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?aUL ifiJliil L'J' _!*!.L!ILLL!LLL ILLLJiJ'J ME 11 All England Aroused Fleet in Sinking RUSSIANS COWERING % St. Petersburg Government Hustons to Promise Full Reparation for Ter-0\ rible Mistake . \ / Made. Official news of tho Russian Baltic i fleet firing on the British fishing vos- I sote reached Washington Monday in j a cablegram to tho state department j nutii iiiu /viuci icuii uulibiu ill 11uii, ) I3ngland. IIo reolted the facts as : stated in the press dispatches and i added that great excitement prevail- ; ed there. The British government Monday afternoon sent urgent notes of protest to the Russian government on the subject of tho Russian attack on the ! British lishing licet in the North s<ia lirnucrK hnO* AiwI\<ioo/1ah T I??rl I ? * i and the Russian ambasador in London, j Foreign Secretary Lansdowne roach- | ed London Monday afternoon and af- \ tor gathering tho latest details known at the foreign office regarding tho firtag on the Pritish fishing boats by j ttoo Russian sqifbdron, proceeded to I Buckingham palace, whore he had a lengthy interview with King Edward. The lattor telographed a mesage of svmnnthv to tho mnvnr of Hull After the conference. Lord Lansdowne addressed a strong protest to Ambasador Hardlnge for presentation I to tlie Russian government. Special st-fess is laid on tho callousness dis- J ylflyed by the Russians in not going to f.he assistance of tho flshormon. Lord Lansdowno asks that immediate redress shall bo made. It Is believed In government circles that the Russian government will take the earliest opportunity to give satisfaction, and it appears to bo expected that Russia will explain the affair, adding that the Russian officers bad roason to believe that there were mines, or ships with mines, in the neighborhood where the fishing fleet was attacked. In the abBenco of Count Benckendorff tho Russian charge d'aff.iirs callod at the London foreign office Monday afternoon to express deep regret at the occurrence. BENCKe',; ioRFF GUARDED. Count Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador, returned to London Monday. night from celebrating his silver woddlng witli his wife's relatives in Silesia Ttd barely escaped assault ?? '\ crowd at the Victoria station, which followed almost into the embassy. Fortunately for the issue of peace or war. nothing resulted; yet through out Monday night a special force of police was compelled to guard the Russian embassy. Count Hcnckondorff has been always regarded in London oillclal circlos as a friend of peace, and lie was much opposed as was Count Lamsdorff, to the Russian-Japanese war. Indeed, he is almost an Anglophile in sentiment. There Is no doubt that Count Henckondorff's feelings wore nuuiiuoi ii) .iiuiiuay infill. S U?'monatration. ST. PETERSBURG DEPLORES ACT. A St. Petersburg special says: At the foreign office the sinking of the British fishing vessels was deplored. Tho authorities oxpressed the hope that the unfortunate aft'alr will bo adjusted speedily and amicably. The press reports are so startling that M. Selzonoff, tho Russian charge d'affaires. in London, in tho tnmnnrarv absence of Ambassador Bonckendorff, was instructed to express to tho BrltFARROW VIOLATED THE LAW. ] 8imple Reason for Removal of PostMaster at Gainesville, Ga. A Washington ^dispatch says: Upon the report of a special postolllce in speetor, In which It was shown that Mr. Farrow, postmaster at Gainesville, Ga., was not a roaidont of the community, Postmaster General Wynne promptly issued an order ior ins romovaJ from that office. This case is declarel to be a simple one. The law had been violated, as tho inspector clearly showed, and the postmaster Keneral promptly rightthe wrong by ordering Mr. Farrow's removal. NEW RAILROAD TO BE BUILT. mcBura. L/nn ana uunui-ii ai muichs, Ga., Prospecting. W. H. Lynn, of Now York, nml Cecil Gabbett, of Statesboro, spent Monday in Athens In regard to the buildInK of the new railroad from Athens ^to Statesboro, Ga. Mr.. Lynn repreP 2V?*h-Now York Interests that aro bet N In .llfl railroad move ! I ho application for a charter a road has beon made, and It i.< ^olleved It will be undor construction soon. SUICIDED TO CHEAT LAW. On the Eve of Electrocution uustafsen Hanged Himself. At New York, Frank Quslafson, a convicted murderer, who was to have been sentencod to death In the electric chair Monday, committed suicide during Sunday night by hanging himself In his coll In tho tombB. On the night of Juno 1 last Qustafaen shot and killed Mr,, wife. [ Over Act of Czar's Fishing Vessels. ish government tho intense regret and grief with which reports had boon received and tlio desire of Russia to make reparation.' It was also decided to prepare a semi-official note expressing tho rogret of the Russian government and its willingness to make full reparation. Tllin Rfnn wll! it la ln-mnrl mrOllfv the British government and pave the way for an honorable diplomatic adjustment. British Ambassador Hardinge called upon Foreign Minister LamsdorfT, and impressed upon him the extreme gravity of tho alTa!r. Count Lamsdorff expressed horror and regret at the occurrence. TO FFDERAI COURT Caee of Lynchers at Huntsville Goes as Outcome of Judge Jones' Recent Charge to Grand Jury. A Huntsville, Ala., spocial says: After spending over two weeks in Investigating the lynching of Horace Maples, as woll as other violations of the law, the United States grand jury turned in a sensational report Mon ut&jr. Twelve Indictments were returned, several of which were against alleged lynchers. The grandd jury ro! cites that the mob was repeatedly notified that Maples would be given a speedy trial, that no one can believe that the prisoner would have been j shown any favor or immunity from punishment for big crime, and that if be had not been a negro, the lynching muiu uv/ici naiu utkun v;u. i lie report. continues: "We invoke tho sense of justice, of right, of civilization and of honor of | the people of our section that they j may see from this time forth that the I law enforced, its majesty recognized j and sustained and mob violence and jits sure companion, anarchy, shall he suppressed and punishment inflicted j upon those who participate in it. 1 "Our nrwmlr* ftnn.i otAft.ir?r.t and firm for law and order, for without these there can be no security ! or protection for the life, character, person or property of any of our citizens. Few enn bo induced to believe I that had Maples been a whito man i charged with killing a negro he would i have boon thus robbed of his lifo and I deprived of a trial in the courts and nu opportunity to disprove the charge I made against him. The white people j of this section of tho south feci that lhf!V DWR ft itlltv til tho rmfrri* i-nnn which has occupied and still occupies an inforior position to theirs, and | t hero can ho no higher or greater | from a superior to an inferior iace. "The law must bo vindicated, order maintained and an anarchy abolished j and punished. If this cannot be done i by one agency, then rational and honest men should welcome its accomplish i ment from any aourco by which puni ishment and prevention may bo law imiy uuiiiimsu.'ruit. r>nouui 111039 ! crimes bring upon our people what :tomo may consider as outsldo tribunals to those made exclusively by the : state, the chief hlamo will bo due to the failure of our own people to roi spect the* law and those who violate it. * I Judge Thoma.i .Jones, in discharging tlio grand Jury, delivered an eloquent ; tribute to the jury and s:ii<l that in af|tor years the people would riso up and j bless the memory of the jurors who had made so fearless and so patriotic ;i report. Mo said he did not care for the slinks and arrows of those who are false leaders of the people, that i no man who enjoyed the conseiousj ness of doing his duty ever did. IIo i knew that he was right and was willing to allow the honest judgment of j eighty-five millions of people to pass {upon tho righteousness and tlie findj ings of tho grand Jury. I SUES FOR HALF THE TOWN. Misouri Woman Claims City Property in Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Will Martin, of Independence, Mo., threatens to enter suit for ahout ! one-half of Augusta, Ga. If her claims should bo allowed by the courts sho would get. all that portion of the city west of Cumming stroot nnd from tho river to the city limits south. Mrs. Martin statos that Iho present ownors of tho land have no good tltlos. On the other hand, real estate men say her claim will bo futile, as tho titles in tho locality described aro [ gilt odgo. CRUISER COLORADO IS SWIFT. New Vesocl to Be Or.e of the Fastest in the Navy. The armored cruiser Colorado, built for tho United States ntw hv Wit. Ham Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, on her trial trip Monday, covered 88 nautical miles in 3 hours, 57 minutes and 7 seconds, maintaining an hourly avorage speod of 22.20 knots through- 1 out tho run, exceeding tho speed of 22 knots called for in tho builder's contract by more than a quarter of a knot. EIGHT YEARS FOR GOODMAN. Appeal Made for New Trial Immedlately After Sentence. Iii the Buporior court, at Savannah, Ga., Monday, Judgo Cann sontenccd W. C. Goodman, convicted of tho killing of Policeman 15. O. Zippercr, to serve eight years in tho penitentiary. Immediately thereafter a motion for a new trial was filed by his attornoy?, and I10 was admitted to $2,000 bail. I AFFAIR IN A TANGLE] i | Rojestvensky's Official Report Creates Sensation, ! !' SHOT AT REAL WAR SHIPS I, I j j ; ' Indications are that tho Japs PlayeJ Cunning Trick in North Sea. Corroborated by Fishing Fleet Captain. j ] An Associated Press dispatch from St. Petersburg, under Thursday's date, , says: Vico Admiral Itojestvensky's explanation of tlio trawler Incident Is ] fully as sensational as the news of tho ' firing on the fishing floet which sit! all England aflame. Ho declares ho was attacked In the j darkness by two torpedo boats, which came upon the squadron from tho dl | roetion of the fishins (loot. Mo opou* j od lire and beliovea ho sank ono of t i tho torpedo boats, tho other making > off for cover anions the fishermen. j As soon as he noticed the fishermen ! Admiral Rojestvonsky ceased firing. ' ( no proceeueu on ms way without | i leaving any vessel behind, and says j ' ho bollevoB the vessel which the llsh- ! 1 i ermen reported remainod on the sceno ; j six hours without ofToring succor to the drowning was tho other torpelo ' boat, either waiting for her consort or ' rni\*i 1 rIn cr /In morm infliotrwl f r? flnt of his ships. In concluding his tolofiram, Ad mi nil Rojestvensky expressed in the mo3i warm-hearted way the regrets of .n s j whole squadron to the fishermen wno j had suffered and to the families of tho victims. Rojestvensky's report was telographed from Vigo, Spain, direct n Emperor Nicholas, who received it Wednesday night. It was communicated Thursday morning to Ambassador Hardinge by Foreign Ministov LamsdoriY himself. There is reason to believe that tho British embassy was aieo acquainted with Information which roacaon uie uussinn aumoriu'is ( some timo ago of the arrival at. a-\ i subsequent, mysterious disappearance J ! from Hull of twenty Japanese, mention | of which was made in dispatches < { October 2.>. It Is pointed out that the , original version of the incident us rocked by the captain of the trawler, Moulmein coincides closely with Uo Jestvensky. The captain of the Moulmein said that while the squadron was passing > lie suddenly noticed two torpedo boats which approached so near that .so thought they intended hoarding him; they sheered off, heading back for tin* squadron, almost immediately at'tor tho squadron opened Sire. Statement Corroborated. According to one account, of Rojest- , vensky's report it specifically stat 13 [ ' that there were no torpedo boats with 1 tho squadron v.-hen the incident o* 1 currcd. If this is true the statement , of the captain of tho Moulmoin would ] 1 completely corroborate Hojestvensky. j | in vio-.v or '.'in entsr* nc!y,- complt-c- | ion placed on tho incident by Roje tv S ( vensky's report, it is readily concoiv- ! ablo (hat Russia may make represeu- ! tntions to Great Britain and that tho; whole course of exchanges hotweon j | the two governments regarding the affair may ho altered. Rojestvensky's version is likely I ) , croate as much indignation in Russ:i ! j I as the fishermen's version did in Kn ; j ! land. j ' If it is conclusively proved that a j I couple of Japanese torpedo boa'.s , j launched an attack on the Russian I squadron from tlio English shores or ! from tlio shelter of the 1'nglish flsn| ing fleet, there is no doubt that, uwi British government will promptly ?t| , nounce this outrage and use < very el i forrt to punish IMu offenders. i The sudden turn Riven to the affa r < by Rojfistvensky'a ofilclnl report rr ) ' j ' ates a most peculiar situation, and tne ' | Approaching developments are being ; watched with tlio keenest interest. Taken With Cramps. Win. Kirrnse, a member of the i [ bridge gang working near LIttleport wag taken suddenly 111 Thursday night with cramps and a kind of cholera f His cano was so severe that I ? had < to have the members of tho crmv wait ! upon him, and Mr. Gifford was cnlied < | and consulted. Ho told them ho had a medicdno in tho form of ChamberIain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea j , Remedy that ho thought would help I him out, and accordingly several doses v/ero administered with tho result that ' the fellow was able to be around next day. The incidont speaks quite high- ' , ly of Mr. Olfford's medicines.?Elka- | ! dor, Iowa, Argus. This remedy never fails. KoOo it ; in your home, it may save lifo. For , ale by Pickens Drug Store, Carlo's ' i Drug Store, T. N. Hunter, Liberty, tf i A GREAT DEMONSTRATION. I ] I Was Occasion of Burial of Victiir.s oi < Baltic Fleet at Hull. The funeral at Hull, England, Thur : ! ; day, of the victims of the North aiix i , tr"'Tody was made tno occasion of a i , givut public demonstration. The civ I | ic officials attended tno ceremony, a,id \ | nunurens or wreams, including 0.10 I from King Edward, was placed 011 r ! about the cofllns. Business was practically suspended, ships in tho harbor. 1 Columbus Exchange Goes Under. 1 Tho Columbus, Oa., Cotton and < Stock Exchange, a branch of Labaree < & Co., suspended Thursday. It Is stat- i od that, tho co-npany's obligations in 1 Columbus aro small. 1 CZAR WIRES APOLOGY, Ruosian Ruler Deplores Astounding Blunder Perpetrated By Baltic Fleot?Report Awaited. A St. Petersburg dispatch sny?: Vice Admiral Itojostvensky's reason for firing into the British fishing (leet remains as great a mystery as ever. Meanwhile, without waiting for the Russian version of the affair, Rmpert>r Nicholas, through Amhasador HardInge, has sent to King Edward an-1 l!jo British government a mcssago oxpressing tho profoundest regret for the unfortunate affair coupled wi'h insurances that the families of tne victims should receive the fullest rc pa ps. 11011. The British government also shows moderation in the note which Sir CharloB Hardingo presented to K ?vaign Minister Lamsl. orff Tuesday afternoon. While it awaits explanation for an act which It characterizes in strong language as unjustifiable, unlust an<'{?nhuman, it makes no thrca'S, fixes no time limit for response and ^wmtwur> in/ ut'inu imw, 1111; uuiu Hputi* fically stating that Great Britain's demands are reserved pending receipt of mi explanation. The willingness of Groat Britain to uvait the Russian explanation hefo-e formulating demands shows consideration for the situation in which Russia litis been placed by a deplorable blunder. At the same time this consideration has an ominous ring about it, only serving to emphasize the gravity of the situation. What the nature of the demands tvlll be must necessarily be a matter if speculation until Admiral Rojostvensky's report arrives, but if the important. allegation in tbo note is established, namely that the Baltic squadron actually changed formation beforo [Ire. it would seem to fix the responsibility upon Rojestvenskv; and whoever the author of the offense may be, it is regarded as certain that Great Rrit.nin will demand, anion# oth'>r hings, his punishment. It is also coitidcrod certain that failure to promptly comply with tho demands will bo mmediately followed by Ambassador Hardinge's recall. Although some nervousness ia perceptible in diplomatic circles, generally speaking, there is the greatest con Vlence both among diplomats and high officials of tho Kovorument. that the affair will be amicably adjusted. VlcCUE FINALLY GOES TO TRIAL. Wife Murder Charts Against Ex-Mayor of CharlottcGville Being Aired. At (jnorlottcsvllle, N. C., Tuesday, ex-Mayor McCue was placed on trial for tho Jllesod murder of hig wife. I)r. Frank McCue, a brother ot the .iv.-iuiiui-.in nua nit; urai. wuiicss. m; ivas called to the homo of the accused fibout "J 1 r, on the night of the trug :?dy. He sa'd when he got inside the house he met the brother now on trial it the K'airease, who said to him that 'here was somo one in the houso svho had uttnckod him and probably "had i^ot Fannio" his wife. Ho detailed 'he finding of the dead body of Mrs. McCue, eind in a night robo, in iho bath tub on the second floor, and describe 1 the wound?, thero 1 T> CS ATlo r?n fhn o *? ^ I? ^ </ii v?iv i i ,ui uai, auuiiiur wu the left ride of tho noso and a gunshot wound in the breast. Tlio water was running in tho tub at the time. On corning out of the bath room, tvitnois told his brother of tho f(idling when tho latter oxclaimed: "Oh! my darling wife." As the witness reported this, tho iccuaod buried I1I3 face in a hand* kerchief nrd burst into tears. The witless \l.<-(. to!d of tho finding of a gun md a bAf.eball b v.' in the room, the att^r bear ng a red stain near the en !. riie exhibits wero identified by wit Contracto Let for Canal Timber. The Panama canal commission :it Washington lias awarded to the Bullnghntn Bay Company, of San Francisco. operating in the Puget sound ronton, tho contract for 2.200,000 foot of umber, and the Continental Lumber 7ompany, of Houston, Tex., for f>00,)00 feet. ITALIAN SUPPLANTING NEGRO. More Whrto Laborers Being Employed by Shippers at Wilmington. More Italian laborers are arriving it Wilmington. X. ('.. not bocauso af Ik> scarcity of negro labor, but >; :ause the latter do not meot the rejuircment, and for the distinct purlose of supplanting the negroes. It is found that the negroes ston Am*., uvwn hc me most critical times, 1 nil that no arguments enn Induce hem lo resume It until they want *o lO 3D. ALABAMA IS DOOMING. In Valuations State H?.a Ma.le Gre.it Strides During Past Year. Homo idea of tho proa; proprcss ' 11 Alabama valuations may bo pain 1 from tho fipnres for several years. For llio year 190.1, thoy woro 321,642, an Increase ovor 1002 of ?! '. 189.000. For this voar tho increase Is 114,541,068, with an increase of ?'je 3tate taxes of $35,358. The assesv mont for schools increased this year from $808,636 to $925,873, and for ea. irios from $308,024 to $322,878. PACER SMASHES ALL RECORDS Dan Patch Goes the Mil? in One Minute and Fifty-Six Seconds. With a pacemaker carrying a wind nnieiu in ironi ana uccuniptuiitu uy a runner at the Hide, I)an Patch, drlvon by Hersoy, ;>acod the fastest mi'o at the trotting park in Memphis Wednesday ever made by a horse in h\rness, circling the track in one minute and fifty six seconds Hat. B 111 WKWWiMl ?M?WnWtt?MgWWI HM1 ? M<IIIHWWWBHi VERY LAME EXCUSE ! I c Russians Thought Fishing j Vessels Torpedo Boats. ROJESTVENSKY'S VERSION j? ie 11. Tension in England Rcaches Noir i u Snapping Point Bocau-se of Delay j tl In Receiving a Saticfactory I l) Explanation. | " * | b A dispatch of Wednesday from Vl&a, ; fi Spain, says: The Associated Pro<3 ! H liflq qnnmpHud in nli!ninmir nn In* >! D view with Admiral Koji.sl vensky, wh J A expressed great, rogi i over the Nor'U i i! aea Incident. | n 'l'he admiral staled that the unfor- | tl tunate occurrence was purely accident- j al. The weather on the ui^ht In quos- ? tion was rather hazy. About 1 a. m. ' c two torpedo boats, which the ltussiaus fl supposed were Japanese craft, Burt- | e denly appeared between the two divj- j ions of the squadron and seemed l> i ^ discharge torpedoes. The Russians immediately opened fi;<>. They saw no fishermen, and wc.'O : not aware that any dumage had been J done. Evidently, the admiral said, the i fishermen had shown no lights. Delay Causes Tencion. ^ A London special says: AmbasBA- I ^ dor Benckendorff's t native eommuni- | ! Q cation to Foreign Minister Lansdowne i Wednesday and 11:<? fact thai thiH was regarded as unsatisfactory, only serv- i I t n inflnntn flu-* nnl?ii^ ? j while official circles aro civinj; out ? intimates that it is their confident , belief the whole matter will he satlifactorly arranged, i' is now quito e^ident that only a short time will be allowed Russia In which to give final ^ and complete assurances of her intoi- ' c tlon to comply with any and all da- i ^ mands Great Britain nmy make with- ^ in reason i c At 3 o'clock Thursday morning there t was no sign an to when Admiral R~- r jestvensky's report would he made ^ public, but if unofficial reports should turn out to reflect the admiral's official () report, it is evident the Russian oHl- j cers made an extraordinary blunder in j mistaking trawlers for torpedo boats j ^ ! and fired on their phantom foes. I c i The astonishing explanation is to ' I garded in London as littinir well with tho state of panic suggested as bavin* ^ prevailed ninong the officers of th? ^ Baltic lleet, and (hut in that case, it I ^ | is suggested, the Russian governmoit I . I should find no difficulty in removu;; j j and punishing the officers responsible, j ! The newspapers of Thursday mornj ing evinced more lioat and impatience | ^ than heretofore at Russia's del'./, . j which is considered absolutely inde- c j fensible in the present circumstances. I j CALM BEFORE THE STORM. Quiet at Theatre of W.ir May Be Broken at Any Moment. A St. Petersburg special says: T'io ! quiet now prevailing at the theatre o? ^ ! war is considered to he only the calm j before a storm. There is every indi- ^ I cation of tho imminence of tho re- ^ ; sumption of fighting on a large scale, ^ j as the proximity 01 tin; two armies ( make it. impossible for them to much ; longer defer a renewal ol' the battle. ^ The correspondents at the front aie ! strangely silent concerning the coming ! developments, but from the slight . I movement S ivnorlcil nml 1 )w> reeonnoitering of the Japanese post- ^ ' lions, It is regarded as certain that ^ i General Kuropatkin has a perfectly free* hand accorded him by his eleva- p ton fi) the post cf commander ?n chief, and that he is about to under. I j take an offensive movement. Field I Marshal Oyam.a is reported to be for ifying his whole lino south of tho ^ Sliakhe river, showing that ho is pro t 1 paring to meet the Russian onset. Not a ray of light as yet has been shed T j upon Kuropat kin's plans. I c I Valuation of Alabama Property. j Reports show the total valuation of j slate property in Alabama this year 10 ' be $323,1 G5.710. against. $308,025,000 i last year; increase, $11,510,710. | TREASURER'S RUSE FAILED, j - c j Chase Locked Himself in Vault and Laid it to Masked Men. After Investigating for a month, the i grand jury at Pomeroy, Ohio. mdietJi ' County Treasurer Thomas J. Oha>\ ^ nlifivirlncv I,.- r ?" ? r.\n CI . iiivj ? iiiui /.'.iruu'iii Ul $1*1 , I from th^ Melggs county treasury, o.j ? i September 5'th, when, he said, the ; treasury was looted in daylight by two c masked robbers, who locked him in a * vault. Chase's bond was fixed at $10, ^ 000. He was unable to furnish ball, ^ The arrest of Chase caused no s 11?*. , prise, but there is much excitement ; ^ over the indictments that aro expect- fll ed against other persons. 1 I The Death F'enalty. T A little thing sometimes results in j ' float 1) Thna .. nifiro Rprntrh ; PI flcant cuts or puny boils have paid the ^ death penalty. It is wise to have : l ( Hucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy. () It's the best Salve on earth ami will | prevent fatality, when Hum*, Sores, Ulcers and I'iles threaten. Only 25o . at Pickens Drug Co. tf JAPS BEGIN AN ADVANCE. Report Has It that They Have Taken { Several Russian Positions. I H News was received in .Mukden Thv sday that the Japanese, Wednesday a? ternoon, resumed the offensive on tho ci east front and made a slight advance, n: It is rumored that the Japanese have ai taken all the Kussian positions at Er* b dagou between Huan Hian and Pindi pu on the road from Mukden to Bent- 0 siaputzo, but the report baa not beAn ft . confirmed, and looks improbable. o A .. .L'LV- f ..if J..LJ '.L Jill h.... SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS ?r?ly Unimportant Skirmishes Break Monotony In Manchuria?Eighty Thousand Wore Slain in Reccnt Dattlca. A review of tho recent fighting be weou mo Japanese una ltussians outli of Mukden shows immense losss to both forces, but a dcclslvo vieory for neither. The opposing arlies aro still facing each oth?r, liough a distance of several miles lies etween them. Offonslve operations n the part of Russians aro reported o have been mado ten miloa from lukden, and skirmish attacks are cf i?nuvuv uwunuiiuu uiong mo enure no. No really Important aggressive lovemeutB, howevor, are announced. l very heavy and decisive engagement s considered certain to occur before lany days to the southward of Mullen as a result of concentration In lint vicinity of immenao bodies of tho pposing forces. The weather has beome very much colder and great suf oring among tne soldiers Is report(1. A dispatch recolvod at the Japanese sgatlon In London from Tokio, under iaturday's date, says Marquis Oyama eports that the Shakhe river ongagelent resulted in. the capture by the apancse of 600 prisoners and fortyive gunn, while 10,550 Russian corpses irero counted. A St. Petersburg dlsnatoh s?v?: Thn /ar office is not In a position as yet o glvo figuros of tho casualties in ho long battle below Mukden, but evrything indicates that the Russian 3S808 reaohed 40,000, the figure given y the Associated Press correspondnt at Mukden. Another correspondnt places the loses on both sides at 0,000. i no war omce is convinced the Jap- | nose losses, while below those of tho j UiBlans, were almost as heavy. A delayed Mukden dispatch says: I " ho Japanese hurriedly evacuated j iliakopu, three miles east of Shakhe | tation, on Thursday night in order to ! scape being surrounded. Under the i over of Thursday's fog they had tried j o surprise the ad ranee guard lrnnediatelv on the Russian riirht flnnlr i Aho lattor repaid them In tholr own ! oin with interest by taking Shakepti ! >n both flanks and not leaving the I apaneee any alternative except j mrried flight. They abandoned a j uantlty of arms and ammunition. | ieveral Japanese came into the Rus- j Ian lines and voluntarily surrendered. ! A Tokio special of Sunday says: i rlanchurlau headquarters, reported by elegraph yesterday (Saturday), says niu ine number or Russian doa<l ound on tho battlefield and lnterrod j ip to October 22, makes a total of 0,550. Upon this total Russian caslaities are estimatod to exceed CO.- | i00. The Japanese captured a total if forty-five guns during the Shakhc tperatlou8. SYNOD SCORES DIRECTORS. i njunctlon Against College Removal 13 Challenged. Tho Tannesseo synod of the south rn rresoyrerian cnurcri in session at [noxville after a debate extending alnost a whole day adopted a resoluion challenging the authority of tho ioard of directors of the Southwestern 'resbyterlan university, at. Clarlisvllle, o be a self-perpetuating body, and r.lo denying that the directors' have nil authority in controlling tho uniersit y. This Is, in efTect, a challenge of t ho [(rectors' action in enjoining tho sylods from taking action in regard to ' he removal of the university from 'larksville to Atlanta. 'EGGING AWAY AT PORT ARTHUR aps Capture More of Russian Outer Worko on Rihlung Mountain. A Che Foo dispatch, under Sunday's late, says: The Japanese on the aferncon of October 16, resumed their ttack on tho Russian outer works ot vihlung mountain. After four hours fighting they sue- j ceded in capturing a number of the | tussian trenches and one small hill. 1 It is the Belief at Dalney that h , :eneral assav/t on Port Arthur will bo nado soOn. WAS SHORT ON STOCKS. m j ommlssion House of Labarce, at N? York, Goes to Wall. The firm of J. Walter Labnrre o., at Now York, has closed its <> "- 1 ces. The concern advertiaod a sto.-k i Dtnmission houso, witn numerous out f town offices. Stephen Oallaghau, i >rnoy for labarce, said that his nt's assists probably wore between kit nd seven thousand dollars, with ?iullities of $123,000. Ho said Labareo Co. had twontv branch officer ox ending all the way from Torono. ( anada to Now Orleans. Shortage ?i tockn caused the failure. 3IQ STEAMER GOES AGROUND. ransport Liner Massachusetts KnocK?d Out By Gale Off Bahama Islands. The Atlantic Transport lino steam* r luassacnusetis, rroru Cardiff for ow Orloann, with a cargo of coal, randed off Abaco, Iiahama Islands ctobor 16th. She is resting easy. 8 The Massachusetts Is of 7,013 tons ' ro?s, and 5,130 net^Is -10ft foot Ions, 1 is r.S feet Inches beam and her * cpth is 31 feet 8 Inches. She was < u11c at Caiuden, N. J., in 1903. 1 \ HREE 8PEECHE3 FOR PARKER. 1 le Will Address Voter? of New Worn, New Jersey and Connecitcut. Judge Alton 11. Pnrker, tho dem*?ratlc candtdato for president, w'il * lako three apcechos In three states, t ccordin'tf to an announcement Issr^d I y tho democratic national committee. I The first will bo at Madison Hquaro 1 arden. Now York; the second at Now- t rk, N. J., and the third at Hartford, ( r New Haven, Conn. 1 ) m DO YOU GET UP WITH A LAME BACK? Kidney Trouble Makes You. Missrablc. Almost everybody who reads the newspapers is sure to know of the wonderful n , i , curas made by Dr. ' ? * Kilmer's Sv/amp-Root. fl S l^c Crwat kidney, liver jM .XZy^r^J |_L and bladder remedy. "1 ? r^Sl r It's the preat medl.1 V . f s/ ' cal triumph of tho nincUV\ tcenth century; <iis? i:!i'l covered after years of - rfr31 , r_~Uyl scientific research by J K7" ^r* ^i!rncr- l"c cml" [] * _; ^ * nent kidney and bladwonderfitlly successful in promptly curing lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid troubles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst lorm ot Kidney trouble. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is no* recommended for everything but if you h.we kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found just the remedy you need. 1; has been tested in so many v/ays, in hospital work, in private practice, among the helpless too poor to purchase relief and has proved so successful ir? every case that a special armngemc:.t has been made by which all readers of this paper who have not already tried it, may h:.ve a sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book telling more about Swamp-Root and how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. When writing mention reading this generoux offer in this paper and _ Dr. Kilmer & Co.,Bingregular fifty cent and norr.oof r.vamp-tv??fc. dollar sizes arc sold by all good druggists. Don't make any mistake, but rimcrabar the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's. O -...I ?1 IJ n: 1 Kjvfiti: , ciiiu nit; auuicjj, la iij; iiaixuou, N. Y.. on every bottle. ~tfi?NIAL BV STANDARD OIL. Big Trust Disclaims Interest in Any Businesa Outside Petrolcu n. A .\To\v York dispatch says: S. C. T. Dodd, of counsel for the fc'andard Oil Company, has just authorised th? following stnloment: "In view of the many false and misleading abatements from various sources, The directors of the Standard1. Oil Comjany deem It advisable t? state to the company's shareholders* and the public that neither now or at any time has the Standard Oil Company or any of its constituent comptyioj bf en interested in any business not directly related with and nee? essary to the petroleum trade. "It wouid be almost impossible to designate in this deniel the different classes of business with which Irresponsible parties have coupled the Standard Oil Company's name, but it may not be amiss to specify copper, atoel, bat'ks, railroads and gas (other than natural gas) as being mo.i prominently mentioned. "With none of these affairs lias tha Standarfl Oil Company been at anytime connected. Individual members of the Standard Oil Company have been and are interested as Individuals in various enterprises, but. this Is entirely outsido of the bu3ine.s of tho Standard Oil Company, which is alone oil, unaffected by other interests in which its stockholders may invest. "Neither Is it true thru iho Standard Oil Company's president, lohn D. Rockefeller, or any other ol'flc r ni the Standard Oil Company, has 1 iken part 'n securing tho nomination of anv of th<". rnni-lirln tr>c fnt< nfr' <- > in positively stated. "Furthermore, it is entirely untrue that there is any 'Stands'-' O party* banded t( geihc r for > p.mi in slock*, a? is so Common ' rpicd. Tho iaine of the Stand:u*-: Oi! "mpany is frequently used ' . filing: persons in the uianip-.'MVm of thq stock Minfket, but its r. > is unwarpontn<4 H". ./\ Ql nv>/ln-.i ^: ? f ' (tnvoM. - *iv; Qiauud. u v : v'uipany QG? parts frrmi its us.ir.l cns.om in rnakiiiK tl'iis denial for i!i ji that tho statements made at thi tim?> newspaper?, Piagazinos nnd nsitional public speakers njip'* > h snusually meniHcious and may, :o : r extent, mislsud the public." Jk Consumption Curablo? Yes! If Uydale's Elixir is used in t f lV?f? h??fnrn tnn *\f ' ' A tissues is involved. This modern, scientific medicine removes nil morbid irgttat. and inflammation from the lungs to o surface an ! s them from tho system. It a %ctoration, heals the ulcerated s. retevea the cough and mak? n ! thing easy. Itydale's Elixir does not dry the mucous surface and thus stop the nough. Its action is just, the << posito ?it stimulates and soothes. It kills (he genus that cause chronic throat and lung disease and thus aids nntura to restore these organs to health. Trial Tho larfic sir.o holds 'J 1-2 tinier Hie trial size. >i WATERS GUILTY OF MURDER. 3>>ot and Killed His Cousin While at Work in His F ield. At Btatosboro, Un., Thursday, T. A. A'akra Waa found guilty of niurdor. [fo shot and killed his cousin, John trinurn, lust Mimmei wnno at work in lis field. The Jury recoramendod lifo niprisonrueut, Both were young moo. Cholera Infantum. Thi."? disease has lost ita terrors inco Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and )iarrhoea Remedy came into general ikc. The uniform success which atends the use of this remedy in all !ases of bowel complaints it! children ms mado it a favorite wherever its 'alue has become known. For snlo by tokens Drug Store, Earle s Drug Uore, T N. Hunter, Liberty. tf Puts an Er.d to it AM. A grlovova wail oftimes conies an i result of unbearable pain from overaxed orgauj. Dizxlness, backache, Jvcr Complaint an<l Constipation. $ut thanks to Dr. King's New Life Mils, they put an <'nd to it all. They iro gentle, but thorough. Try thorn. )nly 25c. Guaranteed by Plckon?