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river, two pontoons at Bensihu, no such headquarters would be established, and Chairman Taggart said that dwells upon the age and the infirmities of his mother. It states that at the time of the crime he was insane FAVORABLE INDIGNANT. NEW LAW ONWARD 1 7 The Weather. Forecast for Thursday and Friday Kentucky-Fair Thursday. FrWafalr; cooler.

Indlana-Partiy cloudy Thursday show, ers and cooler In north and central portions. Friday fair; cooler in rfuth portion; fresh southwest to northrt winds. Tennessee Fair Thursday nd Friday, pooler Friday in northwestjorHon. THE LATEST. Providing 'For Registration Upheld BY THE COURT OF APPEALS.

CERTIFICATES MUST BE SIGNED BY ALL REGISTRATION OFFICERS. REVERSAL OF THE JUDGMENT Rendered By Special Judge Mackoy In the Kenton Circuit Court OPINION BY JUDGE SETTLE. Frankfort, Sept. 28. rSDeciaU The legislative act of the last Assembly session known as the Bradley act, extending the provisions of the registration law to all incorporated towns In the Commonwealth and providing tor furnishing certificates of registration to voters to be presented on the day of general election as a qualification for voting, was declared to be constitutional by the full bench of the Court of Appeals at to-day's session.

It was further held by the court that such certificates of registration shall be signed by all officers of registration of the precinct in which it Is Issued, and that County Clerks may issue certificates after the days of regular registration to persons who could not have registered at the proper time. The opinion of the court was delivered in a case of J. B. Yates against J. D.

Collins, here on appeal. from the Kenton Circuit Court, and the ruling is a reversal of the Judgment of that court, wheh was delivered by Special Judge W. H. Mackoy." The opinion of to-day; was delivered by. Justice Settle, and was concurred In by all the members of the court The plaintiff in the case was represented by Attorneys Bur ton Vance and Falrlelgh, Strauss Falrleigh.

of Louisville, and the defense by McQuown Brown, of Frankfort, and Charles Furbur, of Covington Defects Can Be Remedied. Mr. Huffaker Denounces Buchter's Pardoning BY ACTING GOV. TH0RNE. DEFENDANT'S ATTORNEY BE LIEVED APPLICATION WASTE OF TIME.

THOUGHT CASE HORRIBLE ONE Prison Physician Denies That Buch- ter Is Insane Blind Or Seriously 111. THE PETITION AND SIGNERS. Lively indignation was evinced by Joseph M. Huffaker, Commonwealth's Attorney, when he learned from the Courier-Journal yesterday morning that Acting Gov. Thome had pardoned Clem Buchter, who was convicted and sent to the penitentiary for life for the murder of his daughter, August 9, 1901.

He denounced the action as a shameful abuse of the pardoning power of the Executive, and declared that It was a hard blow to Justice in this State. He said: "This is the second recent instance that Acting Gov. Thome has released from the penitentiary murderers who were sent up for life from the Jefferson circuit for slaying defenseless women. Buchter was given an impartial trial, and eleven of the Jurors who sat In his case voted to inflict the death penalty. It was only through the eloquence of J.

T. O'Neal, who spoke for the defense. that one Juror wavered and held out for life imprisonment Buchter shot his daughter because she refused to submit to his unnatural passion, and then shot and wounded her mother, who attempted to prevent the killing. The Jury that tried Buchter was confronted by the in-, sanity plea. The case was such a hor rible one that the defense had absolutely nothing else to stand, on." 'What do you think of Acting Gov.

Thome's reason for pardoning Buchter; namely, that the defendant was mentally was asked Mr. Huffaker. "I don't care to comment upon it," was the reply. "I recollect his pardon of Erasmus Moodv. the negro who shot and killed a young girl of his own color, merely because she had punched hole in his hat.

Eleven of'thatrjury were for after. Moody, served-'a'year'Mr: Thorne pardoned- him it and The law passed by the last Legislature providing- for registration of voters In all incorporated towns and providing- for the furnishing of certificates -of registration toeach voter was by the full bench of the Court of 'Appeals yesterday. It also held thatthe certificates registration musttie signed by all the officers of registration. The court says while there 'are some defects in the law. they are minor, and can be cured by future legislative action.

The opinion was rendered In the case of County Clerk J. C. B. Yates against J. D.

Collins from the Kenton Circuit Court, and Is a reversal of the Judgment rendered by Special Judge W. H. Mackoy, who held that the act was unconstitutional. Outpost skirmishes constitute the disclosed activities on the Liao and Taitse rivers. Gen.

Kuropatkin is reported to be keeping in contact with the entire Japanese front. Russian scouts report that the mala Japanese force is centered In the vicinity of the Tentai mines. Chinese arriving at Che Foo report that Japanese attacks on Port Arthur have resulted in heavy losses to the assailing forces. St Petersburg hears that the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur Is effective and that Togo's fleet is seizing Junks that endeavor to transport supplies to the besieged fortress. Judge Alton B.

Parker put in another ousy day, in New York City yesterday conferring with the Democratic leaders. The Manhattan Club is arranging for a reception to Judge Parker. Judge Herrick and Henry G. Davis, the Democratic vice presidential nominee. The reception probably will be held nest Wednesday night It develops that the bogus Roosevelt lettpr nublished in a "Western labor pa per was an imaginary communication first published In an editorial in a New York newspaper as "a letter which the President might have written with advantage to himself and the country." The proposed consolidation of the Chestnut and Walnut-street Methodist churches and the building of an in- Many objections were urged to tha act, the chief one being that the re- o.uixtagofeicatesQ-' mto -of i duplicates In nt of tttelr loss vy Franklin, and, it is said, the conference tendeotfcphstiacandestroy-therlglit of.

suffrage, aha was therefore, tutloiialv The court In response sajs five miles due east of Yental station. From the latter fact It would appear that the preparations for the Japanese advance are more backward than here tofore supposed. The Information received at the War Office concerning the situation at Port Arthur is not reassuring. The blockade at last seems to be effective. Admiral Togo's ships are arresting all the Junks which try to enter the harbor and are sending them to Port Dalny.

It is feared that this complete isolation may react on the spirits of the garrison. in- constant contact. Numerous Skirmishes Are Occurring Along the Russian Front. St Petersburg, Sept. .28.

A dispatch received from Gen. Kuropatkin, dated yesterday afternoon, announces that numerous skirmishes have occurred along most parts of the Russian front. The Japanese have not altered their positions east of the railroad, and confine themselves to outpost attacks to the north, all of which so far have been repulsed. Reconnaissances by the Russian troops have, established the fact that the main Japanese forces are still along the branch railroad to the Yental mlne3. Both sides are in constant contact.

Gen. Samsonoft's troops particularly have had frequent encounters but have sustained very few casualties. The Russians captured some Japanese horses and cattle. The Japanese have constructed pontoon bridges over the Taitse river at Pensihu. On the night of September 26 Cornet Mlkhelff, with a detachment of Ural Cossacks, attacked the Japanese Bivouacked at Khousandi, causing a great panic.

The same day the Orenburg Cossacks laid In ambush for half a squad ron of Japanese cavalry, who returned their fire, but soon retired, having sustained considerable loss and leaving several dead on the field. Japanese Vessels Lost London, Sept. 28. A dispatch to a news agency from Vladivostok says that according to reports from Port Arthur, two Japanese torpedo boats and a Japanese steamer have been sunk by mines near Port Arthur during the last few days. A Japanese cruiser of the Niitaka type, it is added, was badly damaged.

Not Taken Seriously. St. Petersburg, Sept. 28. The report from Tien Tsln that a large force of Chinese bandits northwest' of Mukden Is preparing to cut the railroad Is not taken seriously by the authorities here.

Not the slightest doubt is entertained at the War Office that the railroad guards will be quite able to protect the line. Undisciplined Chinese' hordes, however, are numerous. Charged Treason. Helslngfors, Finland, Sept: 28. Former Senator of Eugene Schaumann, the assassin of Gov.

Geh. Eobrlkoff, and who was arrested on July 2 on suspicion of having had knowledge of his son's crime. "has. been" taken to. Abo (tormvr capital, of laad)litefo'te11i)i'ciauft'fin' hesiiaeyeh.fg'tree The Hontburg Rome, Sept.

28. Although a portion of the Italian press insists that the meeting of Premier GiollttI and Count von Buelow, the German Chancellor at Homburg, -was connected with the subject of mediation between Russia and Japan, the Capitale, a semi-official organ, gives voice to the contrary view. Japan To Float Another Loan. Toklo, Sept. p.

m. The Government has decided to another domestic loan of $40,000,000 on conditions similar to the last. The issue price will be 92 and the Interest 5 per cent. Business conditions indicate a heavy subscription. SERIOUS WRECK ON A TRACTION LINE.

Fifteen Persons Are Injured, Two Fatally, At Buckeye Park, Ohio. Columbus, Sept 28. A southbound passenger car on the Scioto Valley traction road struck a northbound work car this morning at Buckeye Park, in Fairfield county. Fifteen people were more or less seriously injured, two fatally. The injured were brought to Columbus.

The most seriously Injured are: John Mosler, Canal Winchester, mo-toman bag-gage car; head cut and minor bruises. Wm. Southard, Columbus, motorman passenger car; bruised and cut about the body and head, internally injured. L. Hare, Columbus, conductor passenger car: brutaed and cut.

Mrs. Elizabeth Arnett, Canal Winchester, arm badly sprained and body painfully bruised. Mrs. Miller. Flndlay, head cut and badly bruised.

Mrs. Kost, Hookers. seriously but not fataliv hurt Mrs. J. Winter, wife of Postmaster of Carroll.

O. painfully bruised, but not seriously hurt. George Baumeister, Columbus; painfully injured. Edward Welsecarver, Columbus; rib broken, badly bruised and cut Unknown boy fatally -injured. A STRIKE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CHICAGO, Fifty Pickets Wearing Union Badges Prevent Pupils From Entering a Public School Building.

Chicago. Sept 28. Fifty boy pickets stationed about the McAllister public school here prevented pupils from entering to-day. None of the pickets is more than fifteen yeara of age. put-side the picket cordon a crowd of 700 boys and girls hooted and yelled at the teachers looking from the school windows.

Every. Infant striker -wore a badge to show that he or she belonged to a "union." Some of the badges were mostly scraps of paper with the word "union" scrawled across it. Others wore union-buttons, which their fathers had worn. Many of the strikers carried clubs. They threatened violence against any child daring, to enter the school yard.

The picketing was the result of a "strike" which was caused by a mistaken belief of -the children that an assistant kindergarten teacher was colored. Caught By Falling Tree. Evansville, Sept. 28. Special.

Arch Dagberry. living.near Uniontown, was caught under a falling tree to-day and probably fatally injured. letters and telegrams received to-day made it appear that the establishment of such headquarters was unnecessary. Mr. Taggart expects to go West and also to visit such other points as seem necessary, nut unless something at present unforeseen occurs there will be no regular Western branch, and the campaign- -will be managed from this city.

A RALLY AT SEYMOUR. Speeches By E. J. McDermott and J. J.

Fitzgerald, of Louisville. The Democratic meeting at the opera-house to-night was well attended, the house being full. The speakers, Messrs. E. J.

McDermott and J. J. Fitzgerald, were introduced by the Hon. S. A.

Barnes, whose pointed remarks made quite a good Impression at the very be ginning. Mr. McDermott in a very forcible wav went over the whole field at Issue in the course of an hour. Mm-periallsm, excessive tariff and the Phil ippines were the main topics dlscusseu. Mr.

Fitzgerald followed In a briefer speech in which he scored the President for his unconstitutional acts. He char acterized him as dangerous and made a comparison between him ana juage Parker in which the latter was highly extolled. Both speakers made a very good impression and were on many occasions roundly, applauded. Senator Beveridge Speaks. Indanannlls.

SeDt 28. The first Re publican meeting of the campaign In Indianapolis was held in Tomnnson Hall to-night. An illuminated proceB-slon escorted Senator Albert J. Bever-ldge and Congressman Overstreet to the hall, which was well filled. Congressman Overstreet presided, and In a brief address introduced Senator Bev-eridge, who spoke at length.

Secretary Wilson Speaks. Bingham ton, N. Sept. 26. Republican, day- at the Binghainton Industrial Exposition brought out a large attendance to-day.

Secretary of Agriculture W'lson was the principal speaker. ALLEGED LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED AUGUST 1 NEW YORK NEWSPAPER. It Was Imaginary and Appeared In An Editorial Concerning the Meat Strike. fi. Chicago, Sept.

28. President Michael Donnelly, of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters' and Butchers' Union, flatly denied tp'-day ever having received a letter, purporting to come from President Roosevelt." if AM IMAGINARY LETTER. First Printed In a New York Newspaper August 1. Hun Tpffilirfwl hv "MIrhnAt UftXMiBWitxAsm iienae'. oe meat sirlkr iiibe one --senwjy: PiwoMdiif: RrtnAVfH an editorial in tne Kew- xor.K nrvening.

Posf of. August 1. The livening Post says to-day: "The letter appeared as an editorial in the Evening Post of August 1 and was explicitly stated to be a letter which the President 'might have written with advantage to himself and the country." In other words, it was confessedly an imaginary letter, written for the sake of bringing out certain truths In regard to the meat strike." The Evening Post also says: "We had no thought of course, of being able of making a presentable imitation of the President's literature, and as the article was at the time commented on and reproduced somewhat extensively in the press we never dreamed of its ever coming to figure as a 'campaign The Toiler's Explanation. Milwaukee. Sept.

28. The Wisconsin Toiler is a paper purporting to be a labor organ, published in Eau Claire, Wis. The editor of the Toller says the letter in question was handed him by a member of the Machinists' Union of that city, who says he clipped It from another paper. PUBLIC BEQUESTS OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Mrs.

Sarah Potter Left This Amouni To City of New Bedford and To Institutions. Boston, Sept. 28. Public bequests aggregating over $1,000,000, the largest be-Ina a gift of $250,000 to the city of New Bedford, are contained In the will of the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of this city, which was filed for probate this after noon.

Mrs. Potter died last Friday at her summer home at Beverly. The Boston Medical Library is bequeathed to the Kindergarten for the Blind at Jamaica Plains is bequeathed $100,000, and $50,000 to each of the following: Harvard University, Boston Home for Incurables. Hospital Cottages for Chll dren. at Baldwlnvllle, Free Hospital for Women, at Brookllne, and the Massachusetts uouege on There are numerous other public be-nuests In the document.

The money bequeathed to Harvard University Is to be applied to the work of the Gray heroarium, to wnicn Mrs, Potter contributed during her life. HICKMAN COUNTY FAMILY SHOT FROM AMBUSH. King Head Was Fatally Wounded and His wife and Child Seriously Hurt. Cairo, 111., Sept. 28.

While King Head, a farmer living four miles from Clinton, a small town twenty miles south of here, was standing with his wife and" child on their front porch to night they were all shot from ambush. Head was fatally wounded and the woman and child seriously hurt. Head had some trouble with his neighbors. The Sheriff has gone to the scene. Embezzlement and Forgery Charged, St.

Louis. Sept. 28. Joseph F. Ed wards is at the Four Courts, where he will remain until the officers who have him In charge start him for New- Orleans, where he is to answer to the charge of embezzling $12,000 and obtaining $3,000 by forgery.

Edwards was in charge of the business of the Mollne Plow Company at New uneans. arrested' in Denver. from brooding over family troubles and that-he previously had a good reputa tion in the city of Louisville. Gov. Thome's Statement.

In granting It Governor Thome en dorsed the papers as follows: "This poor fellow has- been prison three and a half veara. His. mind is af fected. He can't tell me the day of the week or the month of the, year. He doesn't know when he came, to the penitentiary.

His eyesight is about gone, and he has locomotor ataxia He is in a bad fix physically. The prison physician verifies, the above statement OVer 100 good citizens of his city have asked his pardon. tne circumstances oi tms poor fellow's case commend themselves to ev erybody who has He had one, tne idol or his heart. She was in love with a fellow who he tfhought was not her equal, and he had -forbidden their as sociating with each other. "One evening he came home from work and found- her gone and was informed she bad gone to meet this young man.

He followed; found her in a place where she had gone to meet him or. was taken Dy mm. wnen ne entered tne room ne was assaulted with a. chair and knocked down. He fired and (bo-shot struck his own daughter and killed her.

"No eane man would or could kill his own daughter, and I am persuaded it was either an accident or the act of an Insane man. "He has suffered physically and mentally for three and a halt besides his confinement and blindness and mental condition appeal to me to such an extent I pardoned him. He has agreed to leave for a distant State where he has relatives. WILLIAM P. THORNE, "Lieutenant and Acting Governor.

"September 27, 1904." Dr. Tobin's Denial. Since this statement has become public property, Dr. H. L.

Tobin, the phy-iclan and surgeon of the- State penitentiary here, and who-'iboks after the health of all of Its Inmates, has entered denial to the Courier-Journal that he, as the statement says, verifies the Acting Governor's statement that Buchter is nearly has locomotor ataxia and is mentally lrresponsible; There.is no such certificate from the prison physician in -the papers In this case, a thing that Is usual in such cases. Dr. Tobln was asked by. a representative of the Courier-Journal: "While in the penitentiary did Buchter give any evidence, of "He did not," said Dr. Tobin.

"Is he suffering from locomotor ataxia?" 'He Is not" 'Is he blind or almost blind?" 'He is not," was the reply. The! Petition. The petition for the pardon of Buchter was -presented to Gov. Thorne by the brother' of the murderer. He was unaccompanied by counsel, and made two trips here before securing the pardon.

He came here last Saturday and spent the day, and came again yesterday. the murderer, was brought from the penitentiary by a guard to the Executive department! for a personal Inspection by the- Lieutenant Governor, before he-, made, him a -free man. He remained at the department Tile pardon peUtion.wto. circulated in Louisville, during- thejfmdntlt oTJrTuIy1 lasti-Among: the-, slgnersfof some' local prominence- in Louisvllle 'are-'Charles Neumeyer, F. J.

Hermann, Casper Hammer, John Young, Scott Newman, Wm. Mueller. Lee Vogel. William Kraft, T. J.

Hartman, Joe Wernert. J- J. Sandman. Fred Diehl, Louis Bart Jos. Barun, M.

Loesser, Louis Eck- hoff, H. Waterman and George Akers. The petition contains the name of one Mrs. Mary Gernert The petition recites: First That Buchter has been closely confined for nearly three and that his health has become greatly impaired as. a result.

It is cited- that un-ieas his release' is' secured he will die a-premature death. Second That the evidence adduced at his second trtal showed him to have been infane at tihe time the crime was. committed. Third That he previously bore a good character, was sober, and. and that no citizen of Louisville stood higher than he.

It sets-forth that brooding over family troubles unbalanced his mind. -J Fourth That he is ra cidly becoming blind, and that his mind' is "so" impaired that he. has no recollection of the crime for which he was sentenced. Fifth That his mother, seventy-five years of age, has brooded over her son's confinement till she is broken in health and spirit, and Is on the brink of the grave. Sixth That the ends of Justice have been served by his three years' confinement and sufficient punishment having been meted out to him it-is only just that he be released before.

he la called to cross the dark, river and rest in- the shade of the trees. Another Pardon. Acting Gov. Thorne this afternoon granted a pardon in the case of A. Perry, of Rowan county, a convict in the penitentiary, serving a sentence of three years for manslaughter.

Perry was received here November 10, 1902. The pardon was secured by Attorney Will A. Young, of Morehead, who as Commonwealth's Attorney prosecuted Perry. It was recommended by the Circuit Judge who tried the case. A Fling At Mr.

Huflaker. Upon reading Mr. Huffaker's denunciation of him In the paper this afternoon, in connection with the Buchter pardon, Acting. Gov. Thorne said that he had Just finished readjng a petition for the Dardon of a negro thief.

and that the petition was signed by Commonwealth's Attorney HurraKer. SUIT FILED IN THE UNITED STATES COURT To Prevent Enforcement of Law Prohibiting Co-education-. of Races At Berea College. Frankfort, Sept. 28.

Special. Attorney General Hays has received notice qf a suit filed in the United States District Court, at Covington, to restrain the Attorney General for the State, Commonwealth's Attorney B. A. Cruthcher, for the judicial district, and County Attorney Tevls Cobb, for. Madison county, and the county, of Madison, from attempting to enforce the provisions; of- the Day law, prohibiting coeducation of the races, as to the Berea College.

Attorney General Hays will recommend to the Governor that counsel be employed to asisst him in the case. It w'ill be the test of the new law, and will be taken, through the District Courts to the Supreme Court of the United States Reports Made To Judge Parker By Leaders. MR. HILL IS AN EARLY CALLER AND TELLS OF UNITS" OF THE PARTY UP STATE. PLANS FOR A RECEPTION To Parker, Davis and Herrick Are Being Arranged By the Manhattan Club.

NO WESTERN HEAD QUARTERS. New York, Sept 25 Special. Judge Parker was ah exceedingly busy man to-day. As early as 7 o'clock he had eaten breakfast and was ready for friends. His first visitor was for mer Senator Hill and they spent an hour together.

Mr. Hill told him In detail of the unity of all factions in the party up State that had heretofore been at outs with each other. He also told him of some encouraging' signs in a numlber of up State counties. After Mr. Hill left Mr.

Belmont called and he also had good news for the Democratic presidential candidate. Then a num ber of other distinguished Democrats called, including Senator-elect Raynor and Governor Warfield, of Maryland, who assured him that he would get the. electoral vote of their State. A dozen or more members of the Manhattan Club also called and told him of the enthusiasm in the club over his pros: pects and of -the active campaign work the club had decided to take in his behalf. Judge Parker was also called upon by a number of men prominent In the business affairs of the metrop oils and from each and all he receiv ed nothing but encouragement.

All the indications are that so far as Judge Parker is concerned the tide is rapidly increasing in his favor. Samuel T. Hauser, a former Governor of Montana, was a visitor at-the Fifth- avenue Hotel today. He said that: his State would surely go Democratic and that Montana's three electoral votes would be in the Parker His. belief wa? Governor Hauser is one of the best informed citizens of the Far He is an extremely wealthy man, of a conservative mind and his opinion is worth the reporting.

Chairman Taggart will make another trip to Indiana the last of this week to see how the organization is progress ing. During last trip he left orders for certain work to be performed and he goes back to ascertain if it has been accomplished. Keep your eye on in diana and Taggart. Each of them will bear watching. THE MANHATTAN CLUB Arranging For Reception To Parker, Davis and Herrick.

New York, Sept 28. Nearly all of the details for the public reception to be given for Judge Farker at the Manhattan Club have been completed. The reception, unless some change is made, will be held on next Wednesday night. Invitations will be extended to the Democratic National Committee, all members of the Parker Constitution Club and a number of other large Dem octatlc organizations, including many Hall. It Is likely that Justice D.

Cady Herrick and Representative Fran els Burton Harrison, candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor re spectlvely, will attend. Judge Parker does not Intend to speak at the recep tlon, and, in fact, no speeches of any kind will be made, according; to tne present programme. board of governors of the Man hattan Club will hold a meeting to morrow night when the details of the reception wlil be arranged. To-day communication was opened with Henry G. Davis, the vice presidential nomi nee, with a view of securing IBs attendance: as it is the intention of the men In charge of the affair to have all the prominent Democrats present Besides Judge Parker and Judge Herrick it is expected that many nationnl and State leaders will attend.

DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS Rapidly Being Assigned Appoint ments' For Campaign Speeches. New York, Sept 28. Arrangements are rapidly being completed for the assignment of Democratic speakers. W. Boiirke Cockran, of New York, and James M.

Head, of Tennessee, are- to speak at the Academy of Music In Philadelphia October 8. Mr. Cockran Is also billed lor r-iew ttaven wovemuer 4. Charles A. Towne will speak October 1 at Lima, October 3 at Sandusky, and October 13 at New Haven, Conn.

Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Hamlin will speak at Fort Wayne, to-morrow evening. Representative Morris Shep-pai-d, of Texas, will enter the Wisconsin campaign with a speech at Madison to-morrow evening, and will remain In the State until October 8. Senator Joseph W. Bailey, of Texas, has been engaged for a speech at Charleston, W.

Va. Former Congressman John Crosby, of Massachusetts, and Former Controller Bird S. Coler, of Brooklyn, will speak at Hartford, October 5. Representative Oscar W. Underwood, of Alabama, is to speak at Hempstead.

L. to-morrow evening. CHAIRMAN TAGGART Does Not Believe There Will Be Any Western Headquarters. New York, Sept 28. An apparent settlement for the present of the question of the establishment of Western Democratic headquarters was announced at the national rooms to-day.

The members of the Executive Committee- said March of the Japs Seems To Be Deliberate. MOVEMENTS AT THE FRONT ABE CONFINED TO CONTINUOUS OUTPOST SKIRMISHES. BLOCKADE AT PORT ARTHUR Apparently Is Effective and St Pe tersburg Fears Its Effect On the Garrison. TOGO IS SEIZING THE JUNKS. St.

Petersburg, Sept a m. Movements at the front, so far as dls closed by the meager dispatches re ceived here, are confined almost to con tinuous outpost skirmishes by means of which Gen. Kuropatkin is keeping In dose touch with the Japanese along the whole of their front Field Marshal Oyama's advance appears to be ex tremely deliberate. There are no indi cations as yet that he has begun to overlap Russian positions. The superiority of the Russian cav alry is beginning to be apparent.

They have had the best of it In a number of minor encounters. It appears that Gen. Rennenkempf's movement to the southward on September 19 extended beyond the distance indicated by first reports. His Cossacks made a rapid sweep on September 22 and struck a Japanese force at Bensihu, threatening their communications and causing considerable excitement. Re-enforcements are rapidly arriving at Mukden, and many convalescents are already returning to duty.

It Is reported that Gen. Kuropatkin has made a requisition upon the authorities here for additional officers to make up the heavy losses in killed and wounded in the battle of Liao Yang. JAPANESE LOSSES 7,000 In the Attack On- Port Arthur Which Began September 18. Che Foo, Sept. 28, 1:30 p.

m. Russians residing, here claim to have received information that the Japanese losses in the: assault, on Port Arthur, which A' Ctiinese -who lef the. fort on Sep that the Russian losses were between 600 and 600. This Chinaman says that the Japan-ese were unable to remain In the three supplementary forts which they captured and that they retired at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of September 25, after enduring several days of tremendous firing from the inner forts. He added that the Russians attempted to bury the dead of both sides at night, because the decomposing bodies seriously menace the health of the garrison.

The Russians allege that it is the deliberate policy of the Japanese to iindermine the health of the Russian troops ay means of the odors from the decomposing bodies, and that, for this reason they Are on the burial parties. One Chinese who was a member of a burial party says that the Japanese fired when he and another Chinese attempted to bury the dead. He adds that when the wind carries the odors toward the Japanese the latter retire. 'Chinese. say that the most severe attacks were made on the supplementary forts of the Itz and Anshu mountain forts.

The Russians had undermined the ground and several hundred Japanese were blown up on September 23. Reports received from the Mlaotao is-, lands mention a terrific report which shook the houses there on that date. The Russian ships, it is reported, took no part in the battle. From thirty to fifty shells fell dally in the Chinese new town. One shell tore the rudder from a torpedo boat destroyer.

The Russians are now building a new fort on Liaoti promontory bearing on the Island side. Its construction Indicates thut five large guns -will form me nucleus or tne battery. NO HEAVY JAP FORCE Has Crossed the Hun. River According To the Latest Information. St Petersburg, Sept.

2S, 6:15 p. m. The latest official advices from the front are silent on the subject of the Japanese flanking movements east and west of Mukden, from which the War Office concludes that Field Marshal Oyama has not yet begun to press his advance rrom Sianchan or up the Liao river valley, Indicating that there is still further delay in the general advance. The Associated Press is now authorized definitely to. deny the statement that the Japanese In any force have crossed the Hun river about fifty miles from Mukden.

There Is no evidence that the Japanese turning movement is nearly so extended. The only Japanese at this point are the scouts reported in these dispatches September 26. The only information received from Gen. Kuropatkin, timed 3 p. m.

yesterday, is to the effect that the Japanese outposts east of the railroad along the ShaKhe river continue to throw out small detachments, but they are invariably met and repulsed by the Russian cavalry, which maintains close contact along the whole Japanese line. Dally skirmishes are occurring, but none of an Important character. A herd of cattle and a few horses have been captured hy Cossacks. According to Information brought In by Russian scouts the main Japanese forces are still concentrated along the Yental branch railroad and re-enforce ments are still crossing the Taitse fcBBftsslnls mother had l8 daughter" Didn't Have One Chance In. Hundred; wiiinr AfcKav was emnloyed as an attorney to draw up the petition for the pardon.

Buchter mother, Mrs. Tjinrinn Ttuphtpr nnd his brother. John Buchter, are well known and wealthy German people. Mrs. John menier, a sister-in-law of Charles G.

Menier, former City Engineer. Is a sister of Buchter. When asked about the matter yesterday afternoon, Mr. McKay said: "Thi TiiicMei-K have been clients of mine for. a number of years, and John Buchter applied to me to draw up the formal petition for pardon.

I had not defended the case ana was not xamuiar th the I merely drew up the petition, while Mr. Buchter supplied me with the facts, I consulted tne omcers th commonwealth, and. ascertain ing the character of the case, told him at the time that I did not think ne tuirt one chance in a hundred to get a pardon, and that he was wasting time. I was informed that It nan oeen infamous killing. After the petition was drawn.

up I. saw ho-more of it It is my Impression that Mr. Buchter secured' influential friends in. the central section of the State to assist him." The members of the firm of O'Neal O'Neal, who defended Buchter, declared that they, had heard nothing of the application for pardon until it had been granted. Buchter's Relatives Know Little of Him.

Mrs. Logena Buchter, mother of Clem io KPrinuslv 111 of heart disease at her home at 2012 Von Borries avenue and under the constant attention of a physician. She Is seventy years of age and the caused by the Imprisonment of her son has so affected her that sne is not rapecum iu u. tlt -HnnhJer visited Frankfort about two months ago. according to her son.

John Buchter, who lives wun ner ou Von Borries avenue. In the interest of Clem Buchter's pardon. Mr. Buchter did not know who his mother had seen as he was away from home at the t. nnn.

who lives with' his mother, said he did not go to Frankfort witn nis moiner. Nothing is known by the family at present oi wcin as no word has yet been received from him, according to John Buchter. It Is understood oy mem, kuu, ua brother will not come to Louisville at -n Anlv frtr ohnrt ns ail. anu li. he is to leave the State.

His destination has not yet oeen oeiermineu, mjcuruiuB to Jonn ounu lki a PRISON PHYSICIAN DENIES That He Made Statement Attributed To Him By Gov. Thorne. Frankfort, Sept. 28. Special.

The petition upon which Acting Governor Thome yesterday granted a pardon In the case of Clem Buchter. of Louisville, the murderer of his daugh ter, and the reasons for the pardon were made public at the Executive De partment to-day. The petition which was evidently prepared by Attorney Wallace A. McKay, of Louisville, h'a name the first signed to the document, recites at length the alleg ed Physical infirmities of the murderer as being partial blindness, locomotor ataxia, and Impairment of mind, and will maKe a lavorauie revuuimcuuaHUM in the matter. It was stated by members of the Democratic National Executive Committee In New York yesterday that no "Western headquarters Would be established.

Chairman Taggart expressed the opinion that the establishment of such headquarters was unnecessary. The Hon. Frank Johnson In a card to the Democrats of Franklin county withdraws from debating jointly -with his opponent, Senator E. H. Taylor, Jr.

He charges that Taylor's friends have attempted to intimidate him. At' the solicitation of Mrs. James Mulligan, who fears that other attempts at killing her and her daughters will be guards have been placed around the Mulligan residence by the Lexington, authorises. The condition of Senator George F. Hoar continues critical, and he has not rallied from the stupor into which he fell Tuesday afternoon.

The attending physicians say there is absolutely no hope for his recovery. Dr. John Howard was fined $300 at Salem, for contempt of court In violating an injunction restraining him from pumping wells that tapped the underground flow of the French Lick Springs. At the Eucharistlc Congress New York yesterday a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions denouncing the French Government for its action toward the Catholic orderB in that country. The members of the Louisville Legion were paid off, the sum of $3,600 being distributed among them.

Camp break this afternoon and the home-iwaxd journey will begin to-night Valuable oil paintings of Emperor Nicholas. were mutilated at the Russian exhibit at the World's Fair and the features of the Emperor were defaced. Francis Burton Harrison, of New iTork, Is said to have contributed $50,000 to the Democratic national campaign fund. Lnfcadlo Hearn, the -widely known rwrlter on Oriental subjects, is reported lo have died at Toklo a few days ago of heart trouble. The Republican committee of Fayette County decided to put out a full ticket for County and municipal offices.

The will of the late Sarah Pot-ier, of Boston, contains public bequests of over' $1,000,000. Greater New York is threatened with the worst typhoid fever epidemic in Its Wstory. that while the act contalns: several-deiv; fects they are minor in character, and can be cured by future legislative action, and there is no doubt at all of the constitutionality of the measure. That no one will deny that the Constitution empowers the Legislature to prescribe the mode of exercise of the elective franchise, and section 147 of that document delegates powers to the Legislature to provide every detail. of the plan or method of registration.

The court Bays further that the act is not open to the criticism that It will tend to dis franchise voters otherwise qualified, the voter being put to no inconvenience in obtaining the certificate and being assured of a duplicate of it if he loses It before the election day. The court says that the penalties provided by the old registration law apply to the present one, there having been no penalties fixed by the new law. Because of the importance of the decision In this case and the wide interest in the question of the constitutionality, cf the act, the opinion of the Appellate Court is herewith, given in-full: Opinion In Full. This action was instituted in the Kenton Circuit Court by the appellee, J. D.

Collins, against the complainant, John C. B. Yates, clerk of the Kenton County Court, to restrain him by injunction, from, carrying out the provisions of the act of the General Assembly of Kentucky, approved Feb. 11, 1004, entitled "An act to; amend an act entitled an act to regulato elections in, this Commonwealth June 30, 1892. (Acts 1904, page 3U It Is conceded that the appellee Is a.

male citizen, resident and taxpayer of Kenton county, Kentucky; that he pos-' seeses the qualifications under the Con-! stltutlon and laws of the State which en-'. tWe him to vote at the approaching November election, and no. objection Is urged against his right to institute this action. Nor do we question his right to do so, for in order to carry out the provisions of the act, supra, some expense for printing must be Incurred by each county of the State through its county clerk, which is required to be paid out of the county levy. If, therefore, the act in question is unconstitutional, this expense should not be placed upon the committee, and a taxpayer like the appellee has such an Interest In the matter as will entltie hinr" to sue as he has done to test its constl-ttrtlonttlHy.

Section 145 of the Constitution provides that "Every mole citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one j-ears. who has resided in this State one year and in the county fix months and tho precinct in which he offers to vote sixty days next preceding the election, shall be a voter In said precinct and not elsewhere: but. the following persons are excepted and shall not have the right to vote: 1. Persons convicted In any court of competent Jurisdiction of treason, or felony, or bribery in an election, or of such high misdemeanor as the General Assembly may declare shall operate as an exclusion from the right of suffrage; but persons hereby excluded may be restored to their civil rights by executive pardon. 2.

Persons who. at the time of the election, are In confinement under the Judgment of a court for some penal offense. 3. IdloU and Insane May Provide For Registration. Section 147 provides that "The Gfncral Assembly shall- provide by law for the registration of all persons entitled to vote, in cities and towns ha-1ng a population of 5.000 or more; and may provide by general law for the registration of other voters In the State.

Where registration is reauired only persons registered shall have the right to vote. The mode of registration shall be prescribed by the General Assembly." So much of section 14i as provides for registration In cities and towns havinga population of 5.000 or more is aearly mandatory and in pursuanereof the General Assembly soon after the adoption 4.