North Carolina Newspapers

iiiwaHi Six Hundred Killed and All Japan n In Deepest Gloom THE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD In Lasebo ! Harbor Sunday Night, the i - Japanese Navy Department, An- - nounces, the Battleship Mikasa Was Destroyed by Fire Starting at the Base of 'the Mainmast and Subse quent Explosion of the Magazine. Tokio, By Cable. The Navy Depart ment announces that the , battleship ... i Mikasa has been destroyed by fire and the explosion of her magazine, causing the loss of 599 lives, including men of other ships who went to the rescue. The fire started from an unknown cause at midnight Sunday night, Sep tember 10. Before the officers could be rescued the fire reached the aft maga zine, which exploded, blowing a hole in the port side of the vessel below the water line and causing the ship to sink. An investigation is now being held to determine the cause of the fire. TOGO NOT ON BOARD. Admiral Togo was not on board the Mikasa when the disaster to the battle ship occurred. The disaster to the battleship has cast a gloom every wheres The Mikasa was Togos flagship and was endeared to the hearts of the people. The shin was at anchor in Sasebo harbor when the fire started at the base of the mainmast at midnight. It spraed with grfeit rapidity, exploding the after magazine an hour after the fire had been discovered. The Mikasa cnnlr in sTiallrtw watfer and it is he- IS...-.3 XV a i. 4-1. mIIh n Vist nanoi'itflfY lUivcU UliXl Luc snip wan uc iciiancu. Rescuing parties were sent from the various warships in the harbor and there was heavy casualties among them. CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWN. "Various conjectures are current as to the cause of the fire. Some attrib ute it to an overcharge oi electricity. Great relief was felt throughput Ja Dan when it was learned that Admiral Toffo was not on board the shio at the time of the fire. The Mikasa was a first-class .battle ship of 15.200 tons displacement. Shed was built in England and was launched m 1902. The battleship was: 400 feet long, had a speed of over 18 kn ots and carried a crew of 935 officers-and men. She was heavily armored and carried four 12rinch guns, 14 six-Inch guns, twenty 12-pound ers and a number of small rapid-fire guns. She h ad four submerged torpedo tubes.'-' In the battle of the Sea of Japan the Mikasa was the heaviest loser of all the Japanese ships, having 63 killed and wounded. She approached nearer to the the Russians than any other bat tleship. The Mikasa was also the flagship of Admiral Togo after the great naval Dattle fought off Port Arthur on Au gust 10, 1904, on which occasion the Japanese flagship also suffered the most, but continued in the fighting line. On that occasion the Mikasa had four officers and 29 men kille, six of ficers and 29 men ; severely Wounded and four officers and 29 men slightly wounded. 1 Appointed District Attorney. . Washington, Special. L. L. Lewis, (Jnited States district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, has ten dered his resignatJo?to, the Depart ment of Justice id aa ibeen ac cepted. Robert HaUey of Norfolk, has been appointec0&.: the vacancy. Mr. LewU is the press& candidate on the Republican ticket r Governor of Virginia. 4 I5fjf Union Strike. IndianinolMDcfati Committees for union pIlfrieL'd for employers of 'Indianapoduhg failed to agree on an eight-hourday to commence on January i. the local typographical union has ordered 150 members in In dianapolis to strike at once; President '. iaiuco .. an. xjjul.u, lug xubvnjLuvi.vuu , Typographical Union, said: "I have in x structed unions imvarious cities to de mand rnn fronts' immediatelv for an eigiit-hour day, to commence on Janu ary 1. Wherever the demand for the ?eight-hour day is refused the union printers have been instructed to strike at fence" - Witte and Rosen Sail. New York, , Special. The Russian commissioners who successfully con . eluded ai treaty of peace with the en . ? voys of) Japan at Portsmouth, N. H., started on .the return to St, Petersburg -Tuesday, sailing on the Kaiser Wflhelm : II. Before leaving the city,. Mr. Wltte . andiBaroa 'Rosen made; a, fareweir call sviponf(the Japanese diplomats. Baron Komtitra' was 'unable to - see the Rus- siansbecause of his illness, but through Minister Takahira he. sent them a cor- dial message of farewell. D Now BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE. Says That He Is Not Now a Candi date For Any Office. Chicago, Special. "I want to make my position perfectly clear; I want to say to you that not only am I not an nouncing a candidacy, but I am not permitting a candidacy." In these words William Jennings I Bryan administered a check to the en- thusiasin which, at the jetterson jiud banquet given in Mr. Bryan's honor greeted the speeches advocating his nomination for the third time for President! "I am not now," said Mr. Bryan, "a candidate for any office. I have never said that I would never again be a candiate for office, but I want to say now that talk of candidacy for office does not affect me as it once did. I believe that my place in history will be determined, not by what the people are able to do for me, but by what I am able to do for the people. (Ap plause and cheers.) I think it is now too soon to choose a candiate for President to make the race three years from now; it is too early to pledge ourselves to any one man. I trust that before the time comes to name a man for the next presidential race light may be thrown upon our party's pathway and that a man may be chosen who will be able to do for the party more than I have yet been able to do." Further Insurance Investigation s New York, Special. Selling $800,000 in bonds one day ana ouying mem back the next but one, a holiday inter vening, in order to keep within state ments in the New York Life Insurance Company's report to the Superintend ent of Insurance, was the sensational disclosure made at ths session of the executive insurance - nvestigating com mittee. The fact was drr.wn from Ed mund B. Randolph, treasurer of the New York Life Insurance Company, late in the day after Attorney Charles E, Hughes, of counsel to the committee ha labored for over an hour to get a direct answer from Mr. Randolph to a direct question. : The inquiry had dragged through a mass of figures almost the entire day, but it was not untiL near the hour, for ending the session that the sensational feature was brought out. Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had handed Mr. Hughes a schedule of syn dicate underwritings and transactions of the New York life for the last ten years. This statement was to show, and a footnote to the schedule so sta ted, that the company had participated in no syndicate transactions that had been closed out at a loss. Among these transections was the underwrit ings of the navigation syndicate, or In ternational Mercantile Marine. 30 Killed; 70 Wounded. Tiflis, Caucasia, By Cable. A hun dred social democrats were killed or wounded in a conflict with Cossacks ai the town hall and many were trampled to death in a subsequent panic. Two thousand social democrats had forced an entrance into the town hall, which was closed owing to the celebration of a religious holiday, the beheading of John the Baptist. Revolutionary speeches were made and the chief of police ordered the meeting to disperse. Pari; of those present obeyed, but the remainder refused and some revolvers were fired. A large force of Cossacks drawn up outside the building then fir ed a volley into the crowd time and time again, killing 30 and wounding upward of 70. In the ensuing panic many persons fell and were trampled to death by their comrades and the pursuing Cossacks. Two Good Swimmers Drown. Tampa, Fla., Special. A Tribune special from Fort Myers, Fla., says' P. J. McNally and M. Douglass, white resi dents of Fort Denaud, were drowned while crossing the Caloosatchi river. Their boat capsized in midstream and although both men were good swim mers they could not reach the shore. Their bodien have been recovered. $2,500,000 Dividend Declared. New York, Special. The .directors of the Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron Companyieclared ajscrip dividend of $2,500,000 common stock, payable to the common stockholders of the com pany October 2 next.' The regular quarterly of 1 -per cent, on its pre ferred stock and the usual semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent, on its com mon stock also were declared. J. N. Wallace, president of the Central Trust Company, was elected a mem ber of the executive committee, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Strong. Don't Want Negro Redme Nashville, Special. AJt" Tuesday's session of Great Council of Improved Order of Red Men of West Virginia, a delegation offered a resolution protest ing against the organization of negro tribes of Red Men and and requesting that the ritual of the order be copy righted, a " , The California delegation, introduced a resolution commending , President Roosevelt for the part he took in bring ing about Deace between Jannn md Russia. THE YELLOW FEYER STATUS A Good Many New Cases Developing J - :at Different Points. New Orleans, Special.-Officiai report to 6 p. m.: . , ' New cases, 49; total to date, 2,462. Deaths, 6; total to date, 329. New foci. 15. Cases '"under treatment, 316. Dis charged, 1,817. s There was nothing new in the local situation beyond the increase in num ber of new cases and deaths. There were really seven yellow fever deaths, but one of them does not appear on the record. It is the case of an Italian, who, in the delirium of his fever, secured a revolver and blew his brains out. In the country, the situation in Tal lulah is improving under the manage ment of Drs. Chassaignac and Von Ez dorf. The people there have asked the State board of health that Dr. Chas signac be assigned to Remain there and conduct the campaign to the end. This has been referred to Dr. Chassignac, who, will determine later what his course will be. Among other country reports were: Patterson, 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner 8 cases,. 2 deaths; Clarke Chenier, one death; Bo wick, one death. Four More Cases at Pensacola. -Pensacola, Fla., Special Two deaths and four new cases is the re port officially announced at the board of health headquarters, all of the new cases being in the infected area. The first man to die was H. D. Brooks, a draughtsman, who came here several weeks since to take a position in an abstract office. He had been sick five days, but during the first period of sickness refused to take medicines prescribed. On account of objections made by Governor Jelks, of Alabama, the Marine Hospital Service camp, which was to have been established near the Alabama line, has been aban doned. It will be located at another point. Mississippi Fever Summary. Jackson, Miss., Special. The Missis sippi yellow fever summary for the past 24 hours is as follows: Soria City, a suburb of Gulfport, one case discovered by Surgeon Waslin. Mississippi City, one new case. Vicksburg, two new cases. No new cases developed at Gulf Port, nor did Natchez, Pearlington nor Hamburg report any new cases during the . day or any deaths at any time of the infected points. Surgeon Laven der reports that the sickness at Kemp's Landing, Vav is not yellow fever. ; No New Cases at Natcnes. Natchez, Miss., Special. Not' even a suspicious case of yellow fever was reported. Six patients are under treat ment. Drs. Lavinder, Aikman and Sessions, who went, to Kemps, La., to day to diagnose five cases at that place, reported that they are not even suspicious. Vicksburg, Miss., Special. Two new cases of yellow fever in Vicksburg. Total cases to date, 28; deaths 3. Seven patients are under treatment now. Patent Medicine Decision. Washington, Special. The Commis sioner of Internal Revenue has render ed a decision that will seriously affect a number of patent medicines composed largely of distilled liquors. He has re versed a ruling of his Department made many years ago and now decides that the manufacturers of these medicines must take out licenses as rectifiers and liquor dealers and the druggists and others handling them will have to pay the usual retail liquor dealers' licenses. The commissioner, in a letter of in struction to collectors of internal reve nue, says that there are a number of compounds on the market- going under posed chiefly of distilled spirits, with the names of medicines that are com out the addition of drugs or medicines in sufficient Quantities to change mate rially the character of the whiskey. Fanners in National Council. Richmond, Va., Special. The Far mers' National Congress met in its 25th annual session here with a large au dience in attendance, representing al most every; section of the United States. The body was called to order by its president, Harvie Jordan, of Monticel lo, Ga., and was welcomed to Virginia and Richmond by Governor Montague, Mayor McCarthy and J. G. Freeman, vice president of the Richmond Cham ber of Commerce. Responses to the welcoming addresses were made on be half of the congress by. First Vice President Bennehan Cameron, of North Carolina, and Second Vice Presi dent Joshua Strange, of Marion, Ind. t Killed by Lightning. Indianola, Iowa, Special. Four men were killed, six were seriously burned and a dozen more were stunned by lightning which wrecked a crowded poultry exhibition tent at the county fair .here. The lightning struck the tent pole, splitting it in two, and tear ing the sides of the tent into shreds. Hundreds of the chickens on exhibition were killed. Chinese Bride in Norfolk. Norfolk, Special. H. J. Goon has returned from New York bringing a 17-year-old bride who had just ar rived from China Sunday. She is the only Chinese woman here and Goon, wno is a laundryman in Cum berland street, keeps her hidden, ac cording to the Chinese custom. She is pretty and Goon is proud.' IN A NEW BUSINESS Tk Warlike Czar of Russia Again Sponsor For Universal Peace THE ONLY, ORIGINAL PEACfcMAKER Said to be a Perfect Understanding Between the Czar and President : Roosevelt About Calling of the Ha gue Triounal. St. Petersburg, By Cable. Emperor Nicholas again appears before the world as a promoter of universal peace. No sooner is the Russo-Japanese war is over, and even before the peace treaty has -been ratified, than his majesty issues invitations to a second peace conference at The Hague. That the Emperor has done so was teamed from a source which leaves no shadow of doubt as to its authenticity. it is officially announced that "the Russian government proposes to ad dress the foreign powers with a view to the holding of a second peace con ference at The Hague," butt it is known that negotiations preceding this anouncement "proposed to ad dress the powers." were entered into especially with the United States and were conducted with the greatest se crecy, there being not the slightest inkling that Russia contemplated any thing of the kind. The announcement created the greatest surprise here, and that Rus sia should plan a second conference despite the steps already taken by President Roosevelt, was also held with amazement. It is clear that the step could not be taken by Russia-without-first reaching a complete un derstanding with President Roosevelt. The fact that President Roosevelt is reported as being entirely in sym pathy with the proposed conference, and that he is said to believe that to the initiator -of tke first Hague con ference should belong the honor of convoking the' second, and readily and even gladly acceded to the Russian proposal, is clear proof that the con ference has already been called and that President Roosevelt relinquished his part in it to the Emperor. There is strong reason to believe that the news of the intention of the Russian government, would not be giv en out unless invitations had already been sent to the power, and possibly that their answers nad been received.' It is impossible vlo learn the pro posed date o the- second coherence. or to gain even an approximate idea regarding it; but it probably will not be greatly delayed. Russia, as the power convoking the conference, will probably submit an official program, the other powers submitting sugges tions. British Fleet Visit Not Off. London, By Cable. The report frOm Halifax that the visit of the British squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Prince Louis, of Battenberg, to the United States, has been abandoned, is erroneous. It has been found that it will be more convenient for all con cerned to postpone the visit, and the squadron, therefore, will remain at Halifax until October 2Q and arrive at Annapclis November 1. Thence the British warships will go to New York. The actual date of the arrival there is not yet fixed. The squadron will leave New York November 15 for Gibraltar. Hearing Postponed. Atlanta, Special. The hearing Mon day on the petition for an injunction by the State board of health against the Atlanta city health officers to pre State quarantine before a Judge Pen dleton, was continued until Tuesday. The trial of Frank Meadow and Thomas Lynch, the two health officers arrested by the city authorities will not be had until the injunction case is settled. To Sue Publishers. Montgomery, Ala., Special. On ac count of an alleged default of their contracts, Governor Jelks, chairman of the State text book committee, has instructed Attorney General Wilson to bring suits for damages against the several publishing companies who have, agreed to furnish the books for the public schools of Alabama. As the attorney general is absent from the city, the amount to be claimed from the publishers will not be known for SSh2 tW- , His Msment will be S after he has thoroughly examed each of the contracts, v i 40,000 Scots Under Arms. Th' , Sc0tland' fiy Cable. mJSS?6 mUSter of Scotchmen 5557 2 STe the battle of Sodden wL J , reviewed by King Edward HolvrocTpr ThG mus Proceeded "to the S nee' Whence amended by staff roLCannaught an a brilliant K?nk SSt t0 t?e parade ground in ttfeh vn' Wh6re nearly 40,000 ScotUsh volunteers marched past 'his Mistrial in potter Case. Sandersville, Ga.f Special.-After being out three days, the jury in the vi ivittro s. Potter . , the former cashier of the Bank of n- ? was indicted 5Sn5f?avi8bTCY who for the embezzTeinft . trIal ner dav inmJK??nt. of 27,000 Mon for the embezzlement ci $27 day mornw I , OI 2 inability to reach an a l the court its mistrial wa deciad6 ?nd a been generally e25 Ammistrrat had been hard fougSTv 1' h&d, counsel on either side g army f iniMmTr :t,oriea to the HE II OF if Notes of Southern Cotton Mills an Other Manufacturing Enterprises Athens, Ga. The Aberdeen Linen- Mill is now in operation. For the Ppt several months this mill has been under construction. Asbmy H. Hodgsoh is President, W. Vv$0) is secretary and among the uJpst prominent stockholders are J. Y. Car ithers and-Billups Phinizy. Genera Manager Tibbetts is also a leading stockholder. The looms are now be ing operated for the first time and some of the finished product has been turned out. The Aberdeen Mill is one of the few of its kind i11 ne South. Its product will be entirely toweling. Nothing else will be manu factured there, and already the de mand for the product of this estab lishment is heavy. A splendid grade of toweling will be maufactured. The new mill building is large and com modious. : The capacity of the Southern Man ufacturing Company will be doubled at: an early date. This has been con templated for some time and the im provement simply awaited the com pletion of the Aberdeen Linen IHI. That has been accomplished and the doubling of the equipment . of ' the Southern Manufacturing Company's plant will now be taken in hand. An other large mill building will be erect ed, adjoining the present plant, and the machinery for this building is al ready. The company has recently built a large number of operatives ' houses and has others yet to be built. In the vicinity of this plant a regular little town has sprung up. Atlanta, Ga. . William F. itarbour, of Atlanta, has invented and received letters of patent upon a cotton har vester which he. feels confident will solve the cotton picking problem. Ac cording to the patent rights j issued to Mr. Harbour, his machine lis de scribed as improved pneumatic cotton harvester. Mr. Harbour's cotten har vester works on the principle of pneu matic suction, and is so constructed and adjustedjas to separate the lint COtton from the leaves and other, for eign matijsr sv,fch;, may be gathered with it. The' machine is made to be hauled across a cotton field by a pair of mules, and can be operated, it is stated, by one man and a boy.. Mr. Harbour states that his machine will pick all the cotton opn in a five-acre field in one day. A demonstration of these facts will prove Mr. Harbour's machine to the South what the; reaper and binder is to the great grain grow ing sections of the west. The princi ple of Mr. Harbour's machine is vast-' ly different from that of the other machines which have been constructed with the same end in view, but which have practically proven failures. The principle of other machines has been either rotating fingers or revolving stems. Winston-Salem The Pioneer Man ufacturing Co. with $25,000 authorized and $4,950 paid in capital stock has been granted a charter. The incor porators are: L. W. Brown and. Char les C. Vaughan, of Winston-Salem, and Albert M. Brown of St. Louis, Mo. Its objects are the manufactur ing and sale of cotton, woolen, silk, and linen garments, and the carrying on of a tailoring establishment and a laundry. Salisbury It is planneto build a cotton factory of large size in con nection with the development of 3.000 horse power in the Southern Yadkin river below here. The water power electric project is being furthered by the Southern Yadkin development Co., which is compsed of Philadel phia and North Carolina capitalists. Bandy & Terrell, of Greensboro, N. C, are consulting engineers. Textile Notes. Work is going on with a rush at the Gray Mill, at Gastonia. The .one story portion is now ready for the roof. The big electric generator has come and the machinists are now in stalling it. This will be something new in mill mechanics. It will be driven by a direct connected" steam turbine engine making thousands of revolutions a minute. A number of busy. They are finishing some goods made by northern mills, and also cloth made in Georgia; the, latter for shipment to China and South Ameri ca. J. W. Lidau is ant. The Chatham Cotton Oil Mill Com pany, at Pittsboro, taking advantage of the summer idleness, is overhauling its mill and making several additions to the machinery. The plant: is an excellent one, built by the D. A. Tompkins Company, of Charlotte, and will be ready to start the coming sea son on a large scale, as soon- as the cotton seed begin to come in. The prospects are for a steady run at full capacity. MADE LARGE GIFTSi - f The New York Life Insurance Conj pany's Political Contributions WAS AFRAID OF THE DEMOCRATS George W. Perkins, Insurance Com ; pany's First Vice-President and . Member of the Firm of J. P. Mor gan & QI)jTilges the Meaning of a CheckMade to.vMorgan & Co. Last Year. .S f S "New York, Special. George W Per kins, member of the firm of J. P. Mor gan &"Co., and first: vice president of the' frew York IJfe Insurance Compa ny, was the star witness at Friday's session of the special legislative com mittee probing life insurance company methods, and his testimony was re plete with revelations in finance as ap plied by insurance companies. Mr. Perkins was first called just pre vious to the hour for luncheon. He resumed immediately after the recess and was on the stand when adjourn ment was taken for the day. The climax of the day came when Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an entry of $48,702 in a ledger, marked "Ordered paid by the President." Mrl Randolph, the treasurer of the New York Life Company, who had been on the stand earlier in the day, had been sharply questioned as to the purport of this entry, but he was unable to explain it. He thought no one but the president could. Mr. Perkins had been called to testify as to some other trans actions and after a "Recess he was ask ed to produce the check. It was made out payable to J. P. Morgan & Co., and Mr. Perkins frankly stated it was a4 contribution to the national Republi can campaign committee and had been paid .to Cornelius N. Bliss. Mr. Per kins said. "This payment was made after very careful deliberation. It must not be considered an ordinary contribution to the campaign fund. It was paid because we felt that the assets of. the New York Life Insurance Company would be jeopardized by a Democratic success." " . i. Mr. Perkins said contributions were also made in 1900 and 1896. As an illustration, witness said the first con tribution made was in 1896, by Presi dent McCall, who is a Democrat. "He contributed money to the Mc Kinley campaign fund and voted for McKinley because he felt it was in the best interests of the policy-holders of his compans"." This bomb caused a murmur of conversation about the rqom, which had become packed With Spectators. t Standing room was at a premium, and everyone bent forward to catch the testimony. This was hardly necessary, for Mr. Perkins spoke distinctly, in a voice audible throughout the school room. He paced the small platform upon which the witness chair is placed, just before the committee's rostrum; and accom panied his explanations with earnest gestures, often times suggesting ques tions to the counsel. , Pursuing the check inquiry further, Mr. Hughes brought out that this ex penditure was never brought to the attention, of the finance committee, the witness terming it a "purely executive action." It w;as charged against cash on the books of the Hanover aBnk of fice or financial department. The .witness did not, know on what &ount the other contributions were made, but he would furnish data. Mr. Perkins nere interposed : "I would like to make one statement. The fact that the check is drawn tci J. P. Morgan & Co. has no significance. I paid out the money and it was mere ly because of a convenience of re-paj-ment that the check was made payable to J. P. Morgan Co." j "What other contributions to politi cal campaign funds have been made by the New York Life?" : "Is there no self-restraint allowed the officers in these campaign contri butions?" "None; to my knowledge." J Accident to North Carolina Party.j Wichendon, Mass., Special. An tomobile containing members of te party accompanying Governor Glenp, of North Carolina, plunged over ja bridge on the road to Royalton here and landed at the bottom of a ditch, pinioning the occupants underneath. The injured are: J. C. McNeill, of The Charlotte Ob server, badly cut about the head. Guy Townsend, of Wichendon, se riously hurt Selectman Henry N. Raymond, of Wichendon, haed cut and bruised. Owen Hoban, lawyer, of Wichendon, knee injured and back sprained. Purchasers Announced. Norfolk, Va., Special. An announce ment was made of the purchase of tie Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad, running from Bayboro to Hewbern, sL C, by the interests in control of the Virginia & Carolina Railway, which Us to run a line from Norfolk to Beaufort, N. C, through the lumber section !of North Carolina. This line will be usfed as a branch of the main line to New bera for additional terminals at that DOTt r The Potter Trial, Sandersville, Ga., Special. The Stte closed its evidence in the trial of Mr. S. Potter and the defense will put h?m on the stand to testify. No other vit nesses will be called. The books ol a Savannah bank were used in evidence. The charge-against Potter is the embez zlement of some $20,000 of the funds of the Davidson Bank, of which the young man was cashier. -