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. , GIVE RESULT OF CAXYASS. FIRST DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT. , Rational Committe Report Ami ranee of Good Majorities Is - New , York, - New Jersey, Connecticut, -1 Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and Indiana . and the Majority, If . ; No All. of Uie Rocky Mountain Electoral VoteaVtaeotisIn and 1UI . not Donbtf ul Factional Difference ' ' Hurled . and Organisation ta All - Doubtful State More Effective Than t Ever Before. , v given out to-day by the Democratic ; national committee after a conrulta rp tlon between 4 Thomas Taggart chair . - L wrf i mm .j . . A, , . aiwr wuimiu v nueeoan. cnairman or . tne executive committee, and Delancy 5 Ntcoll chairman for the East. It says: ' W have made no formal statement concerning 'the political situation be fore this time, because ;-the material upon which alone the correct Judgment could be formed Was not at hand. "Our efforts during. the past, three months have been devoted to the task of organising and . harmonfsslhg the party In the states hitherto considered doubtful by reason of former dissen tlon. Thai work to now finished, and tt Is Impossible for the first time to reach a conclusion based anon a syste matic canvass, which can never be sat iafactorily' made until after organiza tion I completed and the organization baa well progressed. In every State and in alt sections, Democrat! have burled their differences and are working har moniously and enthusiastically for the ticket. Our canvass shows that scarce ly anywhere 1 there a trace of the dis tentions which for the past eight years has unhappily divided the party. In the States of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, Dela ware, West Virginia and In many of the Western States our organisation la more complete and effective than ever before in the history of the party. Can didates for Governorwho stand for the very highest type of citizenship and represent popular local Democratic is sues in all these doubtful States are greatly, aiding the national ticket by their energetic campaign. "Our canvass shows that we shall certainly carry by good majorities the Rate of New YorkNew Jersey, Con necticut,"' Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and Indiana, and that In addi tion of those electoral votes we shall have the majority. If not all. of the electoral votes of the Rocky Mountain States. It la impossible at this juncture to predict the outcome in Wisconsin. "Illinois must also be classed In the doubtful column, for although at this moment our canvass there Is imperfect, it Is sufficiently advanced to indicate tin unmistakable Republican defection." SOCIALIST RATIFICATION HELD. Crowded Hall in New York Hear Deb Attack both Republican and Democrat and Appeal to the Middle Clam. . New, York; Oct . Eugene V. Debs, the presidential candidate of the Social ist party, addressed a meeting which was held here to-day in the Academy of m-i ia ntifv hi. nomination Th I The hall was crowded, and Mr. Debs was """"" 1, ' XT" given an enthusiastic reception. HejTh occasion was a rtoat pleawlnt one said that the economic freedom of the SJ? ?tr laboring class hinges upon the showing ey are no longer dangers. Refresh which the Socialists may make in the ments were served, and the decorations coming election and declared that the wf oauUful. . enmity between the leisure class ana I dlB? utl0" f the firm o( Sael- the laboring class is increasing. ' .FUnt; and the establishment by "The so-called middle class wfll cease M'- ,n mptber drug store give to exist as soon as the laboring class out thaTlt hs had enouah of flnila onttliiim." he nontinueri. - "You need a few more millionaires We re growing. , and tramps,, the one enslaved by the H. Ferris, for a year superinten superabundance of food and with lack dent ot the experimental farm, has re of digestion; the other cursed with elgned his poettron,, and moved to his abundance of digestion but i lack ot! residence near town1. Aod. The capitalist Is bound to attack! Several of our most prominent winter the so-called middle class, and when he visitors arrived thl week, among them gets through with you, gentlemen of being Mr.. O. A. Hilt, and F. P. the mlddl class, you will be ready for 8chwalry and family, from Reading, us. You; will then find that the time Pa ha s come to shake off the two platforms! 1 ... ' : of "the same party which are In th field I KILLED IN RESISTING ARREST, for .election.. Tfc nominee of one of, - these platform Was the Choice Of J- Vnnnv rnnvlr r.nnl Riwntnl the P.V Morgan, the nominee of the other; the choice of John D. Rockefeller. You have no candidate; you middle class." TONTTFP GRIEVED AT FRANCE. - tv. w i sn Vi.k . asVitaK i-vn.'pri. "C 7kx. i Plums. "Oad'i Will He Done!"- i . S Abated to ree MacMiH. Rome, Oct. 23. Plus X was up S?LL h0!L0L!"J,gh!; W.al",Vr nl, auditors the papal nunciature at ) v u wvueoivu a a ,aiw T7. L. yl - M -v ,-A.M II - " v,wn'u"r m VTi l, "t"5 h "k" 'XZrlr .'7 Z. I r" . v-v.- uui ,ub iiwi uui muuKni. trom private Information he had received. that the ,- ".iTJOmy !T ,ne JinaDeria V7 i . Vi rv"Ofncer in the killing, and his entourage attributed the new "- aucceas of Premier Combes to the Influ- eiwte of the Free Masons, who. accord-! lnr to renoHn received at thit Vatican ! are determnlned to bring about the separation of Church and etate In or der to be freer to undertake a campaign mu ura ooject or aestroying an reiig ou feeling In France. When the news was received th v pontiff exclaimed. 1 "Uod' will be done!" - Lottery Ticket ConflHcated. i Sew York,Oct.;z3.Uln a series ... raids, representative of District . At torney Jerome's . office to-day aelsed w .:; SJou,W worth of lottery ticket - here ana arrested six men and one wotnun, all; resident of the lower East Side, vharged with sellhtg lottery ticket at them ostensibly- sold "steamwhlp tlck ets,f though one advertised his place of business as a real estate office, and an other, was proprietor of a. dry goods store. -...' ' - Severe'; Eartliquake Throughout Scan- :! ;j dlnavla. , .. " Indnii.' Oct. ? St. DiHpatchc received b-re.' from various points renort a rather Mivcre cart iKiuake and much damage . to property throughout i 8.Hndinavia and iHiiinuu-K anout u:w ojciock Oils mortiing."e. Thus far, however, been ' ' reported. - no fatalities lavve JAPANESE PBIKCFS VISIT. NOT TO .: DRUM ' CP,. SYMPATHY. Japanese Minister at Washington De inle That the Mikado Had the So 1 Called Chang In American Feeling aa Regards . tha War in Mind In 1 Mending His Adopted Brother on a r-' m.i - . wr i i . , mk.. mj to Visit the World's Fab- and to . Make Ue Tour of the Chief dUea, . Washington, Oct. ,23. It -wa stated authoritatively to-day that the pur- pose of the Emperor of Japan In send ing on a tsit to this country hi adopt ed brother, hi Imperial highness Prince Fusbirai. who will reach San Francisco means .'the traditional friendship be tween the United States and Japan. Mr. Kogoro Takahlra,- the Japanese minis ter at . Washington, in a conversation at the legation to-night with a cor respondent -. of the Associated Press, said i .' wAwAH'Bi'sif: To attribute the visit of his imperial highness to , tha so-called change in American feeling, as represented by some newspaper,, la entirely a 'guess' from wild Imagination. The prince's visit to this, country was originally brought Into consideration aa long ago as last spring, but a it was a part of its object to see the World' Fair at St. Louis, It was considered advisable to deter It to the autumn, when the ex hiblts would be in a more complete form for observationand for that reason this time was chosen for his visit, but there Is of course no question about the principal object of his visit being to strengthen thereby th tie of genuine friendship so happily existing between the United State and Japan, in a moi appropriate manner, bat not in such 'patch-work fashion' as has been rep resented in some quarters. His highness will maintain hi of ficial status as Imperial prince only at Washington and St. Louis, but in all other cities- -he will travel Incognito. Thlato1aother'videtic ilhat he 1 not coming, her tot start -a 'boom,' as ha been repotted. After his visit to the World' Fair, vh will quietly visit the educational, commercial and Industrial centres of 'this country, such as Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Pittsburg and Chicago, " As to the so-called- change In the American sentiment toward Japan, In my opinion, so long as Japan has noth ing in her motive or action to reflect on her that may be considered preju dicial to the legitimate interest of all nations, she has no fear of losing the friendship of any people, and even it theres hould occur some deviation In this sentiment, through misunder standing or-account of mischievous agencies, such misunderstanding must disappear, inasmuch aa there ia no real grounda' for its exltence." The prince, Jn addition to a dinner by the President at the White House, will be given aground, of official entertain ments. . ' " NEW MINISTER ARRIVES. Rev. U. K. I'm to Take fcltargc of Cougregatlonal Church anSuullicrii Pines- New Notes. f.- ., Special to The Observer. ;.',r-., , Southern Pines, Oct. 23. About one hundred members of different denomi nations assembled at the King's Daugh ters' hall thla evening to attend a re ception tendered to Rev. Dr. H, B. Foss and family, who have recently come to ... ,. -, r . , Southern Pines, Dr.. Foe being the new 8 ww" . . Iuur BV,r Mr. 'Flint will build a addition to the rear. if hl Wore on Penn avenue, 24x25 feet iMrtiurbance of Hla Slumbers in the Union Station at Macon. Macon, Oa., Oct. 23. Joe Davis, a vmmff arit a wA a thA rAn Hr oa mn nf jasper county, at Monticello, Oa.. was killed on the street in Macon early this monilng In a difficulty with two patrol - r. ....... Officer Burgaman. at the Union de- waTung room and Davis became en "ST. . " "" " k raged and fought the officer, in the broke it over the head of Patrolman Griffin, who came to the assistance of the speciaf Jfflcer. Griffin drew his re vover "d Bhot' Pang through the body of Davis. The wound j m ttu-Mt. ,-i.ter ThA enmner's inrv t,,m verdict of Justifiable homicide for the . - THREE KILLIJD IN WRECK. 1 ' - i . mwgcr aii rrr-igiu inunn voiime Hallrowl Employe, - - Natcbex, Miss. Oct. tS. Three." men were killed and two severely hurt in a bead - on, collision . between - a north bound passenger. - and ,i south-bound freight train on the uNatchea-Jackson branch of the Yasoo tt Mississippi Val ley Railroad to-day. The dead: . . . . ..... . n ,.' , - . - vv t uuaiu - ocrtcooi.ji.il. engineer passenger train, t, . ? EMIL MACKEY. fireman, poBerjger train. - ' 1 , JOlfN ALLEN', a negro jbraketnan. ' , Seriously Injured 1 t R. J. Year wood, conductor of , ptts senger train. ' . . - i - Y, Wahtchett, engineer, freight train. ' It js assumed 4hat the failure of the passenger train - to obey orders, which were to meet the freight at SUmpley, was the cause of the accident. China Not to Enforce Trade Mark Law ii . r Vet.". . ; f ' v . , TIen Tsin, Oct. 23.. 7 p. m. The Oer- mn rmnsul hem hiu received . a ! ' L"t" x,.!-, . ,V u,i !: " iMtv.u.n.B umi rnnce tuning na posiponea in en- jXorcement or tn trad mark law. PHILIPPINES DOING AYELL GOV. WRIGHT ANSWERS PARKER. In Reply to s. Cablegram From 6ecre tary of War Taft, Reirlting Jatim Parker' Clwrgea, the Civil (vernor - idicm ack Defense or ills Ad mlnlMraiion 4Ie Says Titere la no , Depotiam and a Minimum of Oor ruptlon, Tliat Uie People are Well. Fed and Xntcnted and That Latlroa. , lm la Dyltig Oat. ' , . i Washington, Oct, 2S. Th i following cablegram from Secretary of War Taft to uovernor Wright, of the Philippine Islands, was made public at th War Lepartment to-day: "October 20, 1M4. "To Wright, Manila. ' "TThe Democratic candidate for Pres ident, on the 15th t the present month. In a public address said: " 'But two classes of our people can hope to be benefitted by our holding the PMllpplnes the class which is alwav hunting for special 'government priv ileges and the class which seema to make of office-holding a means of live lihood. The later class In the Philip pines comprises some officials to whom a student of conditions there recently saw: 'or the character of many In of fices too little cannot be said. At best they have been Inefficient; at the worst. dishonest, corrupt and despotic The Islands seem to have succeeded In get' ting the very drugs of our people.' "He also said: "The situation In the Philippines to-day Is so terrible that It passes the comprehension of our peo ple at home. Agriculturally, the coun try s for the time ruined. Land Is go lng out of cultivation, the population is til-fed. and In some places unable to get work. The country is overburdened with taxation: d lease in prevalent: the farm animals are dead; the tows in many places are 'in ruins: whole dis tricts are in the hand of Ladrones; the prices of products poor and unremun- itrutive: Public opinion has no free ex pression: newspapers are bought up or are browbeaten Into silence: men of In fluence who crlticlHe the commission are ostracised', the plays produced In theatres are censored: there is not an organ or expression of the popular voice that 1 not controlled. In private life men are subjected to a complete, far- reaching, though systematic espionage. Detectives appear In the guise of ser vant, and the oath of a single one I enough to destroy a man's reputation, property or even life Itself. Your comments as civil Governor upon this statement of conditions In the islands is requested. The replv of Governor Wright, re ceived from Manila at 1 p. m. to-day, October 23. was as follows: Manila. Oct. 23. "Secretary of War, Washington. "With reference to your telearam of 20th, quoting recent utterances of Judge Parker upon administration and condi tions here and requesting statement or facts relating thereto, 1 report as fol lows: "First The statement that any con siderable number of officials have prov en corrupt, inefficient or despotic does grave injustice to a body of hard-work ing, aelf-renpecting Americans, whose character and Bervlce will compare fa vorably w ith those of employes of the Federal or State governments. Whilst there have been a number of defaults by subordinates, they are few aa com pared with the whole, and have been promptly detected and punished. Total default since July. 1901, beginning of civil government, $78,559. No ultimate los. Government protected by insur ances. We have comprehensive civil service law, rigidly enforced, under which antecedents and qualifications of employe scrutinized. Defaulters, with few exceptions, appointed during dis turbed conditions, prior to the inaugu ration of the law. Complaints of op pressive acts exceptional and promptly Investigated un.l and corrected. Rela- liona between the American officials and Filipinos, as a rule, cordial. "Second Nothing warranting the statement that town are In ruins, lands are going out of cultivation; people ill fed, unable to get work and country ruined agriculturally. Town In same state as before the Insurrection, save few burned by insurgents, have been re built and reoccupied. Towns generally populated as before. Sanitary condi tions greatly improved, demand for la bor generally equals and In some cases exceeds supply and at Increased wages. "During the fiscal year ending June 30, im, exports were $,226,127; Im pons, wa,zii.2o. exports reu oft a compared with previous year because of decrease in copra and sugar crops. due to phenomenally small rainfall In certain sections and to plague of l0' custs In others. "Of exports, $21,7M,M Owa hemp; of Importations, 311.548,814 was ricer the principal food of the people. Present crop in all lines exceptionally good, and prices remunerative, and tber is not now and will not be for the coming yeai any suffering from lack ot food. Enrollment public school In 1903 waa 184,202, and in 1904. 263,558. Third Taxation In not oppressive. Custom duties average about 18 per cent, ad valorem, us compared with 2t per cent, with Bpitniah regime. Indu trial taxes alxo less than Spunluh. Re ceipts honestly applied for the benefit of the people. "Fourth It 1 not true that there are whole districts in the hands of LadroneH. There huve been occasional Instance during the last year of depre dations of LadroiK-8, who (iml conceal ment in remote mountain fastnesses and raid isolated settlement of natives and Steal their curuboa. They have bee'h relentlessly purued by the con stabulary and scuuta, who are natives usually commanded by American offi cers. Aa a result of this policy, La dronism is no longer popular or profit able. There Is at this time not a sin gle band of Ludrones operating in the. great itslun of Luaun and in Vmuyan Island. There are only four or five La- drone leader with a few followers, ,wh occalonally give 'evidence of life .by stealing caratinu or plundering , re mote settlements. They pas mout of their tune i-endeavoring to dodgo ..the constabulary. , There 1 no disorder, or deposition to violence among the great i mas of the people who are attending to , their usual vocations. Americans can and de go everywhere without dan ger or thought ef it. In 4903 there were about " eighteen tnousand American troops in the island -This- year there are only about twelve thousand. It may be stated generally that life and prop erty are ms aafo here as in : the United State.,-: The general statement as to peace end order are Intended to apply to all of th etalands Inhabited by civ Med Filipino, except th island of Samar, It ha population In the mountains or the Interior, many ot whom have never seen a white man, ar. seinl-aavare. and hnv a weakness for raiding town along the coast. They are also religious fanatic,, generally directed by a pope cluinting to b in vulnerable. Seven month since there w ait irruption of these people, who plundered and burned a number of bar rio of coast town, killing men, women and Children when the ailghtuat resist anc was Offered. They have been given a severe lesson by the (coiuttabul ary ana ooui, out mere are still a number of these people prowling about the country. .Similar half-wild men are found scattered through th mountains of the archipelago and until their coun try I opened by roads and schoula ure established, Occasional disturbances of the character, indicated may be ex pected. "Fifth Btattinenta that newspaper are bought up or brow-beaten Into ll ence, that men of Influence who criticise the comndsslon ostracised, that sll or gans of expression of public opinion controlled, and that there la no free ex pression of th popular mind, are whol ly uosupportabl by fact. The right of free expression of opinion througn press or otherwise is recognised here a In the United States and practiced with the same freedom; the only limitation being responsibility for libelous and seditious utterances, the law relative to those being down from Federal and State statute of the Union. No news paper ha ben subsidised or. brow oeateil, nor has any one been ostra cised for criticising the commission The latter have frequently been the sub ject both of critlciHm and attack by newspaper and individuals. Pollticul questions, Including Immediate indepen dence, are every day dlwuHwed freely and without interference: theatrical plays are not censored. The only pos sible excuse for such a wt lenient it that something over a year ago a crack brained playwright produced a play In Tagalog, full of insurrectionary utter ances and culminating in the touring down and stamping upon the American flag upon the stage, for which he and ome of hi rellow-actora were prose cuted and convicted. It In equally un true that men in private life are sub jected to espionage, or that detectives in the guise of servants are employed. All these etatements are the veriest nonsense, without a scintilla of fact to support them. The only use to which detective are put is to ferret out crimi nals, aa Is done in the United State; and the number of detective employed by the government, upon comparison. will be found to be fewer here, in pro portion to population, than In New York. Judge Parker has evidently been grossly deceived. WRIGHT." COTTON GOES LP IN SMOKE, A Small Roy and a Match, FuitiInIi the Mean ot a Ooxtly Bln-o at the Newton Cotton Mills Lorn Coverotl by Insoranoe. Special ta.jTJie Observer. Newton, Oct. 23. A sniull white boy sauntered by a warehouse of the New ton Cotton Mill about 1:3ft o'clock thl afternoon, idly applied a match to a: exposed bale of cotton, and In less than art hour about $10,000 damage had re sulted. The warehouse contained some 500 bales and a large proportion of ii Wa destroyed, or badly damaged. Threi employes of another mill who were standing a short distance away, saw the boy fire the cotton. Perhaps a thoua and citizens were attracted by the blowing of whistle and the thick Brmke. Owing to a scarcity of water, no rain having fallen in nearly two months, there wa considerable anxiety lest the llatnes spread. The water sup ply of the mill was, however, found to be sufficient to hold the fire In check. Volunteer firemen and citisens general ly worked heroically in confining the flames to the burned structure. The loss, which cannot be accurately com puted at this time, is covered by in surance. J. C. A. L'NION VISITED BY FIRE. Union Wood and Coal Yard and Sev eral Car IJurn -The Town En dangered by the Proximity of Oil Yanks. Special to The Observer. Union, S. c, Oct. IL Th Are which broke out at 11:30 last night In Southern paxaenger car in aiding here. destroyed the wood and coal arUa ot the Power Fuel Company, together with three freight car and OM pasengr coach. At one lime the ratlr northern part of the city was in Immediate dan ger on account of th Standard Oil company tank being WlthLt a couple hundred feet of the burning ear and yard, but by hard work on th part ol the hoee connection from Union Mill the tank and many dwelling were saved. At one time the city power house waa alo la danger on account of Its being near the yard. The loss is about 32,000. Although the fire started in a car on the aiding the wind which was blowing south soon blew the flames into the dry pine wood and fanned it to a fur nace. The fire department, which was rather late in reaching the scene, also became confused and wa delayed in making hose connection and getting streams or water on the fire. Mayor McNally was present and personally took charge of tha fire department to get it in good working order, A I7.4MK) Fire at Llncolnimi Sjwcial to The Observer. Uncolnton. Oct. 23.--The entire plant of W. W. Mot waa destroyed bv fire last night about 1" o clock. Mr, Mot I our energetic contractor and used this plant to finish all kind of house ma terlal and a cheap line of furniture. The entire plant wa a tolut Ion, to- gether with about 6JOO feet of clumber and a great deal of finished r-hx1. The loss is estimated at about $7,000 with no InHurance.- . lie ha about eight dwell ings nw In course of construction and of course thl will delay the work con siderably, ; v ' RiiNHian Vowel at Clieirboiirg. Clteibourg, Oct. 21-rFour, more Rus sian torpedu boat have, arrived here, convoying a olller. They will not leave until Mbnday. . , - , KUROPATKIX'S EXT BLOW IT WILL BE DELIVERED 80OX. A Report of th Concentration of t0, ooo Ha-mlNii Northeast of Lio Yang Give Rlw to the lleilef That 111 Attack May Tak That Direction lrt Arthur Fat Maid to b Out aide tlie Harxr Cold Causing Suf fering Among tlio Troop. So far a the dispatches from th far Bast show, there ha been no chang in relative position of th hostile ar mies confronting each other on the line of the Shakh river. There is an un confirmed report that a Rutan force of 20,000 men have been concentrated at Keuta Pass, 20 mile northeast of Llao Yang, which may be Indicative of th direction in which Xuropatkln is to strike his next blow. Upwards of 10,' 000 of the Russian soldiers wounded In the battle of the Shakhe have reached Hurbin. Cold weather Is causing suf fering to the armies In th flid, al though It ha wrought an improvement In the conditions for th movement of troops. A report has reached St. Peters burg, but lacks confirmation, that th Port Arthur fleet has left Its anchorage tn the harbor and ha taken up a po sition in the roitd stead. KTOOFATKIN WILL TRY AGAIN. Nn Doubt at St. Petersburg That He I lrenating to Aail Uie Japanese 30,000 Ruaalan Reported Northeast of Renal lin. the Possible Direction of the Blow. . t. Petersburg, Oct, 24, 2:05 a. m. There I no change In the relative posi tion or the armle on the Shakhe river. UencrnI Snkharoff telegraphs that the Kussinn have been bombarding Larnu- ting and the Buddhist temple at Lln uhlnpu, while the Japanese have been Rhclllng the ItURRlan position at Shakhe and near Llndhinpu. An Associated Press dispatch from Mukden report that the Japanee are fortifying an im portant hejght sbuth of Shakhe, snd that neither nlde shows a disposition either to advance or to retire. Another AsMoclated Press dispatch from the Russian front ray the situation Is not yet ripe for the reaumption of the of fensive. Thl meagre but significant admission nil that the censor allow to pass over the wires, doubtless Indi cates that General Kuropatkln I ma turing Important ptnns and distributing his forces In readiness for another at tempt to break the Japanese reistanc. The wind are now dried by the wind and front; the cold I Interne and flood ed field have been fronen. Thu mili tary movement are facilitated, though at the same time it will be more dif ficult to carry on Intrenching work. An Associated Press dispatch from the rtuian front give a rumor that the Russian force made a detour to the wet, striving abreast of Llao Yang, but there Is nn confirmation of this re port. Great importance 1 attached to a report from Toklo that 200 Russians have crossed the Taltse river east of Benslhu and that 20,000 are concentra ted at Kauta Pass. 20 miles northeast. This may indicate the direction of Ku ropatklu'a next blow, or possibly it I Intended to dlcancert the Japanese snd compel them- to weaken their force oni the railroad. Whatever Kuropatkln' ultimate object may be, there is nd doubt that he 1 deslrou of obtaining the must reliable information as to the number and disposition of the force op posing- hos eastern flank. The Cossacks may be relied upon to harrass tne Jap anese line of communication, besides reconnolterlng. General Kuropatkln is with the center of hi army. On Octo ber 21 he personally conveyed the con arratulatlons of Emperor Nicholas to Count Pouloff and the Nineteenth Rl fie for the capture of Lone Tree Hill. The Japanese etlmate that th Rua slaii Iob in the battle will reach 60,000 is not confirmed here. A telegram from Harbin report the DaBsaae north of 26,000 wounded. The remalnedr, who ore quartered In ho pltala at Mukden, cannot exceed a few thousands. RUSSIAN CASUALTIES O,(M0. Jaianee Make an Estimate Based on the Finding and Iiiterinent of 10,550 of tl Enemy's Dead- Spoils Enum erateVl. Toklo, Oct. 23, I a. rn. Manchurtan headquarter, reporting by telegraph yesterday, ay the number of Russian dead found on the battlefield and in terred up to October 22, make a total of 10.r-6.".o. Upon thl total, Russian casualties are estimated to exceed 60,- 000. The Japanese captured a total of 45 gun during the Shakhe operation. The report of the Manchurlan head quarters follows: 'The enumerated spoils, etc., of tne battle of Shakhe follow: "Prisoners, about 500; enemy's dead .eft on the Held. 10,500: guns. S5; 27 amunitlon wagons; 5.647 rifles, 78,000 small urms ammunition; number swords, shovel, axe and tent. Be sides the enumerated property, the un counted property, extending over a ter ritory of 25 miles, will reach an enor- mou iuantlty. "The enemy' dead is being Interred with military honor. "According to the number of dead, the Russian casuulties are estimated at over 60,000." BALTIC! FLEET PASSES DOVER. English Crowd Watch Seven Battle-I ship Mild Four Oulht-rs hall by i Tlmm Tontedo Boats on the French uii(. London. Oct. 23.-Tlie Russian Pacific ,..!.., .iu... hm , ,,ww. , .iv.... v.v... """V hip and four cruisers, passed Dover in three sections between o clock thi morning and 2 o'clock this afternoon an.l later nassed Kast Bourne. Thev were watched by large crowds from Kiiore. oiniiK nas oeen een oi me tor(edo flotilla w hich, however,' may have passed during the night, as Lloyd's, at noon, reported four Russian torpedo boat passing St. Catherine's l"nf'r to ',,.'l,ten her perform- Point, "apparently boarding a steamer ' h cewmong. ' . bound east." .. ' . otliing heard at 8t. PeterIurt. -' A dispati-h from Cherbourg reports St.- Petersburg, Oct. U, 1 a. in. Noth that three Russian torpedo boat ee- ir)g has been heard hero a yet regard- corted by the volunteer cruiser Korea, i"g the retiorted firing on British trawt-ai-e moored In the roadstead there to, er by the Rusalan Pacific fBaltks) fleet lake coal, water, etc. I Unaler In ItnariiiicMM. . f ,1 Vigo, Oct. 23.-Flve,coai-ladon Oer-i mair nt earn era aro here,' awaiting the Russian fleet, which la expected next week. , Ttie 'RhmwIiuis Irrtrvnciiing, Mukden, Oct' 21 Sharp fighting Con- tinue. along .the front. . The Russian ar intrenching ground recently ocfcu - pled by them. , v , it FIRED OX BRITISH BOATS. BALTIC FLEETS UTRANGE, ACT. For Rome Unexplained Reason,, Qnlck-1 "r1".. VMn" Vm Turned on a Fleet; of FiMhlng float Off th tfaffiuti Coast During a Mlt Friday Night,! and 81 Kit er Left Imbedded In' nifir Nkieftrlalicrfnen Had Mail Sign of Amity Eighteen Men In Jiired Feared That One Vecl Wa Sunk. ' y London, Oct, 83.--The teani cutter Magpie,, was fired on by th Russian Baltic fleet Friday night. Her captain, on her arrival in the Thame to-night, said: ( - -r--z, "Friday night ' there were about W vessels tlshlng In latitude 6S degree 15 minute, nnd longitude 6 degree and 6 minute. It waa a misty, drissly rrht. We spread over an area of twne mile. Our admiral had Just pre viously signalled by rocket and col ored light the fishing direction for th night. Whether that had anything to do with what followed I do not know. The wholejlhlng I a mystery. "Presently tfagh the mist ther appeared th light of many vessel, big and small. Knowing that th Bal tic fleet wa en route, we naturally as' sumed that they were Russian, but I cannot say ror eortain. They wer signalling one another, and with pow erf ul searchlights spied out every on of our fleet Suddenly some of th warships slated firing at about twenty boats, which were nearest to them. We at flrt suppoRed they were blank shot, and the boatswain of the Tomtit, which was close In, held two big fish out at arm' length. Some say he was offering them to the RuMlan In fun and others that he meant to acquaint the Ilusans with the fact that we were peaceful fishermen and not dis guised enemies. In any case, there wa no mistaking our occupation, for we wer close enough for the Russians to Bee that our men were all engaged in gutting fish. When we realized that the Russians were firing shot and that men were being wounded, all became terror and confusion. Nets were cut away. Steam wos gotten up, and the trawler hurried away as fast as pos sible. "Judging by the rapidity of the shots, they were quick-firing guns. I have seen Home or the hot embedded In boat. They arc about tha diameter, but not the length of big cucumber, and with bras head. "What with the darkness, the rain, and tiny glare of the searchlights W were unable to identify th warships. After about half an hour the firing sud denly ceased and the fleet steamed away speedily In the direction of the English channel' : Captain Peakers confirms the details of the fate of the trawler Crane and her crew, and speaks with intense Indignation ot the conduct of the Russian h. He aya: "It is Impossible that we could have been taken for anything byt trawlers, i can July Imagine that tho Russians lost their Head and biased way In confusion, and when they discovered tholr mbj.ake Kteunied off." From Intorvlfiws will) members of the trawler crew, it appears that tha udmira of the fishing fleet burned green flare to show that they were harmless fishermen, nut these signals were Ignored. KMgiiteen Injured men are here under treatment. one trawler, the Wren, Is missing, and it Is feared she has Ihh-ii sunk. MUST RAVE PROMPT APOLOGY. Firing on British Trawlers Denominat ed an Act of War, if Facta ar iruiy Mateo. London, Oct. 24. Inquiries at Devon port last night showed that no special navai movement ba been reported and that Admiral Seymour had no official new of the outrage. sir Frederick Pollock, an authority on international law, said: "If th facts are as stated, It Is an act of war, iv mum mean an ultimatum or an apology within 48 hour or so. It will probably be found, however, that some Russian commander lost his head, sus pecting Japanese design and that he win be cashiered and an apoloa-y or dered." M. Sasonoff, one of the officials of the embassy, last night expressed deep re gret for the North Sea incident. If there had been firing it could only have been due to suspicion of some hostile attack upon the fleet. Considering the circumstance in the case the newspaper treat the mutter with commendable calmness, but are firm in demand for Immediate satisfac tion. BLANK I IRE ON DANES. Extreme Caution of tlie Baltic Fleet Illustrated by Two Incidents Prior to the I'lshcrmcn' Affair. 1-oiKlon, Oct. lit. The Times' correspond cut at CuDi'iihascn telearranhs as follows (in VVodnemiav evenina u telexram from 'he t star for A.lminil JoJ.-stvennky, of the " ei. arrived in care of the Rus Hiaii consular agent In tho Island of "'.'"Ilu!" . ,0"Mul,',r 'ae"t1 " "Hh.rmeti In n motor launch to do- u,,r u llH1atC.ll. "As they approached the admiral's ship, sonrehllahts wre thniwn on tho launch and ome blank cartridge were fired, 1 Russian forbade the launch to come 1'""' 8t'"t tttko 4h dl ..NolilHatlnn has been given tluit all im reliant men mmjllng the Baltic fleet must hoist their lUig, A Norwegian hooner has Wiled to do no, a olank The otity conceivable explanation of such Bt . story is the possibility that f f ne V? U "i" nave beld at target practice though . this, ia not considered likely. .',,!'. ' t Search Veawcl on Euglisli CiNMd.-' , Portxmotlth, Enahtlid., Oct. 23. The report is confirmed here that vessels of the Russian. Baltlo fleet stopped and 1 searched merchantment oft the Isle IWIghL , MILES TO UNION YL7 i ' tTtGES strroRT or r Rerblng 'to ' v Letter Ti AVar Comrade Ui 1 . mandlng ticn.-rsl iter! Brave Men Who I'acvd , In tit Orcat Strufr-le ; , . on Ute Candidate tU't Icntorrtlo InstJtutiom ? ' Both Mlc C'ontciKNtl - Thfir RiHtive Uht ., ; Ism a Real Alciuwe. ' Kew York, Oct 21. In t- . - tetter from Col. Finley An-i i k. ,. New York city, a civil wr t,n Getv Nelson A Mile ha s. t r t , View a to what ' course ,h i pursued by Union veterans in the i ent campaign. Col. 'Anderson a.-;, the result of th civil war are i threatened toy alleged executive uv. tlonv On. Mile write lu part s ', lows:.;- -j. '.'Ti:. ; . Tour letter ta similar to mmiv nunicatlon tht I bava rewiitly t-i . frtm Comrades in Mil part of the ennui . In replying thereto 1 feet that in v lng my opinion of the preisifit ciei, u pf national affair ' t : the hunirei thousands of , men who have give i t bert years of thei live to th rvi" the repubPc, i'i-l am addresslfigi a Ixwiv uprsmely earnest and consclenttous imt, ot, and, therefore, I prefer to speak ! openly through them to all or fell citlsen in every ctlon of th tnhm. "W Itave .Row reached the partms- the ways, and th question-whet tier shall continue that glorious career wlii our father Inaugurated and our n rades, living and dead, i preserved, ,s whether we aball take that other cmr whlch has been fatal to other rii. In the world' hlstory.'nust be it( mined by the aoverelrn act of our r' on th 8th of nxt November. Cmr (m- em, In ; establishing the government in ounsumnwte wisdom, created three at - coordinate brsnchesthe legislative, -ecutlv and judicial. , Th tustory nf on . cxiuiitry show that for more than on hundred year political parties bv e isted: and now to assume that .there t hut one party, composed of apttroximate ly one-haif of tho voters, that is tit -r qualified to administer the eneoili,' brunch of tha government, and that ev In that party there i but on man him: -fled to hold th highest position, I utter ly unwarranted, and, in fact, eri'. reflection upon the intelligence and pa triotism of the American cltlsen. "It wa recently proclaimed by th hUu est official In the Philippine Islands tht the people ot that country should n' contemplate free government, and ; th--. principal reason given wa that revoli tron had eonlantly - occurred In tn South American, republic. - This appears to come with bifd grace, when the ery mnn who uttered that statement had been ergaged In a fevoletlon which had cau.-v more blood letting and wasted mor American lives than all the revolutions I the republics of South America in t lust one hundred years. Should we Hd tha name measures toward - tb neon. of the Philippine Island that we h..v, found so successful with the people . Cuba,, their gratitude would b nnbonnii, ft per cent, i t tha American people -m oa statld with th result. - and ! om would be the glory ,of establishing tt. first republic In the Orient, where now It ' hundred of million of" people a r , watching with intense anxiety the action of thl great American 'republic, - Our duty I at home to protect, nour ish, comfort and bless our own .people and to . maintain , untarnished the fun.lt muntal principle of democratic g.v. i r ment. "The measure td promote a great avenue of commeroe across the Isthmus shout i be conducted with the highest reaard ihi sense of honor, not only on our part, i.ui with regard to the interest of otherx. "The comrade who. volunteered their sen-Ice and freely gav their lives I -that areat army of mora than tvn mtilioi, of net riot, fouxht for' the reservKt!'. of dnmocratkt Institution. Even those wn xcugbt against u fought for a princi ple, as they believed In th right of tii State to withdraw from one federntl and to form' another federation. Thev did not tight for en Imperial power, but ii.-ugm lur a repuDiic. Formerly a statue of Oeorire lit. wan standing at Bowling Green, New York. rus wa overthrown - and destroyed t.v mir father -during the i Revolutlini.it v war, and since that time no statue of an Imperial monarch ha been erected on ti,- soil of the United States. Our govern ment Is expending between three hunir-a and four hundred thousand dollars in building a war college at Washington, where the officers of the American army erv to learn th responsibilities and dutlea of soldiers of the republic We are In formed that tha first statue, that of ! redbrick th Great, Is to be dedicate-i during the prfat month, and it ha been publicly and repeatedly announced that this i to be on ot four, the others being Alexander the Oreat, Caesar and Napoleon all monarch, all Imperialists, and two of them .overthrew republics to gain their power. Are our American sol diers to understand that thes are the only men who) are to be classed a the great est soldier, and ar they to be inspired to emulate tbelr Uvea? In that group we rind no American or other who foitg-ht for our liberties, Washington. Steuben, Ijitayetta. Jackson. Taylor. Scott. Grunt Sherman, Meade, Thomas, Hancock, Mc pherson. Sheridan or Robert E. Lee and t-'tonewall Jackson who were the en uhIh In military eenlu and in character to any of those stilted and who also fought for a principle and a' republic, and not for Imperialism, are- not to stand in that group at the national capital. "On the bunks of. the noble Hudwm there dwells an eminent cltlsen, a courtly gentleman, a distinguished patriot, a pro found statesman, a iuat Judsre. who. if elected President of these United States. win carry to that responsible office lir-i-lly. ability and hlah character: and v administration, I know, wll be marked ry patiiottsm, integrity and earnest it rcrts, not only to pi-omote the welfare of the people now living within our border, but to preserve tor those who hall follow u thta blessed Inheritance within tie Isjurids prescribed by the fathers ate. founded our great , republic' - - "With enduring memories of thos bun lou day, When'tha perpetuity5 and t! honor of therltnion were afc stako, i": with a .high appreciation of the servi. our comrades rendered to the country. ; remain, : , Very sincerely yonrs, . . "NELSON A. MILLS ' " MANCHESTER CLOTH MARK I I. The Inquiry Healthy, With a I ; Turnover and Active tlilna IH-in Idr IluslncHs in Yarn. - Manchester, Oct. 23. For cloth, t inquiry last week wa healthy. t ' targe turnover. Makers further creased already heavy commit n The China demand waa the most j Inent feature, and important tr., tlona are reported for delivery in Bumraer of 1905, In securing which t dacers somettme make shsht cc Bions. The India trade) was ciu live, and orders for delivery m pcaledly Impracticable, Finishing cloth was 9mei I... t er, though s'ock is well er Levant and South Amert. smi wa moderately mcCv. Vh- a fair business.- !'! t ket. there wa t":e 1 there la a, sear. " y I : ducer urc not i new bofildrn, Li t , i 1 ' ' 1
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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