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The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
JUDGE SWAYNE
FINDS FRIENDS
Congressman GrosyenOr Speaks
in His Defense
A TILT WITH COCHRAN
SENATOR MITCHELL or OREGON,
PRESENTS UNUSUAL SPEC
TACLE BY EXPLAINING
HIS INDICTMENT.
By the Associated Press.

Washington Jan. IT, With an
agreement reached to vote on the
Swayne impeachment articles tomor,
row at $50 the debate today was
carried on al high pressure for more
than five hours Mr. Grosvonor fur
Dished the text fer very vigorous
speech by Bourke Cochran by read
ing a letter from Judge Pardec of
New Orleans, declaring that politics
was at the bottom of the impeach.
ment proceedings, The fact Of a
judge transmitting such a let or, Mr..
Cochran declared dramatically, was q
''monstrous spectacle"
Nj Grosvenor asserted that there
was no ground presented for the i'm
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
MUST NOT USE
CERTAIN NAMES
AMERICAN MERCHANTS CANNOT
GO UNDER HEAD OF CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE IN GER.
MANY, SAYS THAT GOVERN.
MENT.
~ the Associated Press.

Berlin, Jan l7.-Foreign Secretary
Jon Richthofen has again conveyed
o the American chamber Of com
nerce an in imation of the govern
nent's unwillingness to recognize a
oreign institution in Berlin under
hat name. Richthofen says the gov
rnment has no objection whatever
0 an association OF American mer-
hants devoted precisely TO the OBJ
ects for which the present American
.hamber Of commerce was organized,
Jut that chambers Of commerce in
iermany are government institutions
chartered by the state, and have Ger
ain defined government privileges
which cannot be conferred upon
oreign institution within German jur.
sdiction.
The German government is not Op-
POSED to the activity of American
merchants in Germany nor to their
lrganiZa ion, but only TO the title
,hamber of commerce or board Of
trade.
The position of the government is
not a discrimination against Ameri-
can traders or American commerce.
3ichthofen has said that if the mem
3ers will give up the present name
and take one such as "Associa fon OF
american Merchants" or Board Of
American Merchants or any similar
designation which they may choose.
here can be no objection to their pur
jcses or their activity. 1t is prob.
able that ac ion will be taken in ac
,ord with the governments sugges-
ion.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
CHINA DENIES
THE VIOLATION
WILL CLAIM SHE HAS NOT BRoK.
EN- NEUTRALITY oBLlGA-
TloNs SECRETARY HAY
SENDS RUSSIA STRAIGHT
NOTE.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Washington. Jan 17.-Secretary
Hay has addressed a note to the
Russian ambassador here, acknowl-
edging receipt of the Russian COM
plant of viclation Of neutrality by
China. The secretary avaiIed himself
of the opportunity to call attention
of the Russian government 10 certain
cardinal principles Of international
law relative 60 neutrality which SEEM
ed to apply to the present case. II IS
believed that he par iculaTly directed
attention TO the formidable difficulties
sure TO be encountered by a neutral
power near the theater cf war in its
effor TO carry out in letter and spir-
IL obligations Of neutrality in the
presence Of two such enormously
powerful belligerents as are now en-
gagged in hostilities. Through inter-
views with the Chinese minister here.
the secretary was scquain ed with
the Chinese position in this matter
and of a purpose To enter into a gen
eral denial of the Russian charges,
which is probably also known now %
Coun Cassini.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
Men Returning Home Are
Vehement Against Rus.
sian Government
ST0ESSEL DENIES
OPPOSING SURRENDER
BETWEEN 5000 AND 10000 WAS
THE NUMBER SURRENDERED
TOGETHER WITH 10000
SICK-JAPS 1t.iNcH
SHELLS FORCED
cAPiTULATioN.


London, Jan. 17-The Express
correspondent at Nagasaki has had
an interview with General Stoessel
in the course of which the general
said:
'The loss of 203-Meter hill and sub
sequsnt capture of the forts. combin
ed with deadly craftsmanship with
the terrible 11-inch shells, the de
pressing effect of the death of Gen.
eral Kondratenko and the fearful in
crease of scurvy really fixed the time
OF capitulation. II is quite untrue
tha ! dissented from the unanimous
decision of the final council Of war
Our final urgent requests for RELIEF
were never answered
The correspondent adds that con
yersation With other Russian officers
reveals great bitterness against and
denunciations OF Aleyeff for his fail.
ure To properly for fy Port Arthur
and his cowardly flight by he last
train frcm the fortress. They say
'ht plPNhu bNdt uSnNiVSti9 hiidt -
capped before the surrender carret
all regimental and naval cologs tc
Chefdo. Junior officers deuounce The
incapaclty and folly Of the govern
ment in entering upon the war and
declare all the men who return TO
Russia from Port Arthur are reyolu-
tionists In spirit, These opinions
were openly expressed in the pres
ence of Stoessel. who remarked:
Let them talk; they have earned
the right to think as they please by
braying untold deaths for our coun
try"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
IRVINE BRINGS
A SLANDER SUIT
AGAINST BISHOP TALBOT AND
WHOLE MATTER MAY Be
THRAsHEp OUT IN COURT
AMOUNT NOT NAMED.
DIV thc Assoclated Prcss.

BY the Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-THE contro
vgrsy between Bishop Talbot and Rev.
Irvine took d new turn today and 1t
Is probable that the whoie affair will
be anlwered in the ciyil courts Ir.
vine today FLEA notice of suit for
slanaer against Talbot asking dam
ages Papers we're served on tho
bishop who came to this city today TO-
preside at a meeting Of the general
committee on Sunday school instruc-
tion Of the Episcopal church.
Iryines action was the result Of a
suggestion made by Rev, DR.. Fulton,
editor of the Church Standard In
letter 10 Rev Daniel l. Odell Of this
city during the early stages Of the
controversy in which the suggestion
was made that il Talbot had made
statements concerning Irvine which
were not true he had redress in the
courts. To-Day Irvine's attorney filed
notice OF suit and papers we're sery-
ed upon the bishop by process sery-
er.
The amouh. of damages asked by
Irvine Is not known. II il believed
the deposed priest brought the legal
proceedings against the prelate be-
cause Of the failure OF the ecclesias.
tical board Of inquiry recently ap-
pointed by Bishop Tutte TO investi-
gate his charges against the bishop.
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w. Burke Cochran Advances
Some Peculiar Views
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
MIGHT BE THROWN ON GOVERN
MENT BY USING FEDERAL
PRINTING OFFICE, CLERKS
AND PUBLIC BUILD
iNGS.
BY The Associated Press

by ne AShOCldteu ITeS5
Washington, Jan Nv Bourkc
Cochran today spoke at considerable
length on the subject of publicity in
the mater of polical contributions be-
fore the house committee.
He did not object to contributions.
He thought man had as much right
% put up his money as his views and
said that all could not speak or write.
Let him write his name to check. "
said Cochran, IF that Is the on way
in which be can show mis- enthusi-
asm"
He objected to contributions being
secretly made Cochran advanced
arguments that a great share of the
expense of campaigns should be
thrown on the government He said
public buildings could be assigned as
headquarters for the two leading par
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
sToEssEL's ARMY.
Numbered Only 5000 Fighting Mer
When Surrendered.
BY the Associated Press.

Headquarters Japanese Army at
Port Arthur Jan 8 via TiCn Tsin,
Jan. 17.-When Kwantung peninsula
was bisected by the second japanese
army, the entire Russian force in the
military district of Talien, which III
cIuded Port Arthur and Dalny, was
thir y-1ve thousand. The Russian
force al the battle Of Nanshan hill
was 1000 and 2.000 of these were
lost There have actually surrender
ed at Port Arthur between and nine
ten thousand soldiers and sailors, OF
whom many were unfit for duty Sich
and wounded numbered 10000 Elf =
per cent of the officers of the garrison
were killed, and only 2S tprobably
per cent? went through the siege un-
scratched, The fortress could have
held out for some time longer, but
for the fire Of the Japanese eleven
inch Howitzers. which destroyed food
depos. workshops and ammunition
stores and made repair of defensive
works impossible
Fearful Work Of Howitzers.
close examination of the mair
line of defense of the west half Of the
eastern fortified ridges from Eas
Kekwan mountain to the destroyed
Sunshu mountain fort, where The Jap
anese infantry assaults and lombard
ments were concentrated during the
last days of the siege, demonstrated
the tremendous effectiveness of the
1l.inch Howitzers. The Chinese wall
on the slopes of the battery positions
upon the crest Of the ridge, and the
captured guarding forts in the rear
were literally torn to pieces Trav-
erscs aud bomb proofs of the battery
positions on Ecoshiyama, in the rear
of East Rihung mountain f0rt fori
H" and New Banjusan and Wantai
hill positions in the rear of Penluns
mountain forts presented an awful
scene Not a single gun escaped dam
age by Japanese bombardments. In
the cres of the ridge great holes
were torn and gun emplacements
were converted into heaps of debris
Dozens Of guns we're smashed and
hurled from their carriages down the
diverse side of the hill by the shell
fire Between Wantai hill and H
fort a battery of 10-inch Howitzers
had been emplaced and every one OF
these guns were damaged, while some
were totally destroyed
Russians Made Their Last Stand on
Christmas Day.
The effect of this last lombard
lent of the siege must have utterly
lemoralized the garrison. for the
1amage done proves to have been
much greater than any one on the
japanese side imagined at the time.
The garrison made its last attempt
Resistance Christmas day against
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
RoJEsTvENSkY's FLEET.
Admiralty Denies That 1t Will Leave
Before Rotrosky Arrives.

BY the Associated Press.
st Petersburg, Jan. 1.-THE ad-
miralty here denies Il repor publish
ed by the Matin Of Paris today to the
effect that the Russian Authorities
IRE in receipt Of dispatch from Ro-
lestvensky saying he is leaving Mad
agascar wi hout awaiting the division
commanded by Botr0yslV. There is
every indication that the Russian sec
ond Pacific squadron intends to cruise
II the Indian ocean for some time.
probably until the arrival of the dl.
Jision now being made ready at Ii
bau.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
DENOUNC|NG WAR, PORT ARTHUR'S
HEROES ARE OPEN REV0LUT|0N|STS

Japanese infantry which. by a spirit
cd rush, cap ured Wantai hill. AT 2
clock the following morning the
Russians exploded mines under the
battery positions on the crest of the
big east Kekwan fort. These posi-
lions, which were well constructed Of
concrete, are now an awful wreck,
strewn wish broken guns and debris
of all kinds. Not vestige of the
former works is left and the entire
crest of the hill, one of the nest pow
erful battery positions of the fortress
is now q comple7e wreck
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
THOMAS DENlsoN's
WRIT OF ERROR FILED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Washington. Jan 17.-Thc applica
ton cf Thomas Denis0n of Omaha,
for a writ of error in the extrasli ion
proceedings against him was docket.
cd today in the supreme court of the
United States. The proceedings
were instituted at he instance of an
thoritics of Iowa. on the charge Of
having received stolen goods in Har.
risnn county in that state in 1892
Denison Is man Of some promi-
nence In Omaha and the case has at
trac. ed considerable attention.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
AN EARTHQUAKE
KILLS HUNDREDS
Town Of Shemakha Almost
Wiped Out
A DENSELY POPULATED
BUILDING COMPLETELY RUINED
WARNING OF THREE
YEARS AGO WAS NOT
HEEDED.
BY The Associated Press.

~ fFN FtosUFIdtFU z fraF3.
London, Jan. t7.--h dispatch from
ST. Pc crsburg TO a news agency re-
ports that an earthquake at Shem.
akha. (7G miles northwest cf Balnil.
buried hundreds Of people in the
ruins Of building in the lower part
Of the town, which was densely popu-
lated, despite decision after the
earthquake three years ago, that no
more houses should be built there.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTRUCTION
Important Episcopal Committee Con
sidering L.

BY the Associated Press.
Philadelphia. Pa. Jan. 17-fhe
general committee on Sunday school
instruction of the Episcopal church,
met here today. The committee is
regarded as one of the most import
ant of the Episcopal church and was
appointed by the las general eonyen-
tion. It's appointment marks the first
effort on the part of the Protestant
Episcopal church to effect some de-
gree of unity with other denomina-
tions On the question Of instruction IN
ths Sabbath school
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
AUSTRIAN CABINET
TO BE RECONSTRUCTED
" the Associated Press.

,y the Associated Press.
Vienna, Jan. lit is stated in
trustworthy parliamentary circles
ha frequent conferences between
he Austrian premier and members
If various parties have resulted in a
lecision of the government TO form a
parliamentary cabinet instead of a
bureaucratic ministry. such as has eX-
sted the past ten years. Consequent
ly a reconstruction of the cabinet is
reported imminent II is stated that
1 Polish deputy will succeed Won Har-
el as minister of instruction and a
German deputy viii succeed Koesel
rs minister Of finance.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
PRESIDENT LoUBET's MOTHER


BY the Associated Press.
Marsanne. France. Jan. 1.-THE fu-
neral Of President Ioubet mother.
who died Sunday last, took place to-
day TIE body was borne from the
Ioubet farm house 10 the village
church followed by large crowd
composed principally Of country folks.
PRECEDENT Lonhct and cher Of the
f. we're present
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
SENATOR BURROWS ELECTED.

Lansing. Mich. Jan l7.-Boih
houses OF the legislature this after
noon in separate session. cast unani-
nous ballots for Julius Caesar Bur
rows for a third term IN the Unitej
States senate. They win meet tomor-
row in joint session and ratify the
1nle
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
MINISTER SAILS.

New York. Jan 17--John G. A.
LeishmaH. American minister u tur-
key, who has been on visit 10 his
home. sailed today on his return 70
bis post q duty.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
PLATT's SUIT BEGINS.
Seeks to Recover His Fortune From
His Former Negro Mistress.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
New York. Jan LITTLE trial OF
the suit Of John r. Plat, millionaire.
against Mrs Emma Eliza the ne
gresa, to recover nearly three-quar-
ters Of a million dollars which he al
legged the negress eztorted from his.
began today.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-18
Another Railroad Bill.

A bill was introduced by Represent
ative Shackleford requiring the inter.
state commerce commission to pub.
T. h Jan. 1. 1905, the Classification Of
freight articles and rules, regula.
tions and conditions for freight trans.
portation to be known as the nation.
al freigh. classification
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-30

the days when to be recloned a Unionist
was not a passport to the most exclu
sive circles of the Blue Grass State.
Powers and Howard are the descend
ants of these strange people who fought
for the Union not so much for the I'm
ions sake as for the sake of the old
time race enmity. It is held by the
friends of these men who have been in
generated for five years in the dun
geons of the Jefferson county prison
that they have been selected as the vic
tins of the vengeance of the murdered
mans friends for the reason that they
are known to be feudists, and one of
them-Howard-had already killed his
man. It is claimed by his friends that
he did it in self defense. and it is a
fact that the slain man was a desperate
character.
In a charming little valley which fol-
lows the windings of Brush creek, a va
grant stream stealing through the fast
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and is commander in chief of the United
Confederate Veterans. He was former
ly president of the Mississippi Agricul-
t5-ral college, but is now engaged in
farming Although he has been the
chief mover in the southern half of the
project, other prominent Confederate
veterans have become greatly inter-
ested. The Virginia battery in the
siege was commanded by Captain J.
W Johnston, father of Miss Mary
Johnston, the distinguished novelist,
whose ITO Have and to Hold" made
her famous. Captain Johnston, recent
ly elected to the presidency of the
Georgia Pacific railroad, is now raising
funds by subscription among the sur
vivors and their friends to build a fit
ting memorial to the battery.
OF course the park is not within many
years of completion, but enough has
been done to show progress and to give
some definite idea of the scope of the
plan. Twenty-seven miles of roads
have been made, the location of every
regiment and battery has been marked
thirteen siege guns and 112 field guns
have been placed in position, and near
~ all Of the fortifications have been re-
stored. It is not a pleasure park, but
It is intended to stand as an exact re-
production of one of the worlds most
famous battlehcids.
JAMES z. RALPH.
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out break IN the unity of his party.
Another Democratic candidate was put
forward, and as a result of the intense
bitterness that followed this action the
Republican nominee, William Sylvester
Taylor. was on the face of the returns
elected.
Goebel and his friends did not acqui-
esce in this decision. After the Iegis-
lature convened in January be began a
contest. Finally the matter was re-
ferred to a. legislative committee, all Of
the members of which were friends of
GoebeI and committed to his cause.
There was no doubt as TO what the
decision of this body would have been,
but just as it was ready to report, on
Jan. 80, while he was standing in front
of the state capitol, Mr.. Goebel was
shot by a concealed assassin. Although
fatally wounded, he was Immediately
declared governor by the legislature,
and the oath of Office was administer
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himself as secretary of state. At each
of his trials Powers offered the pardon
as complete satisfaction of the charges
against him, but the trial court in each
instance refused to admit it. 1t was
appealed each time, and the court of
appeals on each occasion sustained the
trial court on that point. Now a spe-
cial term of court has been called for
July 10 to pass upon the question Of
admitting to the court the petition for
a transfer to the United States courts.
Pending this decision Powers attor-
neys hope to secure a decision from the
United States court on the matter of
jurisdiction.
The crime for which Powers has so long
been in jeopardy was the most sensa-
tional political tragedy of the age and
the most mysterious William Goebel, for
many years Democratic leader of Ken
lucky and for eleven years a member
of the state senate, had made himself
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of all the men engaged in the siege
who are accredited to Illinois will be
inscribed thereon.
Iowa had thirty-two commands at
Vicksburg, each of which will have a
suitable memorial. The general me-
mortal of the state will be very hand
some and will be finished during the
present summer. Ohio has thirty-nine
monuments, and they were dedicated
on May % with appropriate ceremo-
MES One of the completed memorials.
and a very striking one, was erected by
Massachusetts. It is d bronze figure of
a volunteer Of heroic size and in
marching attire standing on monster
bowlder of thirteen tons weight
brought from the old Bay State. The
New York memorial viii be erected on
a high knoll near the site of General
/ Grants headquarters. Pennsylvania
bought its own site. a tract of ground
adjoining the battlefield, at a cost of
| $4,000 shaft sixty feet in height
will be erected. The other northern
states have selected sites for their re-
/ spective memorials, which win be put
into place as soon as they are com
pleted.
The positions occupied by the Con-
federate troops have all been located
by state commissions under the gen
eral supervision OF General Stepnen T.
Lee, who defeated Sherman at Chick
asaw bayou Markers have been put in
place. and the subject Of approPria-
tions by the various states interested is
being agitated. General Lee has taken
a deep and active interest in the battle
park ever since the plan was first sug-
gested by Captain J. F. Merry of Man
chester, Ia, a veteran of the war Gen
eral Lee thought SO well Of the sugges-
ton that he called a meeting of veter-
ans of both armies at Vicksburg in Oc-
tober, 1895, and an association was
organized on the spot. The necessary
action by congress was secured as g
starter
General Lee is still president OF the
association. He lives at Columbus, Miss.
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captain of the last steamboat recog-
nized the general and ran out a plank
for him to come on board. General
Grant. who was one of the best horse
men in the army, headed his horse for
the edge of the nearly precipitous bluff
The animal worthy Of his rider, put
his fore feet over the soft bank drew
his hind feet well under him. slid down
the bluff and trotted on board the
boat twelve or fifteen feet from the
shore, over d single plank But he was
not yet done with escapes. On reach
ing the captains room. next the pilot
house. he lay down upon the sofa, but
was soon reused by the fire of the enc
my, whose bullets ratified against the
smokestack. He rose from the sofa
and went on deck. He had just left
the room when a musket bail struck
the part of the sofa where his head
had rested pierced It and lodged in the
foot
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home of several generations of his fam
lily. Like Powers, he was studious, and
when he approached manhood he be-
came a schoolteacher and even studied
law and medicine. He was made store
keeper and internal revenue gauger in
the government service, a position of
trust and also of great personal risk.
He1w was the hero of many lively adven-
lures with moonshiners. He served fire.
quently as deputy sheriff and in 1897
was elected assessor of Clay county.
At the time of the Goebel murder
Howard was thirty-three years of age.
He is married and is the father of three
children. For sixteen years he has been
a devoted member of the Christian
church. Until a short time before the
Frankfort assassination his life had
been free from blemish of any serious
nature. Some months previous to that,
however, something occurred which
marred his honorable record. even