VOL. IX.
COLUMBUS, N. C.,' THURSDAY, MARCH, 10, 1904. .
m 47.
Vladivostok is . Bonn- ,
. barded by UFap Fleet
The Russian Flank at
By
The War Has Been Lag
ding for Past Week.
But From Present In
dications, there Will
Be "Something Do
ing" Before Long
Russians are Forag
ing Other News.
Vladivostok, March 6. -A fleet of five
Japanese battle ships and two cruisers
appeared off this place at 1:25 o'clock
this afternoon and bombarded the town
and shore batteries for tifty-five min
utes.. . .
The fleet approached from the direc
tion of Askold island at the east en
trance of Ussurl bay, and about 32 miles
southeast of Vladivostok. En termer
Ussuri bay the enemy formed in line
of battle, but did not approach a closer
range than 5 1-3 miles. They directed
their fire against the shore batteries
and the town, but no damage resulted,
as most of their 200 lyddite shells failed
to burst.
The Russian batteries, Commanded
by Generals Veronetz and Artamoff
did not reply, awaiting a closer ap
proach of the enemy.
The Japanese fire ceased at 2:20 p. m.,
and the enemy retired in the direction
of Askold island. Simultaneously tbe
torpedo boat destroyers appeared near
Askold island, and two more near Cape
Miadel.
The Japanese 3hips were covered
with Ice.
The attack resulted in no loss to the
Russians, but cost the, enemy 200,000
roubles ($100,000) in ammunition. Most
of the projectiles were s'.x and twelve
inch shells.
The population of Vladivostok was
warned this morning of the presence on
the horizon of a hostile fleet, and the
prospect of an attack during the day,
but it remained tranquil.
.lap Threaten R a Mia a Flaak.
Vladivostok, March 6. The 2,500
Japanese troops who landed at Plaksin
bay (on the east coast of northern Ko
rea), are advancing toward Mussan (218
miles from Gensan), with the intention
of ultimately reaching Hun Chun (on
the left bank of the Tumen river, about
100 miles west of Vladivostok), and
threatening the Russian flank.
In order to checkmate this move the
Russian outpost", 1,500 strong, which
recently crossed the Tumen is advanc
ing to occupy Koyryong, on the Tumen
river, a walled city commanding the
trails along which the Japanese must
pass. ' , '-,'.
The naval mobilization foreshadowed
in these dispatches was partially decid
ed upon to-day. Three eastern provin
ces of European Russia, Tyatka, Perm
and Ufa are included in the plan, the
purpose stated being the strengthening
ot the crews on the Pacific squadron. -The
Czar Troubled.
St. Petersburg, March 4. The czar
and czarina are in a deplorable state of
mind because of the war. The "czar is
almost constantly praying and sending
offerings to famous shrines. Some fear
his mind may give away He upbraids
his ministers for the present condition
of.affalrs. The czarina remains in her
own apartment. She thinks the trouble
is due to her, because she abandoned the
Protestant faith in order to marry the
' czar. - ' ' V
Munitions of war and men are being
forwarded to the Far East as rapidly as
expected, and the concenration at Har
bin is much larger than was supposed.
Raacia Plaa Decisive Mare.
St. Petersburg. March .Russia's
Port Arthur fleet is preparing to make
a decisive move under Admiral Makar
off. Torpedo boats will play an import
ant oart. An imDe rial summons has
, , - ( j , ,
been issued for. reserve men, military
and naval, for six weeks training, thu
planning for the entire Russian annj's
mobilizing. -
Ha..iaa Strategy.
London, March 1 4. Tt is rumored that
Ts
ened
Japs
NO DIRGE IS DOIIE
the Russians contemplate an early re
treat from Port Arthur and Liaotung
Peninsula! Kuropatkin'i? and Alexieff's
headquarters will be at Mukden. This
might be a master stroke of strategy,
compelling the Japanese to fight inland
far from their base of supplies.
Quiet at Vladivostok.
Vladivostok, March 4. All quiet) No
Japanese ships have beeu seen since Feb
ruary 25, when ten were sighted. "The
ice Is still thick and the cold severe.
The inhabitants are fast leaving for the
interior. '.-' ,"
Japanese Loose Reported.
Paris, March 4. A. St. Petersburg
dispatch says that since February 25 the
Japanese fleet at Port Arthur lost six
cruisers and live torpedo boat destroy
ers.,. "- ' ' '.-V;;
Altea.pt ta Kill minister.
Tokio, March 4. An unsuccessful at
tempt was made to kill the Corean min
ister who signed a protocol with Japan.
Y Success af the Japanese .
New York. March - 4 The Japanese
have been so successful in Manchuria,
according to a statement published in
the London Morning Post, as to guard
against the possibility of Russia again
assuming a dominant attitude in that por
tion of the Chinese territory ; also in the
clause in original concession .under
which China was to have to purchase
the entire Russian i ail way and its stock
after a term of years and this may be
brought into play.
ranch Basiaa Safferiag.
Washington March 2. Information
was received in j Washington, today
from a Far Eastern source that the Jap
anese have decided not to attack Port
Arthur with a view of investing It for
two weeks. The Japanese land forces
will not be ready before. In the mean
time the Japanese fleet will continue to
bombard the fortifications from a safe
distance, to annoy and ware .out the
Russians. , . -
Brigands Active. .
Berlin march 2. A dispatch from St.
Petersburg says there is a vast amount
of suffering among the Russian troops
on the way to the Far East; scarcity of
food. The soldiers are given dry por
ridge and weak tea. In all resting
places soldiers, try to sell their, clothing
to buy intoxicants and drunkenness re
sults.- Many are frozen to death.
"I :; --' ;. Kassiaas jr Ilepert. -.
Yinko w, ; March 2.--BHganu cj2
former soldiers have banded together
in the hills. Five hundred armed with
rifles attacked the Russian outposts at
Paleiheotze, near where there , is a
Russian garrison, The Russians suffer;
ed a loss of 42 killed and wounded out
of 50. The brigands lost 87, including
6 Japanese. Later Russian reinforce
ments came and burned the village.
Several accidents happened to the
Russians laying mines at the entrance
to the harbor here as. the river tide
runs swiftly. y
, l'art Arthur.
St. Petersburg, March 2. Russian
officials deny that" fighting took place
at Port Arthur on February 29 or
March 1, as hurricanes made the bar
bor approach impossible.
LeaTiag Vladirestack.
, London, March 2. A Vladivosjtock
dispatch (undated) states that the town
is nearly deserted. The military ele
ment predominates. and great quanti
ties of ammunition are arriving. - The
Chinese peaceful. y ''''':v::yr-:A
Shanghai,' March 2. It is reported
that the Japanese will build a Seoul
Wiju railway, ignoring the powers pro
test. Russian Revolution f ntpeadiag
Berlin March 2. According to dis
patches to the daily Rundschan, Russia
is on the verge of revolution. Peas
ants are plundering and murdering
land owners' and martial law has been
proclaimed in 71 provinces.
Constantinople, March 2. There is
no hope of the Russian Black Sea fleet
Dassiner the Dardanelles. The Porte
would use force and arms to prevent any
such attempts.
St. Petersburg, March 2. As no
news was received here , today it is
thought that a great battle is raging
near Port Arthur.
Washington, March 2. Japanese in
formation here says that the attacK on
Port Arthur peninsular will not take
place for a fortnight, y
Japs Secure Coatrol af Wires. '
, Shanghai, March 2. Confidential in
formation received here from an officia
source at Tokio states that the Japan
ese have suceoded in gaining possession
oftfietlussian telegraph line to Vladi
vestok, thus cutting of the portr from
(Continued on 4th page.)
ON THE f
IGRO
PROBLED
Governor Aycock Says North Caro
lina Has Solved Negro Problem v
THE 15TI1 AMEnDLIEriTS 70nU
Let Him ' "Tote His Own Skillet"
and Quit Making Him "The
. White Man's Burden. .
I am proud of my State moreover, be
cause there we have solved the negro
problem which recently seems to have
given you ?ome trouble. We have tak
en him out of politics and have thereby
secured good government under any
party and laid foundations for the future
development of both races. We have
secured peace and rendered prosperity.
I am inclined to give to you our solution
of this problem. ' It is first, as far as
possible, under the fifteenth amend
ment to disfranchise him; after that let
him alone, quit writing about him,
making him .."the white man's burden,"
let him "tote his own skillet:1' quit
coddling him, let him learn that no
man, no race ever got anything worth
the having that he did not himself earn;
that character is the outcome of sacri
fice and worth is the result of toil; that
whatever his future may be the present
has in it for him nothing that is not the
product of industry, thrift, obedience to
law, and uprightness. That he cannot,
by reason of council or ' league accom
plish anything; that can do much by
workj that violence may gratify his
passions, that be may eat rarely of the
cooking of equality, but he will always
find when he does that "there is death
in the pot." Let the negro learn once
for all that there is unending separa
tion of the races; that the two people
may develop side by side to the fullest,
but they cannot intermingle. Let the
white man determine that no man shall
by act, or thought, or speech, cross this
line and the race problem will be at an
end. These things ars not in enmity
to the negro, but in regard to him. He
constitutes one-third of the population
of my State: he has, always been my
personal friend; as a lawyer I have of
ten defended him, but there flows in my
veins the blood of the dominant race;
that race that has .conquered the earth
and seeks out the mysteries of heights
and depths. If manifest destiny lead
to the seizure of Panama, it Is certain
that it likewise leads to the dominance
of the Caucasian. W
ognliea this fact, wq shall have peace
and good will between the races, but I
id pot have the white people forget
their duty to the ne. t ek
the truth i'trnd pursue ite owe an
obligation to "the man in black;'! we
brought him here; he served us well;
heis patient and teachable; we owe him
gratitude; above all, we owe him jus
tice. We cannot forget his fidelity and
we ought not to magnify his faults; we
can not change his color, neither can
we ignore his service. No; individual
ever "rose on stepping stone of dead'
others "to higher thlnsg," and no peo
ple can. We must rie by ourselves,
we must execute judgment in righteous
ness; we must educate not only our
selves, but see to it that the negro has
an opportunity for education. As a
white man, I am afratd of but one thing
for my race, and that is,' that we shall
become afraid to , give tne negro a
chance. The first duty of every man is
to develop himself to the uttermost and
the only limitation upon the duty is that
he shall take pains to . see that in his
own development he does no ' injustice
to those beneath him. This" is true of
races as well as of individuals. Con
sidered properly, it is not a limitation,
but a condition of development; the
white man in the South can never, at
tain to his fullest growth until he does
absolute' justice to the negro race. If
he ie doing this now, it i.i well for him.
If he is not doing it, he must seek to
know the ways of ' truth and pursue
them. My own opinion is,: that, so far
we have done well and that the future
holds no menace for us if we do the
duty which lies next to us, training.
developing the coming generation so
that the problems wnicn seem dimcuit
to us shall be easy to them. We have
a great country, great in material
wealth, great in the v strength of its
people, great in the opportunity to
make manifest I that strength in the
works of righteousness. , Our greatness
shall grow as individuals of the nation.
irrow in virtue: our greatness sna u
wane as men fall below the standard of
truth. Governor Aycock at Baltimore.
Betting On Cleveland. -
New lYork, March 4- Frank A. O
Donell, president of the v tax commission,
and ex-Mayor Van Wyck, each made abet
of $200 - against $1,000 that ex Presiden
Cleveland will be renominated by the St
Louis convention. Mr. Van Wyck be
$100 to $1,000 that Cley eland will be nomi
nated and sleeted!
TS ARE EXPENSIVE
Good Things for Lawyers, but not
; Always for Contestants
f.'OODY GUDCEiTcOHTEST FEE
Thomas Settle Comes in for Some
, Sharp Criticism About Con
, . duct of the Matter.
..-Washington, D. C, Marcii '5. That
Congressional contests are a good thing
"for lawyers, but cot always for the con
testants, Is well illustrated by the Moody
Gudger contest.. Few . cases have come
up to. Congress in recent years having
ess foundation in fact than had this
And yet the lawyers for the contestant
(Moody) got no less than four thousand
dollars for making it. ? r
Of this amount the government paid
the usual two thousand, Moody paying
fifteen hundred of it to his attorneys be-
bre hls death, and Mrs. Moody paying
five hundred more soon thereafter. -
Some months later Mr. Settle, one of
Mr.t' Moody's attorneys, went to her
bone in Waydesvilie and by certain
representations Secured t fro thousand
more from her to carry on the case.
This amount has ' never been returned
by Mr. Settle, nor, it is alleged, has any
part Of it ever been paid to his associa
te, CoL Lusk, who is quoted as saying
t was not needed nor used . in the case.
: However that may be friends of Mrs.
Mcody are now making an effort to have
Congress reimburse her the two thou
sand dollars, and at least one gentleman
who feels that she has been treated bad
y in the matter,' has been here this
week to consult the North Carolina de-
egation as to what steps should be ta
ken to that end. 1 -; '
It is further said by those who are in
possession of the facts that the incident
wijl destroy any political prospects that
Mr. Settle may have had in that
district.
CONG. J. H. GUDGER WRITES
Deprecaates the Fact That Other
Aspirants Have Been Referred
to in Discussion of Con
gressional Contest
Mr. Editor: .--
Io the discussion on the question of
an availableliHanias Democratic can
didate for Congress, I am very sorry
hui any reference"' tending to criticise
any other asnirant or other person, has
been made. S oc'h does uoteUuviy- uij
approval."""" My candidacy mu&t rest on
my own merits, and my course as a rep
resentative. If I am entitled to an en
dorsement, and a renomlnation, . let the
good people of this district say so at the
primaries "The aspirants and other
parties mentioned are worthy, popular
men, and my personal friends. Let not
friend be arrayed against friend: let no
bitterness or strife be engendered, but
on" the contrary let harmony and good
feeding prevail. The people at the pri
miries'will settle the matter rightly,
and all will be content.
March 4, 1904. J. M. Gudger, Jr.
THE ANTI-JUG LAW DEFINED.
Tire Supreme Court Holds That
U nder the Act of 1903 the Place
of Delivery is the Place of ;
. Sale. "
The Supreme Conrt this evem ng de
scribed the most important" case known
as the. ,anti-jng law" case, that of Pat
terson, from Durham, in which Pat
terson, of Roxboro, was Indicted for
sending whiskey, to one Guess at ' Dur
ham. : The point was whether this was
a sale at Roxboro or at Durham. , . The
court below decided in Patterson favor.
The k. Supreme . Court, Chief Justice
Clark delivering the opinion and Jus
tice Douglas dissenting, reversed this
opinion and decided that the place of
delivery is the place of sale under sec
tion 2, chapter 349, acts of 1903, which
explicity says that the place of actual
delivery to the buyer or to which
liquor shall be shipped for delivery to
him, shall be construed to be the place
of sale. ' . ' "
- It was contended that this provision
was not effective because s this section
is in the statute entitled van act ? to
prohibit the manufacture, sale and im
portation of liquors in Cleveland, Ca.
barrus, Mitchell and Gaston counties-'
The'Supreme Court says that . formerly
the caption of an act was not at all con
sidered to any extent whatever in con
struing it, but. the modern doctrine is
that when the language of, a statute is
ambiguous the courts can resort to the
title as aid in giving such act its true
CORTES
To Keep "IHIands; Of f
of the Suffrage Law
meaning, but that this cannot be done
where the language used is clear and
unambiguous. This provision is posi
tive in its character and its operation
cannot be restrained "by any reference
to the title. In the section of this
chapter other than 1 and 2 there is no
reference to the place in which the act
is to be operative and , hence by. ref eis
ence to the title they are to be applied
only to the four counties therin named.
Section 2 is specially made operative
n the counties therein named and -is to
take effect at a different date and sec
tion 2 is made operative as -to the sale of
any spirituous or intoxicating liquors
anywhere in the State and as to them
he title cannot be used , to restrict or
extend the meaning of the explicit,
dear and. unambiguous lenguage used.
It is further objected that if the stat
ute has this meaning it is unconstitu
tional, but no section is cited which
orbids the law makings power to des
ignate the place of sale when goods are
shipped by vendor or by common car
rier. The courts have held that the
place of sale is where goods are deliver
ed to the carrier, the latter being the
agent of the vendor, but this rule is
comparatively modern, is not uniform
y held, and is subject to many excep
tions. It is merely a - rule of judicial
construction, made in the absence of
egislation, and is not protected by any
constitutional form of legislative power
to change it. Especially canthe Legis-
ature change such, rule in the exercise
of its police power over the sale of in
toxicating liquors, when, as here, it can
be readily seen that with the multipli
cation of common carriers &ud the speed
and ease with which intoxicating liquors
can be shipped, it would be a vain thing
to prohibit the sale of liquor in any
disignated territory- if vendors a short
distance off can, at will, fill orders com
ing from within the prohibited territo
ry. Upon the specia verdict Defendant
Patterson is adjudged guilty. Ralei?h
Dispatch.
2ND SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT
Second Hundred Thousand Dollars
Now Ready.
The Department of Public Tnstruc
tion lias completed, with the exception
of one county, the apportionment of the
second one himdre'd'.thQ'usan'ddollara
appropriated by the State to increase
th v school term in every county to four
montns.- Fifty-eight counties are. on
the-listva&.r'i'n:w.iX.C;
The warrants have beeit-IiSasit to all
counties which have complied with the
regulations regarding the distribution
of the-fund.
Amounts for counties in this section,
apportioned, .1904, from second ; hun
dredhousand dollars for a four months'
school term:'
Clay $
354.56
Graham., .. .
Henderson .
Jackson,... ..
. . 424.00
. . 232.29
...1.580-16
-
Macon.
' l,232.08i
Madison..
.. 724.65
McDowell. 1,864.32
Mitchell ; : 2,560.56
Polk.... 769.08
Rutherford. ., .; 3,042 92
"Transvlvania ............... 819.38
Yancey 1,434.01
The total for entire State . 7 $89,944.10
8 KIL1B ; SEVERAL ARE HURT
In the Collapse of Darlington
" Hotel in New York. -
New York March 2. Eight; persons
are 'known to be dead three or more fa
tally injured ten are missing', some of
whom are probably buried in the ruins,
and more were seriously hurt in the col
lapse of the Hotel v Darlington, an
arirttnent house in course of construc
tion at Forty-sixth street this after
noon. .
Four of the persons killed were- work
menemployed on the building. . The
other two were killed in the extension
dining room of the Hotel Pate irsori,
Forty-seventh street, which was crusV
ed by the falling iron and brick. The
accident is thought to have been caused
by a load of cement on the ninth flour.
Owing to the lightness of construction,
the work was ordered ;L stopped ; by , the
city several days ago, and plans (. to
strengthen the frame work had bern
made. Warrants have been issued for
the arrest of the contractors
In the Hotel Patterson dining room,
Mrs. Frank Storrs, wife of the million
are, and a waiter were killed, and the
wife of the Rev. Jklinot Savage and sev
eral other guests had narrow escapes.
House Republieans Show Dis
position to Lei Southern
; Pontes Alone.
DEMOCRATS PLEASED
Committee on Contest
ed Election Cases to
Send to the House the
ixcpuns m me iNortn
Carolina South Caro
lina and California
: Cases all on Same
Day.
Washington, March 4. Chairman
Mann said to-day that the ' sub-commit
tee had not as yet submitted its report
in writing in the Gudger contested elec
won case, and probably would dispense
with this formality as the committee
had already taken a vote. . Mr. Mann
thought the report, when completed,
would in all probability be transmitted
direct to the House. It is said to be
the purpose of the committee to send
to the House the reports In three cases,
that from North Carol ina, South Caro
lina and California, all on the same day,
and ask for an immediate vote, as in
each instance there is a unanimous re
port in favor of the contestee. The
chairman of the committee wishes to
avoid any discussion whatsoever, and
will bide his time until a favorable op
portunity arises to present the reports
and have them adopted. The case from
South Carolina, in which Representa
tive Lever is the contestee, involves the
negro suffrage question in a very direct
manner, and a report is to the effect
that Chairman Mann fears that some of
the Crumpackers . of - the House may
make the decision of the committee in
this case the pretext for precipitating
a ereheral debate on the run issna. Tt.
nKiea pointed out tbajthe report on
these contested. election cases, from the"
Carollnas are very significant, and the
effect will k& cf vast' concern to the
South. It iaVltoowliK!l ;Wjt thou-"
sands of negroes sought to vote- Rgalnst
Mr Lever, and yet the committee -has'
decided in his favor," the report being
in effect a. disclaimer of authority to
regulate Southern suffrage laws. The
report establishes a precedent which is
greatly pleasing to Democrats, some of
whom think the House may be very
close after the next election,; Should
such a condition as this arise Republi
cans could easily, as has been done be
fore, oust a few Southern Democrats in
order to secure a good working majori
ty if no precedent stood In the way.
.While the House - Republicans have
shown a disposition to let Southerners
work out their own political salvation,
significance is also attached to a recent
decision of the Supreme Court, aslndi
cating that that tribunal is similarly
minded. ; In- the Alabama and : Other
cases the court has thrown the cases out
on some technicality, claiming the lack'
of jurisdiction,, until there is a robust
suspicion that these' eminent jurists are
very glad of a pretext to avoid the di
rect issue. Any way, this is the opin
ion of the House member who suggest
ed the facts that have just been recited.
Observer.
H A
COLONEL M'NAMEE RESIGNS
As Manager of the Famous Bilt
' . " more Estate. .'
Asheville, March 4. It was officially
announced to-night . that : Col. , Charles
McNamee had resigned as manager of
George W. Vandetbilifamous Biltmore
estate; that Ckl. ; McKamee would in a
short time leave forthe West to look
out for his own as well as Mr. Vander
bilt's interests there, and that the Bilt
more estate weuld be conducted by the
various ' heads of departments until
Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt's return from
France, when the lord of iBiltmore
would give his personal attention to his
vast estate near the city. Mr. AicNamee
came to -Ashevllle :frbm ew York
about 15 years ago, undertook r the per
sonal managemeht' r of Vanderbilt,8
affairs at Biltmore, : and has been In :
active control there ever since.