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j FORCED TO VACATE; f Russ Fleet Ordered to Leave I Refuge in French Waters, j ! : FRANCE REGISTERED KICK L' |b' Czar Made Haste to Communicate > . with RojestvenSky and Squadron i ^ Puts to Sea?Heavy Cannon- i j ading Reported Afterwards. j 1 | 1 A Pari.:; special says: It is officially j * confirmed that Emperor Nicholas has personally sent an order to Admiral ' Rojestvensky to leave French waters. . This led to reports In the chamber r of deputies that the Russian squadron had actually departed from Kamranh bay. Heavy Cannonading Reported. A cable dispatch sent out from j Saigpn, French Cochin-China, under j Sunday s date, was as follows: "The i complete Russian fleet left Kamranh j bay on April 22, at midday. At night j heavy cannonading was heard out at sea. Tt supposed the Russian fleet was e/gaged with a portion of the j Japanese squadron. vThe firing was j heard by a French warship. _____ * St. Pttersburg in the Dark. Advices from St Petersburg stato \ that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky con- ; tinues hif. policy of strategic silence I and has answered the admiralty's mes- ' y sage of Saturday, pointing out the j position of the French government [ ] on neutrality regulations, only by put- j : ting to sea, giving no Intimation of j his plans or destination. < Russian naval circles would not be j ; surprised if it should develop that the i ? X squadron had been already two days or more on the way northward when j j ^ the instructions were cabled to him, and that the admiralty was aware of this when the message was sent asking the admiral to move outside the three-mile limit if he happened to be in French territorial waters. Wont Enter Manila Harbor. A dispatch from Manila, April 22, j i to the London Daily Mlail says: "Vice .Admiral Togo's fleet will as- ? semble south of Formosa. The Japanese consul here has received a long cipher message concerning Kcunimura's squadron, which is expected tomorrow (Sunday). The consul says the ships will not enter Manila harbor, but will cruise outside. There is great official activity here. The American admiral, the Japanese and the general in command have held conferences. The admiral on Monday will confer i with Governor General Wright." The announcement that in response to Japan's representations France promised the expulsion of the Russian second Pacific squadron from Kamranh bay and affirmed her determination to maintain neutrality, is j received in Tokio with pleasure and has relieved the tension of popular feeling, although it is believed that if Rojestvensky entered Ksamranh bay for the purpose of finally preparing for a dash north the purpose was accomplished before he was ordered to leave. Statement from Tokio. < The navy department at Tokio has . issued tbe following statement of indisputable witnesses who personally ; observed and report as follows about i the second Russian Pacific squadron in Kamranh bay: < "Two cruisers, one with three masts j and two funnels, of the Dmitri Don- ( ckol class, the other with two masts and three funnels, were seen cruising inside the harbor. Two three masted merchantmen and one funnel steamer were anchored outside the northern entrance of the harbor. "Five vessels, resembling battlechips, were anchored inside the har tor. i "Two battleships, with two masts < and three funnels, flying admiral flags, - - -? 1 i-niJo +Via horKnp . were ancnurcu msmc "Six warships, anchored in single formation, lay outside the harbor off the southern entrance. Heavy smoke ; was seen rising inside the harbor." THROUGH BURNING TRESTLE. 'Mail and Baggage Cars of Southern Train Take a Plunge. Section one of train No. 13 of the Southern railway, Atlanta to Chattanooga, the Florida Limited, was , wrecked a burning trestle six miles south of Rome, Ga., Thursday morn. ing. The engine passed over, but two of I the care went into the burning structure. No one was killed, but several of the crew were injured. There were tio passengers, as only baggage, ex- , press and mail cars were carried. | i CZAR ADVISES ROJESTVENSKY. j Requested to Rigorously Respect Neu- I traflty of French Waters. As a result of communications be- { tween the governments at Paris and j St Petersburg, the Russian govern- } ment waa promptly forwarded urgent j orders to Admiral Rojestvensicy to rig- \ orously respect the neutrality of ] French waters. This is only a pre- j cautionary measure. ( JOE JEFFERSON DEAD. C Voted Impersonator of "Rip Van Winkle" Lays Down to Eternal Sleep Afte- Eventful Stage Career. P Joseph Jefferson, popular, beloved md aged actor, died at his home, 'The Reefs," at Palm Beach, Fla., it 6:15 o'clock Sunday evening. The P md came after a day of unconsciousless and after a heroic struggle of 1 C lays which had exhausted his vitality. his deathbed were his wife, his sons, Charles B. and Frank Jefferson; lis nurse, Miss Mabel Bingham; Dr. R. B. Potter and his faithful old servant, Carl Kettler. The illness of Mr. Jefferson, which ?nded in his death, was contracted, it is believed, while on a recent visit to *1 2i3 son, Charles B. Jefferson, at Hobe si Sound, few miles above Palm Beach, jr where ne went to meet his friend, s< former President. Cleveland. It is be* ci iieved that from a slight indiscretion In his eating, he suffered an attack w M indigestion. ri The body of Mr. Jefferson will be v; taken to Buzzard's Bay on a special ei train. gi A special from Buzzard's Bay, Mass., o] 3ays: The progress of Joseph Jeffer- tl son's last illness was followed anx: tl [OMsly in this, his Cape Cod home, Bind the announcement of his death ai was {received with genuine sorrow u by the townspeople, to whom he had ti become a familiar figure during flf* l teen years of summer residence here. ^ So popular was Mr. Jefferson on c< Cape Cod that he had served for many b pears as the president of the Old Col- fj ony Club, the summer driving club of p the cape, whose annual repasts have been attended by many distinguished n men. ; * a With former President uieveiana no % enjoyed many fishing excursions down tl Buzzards Bay and along the brooks r) of Bourn? and Sandwich. n Joseph Jefferson was born in Phil- n adelphia February 20, 1829, and was c looked upon as the dean of the dra- t< matic profession in this' country. He t] first appeared on the stage as a child c and durhig his career has played in a b number of foreign countries. His v great reputation was made In "Rip tl Van Winkle," which he played in e almost every city in the United States. fs Of late years he had played but a few t< weeks of each season, and in almost every one of these short seasons con- j; fined himself to the one character of ^ Rip Van Winkle. j Joseph was also the name of Mr. j Jefferson's father and grandfather, j, and all were actors. i3 In 18(50 Mr. Jefferson visited Call- a fornia, vbut abandoned that field for Australia, where he spent a profitable E four years. London was visited fc against his own inclination in 1865 and t: at the Alephi theater he played "Rip q Van Winkle" for a 150-nights' run. At- tl ter appearing in some of the larger p cities in England he returned to New 8 York in 1866. Since 1867, he confined himself to & few favorite parts tl of which Rip Van Winkle was the c principles one. Several months ago ^ "- frnm the staee. illl't UUUV1DVU iVW*vu * * ? ? ? w -r and has since divided his time be- r tween Florida and Cape Cod. s tl MOTHER AND SON KILLED. n Sensational Double Tragedy Enacted q at Bridgeport, Ala. Mrs. Eliza Stewart and her 12-year- n old sou were killed at Bridgeport, a Ala., Saturday, in a quarrel with a Mrs. Lingo, who claims she shot in self defense. n Mrs. Lingo is under arrest, charged s with the murder of the woman. She -h claims that she was pursued by Mrs. y Stewart, and turned and fired in self- g defense. The weapon used was a shot gun. t The Lingo woman received a heavy q blow on the side of the head, said to 4 bave been inflicted by her brother in ^ law, who was also mixed up in the brawl. He has made his escape. Reports are conflicting concerning the boy's death. One is that be was g shot, another that he was struck on the head with the gun. f n Minister Delcasse Reconsiders. e A Paris special says: M. Delcasse g has informed Premier Rouvier that n he will retain the portfolio of foreign e affairs. c UNIVERSITY BUILDING BURNED. Main Structure of Vanderbiit College at Nashville Reduced to Ashes. The main building of ^Vanderbiit university at Nashville, Tenn., was entirely gutted by fire just before noon S] Thursday. st The fire originated in the second ^ story of the building from a defective flue. The loss will be almost total, only a f?w fixtures being saved. The sc other buildings were not damaged. There was $75,000 insurance on the ei building and $40,000 on the furnish- ai Ings. The total loss is placed at $200,- pi 000. The operation of the University fe will not be interfered with. la WITH KNIFE IN HIS HEART. Body of Man is Found Tied to Tree m with a Tell.Tale Placard. A special from Huntington, W. Va., says: Bound hand and foot and tied :o a tree, the body of a well dressed 11 nan was found near Big Ugly with a r mife blade through his heart His M ;hroat had been cut from ear to ear. Pinned to the coat of the man was a ^ 3iece of paper bearing the inscrip;ion: "You will both us no more." ** EAR A WACE CUT ailroad People Oppose Lowering of Passenger Rates. ROTEST TO COMMISSION hairman Brown's Proposition to Cut Rate from 3 to 2 Cents Per Mile in fi?ornia Brinas on Most Strenuous Fight. Railroad officials and railroad emloyes gathered in the Georgia senate iamber at Atlanta Thursday to enter ieir joint protest against the propotion contained in the motion of Chair^ tan J. Pope Brown to reduce the passnger rate in Georgia from 3 to 2 ents per mile. To the left of the senate chamher ere seated some thirty-five or forty lilroad officials, including presidents, ice president, traffic managers, gen? ral passenger agents and assistant eneral passenger agents, not to speak | t the attorneys who were present in le event of an emergency calling for ieir services. On the other side were assembled 3 many railroads employes, represenitives of numerous labor organizaons, and represented by Colonel R. i. Colding of Savannah, all gathered rith one object in view, namely, to onvince the commission that it would e -unwise, as well as unjust and tinlir to the railroads to make this proosed reduction in the passenger late. The railroad employes came as comlittees appointed unaer resolutions dopted at a recent meeting held in [aeon, from all the labor organizaons which are represented in the ailroad service. These included comlittees from the Brotherhood pf Locolotive Engineers, Order of Railway Conductors, blacksmiths, machinists, alegraphers, boilermakers, railway' rainmen, carpenters and joiners, lerks, car men and, in fact, every ranch of the service. They felt there ras no doubt about a reduction in fcieir wages being one of the first fforts of a reduction of the passenger are of 2 cents, hence they were there rj protest against it. The hearing, in fact, was one-sided. To evidence or argument of any kind ras adduced in favor of Chairman trown's motion, nor did Chairman Irown himself have anything to say i support of it, further than was itimated in questions which he now nd then asked. The hearing was opened by Chairlan Brown's announcement that it ad been called to consider his mo[on to reduce the passenger fare in reorgia to 2 cents. He read from be protest made by one of the roads, art of which, he .said, stated his poition clearly and fairly. This statement was to the effect bat the chairman did not want to a use the railroads any heavy loss, ut made his motion on the idea that be increased travel under the 2-cent ate would make good any loss conequent upon the reduction. "This," be protest stated, "is problematical." "That is fairly stated," said Chair? ? fit A ian Brown, "ana mat is emtuj' tuo uestion we are here to determine." Mr. Brown then announced tha leeting open, and asked if there was ny one who wished to appear in avor of the reduction. No one responded in support of the lotion, and Chairman Brown then tated the commission was ready to ear from those who wished to oppose he reduction suggested in his moion. . There was a brief consultation beween the railroad men, after which lolonel Colding took the floor and elivered a lengthy argument in bealf of the protestants. A SHANGHAI NEWS ITEM. t Petersburg Hears That Russian Fleet Has Passed Formosa Straits. A St. Petersburg special says-: The linistry of finance has received a telgram from a confidential agent at hangbai giving a rumor that Vice Adliral Rojestvensky has already passd the Straits of Formosa without enountering Vice Admiral Togo. REDUCTION IN MISSISSIPPI. Congressman Williams Says Farm era Are Very Much in Earnest In Mississippi Congressman John ttarp Williams has been almost conantly on the stump for three weeks silvering at least one speech each ly in behalf of the State Cotton as>clation. Mr. Williams states that the farm's in every county he has visited e very much in earnest in their edges to reduce acreage, and he els coQfident that they will not viote the agreement. 8AM.'8 CAPTOR SENT HOME. lontgomery Officers Take Crazy Rev, Windham to Ozark. Rev. Sam P. Windham, the insane lan who went into a room with ev. Sam Jones, the evangelist, at ontgomery, Ala., Thursday, and ireatened to kill him, was taken to :s homo in Oaark, Ala., Friday. He haid little to say, except to thank le jailers for their kindness to him. ADVICE FROM DAN-SULLY, King of Cotton Speculators Warns ! Farmers That Failure to Curtail j Cotton Crop Will Bring Disaster. Daniel J. Sully, the man who drove , the price of cotton up to the 10-cent mark and beyond, has written an open letter in which he strongly urges the ... I reduction of the cotton acreage tnis season. He advises the farmers not > to be led astray by the present prices of the staple, and to again surprise the world by greatly reducing the acreage this year. Mr. Sully's letter is as follows: "If you wish to win your battle and obtain a fair price for your cotton, you must reduce your acreage very considerably. "You have surprised the world by the manner in which you have held your cotton. Surprise it again by cutting down your acreage. "Do not be led astray by the present steadiness of prices. "Tliree causes have contributed to . bring about this rise of mors than one cent a pound. "First, the urgent demand arising from an unprecedented consumption. "Second, your courage and wisdom in making the buyer meet your terms. "Third, the belief that you would cut your acreage to such en extent that the supply from this crop and the growth of 1905 and 1906 would - nftmrnorplfll crnn no larnr lUftn^ a WAUMAVAVt*. w.?r w than the world needs. "The first two . causes lose their force the moment it is known that there is a prospect for a moderately large crop next year. "Even if the mills take 12,000,000 bales during the current season this would leave a carry over of 1,000,000 bales. Hence the necessity of a smaller crop this year. "Do not let any rise in prices between now and the end of the planting season deter you from reducing your acreage. "Such an advance would be merely anticipating that you were making the decrease in acreage that your friends bave advised you to make. "If the June reports of the government show that you have failed to make sufficient reduction, the only persons who would be gainers by the advance would be the speculators who sell out their futures at a profit. "The price of the cotton you produce will be regulated by the actual, not the expected, reduction in your crop. "Don't depend on your neighbor to do the reducing^ "In this matter of acreage bear in mind three suggestions: "Don't rely on bad weather to cut down th& size of the crop. *<Don't put a large acreage into cot ton simply because it Is too late to | plant corn, or other diversified crops. I "It would be far better to let part of your lands lie idle than to run the risk of raising a crop so large as to make possible another period of low priced cotton. "I am making this appeal to you because I regard the next few days as critical to the south, and because I believe that every man who is interested in the welfare of the south should urge tho importance of the reduced acreage. DANIEL J. SULLY." MIDWAY SOCIETY REUNION. Notable Gathering at Historic Church in Liberty County, Georgia. The reunion of the Midway Society at Old Midway church and cemetery in Liberty county, Georgia, on Wednesday was a very interesting affair. This is the annual meeting of tTie descendants of probably the most diytiguished colony in Georgia. The old church, erected more than a century ago, still stands. GIFTS TO SMALL COLLEGES. Chicago Capitalist Donates to Institutions in Southern States. Gifts flmountine to S250.000 will be made this year to small colleges in the rural districts of Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and West Virginia. This announcement was made at Chicago Wednesday by Dr. D. K. Pearsons, retired capitalist and bent/fctor of many small colleges in the United States. CRUI8ER TO SAN DOMINGO. Tacoma Receives Rush Order to Proceed to Little Island. Rush orders for the cruiser Tacoma to proceed to San Domingo were received at Pensacola, Fla., Friday afternoon. That vessel began to coal immediately, moving from the city down to the navy yard, where fuel and stores were taken on board. It is stated that a number of war ships have been sent to San Domin-! go by the Italian government, and | as trouble Is anticipated, the Tacoma was ordered there to protect the interests of residents of the United States. GEORGIA G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. Commander-in-Chief Blackman Adds Interest to Gathering in Atlanta. "With an unusually large attendance, among those present being Commander-in-Chief Wilmon W. Blackmar, the Georgia department of the Grand Army of the Republic held its annual encampment Friday in Atlanta. General Blackmar delivered an address which was received with great j applause and enthusiasm. ! BANKER DEFAULTER ~ I Bigelow Made Way With $1,450,000 of Bank Funds. i LOSTALL IN SPECULATION [ i President of First National of Mil- : waukee Creates Great Sensation 1 by Confessing to Enormous 1 Embezzlement. Frank G. Bigelow, 'president of the ( First National Bank of Milwaukee, i was ^rrested Monday, charged with ( the eml.ezzlement of over $100,000 of the bank's funds. i The arrest of Mr. Bigelow followed i hu confession to the board of direc- 2 tors of the bank that he was a defaulted to the extent of $1,450,000. j Following M<r. Bigelow's confession ' he was removed from khe presidency 1 of the sank and the facts in the case 1 were laid before the federal author!- , ties. The complaint was sworn to by i United States District Attorney HL K. ] Butterflold. It charges that Bigelow as president of the First National Bank embezzled a sum exceeding $100,000. A complaint and warrant, identical with those in Bigelow's case, were made out to Henry G. Goll, assistant cashier of the bank. President Bigelow was arraigned before United States Commissioner Bloodgeod. He waived a hearing and as he'd to the federal grand jury uner $25,000 bond. Dr. H. N. Brown and A. N. McGeoch certified as sureties and Bigelow was released. The arnouncement of the defalcation was followed by a rash of depositors to withdraw their money from th3 First National and from the Wisconsin Trust company, the savings department of the bank. Ma?y , thousands of dollars were withdrawn, but, on the other hand, large numbers of people having confidence in . the institutions, increased their <fe- j posits. Arrangements were hastily ( made to meet the run, and the officers of the banks express full confidence ( in their ability to keep them open. , President Bigelow's confession was made at a special meeting of the ; board of directors held Saturday even bog, and continued Sunday and all of ( Sunday Dight. In addressing his fel- , lew directors, President Bigelow said he bad a painful statement to make? a confession that he had misdirected the funds of the bank, and that an . examination of his books and a com- ( parison of figures would show that he was indebted to the bank to the amount of over $1,450,000. This money, he said, had been lost in specula- J tion in wheat and stocks. Not a dollar of 11 could be recovered, and the only sum he could ofTer toward reccmpensatlng the bank was personal security, valued approximately at ( $300,000. The confess ion astounded the directors of the bank. Mr. Bigelow had been recognized as one of the fore- most financiers oi the northwest. He has been associated with the Fiit National Bank in various capacities for more than fifteen years, and his : business connections?trust companies, manufacturing concerns, real estate' deals and other similar ventures? < number scores. He was honored a year ago by election to the presidency of the American Bankers' Associa- j tlon, anl *by its members looked upon j as a leader in financial matters. In making his statement to the di rectors of the bank, Mr. Bigelow said ; lie had become involved in speculation , several months ago. This was on ; Wall street. More recently he had , been a persistent bull in the wheat < market, and recent losses there had < added to heavy reverses on Wall street. From small manipulations of ] the "bank s funds, he had extended tfie j defalcations until his shortage had j reached the present, stage. He saw no opportunity or possibility of mak- i ing up the amount, and therefore i confessed. , j NAN PATTERSON COLLAPSES. Show Girl Faints After Listening to | Scorching Arraignment For a third time within a period of si* months. Nan^ Patterson sat < In court at "New York Monday and , listened to Assistant District Attorney Band explain to the jury what he, * as the/public prosecutor, proposed to ( convinco them that she was guilty of t the murder of Caesar Young. 1 At the conclusion of Prosecutor t Hand's opening statement, Miss Patter- i son was taken with a sudden faint- J fr?g? and Recorder Goff ordered !a re- ! cess immediately. .. c TO PROTECT SURPLUS FUND Receivership Proceedings Are Begun j in New York Against Equitable. At New York Monday, receivership proceedings were instituted against j the Equitable Life Assurance Society < by J. Wilcox Brown of Maryland, a 1 policy holder. In the local supremo 1 court ho filed an action against the i society asking for the appointment of < a receiver of the surplus fund. < WHEAT DROPS AGAIN. 'rice of May Option on Cereal Take* Swift Toboggan Slide Below the Dollar Mark. Remnants of the famous line of Hay wheat were thrown npon an nnujpporced market on the board of rade at Chicago Monday, adding a 'urther decline of 7 1-2 to the sensa>onal 11 1-2 break of Saturday. This ecession from the dollar mark, the ast price of the previous session, was apid ar.d spectacular, and was ae:ompanied by demonstrations in the ;it almost equal to those of Saturday. When the final bell closed the lay's operations May wheat was bang offeied at 93c, a net loss of 7c' m the day's trading. First trades on the May option Monlay ranged from 96 to 98. P. A. telentins of Armour & Co., was seemngly giring the market heroic support His best efforts, however, availed little in the way of a rally, the >nly effect being a temporary check ;o the downward plunge of prices.- v Ihe traders appeared to suspect Ar- y 1 rour of wishing to bolster up price3 n order to make a market for the remainder of the Gates', line of May wheat Vj From all sides wheat was offered in overwhelming volumes. When it r*ss found that support was useless 'clique houses" unloaded on the sinkng market, holdings estimated at several mblion bushels. The price was yammered to 95c within the first hour. . |g Before midday 92 1-2 was reached. .^jj Meantime a new fear had taken pos- I session of traders in generaL Many . operators had bought largely of July | rcheat because Armour was said to .jig t>.ave taken 6,000,000 bushels of that 1 ielivery during the stirring days of 5^j last week. These operators, to all |g appearances, suddenly detected a ? trove on the part of the bull leaders tc get out of the July options. The , 0 result of this suspicion was a bear iJs raid on the more distant option, fol- p lowed by a 2-cent decline. ; HORDE8 OF CATER PI LLAR8 V '.'2 Overrun Section of Chatham County, ?|g Near City of Savannah. For several days reports have been reaching Savannah of the ravages of* ,|j| the caterpillars within 12 or 14 miles pf the. city. The pests have overrun Antioch church and made it unfit for use. The 3treams are so badly covered witti jJS them That when it was decided to ^ have a baptising last Sunday brush- ,|jg brooms had to be employed to clean off the surface of the water. Two J| negro families have been run out of their homes by the great horde of gS hungry, hairy things, and a citizen of Pooler bad to put his entire family of twelve at work to keep them from overrunning his home. -M Residents about Pooler, are. but- . ;8b rmm/Hn*? thAlr hnmps with ditches tO keep the conquering anny back. On the turpentine farms work has almost been ac a standstill. All the turpen- '*$$31 tine boxes that had the least gum in them will have to be dipped and V;vS thrown away, as the caterpillars hare crawled into them, stuck there and } At Williams Station, on the Sen- Vi|jH board railway, a freight train was /M actually stalled by the caterpillars. -rM PEACE RUMORS REVIVED. St. Petersburg Hears That Roosevalt >|g Has Been Asked to Mediate. Mysterious rumors that another *t- ; tempt at peace negotiations Is lar ending are circulating in high quarters at St. Petersburg, and the United States is directly mentioned as the Intermediary. No one has been able to obtain .,|| any confirmation of the report No . ?< lutimat'.on of such a move has reach- % ed the American embassy, but at the Foreign office Monday afternoon an .All cfflcia! inquired, perhaps significantly, when President Roosevelt wonld re- jB tern to Washington. As previously stated in thqse diapatches, a oonsiderable party In the government holds strongly to the opin- ' Ion that now that Admiral Eojeat jj? vensky is ready to strike, but before M the issue is put to the test would be the most opportune time for open* ? ^ Ing negotiations. ALL IS WELL IN ARKANSA8. President Jordan Finds Cotton Growers of That State in Real Earnest President Harvie Jordan has return- ;i|h| ?a from a visit to Little Rock, Ark, ^ vhere he went to make an address -;'Sl| o the bankers of that state. Mr. Jor- . :an was assured from the officials of ' W&l hat state department that there had ^9j :een nearly 50 per cent in the reduc ion of fertilizers, and that the cotton acreage had been reduced at least 15 per cent. Similar reports are be- " ;|1 ng received every day at the head[uarters in Atlanta. PARSON HAD BLIND TIGER. | - 'M Mabama Preacher Bound Over for II* legally Retailing Booze. Rev. Tillman Adams of Clanton, I ila., a regularly ordained minister )f the Methodist church, has been . || x>und over to the federal court bjj [Jnited States Commissioner Elmor# it Montgomery under a bond of $200 3n the charge of retailing liquor with* ^ >ut a license. ? I