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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
QUICK JUSTICE
UPON NEGROES
WHO ASSAULTED MRS. BIDDLE
EACH OF THE THREE SENTENCED
TO 40 YEARS.

In Less Than Half An Hour They
Were Taken 10 the COPrt Room
by Armed Soldiers, Pleaded Guilty
Were Sentenced and Were on
Their Way 10 the Penitentinry to
Serve out the Sentences the Court
Had Imposed.
Mount Holly, N. J., July 15.-Aaron
Timbers, Jonas Sims and William Aus
tin, the three negroes who confessed
to assaulting Mrs. Elsie Biddle of
Burlington, were to-day sentenced to
forty nine years each in the state
prison at Trenton, after a record
breaking trial.
The three men arrived in Mount Hol-
ly at 1:16 o'clock. Less than half an
hour later they had pleaded guilty
been given the extreme penalty for
their crimes by Judge Gaskil and were
on their way to Trenton to begin their
long sentences.
When the men. handcuffed to three
detectives, stepped from the train,
there were at least 1000 persons about
the railroad station. Company A, New
Jersey National Guard, quickly opened
"A passageway, and within five minutes
the criminals were in the Court House.
Judge Gaskill had ordered that the
curious be excluded from the court
room and in consequence only the
newspaper men and the guardsmen
were admitted.
Pronounced Sentence.
Later, when the negroes were
a-l.A fLE TtfIr Ttu.a
kill appointed counsel to defend the
men. A brief consultation was held
between counsel and the three men.
and il was announced that they would
plead guilty. Judge Gaskill accepted
the plea, and in pronouncing sentense,
said:
"The Judgment of the law and SEN
tence of the court is that for the
charge Of rape 70 which you have just
pleaded guilty each Of you be con-
fined in the state prison at hard labor
for the term Of fifteen years; upon the
charge of robbery. fifteen years; upon
the charge Of assault with intent to kill
an officer, twelve years, and upon the
charge OF robbing the house Of Will
liam Streaker, seven years. making a
total Of forty-nne years"
"sbOot 'Bm,' Cried Crowd.
As soon as the sentence had been
pronounced, the men were removed
from the Court House. As they ap-
peared at the entrance, the soldiers
formed two columns Of fours and with
the men in the center. they marched
down a side street TO the special train,
which had brought them from Cam
den. The first demonstration of any
character took place as the negroes
neared the train. Here a crowd OF
several hundred men and boys had
gathered. They hooted and jeered the
negroes, and the cry Of Shoot EN-"
was heard distinctly several times
Trenton was reached at 2:30, and the
men had begun their sentences at 2:45
o'clock.
Judge Gaskill tonight said in ex-
planation Of the swift trial OF the ne
groes. that plans had been made for
iynching them tonight by 200 men. who
intended TO blow w the 1alk -
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
TO GET PEOPLE TO
COME TO GEORGIA
SENATE PASSES A BILL
FOR A STATE COMMISSIONER OF
EMIGRATION.

Bill Provides That Such An Official
Shall BE Appointed by the Cover
nor at N salary of $4,000 n Year.
by Hare COnstitutiOnnIIy Major
ity the Bill Was Pnssed-OriginaI
Measure Provided for a COmmis-
sion.
Atlanta, July 15-The Senate to-day
passed by substitute the bill by Sen
ator H. A. Matthews, of the Twenty
third. to provide for an immigration
commission. The bill had much oppo-
sition, and got bare constitutional
majority. the vote being % to IL
The original bill called for an imm-
grafton commission of twelve members,
to be appointed by the Governor, and
these were to select a secretary, who
should be the executive officer at
salary of $1,000 a year. The substitute
by Senator Taylor of the Forty-sec-
ond district, provides simply that there
shall be an immigration commissioner
without the board of twelve members.
This commissioner is to be appointed
by the Governor at salary of ST.
600.
oeidloI JoIudll SpOhe StIoIlsly dSdulSL
the measure. He saw no use in Great
ing an office for one man. who would
do no more than answer a few letters
about Georgia lands and Georgia
products. The thing to do, he said,
was to send intelligent farmers out in
to the West to see the people them
! selves and induce them to come here.
He opposes especially the provision in
the bill which requires that any one
having land for sale which they wish
advertised by the bureau must pay q
registration fee of $40.
Senators Smith and Atkinson, and
then President Howell, spoke strong
ly i'm favor of the bill
After the immigration bill had been
disposed of. the Senate acted on a
few local bills and adjourned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16

but in the absence of further infor-
nation the extent of the disaster that
befell them is beginning to be serious
ly questioned.
Definite news has been received from
Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters at
Mukden that a week before the en-
gagement at Port Arthur Mai. Gen.
Fock administered a severe defeat on
the japanese on July and July 5, driv-
ing them from the nights command
ing Lunsantan pass with a loss of
1000. This is considered here as proof
that there has been heavy fighting be-
fore the fortress of Port Arthur and
as making the silence of Toxic regard
ing it all the more significant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
SAYS THE JAPANESE
LOST ABOUT 1000.

Mukden, Thursday, July 14-Delay-
ed in transmission)-In the fighting
at the right flank of the line of de-
fenses of Port Arthur, July to July
6, the Russians drove back the Japa-
nese and occupied the east bank Of the
Lunsantan and the nights command
ing Lunsantan pass. The japanese
losses were about 1000. Those of the
Russians were insignificant.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
RUSSIANS INSIST
UPON HEAVY LOSSES

Ia Tche Kiao, Thursday. July IA
delayed in transmission THE latest
reports regarding the storming Of Port
Arthur July 10 place the Japanese
losses in killed and wounded at $4,000,
and those of the Russians at $500. The
Japanese retired and the Russians oc-
cupied the position.
The Japanese have now changed their
frontal position and a big battle is ex-
pected at the eastern portion of the
defenses, owing to the Japanese turn
ing movement.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
MASSlNG THEIR FORCES
ON THE RUSSIAN LEFT.

Ia Tche Kiao, July 15.-The Japa-
nese have withdrawn from the west
side of the railroad and are massing
their armies on the Russian left. Re-
connoissances in force were carried out
by Russian cavalry and artillery yes
terday and to-day almost as far south
as Kai Chou failed to disclose the Jap
anese. A diversion is expected from
Ia pass. It is possible that some Of
the Japanese forces have been drawn
off to Port Arthur to replace the terri
bic losses of July 10.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
CONFIRMS THE STORY
OF JAPANESE LOSSES.

London, July ia dispatch to a
news agency from st. Petersburg says
the War Office announces the receipt
of dispatch from Port Arthur, con-
firming the report that the japanese
sustained considerable losses on July
IL, the exact particulars of which have
not yet been ascertained. According
to the dispatch, the Russians recap-
tured all the positions lately taken by
the japanese.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16

London, July 16.-The Toxic corre-
spondent of the Times, in a dispatch
filed at 9:45 p. m, July IS, says that
the st. Petersburg story of Japanese
repulse with heavy casualties at Port
Arthur. July 10, is wholly discredited
in Toxic, where no such reports have
been received.
1t is believed that the story originat-
ed in Shanghai.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNS
WITH LOSS OF S350,000.

Chicago. July 15.-The Baltimore and
Ohio grain elevator at Eighty-seventh
street and Ontario avenue, South Chi
cago, was burned to-day. A quantity
OF grain was in the building and the
loss Is put at S350,000.
The occupants OF number Of frame
buildings and cottages adjoining the
elevator we're forced TO fee from their
homes IN scant attire. Fifty freight
cars were burned.
The fre is believed to have been
caused by an explosion Of dust In the
elsvatoD
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
PLATT SAW ROOSEVELT.
President Busy with Conferences
With Leaders.

Oyster Bay. L. L., July Ex-senator
Thomas C. Platt of New York arrived
here to-day and had a conference with
President Roosevelt. The Senator came
by invitation of the President, who de-
sired to consult him regarding the out
look of political affairs in general, and
in New York state in particular. A
few days ago the President had an ex-
tended conference with Gov. Odell. and
il was with the idea of obtaining the
benefit of the views of both of the New
York leaders that he invited Senator
Platt to visit him to-day.
President Roosevelt is seeking the
counsel and advice of. Republican lead
ers throughout the country-of men in
whose political sagacity and wisdom he
has confidence. Some of these men he
sees personally, if a conference can be
arranged without too great inconven-
fence. but with many he exchanges
views by correspondence. His per-
sonal mail, aside from purely official
business. is very heavy and he devotes
much time to 1t each day.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
GUATEMALAN ANTS ARE
GALLANT LITTLE CREATURES
Destroy wicked Bugs, but Let De-
mure Little Lady Bugs Alone.

Destroy wicked Bugs, But Let De-
mure Little Lady Bugs Alone.
Washington. July 30. f. Cook, the
discoverer Of the Guatemalan boil wee
vil-eating ants, has wired the Depart
ment of Agriculture from Texas that
the new ants are destroying cotton boil
worms and are attacking the similar
Injurious insects with even greater
avidity than they do the boil weevils
Another important fact IS that the
ants do not injure at all the lady-nird
larvae, which are beneficial insects.
Mr.. Cook reports that the agricul-
tural value of the ants now depends
chiefly upon acclimatization and rapid
ity Of propagation. These matters are
being Investigated, i
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
TOXIC DECLARES
1T DIDN'T HAPPEN.
NO TREMENDOUS LOSSES
WERE SUSTAINED BY JAPANESE
AT PORT ARTHUR.

The story of Some 10000 japanese
Having Been Destroyed by Rus
sian Mines is Wholly Discredited.
No News of Such n Disaster Has
Reached the Japanese Capital.
Shanghai is Given Credit for the
Alleged Fabrication.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
HEAVY FIGHTING is
THOUGHT IMMINENT.

Lao Yang, July 15.-Fighting is i'm
minent at Ia Tche Kiao and Hal
Cheng. The japanese are entrenched
six miles south Of TIA Tche Kiao. Much
skirmishing is taking place. The
weather IS favorable for the move
ment Of troops. No rain has fallen for
a whole week. The thermometer has
registered as high as so degrees Cent?
grade. II is rumored that Japanese
column has appeared on the Mukden
road. Troops are constantly arriving
here.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
ALTON PARKER HALL
LIKE LITTLE R00SEVELTS.
Is Now BasI<ing In the CLEAN of the
Calcium.


Esopus. N. Y, July 15.-Rosemount
has become a center Of eager interest
to passengers on all the passing boats.
Nearly all of them blow a salute IS
they pass. and in the day time little
Alton Parker Hall. Judge Parkc" S
grandson, answers the salute with a
big American flag. brought by Mr..
sheehan from the St. Louis convention,
where It was waved in honor Of the
judges nomination.
In the evening some one, usually Sec
retary McCausland, answers the saiute
with a rocket or roman candle.
The bugler on the Mary Powell blows
Taps" as the boat leaves Esopus lard
ing. which is just in front of Rose
mount.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
ST. PETERSBURG A BIT
ANXIOUS ABOUT STORY,

81. Petersburg. July 1s, 2:25 a. NJ
The lack Of further ofhcial news re-
garding the engagement at Port Ar
thur on the night OF July 10 is very
puzzling. That the Japanese were
heavily as1sAtsa- u Rat s0Hbtsa hEs
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
Davis 20 Visit Parker.

Elkins, w. Va, July 17.-"Senator
Davis has accepted Judge Parker's in
vitation to visit him at Rosemount," +"
said Secretary Robb, but the date Is
uncertain. depending upon the length
Of the conference which begins I'm
New York on Monday. Nothing more
than this can be given out now"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
NEW CHIEF OF POLICE
VIII Probably BE Appointed Soon
in Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn. July 15.-Immedi-
ately following the action of last
nights mass meeting of citizens pro-
.eSung against crime and disorder in
memphis the following card, signed by
wee Mayor b. r. Henderson, was is
sued this afternoon:
a. 70 the Public: Being now salts
neq n that have been under a misap-
pLehension as to the ability of the
ulel OF police, be assured that I am
lSigned) "B II UenSerso, "
ms Is taken to mean that a new
ns nssa or the police department will be
e.. me Committee of Public Safety will
ssI morrow call upon Mayor williams
oi,,s, olner ofhcials and present the res
buttons passed BY last nights mass
Haseting.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16

Galveston, Tex. July 15.-The new
cruiser Denver arrived here to-day,
and on July 20 will be presented with
a silver service by the citizens Of Den
yer.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
cleveland. M summer Home.

Sandwich. NJ H.. July 15.-Forrner
President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland
arrived here tonight and were driven
to their summer hons Is White Easa
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16
GEN. RENNENKAMPFF
STOPPED A BULLET.

81. Petersburg July 15.-Gen Rem
nenkampn was wounded. but not seri-
ously, in a skirmish near Saimatsza.
A bullet passed through the calf Of
one Of his legs. Gen. Sakharom, who
aontin,,ed a., Eifth r,ogo
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-16

: esAslnued on EiftP Page.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31
Sand Worse Than Snow

We came down from Port Said to
Cairo by railroad, journey of six
hours. The first half was over the
tiniest railway you ever saw--a little
narrow gage built by the canal com
pany as an aid To construction Its
original purpose was to haul away the
dirt that was taken out of the ditch
ard dump it on the desert; then 1t
was used TO transport supplies from
one point on the canal to another,
and finally, when Port Said became a
great port of entry for passengers, the
rails were reliad, the track was bal
lasted and diminutive trains were put
on, hauled by locomotives that lock
like toys. but do their business
promptly and well.
This line runs the entire length of
the canal, which is eighty seven miles,
parallel with the bank and belongs
to the canal company. Recently the
Egyptian government has made an
agreement SO that the track will be
widened to standard gage, and here
after through trains can be run from
one end of Egypt to the other.
Nowadays passengers between Cairo
and points along the canal have to
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31
rs th G Poets Sing

with Roosevelt's stHunch Rough Rid
ers in "The Winning Of the West"
The President HIS staked his claim and
tanned the broncho's crest,
Owen wister sings the cowboys OF W.
oming long ago, w
The War Cloud in the Balkans makes
Harding Davis glow,
From "Bubbly Greek" comes Dooley
with his keen Kilkenny laugh.
Davy Crockett down in Texas with Col.
II Bowie on His staff.
Rudyard Kipiine halls from India with
siroceo In Ills train,
"The Hqispur Of he Iiinaiayas" sweeps
on in fierce disdain
Wee McGregor's mushy dialect demands
q Kali yard key,
And swinburne Aings In sonorous strains
the splendid Of the seal;
Some splendid sparkling star CLEANS on
=. the swarthy brow OF night.
IL wrinkles on the horizon with clear re-
st4 splendent light.
Ernest McGaffey is a singer both gifted
- true and strong,
With the saving sense OF hunor and a
u o tender manly SoTg
Wigs CABIN Patch ii Louisville where
ta rosebuds often grow
The fair Laureate Of our Lake Shore
4c Drive in lhrriet Monroe.
From Butte City in Montana comes the
madcap Nils McLane,
Mary had streak of genius in that
throbbing Eirlish brain.
Chummie Faddln of the Bowery por-
trays the New York gang,
George AIDE still thrills the rabble with
his homesphn. Posev slang.
Old Halsted's famous Whis ely Belt is
Tho bunch hava got religious and their
ways they fain would mend.
The Indiana phets trust is gone TO
smash they've struck for higher
pay.
The Literary Weather Bureaus In the
big combine to stay.
-JameE e Kinsella, Chicago.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31

The Literary Weather Bureau stands
strictly up to date, 4s
1t was founded by our, Uncle SAM who
always pays the freight
Tbs barometer of humor 10 thing We
greatly need,
strictly OF their feed.
John Burroughs Is the Naturalist who
sings of birds and trees.
He lives up In the Catskills. a shaggy
hermit at his ease
Our country's changing temperature
from dewy morn TIL night
The Literary Weather Buleau is the
freshest move In sight
ketS1g solid with the masses would
drive YOU IN a trance r
The dear, delicious public likes its lit,
There's n cold wave from Alaska on
Joaquin Miller's traii,
From the Klondike comes 1Jack Lon
dom with his snowy, brutal tale,
Stout "Ironquirl from Kansas brings a
cyclone In his train,
Laura. Jean, Eibbey, thrills. our factory
girls with. hue romantic pain, HAS,
Edwin Markham sings OF labor and the
sturdy toilers woe, 4 s.g5ls
From .Bubbly Greek comes Dooley
What an avalanche of melody from the
far Sierras rings,
From the tabled cave OF Echo, when
=, ,s Joaquin Miller sings 81,
the bards lombard the sky,
And then, they. set a shower of frogs
-, that hop about and die: 500. +,
The f Nssto Tos, Ct our literature all hail
They're chilly bunch OF fossils of an
tedeluvian renown.
The Chinese Mandarins OF letters with
an anvil chorus Strong.
They, grab their tfnkling hammers and
beat out a. rouspg song. 4.s-5
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31

change at lsmalia, the halfway sta
ton on Lake Timsah and the chief
port of the canal. Rails and iron ties
are stacked uD on both sides of the
track the entire distance between
Port Said and Ismalia, and thou
sands of men are at work on construc.
ton. hNf' h va
1t is comparatively easy to build a
railway in thi$ section of Egypt, be-
cause there arm no rains, no frosts, no
rocks, no grade. no curves and no OBJ
structions but hillocks and sand. At
the same time the drifting of the sand
is continuous and compels the railway
managers to keep gangs of men con-
stantly at work shoyeling it off the
right of way.
Ii is even worse than the snow in
the northern ATTITUDES of the United
States. The railroads in the south
western territories of our country
have similar difficulties. In fact there
is as much resemblance between des-
erts as there is between peach or
chards, and d gentleman from the
Death valley of Southern California
would feel quite at home on the
Lybian sands. Cairo letter in Chi
cago Record Hbrald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31
Fight Where They Are

When the American marines and
the Colombian troops recently con-
fronted each other at Colon it looked
for time as If battle was 20 be
fought on the pier of the Royal Mail
Steamship company.
The pier is rather an unusual place
to fight battle, but battles have been
fought in many curious places, rang
ing from mountain peaks to sewers,
from ice fields to desert sands.
At the battle of Monterey, in the
Mexican war. the Americans were
able to command the streets of the
city with their artillery, but they had
difficulty in dislodging the Mexicans
from the houses. So, the city being
built of stone or adobe in solid blocks
of houses, the Yankees broke through
the walls from one house to another,
fighting and driving out the enemy
so that the battle of Monterey was
largely fought indoors.
In one of the battles of the wars of
William the Silent for the independ-
ence of the Netherlands, the Spanish
ships were frozen in on thee Zuyder
Zee. The Dutch came out on horse
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31
Statutes ODDLY Worded.

Years ago the British parliament
passed bill for the rebuilding OF a
lail at Chelmsford. II was agreed that
the prisoners should be confined to
the old jail while the new one was
building. The new one, however. was
to be constructed, from the materials
OF the old one. In the reign of King
William ~. statute was passed fix
ing the punishment, OF fourteen years
transportation for a particular offense.
II added: Upon conviction, one-half
thereof shall go to the king and one
half to the informer" Just why the
king should be transported for half
the term the person who drew the act
found 1t impossible to explain, since
he had merely made ludicrous blum
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31

back over the ice and attacked them.
This Is probably the only battle in
which cavalry was used directly
against ships. Several other combats
were fought between troops on the ice
in these wars, and on one occasion
the infantry is said to have worn
skates.
The battle Of Austerlitz was partly
fought on a frozen lake, and when the
allies We're rRtreating across it the
shot from the French artillery, plung-
ing into the Ice and breaking 1t up,
caused the death of thousands of Rus
slams and Austrians.
OF the many underground battles
which have taken place in history, the
fiercest was probably that of the siege
of Harlem id the Dutch wars. The
Spaniards mined and the Dutch coun-
termined with equal industry and be-
low the ground fierce conflict ragged.
When the Versailles troops took
Paris after the Commune they chased
some of the Communist troops to the
great sewers of the French capital
where some desperate struggles took
place.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31
Death as a Friend

planned anything for the race that is
not good for it. We are heart sorry
for every grieving and bereaved heart
that mourns for its lost ones, but
would say To such. Death is nothing.
Fear not for your lost or for YOUR
selves. This is the lesson of such a
calamity as this latest holocaust
When Death comes silently and takes
people away. we heed him not When
he comes and takes 500 at one swoop,
then we say death is a terrible thing.
He is the same as the silent reaper;
and II people cannot look upon him as
a friend II Is better they should view
him with contempt. But is 1t not dis
gushing for the papers to hold death
up as fearful monster? Religion,
philosophy and common sense teach
that death co mes oftener as friend
than as an enemy.-Hartford courant.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1904-03-31
Symbol Of Our Might

When the traveller approaches the
strange and fascinating, but most dis
couraging, city of Constantinople from
the Sea of Marmora. says we'll
known writer. "he will find riding at
anchor in the Bosporus, opposite the
city, two men-of-war representing each
one of the great European powers,
with their national ensigns floating at
their pinnacles. If he is an American,
perhaps his pride will be touched
bit that there is no ship to represent
the great power Of the western hemi-
sphere. II, however, he will sail a
few miles up that wonderful stream
which separates the occident from the
orient and marks the battle-ground
where civilization and barbarism have
contended for hundreds. yes, thou.