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^ ' I MOBS DIVERTVOTES John Sharp Williams Tells rv Why Democrats Lost Out. t*'" 4 LYNHCHING PRIME CAUSE kF I t I Leader of Cemocratic Minority in House Speaks in Spartanburg. Ip Reverts to Affair Which Oc> curred in Statesboro, Ga. _. ?? I 'In compliance with a promise made _ I several months ago, Hon. John Sharp It Williams delivered a vigorous and tell| ing address to the people of Spartanburg, S. C., liYiday in which he discussed the causes that operated for r* democratic defeat in the recent na' tional election, and political and in- 1 dustriai conditions as they affect <he south today.k I'-. ? ; He referred at length to the recent 1 . lynching at Statesboro, Ga., where tried and convicted prisoners were taken from the court house and the guard of state militia and burned, de. ^ claring that the use of this argument resulted in the loss of nearly half a million popular votes to the democratk 1c side. ft He attributed democratic defeat to " * . tv-sf tKa ^ wree zmilll Circumaiauuco. jruoi, uiv * use of unlimited trust funds by the > republican party, the overwhelming v personal popularity of Theodore Boosevelt and the specious arguments pressed home by the republican orators, that democracy was unsafe and had resulted in financial disaster .when triumphant. He ridiculed the ; - weak-kneed brethren and paraphrased < the solemn observation of Mark Twain, declaring that the reports of J democracy's death had been grossly exaggerated. Mr. Williams spoke in part as fol: l lows: , . We have just undergone an overwhelming defeat. I make no excuse for saying "we" to this audience. As for myself, I am a democrat if I dwelt . In Vermont or New Hampshire, in Michigan or California. Thomas JefV ferson has been the * Gamaliel at whose feet I have sat This, however, is not true of all the white men in our section who belong to the democratic party. Some would le republicans, some populists and some socialists, save for the fact that the;- are .. white men and that the democratic party has necessarily become for them the party of the white man's civiliza-1 * tion, owing to the fact that its great opponent has aflways sought and worked for the Africanization of the south. The white men of the south did not f. come into the democratic party for the purpose of raising a race issue. K The republican party created that issue, chose its race and deliberately set \ itself up as the black man's party in j the south. It did it, feeling selfishly' I' assured that it was then the strongest ff position politically, anticipating that k - "white men would divide in their pot litical allegiance and that the ignorant i negroes couid be held solidly to the republican faith, because the poor darkey never understood and does not understand now anything about the " question of an industrial or fiscal character which divide the two parties. A great deal lately has been said about the "solid south." These same people said nothing about a solid negro south, created by them and virtually maintained by them down to 1875. The republican party, having deliberately and of a set purpose * lino VlQT-ln or vnttria A arawn une r?n.c uuv, ++*??^ ? bid for the negro vote as pre-eminently the negro party, now accused us of race prejudice because we were forced?compelled, whether we would or not?to accept the alignment which it drew. What they call race prejudice you know and I know to be race knowledge. The white men of the south will hardly split up in their votes until the negroes first do. j ARMISTICE AT PORT ARTHUR. Combatants are Allowed Cix Hours to Bury Heaps of Dead. Advices from Tokio state that the first armistice between the oombatants at Port Arthur was declared on December 2 for the purpose of burying the dead. It lasted for a period of six hours. v? Port Arthur besiegers report that hearers of flags of truce in the direction of the left wing arranged for a partial armistice to extend from 10 j o'clock in the morning to 4 in the afternoon for the removal of the dead and wounded. STATUS OF ARMIES UNCHANGED. Long Rett of Russians and Japs Remains Unbroken. According to reports from the Japanese headquarters in Manchuria, the position of the two armies is practically unchanged. There has been no fighting, save outpost scouting, skir-. xnishes and occasional Russian bombardments, which are usually unanswered. , ^ & ' . ^ a . . - . . tv/ '.? : v< ^ , ' ^ : -.srsL,-v , v FAIR GATES ARE CLOSED. Great Exposition at St. Louis Passes Into History?People ofCity and State Honor President Franeie. Thursday, December 1st, was the closing day of the Louisana Purchase exposition at St. Louis. With beautiful weather prevailing, with the gates thrown open to children and to those who were worthy but had been unable to attend from pecuniary reasons, thousands visited the fair for the last time. President David R. Francis was the* guest of honor and ceremonies were conducted commemorating the services he rendered in making the exposition a success, and at the same time bidding far&weU to the world's fair, the magnificence and greatness of which have been heralded and acknowledged throughout the entire world. It was e stimated that the attendance pn the closing day was in the neighborhood of a record breaker. That every citizen of St. Louis might participate in the wind-up of the exposition and help observe ''Francis day." Thursday was proclaimed a nonaay oj Mayor Wells. Governor Dockery likewise had proclaimed a holiday in the state. The crowds that poured into the city on the early trains attested to the fact that the proclamation was observed. Public schools were closed, as were many business houses. From the inception of th$ project to hold the exposition until the gates ^ere thrown open and the world was invited to enter, occupied a period of seven years. The duration of the exposition has been seven months, and during that time nothing has occurred to throw a dampening effect on the interest or to detract from the exposition in any way. The best order has been maintained throughout, and there have been but few fires, but all of small moment, with the exception of the House of Hoo Hoo, and the partial destruction of the Missouri building recently. No loss of life has occurred during the exposition from accidents. St. Louis has proffered her most gracious hospitality to the world, and it has been accepted. While it will be impossible to obtain the actual receipts and expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company before 'the middle of December, Secretary Walter B. Stevens, of the world's fair, made the following statement to the Associated Press Thursday night: - "From reports that have been submitted of the admissions to the grounds up to 9 o'clock tonight, we estimate that the attendance on 'Francis Day' will be a few thousands in SfcAA AAA 4-VI Q > fhft Q f. excess ol ?vu,vw, ouu Vu?? .?? tendance for the exposition period will be In the neighborhood ^f 18,000,000. "In round numbers, the exposition company expended $22,000,000 since the Inception of the world's fair project and the expenditures of the several states and territories have reachamounted to about $10,000,000, consisting of admissions and concession royed a total of $9,000,000. The receipts since the opening day, April 30, have alties. "While it is impossible to state exactly the financial condition of the exposition company on this, the closing day, it can be authoritatively announced that all debts against the company have been paid with the exception of a few current accounts, such as salaries, etc., and these will, it is thought, consume nearly all the surplus, so that there will only be a very small amount left for the stockholders." "Prom the amount of royalties collected by the exposition company, it is estimated that the concessionaires of the pike and other parts of the world's fair grounds have taken in at j least $10,000,000." ! Louisiana's Official Vote. nm,A tabulation of the vote i ? JULC7 VUiViiM cast in Louisiana in the presidential election shows the following: Parker and Davis electors, 47,708; Roose- j velt and Fairbanks electors, 5,205. For j the socialist electors 995 votes were ! cast r i CRAZY WOMAN WINS PRIZE. ! Solved a Rebus and Wrote Essay on an Assigned Topic. A woman inmate of one of the insane hospitals at St Paul, has won a I prize offered by a Boston Magazine J for the solving of a rebus and a short essay on an assigned topic. The prize was a trip abroad or $250. She has j applied to the state board of control for permission to make the trip, but the board does not deem it safe to allow her to go. The board, however, will endeavor to secure the $250 for j her. j TAFT'S REPORT RECEIVED, w?A+ia+iftnn With Panama Fully f 114* 11 www r? w Approved By President. The report of Secretary Taft, special envoy of the United States to Panama, of his negotiations with that government, was received in Washington Saturday. After careful consideration the president gave his entire approval of the same and has advised Secretary Taft by cable to this effect i LITIGATION ENDED | < * I | Freight Rate Fight at Atlanta | Suddenly Halted. ; I, I I AGREEMENT IS REACHED j I I State Railroad Commission Withdraws Circulars 301 and 302, and Whole Matter is Left to a New Tribunal. ___ . Litigation over f; eight rates which | has been in progress :for some weeks i in the United States court, at AtlanI ta, ended abruptly last Wednesday^ I : and the question has been removed 1 to a very different sort of tribunal ; the executive officers themselves of ' i the southern railroads, who have full 1 i power to act. i | By an agreement between counsel 1 i for the railroad commission and the Atlanta Freight Bureau, on the one 1 hand, s.nd the attorneys for the rail! roads on the other, circulars 301 and 302, in which the railroad commission promulgated the objectionable 1 | reduced rates, were revoked by the ; commission; thereupon the suits I brought by the railroads for injunc I uon were dismissed and tne wnoie| litigation was thus terminated, i As a basis for this agreement, this I dropping of the whole legal phase of : the question there was only the prom; ise of Colonel Ed Baxter, of Nashville, that he would advise his clients, the i executive officers of the southern i roads, to use every'effort to so revise the rate situation as to satisfy ! the Georgia railroad commission. Col! unel Baxter did not promise he would | accomplish anything, but only that he ! would advise. However, such is the ; confidence in Colonel Baxter's ability i to handle the situation, that the ati torneys for the state are pleased and ' gratified that the matter has taken this direction. It was Colonel Baxter's own suggestion which opened the way for this | agreement. The executive officers of the railroads of the south will hold j an imixjrtant meeting in New York on Monday next, December 5, for the ; purpose of considering the whole ot i the prevailing rate adjustment from ; the Potomac river to the Mississippi. It is at this same meeting that the railroad officials will consider the oomplaint made by Atlanta through the committee of seven appointed by UatttoII iUO/ yJL XXV n VIA* Atlanta's complaint and the atti! tude of the railroad commission have a very intimate connection. Here there was opportunity to consider at least, I perhaps to definitely settle, the whole 1 vexed question, >. "If you will withdraw circulars 301 | and 302," said Colonel Baxter to coun- j , sel for the railroad commission, "I j will aclvise my clients to make every ! effort to revise the present rate adj justment. Then if such revision should not be satisfactory to you, your commission is left free .to take such action as it deems proper." This seemed satisfactory to Attor- . ! ney General Hart and the other attor- ; ; neys for the commission; conferences i | followed with the result that the litl- : gation was terminated. MONEY FOR METHODISTS. ] : Bequests in the Will of Late Million aire Scruggs. "rtie late millionaire, philanthropist . j and dry goods merchant of St. Louis, . Richard M. Scruggs, in his will just ^ filed, makes specific bequests of $481,| 000. Large amounts are left to the , Methodist church, south, for foreign , ; missions. To W. R. Lambuth, secre- j tary of tho board of missions of Nashville, Is left $5,000 for a girls' sohool < - m-AoViirna .TAna.n: Bishon E. B. ILL XXil VMUAAMt*, *r 9 ? Hendrix gets $5,000 and Bishop E. E. | Hoss $5,000 for missions. Bishop ( Candler, of Atlanta, gets $5,000 for , Ci ba. Bishops Galloway and Wilson ; aI>o gets $5,000 each for missions. j GEORGIA BOYS NAMED. i r*Fj President Selects Two to Attend Mill- ' tary Academy at West Point. ? President Theodore Rosevelt wjll appoint two Georgia boys to the Uni' ted States Military academy at West j I Point. One is Stonewall Jackson Christian, of Atlanta, son of W. E. J Christian, general pasenger agent of j the Seaboard Air Line railway, and the other is Harry Edwards, Jr., son S of Harry Stillwell Edwards, postmas- I ter at Macon, Ga. President Roosevelt made the an- S nonuncement Thursday to Congressman Livingston. . i JURY RENDERS LARGE VERDICT. Sum of $55,000 Awarded in Damage c Suit Against Southern. The largest verdict ever rendered by a South uaronna jury in a aam- ^ age ault was that of the case of Mrs. j Dorothy H. Brick.man at Columbia ? against the Southern railway for the t 'death of her husband, when the jury h returned a verdict of $55,000 for the plaintiff after being out three hours. 0 * * OVER BILLION OF GOLD. United States Holds More than Fourth of World's Supply 0f th? Precious Metal. A Washington special says: The director of the mint, in his annual report, shows that the output of the coinage mints at Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Orleans, which were in operation throughout the fiscal year, wa3 the largest on record. It estimates the gold stock of the world to use as money on December 31, 1903, at approximately $5,600,000,000 of which about one-half is visible r ? in banks and public treasuries. The estimate for the stock of the United States at that time is $1,300,000,000, of which $850,000,000 was in the treasury and national banks. During the year the mint's assay office sold $22,924,719 worth of gold bars and 2,696,390 fine ounces of silver for use in the arts and manufactures, while private refineries sold $3,248,843 worth of gold and 17,196,166 fine ounces or silver ior me same pur-. pose. Estimating for the amount of coin melted and deducting old .material used, the net consumption in the year Is estimated to have been, gold, $24,377,962; silver 20,749,743 ounces. The total domestic coinage of the Philadelphia, San Francisco and New Orleans mints amounted in value to $228,202,151, while the number of pieces executed, including tho coinage for the Philippines, Venezuela and Costa Rica was 219,353,442. PRINTERS' CLUB INJOINED. Blosser Company at Atlanta Vfins Suit in Superior Court. Judge J. H. Lumpkin, of the superior court, at Atlanta, Ga., Friday afternoon, granted an interlocturory injunction to the Dr. Blosser Company, against the Employing Printers' Club, Foote & Davies, et a!., restraining the defendants from interfering in any way with the business or the labor of the plaintiff. " * A* Ktt Tins mjmcuon is uuusiucicu uj uq plaintiff to be a great victory, as the representatives of the company state it Is more sweeping than the first restraining order, and will last longer, remaining in effect from the present time until the final disposal of the case, unless the order is changed or revoked by the judge at some future time. The case is of interest to the people of Atlanta on account of the events which led up to the filing of the suit and the prominence of the parties concerned. One of the biggest strikes in the history of the typographical union was caused by this contention between the Dr. Blosser Company and the Employing Printers' Club, for a while the printing trade of the city being almost at a standstill. DUEL IN ENGINE CAB. Negro Fireman and Brakeman Fight Deadly Battle Unmolested. Will Thomas, a negro fireman, and Jim Brasmon, a negro brakeman, fought a duel to the death early Friday morning in the engine cab of a fast freigh train on the Seaboard Air Line. The train was running toward a tank in DeKalb county, Ga., at forty miles an hour, when Brasmon began throwing coal at Thomas. Thomas stuck his knife into Brasmon and the latter pulled a pistol and fired several times, inflicting a death jeound upon Thomas. Engineer Shepard was unable to interfe^ as he had to keep his eyes on the track ahead. Brasmon is in jail In Atlanta. Fifteen Hurt by Explosion. Fifteen men entered the Acme mines, near Charleston, W. Va., on Cabin creek, with a can of powder, which exploded and eleven were hurt, six seriously and one perhaps fatally. FIRE SWEEPS THE PIKE. Measure Palaces and Costly Contents Prey of Incendiaries. A St. Louis dispatch says: Further nvestigation by the police and Jefferson Guaids strengthens their belief hat the fire on the Pike which totaly destroyed the "Streets of Rome" ind "Quo Vadis" and partly destroyed "Fair Japan" on the "Bowery" and 'Old St. Louis" was of incendiary ori- | .in. One suspect has been arrested,' Arhur V. Dunn, 26 years old, who gives Lis occupation as a waiter. COSTLY BLAZE IN SELMA. >lant of International Cotton Seed Oil Company Partially Destroyed. The International Cotton Seed Oil ,'ompany's plant, at Selma, Ala., was 1 artially destroyed by fire Sunday. ] leed, hull and meal warehouses are a 1 otal loss and between three and four ] ousand tons of seed were lost. 1 The total loss is estimated at $100,- 1 00, partially covered by insurance. ) : , WAY OPEN FOR JAPS Port .Arthur Now Admitted to Be Surely Doomed. DEADLY BLOW IS STRUCK Summit of 203-Meter Hill Occupied By Beseigers and Town and Harbor are at Mercy of Big Guns. The official announcement was sent out from Tokio Thursday that the Japanese have occupied the summit of 203-Meter hill, at Port Arthur. This Important position has been the object of severe and continuous fighting, and cable reports, from time to time, have indicated that many men have been sacrificed in the effort to capture it The position designated is a dominating point in the range which lies to the westward of the town of Port Arthur, and according to reports it commands artillery range of the harbor and a portion of the main fr/vnrn Tto annrnvlmato H let Q n /->o frnm I?V TW U* 1VO 4*1/^* WA1U4MWV U4UVM4AVV A* VM* the citadel or main defenses is three to four miles. Reports from both To* kio and St. Petersburg indicate that isolated engagements of a more or less severe nature are occurring along the front of the Manchurian armies, but it is not apparent that the main forces are engaged. The correspondent at Chefoo of The London Daily Telegraph says that the attack on ^ 203-Meter, hill resulted in heavy losses to the first division of the Japanese stormers. Simultaneously with this assault, the crorespondent says, the men of the Ninth and Eleventh divisions advanced and menaced the Rihlung and Kekwan forts. It is stated, the correspondent adds, that within twenty-four hours the Japanese casualties have totalled 15,-' 000, and it is asserted that the attacks have been planned to continue until December 10, when it is hoped the capture of Port Arthur will be completed. Rejoicing in Tokio. A Tokio special says: General Nogi's telegram announcing the storming and capturing of 203-Meter hill was received with cheers by the Jap- ; anese people. It revives the hope of an early capture of Port Arthur proper. December 1st was the date set under the conscription act when recruits could join the army. Thousands of recruits marched to the barracks and donned uniforms for the first time. Following an honored custom, the relatives of the recruits carried flags and banners, and escorted the new soldiers to the barracks. In Toklo there were scores of little processions I escorting detachments of popular conscriptions. The number of men who have Joined the colors under the conscription act has not been made public. Commands the Harbor. A St Petersburg dispatch says: The a?r office here is not yet prepared to accept the report that the Japanese before Port Arthur hhve taken 203Meter hill, but it ij officially confirmed that the war office admits that it will be a desiderate blow for the gallant defenders of the fortress. The posiiion commands the harbor, and if the Japanese can mount siege guns on its summit they oan force out the Russian squadron or destroy it at Its anchorage. Those laminar with the supporting plans of the forts think it is by no means certain that eveh though the Russians are forced to retire from 203-Meter hill the Japanese can place in position heavy guns, against the fire which the other forts can bring to bear on it. Still the war officials reluctantly agree that such a breach in the chain renders the position extremely critical and though the garrison might be able to hold out in the Golden Hill, Tigers Tail and Liaotien forts for some time, it may mark the beginning of the end. SECOND JAP WAR DIET. / Convened In Toklo to Provide Further Funds for the Conflict. The Bmperor of Japan formally opened the second war diet at Tokio Wednesday. He rode through the crowded streets in state dress, escorted by a score of lancers and ac.companied by the crown prince of his staff and some members of the imperial household to the house of parliament, where both houses were assemMaA In tho nhftrnhep of rfirvrpspntii. W*VU * * ^-w? V tives. SULLY'S LATEST OFFER. Erstwhile Cotton King Will Pay 25 Per Cent to Creditors. The creditors of D. J. Sully & Co., at New York, as well as the bankrupts, have withdrawn all objection to the claims filed against the company, and the creditors have agreed to accept a 25 per cent dividend on the $3,000,000 of assets now in the lands of the receiver. PRESS SOYS SILENT, ;2 n . i United States Grand Jury at Savannah Failed to Learn Source of News Items. The United States grand jury at Sa? voniuh fl? tooa {nirnlvorf in * dntpr- , ._i. vamum, w wo - - ' <flW mined effort Wednesday* to learn * . :s& whence had come information that ay peered in the newspapers as to their* V* proceeding*, which were supposed to be secret There were several new*- -ji| vVCS paper men summoned, but their ay -ij pearance and examination failed to Inr form the grand jury of those point* V J upon which it desired light. The trot* ',^s| ble was all over an error made by one" || of the court officials. . V After hearing the charge made by Judge Speer on Monday this cour^ of- " flcial had reached the conclusion that, ,>v|i it was the desire of the judge that ceedlngs be instituted against those guilty of the lynching of Cato and v ^jS Reed at Statesboro. In this preaumy - ; ; tion the official was in error, but he did not discover it until after the Issu- J ance of subpoenas upon Bulloch county parties, which had been phced'^'S ; in the hands of a deputy marshal other authorities, when the awakening ^ ";1 came, the subpoenas were called In | posthaste. >;.-??* jjj8 The grand Jury wanted to knoir^|H where this information and ?4 < )?? orpftfiil Inrv-sl^ PlftiCIUmiO 19 IV VTiMtV Wmv MOjH would or would not do in the boro matter came from. The per men showed remarkable inability ' | m to tell them whence they had secured; the news, save that it was commoy^wW There was a great searching pf ^ thorities and decisions before It waeW|^B finally admitted that the court was ; ^|| without Jurisdiction in the Statesboro ||| ADMIRAL DAVIS SEl-ECT? To Sit on Commission to Settle Troi^^g''^ ble Between Russia and England. A Washington special says: The| H president announced Wednesday that T H Reai1 Admiral Charles H. Davis will bet ^ 0 offered the appointment on the Dogger bank court of inquiry, and Befira' Admiral Davis has accepted. - ^jan V'|i Count Cassini, the Russian ambaasa^^^g dor, and Sir Mortimer Durand, British ambassador, who were at theW<^ state department during the day,'w?r?^ informed of the selection. ||jl Rear Admiral Davis was promoters to the grsde of rear admiral Auifdjt^gL||| 24. 1904. and was selected recently Secretary Morton to command a ion of the battleship squadron of t&?j|j^H North Atlantic fleet He has completed 43 years' service in navy, having been appointed to Naval academy from Massachusetts^ He commanded the converted crnlSrjpjM ?r Dixie In the war with Spain, was engaged in blockading duty E the coast of Cuba. For a number years he was superintendent of the nar8 ^?3 vai observatory at Washington. Admiral Davis speaks French i ently, and this, with his knowledge of||j:;31 ; international and maritime law, cop^a^S mended him to Secretary,Morton, whose recommendation the selectk^^H^ He is a brother In law of Senator ^19 Lodge, of Massachusetts. 91 LIFE SENTENCE FOR ROBBERY. Seventeen-Year-Old Boy Gets 8evar4fcl|^|p Penalty for Common Crime. t Corlin Cox, 17 years old, son of respectable parents of Kensington. v-j^ga suburb of Chicago, has been sentencaK?| "|l to life imprisonment in Judge GbmSm[fM Iain's court on a charge of robbenr^j?jl| The severe penalty was inflicted cause Cox. when committing crime, was armed with a heavy revei^sSS Cox and two companions enter^j*j&|H /Chicago restaurant. Revolvers 'displayed and the customers robbti^m|^ under threats of death. ' THESE INVITE ROOSEVELT/; M Augusta and Brunswick, Georgia, 8*e&^?H| ' *' '^VA Presence of Chief Executive. i, ^ The Augusta, Ga, chamber of commerce wLl Invite President Roosevelt^ :. 'k to Include that city in his contemplateJHO ed trip to the south after the hQlfctfff days, assuring him a hearty reception; and generous hospitality. 71^ At the regular weekly meeting, of ;-|jj the Brunswick board of trade Thaisday morning a resolution was adopted \JB : inviting President Roosevelt to visit' ^fi Brunswick on his southern tour. ' - ^ UP TO THE PRESIDENT.. Roosevelt is Requested to Sso That*-.^? Prohibition for Indians is Enforced. 'J President Roosevelt has been P b : quested by the National Women's; '^^8 Christian Temperance Union, in con- ':&Sm vention at Philadelphia, to see congress observes the existing fc^est- ^ ies with the Indians prohibiting the sale of intoxicatng liquor before grant'. ing statehood to Indian Territory.