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The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
INDICTED FOR FRAUDS.
Charges Against a Government Of
fetal in Oregon.

Charges Against a Government Of
fetal in Oregon.
Portland, Ore, Oct. 26.-The United
States grand jury to-day returned an
indictment against Asa B. Thompson,
receiver of the land Office at La Grande,
Ore. The indictment charges Thomp-
son with soliciting money to influence
his official decision for approval for
homestead applications, which had been
held up for insufficiency of proof.
There are three counts in the indict-
ment, and among the witnesses against
Thompson is Charles Cunningham, a
well known stockman of Eastern Ore
gon. 1t is alleged that Thompson ap-
preached Cunningham and offered to
have ten homestead applications ap-
proved in consideration of $500.
The other counts concern the alleged
dealing with Asa Robinson, to whom
he is alleged to have offered his serv-
ices for $50 in the case of each appli-
cation.
The Interior Department has had
agents in this state for many months
past, investigating alleged frauds in
the entry of public lands, and the in
dictment of Thompson is the first re-
suit of the investigation.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
ANOTHER REVOLT ON IN
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
Attack Made on the Town of Sam
tiagO, and ReVOlutiOnitsts Took 1t.

Attack Made on the Town of SAN
Cape Haitien. Haiti, Oct. 26.-The
town of Santiago, in the Dominican
republic, was surrounded this morning
by insurgent troops, under the COM
mand of Gen. Epifanio Rodriguez.
After severe fighting, which lasted for
several hours and during which a num-
Der of men were wounded, the revolu-
tionists triumphed, and Santiago fell
into their hands.
The revolution, which has broken out
in the northern part of the republic
of Santo Domingo and which has al
ready resulted in the establishment of
a provisional government at Puerto
Plata, under the presidency of Gen.
Morales, was caused, according to adj
vices received here, by the numerous
custom house frauds and the prevari-
cations of the Ministers of War and
of Finance.
The signal for the outbreak OF the
revolt was given at o'clock on Sat-
urday afternoon by three cannon shots
That same evening all the partisans
of President Wos Gil at Puerto Plata
were arrested. The inhabitants of
Monte Cristi, La Logne and Moca unit
ed and attacked Santiago. Telegraph
communication between Santiago and
lie Vega has been severed.
The revolutionary outbreak has been
extending. and general opinion is that
the government of President Wos y
Gil is lost.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
NEITHER is ANXIOUS TO
STRIKE THE FIRST BLOW.
That Seems to Be the Attitude of
Russia and Japan.


Paris, Oct. 26.-The Foreign Office has
been advised that the Russian Foreign
Minister, Count Lamsdorff, expects to
arrive in Paris tomorrow and remain
here until Saturday, comforting fully
with Foreign Minister Delcasse on
questions relating to the East and Far
East. Much Importance is being at
tached by the officials here to the meet
ing.
During the present strained relations
between Japan and Russia the under
standing has prevailed here that the
Franco Russian alliance had the same
operation in the Far East as in Europe,
but the extent of French sympathy in
support of Russia would depend on
who was the aggressor.
An American official conVerSant with
the French policy pointed out to-day
that the Franco Russian and British
Japanese alliances operate strongly to
prevent an outbreak of hostilities be-
tween Japan and Russia. Each agree
ment contemplates support when the
ally is attacked Therefore Russia and
Japan defer taking action not wishing,
by being the aggressOr, to sacrifice the
benefit OF its alliance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
COUNT AND COUNTESS
ON TRIAL IN BERLIN.
She IL Charged with Having Pre-
scented a Fraudulent Heir.

Berlin, Oct. 26.-The trial of Countess
Isabella Wesirka Kwilecki, belonging
to rich and aristocratic Polish fam
have borne a son over six years ago
and presenting him as the heir to an
estate at Wroblewe, province of Posen,
consisting of 10000 acres, and having
a yearly rent roll totalling $4,000, be-
gan here to-day
Count Kwilecki appears at the trial,
charged with being an accessory to
the crime. The Countess was arrested
Jan. % of the present year. and the
Count was taken into custody Aug. 5.
One midwife and two women servants
were also placed in the box as access
SORES.
Countess Kwilecki is defended by
seven leading Polish lawyers. Very
great interest is manifested in the
case here. as the accused Countess
and Count are we'll know in the higher
aristocratic circles of Berlin. She was
born in March, 1876, married the Count
in 1864 and bore him three children,
the last in 1879. Then, the Count and
Countess claim, the latter gave birth
to the son who is the cause of the
present proceedings. This son is said
to have been born Jan. 81 1897. The
prosecution claims that the boy is the
son of a peasant girl named Parcze,
in Austrian Silesea, who is present
as witness and as d claimant for
the child
The session of the court to-day was
wholly occupied with taking the testi-
mony of the Countess, who is of aristo-
cratic appearance. The Countess
pleaded mot guilty" and sweepingly
denied completely in any criminal act.
But the Countess was frequently cor
| nered by the judge. She was unable to
give satisfactory explanations of many
suspicious circumstances, and some
damaging facts were brought out, in
Guiding that when the Countess came
to Berlin to await her ACCOMPLISHMENT
she said she did so because she could
get better medical attention here, but
she did not call in a physician and en-
ployed an obscure midwife.
The Countess, it was also shown by
the testimony, intended going abroad
for the ACCOMPLISHMENT and only desist-
ed from so doing upon representations
being made to her that the collateral
heirs of the estate would suspect her.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
PARKS WAS ARRAIGNED.
Physicians Made Affidavit He Has
Tuberculosis.

Physicians Made Affidavit He Has
Tuberculosis.
New York, Oct. 26.-The trial of Sam
Parks, the walking delegate. who
has already been convicted of one of
the extortion charges against him, was
begun to-day before Judge Newbur-
ger.
The Indictment in the present case
is known as the Tiffany studio in
dictment," in which Parks is accused
of having extorted $500 from Louis
Schmidt president of the Tiffany Stu
dio Company, as the price of calling
off a strike on the new building which
that company was having constructed.
Former Assistant District Attorney
James w. Osborne is conducting
Parks defense. Associated with Mr..
Osborne are George Gordon Battle and
Barlow S. Weeks, who as the princi-
pal lawyers for Roland B. Molineux,
were arrayed against Mr.. Osborne,
who was the prosecuting attorney In
that famous case.
Parks wore his usual defiant ex-
preston when he entered the court
room to-day, but he did not look as
healthy as during his previous trial.
On the calling of the trial Mr.. Os-
borne moved for a postponement on
the ground that he believed his client
could not obtain a fair and impartial
trial. and that the health of the de-
PENDANT is such that counsel could not
properly consult with him. Mr.. Os-
borne produced affidavits from promi-
nent physicians to the effect that Parks
is suffering from chronic tuberculosis
of both lungs. Judge Newburger, how
ever, denied the motion and directed
that the trial proceed.
After six Jurors had been obtained
court adjourned until tomorrow.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
DISASTER ON THE LAKE.
Two Men Lost Their Lives While
Rescuers Worked.

Sault Ste Marie, Mich, Oct. 26.-The
steamer w. F. Sauber was wrecked off
White Fish Point, thirty miles from
here. early to-day, and Capt. w. e.
Morris and Oiler Frank Robinson were
drowned. The rest of the crew of nine
teen men were taken off the Sauber by
the crew of the steamer Yale.
The Yale's crew worked from IL
o'clock last night until o'clock this
morning, rescuing the crew of the Sau-
Der. Robinson was pnched between a
yawl boat and the Yale, and went down
before help could reach him.
Capt. Morris was on the deck of the
Sauber after all the others had been
taken off, when the steamers boiler
burst, and he was blown into the lake.
The blow on Lake Superior is report
ed to be the worst in twenty-eight
years.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
WHO OWNS THE RAILROADS.
Owned by the People in One Way
Another.

or Another.
Chicago, Oct. 26.-Slason Thompson,
head of one of the bureaus of the Cen
eral Managers Association, recently
addressed letter to the railway COM
panies. asking the question: Are there
a million owners of railway securities
in the United States?"
"Thrty-nine of the leading railway
companies of the country responded"
said Mr.. Thompson to-day. They rep
resent 107 $40 miles out of the 202,471 of
single track mileage in the United
States. They gave the total number of
stockholders on their books as 191, 1897.
This is pretty nearly equal to two
stockholders of every mile of railroad.
Applying two to one as the ratio,
Appropriated in the total. would give
400 900 stockholders in round numbers
for the 100000 miles of railway in the
United States, as owning Sc, 1924, POI, 295
of capital stock as reported June 30,
1902.
Assuming that the Sc, los, 9s1. $3.50
funded debt is as widely distributed
among bondholders and the railway
ownership would appear to be held in
something like 100000 hands.
I'm one way or another the people
of the United States own the railways
of the United States, and something
like 100000 persons, through wages,
interest and dividends, divide two
thirds of their gross earnings of ST.
726, $50 267 Q901-2) among them, and the
other third goes for fuel, taxes, sup
plies and equipment"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
WAS DUPED BY GAME
OF THREE-CARD MONTE.
How Smooth SwindIers Got $1,000
from a Connecticut Man.


Hartford, Conn, Oct. 26.-Two
strangers, who are alleged to have
swindled G. S. Burnham of this city
out of $1,000 through a three-card game,
are being sought for by the police au-
thorities here and in other places to-
night.
Burnham reported his loss this after
noon. He is a Yell-to-do retired farmer
about IS years old.
One of the strangers said his name
was Brooks. and that he was con-
nected with a bank in Torrington,
Conn. while the other represented him
self as a Southerner, who had come
North for the purpose of finding his
sister in Winsted, to whom he was to
pay 100000. Having learned that his
sister was dead, the Southerner said
he was reckless as to what became
of the money. He offered to show
Brooks and Burnham how to play the
three-card monte game, with the re-
draw $1,000 from the bank and put
it in a tin trunk, together with a roll
alleged to contain $4,000, which the
Southerner placed as his part of the
wager.
Burnham was given the key for the
trunk. and the men drove to West
Hartford stopping at a secluded place
in the woods, where the game began.
Burnham won, and receiving the
trunk, started home alone. 1t was not
UNTIL he arrived home, opened the
trunk and found it empty that he re-
allied that he had been duped.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
is NOT YET SETTLED.
How the Copper Mines Litigation. at
Butte Is to BE Determined.

How the Copper Mines Litigation at
Butte Is to BE Determined.
Butte. Mont, Oct. 26.-From the
steps of the County Court House in
this city F. Augustus Heinze this
afternoon addressed a mass meeting of
the miners of Butte, more than 49,
900 persons being in attendance.
AS the representative of John Mac
Ginnis. Mr.. Heinze in his speech made
a counter proposition to the offer of
the Butte miners union to purchase
Mr. MacGinnis' stock in the Boston
and Montana and PARROT Mining Com
panies and thus end the litigation with
1.-THE Amalgamated Copper Company.
In this proposition Mr.. Heinze offers
on behalf of MacGinnis and Lamm to
sell their interests in the Boston and
Montana and Parrott companies under
certain conditions, the result of which
would be to put all the properties in
operation again.
President Scallon of the Anaconda
Company tonight rejected the Heinze
propositions. He said that the pro-
posals amounted to a turning down
of the miners union plan and were
unreasonable.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
MEADOWS FOUND DEAD.
Will Phillips Arrested. Charged
with the Killing.

Raleigh. N. c.. Oct. ga special
from Newbern, N. c.. says:
Charles Meadows was found dead on
the railroad between the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad shops and
National avenue. and Will Phillips, the
last men seen with Meadows on the
night before, was arrested, charged
with his murder.
There were marks on Meadows
throat that indicated that he had been
choked 10 death.
At the coroners inquest witnesses
testified that the two men had quarrel
ed the evening before at S. w. Ca
bicht's barroom over Meadows wife,
who deserted him for Phillips. They
then left the barroom together and
Meadows was seen no more alive
Phillips was bound over to the Crimi-
nal Court.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
NO NEED FOR ALARM.
Japanese Premier Says He Regrets
War Reports.

Toxic. Japan. Oct. 26.-Baron De Ro-
sen. the Russian minister and Foreign
Minister Komura resumed their confer
ences to-day. The Japanese cabinet
also held another session.
Premier Katsura, in an interview to-
day said he deeply regretted the SEN
sational reports circulated in Europe,
which, he added, were unfounded.
Referring to the diplomatic situation,
the Premier remarked:
THE Japanese government pursues
it's negotiations in strict accordance
with the spirit of the Anglo Japanese
alliance, which aims at the preserva-
ton of peace and the status quo. 1t
is only fair to presume that Russia is
actuated by the same peaceful spirit
in which the dual alliance is extended
to the Far East. 1. therefore, fail to
see why the negotiations should not
lead to mutually satisfactory results
In any case nothing in the present sit
uation warrants any alarm"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
LETTER FROM PEARSON.
CANNOT BE SHOWN.
Minister to Persia Asks Immunity
from Italian Court.

Rome, Oct. 26.-From the political in
quiry it appears that Richmond Pear
son, formerly United States consul at
Genoa, and now minister to Persia,
who, as announced Saturday, was fin
ed, in default, $50 and SIS costs, for
insulting an Italian railroad official on
Dec. 2, 1902, was completely within his
right in complaining of the behavior
of the railroad official referred to, but
it is alleged that Mr.. Pearson put
himself in the wrong by insulting the
official.
Mr.. Pearson claims the immunity en-
joyed by the diplomatic body, while, it
seems, when the incident occurred, he
had not yet been appointed minister
to Persia. It. is also asserted that
his letter to the United States en-
bassy here. asking to have the sem
tence annulled, is in such form that
It cannot be shown to the Italian Min
lister for Foreign Affairs.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
Rushed TO English Mills.

Liverpool, Oct. 26.-The newly ar
irving American cotton is being rush
ed to the mills as rapidly as possible.
Full time is being resumed gradually
throughout Lancashire, where there
has been immense distress since Au-
gust, when the mills reduced their
time of work to four days per week.
All the mills in the Ashton Under
Tyne district resumed full time to-
day.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
Christian scientists Meet.

Boston, Oct. 26.--Four hundred or
more authorized teachers of Christian
Science from various parts of the
United States assembled in this city
to-day to consider matters with refer
ence to teaching the faith. This is the
first convention of the kind and 1t is
held because, IT is said, the growth
of Christian Science throughout the
country is felt to necessitate more sys-
tematic and uniform plans of instruc-
ton than have been thus far formu-
lated.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
sea Gave I'D Its Dead.

Norfolk. Va. Oct. 26.-The body Of
Capt. ]. NJ. Cookson of the barge Ora
Gle, which foundered with five men
off Hog Island during the hurricane
two weeks ago, washed ashore to-day,
near Kitty Hawk. IL was identified
by the initials j. M. c., tattooed on the
wrist and will be sent to Boston for
burial.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
AGAIN STANDARD OIL
SENDS UP THE PRICE.

Cleveland, o., Oct. 26.-The Standard
oil Company to-day advanced the
wholesale price of all grades Of refined
oil one cent a gallon. This makes an
advance Of Ia cents per gallon in the
wholesale price inside of a. week. as a
half cent advance was announced last
Friday.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
Fever at san Antonio.

San Antonio, Tex, Oct. 26.-The Of
fetal yellow fever bulletin issued to-
night shows no new cases and no
Deaths total cases, IL; total deaths,
L.
No case was reported to-day as sus-
picious. and everybody is hopeful that
the worst stage of the fever in San
Antonio has been passed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
'HREE WERE KILLED AND
TWO FATALLY INJURED.

y. lancaster Pa. Oct. 26.-Three train
in.. were killed and two fatally in
49,, oy the explosion to-day of a
psgsnt locomotive on the Pennsylvania
49, load near Robertstown.
t, ne cause of the explosion is not
Ny. H. In his delirium the engineer.
bon. fatally injured. muttered; The
,''er was full Of water"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
Yellow Fever Report.

Laredo, Tex. Oct. 26.-The yellow
fever situation is much improved here.
The official bulletin tonight shows:
New cases, 8: deaths, 0; total cases
to date, 544: total deaths. "A.
The situation at Monterey does not
show any improvement. The official
bulletin shows that on last Friday and
Saturday there were seventeen new
cases and nine deaths, beside seven
teen suspicious cases. Reports from
Nuevo Laredo say there are no new
cases in that city.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
BABY WAS MURDERED.
So the COrOner's Jury at Balm
bridge Determined.

cambridge. Ca Oct. 26.-The jury
which was summoned to investigate the
cause of the death of the infant that
was found floating down the Flint
river, nine miles below this city, on
Sunday morning, returned a verdict
this afternoon that the infant came to
it's death by blow inflicted by d
party or parties unknown to the jury.
The case has been turned over to the
county detectives, and they are seek
ing the murderer.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
COTTON IN GEORGIA
WAS NOT MUCH HURT
That Ia Commissioner Stevens View
of the Cold Snap.

Ihnt la COmmfssiOner stevens View
of the Cold Snap.
Atlanta, Oct. 26.-Commissioner of
Agriculture o. B. Stevens does not
think that the heavy frost of Saturday
night injured the cotton crop to any
extinct. seventy-hve per cent. of the
cotton had been gathered in South
Georgia, and about so per cent. in Mid
die Georgia. The frost, he said, would
have a tendency to make some of the
bolls open.
The wind was little too high for
frost to do much damage.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27

Yokohama, Oct. est is reported
that the result of the elder statees-
mems conference on Saturday last was
to confirm Japans intention to press
Russia for a definite conclusion of the
negotiations. The Korean government
has protested against Russian fortifi-
cation of Yongampho on the Yalu river
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
was swept overheard.

Norfolk. Va, oct. 26.-The barge
Liberty, which arrived at Lambert
Point to-day, from Providence. reports
the loss of Alfred Luder, one of the
crew, while coming down the coast Sat
urday night. The barge encountered the
heavy blow and Luder was in the act
of making fast a rope when swept
overheard by a sea, He was a native
Of Holland.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
Cruisers Reach Newport News,

Newport News, Va, Oct 26.-The
cruisers Baltimore and Buffalo have
arrived at Old Point from Boston. The
Baltimore will convoy the torpedo no
tilla now being formed at Portsmouth,
to the PHILIPPINES.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
BOUND FOR SAVANNAH,
BARK IS LEAKING.

Cape Henry, Va, Oct. 26.-Bark Dom
Pedro II. Davis, from Baltimore for
Savannah, coal laden, anchored in
Lynn Haven roads to-day, leaking.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
SPURRED BY FROST
COTTON FUTURES WENT SOARING
IN THE MARKETS.
WAS GREAT EXCITEMENT
WHEN THE SHORTS WE'RE SCARED
BY THE ADVANCES.

Liverpool Showed Great FirmneEs.
This COnspired, with Reports of
Frost from the Cotton Belt and
the Consequent Injury to the Late
Crop, to Elevate Prices-FrOm 20
to 43 Points Was the AdVance-It
Fell on Under Realizing.
New York, Oct. 26.-There was great
excitement and activity at the open
ing of the cotton market to-day More
or less general frosts had been re-
ported in the cotton belt over Satur-
day and Sunday, and with Liverpool
this morning exhibiting great firm
ness, there was scarce of shorts here
that started prices some 20 to 43 points
higher.
October. closing Saturday at $3.50,
sold up to 1O.4Oc on the call. while De-
cember touched 102Sc; january. 10.25c;
March, 1O.2Oc and May 1O.20c. This
enormous gain naturally attracted
heavy realizing, and after the call
prices were depressed several points
on the more active positions.
The activity continued all the morn
ing and fluctuations were irregular and
violent. Generally speaking, the tone
was firm. From the highest point
early there was a reaction before mid
day of from rs points on October and
of IL to II points on the other posi-
lions. notwithstanding the heavy es-
Inmates for to-morrow's receipts, short
covering continued in volume, and the
market regained most of it's losses.
with prices in the early afternoon %
to IS points higher than Saturday.
There was little diminution in activi-
ty or excitement during the afternoon,
and the transactions for the day broke
all previous records, nealy 1900 900
bales, according to estimate. The
market was finally steady 26 to 81
points net higher this representing a
reaction from the best of IS points on
October and of l to points on later
positions.
All the months later than January
sold at new high prices for the sea-
| son.
Liverpool, Oct. 26.-There was con-
siderable excitement on the Iiverpool
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
Paxton CommerciaI AEent.

Norfolk, Va. Oct. 26.-The Seaboard
Air Line to-day announced the APP
pointment of c. T. Paxton as CONNER
cial agent at Jacksonville, Fla,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
WITH THIRTY-SIX LIVES
FRENCH BARK IS LOST.

Brest, France, Oct. 26.-The French
bark Savoyard has been wrecked near
here. Thirty-one of her chew, the cap
tain's wife, and four other women, were
lost.
The movements of the Savoyard are
not reported in any of the available
shipping registers.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27
is NOT NECESSARY TO
INSURE AGAINST WAR
So II Is Stated i'm n Telegram t.
London from Russia.

London from Russia.
London, Oct. 26.-In connection with
the assurances against war risks eff
fected on shipments of Welsh coal to
Port Arthur for Russia, a telegram was
received in London to-day from st.
Petersburg saying there is no further
necessity to insure against war.
This is interpreted as forecasting a
favorable outcome of the negotiations
between Russia and Japan.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-27

Liverpool, Oct. 26.-There was con-
siderable excitement on the Liverpool
Cotton Exchange to-day on rumors
that destructive frosts in the Ameri-
can cotton belt probably would result
in the next cotton crop not exceeding
100000 bales. Prices jumped several
points. and anticipations of squeeze"
next summer were expressed.