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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
Scored Fore and Aft for At
tempt to Shield Swayne.
is FLAYED BY COCHRAN
Highly Sensational Proceedings In
House Of Representatives During
Discussion of Notorious I'M
parchment Case.

with an agreement reached TO vote
on the swayne impeachment articles
wednesday at 8:SO O'Clock the debate
In the house Tuesday YES carried on
at a high pressure for more than five
hours Mr.. Grosvenor furnished the
text for a vigorous speech by Bourke
Cochran of New York by the read
ing Of letter from Judge Pardee'
formerly of New Orleans, but now .
resident of Atlanta, Ca. declaring that
politics was at the bottom Of the I'M
parchment proceedings.
The fact Of a judge transmitting
such a letter, Mr.. Cochran declared
dramatically, was "a monstrous spec
tacle.o Mr.. Grosvenor asserted that
xsm was no ground presented for
;mneachment in the report of the
committee. The other defenders OF
the Florida judge during the day were
Messrs. Lacey Of Iowa, Nevin Of Ohio.
Moon Of Pennsylvania and Crumpack'
or Of Indiana. Mr.. Lamar Of Florida
closed the debate for the day, review.
ing the sentiment of his state and the
record of Judge Swayne. He declared
there was ample ground for impeacn:
ment.
Mr. Grogvenor Of Ohio began a
speech in behalf Of Judge swayne BY
the statement that he had never been
SO much shocked as to the status OF
the law profession as he had been at
some Of the expressions Of bad tenn
per and bad legal propositions that
had been made in the debate.
Mr.. Grosvenor then read the letter
of Judge Pardee.
In 1t the judge expresses surprise
that the house committee on the 5u'
dietary had voted ''six democrats and
two republicans" to present articles
Of impeachment against Judge
Swayne. He reviews the circum-
stance OF swayne's appointment IN
the early part of the Harrison admin
fstration and following an election In
Florida, in which it was reported and
generally believed that gross frauds
had been perpetrated against the re-
publican party. Judge Swayne had
told him that it was the desire Of
the administration that those guilty
Of those frauds should be proceeded
against. This litigation had engen'
dered an intense feeling against
Judge swayne. It was then regarded
as hazardous for Judge swayne to
travel about the district and from that
time on Judge swayne was persona
non grata to the democrats In Flor
ida.
FOLLOWING this unpopularity," the
letter coptinues: "Judge sWayne's dis
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
DECLARE REPORT UNTRUE.

Alabamlans Declare They Did Not
Dine with Booker Washington.
The report printed in New York
that members Of the Birmingham,
Ala. delegation who went to Washing
ton to invite the President to visit
that city fraternized and dined with
Booker T. washington on the train
On route. is emphatically denied by
every member Of the Tarty who has
returned to Birmingham.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
NOVEL PLAN TO END WAR.

General Strike in All Countries sug.
gestsd at Meeting in Barcelona.
A curious method for terminating
the Russo-Japanese war was started
at meeting in Barcelona, Spain, on
Monday. The delegates representing
106 labor and other societies petition
ed the international Peace Society of
Holland demanding that a general
strike be proclaimed in all countries
with the object of ending the hos
tllities in the Far East.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
Shell Strikes Church Where
He Was Attending Service.
DIRE PLOT is ALLEGED
Sensational Affair Might Have Been
Only Accident, But All cireum-
stances point in Opposite
Direction.

A st. Petersburg dispatch says; Inc
festival of Epiphany, the blessing Of
the waters. had just been concluded
at o'clock Thursday afternoon when
simultaneously with the salute fired
from the st. Peter and st. Paul fort
ress either a rain OF bullets or
shrapnel shell swept over the little
chapel built over the frozen NeVa'
In front Of the winter palace, where
Emperor Nicholas and every member
of the Romanoff family were particl-
pating in the service.
The missiles went high, entering
windows of the splendid row Of sa-
Ions along the water front, from
which the empress, the, lies OF the
court and members Of the dirlomatie
corps including Ambassador McCor-
mick. Secretary Eddy and Second Sec
retary Bliss, and all the high dignita-
sIes Of the state, army and navy were
witnessing the g1ittering spectacle De-
low. Fortunately, the bullets passed
aver the heads of all present, striking
the opposite walls and gathering down
on the parqueted floor Of the white
salon.
THE first impression OF those VINO
heard the crash was that It was due
to falling crystals from the glass
chandeliers and caused by concussion
from the booming guns. Everybody
had been laboring under more or
less nervous strain, because OF tho
strike situation, and when the truth
was realized, the windows were has
civ vacated and the greatest excite
ment reigned within the palace.
From the holes passing through the
double windows, 1t is certain that the
bullets came from the direction of the
bourse. In the meantime, there is no
evidence outside Of what occurred.
The crowds of people who formed
black lines along the qUays, the pal
ace bridge, the steps of the bourse
and every other point Of vantage in
the white Arctic landscape did not
betray the least excitement. Neither
did the imperial party in the chapel
below
Everything on the surface seems to
indicate the existence Of a deadly and
deep-laid plot against the emperor in
which artillery men we're enlisted.
It is understood that all the men
and the officers Of the battery were
Immediately placed under arrest for
examination.
The police took charge Of the spot
where the battery still stands and
drew double Gordon across the river
searching out everything in the line
of fire.
An old barge frozen IN the ice was
thoroughly examined to ascertain
whether the bullets could possibly
have come from it. but no evidence
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
TO DRAIN THE HARBoR.

Japs Contemplate Scheme for Saving
sunken Ships at port Arthur.
1t has been proposed to dam Port
Arthur harbor at the entrance and
pump out the water preparatory to
salving the Russian war vessels.
Discussing the matter, a naval Of
fcer said that under ordinary circum-
stances such great work would be
improbable, but in view Of the num-
Der of ships possibly salvable and
the shallowness and smallness Of the
harbor 1t was the most economical
method.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
STRIKE ON PANAMA CANAL
Several LabOFers HaVe Been Ructed
from Company Houses,

from Company Houses.
A dispatch from Colon says: The
strike Of the st. Cristobal men ended
Monday The canal officials brought
in 100 laborera. chiefly Colombians,
from Panama and other points along
the line. These men temporarily are
receiving $1,5o silver per day and also
free quarters and food. Several strik-
ing laborers were evicted Saturday
evening from the canal commissions
houses, but large number have given
up the strike and are gradually re-
Vuming work.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
BANK SAFE UNYIEuDINo.

Burglars Make FruitIess Visit to La.
fayette, Ala, Bank.
The Bank Of Lafayette, Ala, was
entered by robbers last Sunday night.
The vault door was blown open and
the burglars tried to blow open the
safe containing about $4,000, but
failed in the attempt. No money was
secured by the robbers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
HEARING PEABODY CONTEST.
Colorado Legislative Committee Holds
Its First Open Session.

In the curt of appeals chamber
at Denver, Col, Wednesday afternoon.
the committee Of twenty-seyen mem.
bers of the general assembly, eigh.
teen democrats, appointed to hear the
contest Of James H. Peabody for the
seat Of Governor Alva Adams, held
It's first open session.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
TROOPS MAY MUTINY
FEAR OF WHOLESALE sPREAp OF
sEp.T.oN CAUSES PANIC At
ct. PETERSBURG.

81 Petersburg, Nov. 2s-Thers was
an exceedingly panicky feeling on the
.bourse during the day, imperial fours
again dropping to 81. Government
lotteries and industrials fell several
points between quotations.. The mar
ksts were affected by fear Of the
spread Of wholesale sedition in the
army. The radical papers are dlled
With reports Of meetings Of soldiers in
different places and the adopting Of
resolutions calling for the public trial
e soldiers, the abolition Of the death
penalty, the abolition Of personal ssrv-
Ice to officers, an increase Of pay. q
cash allowance In the price Of food
and clothing and q, reduction Of the
tsrm Of service to four years. The
similarity Of the resolutions 10 proof
that they were inspired from COM
mon source and show the growth Of
the evolutionary propaganda among
the troops.
The reports from the Nanchurian
army are also disquisting. Many on
eers and soldiers involved in the plot
at Harbin have been arrested and .
number Of agitators who arrived there
from European Russia were caught
lredhanded by General Linevitch.
From Tifis and Kars, Transcau'
casia, come reports that the soldiers
u are taking stand against firing on
! the people and private dispatches from
Odessa say the soldiers and sailors at
To meeting hold at the university de.
cidsd In the event of the sebastopol
lmutineers bringing the Black sea feet
Ito Odessa to Join the mutineers and
take possession of the city.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
KILLED IN AUTO Acc,Drnr.
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison ss New
York Cjty.

& = Il ID , II
Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison ss New
York City.
New York, Nov. 25.-Mrs. Francis
Burton Harrison, wife Of the Demo.
cratic candidate for lieutenant gov.
srnor Of New York At the last election,
was killed In an automobile accident in
Long Island City. Mr.. and Mrs. L. L
Scott Of San Francisco, who were with
Mrs. Harrison, received internal in.
Juries. Charles B. Crocker Of New
Haven, Conn, was also injured.
Mrs. Harrison was q daughter Of
Charles F. Crocker Of San Francisco.
The accident was due to q break In the
steering gear while the automobile
was travelling at rapid speed. The
chauffeur could not control the ma
chine, which, after zigzagging course
from side to side of the street, made q
sharp turn, which upset 1t on the pave
ment. Mrs. Harrison was pinned un.
der the heavy car, while the other
members Of the panty were thrown
clear of the machine. Mrs. Harrison
lived until taken from under the ma
chine and carried to hospital.
Mrs. Harrison was one of three ohil-
dren who divided the fortune Of be-
tween $12.0o0,o00 and $15.0oo,o0o left
BY her father.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Family to Establish Colony.

Conductor Ryan Of Doland, accom-.
panied by his son Edward, has been
looking over the country between the
Missouri river and the Black Hills
with view to securing 2 tract Of gov.
ernment land in that region. Ryan
has five children, each Of whom is en-.
titled to make entry Of 100 acres OF
government land under the homestead
law, and an effort will be made to So
cure the six farms in one body, so the
members of the Ryan family may ss
tablish colony Of their own.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Many Land Titles In Doubt.

Many Land Titles In Doubt.
The title to fully 100000 acres ol
valuable South Dakota farm land, in
which New York loan and trust com
panies until recently were interested
promises to be affected by case
which will be tried during q term Of
the state circuit court which will be
held in Brule county next month
Where the trouble comes IL in the
assignment of the mortgages by the
original holders. A decision of the
supreme court Of South Dakota is that
. notary must not only show in his
acknowledgment that he knows the
parties signing the assignment, but, In
the case of an incorporated company.
that the parties signing 1t are the ofi.
GERS described. It Ia estimated that in
zouth Dakota there have been fully
1000 similar transfers Of farm land
from Incorporated companies and end.
less litigation may result.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Ask Reduction in Taxes.

Lawrence county, according to the
assessors books, is paying more taxes
the valuation Of property considered
than any other county in South Da
kota. The taxpayers have commenced
to grumble and petitions have been
circulated in Spearfish, Deadwood and
Lead, which have been presented to
the commissioners of the county, ask
ing that the matter be looked into and
Q reduction made by the state.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
WILL HANG ON DEC. 1
Federal Supreme Court Render. ps.l
cision Against Mrs. ROGERS.

rsoera' Supreme Court Renders %.
cision Against Mrs. Rogers.
Washington, Nov. 2S.-The supreme
court of the United States has az,
hrmed the decision of the United
States district court of Vermont In the
case Of Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers. who
is under sentence Of death In Yer.
mont for the murder Of her husband. I
The effect of the decision was again
70 place the responsibility Of dealing
with the case in the hands of the state
authorities and If in the meantime
neither the governor nor the state
courts take action in Mrs. Rogers he.
nalf her execution must occur on the
day set, which is Dec. 8 next.
The court held, in effect, that It was
without Jurisdiction in all the points
raised. s8s
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
scHAN0ElN WILL susrA,NEDs
Mrs. Jacob HeyI Of Milwaukee Secures
the Bulk of tho Property.

Milwaukee, Nov. 27.-Judge Carpen.
ter, in lengthy decision, has sus-
tanned the will of Mrs. Lizette Schanss
deln and admitted the instrument til
probate. The will makes Mrs. Jacob.
Heyl the chief beneficiary of the 81
ooo,oOo estate and Mrs. Ella Frank
and Emil schandein, two other chill
dren, were cut off with small allow
ance. The contestants, Mrs. Frank
and Emil Schandein, sought to break
the will. alleging undue influences on
the part of Jacob Heyl.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
EARTHQUAKE at san FrancIsco.

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.A slight
but sharp earthquake shock was felt IN
This city early in the day. followed q
moment later by another. apparently
coming from an opposite direction.
This peculiar feature is said by Chief
iNcAdie of the weather bureau to be n
apparent indication Of reflex action.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
IN SUIT CASE MURDER.

Two Of the Defendants Plead Guilt,
as Charged.
Boston, Nov. 27.-Louis w. Craw4
ford and William e. Howard, altaa
Hunt, pleaded guilty curing the day ia
charges Of being accessories after thu
fact to the death of Susanna Geary, the
victim of the Winthrop suit case
tragedy They will be sentenced later
Or. Percy D. Mcleod, who had plead.
ed not guilty to charge of being &C.
cessory to the crime, was placed on
trial. A jury was quickly obtained.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Mysterious Shooting AFFAIR.

mysterious Shooting Affair.
The city and county authorities at
Sioux Falls are investigating Q case
OF attempted assassination, the victim
being Oscar Nelson, young man. He
was shot three times in a mysterious
manner and is now lowering between
life and death In the city hospital. It
is supposed he was shot at Sioux Falls
and, while wounded and dazed, walked
q distance of nearly two miles to the
home of his brother, Louis Nelson,
who lives on farm northeast Of town,
where he took refuge In q barn.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
More Land Sales Authorized.

WVT1 IA1IQ 0AIeJ NUksJUrIZ0Us
The state capitol commission. has
authorized the state land commissioner
to advertise second auction sale OF
capitol lands in Mcpherson county on
Dec. 16. He was authorized also to
advertise private sales Of such lands
in the counties of Hyde, Edmunds and
Faulk, the private sales to be on tho
same terms and at the same prices az
the minimum when offered at auction
Since the auction sales number Of
private sales are under negotiation
and several tracts have been disposed
Of in counties where there was no bid.
ding at auction.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01

total Of 24s supported wholly at public
expense either in or out of poorhouses
and 4SS partially supported. The mum.
Der cared for in the poorhouses Of the
state Is 153 and IS are cared for out
side of such institutions. The total
amount expended for the care Of these
people for last year was $7s. .s5e.1e.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
Another Victim Of Football.

sedalia, Mo-. Nov. 2s.-Robert
Brown, sixteen years old, who was in.
Jursd In football game here last Sat.
urday between local elevsns, is dead.
Brown was paralyzed from the neck
DOWN and rendered unconscious.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
SAILORS LAND At MYTlLENE.

oeixs the Customs and Telegraph OF.
fees There.
London, Nov. 2s.-The Daily Mall
publishes the following dispatch from
Nytilene:
eight warships Of the combined
0eet arrived here at 8 o'clock q. m.
Admiral Ritter von Jsdina, accom-
panied by the Austrian consul. pro.
ceeded to government house ct l0:S0
o'clock and handed an ultimatum 70
the governor. At o'clock IN the q.
ternoon 800 sailors landed and seized
tho customs and telegraph omces.
Nyerything IL quiet"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
-Four Prisoners ESCAPE.

Superior, Wis, Nov. 2s.-During the
fury of the storm four prisoners. after
attempting general Jail delivery at
the county jail, escaped by boring
through brick wall. They are con-
sidered very bad men.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
CONVICTs in MUTINY
TWO OFFICIALS AND ONE PRls.
oNER KILLED IN BATTLE At
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. pa des-
perate attempt to escape from the
state penitentiary was made by four
convicts, resulting in a terrific battle
with weapons and nitroglycerin at the
prison gate, running fight through
the streets of Jefferson City and the
final capture Of the four convicts, two
of whom were shot and one of whom
died from his wounds. Two prison
officers. were shot dead and third
wounded. The dead are: John Clay,
gatekeeper; E. Allison, officer of the
commissary department; Hiram Blake.
convict. The wounded are: r. e. Lee,
deputy warden, seriously; Harry
Vaughn, convict, st. Louis, slightly.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
eorge Herbert vas sunk
ds, on the north shore,
rted that hve men ware
J States Steel corpora
Mariposa 10 said 70 be
Rock.
by the storm = estimat,
in 4 a. Z Il
STORM IN YEARS.
Great Lakes Causes
|avy Damage.

Nov. 29.-The greatest.
y years prevails On the
causing much damage to
other property. Lake
his shore was 8 mass Of
(e water was driven high
and against the clay
md north Of Milwaukee.
ne lake was impellsd BY.
reached Q velocity of
an hour. but on Lake
storm approximSt ted =
fing at over sixty miles
the most northerly lake
accompanied BY snow.
atlon more perilous than
tire Like Superior coun-
under snow. The gov.
tnouse and fog signal
e end of the Milwaukee
er was battered and bad-
the high seas and IL
per, William Foster, -
olmculty BY the lifesay-
a fierce battle WITH IL
yes. - -
Gamer Appomattox, col
went ashore seven raiiea
e,ty several wealEs "a, b
ndoned. was batte q
intensity Of the wavSs
INTO three pieces.
uston. thirty nil1 noee1
reports that ths a.
.'ney, coal lsdsa e e !
IN me gale. Tbs ysl'
Sllchrist iiest u (lIs d ISiSI' =
.asae .waukee lifssaying CIV =
escue and tooa a ~
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
FAMILY WIPED OUT
IOWA FARMER ACCUSED OF MUIR
DERlNG HIS WIFE AND FIVE
CHILDREN.

Oelwein, Ia, Nov. 25.-William Mo.
Williams, well-to-do farmer, has been
arrested on a charge of numbering his
family, consisting Of Mrs. McWilliams
and five children, ranging from one
and one-half to eighteen years in age.
The bodies of Mrs. McWilliams and
her five children were found lying on
the floor Of the farm home kitchen.
Apparently Mrs. McWilliams was
killed while preparing dinner, as food
was found partly cooked on the stove.
A dairyman who called at the farm for
milk found that she was killed with a
hammer, which crushed her skull. She
was also hacked with knife.
It is thought that after the woman
was murdered the children were called
into the house one by one from work
on the farm and killed in q similar
manner.
The baby when found wore q hood
and mittens and had in it's hand a
piece Of buttered bread. One blow Of
the hammer had suficed for 1t. The
child was found in its mothers arms.
A daughter Of sixteen, it seems,
struggled for life, her hands being
lacerated. apparently by clutching the
blade of knife.
MAY REACH ENORMOUS TOTAL.
Peculations Of Assay Office Cashier At
Seattle.
Seattle, Wash. Nov. 25.-LAte de-
velopments in the arrest Of George Ed
ward Adams, cashier in the United
States assay office here, for embezzle.
ment indicates that instead Of stealing
5000 in gold dust. to which he has
confessed, his peculations may amount
close to 100000 and that instead Of
covering a period Of six months they
will run further back than 1908.
Adams bondsmen have withdrawn
from the $4,000 bond given Thursday
night and Adams was remanded to jail
to await his preliminary hearing.
Several Alaska men have already In
formed the federal officials that they
have been defrauded by some one In
the assay Office. One man declares
that out Of $4,000 I'm gold dust de
posted there only 5000 was returned
to him.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
An Eternal Puzzle

els my hat on straight?" she asked
him.
He looked at her headgear in dumb
amazement
81 Dunno ne answered. "When it's
straight it looks crooked, and when it's
crooked 1t looks straight." ."-Cleveland
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01
SENTENCED TO JOLIET.
Newton c. Dousherty Pleads Guilty &
Five Charges Of FORGERY. N.

Peoria, ILL.,. Nov. 25.-Newton q.
Dougherty, former superintendent Of
schools. appeared before Judge Worth.
lngton during the day, pleaded guilty
to five OF the forgery charges against
him and was given sentence Of from
one to fourteen years on each Of the
ave counts of the indictment, the same
to be concurrent. He will be taken to
Joliet penitentiary at once,
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-01

Statistics Regarding Paupers.
Doane Robinson, in connection with
the census work, has been collecting
statistics as to the paupers in the
state supported wholly or in part at
public expense. The figures show q