THE WEATHER TODAY: J
* Wmr th® State. t
| Fair. |
Volume LVI. No. 86.
Leads ail Mortii Carolina Bailies in Mews SuiL^Cipenlation
THE DEMOCRATS i
BOTHER® JOE
Tongues Wag Over the
Root of All Evil.
WHERETHECASH GOES
A Formal Order to Enter Upon the
Swayne Impeachment Proceedings
is Adopted by the Senate But
It Names No Day to Ee
gin.
( By the Associated Press.)
Washington. I). (’., Dec. la. —Discus- j
sion of the bill “to improve currency
conditions” was resumed in the House
today, but throughout the session it<
advancement was beset with obsti ac
tive tactics by the Democrats, led by
Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, the mi- j
norily leader. The Democrats mus- j
tered sufficient strength to fore*' j
Speaker Cannon to break a tie in!
ordr that the bill miglu be taken up. |
the Democrats assuming their attitude
of antagonism because Mr. Hill
(Conn.), in charge of the bill, refused
to postpone its further consideration
in consequence of the illness of Mr.
Bartlett (Ga.), leader of the opposi
tion. Little progress was made on
the measure.
An amendment was offered by .*I c. j
Williams requiring the payment of in- J
terest by banks on amounts deposited i
by the government and limiting the
amount to be deposited in any one;
bank bidding in competition foe ihe
same.
In favoring the amendment Mr.
Hitchcock (Neb.). said that, if adopt
ed. it would prevent political favor
ites from getting hold of the deposits.;
Xew York bankers, he declared, had 1
demanded the deposits as a reward!
for political services rendered by their)
officers.
A4r. Hill, opposing the amendment, i
snid' th o as the bill was purely an
"administrative one the government;
should be permitted to handle its
money in exactly the same way as an I
individual would apply to himself. |
This statement caused Mr. Cock ran j
(X. Y.), to remark that for that i«a
son he would support the amendment,
because the government had not the
right to offer a bank one penny less
interest than the bank could get in
the open market.
Mr. Williams, cited a eas of favor
itism that came under his onservath* .
He asserted that the money should go
to those parts of the country engaged
in productive enterprises and not to
tho sections where there was gambling
in wheat and corn.
A protracted debate regarding in
terest rates on money followed at the
end of which tho bill was laid aside
and the House adjourned until tomor
row.
DIM ISS PHILIPPINE 1)1 Mi.
The Crgcnt Deficiency Measure Passed
Without Debate'—The Swayne
Case.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 15.—The Senate
spent practically the entire day dis
cussing the Philippine administrat'cti
bill. A pumper of amendments were
suggested and debated among provis
ions relating to railroad bonds, mining
locations and -tariff rates. Under
unanimous agreement the vote on the
bill will be taken to-morrow and tne
disposal of all amendments will occur
at the same time.
A formal order to enter upoi the
Swayne impeachnient proceedings was
adopted but it di.l not fix day for
beginning the work.
Mr. Platt (Conn.) chairman of the
select committee to consider the rec
ommendations of the House for the
impeachment of Judge Charms Swayne
presented the report of that commit
tee'. The report was in the shape of
in order after reciting t.ie circum
stances in a preamble, proceeded uz>
follows:
Ordered, that the Senate will, ac
cording to Its standing rules and or
ders in such cases, provided. take
nroper action thereon, (upon the pres
entation of the articles of impeach
ment) of which due notice shall he
given to the House of Representa
tives.”
The resolution was agreed to.
The Urgent Deficiency Appropria
tion Bill was passed without debate.
Among the amendments to the Phil
ippine Bill suggested was one by Mr.
Culberson granting 20,000 acres or
the- Philippines public lands for every
"ii!e of railroad constructed in th'
lands. This was offered as a substi
tute for the bond provision.
Mr. Bailey proposed an amendment
giving the Philippine government au
thority to regulate the charges of the
roads. to which it is proposed to ex
tend aid. , *
I he Senate adjourned until to-mor
row.
i.:i>s roll may wai: vessels.
I |j« - 1 itllcship Xew Ijainp'.liirc and
the Amroied Cruisers North Car
ol'na and Montana.
(By tiie Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 15. Bids « V ere
< peiied at the Xavy Department toda\
leg the construction of the battleship
N‘\v Hampshire aiyl the armored
cruisers* Xorth Carolina and Montana.
The lowest bidder on two ships was
;he Newport News Shipbuilding and
I o vdo' k Company which offered to
complete the two cruisers in thirty-six
months at 13,575.000 each or one
The News and Observer.
cruiser and the battleship In thirty-six
months at $3,fif.0,90(\
On the battleship alone the com
pany's bid was $3,650,000 to be com
pleted in thirty-six months and on one
armored cruiser $3,725,000 to be com
pleted in the same length of time. The)
other bids were as follows:
Maryland SUel Company, of Balti
more, Aid., the battleship in forty-two
months at $4,285,000, one armored
cruiser in forty-two months $» 325,-
<00; two cruisers in forty-two months
at $4,200,000 each.
The Fore River Shipbuilding Com
pany, Quincy, Mass., battleship in for
ty-two months $3,901,000; one armor
ed cruiser, time omitted. $4,231,1:00;
one armored cruiser according to the
company's modified specifications, it:
forty-two months $4,331,000; both ar
mored cruisers forty-two months at
54.244.00 C each.
Moran Brothers, of Seeattle, Wash.,
battleship forty-two months, $1,140,-
U 00; one earmored cruisere forty-two
months, $4,387,000; both cruisers, (flu*
forty-Dyo months. the other fifty
month. $8,3 36,000 for both.
William Cramp Sons, Philadeelphi.i,
battleship in forty-one months. $3,-
$89,000, onee cruiser forty-one months
$4,080,000: both cruisers one in forty
months and the other in forty-one
months. $8,879,000 each.
The Xew York Shipbuilding Com
pany of Camden, X. J.. one cruiser
thirty-eight months. $3.850,000. one in
thirty-eight months and the other it:
forty months at $3.735,0(H' each; bat
tleship m th.rty-eight months, $3,748,-
000.
The Union Iron Works. San Fran
cisco. California, one cruisere in forty
two months, $3,800,000, <«t* two ;n bn*-j
tv-tun months, $7,7.90,000, for both.
ihe New Hampshire will <*e of 16.-
ueO tons displacement and the North
Carolina and Montana, 14.500 tons
o tcli.
A FIERCE STORM
Virginia - Carolina Sea
board in the Grip of
a Northeaster.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk. Va., Dec. 15.—Norfolk and
the Virginia-Carolina coast region was
in the grasp of a fierce northwest
storm with a combination of fog, rain
snow and sleet to-dav., The wind is
blowing forty miles an hour o.c tbe
canes to-night and few steamers havs
ventured out. Hampton Roads is shel
tering a vast fleet of sailing vessels.
South of Cape Henry the government
j sea. coast wires are prostrated and n<-
I new s iias been received from the Hat
ter as section since early in the dav.
Up to the time communication was
broken there has been no marine di
sasters reported, but the gale has In
creased in intensity to-night and a
! heavy sea is on the outside.
The storm has done little damag.-
Jin Norfolk beyond the usual delaying
lof traffic. Truck Company No. 1 in
j responding to an alarm of fire to-night
was overturned by the appartu- sip
| ping on the icy pavement. Driver
I was badly injured but no,
| other members of the truck's crew
| escaped injury.
NAN FACES HIS WIFE.
Mrs. Voung is Called on the Stand
and Miss Patterson's Checks
Diancli.
(By the Associated Press.)
; New York, Dec. 14.—Mrs. Young
widow of Caesar Young, was a wit
| ness today in the Criminal branch of
j the Supreme Court, where Nan Pat
| terson is on tria' before Justice Ver
j non M. Davie, charged with Young’s
) murder. Although she was on the
! stand only long identify a
j l<dter ■’ > which anothei witness had
! referred, Mrs. Young's presence there
i developed on< of the most intense
j situations of the trial. As the wife
! of tho dead man took the stand, Miss
) Patterson became deathly pale, but
! v. itolled intently every movement of
| the-witness during her brief exumiua
| lion. /
The letter which Mrs. Young
j identified, had been produced by
Bernard L. McKean, one of Young's
i brothers-in-law, who testified that
j Young hail mentioned it. in a conker-*
jsation with Miss Patterson early in
: May, and that Miss Patterson had
• sa<d the letter was written by her
sister. Mrs. J. Morgan Smith,
l The letter has not yet been read in
j evidence.
Another of Young's brolhers-in-law,
William Luce, told of what occurred
between Young and Miss Patterson at
their meeting in a saloon the night
before Young was killed and John
Crowley, a *cab driver, repeated his
! story of naving seen Young slap the
prisoner's face during a quarrel on
j tin- street that same night.
William Luce, brother-in-law of
I Caesar Young, said that on the night
i preceding the death of Young, Luce
land Young met Nan Patterson in a
saloon and that Young and the wo
man quarreled there. Luce heard
Young tell her ho would get her a
c-alage. Said Luce
“Young told her that he was going
away and she replied tir.it he was noi
going. She also said: ‘Don’t get
\u< early and go aboard the boat, be
; e: • e you cannot hide from me, even
jif you get into the hold. You won't
) go away.’”
Young was excited and tbe woman
; -\yas crying. After the talk Young
J put X m Patterson in a cab and sen.
i her off alone. Luce said he neither
I struck nor kissed her.
! . . .A General Superintendent. . . .
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Dec. 15.—Mr. Charles H.
Boynton is appointed general super
intendent of the Associated Press and
will exercise general jurisdiction over
the news service subject to the orders
of the General Manager and the As
sistant General Manager.
IP- will continue also as superin
tendent of flic eastern division.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1904.
YOU HAVE RUINED
ME,MRS.CHADWICK
i
But I'm Not So Sure Yet)
You are a Fraud. '
SOSAYSMR.BECKWITH
Their Meeting is One of the Most
Dramatic Events of this Most Ex
traordinary Story in which
Truth is Stranger Far
Than Fiction.
( By the Associated Press.)
Cleveland. 0., Dec. 15. —Mrs. T id
w ;ck’s first day in the county jail was
a busy one foi her. She received sev
eral visits from her attorneys, held
long conferences with them, conversed
with newspaper men and for fifteen j
minutes stood face to face with Prtsi- j
dent Beckwith, of the Oberlin Bank,;
who has come to such tioubh
through his financial transactions with
her.
This meeotlng vas dramatic. The I
aged banker, who had been for hours I
before the county jury, went to the
oifice of Sheriff Barry* this afternoon
and asked if lit* might see Mrs. Chad-;
wick. The sheriff readily consented
and Mrs. Chadwick was eager to meet
him. Accompanied by Mrs. Beckwith.
\ ho. owing to her husband':; ill health,
is always by his side, the aged banker
| made his way slowly and feebly up to
the long flight of iron stairs leading to
Mrs. Chadwick's cell. She met hint at
the entrance? of the corridor and
shook hands with him cordially. Af
ter some genera! conversation Mr
Beckwith referred to their business re
lations by saying*
“Mrs. Chadwick you have ruble'
me. but I'm not so sure yet you at * a
fraud. I have stood by you to my Ins'
d filar. and 1 do think now that Tin
time has come for you to make known
everything* in relation to the thing.’ -
Beckwith's voice betrayed deep
emotion as he spoke and he leaned
heavily on the arm of his wife who
was almost compelled to support
him so great was his physical we. fi
ll ess. Mrs. Chadwick din not reply
direct.lv to the words of Mr. Beckwith,
out htr manner and the look on hej
i face were not conciliatory. Seeing
! th it she would not answer Air. Reck-
I with went on:
“1 have always told you ’hat I 'id
not like it because you changed your
|!; wyers so often. Why don't you get
ja good one and stick to hint""
j “Well, said Airs. Chadwick, in loulv,
j “1 have reasons for that.”
I “Have you heard from Judge • >!-
jcuft recently?” was Mr. Bed who's
i quest ion.
{ “Not s lice I left New York.”
“Has he hanged his mind?"
“No. he has the same belief that he
j always held."
To what matter the questions re
i ferred is not known.
| Mr. and Mrs. Beckwith then both
) said they honed the matters eonneet-
I ed with the Chadwick affair would
ihe eventually straightened out. The
interview then closed. Mrs. Chad
; wick thanked them for calling, shook
j hniid,s with Air. and Airs. Beckwith
] and said she would be pleased to
) have them call again.
Tbe Pi-obeli lie
j There is a possibility that ilu- hear
j ings in the Chadwick case may lie
! resumed tomorrow morning in the
I bankruptcy court, and that she will
j be summoned as a witness, although
: the probabilities are that the hear
| ing will go over until Saturday and
I possibly lin'd Mondav.
An application for an additional
i receiver for Urn Chadwick estate was
j mad. in the Common Pleas Court this
| afternoon by the Savings Deposit
j Banking amj Trust Company of
Elyria. Ohio, which has brought suit,
against Airs. Chadwick on two pop's
of $2-5,000 and SIO,OOO respectively.
She Puzzles Her Attorneys.
Airs. Chadwick this afternoon re
| tallied the attorney* who is to con
duct b n* defense when she is called
for trial ; n the Federal court. He fs
J. P. Dawley. one of the leading
criminal lawyers-; of Cleveland.
Sheldon Q. Kerruish wiM assist Mr.
Dawley. Mr. Kerruish said this af
j ternoon..
I “It is very difficult to know what
j is best to do for Airs. Chadwick. She
I says one thing and a little later will
j give a. totally different version of the
; same matter. Until we have suc
| eeeded in getting her affairs straighi-
I plied out it wil be difficult to say what
i <\e will do. 1 don't know of any
| ease where it has been so diffieu't for
j an attorney to get his bearings.”
Mr. Dawley after conferring with
; Mrs. Chadwick foi* thirty minutes,
j announced that he had been retained,
but said his talk with her had cov
l ered no other ground than that, of
agreeing to act in her beha’f. A line
of defense was something he could
not determine until he had consuß
! ed her fully.
Airs. Chadwick received reresen
j tative of the Associated Press in the
| woman's corridor of the Cuyahoga
i county* ail todav. and gave what she
} said w ould h* hei last into view*.
“1 am very much disheartened after
| reading the accounts of mv home
! coming in the morning papers," she
I said, "and on that account I have
j decided to do no more talking.
“I< is quite uncertain which
whether or not I shall give out. the
forma! statement I had promised, tn
view of the sensational way th<‘ pa
pers are treating the case."
Brigadier General Whiteside Dead.
Washington. Dec. 15.- - Brigadier
General Samuel L. Whitside, retired, j
who had command of the department i
of the Santiago during the Spanish j
War. died suddenly in this city to-day.
(M IT FOR TIIE VESTRY.
Rev. • R Williams Make- Nome
Startling Statements From the
Pulpit.
(Special to News and observer.)
Elizabeth City, \. <?., Dee. 5 5.--Evi
dently the recti r's remarks stung
some of his hearers for at their con
clusion one man got up and left the
build mg.
It was just oetore the conclusion of
the morning service at Christ Church,
the rector* Rev. L. L. Williams ad
vanced to the front of the rostrum,
and, reading part of his ordination
vow, announced that he had some
thing to say on the recent parish
meeting and that he telet sure that I
those who were hit would feel hurt. |
hut that h<- was not going to neglect
his’duty. He then stated that the re
cent eelect-.on of vestrymen was ille
gal because some who were not en
titled to vole had been brought in to
elect men whom lie did not think
’proper mean to be representatives of
the church of God.
He said that he could not prove
that any man was a gambler, or a per
jurer. but that if the rumors to that
effect prevailed such a man ought i.ot
to hold oluce in the church. That a
man could not get 100 low or degrad
ed for him to try to l'.ft him up, but
that be must protest against bringing
the church down to that level, and
that if this state of affair prevailed, he
wished it distinctly understood that
he would under no condition, remain
as rector much longeer.
HONOR BY MASONS
I
Silver Service For Col.
W. T. Hicks.
A Tribute From the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina to the Superinten
dent of the Oxtord Or
phanage.
(Special b* News and O’os -rver.)
Durham, >•• .*• 1'• :*. 14. IT'sont-
C(1 to Col. William J. Hicks by the
Grand Lodge of Masons of North Car
n!”'*i .is i abiding evi fi-n.w of the
; faithful, self-sacrificing and successful
leffmts in. making Oxford Orphan Asy-
I lum in truth a r um* and school for
i the fatherless.
I ‘ “Pure religion and undefiled before
i God and the Father is this:. To \isit
'the talneriess and widows in th• :■* af
fliction.’
Oxford. N. Nov. 1904.”
S i h was tin- -t. a hands •me,
ma'-.-ive. rab’v ornate silvan- service
l bin—. It .'iiKisle • •; six pi nes the
i salver bearing the inscription quoted
! above, and Grand Master W. S. Lid
l dell, of Charlotte, the chosen mouth
! piece of the lodge which thus honors
| Col. Hicks, made the gift with grace
| ful and touching words.
t f was an occasion that will lingo
j sweetly in the memory of
) the faithful superintendent of
l the Oxford Orphanage while life shall
■ last. It was a tribute from the duit
j ors that reflects honor upon tnem
, selves. Th»- path of duty is not always
| through thickets of thorns. For those
who love it rare flowers bloom at in
j tervals, and their fragrance breathes
| over the lives of those who minister
! to God’s little ones in His holy- name.
For six years now ('<>!. Hicks has
j held the superintendency of the jr
j phanage and the ability' and eonseien-
I tiousness and loving loyalty w ith
i which he has directed the great work
I committed to his care is well attested
j by the tribute pa>! him tonight.
I Though the preservation of this
j silver service was the event of the ev
-1 ening, the occasion was the annual
I meeting of the directors of the or-’
j phanage to prepare reports for sub
• mission to the Grand Lodge which
1 convenes '4\ Raleigh next month.
I Those present at the meeting tonight
lin the Hotel Carroiina were: XV. S.
j Liddell, of Charlotte, Grand Master
j and chairman ex-officio of the board;
;G. Rosenthal, of Raleigh, secretary;
1 X. B. Broughton, of Raleigh: J. YY.
I Cotton, of Tat*boro; T. A. Green, of
New Bern; in*. Dps] Peacock, of High
I Point: C. W. Toms, of Durham; a so
I Col. William ,J. Hicks, superintendent
i of the orphanage.
The meeting lasted from S o'clock
| until midnight, but as to the prepa
-1 ration <*f reports and other routine
j matters nothing was given out for pub
| lieation.
STRAIGHT for the LONE STAR.
Hie I'resident Won't Give Those in the
Sent!) Who Like That Sort of
Timer a < bailee to Be
slaver Him Just
Now.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington. Dec. 15. — Representa
; tive Lester, of Georgia, and R. AL
i Lamer, lepresenting the Savannah
! Board of Trade, extended to the Pres
! ident to-day an invitation to visit
| Savannah on his Southern trip next
{spring. The President informed then
; that he did not expect to visit Geor
! tria next spring and that he woiun
j make, at that time, no genera! tour
jof the South. He said he expected to
i go directly to San Antonio. Texas, by
! wav of Louisville. At some later
i time in his administration, he addeu,
|he hoped to visit Georgia and other
j parts of the South.
Nephew of Marshal of France.
(By th* Associated Press.)
Nashville. Tenn.. Dec. 1-5.—-Robert
jB. Bertrand is dead near Gallatin.
! Tepn.. aged 70 vears. He was tie*-
) son of Joseph Bertrand who is *u |
It o have been the brother ol Alar si,ml
Bertrand of France.
4 SPURT OF DEATH
IN THEFIRE ROOM
. I
A Washer Gives Way on
the Massachusetts.
THREE DIE IN AGONY
Four Olhers are Injured by the Gush
of Steam and Scalding Water.
They Owe Their Lives to
the Heroism of Lieu
tenant Cole.
(By the Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 15. —Caught ■
in a tra and helpless to save them- ;
selves, three men lost their lives and j
four others, including Lieutenant |
YVilliam C. Cole, were terribly scald- |
ed today by a rush of steam and boil- \
ing water in the fire room of the I
I battleship Massachusetts, lying at i
| the League Island navy yard.
The dead are:
Edward Bui), married, boilermaker 1
| and civilian.
Andrew Hamilton, married, a boil- ;
i er-maker and civilian.
Charles liitzcr, boiler-maker's help- j
j er and civilian.
Injured: Lieutenant William C. 1
Cole. U. N. X., Assistant Chief En- j
gineer, of Massachusetts, scalded !
about head and body. Taken to the ;
naval hospital.
William Anderson, ship’s boiler- ■
maker; badly- scalded. Taken to the j
j naval hospital.
James Wilson, boiler-maker’s j
, helper and civilian, employe: scald- !
i ed: taken to Methodist hospital.
Joseph A. Dennis, boiler-maker's j
'apprentice and civilian; scalded and
taken to Nt. Agnes Hospital.
With th» exception of Lieutenant '
j Cole. a>> the killed and injured re- j
j sided b> Philadelohhia.
) Lieutenant Cole received his in- |
i juries in a heroic effort to rescue the
others.
The accident was caused bv the
giving way of a gasket or rubber |
! washer on » boiler on the starboard |
! side of the ship.
The Disaster andUßoscue.
! The Massachusetts lias been at the
■ navy vard for some time undergoing
j extensive repairs, particularly- to the
! boilers and machinery. Although
! Captain Edward D. Taussig and his
| complement of officers and men arc
{ aboard tbe ship, 'ho Massachusetts
| is virtualy in charge of the authori
ties of the navy yard. The boilei on
j which tlie accident occurred had re
j cetitly been cleaned and thoroughly
| tested, an.l :he holier makers were
today at work on another boiler.
! Without warning Lie gasket between
) the holler nlate uni the boiler-head
! gave way and a terrific rusli of steam
j and hot water occurred.
The doors of the fire room were
l closed a t the time the accident oc
i erred, and the only avenue of es
; ene was a safety ladder. Only one
man, Bramlet. a ship’s fireman,
thought of the ladder and he es
caped without a scar. Few on the
upper decks knew what had hap
pened until the. steam came rushing
j up from the seething pit below.
The work of rescue was prompt.
! and to this promptness those who es
j eaped death owe then thanks. The
I first to enter the lira-hole, was Lieu-
I tenant Cole. Without hesitating at
! becoming scalded by the hot water
) and steatn. he entered quickly and
j dragged the men from the place to
i the door, where they wre taken in
j charge bv others. Bub and Hamil
ton were dead when found and Rit-
I zel died a few minutes after being
)taken on deck.
! Whether the gasket, was defective
| or whether it bad been carelessly put
In place remains for the official court
of inquiry to determine. The boiler
bad been* thoroughly overhauled and
t, st "d under a. tr* mundous pressure
!of steam. At the time of the acef
| r |e:,t th > steam pressure was only
| sufficient to run the ship's heating
! plant.
j ' The accident will cause little or no
: delay in preparing the battleship for
: seo.
TWO FIREMEN KILLED.
And Property Valued at SBIIO.OOO De
stroyed l)-* tho Flames.
< By the Associated Press.)
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 14.—Two
i firemen were killed, three others pain
j fully burned and property valued at
I $830,000 was destroyed by fire which
i began late last, night and was not mi
lder control until this morning.
| The dead are:
Jacob I . Miller, insurance partolman
John Fellows, pipe-man.
j The principal losers were the Hale
! Homestead Company, 3150,000: Bou
j tillo Brothers $275,000 and Powers
! Department Store $225,000.
| The total insurance is $64 7,000. The
| fire started in the photographic sup
i ply house of O. H. Peck. Although
! the building was heavily stocked wit 1»
iehemieals, the fire-fighters had little
j doubt of their ability lo confine the
J flames to that building and they at
| tacked the lire on all sides.
) All at once the wires that controll
j ed »iie automatic sprinkler system in
the building turned a dull red and in
another instant the whole interior of
the building burst into a blaze. The
sprinkler wires bad in some way
touched a heavily charged electric
light wire and the great valume of
superheated air mingled with gases
from varnish and baking wood was
instantly set aflame.
Three firemen who were with pipe
•itnan Fellows succeeded in making
I miraculous ex'ts dow n the lire escape
from the fifth floor but Fellows, run- *
ning to the elevator shaft slid down
the cables in the belief that the lower
part of the builring had not yet be
gun to burn. He slid into a mass of
names and was seen no more.
SMUGIED GOOD SEIZED.
Customs Officers Find Them on Board
tiie Cruiser San Francisco.
(By the Associated Press.)
Newport News, Va.. Dec. 15.—Cus
toms officers at Old Point are report
ed to have seized on board the United
States cruiser San Francisco a rich
store of smuggled goods, including
silks, cigars, china and ostrich feath
ers.
The value of the goods seized can
not be ascertained, the officials d*'-
dining to discuss the matter further
than to admit that the confiscation
was made. The seizure was effected
yesterday, just as the San Francisco
was about to sail for Norfolk. Cus
toms Collector Smith acted _ under
instructions received from AYashing
ton, prior to the arrival of the San
Francisco in Hampton Roads.
The San Francisco sailed for Nor
folk today.
NO CHANGE IN LUMBER PRICES, j
! Representatives North Carolina and
Virginia Mills Meet at Norfolk.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 15. —Representa-
) tives of twenty mills controlling prac
j tically the entire output of Virginia
) and North Carolina pine lumber met
•heie to-day and decided not to make
; any change in tne scale of prices
| which became effective November 16.
) An invitation to the North Carc
j lina Pine Association from the Seere- j
) tary of Agriculture to attend the |
! American Forest Congress in Wash-'
j ington, January 2 to 6. 1905. was ac- i
| cepted and a delegation named to rep- j
j resent the association.
THE MOHAWK SANK
: i
Case Looks Ugly. Deck
hand Hung to Whistle
Cord to Last.
(By the Associated Press.)
| Norfolk, Va.. Dec. 15.—The United
j States naval tug Mohawk sank at her
j mooring at the navy yard to-day. A
j deck hand, who stuck to the whistle
j cord blowing signals of distress untn
| the vessel went down was rescued with
difficulty by other members of the crew
| who had sought safety on the wha iff'
when the tug was first discovered to
be settlin"
When the fireman .of the Mohawk
went on deck this morning he noticed
that the boat was low in the water
and called the remainder of the tug’s
complement. It was found that Mo
hawk was making water rapidly and
efforts were made to secure her to the
wharf and prevent her sinking. In tne
meanwhile the deck hand held down
the vvhistle and did not let go until
the boat had gone under. No reason
can be assigned for the Mohawk's
sinking.
Admiral Harrington this afternoon
ordered a court of inquiry to investi
gate ’lie sinking of the Mohawk con
sisting of the following' officers, Cap
ital'll Howard, Captain Smith and Com
! rnander Thciss.
The body convened at once in the
administration building and had be
) fore :t all the witnesses in the case,
consisting of several members of tbe
crew of the tug Alice, who were
aboard the Mohawk last night and
the deck hands and fireman of the.
Mohawk s crew.
It appears that Quartermaster Mil
ler was ih charge of the tug and on
watch at the time the Mohawk sank.
Machinist Markham was aboard and
two deck hands, Brown and Sauls
i burg, were sleeping it; the forward
i peak.
! Below in the fire room was Firec
! man Frederick, colored. Me arose
! early as usual in order to stir his
banked fires, ami renew steam in the
boilers tor the day’s work, when he
found the engine room full of water.
He at once aroused the sleeping mom
| hers of the crew, and it is well that
{he did, for within five minutes after
t he gave the warning, the vessel was
jat tin bottom in thirty feet of water.
The men all got off safely, except
j Deck Hand Brown, vho ran up to the
1 pilot house and sounded the siren as
long as the tug was afloat.
I The alarm brought out a watch and
j the guard, but nothing could be done
jto prevent the s nking of the tug. She
| went down in deep water and only a
j few* feet of her tall funnel is visible.
j JAMESTOWN TER-FEXTENNTAL.
’ Tawm\v and the President Confer
About tho Government's Partic
ipation.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Dec. 15.—President
i Roosevelt and Representative Tawne.v.
of Minnesota, chairman of the Com
'jmittee on Industrial Arts and Exposi
! tions, ha.l a conference to-day regarrt
j ing the government's participation in
•jthe ter-centennial celebration of tbe
'i settlement at Jamestown. Va.
The President told Mr. Tawne.v he
; had gotten the impression that the
I committee had decided against gov
i eminent participation in the proposed
I exposition. This impression. Mr. Tavv
i nev told the President, was not cor
j rect. The committee, he said, was of
the opinion that an industrial exposi
tion might not be desirable, but believ
-1 ed it would be a good idea for the gov
j eminent to appropriate money for a
j great international naval and merch
<ant marine demonstration to be held
{at Hamilton Roads. The development
| of plans for such a demonstration had
! been delegated to a sub-committee
I which now was working out tiie de-
I tails. What those loans eventually
j would be. Mr. Tawney could not say.
i but he thought the committee was
(unanimously of opinion that the dem
onstration should be an international
■ ; affair of magnitude and importance.
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J HE WEATHER TODAY: J
£ Wor the City, +
{ Fair and Cold.
Price Five Cents.
fORPEDOING OF
THE SEVASTOPOL
Last Warship Seeking to
Escape Destroyed.
LOOKING INTO CITY
The Japanese From 203 Metre Hill
Can See Every Portion of Port Ar
thur and Report No! a Vessel
Afloat in the Har
bor.
(By the Associated Press.)
Tokio, Dec; 15th. —(Noon, Thurs- .
day)—lt is reported that the Japan
ese have successfully torpedoed the
Russian battleship Sevastopol.
(By the Associated Press.)
Headquarters of the Third Japanese
Army, via Pusan. Dec. 14.—The Rus
sian battleship Sevastopol, the only
Russian warship that escaped destina -
tion, being docked when the other ves
sels were sunk after the Japanese
captured 203 Metre Hill, escaped from
the dock and harbor last night, aiu*
is now anchored under a protecting
mountain. Some torpedo craft are al
so outside of the harbor.
The tremendous price in life paid
by the Japanese for the capture or
203 Metre Hill has been redeemed by
the utter destruction of the Russian
fleet.
The Japanese fleet will now go into
dock.
Rooking Down Into the City.
(By the Associated Press.)
Headquarters of the Third Japanese
Army, via Pusan. Dec. 14. —Eveiy
part of the city and harbor of Port
Arthur is visible from 203 Metre Hil;.
The streets of the city are deserted
and but few soldiers are doing patrol
duty. Many buildings have been burn
ed ami others shattered. The Bhelten
of the harbor present a strange ap
pearance. with the turrets, masts am
funnels of war ships showing abov«
the water. There is not a vessel afloa
in the harbor. The docks and build
ings on the water front are torn am
burned.
The ‘Japanese shells reach every
part of the city and harbor.
Is it the High Water Mark?
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, Dec. 14. —The gen
eral staff apparently is entirely satis
fied with the military situation in
Manchuria being convinced that the
Japanese have reached their high tide.
A high officer said to the Associated
Press to-day:
“The Japanese army is unique 'n
military history and probably the
strongest in the world, combining -tip
strength of barbarism with civiliza
tion, drawing front the former fanati
cal bravery and scorn of death aim
the latter the latest knowledge of the
science of war. We have been fighting
them under heavy handicaps hut have
at last definitely stopped them. They,
have missed the psychological moment.
They are not strong enough to attempt
to turn Mukden now and will not be
even if Port Arthur falls and 59.000
reinforcements are sent up to join
j Field Marshal Oy.una. In the mean
time Russian troons are piling VP be
hind Mukden. In February, before
Port of New Chwang is ice-free. Gen
eral Kuronatkin will have close upon
half a million men disposed in three
armies, amply sufficient to turn Op
luma's position at the Shakhe river and
! force the Japanese back into Korea
j and the Liao Tung peninsula.’’
| THROW Oi l’ PRfcXINCT SKYKN.
The Supreme Court of Colorado l>-
f tablisliCM a Precedent That Gives
the Republicans H'gh Hope*.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Denver, Colo., Dec. l I. —R.v deciding
‘today to throw out the vote of pro
cinet 7, ward 8, of this city, in con sc
quciKa es frauds committed tie re :*
j the late election, the Supreme 1 our
I'established a precedent that may b<
(applied to many o'ther precincts it
j which, it is alleged, the courts iujunc
| tion order was violated and thereby
vitally affect the results of the late
election. Should similar action be
taken in othei case to the extent )»•-
niaiided by the Republicans' lawyers
it will result in the election of the en
tire Republican legislative ticket in
jihis county and give the Republican*
| control cf both branches of the egisla
) tore. On the face of the returns the
Republicans have a majority in the
j House and the Democrats a majority
' in the Senate.
Another result of ihe exclusion of a
! few precincts would be to put the Re
publicans in possession ol all the city
1 ar.d county offices except the mayor,ii
j Iv, should the .Supreme Court decide
i that the spring election was not legal
land that these offices were to be titled
at the November election. The Dem
ocratic majorities ran from TOO to
2,000.
Should the entire vote- of those city
wards over which the Supreme Court
assumed jurisdiction be disregarded
Ava Adams, Democratic candidate for
Governor, would lose 15,*45 votes for
Governor. '<ini> - H. Peabody t Repub
lican) 8.541. a net loss of 10,304 for
Adams, but this alone would not result
in his defeat as bis majority in the
Slate on the face of the returns is
something over 11,000.
Miss Branham, a missionary from
Cuba, will deliver an address to “The
j Woman's Missionary Cnion.” of tips
'city, at the First Baptist church this
j afternoon at'four o'clock. All ladies
fare cordially invited.