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ITALIAN ELECTIONS1
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(Ballots Show That Radicals
Lose to Government.
EXTREMISTS AREIOOWNED |
^ A Personal Friend of the Pope Defeat* j
Wf i ed-?A Fugitive from Justice
| Is Chosen to Seat in
i Chamber.
r Adv ices from Rome. Italy, state that j
definite returns show that all the mem- '
e. . '
bers of the cabinet have been re-elect- !
| v ed. Formr Premier Rudini, Baron j
Sonnini ,leader of the constitution di- ;
vision and Senor Pettiti. foreign minister,
and M. Ferreri, the socialist lead- *
er, have also been re-elected.
Summing up the result, it is established
that the govemmnt has been
victorious over - the extremists, who
k have lost twenty seats. Turin, Naples, i
i Palermo and almost all. the large j
towns Joined Milan and Genoa in de- !
tenting the extremists as a manifesta- j
tion against the general strike. This
rally was the predominant note in the
election.
The most remarkable contest was in I
the district of Castelfraneo, the birth- ;
place of the pope. Count De Maceola, ;
who killed M. Cavalotti, the famous
, ? radical leader, iu a duel, had always
been re-elected on the first ballot, but ;
' Monday, although supported by the
clericals, the count, who is a personal j
| friend of the pope, did not receive suf- I
f flcient votes* in his contest against the i
l v ministerialist candidate, Signor Pel- j
* * legrini, a stanch advocate of divorce, j
and Maceola must try to win on a sec- j
ood ballot.
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Senor Nasi, former minister of puli..
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lie instruction, ana a uigiuve n-um
justice, accused of peculation, was re- J
i elected unanimously by his fellow |
townsmen at Tparani as a protest j
against the charges brought against !
him, the people of Trapani not believ* i
ing him guilty.
Signor Palizzoto, who is considered j
to be the head of the mafia secret so- !
ciety, was a candidate at Palermo, but j
he received only 289 votes to 1,238
vot^a cast for his opponent, who was '
* elected. :
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SOUTH FLORIDA FAIR.
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Exhibit of State's Resources to Be
Held at Tampa.
Arrangement have been perfected ;
for holding in Tampa, Fla., November .
14 to 26, inclusive, the greatest exposition
in Florida's history, known as
\the Midwinter Exposition and South j
Florida fair, at which the. agricultural,
horticultural, live stock, industrial, |
- ' mineral and other products of the
state will, for the first time, be placed !
properly before the view of the world
\ at large.
? The railways have granted very low
ready an attendance of thousands from j
^ ready an attendance of thousnds from
other states is guaranteed.
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FOR REGISTERING ILLEGALLY.
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Twenty Persons in St. Louis Puiled
for Uscing False Certificates.
Warrants were issued by United
States Commissioner Gray at St. Louis
10 * Wednesday against twenty persons,
charging them with having registered '
illegally on false certificates of naturalization.
The warrants were issued
on the strength of information submitted
by Horace Djer, assistant dls*
trict attorney. An investigation of
registration on false naturalization pa- '
pers has been in progress.
MENAGERIE FOR ROOSEVELT.
Animals from King of Abyssinia Arrive
at Now York.
Two lionesses, two monkeys, two os*
. tricfaes and a zebra, which were presented
by King Menelik. of Abyssinia,
to the president of the United States,
arrived at New York Monday on the
Atlantic Transport Line steamship '
Minneapolis from London. One lion ?.
ess died during the voyage.
GROVER AROUSES JERSEYITES. !
A
E<-President Makes Cicsing Campaign
> Speech in Newark.
? With a tribute to the strength ami
enthusiasm of the first voter, ex-President
Cleveland in Newark, N. J., ;
Friday night began his second speech
J of the campaign. He had waited ten !
i minutes for the cessation of the cheering
and noise that nis appearance
brought forth and for thirty-five minutes
after he began his address, eight !
r 1 thousand persons, crowded together on '
the tan bark of a riding academy, alternately
listened and cheered.
TO DISCUSS BOLL WEEVIL.
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Congress of Cotton States to Meet at
Shreveport in December.
A congress of the cotton growing !
, states has been called by the Lou si- j
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ana Boll Weevil Association to me it;
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in Qhrevepou December 12-15, indu-j
sive, 1904. to take tne steps necessary j
to control the boll weevil plague and j
^ prevent its spread.
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IN BATTLE ARRAY.Latest
News From the Front Shows
that Jap and Rues are Doggedly
Facing Each Other.
An Associated Press dispatch from
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Tiuivucu sa.va. i tit; -rvusi>i<iu auu o?panese
armies, extending frcm Bentziaputze
to the Liao river, are at present
within a stone's throw of each
other.
At Bentziaputze not more than ^.00
yards seperate the advance posts, and
at Sianchinpu. in the Shatche river
just west of the railway and fifteen
miles south of Mukden, the Japanese
and Russians occupy the extreme
ends of the same village. At Huang !
shants the Russian center has thrown j
advance posts across the Shakhe riv-'
er. , j
Both armies are still strengthening j
their positions all along the linos. The '
slightest movement on eitho; side is :
the signal for firing, which '.iccdsional- ly
continues all night.
Undoubtedly the most decisive, :f j
not the greatest battle of the year, i
will be fought hi the vicinity of the
Shakhe river. The Russians, are con-,
fldent of their ability, to hold their <
positions. The soldiers are building
mud huts for winter quarters.
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION.
From Georgia State SchocJ Commissioner
to County Commissioner?.
Georgia State School Commission- j
er W. B. Merritt has issued a circu
lar letter to the county scnoui commissioners
of the state giving, infor-;
mation on several important matters, j
Attention is called- in the circular j
to the fact that Arbor Day is December
2nd. and an observance of this
day by the planting of trees and fitting
celebration is urged upon all the
schools of the state. In case a school :
is not in session on Arbor Day, Com- ;
missioner Merritt suggests- that some .
other day be observed. *He also urges
increased activity not only in the
planting of trees, but in beautifying
grounds and school houses.
Commissioner Merritt urges that
three women in every county be appointed
an executive committee to co- I
operate with the Georgia School fm- :
provement club, of which Mrs. W. B
Hill, of Athens, is president. He calls
attention to the offer made by Mr. j
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, to give six-;
ty volumes to any county in the stare
to which he has not already sent-a
library, provided a circulating library
shall be established by the ladies of j
the county.
The next regular examinations of j
applicants for license to teach will oc-!
cur on December 16th and 17th to
says the commissioner in his letter, j
The examinations will be based largely
on the outlines for teachers' insti- j
tute of 1904. The necessity for mak- j
ing written contracts with teachers j
for 1905 is urged.
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MANSTON AGAIN UNDER BOND. j
Charge of Conspiracy Now to Be Answered
By Atlanta Engraver.
After being acquitted by a federal j
grand jury, composed of some of the
best citizens of Atlanta, on the charge i
of counterfeiting, Charles A. Manston, j
engraver, will be forced to undergo
another trial on the charge of cotv j
spiracy in the same case.
Manston was indicted by a feder- j
al grand jury on two charges, one of
counterfeiting and the other conspiracy
with Wynne to make counterfeit
plates. After he had stood trial in j
Uncle Sam's court on the first charge
and been declared innocent by a care- j
fully selected jury of conservative j
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and unimpeachable citizens of Atlan-!
ta. it was generally believed that the I
other charge would be stricken. Monday
morning, however, under the in- :
struction, it is said of Assistant District
Attorney Bell, the warrant for I
Mansion's arrest was prepared. As
soon as he heard of this action Man- i
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ston proceeded to the office of Clerk
O. C. Fuller and gave himself up. His !
bond was fixed at $1,000 and was ;
immediately given.
It is understood that District Attorney
George Bell is moving in the j
case and has caused the warrant, i
charging conspiracy, to be # served
against Mr. Manston./
OFFICERS REMISS IN DUTIES.
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Result of Inquiry Into Tragic Death I
of Two North State Soldiers.
A Raleigh, N. C., disDatch says: On j
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August 19th last, two privates of the .
Durham company of the North Carolina
guards, on top of a train coming ;
from the encampment at MoreheaH j
City, were killed near Goldsboro, as \
their heads struck a low bridge.
A military inquiry was ordered and
just issued its findings, in which the
colonel of the Third regiment. J. X. :
Craig, of Reidsville, and all regimental
and company officers, who were on <
the train, are held to have been remiss
in the discharge of their duties in
not taking ordinary precaution to en- ;
force proper discipline. No courtmar- j
tiai is probable. j
The men killed were drinking and :
singing, and were on top cf the train 1
without permission.
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DEFI TO AUSTRIANS
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Shouted by Italians at Milan
in Demonstration.
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TROUBLE IS THREATENED ;
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Racial Hate May Culminate fn Serioua
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Complications -Between Two . ^
. Governments?Rioting
Rampant. , ' t
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Rioting oh a large scale has occur- s
red at Iuuesbrouck, Austria, the gen- ^
darmes using their bayonets. .. One a
student, named Preazy, was stabbed =
through the heart with, a bayonet. i_
Troops were called out and there is t
some evidence that the authorities will r
praclaim martial law. f
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A stTong fprce of troops is. posted .
in the neighborhood of the Italian .
consulate. . ; i
The attack was upon the Italian stu- I
ents and the affair occasions great so- *
licitude in Vienna. There Is- no attempt
to disguise in certain, official c
circles the apprehension that the r&a- ' ]
tions between Austria and Italy, which '
have been strainedf or some time, are *
now near the breaking point.
At Milan, Italy, Saturday, about 500 j
students gathered in the center Of the
city, crying "Down with Austria," and '
called to the balcony of his hotel tfie
Innesbrouck correspondent of II Cor- , x
rere Delia Sera, who had just arrived (,
from that place after having been. c
severely maltreated by Germans., ^
Subsequently four Germans, who r
were sitting in a cafe, began singing , j.
"The Watch on the Rhine." Re- ,
quests that they cease were met with ]
further insults and declarations that t
the Italians were cowards. A fight, in ; t
which sticks were used, then resulted I ;i
and a number of persons were injured. :(
The police, however, restored order. <
A Rome special says: When Pre- ;
mier Giolitti. came into poewr a year j
ago he found the relations between t
Italy and Austria in a very disturbed .1
condition in consequence of the fact t
that anti-Austrian demonstrations had !
been tolerated by Signor Zanardelli, t
his predecessor, who, it is alleged, 1
winked at the propaganda for the un- t
ion with Italy of the Italian provinces *
that are still subject to 'Austria. ! *
Signor Giolitti changed ail this and 1
assured Austria she had nothing to
fear from Italy. This was publicly .
emphasized by the meeting at Abazzia
in April last by Signon Tittoni, the '
Italian minister of foreign affairs, and
Count Golucksowsky, the Austrian
chancellor. However, Austria's denial
of the request of her Italian subjects
for a national university at Trieste led
up to the troubles at Innesbrouck,
which have endangered the two governments.
Behind all other explanations of the
Innesbrouck affair there is the racial
hatred between Italians and AustroGermans
in Italian provinces subject
to Austria, the latter element having
vainly tried for five centuries to Germanize
the provinces. .
Austria's refusal to establish an
Italian faculty in the University of
Trieste has been attributed to the
fear that it would result in the university
becoming the center of an antiAustrian
propaganda, but recently it
was decided to institute an Italian faculty
at the Innesbrouck university
This went into effect on November 3.
then the rioting began. The disturbances,
it is alleged here, were provoked
by aggressions on the part of the ,
Germans.
The cabinets of Vienna and Rome
are doing what they can to smooth |
over the difficulty.
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"Donated" Taxes Don't Count.
A Richmond, Va? disjatch says* 0
In response to an inquiry from the s
secretary of commonwealth. Attorney *
General Anderson has decided that the
votes of men who have not "personally"
paid their poll taxes as required j ?
by the present constitution can be i e
challenged and rejected by the judges, s
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LAST OF SELLS' CIRCUS.
Big Show Will Wind Up in North Carolina
and the Property Sold.
Sells Bros.' circus will close its sea- a
3on at Tarboro, N. C., and the entire t
property will then be sold. s
All the Sells brothers are dead, two g
So vine Hiarl Ti'itSin tVi?? nncf fa-u
UC.UU5 UtVVl rvAV&AA&A CUU IT . ^
months. The circus has made a great ^
deal of money, the average being a mil- n
lion dollars a year, and* the figure being
$2,000,000 a year when it went t
to Australia. a
It is expected that Bailey or some of g
the other great circus owners will pur- ^
chase the property.
ASPHALT COMPANY FORMED.
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Parties From Several Southern States
Will Develop This Business.
A party of Georgia, Alabama and b
Kentucky capitalists organized the ^
Union Asphalt Refining Company, cf .
Oklahoma, with a capital stock of a
$250,000 in Birmingham Thursday t
morning. The company starts out ; n
with $140,000 paid up stock. t
JAP ASSAULT FAILS. !
Russian Imperial Standard Still Floats !
Over Port Arthur?Frightfully
Enormous Loses Sustained.
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A Che Foo special says: Inform*-.|
ion has been brought by Chinese that i
he sfx days of bombardment and des- !
terate efforts on'the part of the be- i
iegers to take the fortress of Por;.,
trthur ceased Wednesday. The Jap-. i
jiese took fort Nq, J. out-were unable jlold
it. " :: >. ' "
The Japanese losses are reported to j
>e ebormous, w JAdvices
reaching Snang&ai Friday i
ay that the Japanese assault on Povt'Lrthur
continues with" tiliabated vigor,
md that "the Russian" defence is doged
and determined". " V. V
The northern portion. 61 EJast KeekTan
mountain has been., captured by.,
he Japanese, who hold it under a fi;-.
iou8 Russian fire. v, A
fort on the inner line ar defenses
/as destroyed by . the explosion of v
lagazine on'November; 2.; .
The casualties of the . Japanese . are I
eported to .be .enormous.: A belief j
nivalis that the Rusian warships j
vill make another attempt to escape, j
Chinese -who left Port Bal'ny Th'ur "- j
lay evening report that batches of |
vounded were passing through Dal-.iy/!
rhey report also that during the re- I
rent battle fresh Japanese troops |
vere constantly going to the front.
rt is reported that the Japanese
tilled or wounded in front of Port
Arthur during the last three months
tpproximate forty; thousand.
Ther.e are persistent rumors that
he Japanese have occupied the fo:ts?
>f Rihlung mountain and certain forca
>f the Keekwan mountain group, but
veil informed Japanese consider theje
-umors as premature. The Japanese;
Kjwever. are confident that the end |
>f the Rusian occupation of Port Ar-!
hur is fast approaching. They admit
hat they have been disappointed heretofore,
but say that their previous [
lopes never had such a fact-based j
'oundation as those they at present;
mtertain.
The fact that General Nogi, .comnander
of the third Japanese army
>efore Port Arthur, has allowed the
Associated Press dispatches to leave!
he front of the base of his operations,
s looked upon as strongly indicating
be confident spirit oi the besiegers.;
rurther tidings of events at Port Arhur
are awaited in Che Foo with an
ntensity of interest greater than any
lisplayed since the beginning of the
var.
COSTLY LLAZE IN TIFTON.
imminent Business Firms Suffer i
Loses to Extent of $125,000.
Tifton, Ga.. was visited bj a 3arg2 j
ire Friday afternoon, burning one of !
he best portions of the town. The j
ire caught in the handsome threetory
building of Phillip Slack aboit
!: 30 o'clock Friday afternoon. The j
Irst floor was occupied by S. G. Slack j
fc Co., who carried a heavy stock of j
lardware. One store, room was occu-;
)ied by Dr. George Julian, the second !
ioor occupied by Ensign Lumber I
Company, Gress Manufacturing Com- j
>any, Hettler Lumber Company, J. J. I
j. Phillips, lumberman; Drs. O. Le2!
tnd Chestnutt, dentists; Boatwright
k Full wood, lawyers, and F. S. Ha.- ell,
lawyer. The third story was ocrupied
as sleeping apartments by some
>f the lumbermen and families in the
milding.
The E. P. xBowen building, occupied
>y the Tjfton Drug Company, Tifton
elephone exchange, Postal Telegraph
Company, C. W. Ethridge, Bowen opfra
bouse and E. P. Bowen.
The E. H. Tift building was occupied
>y O'Neil & Parker Kent's furniture
tores, C. W. Rickerso'n, the offices
>f the secretary of the Georgia Saw
dill Association, and G. W. Warren,
irere all totally destroyed.
Hotel Regent, the beautiful reslience
of Mayor Timmons, Brown's
tudio, and the residence cf C. L>.
lolmes, on Love avenue, were also
riped out by the flames.
It is estimated that the loss will
iot be less than $125,000, partly covered
by insurance. Very little was
aved by any of the losers.
TIP TOO MUCH FOR PORTER. j
Took $5,000 Check of Farmer Stroma- j
ky Levanted.
A Pullman sleeping car porter, with J
, run on the Chicago and Alton road, ;
letween St. Louis and Chicago, is
aid to have disappeared from a Chicao
and Alton train with a check for
5,000 belonging to Theophil Stromks:y,
a wealthy farmer, whose home is
?ar St. Louis.
Stromsky says that he presented his
Icket to the porter, who demanded an 1
dditional $3. Having no cash, ;
Itromsky declared he gave the check
o the porter to have it cashed.
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FEMALE? SUFFRAGE BARRED.
'ermont Women, Who Own Property, j
Denied the Right to Vote. j
After a spirited debate the'Vermont !
ouso of representatives, at Montpe- !
ier, by a close vote of 99 10 97 has reused
a third reading of the bill grantig
municipal suffrage to women who
re taxpayers. The Judiciary commitee
had reported favorably on the
leasure.
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ROOSEVELT IS RILED
Issues an Open Letter in Answer
to Judge Parker.
DENIES ALL ALLEGATIONS
Says Vehemently That No Trusf Has
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Received Any Promise from the *
Administration?Dubs Charges
as Wickedly Fal3e.
A Washington special says: President
Rosevelt-,: Friday, made assigned
statement- to the^ American people in
answer to the 4 charge' ihade against
himself and :Mr." CoffeTqdu in pTiblic
sp^echqs by Mr. Parker, Jtfce democratic.
.candidate fpr. the .presidency.
In part he says:
; '!Certaki" 8landerous accusationsv as
to Mr. Cortelyou and myself have .
been repeated time- and- again- - oy
Judge Packer, the candidate of bis
party for the office of ..president. Hb
neither has produced nor can produce
any proof of. their truth; yet he has
not withdrawn-them, and as his position
gives them wide currency, I spea^c
now lest^ the silence of self-respect be
misunderstood.
?/v-~ am/V IM r\99e% af
ivir. rarser s cucii^es aic m cugji
that the president of the United
States and Mr. Cortelyou, formerly
Mr. Cleveland's executive- clerk, then
Mr: McKinley's and my secretary, then
secretary of commerce and labor, and
now chairman of the republican national
committee,' have been Ag a conspiracy
to blackmail corporations, Mr.
Cortelyou using his knowledge gained
while he was secretary of the department
of commerce and labor to extort
money from the corporations, and 1,
the president, having appointed him
for this especial purpose.
"Mr.\ Barker's assertion is in effect
that such contributions have been
made for improper motives, Either in
consequence of threats or in in consequence
of improper promises, direct
or indirect, on the part of the recipients.
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"Mr. Parker's accusations against
Mr. Cortelyou and myself are monstrous.
If true they would brand both
of us forever with infamy, and inasmuch
as they are false* heavy must bo
the condemnation of the man m&kiag
them. I chose Mr. Cortelyou as chain
man of the national committee after
failing successively to persuade Elihu
Root, W. Murray Crane and Cornelius
N. Bliss to accept the potion. I chose
him with- extreme reluctance, because
I could ill spare him from the cabinet.
But I felt that he possessed tne
high integrity which I demanded in
the man who was to manage my campaign.
"I am content that Mr. Parker and
I should be judged by the public 01
the characters of the two men whoa
we chose to manage our campaigns,
he by {he character of his nominee,
Thomas Taggart, and I by the character
of Mr. Cortelyou. The assertion
that Mr. Cortelyou had any knowledge
gained while in any official position
whereby he was enabled to secure and
did secure any contribution from an*
corporation is a falsehood. The assertion
that there has been any blackmail,
direct or indirect, by Mr. Cortei
you or by me is a falsehood. The assertion
that there had been made in
my behalf and by my authority, by Mr.
Cortelyou or by an one else, anv
pledge or promise as to future iramuritiees
or benefits, in recognition of
any contribution, frcm any source, if
a wicked falsehood.
"That Mr. barker should desire id
avoid the discussion of principles I
can takes reefuge not merely in perbare
truth to say that he has not attacked
us on any matter of principle
pr upon any action of the government
save after first misstating that principle
or that action.
"But I cannot understand how any
honorable man, a candidate for the '
highest office in the gift of the people, '
can takee refuge not merely in personalities,
but in such base and un- '
worthy personalities." '
FORGED CLEVELAND'S NAME.
Coachman Passed Bogus Check and
Secured a Small Sum.
At Philadelphia, Friday, Charles Ihlstrom
pleaded guilty to forging the |
name of ex-President Cleveland to a r
check for a small sum. His arrest oc- I <
curred several weeks ago. A letter j
from the ex-president was read stat- ,
ing that the prisoner had been in his j
employ as a coachman for a year and {
a half, during which time he had always
been honest. The ex-coachman
was given sir months in the county
prison.
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. MAY SETTLE MILL STRIKE.
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Fall River Operators May Agree to ;
Submit to Arbitration.
A dispatch from Fail River, Mass., j
says: It Is understood that steps hava j
been taken to bring about another con- j
ference between representatives of th 3 !
striking cotton mill operatives and j
the manufacturers to discuss a proposition
to submit strike issues to arbi- |
t ration.
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ELECTIONS IN CANADA.
President Laurier and His Cohorts A?
sured of Another Term of Office
...in Dominion. 1
A special from. Ouawa. OnU says:
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The Dominion parliamentary elections
were held Thursday. The returns at _ ?|
midnight point to the reelection of a -V
Laurier government with a majority A
ueiween w auu i<; iu uuuse wi.
commons, -which is composed of 214 . r|
members. This is a iiberal gain of --'M
about 15. :. .. -v ...
The conservative leader, R. L. Borden,
was defeated in his own constl- i|
tuency Fri Nova Scotia. - 2:
The province of' Quebec, Laucier's V'?|
home, sustained the premier by re* ii2|
turning a large liberal majority.
The campaign was brief and re- (jn
markably free from political rancor,
the principle issue being the construction
of thee Qrand Trunk "Parific
railroad with government aid, a -syi
project favored by the liberal gov- ,-^m
eminent .
SOUTHERN CASES POSTPONED. M
Interstate Commerce Commission Lays .<J|
Them Aside for a While.
A Washington dispatch says: JThfl|$3|Sb
interstate commerce commission has -Mm
postponed, until further notice, its
hearings in the following cases: "
Farrar Lumber Company, against
the Southern railwav. involving: allex- aWt
ed unreasonable lumber rates fromvDalton,
Ga., to Cincinnati, and dia*||^|
criminating rates from Dalton to VIr- -^Wp
ginia points, originally scheduled to be j|H
held at Atlanta November 10.
Fuller E. Callaway, against thWjgH
Louisville and Nashville railroad and jj J
others, involving alleged unreasonable
freight rates from Louisville, Ky., toffi ]i
LaGrange, Ga., scheduled for Ati&ntvjav*
November 11; LaGrange board of M'?
trade against the Clyde Steamship
Company and others, involving discriminative
rates,, scheduled for Atlanv %
ta, November 11. ':M
Griffin Grocery Company, against ^ ^
the Southern railway, involving aileged
unreasonable rates from Chicago^ *
St. Louis and New Orleans, to Griffin,
Ga., scheduled fqr Atlanta, November^? ^
S. J. and S. Cannon ,against the Mo- ^ ^
bile and Ohio, involving alleged
reasonable rates on flour from
sourl, Indiana and Illinois to OdriroHjl
scheduled for Birmingham, Novembec^^
15, and also the cases of the Davenport ||K|
Brothers & Company, of Helena, Ga~/^HI
and John Compton, of Chauncey, Ga^M
against the Southern railway, lhvoIv-r1M||
ing alleged infraction of the Interstate^
commerce law. .?j
MANSTON'3 SISTERS TESTIFY- >^H
Favorable Testimony is Given in Be- ->|j
half of Engraver. r||
Again the court room of the nortlMjggj
district of Georaria at At&anfca.tllBl
was filled with interested spect&tontlS '
Thursday when the case of the United ^
States against Charles A. Manston, 3 J
charged with making counterfeit^
plates for the printing of $10 bills, &
was brought up. J
The government had rested its case^^H
and the ' defense began sending
witnesses to the stand, there wai no JS |
questioning the fact that things be>./.j9H
gan to look much brighter for the accused
man. When finally court ad- 'jjB:
journed at 1:45 o'clock, there had:^9
been many witnesses called, who
tlfied to the good character of the ac^n. ij
cused, and the testimony of two
Mr. Manston's sisters was to the effect ; ^ J
that they had seen him at home about
twenty minutes to 12 o'clock on the*l|?
night of May 21, when it is alleged |
that the plates were engraved in the * vj
rooms of the Southern Engraving
until G or 7 o'clock the * folio wing IfS ^
Higdon to Oppose Lester. ^
David B. Higdon, postmaster at.-^fB |
Statesboro, Ga., has announced his can^S
didacy In opposition to Congressman- ^ :
Lester, of the First district. He is one i:|S
of the few white republicans In the-flja^
county.
CONVICTS TAKE LEO BAIL* 'jj| |
State Prison of TenneMM Lot*#,
Three of Its Inmate*.
John Ferguson, Ernest Miller
T. C. Cock, three white convicts under JPS
long senteuces, escaped from
state prison at Brush Mountain mlna% (pal
Tenu., at an early hour Sunday morn- 1 ^
ing. The men saweC their way ont|H
Cook was sent up l>om Chattanoof*/
for safe blowing. The rough countijf
around the prison > being scoured for
FIVE YEARS FOR LYNCHERS.
Ten Men in Illinois Must Serve Lor?f;^af
e3t Tern-.s Possible.
The Illinois state pardon board has r||S
decided that tea rioters who were sen:enced
to the penitentiary for iynching
a negro 1n Danville sixteen/
months ago, must serve out the longest.
sentence permissible under the law, : -^a|
which is five years. It was the atiacit
of these men on the Danville jail that |g
Sheriff Whitlock repulsed by firing on ;
he mob and wounding several of