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The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
SETTLED DISPOSAL OF
THE FAIR MILLIONS.
Action Against Mrs. OeIrichs and
Mrs. Vanderbilt Dismissed.

New York, May 11.-By consent of
the plaintiffs the action against Mrs
Theresa Alice Oelrichs and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Vanderbilt, brought by Hannah
E. Nelson, mother of Mrs. Charles L.
Fair, was dismissed here to-day by
State Supreme Court Justice Bischoff
A final judgment was rendered in fav-
or of the defendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Fair were
killed in an automobile accident In
France in 1902 In a statement issued
after the judgment had been entered
the attorneys for Mrs. Nelson and
her family made it known that a set
tlement satisfactory to both sides had
been effected. They also announced
that by common consent of the per-
sons interested the sum paid in final
settlement would not be made public.
Charles L. Fair left an estate val
ued at about $7,0OO,OoO, and it was
maintained by the Nelson's that he died
before his wife, to whom he had will
ed his entire estate in case she sur
vived him. The plaintiffs alleged that
they had been induced by fraud and
misrepresentation on the part of the
defendants to accept the sum paid
them. and that they did not learn
until afterward that Mr.. Fair died
first.
Mr.. Oelrichs and Mrs. Vanderbilt
maintained that Fair had survived his
wife, and that under the provisions
of his will the property became theirs.
In their statement the attorneys for
Mrs. Nelson say they were moved to
agree to a settlement by the conflict
ing nature of the evidence in the case,
the great expense of the litigation, and
by the fact that Mrs. Nelson is advanced
in years and desired to be relieved of
the strain of further fighting the case.
In accounting the willingness of the
defendants to reach a settlement, the
PLAINTIFFS attorneys say, in part:
THE technical allegation of fraud in
the complaint was extremely distaste-
full to Mrs Oelrichs and Mrs. Wander
bilt. Neither of them had taken any
personal part in arranging the details
of the previous settlement in San
Francisco, and both had presumed that
everything had been done properly and
to the satisfaction of every one con-
cerned.'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12

st. Petersburg. May r. 1886 a. m.-
Pending events of great Importance to
the military situation in Manchuria are
foreshadowed in official dispatches
given out late last night by the War
Commission. On May the Japanese
forces cautiously moved from Feng
Wang Cheng towards Hai-Cheng.
which is thirty-two miles east by
north of New Chwang, and it is the
opinion of the general staff that they
should certainly reach their destination
within two days. If the Japanese oc-
cupy Hai-Cheng, with Port Arthur ef-
fectively cut off, New Chwang, which
the Russians have already dismantled,
would pass into their hands. The en-
tire Liao-Tung peninsula, in fact, save
Port Arthur, and, perhaps, Kai-Ping.
would be commanded by them.
The satisfaction felt at the re-estab-
lishment of communication with Port
Arthur is increased by the knowledge
that a train load Of ammunition has
been safely delivered to the fortress.
This was done in the presence of the
enemy's army, which landed at Pitse-
wo and which is apparently on the eve
of being reinforced by another division
on board thirty transports now lying
off Port Adams.
Not Third Army.
The troops sent by Gen. Kuroki to
the southwest of Feng- Wang -Cheng,
which, it is established, do not belong
to a third army, none having landed
at Takushan, crossed the Tayang river
May and should by this time be OPP
Grating in the Lao Tung peninsula,
provided they continued, as is regarded
probable, the plan to complete the
mastery of Southern -Manchuria.
Besides acting energetically in South
ern Manchuria and moving on Hal
ChenR, Gen. Kurok kept in mind the
necessity of outfianlSing Gen. Kuropat-
kin at Lao Yang, as is shown in the
fact that on the morning of May 10 he
started a formidable force, consisting
of a division of infantry and forty
guns and 1,500 cavalry, toward Sal
natsi (SaimadZa?) In view Of Gen.
Kuropatkin's statement that an exam
ination May 10 Of the line between
Saimatsi and -Wang-Cheng failed
to show the presence Of japanese, the
authorities are puzzled as to where the
Japanese force came from.
A japanese detachment is reported
officially TO have occupied Kwan Tein
Sien May 6, but It is believed likely 20
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
SAY WENTZ DIED
BY HIS OWN HAND.
COroner's Jury's Verdict Sustained
by Some and Disputed by others.


by Some and Disputed by others.
Bristol Va, May 11.-"He came to
his death by the accidental discharge
of his own pistol" is the verdict of the
coroners jury. which for nearly two
days has been investigating the cir
cumstances and conditions surrounding
the death of Edward l.. Wentz, the
young millionaire whose body was dis
covered decayed and unburied on
spur of Black Mountain last Sunday
afternoon.
The first and second days sessions
of the investigation were held at the
spot on the mountain where the body
was discovered. The verdict came as
a surprise il every quarter, but the
great majority OF the people who heard
the evidence and examined conditions
surrounding the body, as it lay on the
mountain, believe the cause to have
been suicide. while there are many
others who say there is a crime so deep
and cunning as to make the affair
more mysterious than ever.
The inquest, which was adjourned at
y
morning at $3.50 o'clock. Upon the ar
rival of the coroner and his jury, long
before which fully two hundred people.
surrounded the still roped-in section.
from which the body had been removed.
The first step to be taken was a search
in a nearby ground hogs hole for the
missing right hand of the dead man,
believed to have been carried away ny
some animal. The dirt was dug away
to the end of the hole and sitted
| through a screen in search for the miss
| ing bones. and the ring worn on one
of the fingers. This was without re-
suit.
The jury now filed into the roped en-
| closure and it was seated in line
upon log against which VENTS
| head had rested. The coroner's secre-
tary occupied a seat upon stone,
| while large stumps afforded resting
| places for the two presiding coroners.
Mr. Bullitt. representing the Wentz
| family, said to-day that Dave Raleigh
| would certainly receive a suitable re-
ward. but as yet the amount had not
! been decided.
Regardless of the jury's verdict of
! accidental killing, it is certain that de-
| tectives representing the Pinkerton
| agency will remain in this section,
working the case. There is little doubt
that the Wentz family believe there
was crime in the death. d. B. Wentz
expressed himself as believing there
| had been an encounter before his
| brother was killed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
ZASSALITCH REPORTS ON
MOVEMENTS OF JAPANESE.

St. Petersburg, May 11.-Lieut. Gen.
Sakharoff sent a dispatch to the gen
eral staff to-day, communicating re-
May 10. as follows:
Troops, which appeared to be a di-
vision of the Japanese guard, have
been advancing for the last two days
from Feng Wang Cheng westerly, in
the direction of Hai-Cheng. 1t is re-
ported that a Japanese force, consisting
of about division of infantry, intend
ed to march on Saimadza with forty
guns and 1900 cavalry.
From reports received from the riv-
er Daizw, it may be concluded that the
Japanese army is concentrated in three
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
NO UPRISING, HE SAYS,
IN REPUBLIC OF HAYTI,

Washington, May 11.-Minister Leger
OF Hayti tonight communicated the
following statement to the Associated
Press:
According. to telegram just re-
celved from the President of the re-
public, there is no trouble at all in
Hayti: there is not even any fear of
quiet"
Mr.. Leger cabled his President re-
questing to be fully advised as to the
situation In that country. The min
!ster had no intimation of impending
trouble there, although he knew that
ms government was prosecuting a
number Of cases growing out of the
Hayuen National Bank scandal As a
result OF this prosecution, it is said.
d number of Germans, English and
1AIaericans have been imprisoned.
whether they are still incarcerated or
a., Tre out on bail is not known here.
ttney are charged with issuing false
ponds to the amount of $4,000. 900.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
HEARST MEN MAY BOLT
THE INDIANA CONVENTION.
Judge Parker Gets "a Delegates to
10 for Hearst.

indianapolis, Ind, May 11.-Twenty-
four delegates, favorable to the noIni-
nation of Judge Alton b. Parker, of
New York. for the presidential nomi-
nation, were. selected tonight by dis
trict caucusses, while ten were chosen
who are advocates of the nomination
of William II. Hearst. Many of these
are contested, and the Hearst people
have started a movement to bolt the
convention tomorrow and bold rump
convention that will send a complete
set of Hearst delegates to the national
convention.
Rump caucusses were held tonight
In the Second and Tenth districts i'm
mediately following the regular eau
cusses, and 1t was re-orted late to-
night that the Hearst delegates from
other districts neld a filll slate of dele
gates and convention officers.
The scenes attending several of the
caucusses were extremely riotous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12

groups, the two southern groups being
on the lower section of the river Ia
yang at Honduyana. on the left bank
of the river at Dayan and at Donamyo
in the same locality, and the northern
group opposite Habalina on the road
from Feng- Wang -Cheng to Salidza,
fourteen to sixteen miles from Feng-
Wang -Cheng.
''It is difficult to obtain information
from the local Chinese. In one case we
discovered that the Chinese had warned
the Japanese troops of an ambuscade
which had been arranged by Cossacks.' .
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
FIVE MEN KILLED:
TWENTY-FIVE INJURED.
Six Kegs of Powder Exploded with
Fatal Eject.

Six Kegs of Powder Exploded with
Fatal Effect.
Carbondaie. H.. May lin an ex-
plosion to-day at the shaft of the Big
Muddy Coal and Iron Company in Her
rim, five men were killed instantly, five
seriously injured and twenty others
slightly injured. The dead are:
John Miller.
Richard Reirs.
Fritz iceberg.
Evan Williams.
Thomas Green.
Six keSs of powder, awaiting distrl-
button to the men of the day shift, ex
ploded. having been ignited, it is sup
posed, by the premature turning OH of
the electric current which operates the
machinery of the mines.
The bodies of the dead men were
frightfully mangled
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
GREAT EVENTS
TO FOLLOW SOON
RUSSIANS ARE LOOKING FOR
EARLY RESULTS OF MOVEMENTS IN
SOUTHERN MANCHURIA.

Japanese Are Expected to Occupy
New Chwang and Hai-ChenE.
Peninsula, Save Port Arthur, VIII
BE Held by Their Forees-The War
Situation as 1t Is Viewed at St.
Petersburg.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
THINKS RUSSIANS ARE
BLOWING UP SHIPS.

TOXIC, May II, noon.-Admiral
Toga reports that since the sixth
of May many explosions have been
heard coming from the vicinity of
Port Arthur, but their cause has
not been ascertained. The impress
sion here is that the Russians,
despairing of their ability to defend
Port Arthur, are destroying their
ships before evacuating the place.
Chee Foo, May IL, 5 p. m.--An
unofficial Japanese dispatch has
been received here to the effect
that the Russians have destroyed
their fleet in Port Arthur.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
Asked an Injunction.

Louisville, KY, May 1.-THE Wheat
croft Coal and Mining Company filed
a suit in the United States court to-
day asking an injunction against the
union miners of Hopkins county to
prevent them interfering with nom
union men employed by the plaintiff
company. About fifty union miners
are made defendants.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
MnrnIand RepubIicans.

Baltimore, May 1.-THE Maryland
Republican State Convention met to-
day and elected four delegates at large
to the Chicago convention. The plat
form approves of the administration
Of President Roosevelt and also COM
mends Congress for its legislative rec
ord of the last session, declares for a
protective tariff, favors ship subsidies
and condemns the election laws pass
ed by the Democratic Legislature of
Maryland to restrict the suffrage, as
illegal and criminal.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12

Madisonville, KY, May 1.-THE
mines at Wheatcroft continue to run
with short crew of non-union min
ers. A number of deputy sheriffs and
United States marshals have been
placed at the mines.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
ENGINEER WAS KILLED.

Jackson, Tenn, May 1.-A south
bound train on the Illinois Central
Railroad was wrecked one mile north
OF Middleburg tonight. The engine
was turned over and Engineer Will
liam Hadaway of Water Valley. Miss,
was killed.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
Connecticut for RooseveIt.

New Haven, Conn, May 1.-THE ad-
ministration of President Roosevelt
was indorsed at the Connecticut Re-
publican Convention to-day. and it was
recommended that the fourteen dele
gates chosen for the National Conven-
ton at Chicago should vote as a unit
for his nomination
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
race nt Fernnndinn.

Fernandina, Fla. May 1.-THE re-
turns from the primary elections yes
terday are slowly coming in. Returns
for eight of the precincts have been
heard from with the following results
For state senator It Is generally ac-
ceded that T. S. Davis will beat ]. G.
McGifhn by a very small majority.
Taliaferro, for United States senator,
ran ahead of Stockton-229, and r. w.
Davis has the majority for Governor.
Four Of the outlying precincts have
not yet been heard from.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
JAPANESE EXPECTED TO
OCCUPY NEW CHWANG,

Shanghai, May lit is reported
from Pekin that the japanese on Mon
day occupied Kai-Ping, sixteensmiies
below Tashi-Chao, and that they ex-
pected to occupy New chwang on Fri
day.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
JUDGEMENT FOR LIBEL.
Hotel Accused James and His Wife
of Taking Pillow Sims.

sherman, Tex, May ia jury here
.o-day gave Louis James judgment
LOT $4,000 against the Oriental Hotel
association of Dallas. Tex. for libel.
~ is alleged the hotel people had sent
a telegram to James and his wife re-
Testing them to return pillow slips
Iad TO be missing from the hotel.
S6n SSSihes sued for $4,000 actual and &c.,
wv exemplary damages.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12
FEAR THE JAPANESE MAY
CUT OFF VLADIV0ST0K.

Possiet, Siberia. May 11.--A japanese
torpedo boat made its appearance in
the roadstead two days ago and sus-
picious lights have been seen.
Everything Is quiet here, but all Is
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-12

At Washington an ORciaI Statement
Is Made That the Evidence on
which Marshal Barnes Was Dis
missed from OhIcc Was AmpIe-As-
sistnnt Attorney General Says
Bnrnes Wasn't Entitled TO a Henri
Ing.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14

Territory of Hawaii VS.. Tai Chong,
charged with common nuisance.
W. F. Harris yesterday filed in the
Circuit Court his bond in the sum of
SO. 600 as administrator OF the estate
OF the late F. j. Walker. The Pacific
Surety Company is the bondsman.
John Walker has filed his answer to
the suit of Lord & Belser in the injunc-
ton proceedings brought to restrain
the Commissioner of Public Works
from granting Walker the contract to
construct the Alakea street slip Walk
er sets up general denial of the al
legations of the complaint, which grew
out of a question of whether an order
on a perfectly solvent firm could be
accepted by the Commissioner of Pub
lie Works in lieu of a certified check
accompanying bid to do public work.
The federal grand jury was in ses-
sion all day yesterday, looking into
the alleged frauds at the last elections.
The witnesses were all Democrats, the
most conspicuous among them being
Hon. Curtis Iaukea, who took nearly
all the afternoon to tell his troubles
and then, it is said, did not get
through. In fact. there is a current
belief that the Colonefs troubles have
only just begun. He will have lot
more when he gets to Washington
Administrator Cecil Brown filed his
inventory as administrator of the es-
tate of the late Kenahu Brenig in the
Circuit Court yesterday. The total val
Tie of the property is s19.195.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14
CLUB WILL Be
HAILED INTO COURT NOW

Yesterday Attorney General Andrews
issued a penal summons for the Pacific
CLUB on charge of selling liquor with
out license and the paper was given to
Deputy Sheriff Rawlins to serve It
will be served today, and the club will
agree to a statement of facts as set
forth by the Attorney General. This
is, in effect, that the club has been
selling liquor to its members, and that
it has also sold to visitors not mem
bers who have been given club priv
iIeges under the rules for certain limit
sc periods. The Attorney General, on
his part, will admit that the Pacific
is a regularly incorporated club, with
all the privileges pertaining to such
organization.
Upon this agreed statement the case
Will go to the Circuit Court to get
judgment which will be at once appeal
ed to the Supreme Court. In this way
a decision will be obtained, and a
ruling upon the point as to whether the
club has the right to sell liquor with
out taking out a regular saloon license.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14
THE HARD LUCK OF
A RENT COLLECTOR

There should be at least one inter-
esting case in the Police Court this
morning. The row is between a pig
fat native girl and a little old Chinese
rent collector. The Chinaman, Lee Wo,
tried to collect rent from her for her
room and she sailed in and gave him a
grand drubbing. He had her arrested
for assault and battery and she retail
ated by swearing out a warrant charg-
ing him with profanity.
There We're not many other arrests
during the day. Another assault and
battery case occurs in Kwai Tong, who
laid out Kailihiwa in great shape. Six
japanese, two of them women, We're
caught playing craps. All Ho is charged
with selling ava root without a license.
c. K. Chow was arrested for being a
common nuisance and Puhia (1v) ani
Jim Kailianu are booth in for disturbing
the quiet of the night Puhia has The
added charge of drunkenness against
her name.
The court had a strenuous day of it
yesterday with A cases on the calen-
dar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14
=. w. HALL

Will keep your piano in tune for one.
year for $500. Satisfaction guaranteed
Work done promptly. Leave orders at
Coyne Furniture Co. Tel MAIN 4I5.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14
S anita Claus
Headquarters
THos. G. THRUM's STORE.
1868 Fort Street.

Is replete with it's usual sup
ply and variety of HOLIDAY i
SEASON GOODS for which it
has long been noted. with an
unusual selection of New Books
by popular writer's, to all of
which, early attention is in
vited for choice of articles and
avoidance OF usual rush to-
wards Xmas.
Good goods at right prices In
all cases.
Store open evenings up to
Xmas eve.
Look out for the coming HA-
WAIIAN ANNUAL, it's 31st is
sue; an especially strong his
toric and reminiscent number.
Will be ready about December
10th.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14

Clara-''we girls are getting up a
secret society" George Whats the
secret?' Ciara-''I don't know yet. but
I'll tell you all after I am Initiated
Jester.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14

Attorney General Andrews has en-
tered noile pros in the case of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-14
Christmas
Dinner
Suggestions

Here are helper suggestions to
round out a Merry Christmas feast.
Table raisins, figs, assorted nuts,
eitron, lemon and orange peel,
sweet picked peaches and pears,
jelIies and preserves, sweet cider,
boiled cider, olives, pimoies, plum
buildings, mince-meant, bon bons.
Gruenhagen's candies and glazed
fruits in IL, 1 and 2 ID. packages.
Branded fruits, oranges. apples,
caulifiower and celery.
Don't forget a green Christmas
tree.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-01
THE JUMEL MANSION
Colonial House Whose Story is interviewer with the
Countrys History

ious fervor. At no time in all the
dark days OF the revolution was his
spirit more overcast than when the
Morris house, on Harlem Heights, was
his military headquarters.
Every school boy knows that Wash
ington served his country without
compensation, that he kept an account
of his actual expenses, which the gov
eminent was to pay; but few know
that the Father of his Country was
one Of the richest, If not the richest,
president we have ever had. Wash
irgton was a millionaire in his own
time, which Is equivalent to being a
multimillionaira at the present day.
1t is only necessary to think of this
and the comforts his wealth would
have given him in England, or even
in France, to realize the sacrifice he
made. Add to this that all his tastes
led him to the life of the a~ristccrat.
and you will get a still keener percep-
ton. If Washington made no COM
ment upon the fact hat one of the
captains of his company, acting in the
capacity of a barber, shaved the sol
diers in front of the house in which
he had his headquarters, it was be-
u his mind was occupied by more
weighty and important matters rather
than that he approved Of such a
breach of military caste and dicci-
pline.
When he walked on the lawn =
had in his mind a picture Of the /
starved, half-naked soldiers all q,
the country. For them he thought and
worked and prayed-the democratic
captain, strapplng his razor, was a
tri1e. Washington rode about the
place giving directions that the ap-
~proaches to his camp should be forti-
fed by redoubts, abatis and deep in
trenchments.
During these rides he saw some
work that instantly attracted his at
tention. Upon inquiry, he was told
that they were constructed by Capt.
Alexander Hamilton. This young
mans talents in the military line had
been previously spoken of to Washing
ton by Gen. Greene. Hamilton was
scarcely in his twenties at that time,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-07-01
Each Had Same THOUGHT.

when people go to law with one
another" said ex-United States At
torney John H. Casey, "they seem to
feel much aggrieved to the other.
l had occasion to particularly notice
this in connection with a case which
had been completed just previous to
one l was waiting to try. Adjourn
ment for lunch came shortly after
and as I was leaving the court house
l met the defendant, whom l knew,
and remarked:
"T notice you lost your CASE
"'Yes.' he replied, the scoundrel
beat me-
Before reaching Court street l also
met the plaintiff, to whom ! said. in
passing:
81 see you won your case
EYES, he replied gleefully. I beat
the scoundrel.' "-Boston Journal