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t FISH BOATS SUNK f \ | Russian Baltic Fleet Goes Wrong at the Very Start. t ENGLAND TO HEAR FROM r ? ? -.> ? !-!-! r-i i CU.tl.^ in Mnrih null rismny ricti vjiibu&u nvi ? Sea Without Apparent ProvocaS * tion and Consternation. Reigns in uondon. * " , x * r A dispatch from Hull, England, .< says: M. Jackson & Company, solicitors for the owners of the fifty Hull fishing boats have notified the foreign office and admiralty at London of an attack on the Hull fishing fleet by the Rusian Pacific fleet, common: ly known as the Baltic squadron, commanded by Vice Admiral Rojcst- j vensky. The official information is that shortly after midnight Friday the Rns- i sian squadron fell in with the Hull j fishing fleet in the North sea. The ! > first portion of the fishing fleet pass- j ed safely. Then the Russian ship3 1 turned their searchlights on the Brit- j ish vessels for some time, and a little ; later opened fire, many of the crew , being seriously injured. The steam trawler Crane was sunk i and the decapitated bodies of her J skipper and mate, Messrs. Smith and j :Leggett, have been brought to Hull. ! The boatswain and other members of ! > * the crew who are understood to be ! seriously wounded, are on beard a i mission ship. The only slightly in- j jured member of the crew has ar- j rived at Hull. i Fishing Boats Badly Riddltd. The news has created an intense ! sensation, and indignation in Hull, i The Moulmein arrived with her flag at half mast. Her skipper states that' the trawlers were fishing about 220 miles east by north of Spurn Head at j - ~ ' * i -.1 A/\4-VI ! 1 O'CIOCK Saturday morning, tue vneam. er being hazy, when the outlines of several vessels, apparently warships, sailing in a line were dimly seen. While the crew were watching the warships searchlights were flashed upon them, in the flare of which the Moulmein's crew observed what they took to be torpedo boats approaching, apparently with the intention of t bearding the Moulmein. They steam- j ed away, however, and soon the fish- j ermen were horrified to find they were being fired upon. First one and then another trawler was struck by flying shot. What t seemed to be a round shot went through the Moulmein galley. The Mino, lying nearby, also was struck with many shots, but fortunately the damage was above her water line, and none of her crew was struck. Th? bombardment lasted about 20 minutes. When it had ceased the fleet sailed southward. No motive can be assigned for the I extraordinary procedure of the Rus; sian warships. According to other reports the af- J fair occurred 200 miles off Spurn j Head. The Russian ships were steam- ! ing in line. The leading ships passed without incident though most >>t the vessels turned searchlights on the trawlers long enough to prevent any mistaken identity. After the bulk of the squadron had passed, it opened fire, nearly all ptrticipating in the firing. The Crane was struck below the water line and * C??,, I rakea aDove aecK. otuppei > and Third Hand Leggett had their j heads caried clean away by a shell. many ' of the crew being seriously ! wounded. Another trawler also was sunk, but i the Sea Gull, which arrived later and j brought the news to Hull, has 110 par* j ticulars as to her fate. DAMAGE TO MANASSAS FARMERS. ! i Pilifering by Soldiers Not So Exten- j sive as First Reported^ A Washington dispatch says: The j special board appointed to appraise j the damages suffered by farmers near j Manassas, Va? as a result of the maneuvers, has completed its work, pacing the total at $13,700. which is mucn less than was expected. CONTENTION OF PANAMANS, Little Republic Wants Canal Treaty Modified in Important Respects. A Washington dispatch says: Modi- j fication of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla ca- j nal treaty in several important re- | 6pects and the negotiations between j the Washington and Panama govern- ; ments of a supplementary commercial 1 treaty granting to Panama important ! concessions is what the Panamans ; hope to obtain as a result of Secre- j tary Taft's mission to the isthmus, ac- ; cording fo a statement made lo the j Associated Press by Senor Obandia, j Panaman minister at Washington. I SITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR. Japs Capture Several Mirior Positions Near Rihlung Mountain. A special of Thursday from Chefoo says: The most important recent events at Port Arthur include the capture by the Japanese of further minor positions near Rihlung mountain and'the severe damage of a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer by striking a floating mine. SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS ! Only Unimportant Skirmishes Break Monotony in Manchuria?Eighty Thousand Were Slain in Recent Battles. j | A review of the recent fighting be! tween the Japanese and Russians south of Mukden shows immense loss' ~ M ^AAinitrA I CS LU ULH.il iUlLCd, UUl CL ULLiailC > IV." j tory for neither. The opposing arj mies are still facing each other, j though a distance of several miles lies j between them. Offensive operations : on the part of Russians are reported | to have been made ten miles from j Mukden, and skirmish attacks are cf ! frequent occurrence along the entire j line. No really Important aggressive I movements, however, are announced. ; A very heavy and decisive engagement is considered certain to occur before 1 many days to the southward of Muk! den as a result of concentration in that vicinity of immense bodies of the opposing forces. The weather has be[ come very much colder and great suffering among the soldiers is reported. I A dispatch received at the Japanese legation in London from Tokio, under i Saturday's date, says Marquis Oyama reports that the Shakhe river engagement resulted in the capture by the Japanese of 500 prisoners and fortyfive guns, while 10,550 Russian corpses were counted. ) A St. Petersburg dispatch says: The war office is not in a position as yet to give figures of the casualties in the long battle below Mukden, but everything indicates that the Russian losses reached 40,000, the figure given by the Associated Press correspondent at Mukden. Another correspondent places the loses on both sides at 80,000. v The war office is convinced the Japanese losses, while below those of the Rusians, were almost as heavy. A delayed Mukden dispatch says: The Japanese hurriedly evacuated Shakepu, three miles east of Shakhe station, on unursaay nignt in oraer 10 escape being surrounded. Under the cover of Thursday's fog they had tried to surprise the ad vance guard immediately on the Russian right flank. The latter repaid them in their own coin with interest by taking Shakepu on both flanks and not leaving the Japanese any alternative except hurried flight. They abandoned a quantity of arms and ammunition. Several Japanese came into the Russian lines and voluntarily surrendered. ATokio special of Sunday says: Manchurian headquarters, reported by telegraph yesterday (Saturday), says that the number of Russian dead found on the battlefield and interred up to October 22, makes a total of 10,550. Upcn this total Russian casualties are estimated to exceed G0,000. The Japanese captured a total of forty-five guns during the Shakhe operations. SYNOD SCORES DIRECTORS. Injunction Against College Removal is Challenged. The Tennessee synod of the southern Presbyterian church in session at Knoxville after a debate extending almost a whole day adopted a resolution challenging the authority of the board of directors of the Southwestern Presbyterian university, at Clarksville, to be a self-perpetuating body, and also denying that the directors' have full authority in controlling the uniT-OT-C1 f it This is, in effect, a challenge of the directors' action in enjoining the synods from taking action in regard 1o the removal of the university from Clarksville to Atlanta. PEGGING AWAY AT PORT ARTHUR Japs Capture More of Russian Outer Works on Rihlung Mountain. A Che Foo dispatch, under Sunday's date, says: The Japanese on the afternoon of October 16, resumed tlieir attack on the Russian outer works at Rihlung mountain. After four hours' fighting they succeeded in capturing a number of the Russian trenches and one small hill. It is the belief at Dalney that a general assault on Port Arthur will be made soon. FOG HIDES BOTH* ARMIES. Thursday's Dispatches from Seat of War of Minor Importance. Thursday's dispatches from the Far East state that with the country enveloped in thick fog and the roads in wretched condition, activity is, for the time being, impossible for the Japanese or Russian army south of Mukden. There have been several brisk skirmishes and some surprises of a minor character, but the lifting of the fog tnust precede any notable conflict of the histile forces. No official repo'n from the commander at Port Arthur later than October 10 has reached St I Petersburg. | | MEMPHIS WANTS BETTER RATES I ! Tennessee City Appeals to the Interstate Commerce Commission. I The interstate commerce commis! sion at Washington, Thursday, heard : arguments in the dispute between the ! Memphis freight bureau and the St. ! Louis Southwestern railroad as to a rate from Memphis to points in Arkansas and cotton rates from Arj kansas points to Memphis. \ TO CURB COLOMBIA i i | More American Marines to Be Sent to Panama, I TROUBLE IS THREATENED; i i I I . ^ _ ! i uisgrunuea ooiomDians oaia xo . Preparing to Renew Warfare on Anniversary of Secession of , the Isthmus. ! A Washington special says: Ameri- I i ! ; can marines will be retained on the i I isthmus of Panama for the present, J prepared to meet any emergency : : which may arise as the result of the ! ! I disgruntled elements in the new re- ; public. This decision was reached ! i Thursday and orders have been issued j i for a new battalipn of marines to go i i to the island, about' November 15, ! ! to relieve the battalion which has been . : there for a year. The new battalion i j will be commended by Lieutenant Col- | onel Thomas N. Wood. The exact | number of men in this new battalion j has not been decided on, but it ?roba- j i bly will be of about the same size as j i the battalion now on tne island, whicti j : is to be brought home and dispersed j among the marine barracks in the j northern part of the United States. \ That the situation on the isthmus i^ j ! still not all that could be desired is ; the news which came to Washington j I Thursday in a personal letter from an j official now in Panama. While the Pan- \ ama government is entirely loyal, it ; I seems that there are certain disgrun- ; j tied elements on the isthmus, and in j : view of the ease with which revolu- j ! tions are started in Central and South ! ! America, it is the official oDinion in i j Washington that tne marines should I remain there for the present. | It is hoped that the mission of Sec; retary Taft will have a far-reaching ef- i i feet in bringing all elements on the ! | isthmus into harmonious accord with : | this government's policy. Colombians Concentrating. I There is a rumor current in Colon ; i that a large body of armed Colom- j I bians has been concentrated near Cuie- \ j bra with the intention of making an at- i j tack there on November 4, the first an- j j niversary of the secession.of Panama i. ! from Colombia. The canal zone au- j ! thorities are investigating the report, ! | though not much importance is at; tached to the rumor, the origin of | which is attributed to malcontents, j Glad! Taft is Coming. A Panama special says: The news i j from Washington that Secretary of War Taft is to come to the isthmus next month, accompanied by Minister j Obaldia and William Nelson CromI well, counsel of the Panama company, j to arrange the matters in controversy j between the United States govern| ment and Panama and the declaraj tions of President Roosevelt on the I subject, are received with satisfaction i in all circles. President Amador is in i receipt of messages of congratulation j from all parts of the republic. CHICKAMAUGA FAIR OPENS. j Farmers of Northwest Georgia Assemble?Gov. Terrell Makes Address. The Northwest Georgia Farmers Fair Association threw open the gates of the new fair grounds at Chickarcauga Wednesday morning to an immense crowd. It was tne opening day of the fair, and was called the governor's day in honor of Governor Terrell, who was present and officially opened the fair with a short speecn The governor's speech was listened to with close atI tention by his audience who heartily.) ' applauded him at intervals. Politics i were not mentioned. After the gover| nor's address, Troop H, of the Seventh j cavalry, gave an exhibition monkey ! drill in front of the grand stand, folj lowed with Roman races and horse : races. It is the intention of the North Geor; gia Fair Association to hold a fair an | nually at Chickamauga. DARLING NOT PERTURBED. j Assistant Secretary Relies on Smai! Marine Force in Panama. Assistant Secretary Darling said ! that so far as he was aware no advices I had been received at the navy depart- , ment of the reposed skirmish between , United States mari\?s and Panamans ^ on the isthmus. i At this time the navy has about 430 i marines on the isthmus, a sufficient ! force, in the opinion of the administra! tion, to cope with any difficulty which j ; is likely to develop. t ! MONEY LOST IN SPECULATION. i j Missing Bank Cashier of Tallahorr.ci, Tenn., Returns and Surrenders. I Missing cashier Allen Parker, of the First national bank of Tallahoma, Tenn.,has surrendered after wandering in the woods within tw miles of town. His physical condition is bad. He states that the books show a shortage of a little over $24,000. His revenue collections are correct to a penny. The money lost was due to speculation. HITCH IS DISMISSED ^ : . f' ., ? # > \y & " ' ' Captain of Troops at Statesboro Fired From Service. COURTMARTIAL VERDICT > f'\ * Lieutenant Mel! .ia Suspended for - Twelve Months, While .Lieutenant Griner Gets Reprimand and Others ars Acquitted. Captain R. M. Hitch, who was m charge of the troops at Statesboro, Ga., upon the occasion of the lynching' of the negroes Reed and Cato, convict-^ ed of murdering the Hodges family, has been dismissed from further service in the state militia. The verdict of the courtmartial was opened at Atlanta Friday afternoon by Governor Terrell, and in addition to dismissing Captain Hitch,, contains the following provisions':'''. . Lieutenant L. A. Mell, who W2s in charge of the camp while Captain Hitch was at the courthouse, is suspended for a year and publicly reprimanded. Lieutenant Griner, who was iri charge of the reserves and left his | command without authoritj', was publicly reprimanded. Lieutenants Cone and Morrison are acquitted. Governor Terrell approved the find-ings and sentences of the court and official orders to that effect will be issued at once to Adjutant General S. W. Harris. Captain Robert M. Hitch was ordered on August 15th last by the governor to select fifty men from the companies of the First infantry^at Savannah, and two officers, and report to Sheriff Z. Kendrick, of Bullock county, in the jail in Savannah, for the purpose of escorting to Statesboro the two negroes, Reed and Cato, who were to be tried for the murder of the Hodges family, and who were in Savannah jail for safe keeping. Captain Hitch took with him Lieutenant George A. Mell and Lieutenant J. W. Mclntyre, Jr. ,and the fifty men as directed and the prisoners were escorted to Statesboro. There Captain Hitcvh took command of all the troops, including company A, stationed at Statesboro and in command of First Lieutenant Charles A. Cone. The history of how the two negroes were taken avtey from the troops after they had been tried, convicted and sentenced by Judge "Daly to be hanged, and then burned at the stake by the mob, is everywhere well known. A court of inquiry appointed to investigate the conduct of the troops at States boro was roiiowea by a courtmartial appointed by Governor Tei*rell, which sat at Savannah during the week beginning October 10th, and before which all of the officers who participated in the work of the troops at Statesboro, with the exception of Lieutenant Mcliityre, were placed on trial. With the presentation of its findings and sentences to the governor, through Adjutant General Harris, the courtmartial completed its work, and this has been approved in every particular by Governor Terrell. It now remains only for the adjutant general to carry out the sentences by the issuance of the requisite orders. > Officers Refuse to Talk. A Savannah dispatch says: Captain Hitch and Lieutenant Mell refuse to discuss the findings of the courtmartial, each saying: "I have nothing to say at present." It was reported some weeks ago that a round robin was circulated pledging the signers to withdraw in case the findings were unfavorable to Captain Hitch. It is certain, however, that he will disapprove any such course. The discharge of Captain Hitch, without modifying words debars him from holding state or municipal office. The suspension does rQt effect in any way Lieutenant Mell, 'who is employed In the Savannah city fire department as clerk. RUMORED SCRAP IN PANAMA. Report that American Marines and Malcontents Have Deadly Skirmish. News reached Colon Friday evening that about 200 armed men w>o are thought to be malcontent Panamanians, rather than Colombians, have been active in the neighborhood of Cluebra, threatening hostilities against the Panama government. It is rumored that a skirmish occcurred inland, in which several were killed, but there is no confirmation of this report. BRYAN 'IN DAVIS' STATE. Nebraskan Starts off Short Campaign In West Virginia. ' W. J. Bryan began his two days' campaign in West Virginia for the national democratic ticket at Parkers- * burg Friday afternoon. ! Henry G. Davis, who had been wa t- 1 ing in the city since Thursday to wol- < come the Nebraskan, was the first to!1 extend his hand as Mr. Bryan alight 5 1 ad from the train. ! 1 \ / GROVER DRAWS CROWD.j * Ex-President MaKps His First and Only ; Speech of the Democratic Cam- ! paign to New York Audiencec. Attracted by the presence of Gro ver Cleveland, thousands of people struggled to gain entrance to Carnegie hall in New York city Friday night:, where the former president of the United States made his first and only j speech of the campaign. I iJohn G. Carlisle, secretary of the : treasury under Mr. Cleveland, was also a speaker and shared with Mr. Cleveland the great burst of enthusiasm at the meeting. Long before the doors of the hall were opened crowds surged around the outside of the building * V i ? * r.' and within-ten minutes after the doors had :;been thrown wide to the public every seat in the bi? auditorium' was taken. Still hundreds were unable to gain entrance. Mr.' Cleveland arrived at the hall' shortly after 8 o'clock and immediately upon his entrance cheers burst forth, tlie demonstration lasting several minutes. It died out and began; again with renewed vigor. When Mr.? Cleveland saw that Mr. Robb's efforts ' were fruitless in quieting the demon- j stration, he held up his hands for si-j leuce, but the' people could not be i quieted for two full minutes afterward. The former president was chairman of the meeting, and began his speech at once, saying in part: "There are at least two reasons why l am gratified by the opportunity to; participate in this occasion. It per- j mits me to breathe the pleasant atmosphere of resolute and harmonious democracy; and In addition it allows me to meet face to face in such atmos- : phere those who largely represent the business interests of the city of New York and who besides are patriotic enough to recognize the obligation they owe to their country as well as to their business. "It would be strange if I did not re- j call at this moment with deep sensi- j bility the days m the past and the j previousp olitical campaigns when I j knew what it was to hare the gener ous support of the business men of j New York, and if I did not remember j In these surroundings the .sustaining i power of their approval and confidence amid the perplexing labors of high of- ! ficial duty. You will not, I kriow, accuse me of self-conceit if I assume that I am with those tonight who de-, mand of me no explanation or apology i for the manner in which-1 have seryed | either my party or the business inter-: ests of my country and who will neith- J er discredit nor distrust me when 1 j avow my intense anxiety for the sue-!; C63s In the pending political campaign j of- the principles and nominees of the j reunited democracy. .j "My attachment to the party which i won my early allegiance has been intensified with passing years, because I have found in the principles from which genuine democracy has derived its life and vigor, safe guidance ar.d constant inspiration, when as a publ'c j servant I owed to my fellow countrymen patriotic effort and unsparing devotion to the people's trust. "But the principles and best traits ! of the democratic party reach thir j highest importance and value at such I a time as this, when our people are { tempted by glittering delusions and j when they are offered tie kingdoms of i the world if they will but throw them- ! selves down and worship the god of mammon. "I believe we have fallen upon days when, more than ever, the enforcement of democratic doctrine and the acceptance of democratic conservatism and steadiness are needed, if our national greatness and the well being of j our people are to be put beyond jeopardy. WILL USE ONLY WHITE LABOR. Wilmington, N. C., to Fellow the Example of New Orleans. "Wilmington, N. C.f is on the point of following New Orleans in substituting white labor for negro labor at the wharves. The first installment of 150 j Italians to do work as longshoremen ! has arrived, and It is thought that the | problem will be solved. BIG BLAZE IN WINNIPEG. i Three Business Blocks Destroyed With Lo3s of $800,000. Fire in Winnipeg, Manitoba Tues- j day night destroyed three of the fin J est business blocks in the city, entaining a loss of at 'least $800,000. ( The fire started in the Bullman ; < block, tvhich was totally destroyed, j i The Ashdown Hardware Company, or j ] Bannatyne street, one of the largesl establishments of its kind in Canada , was next attacked by the flames. Many explosions were caused by j powder and cartridges carried in the j stock of the hardware company, but j no one was injured. L j CONSUL GOES TO RESCUE. j 1 i I < England's Representative at Jackson* ' ville Helps British Crew. j 1 British Vice Consul budlow left * Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday for Hobe sound to arrange transportation and j relief for remaining members of the < irew of the British schooner Melrose, j vhich went to the bottom with four of i :he crew and two passengers during f :he recent storm; t iiiKc ukd&f y i ** i Mil i * H mi mil?t \<jl | Cream of News.; M IT T TITITIT T111"f t T I T 11M j 3rlef Summary of Most V|| Important Events of Each Day. -?"My Ballot Stolen," was the subJect of Rev. Dr. A. M. Williams' sermon at Trinity Methodist church, Savannah, Ga., Sunday. This reference 'jgj was to the recent election, when some v one els9 voted in his name. . ) ?The war office at St. Petersburg ^ la not in a position as yet to give tit- . gift ures of the casualties in the long bat: SgBp tie below Mukden, but everything in. . *d9 dicates that the Russian losses reach*?General Davis; governor of the Panama canal zone, authorizes the Associated Press to deny the reported * disturbances at Culebra, or at any place in the zone or in its vicinity. ?The special board ajjpointed ?0'-'7|3ra appraise the . damages suffered farmers near Manassas, Va., as a suit of the maneuvers, has completed*its work, placing the total at S13.7QO. -^^ which is much less than was expected.:.^ || ?Wilmington, N. C., is one of the*:||J| points following New Orleans in snbstitnting white labor for negro labor^!^H^| at the wharves. The first installment Vj|?|| of 150 Italians to do work as long1- ^ shoremen has arrived, and it thought that the problem will b6sM{|8 ?Reports to the North Cardiinij^ ^ state board of health show that small-^^yi pox, is epidemic in Greene county^' with a great number of cases. ,/JjH ?Three men were killed and two ^ 'jl severely hurt in a head-on coljl between a passenger and freight train on the Natchez-Jackson branch of the .^Kg Yazoo and Misissippi Valley railroad at an early hour Sunday. ;|| ?In a series of raids, repre&ent^.i*j| *3] tives of District Attorney Jerom?/^. ^ officer seized $100,000 worth of lot- -/**? tery tickes in New York, and arrested"^ .|1 six men and one woman, all residents. of the lower east side, charged wlth.^SBffij selling lottery tickets at wholesale ticket peddlers. '' '':f? ?The steamer Garrone has *rriv6d-\:jpll at Seattle from Nome with 29 passen-jf;| gers and $300,000 in goldi The entisci^ fvlj trip south was exceptionally stormy, Z-gjg jJ| there being no let up at any time. . Jj ?The United Textile Workers' coifcjlg |? .ventioji at Lowell, Mass., adopted ft JjSH Resolution declaring that the iacrepH^i^ ing immigration from Europe will, un-^S^ less restricted, tend to lower the stan<fr?fjp^|| ard of living of the American workers Ja and calling upon congress to restrictive laws. ?Fire in t?e business section of Old Pembina, North Dakota, has done damage estimated at $100,000, wit^Hn?| partial insurance. f ?The Citizen's Bank at Batson,~|?i||| Texas, has suspended payment Tha?|| bank has a capital of $10,000, and it stated that the liabilities do not gregate that amount. ?John W. E. Hopens an employs-^B ,^ of the Piedmont hotel barber shop,\J?Hf| Atlanta, was stabbed to death in shop by Samuel F. Ring, a feIIoW2^^ workman, the latter using a pair ofM M scissors as his weapon, with which hg'*?iB|| pierced Hopens to the heart. >|| ?A slight earthquake shock traV? eling northwest to southeast was feR ;| ' % at St. Louis. The earthquake caused a slight rattling of dishes in variou*;||Kj parts if the city, but did no damage. ?A steamer from Puerto Plata, San Domingo, which has arrived at st Thomas, reports that the United. States has seized the custom house* at Pueria Plata. J| ?At Athens, La., Mrs. Ike A. Geo, wife of a farmer, and her 10-year* old son. Ham, were killed by an un* known person who cut their throats. ?A. E. Deputy, the attache of the $gj|j Swiss legation in Berlin, has beeh.-'^Sm1! transferred to the legation "of Switz- -^^8 ^ erland at Washington. ' ?John Wagener, a Boer, representing four hundred families in the ^Sjj Transvaal, has arrived at Crowley, La., and is examining the rice belt of Louisiana and Texas, with view of- -s locating a Boer coloney in that region. ?At Bellington, W. Va? the shops 'iijBM Df the coal and coke railroad copipany, >wned my ex-Senator Henry G. Da vis, have been completely destroyed by fire. The los^ Is $20,000. ?The Middleswork Children's home at Shelbyville, 111., has been destroy- 4 Bd by fire. Although the flames were -Jj? discovered while the children were in . /j bed and asleep, all but two were WR* ?The harness and saddle manufactaring establishment of E. Rohkopff f & Co., at Paducah, Ky., has been burn- V'J &d. The loss is $50,000, partly cover2d by insurance. The fire ks thought - J| (o be of incendiary origin. rij ?Two city detectives are dead and iSM | mother is not expected to live, while . 31 >a:e robber suspect is at the morgue ;?|| md two others are in the city hospital, t8 the result of a desperate battle in 'Jj 3t. Louig between five officers and hree men whom they tried to arrest ': . JM