The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 28, 1904, Image 3
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RUSSIA N SPROMTSE
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Red Sea Fleet Ordered to
? Cease Molesting Neutrals.
WAIVES RIGHT OF SEARCH
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' In the Meantime Other Vessels Were
Seized, But Were Later Released
on Order of the Government
, at St. Petersburg.
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A St. Petersburg special says: Grand! |
Duko Alexis presided at Sunday's1
council, which Count Lamsdorff, the! j
foreign secretary, and Vice Admiral, j
Aveiilan, chief of the admiralty de-('
partment, and other high naval offi-; {
* cffiers attended. j
The result of the conference re-(
moves all doubts concerning the present
attitude of Russia with regard to
the: volunteer fleet. The validity of
the view expressed in the British note
regarding the. irregularity of the position
of the vessels was so far admitted
that the council agreed to waive the
right to search. ;
After a long discussion in which
^ Count Lamsdorff took a leading part,' j
it was decided that the present status
of the volunteer fleet was not sufficiently
defined according to international
law to render further searches
and seizures advisable and that therefore
Russia in the interests of friendly
relations with the powers, should
withdraw the authority given the vol- j
* ur.teer fleet in this respect.
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Orders have been sent to the vol- j
unteer fleet steamers, St. Petersburg
and Smolensk, to refrain from inter- j
7* ference with foreign shipping. I
It is expected these steamers will
eventually join the Baltic sea fleet and j
be replaced by ordinary warships. j
The Associated Press is able to j
state- on the highest authority that the i
Russian and British governments |
have agreed on a mutually satisfac- j
tory basis for a settlement of the j
v question of the status of Russian vol- j
unteer fleet steamers in the Red sea j
and the seizure by them of British j
, ships. !
A few minor points still remain un- 1
settled, but these will probably be :
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cleared up immediately, auu it js
expected that further complications I
* will arise. j
On Saturday, and before the above
agreement was reached, Count Beackendorff,
the Russian ambassador at
London, received official notification
from St. Petersburg reporting the capture
of two more British ships in the
Red sea and instructions from his government
to notify Great Britain that
the same procedure will be followed !
as in the case of the Malacca, namely,
the vessels will be taken to a neutral'
* port for examination by the consuls j
of the two nations "concerned.
The steamer Scandia, of the Ham- j
burg-American line, -in charge of a 1
Russian prize crew, entered the Suez j
canal Saturday. ' * - ]
^ A dispatch from Hamburg says: i
The officials of the Hamburg Ameri- ]
can lihe declare that the seizure of
their steamer Scandia by the Russians
Is inexplicable, as her manifests
show she did not carrv any kind of i
war material for Japan. The company
has asked the foreign office to take
up the matter and secure an explanation.
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Steamer Scandia Released.
A special of Sunday from Port Said
states that the Hamburg-American
Line steamer Scandia has been releasi
ed. The Russian crew which manned j
her has landed and will proceed to !
J Odessa by the next boat. The Scan- j
dia is awaiting orders from her own
ers.
Advices received at Port Said state
that the Russiam volunteer ffietlt
steamer Smolensk fired three blank
A shots across the bows of the British
steamer Ardova, the cargo of which
consists of coal and explosives and
the vessel not stopping the Smolensk
sent two loaded shots at her, one of i
them passing over her amidships and;
the other over her stern. The Ardova
r was then seized and her crew transferred
to the Smolensk.
KILLED TWO; WOUNDED ONE.
Negro Has Quarrel with Four White
Men and Uses Gun.
At Alexanders, 10 miles from
4 Waynesboro, Ga., Saturday afternoon,
* Sampson Flournoy, a negro, using a
double-barreled shotgun, fired upon a
party of four fishermen, all white,
killing James Minor, aged 26, married,
' and Evans Tomlins, aged 24, and mortally
wounded Edward Minor, aged 23,
t married. The negro escaped. He had
a quarrel over a trivial matter with
one of the party, went away, procured
the gun, returning, fired without warn.
ing. At a nearby farm house he stole
a mule, on which he escaped.
RIOTING FOLLOWS STRIKE.
Man Fatally Beaten in Chicago by the
Friends of Meat Cutters.
' Tha first rioting of the day at Chicago
Friday in the renewed meat cutters'
strike came when a man, Frank
Miller, was set upon by a crowd of
strike sympathizers. They beat him
so badly that at the Englewood Union
t hospital, where he was taken, it was
said he had little chance c-f recovery.
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REPLY OF RUSSIANS
In Defense of Action of Volunteer
Fleet in Red Sea?British^ Protest
is Presented. i
A St. Petersburg special says: Sir
Charles Herdinge, the British ambassador
to Russia "Wednesday afternoon
in behalf cf his government, .presented
a strong protest to Russia against
the seizure on tha Red sea and deten- y
tion of the Peninsular and Oriental
steamer Malacca, which was carrying
300 tons of British government stores
for naval establishment; at Hong Kong,
each case of which was marKed with
the broad arrow, which is the govern- C
ment stamp. e
The ambassador also presented a ^
general petition against the action of
the Russian volunteer fleet in the Red e
sea. a
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Russian Acts Defended. S
An Associated Press dispatch says: 3
The Russ, official organ of the Czar, *
publishes an editorial statement of
I Russia's position relative to the stop- a
I nnittMl nlii'ni. 1T? tVl n *0/1 SQA t
wi. ucuuoi | ,
by vessels of the volunteer fleet. There
is great interest in the state- *
ment because it is believed to reflect j *
directly the views cf -the foreign of-1 ^
fice. It follows: j}
"The operations of the converted f
cruisers Smolensk and St. Petersburg ^
are causing tremendous excitement in
ESigiand. Questions are being asked ^
in parliament, the newspapers are up- i
pealing to the public and there Is a c
panic among ship owners. There alsc i
is a good deal of talk in Germany be? f
! cause of the seizure of mails on the j
j steamer Prinz Heinrich, but the mosf j 1
I noise there is being made by cxtreim
j ist organs, the o:hers treating ths | <
I matter coolly. It is a pity the Eng (
I iish do not display the same Teuton- t
1 ic calmness. . s
"It is easy to understand that the t
: British merchant marine feels these 1
' restrictions severely. As a result of c
the stopping and searching of vessels, j f
English snips either must give up j '
transporting contraband or continue j 1
at their own risk and peril n time of j 1
1 war-between two nowers. Others are 1 s
bound to suffer more or less, as it is
Impossible to check contraband traffic
! without a search.
"The English, in their excitement,
! even raised the question as to wheth!
er we were justified in converting the
volunteer fleet steamers into warships
after they had passed the Dardanelles
under the commercial flag. This is
3trange. Every government has a
right either to build warships in its
own yards, order them abroad; buy
them already built, and finally to convert
merchant vessels into warships.
The volunteer fleet, at its very inception,
was intended to be converted
into a military fleet upon the declaration
of war.
"The English should not feel in- !
censed over the passage of the St. Petersburg
and Smolensk through the
Dardanelles. The British embassy at !
Constantinople hands in a protest to j .
the Turkish government every time j i
a vdlunteer fleet vessel passes the j t
straits. For many years these pro- j i
tests have been entirely disregarded, , i
and therefore long ago lost their im- i
portance. Before the war the Darda- 3
nelles were repeatedly passed by vol
unteer ships on the way to the far ]
east, even with troops, arms and mu- ]
nitions of war aboard. If this were 1
possible before the war, it is possible
now, as there" has been no change in ]
our relations with Turkey as a result <
of the war with Japan. i
"When the St. Petersburg and Smo- 1
lensk passed through the straits un- (
der the merchant flag, their destina- 1
tion was correctly given as being the ;
far east. In fact, the vessels, upon 3
entering the Red sea armed, hoisted ?
the military flag. (
"A fundamental principle of interna- 1
tional law that a neutral flag covers j
neu.ral goods will not, of course, be
violated by our cruisers. Consequently,
cargoes aboard the ships of neutral 1
powers containing no contraband uf 1
war will remain as free as ever." ,
FANCY PRICE FOR FISH.
Throa Men Fined $1,660 for Petty
Violation of a Pennsylvania Statute.
Justice David Gilmer, at Johnstown,
Pa., has just imposed what is probably
the heaviest fines ever made under
the present fish laws of the state uoon
three men who were convicted of
catching 166 carp and cat fish by
building a fence across Buffalo creek,
driving the fish into wire pens and lulling
them. The fine was $10 for each
I fish, or a total of $1,660, in lieu of
j which they must serve 166 days in jail.
I THREE LOSE LIFE IN WRECK.
Car Door Derails Swift Moving Train
on Southern Railway.
Train No. 9 on the Southern Railway
Friday afternoon, near Franklin,
Va., struck a car door, which was lying
on the track across both rails, ae
railing the engine and tender.
C. E. Ilall, engineer, and W. A. Milloway,
fireman, and Ed McClarnahan,
a flagman riding on Che engine, were
killed.
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For Long Persecuted and J
Imprisoned iVlrs. Maybrick. j
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RELEASED IN ENGLAND J
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Vas Held Fifteen Years for Alleged ?
Murder of Her Husband, Though t
Strongest Evidence of In- a
nocence Was Produced.
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A special of Wednesday from Truro, ; T
Cornwall; England, says: "Mrs. Flor- j t
mce Maybrick is free. She left here j a
.1 11:43 a. m. today on her way to i t
Vance."
Mrs. Maybrick, who was Miss Floi> i s
nee Elizabeth Chandler, a member of ' j,
, well known and prosperous southern ; f
amily, was married July 27, 1881, in | v
It. James church, Piccadilly, to James
daybrick, of Liverpool. She was 18 c
rears old. Her husband was over for- j
y years of age. In the spring of g
$89 Mr. Maybrick became ill and in \
i few days he died. His brothers in- r
estigated his death and charged Mrs. i:
daybrick with the murder of her hus- d
land. A long trial followed, and a t
lumber of'doctors swore that the de- c
:eased died of arsenical poisoning, t
rhe defense proved that for twenty a
-eers Mr. Maybrick had been a con- a
irmed user of arsenic and that he
iaily took doses large enough to have c
tilled a dozen ordinary men. Mrs. v
Hay brick was eventually sentenced to I
leath by the judge, Sir Fitzjames Ste- ; f
ihon who ennVo for two davs in ! r
:harging the jury. He said it was im- t
possible to find her not guilty in the 1
'ace cf the medical evidence. The g
udge died "some time later in a mad t
louse. 2
From the time of Mrs. May brick's c
.'onviction her mother, the baroness .
le Roques, was unremitting in her ef- i<
'orts'in behalf of the prisoner. She 'i
succeeded in having the death sen- t
ence commuted to penal servitude for o
ife, and finally has obtained the free- 1
lorn of her 'daughter, to whose release
rom prison she had devoted her-life, s
rhe baroness was aided by influential (
'riends on both sides of the Atlantic.
n 1900, after the death of Lord Rus- i
sell, of Killowen, chief justice of'Eng- t
and, a letter which had been written ^
:o Mrs. Maybrick in 1S95 was dis* I
covered. It showed he was convinced f
;hat she ought ne-er to have bean c
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;unvicieu, auu it nas ijccii gcuciau;
anderstood that all the recent Araeri- t
:an ambassadors to the court of St.
fames have done everything possible ?
o obtain Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. d
The fact of her probable release wa^ 1
lsed as a reason for securing the post- c
ponement of a trial last year of law s
suits bearing on Mrs. Maybrick's in* t
:erest in land in Kentucky, Virginia c
ind West Virginia/until she was able v
personally to testify. If she was not d
ible to testify in these suits, Mrs. E
Maybriek and her mother would have
ost all title and interest in the many ^
thousands of acres of land involved
it the case. ^
On February 4 last, Home Secretary
kkers-Douglas, replying to a question
!n the house of commons, confirmed *
he reports which had been in clrcula- ^
:ion that Mrs. Maybrick had been re* ^
moved *rom Aylesbury prison to a con* *
valescent home, where she would remain
until the summer, when sha would
be allowed ^her freedom. The *
borne secretary said a license ha'd 1
been granted to Mrs. Maybrick under 8
the penal servitude act *
The transfer of the prisoner from a "
- .
penal prison to a quiet country home
constituted an almosit unprecedented
iction on the part of the British authorities.
It was due to the mediation ^
rf the Duchess of Bedford, who, as a
visitor to Aylesbury prison for many
rears, had taken a keen personal in- *
torest in Mrs. Maybrick, and finally ^
succeeded in obtaining the mitigation 1
3f her punishment to the extent of her v
being allowed to spend the last six
months of her confinement outside the ^
prison walls. r
Mrs. Maybrick is not freed uncondi- ''
tionaily; she Is out on ticket of leave, n
but to all intents she is as free as any 0
Dther person. I3
SHIP CREW ARE PRISONERS.
Captured British Steamer, Malacca, tArrives
at Port Said.
The captured peninsular and Oriental
steamer Malacca arrived at Port ^
Said "Wednesday, manned by a Russian
crew. Members of the Malacca's *
crew were declared prisoners and no I
communication with the shore was F
permitted. b
The British captain and passengers {
complain of Russian treatment. The 1
former carried his protests to such
length that he was threatened with a
orroot unlosc ho rlosistprl Tho M?.. fi
lacca Is declared to have on board ii
contraband articles for Japan.
THREE NEW STEAMSHIPS '
Announced for Savannah?Two of F
Them Trans-Atlantic Liners.
Three new steamship lines are an- p
nounced for Savannah. All are to have t
vessels put on about September 1, j
and it is believed that the regular t
sailings and the advantages in rates p
uey will offer will prove of great ben- c
efit to the port and to shippers and J
Importers of the interior. v t
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"STEADY" SAYS G ROVER.
Ex-President Volunteers Some Advice
to Democrats Urging Carefulness.
Parker Telegram Lauded.
"Steady, [Democrats, Steady," is the
.itle of an article by Grover Cleve-1
and, printed in Colliers for July 23.
n it Mr. Cleveland lauds the action,
>f Judge Parker in sending his "goli
elegram" to the St. Louis convention^
tnd expresses his satisfaction with!
he platform and the outlook in part
is follows:
"No action of democracy's rtpresenatives
assembled in the late convenicn
can be construed in any other
vay than as an acknowledgment of
he establishment of the gold standird,
and a willing pledge to its mainenance.
<4rhis condition should of itself be
;uffl'Cient to so fill our measure of sat*
sfaction as to cause us to forget any,
ears or trepidation that may hava
rexed us during the days just passed.*
'I do not overlook the fact that two
loar and nnimpeached verdicts of the
>eople stand recorded in favor of the
;old standard, and that its perpetuity
ia.s been secured by federal enactJ
uent;' but I insist that, in refusing td
ndulge in any further free silver or
[ouble standard vagaries, the conv^enion
did not, on account of existing
onditions, make a virtu,j of necessity,-1
>ut that it voiced instead an actual
nd wholesome change in sentiment
.mong the file of democracy.
"Herein is found abundantly suffirtoncrj
oratitirdo and rone-rat*
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ilation on the part of all those who
ove true democracy. I want to go
urther than this, and to express a
verent belief that certain convene
ion utterances apparently untoward j
tave worked together for democracy's
jood, and that a happy outlook has
teen reached through a leader, wiser j
md more certain than the wit of man
ould have devised. I
"Senator Tillman and I have occasonally
differed, but I hope he will I
ake no offense if I applaud and give
learty concurrence to-his expression
>f belief that 'providence has taken
[indly hold on cur affairs.'"
After quoting Judge Parker's mes*
age to the St. Louis convention. Mr.
Cleveland says:
"Those democrats who have been
mpatient of-the silence of their par>
y's candidate ought to be satisfied
pith the effectiveness or his utterance; j
t filled the blank in a disabled platf
orm; it gave leadership to the demol
:ratic cause and rallied supporters
housaads and tens of thousands to
lie democratic standard.
"I believe chat no man ever did so
nucn lor iae cause auu iu su many,
[irections and in so short a time and
11 so compact a form as was done by
iur candidate when he sent his mes-*
ige to the St. Louis convention. He
las reminded all who profess demoratic
principles that th'ey also have
pork to do if they, like him, would
lo the political duty the. time de*
nands."
JFFICIALS DETAIN CHINESE GIRL
Vou!d-Be Student of Wesleyan College
Barred at San Francisco..
More than a month ago Miss Eiing
dice Soon, a young Chinese girl, left
Shanghai under the charge of Rev.
7. B. Burke, a Christian missionary
o China, and his wife, Mrs. Burke,
o attend Wesleyan Female college,
lacon, Ga., this fall, Miss Soon beag
the daughter of a local Christian
ainister at Shanghai. Owing to some
lleged defect In her immigration pa<ers
she is being held aboard ship at
!an Francisco.
WHAT BRYAN WOULD DO.
Jebraskan's Views as to How Demo*
cratic Party Should Be Run.
W. J. Bryan's plan for the reformaion
of the democracy was given pubicity
at Lincoln Thursday. In it Mr.
Iryan favors radical changes, but ad-"
ocates the election of Judge Parker
or president as a good beginning. He
eclares for state ownership of railoads,
government control of teleraphs,
abolishment of the private moopoly,
favors the income tax and the
lection of federal judges by the peole.
MINERS WAR ON POSTMASTER.
)fficia at Victor Accused of Helping
to Deport Men from Colorado.
Secretary Haywood, of the Western
"ederation of Miners, at Denver, has
orwarded a telegram to President
toosevelt stating that Postmaster
teardon, of Victor, is one of the memters
of the committee which he says
5 responsible for deporting miners j
rom the Cripple Creek district, and
sking that steps be taken to prevent
ederal office holders from taking part
a such demonstrations.
AMERICAN SHIPS ENDANGERED j
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Russians May Next Move on Craf!
Sailing Under Stars and Stripe3.
The Temps (Paris), discussing \.h?
iassage of the Vladivostock squadron I
hrough the straits of Teugar, says its
rurpose is either to attack the unpro
ected cities on the east coast ,-of Ja
an or to intercept American mer
haat steamers which are supplying
apan with all sorts of provision
hreugh the port of Yokahoma.
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?rm keis^en ewed
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; Meat Cutters Claim Breach
I of Contract by Packers.
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DOORS CLOSED TO MANY ;
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All Old Employes Report for Work, 1
But Are Told That Only a Small
Number Could Be Taken
Back.
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The stock yards strike was renewed ]
! Friday morning in Chicago and all '
| the other points where the big pack- '
! ing companies have branches, because l
1 the strikers were dissatisfied with the '
' manner in which the employers pro
j posed to reinstate their former em- <
I pioyees. <
Friday morning three thousand
butchers reported at the stock yards <
in Chicago for work. Only half of i
j them were given places. Thereupon i
j all refused to work. They reported J
j in a body at their union headquarters.
The general order for a renewal of the
strike was soon forthcoming.
While the immediate provocation
for renewal of the strike was apparently
the failure of tile packers to
take back a larger proportion of the
strikers who applied for work, the. real
cause of the rupture was inferred to I
be a circular issued Thursday by the ]
packers. i
The circular purported to explain to
the public the agreement entered inio
with the labor leaders. Seemingly the
circular could be taken as implying 1
tZLat agreement did .not bind the pack
; ers to re-empioy jiii ui me mea wuu
waiked out. The construction the labor
leaders had placed upon the
agreement was that all should he reemployed
within forty-five days.
When the butchers and their help- '
ers went into the yards to take their 1
old places, the general greeting received
was:
"We cannot take back more than <
half the regular force."
Immediately there was a woeful dis- play
of chagrin and disappointment. :
The men held a conference of an *m- 1
prcmptu nature and reached an agree- 1
ment to act as a unit or not at all.
"Take All Back or None."
j "You must take us all back or
! none," came the reply of the union
men. The packers refused to accede
( to this, and a committee was sent to
see President DonnhPiy. The latter
was quickly in communication with
his advisers. .<
Within an hour and a half the ae- :i
cision was reached to re-open the
strike?President Donnelly sending- a
telegram to that effect.
The breaking of The agreement, as ]
alleged by President Donnelly, on the ,
part of the packers and the ending of 1
all peace plans on the part of the
unions, came as a violent surprise to
the public, despite the widespread
Knowledge mat me men were rar num
satisfied with conditions consequent
upon the signing of the terms of
peace. 1
The summary action of the strikers
in ordering a renewal of hostilities '
was followed by equally vigorous efforts
at a restoration of peace. As a
result, the news of the strike order
was followed within an hour by an announcement
that a joint conference
was called to take place Friday afternoon
between the packing houses and
the labor leaders. The purpose of. the
conference was stated to be to discuss
the alleged unjust discrimination on
| the part of the packers.
The portion of the packers' circular '
objectionable to the unionists follows:
"In the agreement reached the '
packers reserve the privilege of retaining
in their employ all employes i
[that have been hireTl while the strike
has lasted, thus guaranteeing to these
men the fair treatment they deserve ]
and gaining for the packers one of
stood out. Tne privilege or arDitration
within the time limit of 45 days
covers the question of I'discrimination'
only, and is in no way intended
to guarantee to the striking employes i
that they will be taken back and given <
the places now filled by non-union 1
help."
DAVIS CALLS ON PARKER. .
Democratic Candidates Meet for First
Time and Exchange Greetings.
Senator Davis, the democratic vice 1
presidential pandidate, arrived at
iiisopus weanesaay, accompamea uy
National Committeeman Norman E. ]
Mack, of New York, and D. J. Campau, j
of Michigan. They were driven al
once to Rosemount. Judge Parker
and Senator Davis had never met be- '
fore. Mr. Mack introduced the candidates
and they warmly greeted each ,
other, after which they held an extended
conference.
WATSON ON THE FENCE.
Undecided Whether to Accept Populist
Nomination or Decline Honor. <
A friend of Thomas E. Watson is in
receipt of a communication from him
with regard to his acceptance of the ,
populist nominafion for president,' in
which Watson states that he has rot !
yet decided. The friend, who nas 1
known Watson from boyhood, gives it 1
as his opinion that he will not head 1
the populist ticket. 1
ANOTHER JAP VICTORY. ||
Russians Are Driven from Strongly
Intrenched Heights with Loss of
a Thousand Men?Japs Lose 300.
A special dispatch from Tokio, un? -M
ier date of July* 22, says: General ''tJH
Kuroki, in a severe fight, occupied
ECiao-Ya/ig on July 19. The place had via
been fortified by the Russians, who
defended it stoutly. f
In the fighting General Kuroki's
troops drove the Russians from theit >
strongly fortified position on the Chi
river, which is northwest of Motlen M 1
pass and east of Appling, inflicting ;:-m
upon the enemy more serious losses '-,M
than they sustained themselves. The
fight began on the 18th, and ended on
The Japanese lost 424 men in kii!*J .Ash!
and wounded. The Russian losses are ":Jj
astimateed at 1,000. |j
General Kuroki began his advance
early in the morning on the 18th. He '-M
uncovered and followed the enemy v|j **|
along the Chi river. The two battai*
ions, with eight guns, turned and ate '' & 'M
Lacked the Japanese advance guard %||H
At this point the Japanese suffered
before relief came, one company los~
ing all its officers. At a late hour in,
IBC aiitfmuuu 1110 nussiMi [waiuvii ' ^?i^K3l
was developed. They'occupied an emInence
on'the banks of the Chi. Thia
river guarded their left flank, and high b|?;J1
precipices protected the Russians on.
The only approach to their position '/-IB
was through a narrow, defile. The' ' fm;.l|g
fighting continued until dark, when dfgr JgS
the Japanese force bivouacked. The
Russians made two counter attacks,'
but were repulsed in each case.
The Japanese renewed the attack at '
midnight, posting their artillery in
valley below, and on the high ground rlK|g
to the south of the Russian position.
The main Japanese body was assignedr3K|jn
to attack the Russian center; a small |wg;||M
detachment was sent towards tfapl yM
right flank and another to watch iheij^^aa
enemy's left flank. "After these posfr^-^JB
tions had been taken, the fightings!!
ceased for a time, but it was resumed'^ ..B
at dawn. The Russians had thirty*/^!;V|8
two guns in action, and they vigorous* -^ ^
ly shelled the Japanese. To this firs '
the Japanese replied, the bombard1
ment lasting for four hours.
During this time the Japanese army ijffl
moved forward, the flankeft had sue ^
ceeded in scaling the heights on thft
u.Tocion WcVit htr 3 n'Hnek in the a?
ternoon, at which hour the main forcatjl vjfi
was ordered to storm the ' Russian
center. The Japanese artillery prompt* i&l :'m
ed this movement splendidly, but th?r^;J?
infantry met with a severe fire and |8
lost heavily in gaining the heights. : ^
The final successful charge was
livered about 5 in the afternoon. The M M
Japanese succeeded in partially- cutr^|| |fl
ting off the Russian retreat and thli
soon became a rout. The enemy wenl.f?.'4a
in two directions, to the northwardly Jl
and to the eastward. The RusglayjMi^
forces engaged included in addition te;||j
the artillery seven battalions of
fantry and a regiment of Cossacks, ^ 'v-|?
The enemy left one hundred and thi*>^||gfS
ty-one dead and 300 rifles on the field, lljm ;3jj|
Prisoners taken estimated the Russian ^ 3
losses at one thousand. The Japanese
lost one officer and 54 men killed and
18 officers and 351 men wounded. ..
BELLIGERENT LEGISLATORS f|S >|g
Have Row in Georgia House?Lie
en an Ink Bottle Thrown.
The Georgia house of represent* ;
tives was the scene of a decided sea- % |a
sation Friday when two members of
the body tried hard to engage in
fistic encounter on the floor. II
The wouid-be combatants . were '/?$& vj
Steed, of Carroll, and Buchanan, of
Early. Bad blood has existed between viBj
the two for some time, and during a ,-fj
personal privilege speech in reference r'M
thereto, Mr. Steed made a remark M
which Buchanan resented by calling ylSMf
him a knave and a liar. <|3
Before the members could realize
what was happening, Mr. Steed had
seized an ink well and driven it in the
direction of Mr. Buchanan. The lafr ^ ^
ter ducked and the well flew out the .
window, spattering ink in its flight." :Jg-|!
The flight of the Ink through the <||K|
air was swift, and drops of it fell upon
several representatives, over whose '.^
heads the ink well winged its flight -wm I
Representative Shannon, however .
came in for most o^ the ink, though'
not in the track of its passage.
bad walked behind Mr. Steed just ai ' \li
the latter drew back to throw, and :?S yj
most of the contents were spilled on ^
Mr. Buchanan escaped without inr-.y^SB'3
jury, either from contact with the
well or its contents. Jla
The scene which followed the throw.
Ing of the ink well was one of indo
Bcribable confusion, and it took tin -11
speaker five minutes to restore order
APPEAL GRANTED HOWARD.
^ase of Convicted Murderer of Goebel Jj
Goes to the Supreme Court
A special from Frankfort, Ky., says: jSBi
rhe court of appeals Saturday granted
i. writ of error in the case of .James .liySM
Howard, under a life sentence for the y&fi
murder of William Goebel. The case- 'M
will go to the supreme court of the
United States. fig