THURSDAY, MARCH 1G, moo.
H. A LONDON, Editor.
The appropriations made 'by the
late Congress seem almost incred
ible, as indeed do the expenditures
of tbe past four years. If sucb
appropriations or expenditures by
the Federal government had been
predicted a few years ago it would
have been ridiculed as utterly im
probable. - During the four years of Kepub-UpAn-llnnsevelt
rule, endiujr with
the next fiscal year, the appropria
tions by Congress are the immense
sum of $3,153,334,292.56. These
art! so many figures that they may j
puzzle some of our readers, and i
therefore we will write tliem in
words, and they are three billion,
one hundred and fifty-three, mil
lion, three hundred and thirty-four
thousand, two hundred and ninety
two dollars and fifty-six cents. It
almost takes away one's breath to
speak bucIi an immense sum!
These appropriations compared
with those made under the last
four years of Cleveland's adminis
tration show most plainly the con
trast bet ween. Democratic econo
my ajid Republican extravagance.
Under Cleveland's last adminis
tration (which ended only eight
3'ears ago) the appropriations were
$2,016,343,753.61. This is a dif
ference in favor of the Democrats,
or a saving to the people, of one
billion, one hundred and thirty
ix million, nine hundred and nine
ty thousand, five hundred and
thirty-eight dollars and ninety-five
cents!
This is so large a sum that few
persons can realize what it is. If
divided among the people of this
State it would give nearly $600 to
every man, woman and child, black
and white!
Wlen w consider these im
mense appropriations by a Repub
lican Congress it seems decidedly
cheeky for any Republican to criti
cise the comparatively insignifi
cant appropriations made by our
State Legislature.
One of the important acts enact
ed t the recent session of the
Legislature is the one relating to
landlords and tenants. It is es
pecially important that this new
law should be understood at once
by the farmers and those who rent
Jand from them, so that they may
Inow exactly what are its terms
in making contracts for renting or
workiag lands this year.
This act makes it a misdemean
or for any tenant or cropper, who
procures advances from his land
lord, to abandon the land rented
by him without good cause and
before paying for such advances,
and for any landlord who may
contract with a tenant to furnish
advances so he can make a crop
to refuse to furnish the advances.
And any person who employs a
tenant, who to his knowledge has
-violated this act, shall be liable to
the landlord for the amount of The
advances made and also be guilty
of a misdemeanor. Whenever any
tenant shall contract for the rental
of land for the current year and
fail to perform the terms of his
contract he shall forfeit his right
of possession and the landlord
may recover possession.
This act applies to only thirty
aiine couuties, chiefly in the eastern
part of the State, and Chatham is
one of them. While this new law
' may be a good .one in some re
PtsVyet we fear it is one that
; -ima sometimes be abused in op
pressing a poor or unfortunate
. tenant or .cropper.
The Japanese hare proved them
selves y to be a most marvellous
people, and their wonderful prog
ress and achievements seem al-
mosc incredible and read like
a
romance. Only fifty years
ago
iauu mai is a very short period
in the. life of a nation) they were
an insignificant heathen people
unknown to the civilized world,
and now they have disastrously
defeated, both by sea and on land,
the most powerful of alLthe great
European countries!
The almost unparalleled bravery
and fighting qualities of Japan's
oldiers is only equalled by the
brilliant strategy of her . high
flicers and the thorough equip-
rmy. In all the annals of his-
v tor-, modern or ancient, no army
has ever been so thoroughly equip-
Ded for war and has suffered so
little from disease and
tions which science
the priva
and fore-
taught could '.-provide against.
So wonderful has been their suc
cess that nothing now seems im
possible for those little brown men
to accomplish. After so disas
trously defeating so powerful a
nation as Russia, what may we
not expect to see the Japanese do
next?
The Japanese-Russian War.
From The Charlotte Oberrer, 13th. ,
As the result of a battle, or
rather a series of battles, which
has continued for nearly two weeks,
the Russians have met the worst
defeat experienced since the war
vith Japan began, , What remains
of the once magnificent army of
.'General Kuropatkin is hurrying
northward in an effort to save it
self from annihilation or capture,
land apparently everything else is
lost.
As regards uumoer oi men
engaged, some
700,000 from the
start, and the duration ot Uie
tart, ai
ghtmg,
fi
the battle of Mukden has
no parallel in authentic history,
snmassino bv a creat deal the
protracted struggles of Napoleon
against the allies at Dresden and
at Leipzig. ,
General Kuropatkin's ability to
extricate his army from a difficult
situation alone has saved him from
annihilation or capture at the
hands of the Japanese, but it
seems how that at best he can on
ly save a mere remnant of his
forces. Already over 150,000 of
his men have been killed, wounded
or captured and his only chance is
in flight. The Japanese are, how
ever, determined to follow up their
victory and if possible administer
a crushing defeat. In any event,
it appears that General Kuropat
kin's force is practically ruinpd,
and in order to make it effective,
the Russians must almost begin
over again. When the time it has
taken them to transport the, pres
ent army to the field is. taken iuto
consideration, it would seem that
fighting on any appreciable scale
would be apt to las:. for some time
now that Kuropatkin has been so
badly defeated.
When it became known that the
Russians had lost Mukden and
were in an exceedingly dangerous
Ujosition in their flight, rumors of
peace moves on the part 01 luissia
verj naturally began to circulate,
and it seemed to be regarded as a
foregone conclusion that efforts
would be made to bring about a
cessation of hostilities. These re
ports, however, have met authori
tative denial, the Russians claim
ing that the' have no intention of
negotiating for peace. They could,
however, hardly be expected to
say anything else at this time.
Bomb Tragedy in Russia.
St. Petersburg, March 11. The
explosion of a bomb at tho Hotel
Bristol, adjoining the Hotel
D'Angleterre, here just before
daylight this morniug blew to
atoms the owner of the bomb, a
man with an English passport and
giving the name of Alfred Henrj
McCnllough, and wrecked the ad
joining rooms, killing the wife of
an officer and injuring other lodg
ers. The explosion was heard
blocks away and created a tremen
dous sensation. There is not the
slightest doubt that the man kill
ed was connected -with terrorist
plots. The bomb wa9 of the same
power as those which killed the
late Minister of the Interior Von
Plebve and Grand Duke Sergjus.
The police believe McCuliough
was'dharging the bomb when it
exploded.
An independent investigation
made by the Associated Press
seems to establish beyond ques
tion that the man killed was a
terrorist leader. His passport ot
course was fictitious but the man
was a foreigner, not a Russian.
Just before Grand Duke Sergius
was assassinated the man was ab
sent for two days, which might
connect him directly with the grand
duke s murder.
Russia's Heavy Losses.
Tokio, March 12, 7 p. m. Field
Marshal Oyama, reporting today,
says:
"Prisoners, spoils and the ene
my's estimated casualties against
all our forces in the Shakhe direc
tion follow, but the prisoners,
guns and spoils are increasing mo
mentarily. The prisoners number
over 40,000, including GeD. Nach
moss. -i The killed and wounded
are estimated at 90.000. - The ene
my's dead left on the field number
26,500. The spoils include two
flags, about GO guns, G0.000 rifles,
150 ammunition wagons, 1,000
carts, 200,000 shells, 25,000,000
rounds of small-arms ammunition;
75,000 bushels of cereals, 275,000
bushels of fodder, 45 miles of
light railway outfit, 2,000 horses,
23 cart-loads of maps, 1,000 car
loads of clothing and accoutre
ments, 1,000,000 rations of bread,
75.0C0 tons of 'uel, and 60 tons of
hay; besides tools, tents, bullocks,
telegraph wire and poles, timber,
beds, stoves and numerous other
property. .
"No report from the Sinsrking
direction has been received."
v' The battle' has been officially
named "The Battle of Mukden."
during the recent session of
Con-ress President Eoosevelf,
signed 1,842 measures, of which
238 were public bills, including 14
aPProPriation bills, 1.569 - were
private bills, 34 were public reso-
lutions and one was a private res-
v Mrs. Chadwick Convicted. j
Cleveland, O., March 11. Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick was tonight
found sruiltvof conspiring to de
fraud the United States by con-
spiring to procure the certification seven human beings were snuffed
of checks on a national bank, when out in p, twinkling by an a-valancbe
there were no funds in the bank of ice and show, and their frozen
to her credit. She was found bodies 'found months afterward,
guilty on every count of the in- were all that remained to tell the
dictmeut upon which the jury was awful story of the grim disaster,
to judge her seven in all. - I . In the spring of 1898 a party of
The'original indictment contain- Colusaus, among whom wasLeou
ed sixteen counts. Two of these atd Gaillard, left. here for Alaska
were ruled out during the trial by in search of gold. Months went
Judge Taylor, and of the remain- by without a word from any mem-;
ing fourteen one-half chaig-ed her ber of the party, and then friends
with securing the certification ot and relatives began toTeel uueasi
l,n.nba witlirtnf. lifivincr thft nroner" npss. Tipttp.fs and m essay ps of all
VUt-ttU - I i
t: v,asls uTirtTi 'linnVs of
the bank. Judjre Taylor in Jus country in the hope of hearing of
charge directed the jury to disre- or from the party. In. the end
gard these counts and consider nearly all were accounted for in
only the remaining seven, which some way or another except Gail
related to the certification with no lard.
funds on deposit. On all of these It was generally 'believed by
the jury found against her. GaillardVfriends that he had per-
TJnder the law she can be fined ished, but it was only a few days
on each count not more than $10,- ago that the true story of his
000, or imprisoned more than two
i a i . -
years on each count, or she ipay
be fined a maximum ot Jjilu.OOU
and also imprisoned for two years
on each count. The jury reached
a verdict in two hours.
General Kuropatkin Resigns.
St. Petersburg, March 13,v2:15
a. m. General Kuropatkin has
sent in his resignation to the Em
peror. General Kuropatkin has tele
graphed to Emperor Nicholas, as
suming himself all the responsi
bility for his defeat, making no
excuses except that the strength
of the Japanese was miscalculated,
and refusing to place any of the
blame upon the council of geuerals
upon whose advice he determined
to give battle. His reputation as
an offensive strategist is gone,
and, though the Emperor s mill-
tary advisors know not where to pose their bodies to view. They
look for a better general, his res-, were n there the rntire tweuty
iguation will be accepted. j seven. Their bodies were in a
In losing General Kuropatkin, ?0od state of preservation when
the army will lose the idol of the fouud. There was no evidence of
private soldiers, an officer who, in a strngsrle to retain Jife. The
spite of the intrigues of his gen- avalanche had done its cruel work
erals and his failure to win a bat-'swiftly and well. Death had
tie, nas won ineir commence ana
affection..
No Trace cf Missing Boy.
Elizabeth City, N. C, March 11.
No trace of Senator Beasley's
sou has yet been fouud '.and no
clue as to his whereabouts has de
veloped. The belief in Currituck
is that he was really kidnapped
and carried to some distant place,
although no tangible evidence has
been produced to verify it.
With !
hio rlin..'.rifn i nr,t.,P.fil t .
stranger who drove through that !
place the same day the 'boy was'
misspd. but the i-onmu-tion is ex-
fromolu v,.n. mid tl.. A. i r:.V.-
and there is
ticallv nothing to work on in the
efforts to find him.
Explosion at Vesuvius.
London, March 10. A news
agency dispatch from Koine says
that 120 American tourists nar
rowly escaped death throrfgh a
sudden violent eruption of JMouiit
Vesuvius, which has hitherto been
quiescent euoujrh to enable anyone
to approach the crater. There
was a tremendous explosion ac
companied by a shower of lava
and cinders. The people rushed
madly for safety, and fortunately
all escaped. A' guide, however,
was killed and another injured.
Killed by a Steer.
Buffalo Creek, W. Va., March 11.
John Mclutyre,the sixteen-year-old
son of a prominent farmer liv
ing near here, was instantly killed
Friday afternoon in an encounter
with a steer. ,
He was driving a herd of cattle
to .Wayne, when a steerjbecanie
enraged, killing two of the cattle
and scattering the rest. The steer
then charged the. horse the boy
was riding, striking the horse with
such force that the horse was
knocked from his feet and the boy
thrown high in the air, landing on
his head, breaking his neck, and
killing him instantly.
A Peculiar Appetite.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., IVTarch 11. -A
novel variety of articles has, been
removed from the stomach of f an
insane -patient who died at the
Danhuse Asylum a couple of days
ago of general debility. In his
stomach were found the skeleton
of a mouse; an old-fashioned four-in-hand
tie; a piece of suspender;
two pieces of rubber tubing, nine
and twelve inches long; a silver
spoon; the frame of an, old-fashioned
pair of spectacles; five ban
dana handkerchiefs and some
smaller articles, and bits of cloth
and string. The man was named
Alexander. He had been in the
asylum for some time.
Thanks For Flags.
Chicago, March 13: A dispatch
to the Tribune from New Orleaus
says: An oflicial proclamation has
been issued by Gen. Stephen D.
Lee, commander in chief of the
United Confederate veterans, pay
ing unstinted praise and tribute
to Congress for passing the battle
flag return measure and to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for
his prompt
sigrature. Gen. Lee urges upon
all parties North or South, who
have colors in their possession to
return them at once to the State
Death io Alaskan Avalanche.
Colua COr. Sacramento Bp.-:
News of a tragedy of the Far
North has just reached here after
many years. , The lives of twenty-
- - - . - i . I
finrVa ovq sprit tn Hi f si r awhv
death was made known by Rich
i -xtiTir- J .i ' r ii
;ard WiWiaiju3:f6rperly-.. of vtbia'-t
place, .but. now ot.Cuico. -
In the spriug of 1899 -Williams j
met Gaillard .in , 'Dawson. Thei
latter was ."one. of the party of
Hweuty-seyeri"who;Jhad come into
the ' to w'hwith'eW4osr "'sleds to
pet their supplies for the," winter.
He. told Williams where he was
mining and how to reach the plaSe.
He said the iournev would lponirp!
tpn or tuplvft rbivs tim and that, i
' M.
he would start on the return trip tlie weaker.- While her soldiers
in a day or two. He did so. But'w imbued with the fighting
he never reached the diggings and ' spirit, her army had no military
it was the last seen alive of either! traditions worth speaking of. The
him or his n.n tv nf twpntv.Riv ! war with China was a mere tri-
men -
Qn the long way home' an ava-1
ianci,e 0f ice aUL snow SWORpe(
dowu ou them, burying them from
sjght until summer came, bring-
;n, with it weather warm finnncrh
to met their cold coveriusr and ex-
;c!Himed them for its own on the
instant.
Immense Loss cf Russians.
rrom The Charlotte Otuerrer.
As to thejosses, General Kuro
patkin now iidmits that .50,000
wounded were-carried off the field.
This, with the 2G.500 dead left' on
the field, the 40,000 prisoners and
the wounded left
in the uosmtals
comes soinewhat nearer the latest
Japanese esuiuaie mac t:ie toial
lvustau losses weje 155,000. At
t,,ls ratet.lymopatkin cannot have
"Teahan 100,0(K) effective tight-
"g men Wit ll him
The army of
General LitieV'trh seems to have
made the best retreat. This, no
i i . i - i - r
Hirht made - bv- General Kenueii-
IjinKf . fc .tU hjl. ... ..I.I....... I
kainpff on his extreme left ami t lie i
equally fierce resistance of Gener
al Kaulbars on the right, the latter
general losing 28,000 men." Neith
er the army of Kaulbars nor of
lletiueukampff has been accounted
for by the dispatches. After his
defeat around the western tombs,
Kaulbars, finding his retreat di
rectly northward cut off, made a
detour to the eastward, where he
was still fighting at last accouuts.
Uenuenkainpff must also still be
in the hills to the eastward, as it
took theN courier three days to
reach lie J ass. The Japanese re-! Valley churcn caugnt nre irom a
port the "capture of 24 more guns,! defective flue and was burned de
6G in all, a rather small number j spite the efforts of the cougrega
considering the decisive defeat ! tiou to save it. This was a Meth-
and the number of men captured. odist church in the Caldwell cir
The Japanese losses have been re-! iuit and the largest " ooden church
markably
light-
in view of the
length and severity of the fight- j
ing. A correspondent with Gen-!
eral Kuroki's array tells how the!
battle of Mukden was won.. The
Russian general was deceived as
to where the blow was to be struck.
and after massing his forces on meut of Agriculture at Raleigh
the Japanese left, found, when too indicate that there will be a fall
late, that his left was the objective ing off of fifty per cent, or more iu
of the Japanese. the sale of fertilizers for cotton in
' : this State.
-A moyeraent is on foot a mom
thei.congregation of Hay Stree.
Met h, od i s t :c h arc h : at Fay e ttevill
to repiace thet. present .; churcl -structure
vitli; handsome brick
or stone edifice. " ' '
l FARMERS'
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s
See. that the
- The Source of Japan's Strength.
from ihe sew York World.
When all just praise has been
lavished upon the Japanese for
their masterly strategy, for (heir
unfailing generalship, for the dash
ing spirit of their rank and file, it
is primarily to the perfect organ-"
ization of their military establish
ment that they owe the unbroken
series of successes, : -
They were thoroughly prepared
for the war when it began; they
have proved themselves prepared
for every emergency as it arose.
At every point the bureaus at To
kio have kept step with the armies
in Manchuria. They have shown
themselves the Prussians of the
-rj) .
Hia8t.'
It is a damning commentary up
on Russia's system that,with the
military traditions :of a century,
bur army and- navy -should have
utterly collapsed under the attacks
of an enemy that had never fought
a single great campaign. Russia's
financial credit and numerical
trength were vastly superior to
Japans, tier generals bad been
red Hud drilled in the practical
JtLuropean scncoi oi war. jjv ne
cessitv she had taken on ail the
I l . r c
the world's first military powers.
Her policy was one of steady ex
pansion, and her neighbors were
afraid and jealous of her.
.By contrast Japan was a small
island
id power. Her population
barely one-third of Russia's,
waH
tT.l a 1
ioui m men ana money sue was
I um phal progress through foreign
territory and the expedition to the j TJpon the arrival of the officers,
1 relief of the Peking legations aand before thev could leave the
I practice march. ambulance, a rain of bullets fell
nt I ro.m the day ltussia, in col-
i lusion with Germany and France,
tore up uie treaty or onimoiiOseKi,
despoiled Japan of the fruits of
victory and then quietly appro-
priateu them to her own use, Ja-
pan has bent all her energies and
talents to creatiug a military sys-
tem and force that in point of
science and efficiency should equal
any in the worm, one sent ner
cadets to the naval schools of the
United States and Great Britain.
Her lieutenants were instructed
by the best German tacticians and
eugiueers. She has taken what
suited her purposes where she
found it, and adapted and perfect
ed it to her own needs. Her field
hospital service and her sanitary
provisions are admitted to be far:
ahead of those of Europe and this j
couutrr..: In such details . as the'
use of the telephone on the battle
field she has developed a new ait.
What she has done, iu fact, is to
construct a complicated military
machine that works with the ac
curacy ot a pocket timepiece
wouud up and set by uuseeu hands
iu Tokio. ' Above all she has man
aged to accomplish these wonders
! I" bare v ten years, after hu
. - lt , ,r
re ex-
i3!irli t n rot: fif mnnp v jmil liraine
with economy and without cor
ruption. . Kussia's fatal weakness has been
her over-weening pride of military
power, which betrayed her into
unprepareduess, aud her political
corruption, which amounted to
official treachery.
Europe might do well now to
go to school to her pupil.
Caldwell County Church Burned.
Lenoir, N. C., March 11. Cedar
iiu the county. Loss $1,200. The i
organ aud Sunday school library
were saved. It will be replaced
with a brick structure.
: Reports received in the Depart
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A Madman's Murderous Work.
Denver, Col., March 12. Mad
with rage because of his defeat in
a law suit in which K.JFill, the
man whom he pronounced his bit
terest enemy, had been victorious,
and swearing vengeance against
him and his family, George Schist
ler, a teamster, "armed himself
with a rifle today and started out
to do murder. As a result of the
affray, three persons are dead, one
is missing and three others are
wounded, two at least, danger
ously. Schistlerliad brooded over his
troubles with the Fill family, who
were immediate neighbors, and
announced today that he would
even up matters. Taking a rifle
of improved pattern,. and buckling
on a belt of smokeless cartridges,
he started for the Fill home- Fill
saw Schistler approaching, and
heard his threats. He tried to
avoid him by entering the house,
but Schistler sent a bullet into his
brain and Fill fell dead.
Mrs. Fill rushed to her hus
band's side, and received a bullet
from Sebistler's rifle, she fell dead
beside the lifeless body of her
husband. Schistler then set fire
to the Fill home, which was de
stroyed. ' - " "
Satisfy ing himself thai the flames
would perform . their mission
Schistler returned to his home
and barricaded himself.' In the
meantime neighbors appear
the scene, but quickly ret
ed on
retreated
when bullets from Schistler's rifle
began falling near them. A tele
phone message was sent to police
headquarters and an' ambulance
with Police Surgeon Dulin, Cap
tain Bohanna and three officers
hurried to'the scene
about them. Dulin and Bohanna j
fell to the floor of the ambulance'
wounded. The condition of the
former is critical. The driver rein-:
ed his horses, when another shot
flom Schistler dropped one of the
animals to the o-round. With the
assistance of spectators the wound-'
ed men were removed from the;
scene. A strong array of police:
officers was then sent to the house.
and after a furious exchange of
shots the place was entered and
Schlister was found in a dying
condition. He died soon after.
At the last term of Pender coun
ty Suuerior court there was not a
criminal case on the docket.
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