charlotte; n. c; saturdAy morning, October 8, t9.
SUBSCRIPHONi 58.00 PER YEAR.
- " A,
PRICE FIVE C..
BIG BARREL FOB KEWYORK
JlOnl PARTIES SPENDING IO?TET
Experts Predict i m larger . Amount
AVill De Exponded In the Present
l Cumpaign Tlian Was Ever Expended
VK pnbllca Ctmtribotor ar, l4berftl
' Vtte I liwnictea in au the voobt
; iiil states TIU Year.
( ft f, V W. A.' ilUUOEBRAI? D:"' '
. Special to The Obeterver. ,.
Jew Tork. Oct. . It Is expert polit
ical opinion that Jarger amount,, of
money will be expended In this State
- during this campalgri ' than has been
used In any elecUon .that has hitherto
' been neia in tne state, whether -nation
at or rubernatorlaL- At the last elec
tion, the Republicans are credited with
. bavin used something!' like $750,000.
while It is not believed the Democrats
. were able to procure more than 150,000.
Already the ' Demoerftf have several
times that amount subscribed, with, 'the
distinct understanding that every dol
lar of it is to be used in New York.
It is said that some corporate inter
ests in this city that necessarily had
dealings with Tammany, from time to
time, had let down liberally, while sev
eral hundred individuals had contrib
uted to the -campaign fund with the
understanding that the money was to
be -used to bring about the defeat of
"OdelllBm." Democratic lawyers here
have subscribed a large amount, and
the writer heard the assertion made
that the Democratic State committee
now had available something like 1250,
000, with the campaign hardly begun.
It is generally believed to be true that
Governor Odell has asked the Republi
can national committee for about $700.
000, and it la taken for granted , that
Mr. Odell's State committee will dupli
cate the amount. Some there are who
profess to believe that the Republican
campaign fund for exclusive use in the
Empire State will approach pretty close
to the two million mark, for the Presi
dent wants to carry his State, and
Governor Odell is seeking Just that sort
of vindication. The impression has
gone abroad that apathetic conditions
prevail everywhere. There was a lot
of complaint about "general tfpathy" In
Maine, but a big vote was polled there.
BIQ VOTE PREDICTED,
A blg,vote is going to be polled In
all those States which come properly
within the fighting sone. v It is -true
that there is comparatively little bur
rah and shouting of the captains, but
there Is plenty of ' quiet underground
work going on on both sides, and it
will tell on election day. One reason
for the prevailing quietude is the lack
of ! "personalities," , and, the fact that
neither the Democratic nor Republican
national , platforms, contain anything
conducive . to special excitement. But
both Bides are nevertheless anxious . to
win, hence the great amount of money
available, and the splendid organisa
tions' that have already been perfected
In these States. Why. In Indiana the
Democrats have engaged eleven men
out of every "250 voters, whose duty It
Is'tQ see that every voter is accounted
for on election day. Master political
minds 'have for weeks been engaged,
very quietly, it is true, but very stead
ily. In putting the finishing touches on
this organisation, until it has reached
a 'Stage, of perfection that causes Smil
ing Tom Taggart to smile afresh every
time his mind runs in that direction.
'5 WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
It is not pretended that this vast
amount of money, which both sides have
amassed, will all be used for purchases
of postage stamps wherewith to mall
literature designed for the enlighten
ment of the electorate. There appears,
however, to be some difference in the
way money is used here to get votes
and the way in which it is used in
North Carolina, for instance, for this
purpose. It is notorious In some sec
tions of the Old North State that men
have sold their political convictions
outright, sometimes for a very small
mess of pottage. Here it Is also possl
Me to buy a certain number of votes
In most communities, but this is not the
practice which demands the tapping of
a barrel of such immense proportions.
It. was explained to the writer that
In the up-State counties, in the rural
districts, there was a goodly proportion
of the voters who: would feign apathy
when the . campaign workers came
around ' topoll the various communi
ties.. This Is where the subject be
comes,. interesting to the student of
sociology. A man who Is known to
vote, the Republican ticket, say, is ap-nroachecL-
H says that he Is not cer
tain that he will vote at ajl this year,
as it means a day off, and he has not
got ther time to spare. The campaign
worker, knows what this means. It
means that if this fellow's vote eer
goes n the ballot box, the man must be
given at least $5 for his. trouble. The
man will take the $S on election day.
and the party managers are always sure
of him, for the man who will take
that amount wilt not sell his vote to the
' other side for even a larger sum. The
Democrats have simitar trouble with
some of their "apathetic voters.
k KILLED WHITE INTKUDEIt.
Negro II Kltot-Gun Argument With
a Man Who Pnrtmed a White Wo-
man Into HI Yard
Memphis. - TennOct. 7. Roland C.
Hitman Insurance agent, was shot and
Instantly killed by Ben Uillajn, a negro,
to-day. The- latter Immediately sur
rendered to the police.. Hill. It is al-
v leged, had persistently forced his at
tention upon - Mrs.: Enrma Leonard,
wno keeps a grocery store, v The woman.
In crder to avoid i Hill, left - the store
and sought refuge In Oillam't yard. Hill
entered the yard, Jt Is said, with : tf?H
avowed Intention or taking Mrs, Leon
ard back to her store. - The negro se
, cured a shotgun and Jtllled Hlifci j
sJ j..f a---.,, n,,,.., -nil! ....MM.., i. .
To ' Marry NlcaJraguan J Ml-asteri
Macon.'ia''-'Oct-'- 7. The family ;!;i'ti;'
Mrs. ; Ilah . Dunlap Jordan, of Macon,
ltitormed to-day by letter from
Paris that on November 1. at her home
in this oity .she would be married to
Benor Don Lule ' ' F. Cprea, - minister
plenipotentiary frotn Nicaragua to. the
United St a ten. the ceremotty to take
place In this city, ; ' - i
While Ian Hanged, at Kew Orleans. '
New Orleans. Oct.. 7. Charles, alias
"'Sliotgun Foley,; was hanged her to-:
day; " It was 'the first execution here
of a white man In a number of years.
Foley was hanged for thV 'murder ofi - The convention will adjourn to-mor-Rtchurd
Flynn. They wert one time row after the election of officers and the
partners In petty crimes. ' ' . 'selection of the next meeting place, -
KIXO LEOPOLD DENOUNCED.
Peace Congress' - Delegates Discus
Conditions in the Congo Free State
,Mext Congress to be neia at Ln-
cvrne, SwiteerbuMl BKker T.
; Waaltiogton an Arter-Dlnner Speak'
Boston. Oct 7. King Leopold, of Bel-
kiunik iwas assailed for his policy as
sovereign of the Congo Free Stat at
a' public meeting , held this afternoon
In connection with the sessions of the
International Peace Congress. Th at
tack upon King Leopold was mad by
EL T. . Morel, of England, wno repre
sented i the Congo .Refbrtn Association
Mr. Morel' charged that the King was
personally responsible, in" a large meas
ure, for cruelty practiced on the natives
of the .Congo Free State 4n the terrinc
endeavors of monopolistic commercial
organisations to obtain from the coun-;
try all the Ivory and rubber possible.
The King was defended by George
Herbert Head, of Cambridge, Englad,
Who submitted that King Leopold had
done all possible (o stop the cruelties
practiced. The' government policy In
the Congo was also bitterly denounced
by .- Rev. W. M. Morrison, f on seven
years a missionary in the Congo land.
The Congress to-day accepted a re
port from the committee on propa
ganda, recommending that th congress
in 1905 be held at Lucerne, Swltserland.
One of the first things which was done
to-day was adopt resolutions that all
nations enter Into a treaty Insuring, in
case of dispute between countries, that
the differences would be submitted for
settlement to a union of all the powers.
A second public meeting this after
noon was held In th Old South Meet
ing House, to consider the progress of
the peace movement in jsurope, witn
addresses by prominent foreign dele
gates. A dinner was given to-night, at
which speeches were made by Bishop
Casper, of England: the Baroness Von
Suttener, Booker T. Washington and
others.
REPUBLICANS NAME BATES.
Roosevelt's AdinlniHtration Endorsed
and Reciprocity Advocated in Slax
ftachuswttts Ijode and Moody
Speak.
Boston, Oct. 7. The Republican State
convention nominated a State ticket
again headed by Governor John L.
Bates and sixteen presidential electors.
and adopted a platform, the main
planks of which endorse President
Roosevelt s administration and advo
cate reciprocity treaties with foreign
countries and especially with Canada.
The convention also passed resolutions
paying an eloquent tribute to the late
Senator Hoar.
8enator Lodge addressed the conven
tion, defending his attitude on the
reciprocity question and the work of
himself and Senator Hoar at washing
ton; General Moody also made an ad
dress defending the administration
The reciprocity resolution declares:
'We believe thai further measures
should be taken terward negotiating
reciprocity treaties with foreign coun
tries, and especially With Canada and
Newfoundland, upon such terms and
conditions as will secure an enlarge
ment of foreign trade, for the common
benefit of our people wherever reclpro,
cat arrangements can be affected con
alstently with the principles of protec
tlon and wlthouj injury to American
agriculture, American wwr ur Auicrr
can Industries."
A STEAMER WHECKED.
The MJneola, lion ml from San Fran
cisco to a Siberian Port, Strikes a
Reef on Her Return Trip.
San Francisco, Oct.. 7. The Mer
chants' Exchange has received a cable
dispatch from London, stating that the
steamer Mineola, Captain Klrkwood,
bound from Petrovalovsk, Siberia, for
this port, struck a reef off the Tigil
bar, on September 5, and became a to
tal wreck. -
The officers and crew were rescued
and taken to Hakodate, Japan, by the
British warship Algerine. The Mineola
sailed from San Francisco July SO, with
a cargo, of general merchandise, for
Petrovalovsk. At the time of her de
parture It was intimated that she was
carrying supplies destined for the use
of Russian troops In th Held. The ves
sel was on her return trip when she
was wrecked. She was a steel screw
steamer of 1892 tons..
AUTOMOBILISTS WILL RACE
Supreme Court Judge Declines to
Grant an Injunction Against the
Long Ixland Event To-Day.
New YorkOct. 7. Judge WTHmot, In
the Supremr Court to-day, denied the
petition for the Injunction to prohibit
the automobile races to-morrow, which
are to be held on Long Island for the
Vanderblit cup, over a course 80 miles
in length, the total distance of the race
being 800 miles.
All the racers are on ground ready
for the start to-morrow morning.
Attorneys for the Automobile Asso
ciation and for the board of super
visors of Nbssau county contended In
the court that nothing unlawful was
being done; that the authorities were
within their rights In granting per
mission to run the race. Among those
there was Wm. K. Vanderblit. Jr.,
who gave the Vanderblit cup. ' - -
Mr. Cleveland Back at Princeton
Princeton, N- J Oct. " 7. After
spending four-weeks at ' Buzaarda' Bay.
former JTestdent urover Cleveland ar
rived at Princeton to-day. where hi
was welcomed by the members of ,-hh
lamny, wntui
Mr. Cleveland was . In excellent spirits
and said that be had enjoyed a very
pleasant and restful . summer. Mr.
Cleveland declined to. discuss the po
litical situation and remarked that he
had not been following It .very closely
of late.
Gans-Btitt
Match ' Practically
Ar-
'::?: ranged. ty';;:s.
San Francisco, Oct. 7.-All that re
mains at present to clinch beyond the
slightest doubt; the match between Joe
Oans and Jimmy Britt Is for the fight
ers or their managers to afita their sig
natures to the articles, v AT"Hereford,
manager . of ' Oans, said that Britt's
terms were agreeable to him and that
her was ready for signing. ,
:"IT.f D. -C 'Day at St. Louis.
St : Louis, Oct. 7. No session- of - the
United Daughters of the - Confederacy
was held to-day, this being "U. D. C.
Day" at ih World's Fair,' A number
of receptions were given in their honor.
FIGHT OX IX INDIANAPOLIS
DEMOCRATS HEAR MR, IXGALLS.
President of tho Big Four Railroad
Vigorously Urges the Election
of Judges Parker in the Interest of
Ecottomlosl and ConsUtational lov
-eminent-I'revkxiii Occasion When
He spoke for McKinley in the 6ame
Hall Itecalkxl -Victory for Sound
Money Declared to Have Been Won
by the Gold lemocratsi Republi
can ClalmK Derided. A-:. (
Indianapolis, Ind.,'vOct. 7.-M. & in-
galls, president of the Big Four road,
was the principal speaker at the Dem
ocratic meeting In Tomimson Hall to
night, the occasion being th opening
of the Democratic campaign in Indian
apolis. The t speaker was escorted to
the hall by Democratic marching clubs
and railroad -men. M. C. Sweeney, of
this city, who presided, introduced the
speaker. Who said in Dart:
'"When' t '.last appeared before you- It
ait under different circumstances. It
.vuh In tliw wry hall In that 1 matte
t HtK-ecli .advtUftting; the election of Mc
Kinley. 1 believed then that the election
if Bryan meant an economic revolution,
which would ' bring ruin and trouble to
our people, and especially to thoae who
depended upon fixed salaries and fixed
wages, and, therefore, 1 relt compelled to
fcreake the traditions of a lifetime, and
support a Republican candidate,
"1 did not Iwlleve in a half-way measure
of Bupportlng Palmer and Buckner, but
thought, if t were right in my tneonen,
there was but one course to pursue, and
that was to support McKinley. It was
only, however, upon the one point of
preserving the gold standard.
1 hut crlwls Is past. To-day there m
(mention about it. Whether legis
lation, us osmc claim, or Increased pro-
lurtion of gold, as others say, is renponi-
;lf for it, nevertheless It is true that no
no In the land would care to go back.
"It ih Interesting to-day to listen to the
lulk of the Republican leaders about how
iliry saved the country m lSwhen the
.act ih, that a large portion of them at
Unit lime were hesitating anjli halting,
ml had no settled opinions as to what
he xtiiiMiard should be. r
"They hud brought the coilntry Into a
peiiloiiH condition by their -trifling with
In- currency. They had paused the Bher
nnn bill, and they had reduced the
m inrlMl condition of the treasury by their
xtrnvagunce to the direst extremity.
"Thev were only saved by the gold
Liemoc rata men who thought their duty
to their country demanded that they
.1 ho u Id lead their party temporarily, and
ut a ntop to the false and vacillating
financial policy that was going on. They
iHilieved they could do this better by
g-rtting with the Republicans than by
.laying with tiie Democrats.
'Thin Is what bolstered up McKinley
tnd the other Republican leader In 1896.
ltefore this they were halting and hesi
tating, but the strength and the influence
ut the gold Democrats gave tnem courage,
tnd so It was the sold Democrats, ana
not the Republicans, that saved tne
country from disaster In 1&9&
"The credit that has come rrom trie
eptahliHhment of our standard of value.
ind the prosperity that has attended It, Is
tot due to the Kcpumicun leaacrs, put
to those Democrats, who. at great per
wnal sacrifice ind risk, believed that th
Maudnrd should be maintained, ana
whose courage held up the hands of the
RerubHoan leaders when they were faint
and weary with tne Dame.
"It was the moral courage that tney got
from the sound -money Democrats that
lived the day.
"Let uh look at some of the claims and
.ictM i.f the Republicans. In the first
place, they claim that the panic of 1898
diiiK caused hy the election of Cleveland
ind the Dt-mocatlo administration. Even
t child, if he stopped to think, would
lurdly be deceived by such talk as this,
"funics are not produced by sudden
causes. It U only after tney have Deen
prepared and made ready by long years of
ilnanclal mistakes, by over-speculation,
y over-trading, by extravagances, -that
ume wuddeu ca-ise develops them. I chal
lenge contradiction of the statement !e-
nre any- Inti lltn-nt tribunal thut the
panic of 1693, with Its troubles and dis
asters that followed, was caused by the
inwlse legislation of the Republicans In
previous years-speclally by rhelr ,pur-
'hnioc of silver und piling it up in the
vaullK. and their wasteful and extrav
ipant ttppropnatlonx of revenue, by which
he Ircaxury whs exhausted.
Wli-n tne Democrats left office In 1888,
there wax ,i largo surplus In the Treas
,uy. Thin wan soon used up by the ex-
u-av:iganccs of the Republicans, and in
the luat years of President Harrison'
administration, before the advent ol
Cleveland, they were worried and troubled
for fear they would have to make a bond
issue to tide over the expenses. So bad
was the condition of the Treasury Just
before they went out of office In March,
Hint thi-y fully expected from day
to day to Ikmuo bonds to supply the
Jcrtclt.
"l was in Washington at that time, and
i-n.i ml.er very well that, while sitting in
the office of a cabinet officer discussing
a business question with him, he wat
-ailed to the telephone, and came back
with his face wreathed in smiles, and
sii Id: "I hve just been talking to Secre
tary K.iMler. of the Treasury, and he tells
tie that he ix going to be able to squeese
-1. rough without Issuing the bonds.'
"Such was tne condition of the Repub
lican government In its closing days of
March. 'sKi, and if President Cleveland,
tin lux advent Into power, had called to
gether IiIh CongivsH, and hud had an In
vestigating committee appointed, and
shown up tlie condition of the Treasury,
the odium of the situation would nave
been upon the Republicans and not upon
the Democrats.
'This, for reasons which I have no
dcubt appeared to him good, he did not
do, anil yet the Treasury was in much
a condition that bonds had to he Issued.
jnd our credit would have lieen ruined
had t not been fnriSJie stand that Pit!-
:eiit ('levelaiKl t(K)k,nd. us the rewult
f IIiIn i.-oiidition of .be TreuMtiry and the
rcviou-i ',iM-i-iilatki i and bad legislation
the inflated bubble burst In the umiiwi
l lsc!. and we had years of Want and
famine and dull bualness, which have
always followed years of such wild spec
ulation as there had been under the Re
publican rule.
"If you listen to the Republican Orators
to-day. you would think the good crop
ror the lust few years, and the good
,,riees which have obtained, were all due
to their rule. Kvtvl the -weather Is man-
id thy nan li. glvrr forth
Us Increase at their behest.
"Can It be that wlae men and thinking
men believe that a tariff is well for the
-ountry whl!h protects a certain Industry,
the products of which all the people use.
and protects It so much that one man is
-nabied to tako out hundreds of millions
f dollars as profits? Do any of you
think it wise to carry protection to this
cud? is it healthy for a country that
the w-alth should be , so , unevenly dl
trfhuted. and yet is It not (rue that many
f ,th"8 largo aggregations, of. money,
theee grt acctunulations of wealth, have
been plied up solely and made possible
by tho tariff?' Tbes9 large combinations
:t' nxtecta, ; . - . . t, ; . t - -.
' "I notice they have got out some figures
by one of their henchmen, who gives a
list of prices of various articles, showing.
that the- cot of living has increased but
little, . lie .toe this by the doctrine, of
averages.. You can make out almost any
thing by " figure if you have got good
men to figure. It reminds me pt the old
storv- of the tw men dlsputir", and one
ni.-kinir a statement to the otnui -.nd say
ing. 'Joshua, this to right, for f -h figures
prove lt,wnnd figures won't lie? t which
Jr.shuit - reolied, "No." John, figures won't
lie, but liars wtl figure If there ever
was ram where the liar was figuring.
It Is in the statisUcs which ar published
as to the rwd af living la Republics
ststemetits. !h V -.. .
'For isKtanoe, they will select certain
articles,' and then take the average el
these articles, in tne year is'i they snow
that nutmeg .were 45 wr cent, belli w th
averago eost of ten years ending In I89j
that the prtee of ,g had ineresaea -w
Iter ent.. but uking these two Items to
gether, they prove that th vest t UvUuj
m largely Seiow the average for 18W) to
lsfftt, I presume thttt an ordinary family
would ue--i t-enta wortn oi nutmegs iu
a year, nnd W wortn or eggs, it tney
could afford It. ' A nice thing this average
-rnihlv the crroa test trsubla from ht
cxeesMvs tarllT is the ImT4 tevenuus that
dome In. ud the. txtravugant' eipendtt-
uivs it engenders, Au-ouoy tnors is s
lelinlt which: the government must face
changing their books un striving i,s
n-.uch as they esti to cover it up until
Jtvr eieciiott ouy, dui one tnav is grow
"Ths rac question, which had been
iaki lu rest wiaely or Mcivmlcy, has oaeu
.iuised and Intensified for ths purpose ol
.ttiiig a few vol is In some Northern
jtatos, und years of woe and sorrow,
hleMv to the black race, will come from
this foolish and unealled-for stirring ot
this question."
At th conclusion of Mr. Ingairs ad
dress, B. F. Shlvely, of Indiana, spoke
briefiv. :" - " '
THE MERGER CASE COXTIM E1).
Doubtful Whether Next South Caro
lina Legislature Will Make Any Ap
propriation to Test Validity of
Southern's Leases of State Railroads
Extra Term of Court at Aiken.
Observer Bureau..
Hotel Jerome.
Columbia, 8. C, Oct. 7.
The celebrated merger case, which
the last Legislature instructed the At
torney General to bring against th
Southern Railway to test the validity
of the Southern's lease of the South
Carolina A Georgia, the South Carolina
ft Georgia Extension and the Carolina
Midland Railroads under the act for
bidding the owning and operation by
the same corporation of parallel com
petitive lines, goes over until next
spring on account of an order which
Judge Purdy yesterday sighed at Cam
den. The order appoints Master in
Equity L. A. Wlttkowsky special ref
eree to take testimony at Camden,
Aiken, Orangeburg, Columbia and other
points in the territory affected so a to
avoid the expense of having the wit
nesses come to court. About a score of
witnesses had been summoned to ap
pear at the trial of the case, which
was to come up at Camden next week,
but the Attorney General's office Is to
day notifying these that they need not
appear. The Legislature failed to make
gained from this litigation except fees
or witnesses' pay, and this is one ex
planation of the delay. The case can
not be carried on without money. But
It fs doubtful whether the next Legis
lature can be persuaded to spend money
m the case, as the feeling is strong In
certain quarters that nothing is to be
gained from this litigation except feed
for a party of lawyers. The properties
ire all heavily mortgaged and bonded
and it Is likely that, th Southern owns
a majority of the stocK In each, but
holds It through some clerk. If they
are divorced and required to be run as
separate roads, It Is argued that the
public is ulmost certain to suffer from
increased rates and poor service.
On petition of the Aiken bar, the
Sovernor to-day commissioned Mr. J.
E. McDonald, of the Wlnnsboro bar,
to preside over an extra term to be
opened at Aiken on the 21st of Kovem
ber.
The children of the Centenlal grad
ed school, this city, were dismissed this
afternoon and told not to return until
notified to do so, the reason being that
the wife of the Janitor was found to
have diphtheria, and they live on the
premises, within sixty feet of the near
est class rooms. There are only two
cases of diphtheria In the city, but the
location of this one created something
it a sensation. It Is expected the ses
sions of the school will be resumed
Monday. ,
NEUIIO SHOOTS DEPUTY.
Great Kxcltemcnt at Gainesville, Fla.,
and !rowdH Guarding the Roads
Deceased's Wife With Him at the
Time.
Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 7. About 4:20
this afternoon Deputy Sheriff Oarett
Chamberlain was shot, near his home,
at Tacoma, by a negro while in a-wag-on
with his wife. He died instantly.
His wife was prostrated and could not
talk. The information was received
here by telegraph from Micanopy, but
no particulars were given. Th tele
gram gives no name or description of
the negro. The people here are very
indignant and big crowds have gonsl
out to guard the roads and approaches.
Sheriff Fennell sent to Fairbanks for
bloodhounds and will leave hers ' at
midnight
George Chamberlain, father of the
victim, was serving here on the grand
Jury and came neur breaking downat
the sudden news. Judge wills ex
cused him and he left for home at 9
o'clock. ,
Excitement here is at the highest
pi tcli.
The deceased was very prominent a
young man of 30 years and married.
He was a trucker and farmer at Ta
coma. FOOC DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE.
'Whu'f Hotel, In South St. Iocli, Mo.,
Destroyed Fifth Fatally Burned.
St. Joseph, Mo,,.. Oct. 7.-Four persons-
' perished to-day In a fire
which destroyed the Tracy v Hotel,
In South St. ' Joseph, The dead :
Lafayette Prew, llvestock.nuyer; C
F. Morton, employe of stock yards
company; Mrs, Anna Weston, of
Gentry county. Mo.: unknown man.
Gilbert Weston; 13 years old, son of
the dead woman, Is fatally burned. Wm.
Simmons was also badly hurt; by Jump
ing from a third-story window.
Delegations? Expected at RoMcmtniut
V '. .To-Day.-.-j-;: n:
' Esopus, Oct. 7. Judge Parker reach
ed home late this afternoon and at once
drove over his. farm and Inspected the
progress made In the; fall plowing. He
then - worked on -his correspondence
until dinner. There were no callers at
Rosemount In the evening.- but two
small delegations are expected to-morrow.
" - - .
Elcvrti ; Bdcrtan -Soldier ' Killed Jby
-,sMicll Explodon.
Antwerp. Oct. 7,- Three shells explotU-
ed liv.Fort Salnte Mario to-day. Eleven
soldiers wre7fcllled outright end many
injured. -The explosion occurred while
the shells were being placed in ; the
magaslne, which was completely de
stroyed. '.-.,..:
BRITISH STEAMER SEIZEIV
JAPANESE BLOCKADE' ALERT.
Tlie Slnhan, With Cargo of Cattle
- and Flour frTom Hhangttal to Port
Artliur, i tspturott 4 h Off : New
- ChwanswConiiunsncs of the Gale
-I In the Chin Mca Compels Inactivity
".On the Part of tin Japanese Fleet
, Only fcklnnlMltcs About Mukden.
Continuance of the gale which de
veloped on the China Sea and adjacent
waters 1 on 1 October 4 ' precludes sotlve
operations by th Japanese fleet block
adlng Port Arthur, The British steam
er Blshun, with a. cargo of cattl and
flour front Shanghai for Port Arthur,
has been ; seised by ths Japanese oft
New Chwang, fe-A ftlletachmont of th
Finland Guards has bean ordered to
leave BU- Petersburg for the far Kaet,
RF.CEST OCri-OST HGHTIXO. - f
six IVlty Affairs- Decrlbod In
n Report iHMued at Toklo -lite Ru
idauH Wearing Chinese Clothing.
Toklo, 'Oct. 7.-Th Imperial head
quarters Issued a report to-day of th
recent Russian military movements
and skirmishes with the Japanese south
of Mukden, a follows: On October 4,
a few of the enemy's cavalry approach
ed the vicinity of Aiyangptenmen, but
our rorce arovs tnem orr.
"The enemy, with a battalion Of In
fantry, eleven squadrons of cavalry and
five guns, advanced toward Shaltuhatiu
on October 4, and retreated toward
Huangshan, October S. In this direc
tion there were also two or three of
our squadrons of cavalry, whose out
post lines extended between Nlaokou
shnn and Wanchleaffen. The Russian
Infantry heading the column wore Chi
nese costumes.
"On October 4, a small body of the
enemy attacked our pickets at Plntal
su and on the Mukden road and were
repulsed. The enemy left his dead and
rides behind. All the enemy wore Chi
nese clothing.
"Four squadrons ot Russian cavalry
came to Sunshutsultsu, on th Fushun
road, October 8, and remained there
until the morning of October 6. The
enemy's cavalry patrols have been
seen south of Wullchies and Lungwan
gla, but they retreated north to Lutoa-
kou, leaving Infantry patrols,
"A detachment of the enemy's caval
ry, with three guns, advanced toward
Shloatl and, and taking up a position at
Tatal, fired on our troops north of
Yental.
"The enemy posted at .Chantan, on
the right bank of the Hun rlvsr, has
retired, leavlnsr.a small fore ther.
"There are no troops of th n,my
in the neighborhood of Taotalsu. A
small force of the enemy recently at
tacked our outpost on the left bank of
the Hun river,, nut was driven back.
WON'T. JGO BY CAPE IIORJf.
Baltic Fleet, Accompanied by the
ice-Breaker lurnmclc wilfc Soon
HallNo Fresh Advices Received at
St. PetcrshnrB, -
St, Petersburg, Oct. 7. :00 p, m.Up
to this nour trie war Office has wot re
celved fresH advices from ths front.
The admiralty continues without
news of the reported sea light, off Port
Arthur, as well as of the Toklo report
of the wrecking and damaging Of Rus
sian warships at Port Arthur by the
Japanese and batteries. AS a portion
of the squadron has been going out
occusionaly to bombard the Japanese
land positions, .the possibility., that
some of the Russian vessels may have
been damaged by tne Japanese oat
terles is admitted.
The admiralty officially afitiounces
that the Baltic fleet will be ready to
sail as soon as the battleship Orel and
the cruisers Oleg, Zcmtchug and Isum
rud, which sailed from Cronstadt to
day, .arrive at eRval. The Ice-breaker
Krmak will accompany the fleet.
The Associated TrenH learns from an
admiral occupying a high position that
the proposition to send the fleet to the
far Kiut by way of Cape Horn has
been decided In the negative.
The admiralty is unable to furnish
Information concerning the two Rus
slan ships reported to be cruising In
Torres Strait, in the South Pacific
Ocean, between New Oulnea and Aus
tralia, if any Russian ships have
been been sighted In Torres Strait, or
If any Russian ships are now there,
they must have been sent out from
Vladlvostock by Vice Admiral Skryd
loff.
STILL NO CONFIRMATION.
Little More Lrwrnert Regarding the
Kea Fight Off Tort ArthurThe
Blockade Ineffective.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 7, 8:11 a, m.-
The only reference made to the report
ed sea fight off Port Arthur Is contain
ed In a delayed special dispatch from
t'hefoo, which says that on the night of
October fi the sound of firing was heard
In the direction of Port Arthur and
that searchlights were seen to be work
Ing In that vicinity. It Is thought there
may have been a battle, but no con
flrmntlon of the report of one has been
received. The dispatch further states
that. In spite of the tightening of the
Japanese blockade, Junks are still ar
riving from the fortress, bearing rcf
uge-s, who say thut all the attacks of
the Japanese have been repulsed and
that It will lie necessary to Institute a
long lege and a complete blockade In
order to reduce the fortress. The block
ade, aecrdlng to the refugees, is not
completely effective. Junks continually
arriving with food 'supplies and muni
IIoiik for the garrison. The Japanese
have Instituted a clone- patrol over the
Yellow Sea, stopping every vessel
HightedV--The. cnptHtn of the- British
steamer Cttenan. which was stopped by
a Japanese cruiser while on her way
to C'hefoo from Taku, but was allowed
to proceed after her cargo was exam
lned. has made protest against the way
he was boarded and searched on the
high seas.
INRIOST AMONG CHINESE. .
OfliclalH Fulpping tlie 8ldlcry
AfreMli CauMO of Anxiety Not As
oortaiiied. Shanghai. Oct. 7-Numerous reports
received from the interior telling of th
activity of secret societies at - points
widely apart are causing serious un
easiness. "'f,".:,fv::i:f &
i It Is known that the offlclals every
where are displaying great anxiety, and
are procuring the most modern 'tnni
and munitions of war for the purpose. of
equipping the soldiery. . There is no
certainty as to whether . the anxiety
of the officials Is directed against an
ticipated i risings or as ' to .whether It
Is a precautionary movement in view
of - possible danger from a succeBsful
Japan. -
t OVERMAN AT MOWHOE.
Senator Addressee ' n Appreciative
Audience in the Court llouso lcr
sons Is and Sews Notes.,
Special to Th Observer.
Monroe. Oct t.4iun. L U. Overman
spoke In th court house her this af
ternoon v to a small, out appreciative.
audience, ills speech was on ot powci
and logical reasoning, dwelling mainly
national roues, lie contrasted noose
veil and Imperialism with Parker and the
constitution, and spoke at, length on th
uaritt question. All who beard him wsr
nighiy Messed with ths address. - -
,Mn, t. w. iiarvey underwent a sue-
ceasiul Operation yesterusvy at th ktou--t,fa-Htw,rt
Hauitartum, She la resting
auu-tiy: and getting along as ticu; .
uuid be expected.
Mrs. jamas uttiriih. wno baa been visit
ng friends In '1 iiuniasv.no una muu,-
uni, has returned Iionw.-Mr, T. i, 4ervi
i atttindlns court at Troy. Mr. J. K.
rTice, a prominent attorney of Albemarw,
spent wwinssday in Monroe. Mr. H. II,
ttcdwln has returned from HU Louis,
firlter its attended the Congress of Law
vers and Jurists
funeral of his nurfhitr. wtin died Thilraduv
it her imme, in Anson county, at , ths
advanced age ot 'is years. Mrs. Nanuo
aras a faithful member of th prlmltiv
Baptist Church, and a good Christian
woman, Mhu leaves thre suns, via: lr.
U. B. Nanoe, of Monroe; Mr. J. W,
Nance, of Bessemer City, and Mr. S. T.
None, of Ansan county, and thre
ut Albemarle, and Mrs, Isaao Parker and
Mrs, Henry fitrker, of Anson county,
Mr. J.uIIhii McLarty, of Calumblm. g.
C. is spending a few day with his oar
onts, Mr, and Mrs. -J M, McLsny, east
or town. Miss Maine Saunders, of Wash
ington, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. 3. M.
tiiHir, kov, l. m. Austin ana rnmuy,
of Ohttrlotte, are visiting at Mr. M. M.
Griffin's, on the corner of Windsor nd
ivushington streets.
JAPS SEIZE BRITISH SHIP.
Steamer Carrying Provisions for Port
Arthur . Overhauled Off New
Chwang.
Shanghai, Oct. 7. The British steam
er Siahan, from Hong Kong, has been
seised by the Japanese off Nw
Chwang.
The Slshan carried a cargo of cattle
and flour, Intended for Port Arthur.
The Shishan I a steel-screw steamer
of 1.315 tons, and is owned by Thomas
W. Richardson, of London.
Russian Naval Officer Nervous
Wreck.
Chellablnsk, Russia. OcL 7. CapUln
AndrllT, of th Russian armored cruiser
Hossia, of the Vladivostok squadron,
passed through her on October , on
th way to eastern Russia. He is suf
fering from an acute form of nervous
prostration, th result of tsrrtfio ten
sion during th naval fight with th
Japanese fleet under Admiral omaya.
Ship Reported Damaged by Land
:- Dattterles. ;
Toklo, Oct. 7. It Is reported here
that the fire of th Japanese land bat
teries severely damaged four Rossis
warships in th harbor ot Port at.
thurr 'It ;U "stated that one ot th
vessel was completely wrecked. The
names, o( none of the ships were given.
Leave for tlie Front.
St; Petersburg, Oct. , 1:60 a. m.
The first troops of the Imperial Guard
left St. Petersburg to-night for ths
front. They consisted of the second
division of th Finland Guards, of
which the Infant Csarevltch is honor
ary coonel.
- Gale Still Raging.
London, Oct 8. The Dally Tele
graph's Chefoo correspondent, cabling
under date of October 7, say that th
gale is still raging, preventing com
munlcatlon with Port Arthur.
WOMAN ROBBER CONFESSES.
Admits Being a Member of a Gang
Whirl i Has Committed a Score of
Hohlicrice In West Virginia.
Fairmont. W. Va. Oct. 7. Mrs. W.
V. Jacobs, has been arrested for being
Implicated In the robbery of .the B. A
u. Kauroaa station, at wortnington, in
Jail .to-day she confessed to Deputy
Sheriff Watsoti that she Is a member
of a gang who have committed at
least 20 robberies In Wortnington with
in a few months. She named others In
the gang with her, one of th accused.
Hays McDonald, being arrested to
day. Officers ars searching for th ac
cused persons. Among th robberies
committed were the Baltimore ft Ohio
station at Wortnington, robbed thre
time; a flour mill, a barber shop and
numerous residences and houses. ' Mrs
Jacobs said that the gang met In th
house of one of the robbers, where the
plunder was stored. This house was
searched by officers and a large amount
of flour and groceries wu found.
ODD FELLOWS' NEW OFFICERS.
i. Mi-Henry, of Virginia, Elected
Grand Master -Richmond the Place
of Meeting in 10.
Columbus, O., Oct. 7. The twelfth bi
ennial meeting of the grand lodge of
the Grand United Order of Odd Fel
lows closed to-night with the election
of the following officers: Grand Mas
ter, J. McHenry, of Jones Institute,
Va.; deputy grand master, W. E. Tem
ple, of St. Louis; editor of Journal, 8.
tj. Asbury, of Norfolk, Va.; directors,
U. J. Davis, of Atlanta; K. P. Jones, of
Vlcksburg, Miss.; L. N. Porter, of Little
Rock: W L. Houston, of Washington,
and Levi Orr, qf Memphis. ,
ftii;nmoiiu, va. was viiubvii 09 tuv
place for the meeting In 1906. s , v
Brought
Back to Receive
Death
Sentence, v 'j:t
Birmingham. Ala,. Oct. 7. Sheriff
BTlrgtH7BowehOdavareirTs-, to
Identify and bring back Frank Duncan,
charged with Idle murder of Policeman
u. w. uvirxiey, or mis city, returoeo.
to-iday with Duncan. - Before leaving
Tavares, Duncan was convicted of rob
bing the bank at Leestrarg, FUu and
given a 15-year sentence.'- Th sentence
was suspended In order to turn him
over to the Alabama authorities as a
death sentence wa awaiting him here.
He will be re-sentenced in a few days.
Duncan does not deny his Identity.
Extra Session of Alabama Legislature
Called. -
.Montgomery, Oct. 7. Acting Govern
or Cunningham has declined to call an
extra session of the Legislature in re
spons to the almost ul versat demand
of members of the bur of the Stat be
cause of the recent decision of the Su
preme Court declaring the Lusk Judi
ciary bill. Involving the entire Judiciary
system of the State, to be unconBtltti.
tlonal. r :. ' : f- :- 1 -
The action of the Governor,': mages' it
Incumbent upon the executive commit
tee to meet and .decide who are Dem
ocratic, nominees.
prison guam a:; ..
CHARGED with k::;::: , .
One of the Governor's J
, tltanged A Woman's
lel Judjpe inirncil 1.
Interestng Opinion VAt'i i
crats CoofMi-nt -On -.
Jrise C hartered -Cir. --atterson
l'nable to Atu-;. s
Louis Meeting.
, Olxierver Lu-
' x 17 West Cabarrus .-
. RalclKh.
A woman's club of zw men.i- -
organised her this sfternoon wt
r. I Bteveus, president, the i
being to work along Kites lh.it i
strictly to the interest of uini-i
out political. Church or eoi l.il t.
tion. - -
F, M. Buchanan, a guard at V. i
Untlary, was berore Mayor I'o'
day, charged with assault with :
weapon and highway robbery, t
sent cn to th higher court ur,-
former charge, He mad the t
h was drunk and did not kn... v v
he was doing and Introdu" ! -nesaes
to prove that h had :.
quantity of dispensary and Mi.-1
whiskey and no end of beer, wine,
and eoco-coia concoctions.
Sine th tssuanc of th pre
for ths Association of pommu
of Agrlcultur ot th Southet n .
at Baton Rouge, October 13. a
th Bt, Louis Exposition Otto' - -
it developed that neither comnn-
of Agrlcultur 8. L Patterson or
Chemist Bi W Kllgor will be at
attend, although Dr, Kilgore i
tary of th association and Coi;w
slonsr Patterson is down for a n .
dress on th work of the Agricuit
Department of North Carolina, i
Butler, North . Carolina's Stale vef
narian, I also down tor an addn -
th subject of cattl quarantine. ..'
mlsstoner Patterson is not able by t
son- of ill health to take any i-n
the campaign, M physicians iiwwu
that h must not do so. .However, s
expects to Join Governor Ay cock i
Wlnston-Bslera to-morrow ana spen-i
week with him in th western part
th Strnte. i though he will n. t i
abl to tnak any speeches.
It is 'v anoouncedt from j Demoer t
headquarters that th appointment
Hon. B. 9. Aycock to speak at lie
etta October Uth Is changed to C,
leen. ''"' '-tf-:i-i:5; --':
In th Federal Court, Judge Pun
renders an opinion declining to t
quit s J. H. McNeal to pay 11.019 i
th fund for tfn Dunn Furniture k
Hardware Company,: bankrupt, hoi !
that h wa not partner- end t
the money he drew out of the tntsln.
before th failure was an amoui.t .
Mrs. Bertha McNeal. The opinion 6
refuses to allow the claim of th An -lean
Harvester Company.? for sev
machine thst wer in the stock of '
bankrupt when th referee look cb.
BUt Auditor S,'F. Dixon has t
turned from hi eastern Carolina, tu
Ipsign. trip having canceled sever; ! .
Igagements In th vicinity-of Iia.aL
City on account' f th fair now i
progress ther. ', H , say Demw r
throughout ths section through wii
he traveled ar enthusiastic und to
dent of majoritle second only to t!
rolled up for th constitutional am.-i -ment.
H will go into the western i
of the Stat nut week.
Th Secretary of State charters i
Spencer House Furnishing Company,
Spencer, capital f 20,000 and Jaa. i
DorsetV president - - ctu
Lieutenant Clarenc ' O: Sherrili, t
th Corp of Engineer, United rJtat
army. Is spending some time in tne n
preparalng a translation and review
'Knselgrements de deu "Querres
centos" by .General H. Langlols, Frei
Council of War, the, translation
review being for th use f the gent i a
staff ot the United State) army. Lit -it-tenant
Sherrili Is fcstfri-ot Capt. J'..
O. Sherrili, Stat LlbrarUn, bese,
Frank William, a negro burglar, u
brought her from Wllmltigion . Uxt
night, to serve a ten-year term f"--breaking
into the residence of Mrs. t ,
H. Ganser. t , -, y-
Ma PAYNE'S FPU ERA L.
All Wasltlngtoo Offlclaldora PrM r
in St. Jolin's Church in Honor t .
tlie Late Postmaster , Ocncifcl
Body Sent to Milwaukee. -Washington;
Oot l.Offlc!als of tl ?
Mummsnt and nnrsserttatlveS Of for
eign power gathered reverently at & '.
John's church, at II o'clock this morn
ing, to do honor to th memory of r
1st Postmaster General Payne, Owi;
to th limited capacity ox m vhl ...
admission was by card only, and every
. s ka sstlA4i-M r,ftvrl Knlsvnn-r tt';.i -t
psj W Ul Mil JliVIIs-v swssg sms """-' ' '
nlledBy-xecnUv proclamation t
. . , , a ,1,,,
Leparimenia iinu veeu oroncn w v .
m tin t n. in and thousands (
ESV... m - -F "
government clerks during the ceermoi;
stood in tn cnurcn yarn. : ms iuikui
party,' consisting of th fimlly. mem
bers of th cabinet and eight unlfortr i
letter carrier, who carried th casi et.
left the apartments at the AH .n? i
Hotel. hortly. befor the hour set f
the services and walked to the chur
Mdnt and Mra Ttiwviwvelt. w ho r - -
ceded them by a few moments, toe -
front pew on one siue, anu sua. .
the corresponding pew oa - the oi
side. The floral offerings were
ficent. ; including on from the m
House hot houses, arranged oy r
rwuuvir -nomonnllv. Ths hearse -h; -
escorted to the Pennsylvania sta :
alter tne service ana tne -; txray
sent to. Milwaukee on the train
left at 8:30 o'clock, - r , ' -
TROTTERS COLLI DL'.
Excitement Furnished in One of
- Races at Iiexlngton, Uy. 1'av
Wins tlie Johnson Stake. . .. m
Lexington, Ky.; Oct. 7. Chief
est ' to-day centered - la the J.
stake, established in 1SS7, worth J
for t:24 trotters. It was won lu t
straight heat by Lluonjero, the i
favorite. ' Excitement was furnii '
thi. first heat ' the V11 lass! l"
Fifteen : horses- started. At t -
Queen Wilkes broke badly 'and v
at the--wire.: ; Jim Ferry,' the f
and Newton A. colIIJetl at t!
pole. - Driver Orson, bihin l r -
was thrown from his seat,, t
Injured. "V';y'--:.:-
The Johnston stake, s. .
Lisonjerd won; Joliv 1
Bonnie ttussril, tl i
8:04 pace, purse $1."
N-ithaii i!lJUs-', t
a. it trot, tu, "
won it 1 a