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* *. ; CMS FLEf Sally of Port Arthur Fatal arid Di: WERE TEBSI8L! BATTERED v Russia Enters Protest Regarding Seizure of Boat in Neutral Harbor and Other Powers are Notified. A special from Tokio under dar.e ?of Friday, August 12th, says: Admiral-Togo has reported as follows: "Oa August 10 our combined fleet attacked the enemy's fleet near Gugan Rock. > The Russian vessels were emerging from Port Arthur trying to go south. We pursued the enemy to the eastward. Severe fighting lasted from 1 o'cock Wednesday afternoon until sun* down. Toward the close the enemy s fire weakened remarkably. His formation became confused and then his ^ ships scattered. The Russian cruisers Askold and Novik and several torpedo boat destroyers fled to the southward. Others of the enemy's ships retreated separately toward Port Arthur. Wre - pursued them, and it appears that we inflicted considerable damage. "We found life buoys and other articles be, longing to the Russian battleship Czar evitcn noaung ai sea. iae La<ucvu.j was sunk. We have received no t*ports from the torpedo boats and the x torpedo boat destroyers engaged m the attack on the ships of the eneciv. The Russian vessels, with the excep tlon of the Askold, the Novik, the r Czarevitch and cruiser Palladia, ap pear to have returned to Port Arthur. Our damage was slight. Our fighting power has not been impaired. The casualties in the Japanese navy numbered one hundred and seventy." WASHINGTON IS INFORMED. I The following Associated Press.cablegram was received at the state de partment Friday from Minister Griswold. dated Tokio, August 12: '"According to latest reports receiv ed ?he headquarters the Japanese fleet 1 attacked > the Russian flee: emergfng- from *Port Arthur to the south of Round Island, off Tallen bay. . The Russian fleet finally, defeated, fiel during the night. Cruisers AskoM Novik and one other destroyer entered Kiao-Chou bay the night of the lltn. , one destroyer fled to Che Foo: five battleships, one cruiser, probably Diana, hospital 'ship, and several destroyers returned to Port Arthur, bej tween dawn and midday of the 11th Apparently no damage to Japanese fleet." A cablegram also has been received from Mr. Fowler, American consul at . Che Foo, stating that Japanese torpedo boats entered the harbor and at tacked the Russian torpedo boat which had arrived there several days az"> and dismantled, captured her and took her out. 1 COMPLICATIONS EXPECTED. The Associated Press report of the ; ' capture by the Japanese torpedo boot destroyers of the Russian destroyer Rieshltelni in the harbor of Che Foo. as conveyed to Washington by the consul general's cablegram of Friflay was received with the deepest interest an} also concern, for it was realized that there were in this incident the germ of serious international trouble. VESSELS MUST BE DISMANTLED. Russian Boat Takes Refuge at Shang hai and Goodnow Reports. Consul General Goodnow has cable l fVo ctflto department Friday from * * Shanghai that a Russian torpedo boat ? destroyer had just arrived there, and that if these vessels intend to remain more than twenty-four hours at Shan;;\ i hai, they must dismantle and remn.n tied up until the end of the war. Probably the treaty of peace which will finally conclude the war between Russia and Japan, will contain a paragraph f making disposition of the Russian vessels which have thus taken refuge in * Chinese waters. MILITARY TAKING A REST. r Japs are Awaiting Arrival of More ft Troops at Port Arthur. A dispatch from An-ShamShan to the Central News, London, relates that according to 'Chinese reports the lull in Japanese military operations arises from the fact that three divisions of General Kuroki's force have been sent to assist the troops besieging Port Arthur. K \ Mm t 1 ' Squadron Pi-oved a ] smal Failure. | Mr. Fowler spoke of the affair as i "cutting out" expedition, thereby tii:'fering in an important point from the press dispatches which at first reading appeared to indicate the seizure oi the Russian boat was in at least some degree caused by the action of the captain of the craft in attacking the Japanese boarding lieutenant. It may be that the paint will turn the decision as to whether or not there has | been a violation of Chinese neutrality by the Japanese. ; If the expedition was a genuine cutting out one, then there is no question in the minds of the officials in Washington that the Japanese have commit ted an offense - against international j law by violating Chinese neutrality j and in addition have broken the agreement they entered into at the beginning of the war, at the instance of the United States government to limit the field of warlike demonstration to Manchuria and Korea, and their water-*. Should this prove to be the case, tbs results probably will be grave aul *r/vvft f C* vcAauuuo. Under the tenets of Internationa: | law the captured vessel must be returned for the offense against Chinese J neutrality. But if Russian lives have j been lost as reported in the press dis! patches, a greater complication will follow, for Russia may in turn hcii China responsible for the punishmen: or what caused the death of the sailors when under the shelter of the Chi nese port authorities. Altogether the situation is full or danger, and the main apprehension cf the Washington officials is that it may be the incident that will break down : tho agreement of the powers anu { plunge China into the war as a fullI fledged belligerent and ally of Japan. J The' consequences of such an act on j China's part upon existing alliance.* ! between Japan and Great Britain and ,! between Russia and France can only be conjectured and the prospect is so alarming that it is not doubted the stale department will do its utmos: 'along with the rest of the powers fo. effect such a settlement of this incident as shall preserve the agreement as to China in full force. . 'M, ' | RUSSIA FILES PROTEST. The Associated Press at St. Petersj burg* is able to announce that Russia j hag already formally protested to; Jar paifc through France, against the action of the Japanese torpedo boat destroyers in attacking the Russian to*[pedp boal. destroyer at Che-Foo and towing her away from that port and I that the protest has been comrnunica; j ed to the powers. It is furthe? stated j that Dom i"ranee ana m?u> a.~ supporting at Pekin this protest of the Russian government. The Che-Foo incident is discussed freeiy in Pekin, and it is the general opinion in diplomatic circles that Japanese has committed, to say the least, a grave indiscretion. The report cur rent that the Chinese warships at Chefoo did nothing to prevent the capture of the Ryeshitelni is declared to pla^e China in an unenviable position. GERMANY ACTS PROMPTLY. i J Advices from Berlin, Germany, stat* that the foreign office confirms the ar rival Thursday night at Tsing-Chou .;t the entrance of Kiao-Chou bay, the German concession on the Shan-Tung i peninsular, of the Russian battle ship | Czarevitch, the protected cruiser N*>| vik and an unnamed torpedo boat. The Czarevitch is in an unseaworthv con j dition, having been damaged In Wadj nesday's fight. The foreign office has i sent instructions to the German a:i ! tkorities at Tsing-Cbou to the effect I that the Novik and torpedo boat must {leave the harbor within twenty-four ! hours prescribed by international law MINERS MAKE APPEAL TO GRAY Delaware Jurist Called Upon to Settle Dispute in Coal Region. At a meeting of the mining board of conciliation at Wilkesbarre, Pa. j Friday, the representatives of the min; ers offered the following resolution* "It is agreed by the board of conciliation, that the entire question of ! check welghmen and el eck docking j bosses be submitted to Judge Gray, ! goving him full power to interpret award No. 5. and direct both miners and operators what they are required to do to carry out all provisions of . otrorH oo intftn.-'prt hv the antfcra j o.nu ai'uiu, co ^ cite coal strike comnr-ssion." FIRST CAMPAIGN LIE NAILED. Report Sent Out that Williams Was Mental and Physical Wreck. The New York S un telegram hod iv* Jackson, Mis3., correspondent that ir is reported that John Sharp Williams is a mental and physical wreck. Nothing is further from the truth. Mr. Williams was never in better health in his life. VARDAMAN'S FINAL SHOT i Postmaster General Payne Promulgates a Personal Opinion Expressed by Mississippi Governor. A Washington dispatch says: Another rhanter. and probably the final one, so far as t'ae government is concerned, was added Monday to the case office department to name a post growing out of the refusal of the postoffice after Governor Vardaman, ot that state, by the promulgation by Postmaster General Payne of a statement which gave without comment 2 letter from Governor Vardaman, published in The Charles-ton (S. C.) News and Courier. This letter, which is ac- i cepted by the postoffice department as confirming the authenticity of Govcr- j nor Vardaman's editorial remarks about the mother of President Roosevelt, is given in a newspaper publication as follows-: Anderson, August 8.?(Special.)? Several days ago the editor of The Anderson Daily Mail wrote to Governor J. K. Vardaman, of Mississippi and asked him about the truth of the assertion made by Postmaster General Payne that Governor Vardaman had, while editor of a newspaper in Mississippi some years ago, published an editorial making a disrespectful allu ion to Mrs. Roosevelt, the mother of the president. The following letter has been received in reply: , Executive Department, Jackson, Miss.. August C.?My Dear Sir: Your very kind favor of the 4th instant has beep received. If I had a copy cf The Commonwealth you desire. I would take pleasure in sending it to you, but the files of the old paper are 100 mile3 away. There was nothing in that editorial offensive to Mrs. Roosevelt, or that reflected upon her in the least. I simply undertook, upon scientific grounds, an explanation of Teddy's degeneracy and general cussedne-? without holding his ancestors responsible for it. I thought I owed it to his ancestors. Really. I should be ashamed, to charge the devil himself with the responsibility of the Infamy of that: distinguished accident. Sincerely and cordially. J. K. VARDAMAN.'' ATLANTA'S BOSSES DETHRONED. Council Step3 in and Breaks Up Ranting Factions in Police Board. Backed by a crowd of prominent At* lantians as large as ever filled .ha council chamber, who cheered and ape plauded the members on to their goof work, the eity council Monday settled the police situation by passing crdi-' nances making it unlawful for any member c-f the police commission succeed himself in office and requiring,, a three-fourths vote of that body to'' 'impeach the chief of police or any other officer or member of the depart*, ment. * The passage cf theie two ordinances means the end of factional politics in the police department. It means, lhat three new members of the police board will be elected next March to succeed Chairman S. W. Day and; Commissioners W. H. Brotherton anl J. W. English, to whom most of the; factionalism has been charged. It means that the present polic^ board cannot suspend or discharge* Chief John W. Ball without the -vore. of - six of its members, a vc* e. which it w'ill be impossible to secure withe ihe present composition cf the police I bo*rd. It mains that no man or set of nfMEin will remain in power on the board atiy longer than the length cf their te^m of office: in short ft sounds the dea.th knell of factionalism and faction ppiii tics. . KNOWN DEAD EIGHTY-FOUR. More Bodies of Frightful Wreck Near Eden, Colorado, Are Found. Two more bodies of victims of the Eden wreck have been recovered, oae being the remains of Rav W. O'Bf.nnon, of Washington. D. C. The body was found several miles 'down the Arkansas river, but has "no*, yet beeD identified. This brings the list of identified dead to eighty-four. OVER FOUR THOUSAND CARS. Previous Estimate cf Georgia's Groat Peach Crop Are Verified. The movement of Georgia peaches is practically over. So states L. I. McCleskey, division freight agent ot the Southern Railway. The reported movement from the state, up to midnight of the 13th instant, was 3.991 cars. There are a few cars unreported, and yet a few cars of Elbertas to move, besides, there will be several carloads of late pear-he? from the northern part of the sfete This will easily make the movement from the state of Georgia 4,000 cars for this season. NOW ASSAILING PORT ARTHUR. Japs Returrn to Attack Upon Fortress With Renewed Determination. That a general land and naval at- J tack was made on Port Arthur Monday is indicated by information reaching Che-Foo from various sources. The statement that the naval attack was made at four, in the morning comes from an authoritative but not diplomatic quarter. ISOLONS GO HOMEll t Georgia Legislature Quits j f With Much Work Undone, j I BALLOT BILL RELEGATED V The Assessor Measure Also Fails to j C Go Through?Much Good Work Was Done, Hov/ever During the Session. The Georgia legislature adjourned j Thursday night, having reached the i ^ I ? limit of fifty days. J i When it was finally agreed by tu3 ^ li house and senate conference commit- a tees to fix the common school fund at g $1,000,000 and the senate adopted that j c I *. recommendation, the work of the body I L I E was practically completed. | The house and senate finally agreei j 0 to adjourn sine die at 10:30 o'clock p. j< m, and when the formal notices were e passed, the president of the senate ^ E and speaker of the house formally de- 0 i ^ clared the jreneral essembly of 1904 i at and end. Owing to several presei- n saticn speeches in the house, however, t: the final adjournment did not take o place until some twenty minutes later t< than that hour. c But from the time the agreement on e the school fuad was reached, the mem- ? bers seemed to have litHe interest in a anything else before them. Every ef- b fort was made to get the house to act b on the senate hills piled up on the d clerk's desk, and a great many or t these were disposed of, most important of which was the money lenders j bill, which the house put through with- I out debate. When the end came, how- i] ever .there were some twenty-five or t thirty senate bills still on the clerk's F desk unacted on, which died with the session. t The Australian ballot bill and the s Hall tax assessors' bill were killed by t failure of the conference committee io f reach an agreement, or where an j agreement was reached by the failure L of one or the other body to adopt the a report. Three conference committees t were appointed on each of these meas- h ures, but despite all the efforts made to bring about agreement, both the c house and the senate held out for a their respective views on each meas- t ure and ho final action was taken. i The closing scenes of the house and f senate were less disorderly, perhaps j than has been the case in years. The^e a was the confusion of conversation and e general lack of attention to the pro- i ceedings, but outside of this practical- j ly nothing that exhibited a'lack of' c dignity or evinced a taste for horse f play. . f Numerous matters were acted on d during the closing day, and it will x keep the clerks of both houses busy t for several days to straighten out the j tangle of the last day's work. t c UP TO JUDGE SPEER AGAIN. f He is Petitioned to Release Negro Wo- t men on Valdosta Shaingang. ( A Macon, Ga., dispatch says: Once 1 more will Judge Speer be asked ?.o * release prisoners sentenced by a re corder to work the streets, and this a time it will be negro women whom c he will be petitioned to free from a ' municipal.-<jourt sentence. Judge Not- tingham; "however, does not figure-, in * this case, but it is . Mayor J. "L. Finch- s er, of Fort Valley. a ,.y .. ; v. MILLION FOR GEORGIA SCHOOLS. . . ; - ' v c Senate, at Closing Session, Recedes c from Demand for a Reduction. a The direct appropriation to the 8 schools of Georgia for the year 1905 c will be $1,000,000, the senate having s given up its demand for a $100,000 cut. * This action of the 'senate was by an s overwhelming majority, and was taken c1 during the morning session Thursday, ? and was based on the report of the second conference committee appoint- t ed on the general appropriations bill. c a BRYAN LOSES HIS CASE. * Will Not Get $50,000 0n Behest of h Late Millionaire Bennett* A decision adverse to William J. 8 Bryan in the contest over the will of f - -- ? . e the late P. S. Bennett, of New York, I ? and New Haven. Conn., was handed * down Saturday afternoon by the su- T' preme court of errors, after an all-day session. The decision virtually denies c ;:hat Mr. Bryan is entitled to the $50,- . 000 mentioned in the sealed letter 3 written by Mr. Bennett and addressed to his widow to be read by her af- ? ter his death. By this letter the widow * was asked to give $30,000 to Mr. Bryar and his fami'y. ILLEGAL VOTES CHANGE RESULT Macon County, Georgia, Has Strenu- C ous Prohibition Election. After consolidating the returns in the prohibition election held in Oglethorpe, Ga., those of Hicks district 3 vrere found illegal and weTe thrown | f out, making Macon coui>try dry Ly 23 I majority. It is rumored there will be c a contest. The county went wet on E the face of the returns by three majority. * N EICHT MINUTES! i :irst of Hodges Murderers is I Doomed at Statesbcro. VILLCATO FOUND GUILTY ourt Dees Quick Work at Opening j Session?Horrible Details of the Bloody Work of Fiends Told by Witness. The special session of'the Bulloch ounty superior court convened in tatesboro Monday morning at 10 U o'clock for the trial of the murerers of the Hodges family. By dayght the people were coming frcm li the surrounding copntry, in bugies, wagons and all manner of vehiles. Every train that entered the Dwn brought tremendous crowds, loth railroads put on several extra oachss to accommodate the crowds oming from a distance. All the ad>ining counties were well representd, there being no less than 200 men torn Tattnall, nearly as many from imanuel and a large number from Icreveh, Laurens and Bryan. Rev. Hermon Hedges, of Texas, forlerly cf Bulloch county, a brother of he murdered man, was present and pened the court with prayer and arerwa.rds made a short address to the rowd, in which he begged his listen- i rs not to do anything rash, but to let he law take its due course. He made , very eloquent and touching appeaJ o the people of the county, and it is elieved that his address had a great ~ A /-> + trnaplnor H rv-rcn onv dij. cai IU KXIS V> XUU uw V u I urbance. On the opening of court, the grand ' ury was quickly called, and Judge )aly charged them as to the special nvestigation before them and they re- ! urned a bill before noon against Paul teed and Will Catoe. A number of witnesses were put on he stand for the state, the two trongest being J. C. Deal. who wa3 he nearest neighbor of the murdered amily, and Harriet Reed, wife of Paul leed. one of the defendants. The atter was allowed to testify as .gainst Will Catoe, tne court mling hat she could not testify against her lusband. Mr. Deal told of going to the scene if the fire on the night of the crime nd of his discovering the fact that he bodies of Mr. Hodges and his famly were in the flames. He told of inding blood in various places in the rard and in the lane near the house, nd of the search made next day for widence in the case. He told of findng the tell-tale shoes, a mismated vair being found near tbe premises if the crime, and their mates being ound in Paul Reed's house. He testiied that Paul Reed's -wife had on a Iress of the same material as a string vith which one of the shoes was laced hat was found at the scene of the u'lling. One of the shoes was found o have blood on it, and they were lamp, showing their recent use. it havng rained on the night of the crime. Harriet Reed, wife of Paul Reed, estified that her ht&band and Will ?at.oe went from her house to Mr. lodges on the night of the crime, hat they made two trips there tegevh;r. the second trip having been male ifter they had -killed all the family exept one of the little children, and that t. was on this second trio that they ound her hid behind a trunk and killed ier and set fire to the house. She aid they came back af'er matches >nd that Will Catoe told her they had filled Mr. Hedges and all his people. She testified that when they finally :ame back, after the burning, about 1 ('clock in the night, they told her ail ibout the killing and she gave all the ;ruesome details cf their horrible rime just as they told it to her. She aid they threatened her if she ever oM it that she would be killed, and he explained that was the reason she [idn't tell anything unTTl after they iad both been caught. Her story corresponds in every deail with what she told before the oroner's inquest. Both of the defend.nts showed signs of restlessness durng her testimony. Reed seemed at imes to be greatly amused at parts of ier story. Catoe made a short statement rad f-imitted that he was asked by Reed o go with him and three other ne;roes, whose names he did not give, to dr. Hodges' house, but that he did LOt gO, DUl Weill IU HIS UWU U'jiuc. nc enied having anything to do with the rime. At 7:18 o'clock Monday night the ury returned a verdict of guilty gainst Catoe, after being out eight cinutes. Judge Daly immediately cdourned court until 8:30 o'clock Tuesay morning, without passing senence on the prisoner. PARAGUAY HAVING TROUBLE. lonsul Ruffin Cables That Martial Law Has Seen Declared. A Washington dispatch says: Con- J ill Ruffin cables the state departmentJ rom Assuacion that martial law has | ieen declared in Paraguay. The forces i >f the revolutionists and the governcent have had a fight and cons'idtra- 1 >le disorrder prevails. j SECOND FLEET*! Vladivostok Sqadron Knocked Out I b 1 Japanese Cruisers. fl WILD JUBILATION IK TOKIO J Mamirai r\amimura vaeis in a icinng r-ja Blow on Russian "Raiders" After Months of Waiting and % ygm \ Watching ? One Armored Cruiser Sunk and Oth- ? /IjaH ers Put to Flight f in Straits of -.- rn'/iJBi A Tokio special says: Vice Adm*ral Kamimura encountered the Russian Vladivostok squadron at dawn -j Sunday north of Tsu Island in the U|i % strait of Korea and attacked the my at once. The battle lasted for five hours and resulted in a complete Jap-, anese victory. ' The Russian cruiser Rurik was sunk and cruisers Rossii and Gromoboi fled northward after J having sustained serious damage. Vice -iMj Admiral Kamimura cables the nary department that the injuries inflicted ^11 <-1 upon his vessels were slight. v japs^extremely happy. || Flags were flying, lanterns glimmering and cries of "Banzai" were ringing, in the streets of the Japanese capital J?|ij| Sunday night in honor of the victories' gained at sea by Admiral Togo and yjaffi Vice Admiral Kamimura. * Underneath the jollity of the popalace is a feeling of deep satisfaction .;3plj and gratification at the disposal of a r-'M ':M desperately serious problem of the <||B1 The Russian sauadron, which con- ,'^^h fronted Admiral Togo, refused battle 1 -Jpjttl It was stronger than Admiral Togo'a~J|B|| squadron in battle ships and armored ; | \/-jj| cruisers and had it elected to fight, the result might have altered the fortunes ' of war. The strength of the squadron which opposed Admiral Togo compeiled him to draw vessels from the squadron under Vice Admiral Kami* vJSg mura and this left the Japanese nav7 powerless to operate against the Ruasian Vladivostok squadron and unable to prevent the raids of fhese vessel3. The raid conducted by the Vladlv<Mtok squadron in July was extremely f||i expensive and not only was reUliatfonc^J^K tempting, but it was demanded "Wk'll * 'k commercial interests. * 1 The navy, however, grimly refused }<M to make a diversion and stuck to Port:^B Arthur. It was confident that the harv ^ bor soon would be untenable for the Russian warships, that it eventually - ^ would get a fair fight in the open sea away from the Russian land batteries Vjili and that the Japanese would win. ? These calculations of the navy were :|?5| correct, and the Russians with the chances even have been hopelessly deAdmiral Kamimura, after man7 months of waiting, finally got his -M chance at dawn Sunday off Tsu islan! He sunk the Russian cruiser Rurik and sent the cruisers Gromboboi and Rossia fleeing back from the fight. ; The best possible naval force thai.^|1 ; > Russia can now concentrate at Vladh vostok is four cruisers. ^ In the fight of August 10 the squad- gjKj ron under Admiral Togo was practical- ? ly uninjured. The battle ship Mikaaa suffered the most, but she continues on the fighting line. ^ The cruisers Yakumo. Nisshin and Kasaga also were hit, but temporary : ~||j repairs already have ben made and they are fully serviceable. The following casualties have been reported on the Japanese side during, the action of August 10th: *. i The battle ship Kikassa had four of*. "sB i ficiers killed and twenty-nine men se-.' riously wounded. Six officers and twenty-nine men were slightly wound- ^j||g| The armored cruiser Yakumo had r$mm one officer and forty-nine men killed ?|h and one officer and eleven men' ' wounded. The armored cruiser Kasuga had two officers and fifteen men wounded. 'M ' Torpedo boat No. 8 had on?r man ? %Jia killed and eight wounded. ;3U FIRST MESSAGE FROM ALASKA. Telegraphic Communication With Un- 'jll cle Sam's Ice Fields Established. /-'|h General Greeley, chief signal officer ./JjS of the United States army now at Seattle, ha3 received th? first tele- *|?1 graphic message sent direct from Nome, Alaska. v Vila It marks the inauguration of the Vag government wireless line from Nome, _ -Thp reoeint *&BL : iu< mxiea, uu ~ , of the message indicated that tho \N0fe J wireless line was working perfectly. I From St. Michaels the message came by the wire line up the Yukon to Dawson and thence to Seattle, travel* ^ lng 3,500 miles altogether. NO CHANGE IN STRIKE. "|S Packers and Meat Cutters as Fa* Apart as When Struggle Began. A Chicago dispatch of Thursday says: The stock yards strike seem3 -i* no nearer a settlement than it did the day the struggle began. Efforts of , a committee composed of retail butch- ^ era and grocers to bring about a con- -^|gj ference between the packers and th*