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PETERS SUSPENDED Vice-President of Cotton Association Asked to Resign. .> ACTION TAKEN BY JORDAN Charge Made That Vice President Has Been Working Against Association?Action Approved by Majority ."of the Directors. President Jordan of the Southern Cotton Asosciation has demanded tha t resignation of E. S. Peters, vice pres ident of the association. The action of President Jordan meets with the approval of the executive committee of the association, ihe having consulted the members of the committee by wire before taking action. After hearing from 17 <. members of the committee President Jordan telegraphed to Vice President Peters at Washington demanding his resignation and suspending him as an officers of the association. The action of the president is based upon certain utterances made by Col. Peters at Washington July 31, and his actions there sinco that time, where he has since remained. President Jordan declares that Col. Peters' statements and actions clearly indicate that he is not in harmony wirh the president and Secretary Cheatham in their efforts to push the investigation of the bureau of cotton statistics, nor in harmony with the views of the members of the' Southern Cotton Association. It is also charged that he is a partisan of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, whom he openly defends. v ? ?? OIL RATES MADE UNIFORM. Sop i? Handed Out to Standard Octopus by Railroads. Sweeping reductions on northbound freight rates oq petroleum produce - so as to make tbe tariff northbound and southbound uniform, especially ftoteworthy in view of recent charges -of a combination between railroads and the Standard Oil company for ex' acting higher rates northbound, were announced in new schedules filed with .the interstate commerce commission at Washington Friday by the Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville railroads. The reductions are: From New Orleans to Chicago, from 41 cents a hundred pounds to 23 cents; to St. Louis, from 35 cents to 18 cents;to Cincinnati, from 39 cents to -22 1-2 i cents, and to Louisville,^from 35 cents j to IS cents. The charges of combination wer9 j anade in a complaint recently filed by j the Gulf Refining company of Port j Arthur, Texas, which alleged that the : difference in the rates between northbound and southbound petroleum operated as a bar to Texas and Louisiana oil entering the territory of the ; Standard Oil company, but did not j permit the Standard Oil company's products to enter territory in the i 4-V *gvuui? ROOSEVELT AT CHAUTAUQUA. President Delivers Interesting Address Before Ten Thousand People. President Roosevelt delivered a notable address at Chautauqua, N. Y., Friday. Through a line of 800 boys and girls the president was escorted to the assembly amphitheater, his way being j strewn with ' flowers. When he' ap- j peared on the platform, President | Roosevelt was greeted by 10,000 peo* pie with cheers and the chautauqua salute. Bishop Vincent introduced the president to the great audience in a few simple sentences. The president was given an osatlon. The Monroe doctrine, trusts, San Domingo affair and regulation of corporations were the principal features of his address. ?PETV HUSBAND PARDONED. "William Moora of Badger Fame Released from Prison. William E. Moore, husband of Fayne Str&baa Moore, who achieved joint notoriety, seven years ago by working a "badger" game on Martin Mahon at the New Amsterdam hotel in New York city, was pardoned Wednesday "by Governor Higgins. Moore was sentenced In December. 1898, for twenty years. A number of prominent citizens of Cleveland, Ohio, where he used to live, Including Governor Herri ok, signed the petition for j his release. HEFUSE TO ARBITRATE STRIKE. ftailroad Officials Have Said Final Word to Telegraphers. There will be no arbitration of the strike of the telegraphers against the Great Northern railway. That was finally decide:! Thursday by General Superintendent Slade, who sent word to the reporteis that so far as the Great Northern was concerned thy : strike is a closed incident. J ENVOYS ATTEND CHURCH' Sunday's Conference Was Postponed ^ in Deference to Wishes of Russians?Saturday Meeting Brief. The envoys of Russia and Japan ! j held two conferences Saturday, one; in the morning and the other lasting from 3 to 7 o'clock p. m. At the morning session the answer . of Russia to the demands of Japan , was given to the mikado's represen- ; tatives, who, after considering 11, re- j turned for the afternoon conference, j The afternoon conference adjourn- i ed for the day at 7 p. m. Both the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries went ai once to the Wentworth hotel in automobiles. Mr. Witte and Ambassador Rosen preceded the Japanese suite. Shortly after 5 o'clock, Mt. Berg, one of the Russian attaches,was hand- j ed a message by Mr. Witte's secretary for immediate transmission to St. Petersburg. "The Japanese plenipotentiaries, having studied the Russian answer to the conditions , the conference opened at 3 o'clock to proceed to the discussion of the articles, clause by clause. The session was finished at 7 o'clock. The session of the plenipotentiaries, which was to have been held Sunday afternoon, was postponed by mutual agreement out of reverence to the fact that it was the holy Sabbath, which is universally observed in Russia as a day of rest. The Russians had not been anxious for a Sunday session, and the Japanese took the initiative, and, through the intermediary of Mr. Pierce, it was decided to postpone the sitting untu Monday morning. , Both the Russian peace commissioners attended service at Christ Episcopal church Sunday morning. When the Russians reached the church the two envoys were escorted to the very front pew. On arrival, the rest of the j party were shown seats \ immediately j behind those of their chiefs. When , the plates for the usual Sunday offering were passed each Russian brought forth a bill, and the congregation giveip an impressive illustration of the liberality of the Russians. A somewhat strange coincidence in the service, and one which was toi the moment startling to the Russians, was the sudden burst from the organ of the Russian anthem, the music to { hymn No. 497, which, by chance, form- j ed a part of the prescribed series of i Sunday services. To the national anthem, the Rus- I sians sang: "God save the czar, strong and power- ! ful; Reign for glory; Reign to the terror of the enemy. 0, Orthodox Czar! Long live the czar!" The words in the Hymnal, however, were, in part, these: "See barbarous nations at Thy gates ? ? ? _ jj , aitenu; . Walk in Thy light and in Thy temple j bend; See Thy bright altars thronged with prostrated persons, While every hand in joyous tribute brings." Minister Takahira, the Japanese minister, accompanied by Commander Isham Takeshita, the naval attache of the. Japanese legation at Washington, attended the evening service at the Christian church in Kittery, Maine. It had been announced that Takahira would attend vespers at Christ Episcopal church, where the Russians had been in the morning, and because of inability of the choir to remember the Japanese national anthem, arrangements had been made to sing the British national anthem out of! courtesy to the distinguished visitors. But the congregation looked in vain for the Japanese minister. It seems that at the last minute, thinking his going'might attract attention, Mr. i Takahira decided to go to the Christian church in Kittery, some five miles away, where he was not recognized. The Japanese minister participated In the service. PRIVATE BURIAL FOR CHAPPELLE Funeral of Roman Catholic Prelate Restricted as Precautionary Measure. In order that no unnecessary risks might be taken, it was announced ih New Orleans Thursday that the fun " ' - -i-1-i_i eral or tne late Arcuuisuup vua^cnc would be private. Dr. White said it was a fact accepted by the scientists that yellow fever oould not be transmitted by a corpse, but the element of danger -would be in attracting to the cathedral an immense assemblage of people from all sections of the city. OYAMA READY FOR BATTLE. Jap Field Marshal Only Awaits Resuit of Peace Conference. If the negotiations are broken off Oyama will immediately give battle to Linevitch. The Associated Press learns from an unimpeachable source that Oyama's plans axe perfected, his armies are ready and only await the signal that a rupture has occurred tc launch his campaign. DOZEN DIE IN WRECK - -v ?* Passenger and Freight Col-! lides on Nickel Plate Road, j TWENTY-FIVE ARE INJURED Eight of Those Hurt Are Expected to Die?Disaster Said to Be Attrib- i uted to Misreading of the Orders Given the Crew. i A fast east-bound passenger train on the Nickel Plate road collided with a west-bound freight train early Sun- ! day at Kishman, Ohio, near Vermil- i lion, resulting in the death of twelve ' persons, while at least twenty-five oth- ; ers were injured, eight of whom win probably die. The wreck, according to the officials of the company, was caus- j ea by a misundeistamding of orders or I neglect to obey them on the part 01 j the crew of the freight train. The dead are: C. W. Poole, engineer of passenger train; Joseph Alexander, Newark, N. J.; Frank Weaver, Findlay, Ohio, and the following Italian laborers: D. Pomodoro, Antonio j Grillo, J. Paraci, F. Buscini, F. Sell- ! lia, N. Dirmora, A. T. Chille, G. Tra- j vola, C. Cagliani. Aside from the engineer, the men ' killed on the passenger train were all j riding in the smoking car at the head ! of the train, and were mostly foreign laborers in the employ of the Standard OH company, on their way from Fort Seneca, Ohio, to Brookfield, Ohio, in charge of a foreman. Engineer j C. C. Pcole of the passenger train was j killed at his post while trying to reacn | for the air brake after seeing the . headlight of the freight train. His , fireman, Haefner, saved himself by j jumping. The high speed of the pas- j - v- i? 4 V? **r\TT7 Ife lAn/%mr?tiT7D ?1T1 H I f JilgCI Ll aiu UUICII HO l\zvvuivwi T v I first three coaches over on the engine I of the freight train, telescoping the ! smoker and the car following. The I forward cars of the freight train were splintered to fragments. Of the passengers in the smoker, none escaped uninjured. Fortunately there was no fire. The injured were hurried to Loraine and placed in the hospital there. The dead were conveyed to morgues at Loraine. When the trains came together almost everybody in the smoker was dozing. The sudden jar hurled them out of their seats into the aisle, aud threw several persons to the roof aud sides of the car, which seemed all at once to crush in like a paper bag, pinning down each passenger in the position in which he had been caught. The passengers in the second car escaped more easily, as there the violence of the impact was not so severe, although few got off without cuts, bruises, sprains or broken bones. The two rear cars were sleepers, and they withstood the shock without suffering serious harm. No passengers the sleepers were injured. MRS. COBB GIVES BOND. Children of Couple Denounce Sensa- j tional Stories as Untrue. Mrs. W. H. Cobb of Royston, Ga, who was arrested under the coroner's warrant, charging her with voluntary ! manslaughter in killing her husband, I whom she, it is alleged, mistook for a ! burglar, quickly gave the $7,000 bond j required by Justice Jordan. The court j to which this is returnable will be j held the fourth Tuesday in September, j Paul and Florence Cobb, children of j Mr. and Mrs. Cobb, says in an inter- ; view that they were very much sur- j prised to see the sensational reports j in the other papers in regard to family 1 differences betwen their father and.i mother. Paul said that the domestic J relations between his father and moth- ; er were the most pleasant; that they lived together In perfect harmony, and the reports are absolutely untrue. i CoWnerclal Value of Railroads. According to a bulletin of the census bureau, the commercial value of the railroad property in the United States is $11,244,852,000. GEORGIA IS PROSPERING. Increase of Forty Millions in Taxable Values is Expected. The state tax returns for Georgia ; have increased $33,903,871 to date. ! One hundred and twenty-two counties have sent in their digests and only , fifteen more remain to be heard from. The counties which have not yet sent ' in their digests are Baldwin, Burk?, - - - ? ' r-? 1-1rih.nn (JODD, iiany, riuyu, riaumiu, uiju i| Greene, Gwinnett, Lee, Marion, Tatnail, Walton, Ware and Wayne. Cap*., j Harrison of the comptroller's office ' states that in his opinion the increase will reach $40,000,000. ! ! TENNESSEE SEEKS ASSISTANCE. | I Marine Hospital Service Asked to Aid In Enforcing Quarantine. Dr. Albrecht, secretary of the Ten- ] nessee state board of health, has asked Dr. Wyman, chief of the marine hospital service, requesting that his department assist the state in enforc- 1 Ing quarantine regulations. The marine hospital service has been extend- , ed as far north as Fulton, Ky. : WAS WATCHING HIS HOME'! * ^ '1 Sensation Develops In Shooting of*' Cobb by His Wife?Woman Charg- ' ed with Voluntary Manslaughter. i , i Mrs. \V. H. Cobb, who killed her husband, ex-Senator and County j I School Commissioner Cobb, at Royston, Ga., Tuesday night, claiming that i she mistook him for a burglar, has | been charged by the coroner's jury ! with voluntary manslaughter. The coroner insiructed that the ex- i ecution of the warrant be held up I until after burial services. It is said that sensational developments will follow the investigation into the affair. According to statements ; made public, Professor Cobb had re- I; ceived notice about two weeks since ! that he had better watch his home. j Before the date of the tragedy, \ which cost the life of the husband, ; < it is alleged, there had been more j; than one disagreement betwen him- . , self and his wife, and, owing to the j various rumors and reports, sensa- j tional developments are expected. Mrs. Cobb's statement that she mis- \ i took her husband for a burglar is [ doubted by many. It Is the general j opinion that when Professor Cobb j went away, ostensibly to be gone several days, be returned unexpectedly, and that the killing followed. A sensational feature of the coroner's investigation was the evidenco of Dr. J.O. McCrarv, who was the first physician to reach the scene after j: Cobb was shot. He produced before j the coroner's jury a revolver and rock j '< which he testified had been found in an outer pocket of the coat worn by j the,dead man. TIT ffofAmOnl f A tlin ADfA- i *Ui*5. VjUUU O i,v vv?v ner's jury was as follows: "Mr. Cobb left home Tuesday morn- j ing, telling me that he would not be j back until Thursday. Mr. Cobb bought ' me a pistol in Atlanta since we moved j here. This I generally kept under my j head, but last night I was reading | and had it on my table and left it ! there. 4T retired about 10:30 o'clock, and woke up some time during the night ! I heard a kind of rustling noise at ! the lower window of my room. I got up and got my pistol. As I approached the window I saw a form some distance from the window. As it went behind the chimney I went to the upper window. "I went from window to window, two or three Times, maybe more. The form seemed to get nearer to the upper window, and I pulled down the shade so that I could see just below it. The form seemed to crouch down. I stood at the upper side of the window and pulled the shade to one side ?J fnrino jtUU l.ntv.v? * After shooting I thought every- I thing. I began to scream and went :o send Clifford Ginn after a doctor. I called Mr. Welborn. I couldn't call very loud. "After shooting I threw the pistol down. I don't know how long it was between shots." 4 Other witnesses declared that Mr. j Cobb was seen on the streets about { 10 o'clock at night, but seemed anxious j to be unobserved. It seems he had { gone out to his farm and, leaving his ! horse and buggy there, had walked j back to town. Upon post-mortem examination of i the wound in the abdomen, it was ' found that the shot had ranged up- ! ward, while the shot in the head .? ranged downward. Witnesses were introduced who tes- ! tided that there was a considerable j interval between the shots, sufficient ! time for a person to walk back and \ forth across a room. I DIAVOLO MADE A MISCUE. j Bicycle Circus Performer Missed Gap and is Dangerously Hurt. At Helena, Mont., Diavolo, the bicycle rider with the Barnum & Bailey circus, who jumps the gap during the performance, failed to do the trick ' and fell to the ground, receiving probably fatal injuries. Diavalo's true name is Tom Butler. His wife loops the loop in an automobile, and she followed with her turn immediately after the accident to her husband. TRAIN SMASHES AUTOMOBILE, j Two Occupants Killed and Engine is Thrown from Track. j Deputy Police Commissioner Harris j Lindsley of New York city and Miss Eliza P. Willing of Chicago were killed at Pikes' crossing, near Bennington, Vt., Monday afternoon when a train on the Rutland railroad struck the automobile in* which they were traveling. The locomotive was derailed, and the tracks were torn up for 100 feet. The enginer and fireman escaped by jumping. TEAMSTERS RE-ELECT SHEA. Opposition to President Was Not of Sufficient Force to Defeat Him. ! i Despite the sentiment against Pres- ; ident Cornelius P. Shea, which had been plainly manifested at various times during the convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters at Philadelphia, there were enough delegates favorable to bis administration to secure his re-election. ON THREE ARTICLES Jap and Russ Feace Envoys Come to Agreement. - 4 OF SECONDARY IMPORT These Relate to Korea, Evacuation of C-ie + ?f?n ivjancnuna ana vnmcsc ua^tvi Railway?Main Features Are Yet to Be Reached. Although very rapid progress was made with the peace negotiations at Portsmouth Monday, three of the twelve articles which constitute the Japanese conditions of peace, having been agreed to by Mr. Witte and Baron Rosen on behalf of Russia, neither of the two articles to which Mr. Witte in his reply returned an absolute negative was reached. The crisis, therefore, is still to come. The three "articles," as they are officially designated in the brief communications, authorized to be given to me press, are, in substance, as foilows: "First?Russia's recognition of Japan's 'preponderating influences' and special" position in Korea, which Russia henceforth agrees is outside of hgr sphere of influence, Japan binding hen self to recognize the suzerainty of the reigning family, but with the right to give advice and assistance to improve the civil administration of the empire." -Spnnnd?Mutual oblisation to evac uate Manchuria, each to surrender all special privileges in that province, mutual obligation to respect the territorial integrity' of China vid to maintain the principle of equal opportunity for the commerce and industry of aTl nations in that province (open door)." "Third?The cession to China of the Chinese Eastern railroad from Harbin southward." There was never any question about the acceptance on the part of Mr. .Vitte of these "articles," the first two ctr/ering in more emphatic form the contentions of Japan in the diplomatic struggle which proceeded hostilities. The third is a natural consequence of the result of war. The cession of t&6 railroad, the building of which cost RussTa an immense sum, estimated by some at between $100,000,000 and $200,000,000, is to China. Japan and China, therefore, will arrange between themselves the method by which the former is to be remunerated, and through this financial operation, Japan might have a very considerable portion of her claim for the "expenses of the war" liquidated. The railroad is ostensibly the property of the RussoChinese bank, although built by government money advanced through the bank, and since its completion, operated, managed and policed by the Russian government. Japan cannot take the railroad herself. To place herself in Russia's shoes regarding the railroad would be militarily to control the destinies of the three provinces of Manchuria, whicn she has promised to return to China. NEW COUNTY BILLS PASSED. Georgia House Finishes its Part of Most Important Legislative Work. Fully sustaining the report of its committee on new counties, the Georgia house of representatives Monday completed its work on the new county bills, passing each one of them just as the committee recommended. The new county business was concluded when the house passed the bills providing for the creation of Stephens county from parts of Habersham and Franklin, and Toombs cunty from parts of Emanuel, Tattnall and Montgomery. The house has thus passed bills providing for the establishment of eight new counties, all that are allowed under the constitutional .amendment. The matter of new counties is now up to the senate. FRENCH CLAIMS ALLOWED. Referee Decides That Venezuela Must Pay More Than $650,000. .Claims aggregating more than $650,000 held by the French government against Venezuela, have been allowed by Referee Frank Plumley of Northfield, Vt., to whom they had been refprrpri fnr a decision and final ad judication. The claims are for damages alleged to have been sustained by French citizens conducting mercantile enterprises in Venezuela during the insurrection of 1S01. ABOLISHES COLORED MILITIA. Georgia House Passes Bill Eliminating Negro Troops from Service. If the Georgia senate sustains the action of the house, the negro troops of the state must go out of the service. The house, Monday, by a vote or 106 to 6, passed the bill by Mr. Land of Wilcox, which abolishes the battalion of colored troops in Georgia. SOCIAL EQUALITY AEFAIR Daughter of Wanamaker Is 'Escorted to Dinner by Booker Washington. Denunciatory Comment Results. A special from Saratoga, 'N. Y., is as ' ; | follows: "Booker T. Washington's appearance at dinner yesterday in tho great dining room of the United '* .' ? States hotel caused a mild sensation among the diners. Washington was the guest of John Wanamal?r, for mer yusiuuu>iu gcuci<xi, a^u escort to Mis. Barcaly Wiarburton, Mr. Wanamaker's daughter, while Mr. Wanamaker walked to the table with -;^j| J. R. E. Roberts. "Washington preached here three >3? times yesterday, first at the Presbyterian church, in the Baptist church, and * jfS late in the evening in the African '''>11 Methodist church." Cunntngham Condemns Booker. A dispatch from Birmingham, Ala., i.jM says: Lieutenant Governor R. M. Cun- -v ^ ningham, m a statement made Monday night, vigorously condemns the ry^fl action of Booker T. Washington in .>J| dining publicly with John Wanamaker | and his daughter at Saratoga i-a Springs. ' "HI8 conduct in accepting those attentions from northern white people," said Lieutenant Governor Cuningham, ~ Ja "proves conclusively that he is an un- v||h wise leader of his race. It contradicts emphatically the policies he has -b|f preached and the profession he has :j made. It impairs his usefulness to his *|fi people, for while he may be immune ' ;||| from the Injury that will follow, they, ^9 credulous and ignorant, will suffer .>?|H incalculably. JS "If he had sat down and studied.ltf)W ;>JB ho />rvnld most effectively array the. ,.,/JH whites against the blacks in the south, i|B he could not have hit upon a plan that would have been more effective . than the one he has adopted." Dr. Stagg Blames Washington. Dr. J. W. Stagg, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Birmingham, .,.^^8 said the action of Booker T. Washing- ; ton, in Saratoga, Sunday, will retard ;?||| the union of the ^orthem and south':" e'rn branches of the church for many years. ? "John Wanamaker, with whoar Washington dined publicly, is a prominent member of the northern Presbyterian church, and all southern mem- ,'|3J bers of the church will resent his ao- \?JS| tfon. I blame Washington more than Mr. Wanamaker. He knows better, while Mr. Wanamaker does not understand sentiment in the south ^*|5 against anything bordering on racial : equality." ,||^H MONDAY'S FEVER REPORT. ' Fifty-Five New Cases and Twelve Deaths ft> the Day in New ^rjeans. Yellow fever figures for Monday in: ^9New Orleans were surprisingly small, /jf| considering that nineteen of the casfes p-M reported really belonged to Sunday's V;/: list, having come in after the closing of Sunday's report. Monday has uatt- , ally been a heavy day for new cases '?3aa or. account of hold-overs from Sunday* and if the number of new cases for the next few days continues small, / ?I|B then it can be said that the situation' >'':WLr is ^eally improving. The official report for the day was as follows: New cases, 55; total cases tc- date, 1,018; deaths, Monday, 12; ''raM total deaths to date, 166; cases der treatment, 356. Jj|9 NORWAY VOTES TO BREAK AWAY Secession from Sweden Approved by an Overwhelming Majority. "s * The Norwegian people, in a refer- - -ffiBB endum taken Sunday, pronounced in favor of the dissolution of the union with Sweden with remarkable una-, .*^0 nimity. Of 450,000 voters,.-320,000 ca^t v '-A ballots. The difference between the ||| total number of voters and the num- V-gB ber of votes cast is attributable to ab- V ; ^ sentees, such as sailors abroad and ,.3 others who are out of the country at present. S Thousands of women who did not vja have the right of franchise, signed -'-IS petitions in the streets indorsing the ':?sg dissolution. LUSTER ADMITS FOUL CRIME. f|p Says He Placed Pistol to Wife's Head and Pulled the Trigger. "Yes, I killed her. I bought a powder at the drug store to make her sleep, :^|g but she would not. Then, when she was not looking, I put the gun to hei* head and fired." The above is the confession of Percy Luster, who killed his wife at. <^8 Guthrie, Ky., about two weeks ago, to Chief of Detectives Pender, at Og- 'gg den, Utah, Friday morning. Luster will return to Guthrie without requisition ||g papers. He Is a complete nervoua ENGINEER DAUCHEY RESIGNS. ||| Another Canal Official in Panama Gives Up Hi* Job. A Panama dispatch says: W. E. >3? Daucbey, who has been engineer In charge of the Culebran division of the ;>J?| canal work, and an appointee of former Chief Wallace, has resigned. He left at once for New York. The eogin- * v^fjji eering operations on the canal are vog now suspended pending sanitary work. '