the Japanese tori pedo boat No. 4S was destroyed in j Kerr bay, by a Russian mine, eleven ; men were killed and seven wounded. I The No. 48 was the first warship lost j by Japan during the war with Rus% sia. y j The Miyako was one of the warj ships which took part in the operaI tions at Kerr bay, Talien-Wan bay j and Blackney (Orde bay) the day the j No. 48 was destroyed. The Miyako was f a steel cruiser of 1,800 tons displacej ment and 6,130 indicated horse power, i completed in 1901, and having an es! timated speed of twenty knots. She I was 314 3-4 feet long, had 36 feet j beam and drew 13 1-2 feet of water, j Her armament ..consisted of two 4.7 I inch quick fire guns and ten 1.8-inch I guns and two torpedo tubes. . FLORIDA PRIMARY SENSATION. Returns Indicate the Defeat of Sheats by Holloway. The sensation of the hour in Florida is the defeat in the primary of Hon. j William N. Sheats, incumbent of the i office of state superintendent of public schools, by Hon. W1. M. Holloway, county superintendent of Alachua county. There has been a great deal of "mud slinging" on the part of these two candidates, resulting in the arrest of Holloway at the instigation of Sheats, who charges him with lorgcry i:i regard ttf a certain letter written by Sheats, concerning Booker T. Washington speaking in the white ! school auditorium in Gainesville last | year, all of which, has been freely I in tVio otafo nrMS Tt ffi UTlflftr. I MilVU iU (,uv ! stood that Mr. Sheats acknowledges j his defeat by a majority of some two I or three thousand. HOT AFTER ALI'S BAND. Wood to Avenge Death of Americano Killed in Ambush. Major General Ainsworth at Wash; ington received a cablegram Monday i from General Wade, commanding in [ the Philippines, in reply to a message ! asking particulars concerning the movement, against the Moros, General Wade's message being as follows: { Major General Leonard Wood, with j 450 officers and men, are en route to recover the bodies of our killed. Two of the number who were previously reported killed are not dead. It is learned that, two more who were reported killed are alive. There is 110 trouble outside of Ali's band. TROUBLE BREWS IN COLOMBIA. President Maroquin Removes Adherents cf Joaquin Valez. I According to news received in Colon from Bogota, President Maroquin is removing the chiefs of the army who are in favor of Dr. Joaquin Valez for president and is substituting the ; followers of General Rafael Reye3.-| Among the number called upon to re- j <?io-n is General Gonzaloj Valencia, who j holds the position of commander-in- ! 1 chief of the army. It is rumored that I General Valencia obstinately declines j to resign and the opinion is freely ex- ! j pressed that serious internal troubles j are pending. I i ! editors in convention. . . i National Association Assembles at World's Fair in Annual Meeting. J A St. Louis dispatch says: The nineteenth annual convention of the National Editorial Association, comprising five hundred delegates representing the state press organizations of the United States, convened Monday in the hall of congresses for a session of four days. BAPTISTS CATHER Southern Convention Meets at Nashville, Tenn, ' i i WITH HOSTOF DELEGATES! ! j j Ex-Governor Eagle, of Arkansas, is Renominated President?A Summary i of the First Day's Proceedings. "With fully three thousand delegates ' and visitors in attendance the tony- j ninth annual session of the Southern j Baptist convention was called to oraer i in Nashville, Tenn., Friday morning | by ex-Governor J. P. Eagle, cf at- j kansas, president of the convention, j The vast throng was led in prayer by i ex-Governor $V. J. Northen, of At- j lanta. There was election of a pres- j ident. Dr. A. T. Robertson, of Louis- j ville, said the association should bon- j or itself by rehonoring its president, j who had served so faithfully for the i past two years, and ex-Governor Eagle was re-elected, the secretary casting the vote. He accepted in a grace- ! ful speech, showing how deeply impressed he was over the convention's action. iDrs. Lansing Burrows and O. F. Gregory were elected permanent secretaries. Considerable routine Dusiness was oomnleted and vir.A nrcsi dents were nominated. Dr. S. C. Mitchell, of Richmcid, Va,, presented a memorial from '.he Virginia association on the negro ques- j tion. Mr. Mitchell read the memorial which calls attention to the convention as to the advisability of appointing a commission to study the whole question and determine what method the Baptists as a denomination can adopt toward aiding in the moral uplifting of the negro in the south. Rev. John Livingston Johnson, of North Carolina, informally presented a similar memorial from his general association. Dr. A. J. Barton, of Alabama, moved that the memorials be referred to the committee hereafer to be appointed on work among the colored people. This was adopted. At the afternoon session reports were received as follows: Dr. J. M. Frost, for Sunday school board headquarters, Nashville,' showed income larger than ever before, having passed the $100,000 mark. Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, corresponding secretary of the home mission board, showed the receipts lor the year to be $127,850, an increase of $25,000 over last year. Dr. R. J. Willingham, of Richmond, reported $29,000 increase in foreign mission j board. All branches of these works were reported extended. Dr. Lans'ng Burrows, statistical secretary, reported large increase ;n membership and contributions for the Baptist chu-ch throughout tho soi-th. John Ferguson, of Colombo, Ceyicn, was invited to address the convention and said he had come 10,000 miles to meet the Baptist brethren in America, and spoke of the great possibil lties ior mission wotk m .Asia. ne ? emphasized the importance of the education of the women in the foreign fields. / The annual convention sermon was well delivered Friday night by Dr. W. Wi Landrum, of Atlanta, routine business occupying the- remainder of the night session. , GOLD SUPPLY RUNS SHORT. Heavy Exportation Depletes Stock in New York Assay Office. The recent large shipments of gold to Paris have atti acted attention to the small supply of gold at the assay office in New York. It is understood that gold bars to the value of about $3,000,000 will remain on hand af er Tuesday's shipments, the recent shipment of gold bars valued at $15,000,000 to the Philadelphia mint for coinage in eagles having depleted me stock. Other available gold will, however, bring the total up to $10,000,000 or more within a verv short time, but the present supply is understood to be a low record. TO WAR ON YELLOW JACK. Mexican Authorities Begin Precautionary Measures With a Vengeance. The superior board of health of Mexico City will enter at once an dCLlVt; tauipaigu ?/? v. uuw?..v. outbreak of yellow jack on the isthmus of Tehauntepec, where a large number of Americans are located. The cost cf this work will be about $100,OCO, which has been appropriated by the federal government. One new case of yellow fever is reported at Vera Cruz. CLARA BARTON QUITS RED CROSS Was Head of Great Relief Association for Many Years. At Washington Saturday, Miss Clara Barton resigned the presidency of the American Rod Cross and was succeeded by Mrs. John A. Logan, who has heretofore occupied the office of vice president of the association. The ceremony occurred at Mrs. Logan's residence > - ..y Vr* -?- ? -?? * ?** ' 11111111II11 i 11**1 i* ' 2 I Cream of News.f i*** H-w^T I T T 111111 Y 11 T it Brief Summary of Most Important Events of Each "Day. - - - t ?Pacolet mills at New Holland, Ga? which closed down several months ago on account of the high price of cotton resumed operations Tuesday morning. ?Negro excursionists from Atlanta caused trouble at Lawrenceville, Ga. During the fights a policeman and five of the negroes received wounds. ?names destroy the plant of The Augusta Herald, entailing a loss of $25,000. The Chronicle had a narrow M ; escape. \ I ?Joe Thompson, a tramp from Columbus, throws himself in front of a train near Zebulon. ?The First National Bank and the I. C. Plant's Sons Bank, of Maeon, Ga., closed doors Monday morning. Two millions are involved. . ?Florida's delegation to the democratic national convention goes tininstructed, but a majority of the deli &&Q tinn io CCllH fn f o Tii /I rrr% Dof. A*3 ?JUiu iw Vi UUUgC JL ai ker. ?Southern Baptist convention at Nashville, Tenn., adjourned Monday. M ?Much heavy work is before the Methodist general conference at Los Angeles, Cal. J. W. E. Bowen, an Atlanta negro, may be elected bishop. A ?New York clergymen declare that the present dearth of men at all church services is a sign of the na- 'fm tion's decay. :' ?A new treason scandal has been unearthed in France. Plans of the fortifications at Toulon, Brest and Cherbourg have been uncovered, which it is believed were intended for Ger' many. ?Georgianna, countess of Ravensworth, aged 60, one of the grand dames | of England, has married her coachman. ?With 450 men General Leonard Wood is moving on Datto Ali in whose ambush seventeen Americans were killed several days ago. ?A combined land and sea attack M on Port Arthur has .keen planned by the Japanese, to take place between May 20 and 23. The Japanese hope to take the stronghold with a loss of -1 not more than 2,000 men. ?The second Japanese naval reverse of the war took place in Kerr bay on May 14, when the Japanese dispatch boat Miyako was sunk by a J mine, eight men being killed. ?Heavy fighting is reported at Liao Yang, but no details have been V received. ?A dispatch from Bristol, Tenn., says Dr. Wentz, lather of the young man who was found dead in the woods /apologizes to the jury that r-otnmoii vprriirt of accidental killing. the doctor at the same time denying ^ the report that he criticized the ?Midshipman FLilip Brittingh ?m, of West Virginia, was drowned near Annapolis Sunday. Four other mid- . .*|S shipmen narrowly escaped death. ?Officer Cox was killed while attempting to arrest two negroes in <; Greenville county, South Carolina. ^ ?Two mass meetings at Buffalo, . N. Y., one for women and the other for men, Sunday, ended the thirtyfifth international convention of the^. Young Men's Christian Association of _ _ - North America. ?The annual convention of the Cumberland Presbyterian church began in Chicago Sunday. ?The Mexican superior board of health is making an active campaign against yellow fever on the isthmus of Tehauntepec. '&M ?Lucy Cobb closes May 27 with . splendid commencement exercises. A fine musical programme has also been arranged. ?Grand jury at Bainbridge, Ga., fails to indict M. B. Baggs, who Kill- \ ->y ed John Hunter last February. m ?A traction engine pulling six wagons loaded with children, forming a queer excursion train,- entered Oxford, Ga., Friday, the ocasion being the oratorical contest of Newton coun?Miss Marietta Porter, who slew herself in Montgomery, left a note saying she feared she was becoming insane. . ??1 ?William J. Henry, of Jacksonville, Fla., a postal clerk, is arrested on the charge of taking a package which was missed from the mail. pSE ?The port of Dalney was bombarded by the Japanese Saturday. The result is not yet known. ?The coal roads have been ordered V to appear in court May 24 to answer questions to be propounded by attorneys for W. R. Hearst. ?In the Tyner-Barett case at Washington, Saturday ,the prosecution closed the case and the hearing of testimony for The defense began. 1 ?The recent heavy exportations of gold have caused quite a slump in the stock at the Mew York assay office. ji