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THE CAIRO BULLETIN. Exclusive Franchise Official Newspaper UK I MIC : City of Cairo t or THU- : Associated Prea : VOL. XXXVII. NO. 343. SEBASTAPOL WITNESSES DESPERATE BATTLE BETWEEN MUTINOUS SAILORS AND TROOPS IN THE FORTS ON SHORE During 1 lie Fight the Town and Forts Werj FombardeJ by the Guns of a Cruiser, Now a Burning Wreck With Hull h'ddled V it h Shells and Its Haunting Red Ensign if Revolu tion liauleJ Down TEN VESSELS OF REBELLIOUS FLEET SURRENDERED TO THE LOYAL FORCES St. Petersburg, Nov. 29. Sebastopol was today the scene of a desperate bat tle between mutinous sailors and troops in the forts on the shore. Dur ing the hit tie the town and forts were t bombarded by the guns of the Cruiser Otchakoff, which lies a burning wreck off Admiralty Point, its hull riddled with shells and its flaunting red en sign of revolution hauled down. Many of the crew of the Otchakoff were killed or wounded. According to one report the bar lacks of the mutineers was carried by storm after the mutinions fleet, which is said to have numbered ten ves sels, had surrendered, and the whole position is now in the hands of troops under command of General Neplueff. Owing Ui Interrupt inn of the tele graph, details of ih: bat lie arc diffi cult to obtain, licit , as the Ass .-ciut ed GREAT STORM LEFT DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IT WAKE Chicago, Nov. !if. The storm on tad npper lukes, which brought death to eleven known dead and wrought un told havoc among sailing craft, has almost subsided tonight and the work of re-me and relief to numerous ves sels left stranded on th rocks Is be'ng carried on with the utmost v gor. Up to midnight sight vassals, representing a total cost of $813. dm) had been reputed total wrecks with out any chance whatever Of being saved and there are still a dozen or more vessels the whereabouts of which is unknown and which may have to be classed among the list be vessels totally destroyed, when finally located. At lea't a score of vessels have been reported stranded but since the aha'c ntent of the hurricane it is believed a majority of these boats will hi saved. I'p to the present time the total lOM to shipping caused by the storm is estimated at $ 1,4010,000. Add tions are bound to be made to this loss and when the final returns are in the figures will be in all probability at lea -t $2,000,000. BOLD ROBBER SMASH WINDOW OF CHICAGO JEWELRY STORE Chicago. Nov. 29. The Hauman Jewelry Co. "9 Madison street, was nobbed of $9,000 worth of diamond -tonight by three men who threw a paper weight through a show window from the ont-ide and snatching a tray of gems escaped. The r.iblHTy was committal on one f the busiest corners in Chicago TO EAT HIS THANKSGIVING DINNER IN J0LIET PRISON Jollet. 111.. Nov. 29 - Newton C Dougherty, the widely known ebtra tor and financier who in his dual ca pacity as superintendent cf the Peoria public schools and president of the Nt tional bank. eml.zz!ed public fund aggregating poaslbly $1,000,000. will KILLED FOR ONE CENT. ljouisville. Ky . Nnw mber 29 In vest igat ion by a Coroner's jury today developed that William MeGee shot and killed Predion Shelby, colored. becaue he owed him one cent. Jrtc Gee has not hee arrested. London Cojnt) Cem' riea. There arc twenty-eight cemeteries la be county of London. i Press is authoritatively Informed by the naval genets) staff tonight, the battle was begun by troops on shore who opened IJfl On the Otchakoff. j which was defiant If displaying the red flag. The commander of the Ot chakoff, Lieut. Schmidt. Immediately I accepted the challenge, replying with I bdth batteries, one trained m the town j and the ether on Fort Alexander bat teriegj on the north shore. Capfain Zilotti, aide de-camp to Ad j miral Wirenius, chief of the naval gen ! pral staff, informed the Associated l'..ss ilia' the latest dispatehes from Scbastopol showed the Otchakoff was i. n fliy and badly riddled, with its " wdirionary color'; hauled down, but he was unable to give more definite 1n I .'or mat ion. According to a more detailed repot' I from another source and purporting to come from the admiralty, the battle began at three this afternoon, when 1 Lieut. Schmidt, nol receiving a reply to the demands of the mutineer, open ed lire from the fleet of ten ships. to which the northern batteries at NET RESULTS OF STORM. Dulu'h. Minn , Nov. 29. The net re ults Of the storm so far as known are i the total wreck of the steamers i Maiaafa, Crescent City, Rdeiib irn and l.aFayette, sinking of the El wood in I Dublin- hirbor, the stranding of th barge Manilla and 'steamed VY. IS. England, the s: landing of the Hrans terd ai ale Itoyale and two barges mincing, tin- Madera and Coostltu- I I on. A Oreman off (hie LaFayette was drowned and the second aSaiatanl en gineer of the Edenbom lost. Foi) iwing are the names of the dead numbers of the crew of the steamer Maiaafa .which foundered , rte ar the canal entrant"? yesterday : afternoon : , William Most, Cleveland. Ohio, Lehjaf engineer; Claude A. Kariuger, Cleveland, fir-i assistant engineer: i Jan.e Early, Buffalo, N. Y., second engineer; Cat I Carlson. Chicago. Oiler; Thomas Woodgnle, residence unknown, shipped at Conneaut, llr?- mat ; Jann - SettU r. residence un rklown, shipped at Canneaot, deck hand; .). II. Wright. Cleveland, stew . ard. and Walter Hush, Anihurslburg. H.'cmd cook. while ihe s' recti were crowded with pedestrians, but the thieves worked so quickly they had disappeared hefoA any Dae except employes of the com piny ai aware what was go ng on. Jor-eph Hauman. one of the proprietor-, pursued the mm and tired tttt tffcotS at them as they ran down an alley in the v cinity but they es aped wl'hout injury. at his Thanksgiving dinner in the Jollet penitentiary. He entered that inntltn- on this afternoon to begin an 'nd'-trrminate nentence of one to four teen years. He will : pend the night .In solitarv confinenu-nt and will later le assigned his work, probably som clerical employment. BURNED TO A CRISP. I I,.-, pi. Set - Tie- body of William Schranff. burned to a crisp, 'was found in the ruins of the PI nol Match Company building which burn led today. He was watchman for fh" oompaoy. and re urned to the build ing to get his fools and was o-ercrnie by tbe sm..ke. The best is always the cheapest Advertiser ase the Bulletin. I CAIRO, ILL.. rffort Alexander artillery posted on shore and several vessels which re mained loyal replied. During the naval battle the sailors on shore, entrenched In barracks, de fended their position with machine g in. and ritles against the attacking Infantry. After an engagement last ing two and a half hours, with the Otchakoff riddled and i n fire and the , cruiser Dnieper and another vessel sunk, Lieut. Schmidt, who had been hadky wounded, turrendered the entire sqita'dron. The mutinous sailors en shore surrendered to the Brest and Hie lostok regiments. According to this report the Pante leimoin (formerly the Kniaz Potent' i.'iici was injured below the water line and a gftrpedo boat is acbore on the rocks, No derails of the casualties or of the damage suffered by the town are obtainable, by the admiralty, but ow ing to the confirmed space in which the action was fought it is Improbable that tlie town escaped without heavy damage. TOLD STORY OF THE FIST FIGHT Cadet Mcrriwether Takes Slant) in His Own Behalf WAS VICTIM OF HAZING IN WHICH BRANCH WAS THE AL LEGED LEADER PARTED AS FRIENDS AFTER FIGHT THAT KILLED BRANCH Annapolis, M. D., Nov. 29. Midship man Minor Meriwether today told his Itory of the fl-t light bstwaag himself upd Midsh pOHM llr.ineh, Jr., which wa followed by the death of Btnnch. He was testifjiBg in his own behalf tieCOrt) the court maiiial wh eh. Is trying him on charges that embrace one of manslaughter in connection wi'ii the daatk of Branca. Meriwether wa.s on 1 h-i witness .tand an hour and a half, testifying in detail as to the fight and the Inc -dents that Ld to it. His evidence ex cited greater Interest than ha any previous portion of the trial and while speaking Ihe accused was at times visibly affected. He ln-i-te I thoughoui that he was the victim of a so. c on c f hazing in which Branch was the alleged leader. His story of he light was similar to that told by nrcviou-- frit n MISS He closed it with the words: "I have never seen him fince. We patted as friends." When he, Meriwether, left (he i-tand th'1 dsfSase raited The government calld sevral wltmsses in rebu'tal. It siexpecled ihe ca-e will be given to the court Kridav. lUnPPTCvlQI C Tflf HimjuLUOIULL lUfj TOE PUBLIC GAZE ary Rogers Removed to a Re mote Cell HER CLOTHINC SEARCHED FOR ARTICLES THAT MIGHT BE USED FOR SELF DESTRUC TION NOT YET INFORM ED OF DECISION. Montpeiier. Ve. Nov. 2. It is Dot I expected that Mrs. Mary Rogers will be informed until t- morrow that she m.:st die December 8. 8fee has been i r n,' ei a cell in iti rejr .f t!.. Wlndor prison, inaccessible to pnblic The prisoner was removed principal ly in order to discover if any slides ' which might be art for self-d stmr i : ion were hidden. When the reMvnl . Concluded on third THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1905 OLCOTT PLEADS WITH PRESIDENT Claims He Should Not Give Aid! to Parsons HE HAD TWO SESSIONS! I LASTING FOUR HOURS WITH' ROOSEVELT IN WHICH HE ARGUED AGAINST IN TERFERENCE. Washington, Nov. 89. Itepresenta- i five .1. Van Vechten Olcott, of New I York, had two sessions, lasting four hours, today, with 'he President, re garding the chairmanship of the New York Republican County Committee. Ho. argued that if the President could not support his candidacy he at least should not Interfere In behalf of Rap-ro-entatlve Herbert Parsons. Thf President saw Mr. Olcott at 10 o'clock this morn ng and before they entered, fully into the discucsion of the political situation in New York City, he sent lor Secretary Root, who hur ried over. "During that three hours we were discussing political con, lit ions in New York City," sa d Mr. Oleott. I would talk to th President for awhile and then I would talk to Secretary Root and then both would talk to me.' At 1 o'clock the President excused Mr. OJcott, and at i; toolghl the con? ference was resumed, and coulinued until T: IS o'clock. Tbnlght, as after the earlier confer ence, Mf. Olcott went directly to Sen ator Piatt's apartments and wa.s in eonfon nee with him. Senator Piatt had promised earlier in the evening to make known what was transpiring, but after his talk with Mr. Olcott he gave out this state nent : "It is not known wheiehr or not Mr. Olcott will r?t re. Mr. Olcott himself loi s not knew and will not know until fler C'-Uthor confe-?ice:1 with h's Hi nils hi New YoYk City." "The President pledged me to ?ay lolhing of our talk until i return to New York.',' Mr. Olcott said before tak ng the m dnight train to return: "1 ball have nothing to say tomorrow. )ttt on the following -lay there may be ometbing." Mr. Olcott put in one of the busiest lays of his liTc here -day. In fact, he vn so busy that he did. not even havy Ime to get himself quartan at a hotel, fter his breakfast he went to the Hate Department, and before ven t b-crtili-w-omen and others had put Sec etary Root's ofSes in order, Mr. Ol ' ti was fitting In an eas y chair read ng the- morning papers. Hi? had a talk of three-quarters of in hour w th Secretary Root and then vent over to the White House. The Pn idenl was waiting for him and he .vas shown In at once. Then the Pr'-ident began asking lOeattonM, and for half or three-quar-ers of an hour Mr. Olcott hail Utile tpportunity of stating his case. The "re: Ideal wanted 'o know a lot of hiaga outride of the chairmanship of he R publican County Conin.ittee and Mr. Olcott told h m. After an hour's aeasion the Pres -If n- gave Mr. Olcott an opportunity to jet his breath by excusing himself tad seeing ev rgl official visitors. While the President was doing this Mr. Olcott was walking around the Executive office building look ng like i man who wished ll was all over PATRICK- APPEAL HE MUST SUFFER DEATH IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR FOR THE MURDER RICE. OF MILLIONAIRE Albany. N Y.. Nov. 29 Albert T Patrick, now under 'entence ol death far the mnrder of millionaire William Rice, has lost his appeal from the re n; decision of th C iur- of Appeals. Thj caiort today deni d the motion of Pal-ci.'a coursel to amend ts re Tilt Itar So it would show that con -tltutiorml qu Mitis were Inverted md form a basis for an appeal to the I'nited State' upremp court. While Patrick'! counsel may find other ground apon which to go hirher than the court of appeals, the decirion to day will render dlffirul ther prepara tion of substantial appeal papers VERDICT FOR DEFENDANT. O tumwa. I wa. Nor 2? - The rlsl of E. H. Skinner, whose hank at Birm neham faib-d a rur ag-v end-l ls nirtt whu Judge EichHberiter direet ti a verdict f r the defendant on the rroun i that the evidence did not aerce with th.- cbarg in th" indlctmee' Skinner was rha-c -I with accepUne deposits after the bank waa insol vent. COURT RESIDED IN IK ALBANY MANSION Maintained by Mutual Life and Considered It Proper ISSUE A PROCLAMATION TO POLICY HOLDINGS ADVISING THEM NOT TO PERMIT POLI CIES TO LAPSE M 'CURDY RESIGNS. New York. Nov The resigna tion of Richard A. MeCurdy as pre.i denl of ihe Mutual Ufs was t Ik- Im portant development of the life insur ance situation today. MeCurdy Is sue ceeded temporarily by Kreiler'c Ci m weli, treasurer of the company, but it is understood that, the position has been offered James Ft. Eekles, who was comptroller Of the currency in the Cleveland administration and now is president at, the Commercial National bank of Chicago. McCurdy's mssagemetil of th.- sf- i'airs if the companv have been the subject of inquiry by the legislative nvestigating committee, which brought put 'lie fact thai during his presidency very largo coounjsiions were paid his l on. Robert II. MeCurdy and son in law, l)iiis A. Tlieband. Mi' "utdy said he was impelled to resign by consideration of bis health. One Inter) sting feature of the Insur- itiee invest gat ion lodav was the issue f a "Thanksgiving proclamation" to i In- policy holders by Seuuior Arm strong, chairman of tns investigating committee in which lie advised them igain. t allowing their policies to lapse baKjauso of anything revealed in tne nvestigalion and told them they are III a better position now than befor;' : lie investigation began and that the -tumlttee would recommend legisla tion lo safeguard their interests. Charles P. McClelland, former state senator, testified before the commit lea today that he lived in the Mutual Life company's houce in Albany, con tucted by Andrew C. Fields in 190!, vhile he was senator and a member f the insurance committee of that iody. H; said it never occurred lo "ilm ac improper, as he and Fields went o'd friends. II wa- shown Ihat In the several voars while McClelland was n' t senn or lie was retained by the Mutual Life a! 13,000 a year, and the coni nittee had much difficulty in obta'nlng i s'ateineni of what he did to earn hat retainer, lie said he appeared be tore the legislative committee lo argue against the savings bank tax and franchise tax hills. McClelland had just stated he wa never employed by the Kqnitalde UCs when the committee showed him a voucher for 13,50(1 paid by that sue eiy to Ihe firm of which McClelland is a member. It was written In his hand vriiing, but McClelland ssld he could uoi remember it. ll was credited to 'Wati r Company acc: tint" as were al .Concluded on four-h pare) SUMMARY OF NEWS. Albert T. Patrick must sttf- fer denth in electric chair for 1 murder of Rice ns court de- nies his appeal Olcott argues With the presi ! den' axninst Interference by I him in New Y rk politic Southern seaator objects to rate regultlon through Federal courts as a menace to state rights. Wind-up of Taggart case draw'ng nigh. Uovs win spend 'I l,,r , v ing u i'h father Mcl.eod's attorney sprlnc a coup In the Itoston suit-case I tragedy Woman who fa -ally shct her husband In a lit of insanity' i commits suicide by hanging. ( Mrs. Mary Rogers removed to- n remote cell Not yet lnfofth- i d of result of appeal. Will of 8. J Burford Is pro- ' bate 1 nt Louisville. , A witness before the Investl- ' gating committee testified that .. In. 1 ti he Ail. an-.- mansion of the Mutual Life but did no' consider It improper I Midshipman Meriwether tak e stand In his onvn behalf and tells story , f tatal flghr with Branch Rible r- smash show window of Jewelry store and steal 19. I San worth of diamond Douher1 cotiveyei to the Jolie' p.ni n'iary wlo-ro he will ea' hi Thanksg vlng din ner. tlrpa- t, rat on lakes r si 1 - many lives and millions of if bars In shipping. I Hcbasi.spol the scene of I gret battle hetcn loyal ! forces and tnntinous sailors in which the Intter ar bndly ! CONDUCTED MEDICAL OFFICES Cotp Sprung by McLeod's At - torney in Suit-Case Tragedy IT GAME LIKE A BOLT I f . FROM A CLEAR SKY AND DUMB- FOUNDED THE SELF-CON FESSED MURDER WIT NESS IN TRIAL. Boston, Ma s.. Nov. 28.? In an en deavor to show thai William R. Hunt wns "Dr. Roberta," who was connected I with the infamous Ashmeade Syndi cate driven from Philadelphia, At-lorn.-y James A. Vahey, counsel of Dr. Percy D. Mel. end. on trial as an j accessory in the death of Susan ! Geary, the actress! victim of the "Suit j Case'' titigedy. stiddenly confronts 1 him on the witness stand w th Mrs. A -hni.'tute's daughter. The entire court room was startled j when Attorney Vahey, turning from the cross-examintit ion of Hunt, said to a court officer: "Brtog In Grace Ashmeade. of Phi l adelphia." The court officer returned with ai handsome looking young woman, who; CSrTled a baby about a year old in her i arms, and who was accompanied by j her husband and another man. They i confronted Hum as he stood on the i vttness stand. "Do you recognize OrgCS Ash-i lte-ideV" thundered Attorney Vahey. "Ye-," sa d Hunt In a low tone. Quick and fast fell the questions of Mr. Vahey on Hunt. Ile'asked him if 4)e had ever told Grace Ashmeade how he had disposed of bodies of women Who died on li s hands by means of -at it cases; if h - had ever burned new born babes in furnaces. "Did you ever live In the A-hnieade house in Philadelphia'' the attorney isked. "I did." raid Hunt. Distrci Attorney Sughruhe objected o the introduction of this line of ines-tixnlng. "I shall show th's connection by direct evidence later." said Mr. Vahey to Judge Stevens. Hunt acknowledged conducing "medkal offices" in various addressee in Pli ladelphla. He said he bad lived it The Ashmeade home Mr. Vahey had isked him If he had not told Grace shmende. n. w Mrs. Stanford, and others thai he had disposed of the bodies of women who had died on li s hands by cutting them up and had had them thrown away in suit ca-es. Hunt denied that he had made any uich 'atemeni Mr. Sughruhe objected to this ques t totting of th' Witness. Judge Stevens declared that It was competent if he intended to shwo that the witness had been In the hah t of cutting pu bodies. Later Hunt was confn.nted with tli I husband of Mh--. Stanford. Will am Stanford, and a man named Masot). He denied knowing either of them. They will be upon the witness stand as witnesses for the di fOBSe to tell iboilt ihe career of Hunt in Philadel phia. END OF TAGGART GRACE WIT-RDRAWS HER AFFIDA VIT OF PREJUDICE AGAINST JUDGl -BOYS WITH FATHE'i TODAY. JuJ''''' Ohlu, Hoy ft B4ird S. atun-y f"f Captain Taggart, K oday apaSVVeii before Judge Baaoo HRatsked that a Cay be fix. I f t hear n:: the motion of Mrs. Taggart S at ' raeyi for a new trial. Judge Eason Ixed the lime for next Friday. The attorneys for Mrs Taggart said hey could not be ready and filed an iffidavit of prejudice in which Mrs Tagart says Judge Eason. who presid d at the divorce trial, showed MaR igainat her and. not wi'hstanding al leged errora in the trial, expects to hear and determine the motion for a new trial. Mrs Taggart avers that Judge Max well, the only other Judge in tbe i I trict. Is disqualified to her the motion for a new trial because he k also biased. Af'er a long conference by the at 'orneys. I' wss .' oh i to wiihdraw 'he affidaM' of prejudice. This was lone and by gagaooiMti th? action 'or a new trial will be 'e ard la;r. It s intimated that when the ma.tcr -omes up again that there is likely t .e a final aoltb i"-nt. a chance ia the .-rounds en which the -ecre was warded and further COdfSvvSfSP as lo he twr- tioys enderl Mrs. Taggart t mighl arranged -end the youngsters ro Columbia to CASE W NIGH ESTABLISHED IN 1868. E TO STATE BIGOTS ! Objection to Pate Regulation Through Federal Courts RIGHT OF JURY TRIAL . - $&kf . WOULD BE ABOLISHED IN ALL CASES WHERE THESE COURTS WOULD HAVE TO PASS UPON. Washington. Nov. 29. Some of the Southern Democratic Senators will op pose any pn position to regulate rail road rates through the medium of United States courts on the ground that ii would vitally abridge State rights by taMnu railroads out of the jurisdiction of State courts. Several other recommendations of IhS President i by these Benai Ke ieral control ies. national di and all inula: litigation ol th! e viewed with alarm rs. They say that if Insurance compan rce, pure food laws leasures would throw character out of the state courts and into the Federal tri bunals exclusively. Their most serious objection to hav ing Ke-leial c nils piss upon all mat ers per iiining to rai.ronils uiid.insur ance companies is that the right of trm by jury would be- entirely abol- Ishcd in 11 cases of i hi pointed bv one determination of all cases arising lin er the proposed legislatl p and the StatS courts could not consider even the most trlviaj matters, and there lould be ao apeal to trail by Jury iu any action brought. Senator Bailey, of Texas, however, said tonight that he will support any bill calculated to control railroad rateit "In supoi-ing the President's recom thendstic-.is for an efficient rate law," he Hid "I shall feel that I am in line with the repeated declarations of Dcm ocrtlc national conventions, as well as 'TB'-titj1 with the Pwatdaatt" DOESN'T MEET HIS VIEWS. Washington D. C, NovembOr 29. Definite Information wig obtained, to lay concern ng the conference at the White House Monday night, at which were presen,! Mr. Roosfevelt. Secretary f State Root, Secretary of War Taf:. Secretary of the Navy Bonaparte, Sen ator Knox, of Pennsylvania, and Com The topic under consideration was rail--oad rate legislation and the Presi dent's attitude toward the various rail in. id measures ibat lias been proposed for Introduction in either the house or (he Senate next month. The president desires it t - nie understood that none u' these bills repre. ent his exact views on ihe subject, and thai tie is not committed to lend any of them his moral or material suport. The President has completed his an nual me-snge, and a generous portion of It doubtless will be devoted to an exposit on of hia views on this sub ject. Mil Ideus as to the kind of lea islation which should be enacted are I ' t utb clearly, and if any Senator or Hi pieseiitative incorporates 'hem in s hill It will reclv' the cordial support of the President. Mr. Roosevelt. In pubic utteranos and in conversation wi'h public men and correspondents. Uias left no do. ih! as to where he stands and the kind of legislation he believes -iioiilil be pu seil this winter Thus far no bill that has been drawn up jfully euibo.iies his views and the i Km b Town .end hill, which passed the II use lusi year and of which so niurn ! iuis been hear I. is included Iti the rate Ifojpkf The measure wh ch Senator ! Foi akcr. of Ohio has prepared likewise ffflls to meet his approval a whole ii hough some provisions of it be in- II l not disclosed whetln r S Knox's participation in the onfe Monday night signifies that he i Mepare an Administrate B gMMbM colled or that he will assume to I e an e the j exponent of the Pre i id,- . 'he fl or of Ihe Be lit! Th" ch i are, however, tha- he ,h not b jtid upon to take hhi part mat lit ho doea ti't (hily subacrflM t Jprpsldent's ideas on rate legislatl rl -1 DEATH UNOER A HAMMER. A is Nov. ?! lxuis Oen ' un.. he move I imtr.er His foot :h. rip and the up: n his head 0 and killing him ORDERED HIM TO RUN. I j Mov T!l Pryor al neon Pr over a crap same, g for IK-nntJon. tff vers are SUING A MENAC i