J VOL. XXII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TJJUltSDAY, AUGUST 18. 1904. NO. X. FORI AKIHUK 1 Latest Reports Indicate Assaulted Russian Stronghold A LAND AND NAVAL ENGAGEMENT jnorriztion Reaches Chefoo From Various Sources to the Effect that tht Naval Attack Was Made About 4 O'clock Monday Morning The Japanese Occupy the Hills Two or Three Miles North of the Fortress Warships Return to Port Arthur. f ! - fco, Uy Cable. That a genera! Li:i i .u'.'l naval attack was made on I'-.r? Arthur Monday is Indicated by ii.f r:i:.'i'io:i from various sources. T!;. M.v.ment. that the naval attack u,is mail" at four o'clock in the morn c':j.,.s from authoritative but not ui;.jfiiiaiif quarters. .Links which arrived here say the .Tai ancs': occupied the LiautI Hills nn i Kushien, which is two or three jii's north cf the fortress. Five warslilps and seven torpedo 1m -at (j'.-.iUTjyers, according to the Junks-, i ;turned to Port Arthur the nigh, of August 10. junks which arrived here, having J-rt Port Arthur August 12, brought reports that the Japanese occupied ri' w positions on that day. The Jichtiiis was heavy but intermittent, v.. I Indicated that the assault was be continued. The Russians at Port Arthur arc reported to be down Irarted. The men who came on the Junks declare that the commander of the Japanese fleet before Port Arthur informed the Russian commander of ilio place that if the wraships which returned after the sortie of August 10 VrO Slink hv th TJiissinng thf Tan. a nose would shell the town with lyd dite. A Chinese who has returned here Jrc;m Llao Yang declared that the t isualties in tho recent fighting in I jat vicinity have been enormous on l.th. sides. Tokio, By Cable. Vice Admiral Kamimura encountered the Russian ladivostock squadron at dawn Sun oay, north of Tsu Island, in the Strait i Koprea, and attacked the enemy ;:t once. The battle lasted for five lours and resulted in a complete Jap anese victory. The Russian cruiser Rurik was sunk and the cruisers Ros i;ia and Gromoboi fled to the north ward after having sustained serious damage. Admiral Kamimura cables the Navy Department that the injuries inflicted upon his vessels were slight. The fate of the crew of the Rurik is not known. It is presumed . that many of them were killed or drowned. The strength of the fleet under Ad miral Kamimura is not known, but it is presumed that he had the Adsu nia, Idsumo, Iwate, Takashiho and other light cruisers. Tokio is joyous over the news, as it gives Japan mastery of the sea and restores commerce. Flags are flying, lanterns are glim mering and cries of "Banzai!" are ringing in the streets of Tokio in hon or of the victories gained at sea by Admiral Togo and Vice Admiral Kam imura. Underneath the jollity of the popu lace lies a feeling of deep satisfac tion and gratification at the disposal of a desperately serious problem of the war. The Russian squadron No Change in Strike. Birmingham, Ala., Special. There is practically no change in the strike sit uation at the coal mines Sunday. Six teen hundred tons of coal were mined at the Blossberg mines of the Sloss SLeffield Steel & Iron Co. today. The operators claim the number of men at work is being increased gradually. The miners leaders declare the contrary is true. Mrs. Maybrick on the Way. London, By Cable. Mrs. Florence Maybrick, under the name of Miss Rose Ingram, is on board the Red Star Line steamer Vaderland, which sailed from Antwerp Saturday morn ing. She was accompanied by her at torney, Mr. Hayden, who arranged the details of her departure. Mrs. Maybrick trrived in Paris Friday and was met by Police Barnard, of New York. On iter arrival at New York, Mrs. May brick will be the guest of Dr. Dens more. Mrs. May brick's mother, the Baroness De Roques, intends to follow er daughter shortly. Republican Hand-Bcok. Washington, Special Tariff, pros Parity, labor, wages and prices, trusts, the Panama canal, Cuba and Cuban reciprocity, expansion and its results, the investigations of the postal and tend frauds and punishments of of fenders, rural free delivery, irrigation, the record of the Republican party and the record of Theodore Roosevelt, are Vke leading subjects discussed by the t,.v iom vvyuui.caa campaiBa uuv. uv., BOMBARDED That Japanese Have which confronted Admiral Togo re fused battle. It was stronger than Admiral Togo's squadron in battle ships and armored cruisers, and had it elected to fight, the result might have altered the fortunes of war. The strength of the squadron which confronted. Admiral Togo compelled him to draw vessels from the squad ron under Vice Admiral Kamimura, and this left the Japanese navy pow erless to operate against the Russian Vladivostock squadron and unable to prevent the raids of these vessels. Tho. raid conducted by the Vladi vostock squadron in July was ex tremely expensive to the Japanese, and not only was retailiatlon tempt ing, but it was demanded by commer cial interests. The navy, however, grimly refused to make a diversion and stuck to Port Arthur. It was confident that the harbor soon would bo untenable for the Russian war ships, that it would eventually get a fair fight in the open sea away from the Russian land batteries, and that the Japanese would win. These cal culations of the navy were correct, and the Russians, with the chances even, have been hopelessly defeated. Vice Admiral Kamimura, after months of weary and patient waiting, finally got his chance at dawn today off Tsu Island. Ho sunk the Russian crui:cr Rurik and sent the cruisers Grcmoboi and Rossia fleeing back frcv.i the fight. Japanese guns dominate the dock yards at Port Arthur, and in view of this fact it would seem to be impos sible again to make seaworthy or fightable the Russian battleships which have returned to Port Arthur. It is probable that the Russian baiue ship Czarevitch will disarm at Tsing chou. The best possible naval force the Russians can now concentrate at Vladivostock Is four cruisers. In the fight of August 10 the squad ron, under Admiral Togo, was prac tically uninjured. The battleship Mi kasha suffered the most, but she con tinues on the fighting line. The cruisers Yakumo, Misshini and Kaugo were hit, but repairs have al ready been made. Eleven wounded officers and 66 wounded men arrived at Sasebo Sunday. The steamer Gaelic, bound for Shanghai, at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, sighted a Russian cruiser, evidently the Novik, steering south east by east. This course showed her to be heading for Van Diemen Strait. Van Diemen Strait is about 120 mlies south of Nagasaki am', it would be presumed from the Novik's going in this direction that she proposes to try and reach Vladivostock by the east coast of Japan. Bombardment for Four Days. St. Petersburg. By Cable. The Etc- peror ha3 rcceved the following die- patch from. Viceroy Alexieff, dated August 13th: According to a report from Port Arthur, August 10, the Japanese at- tacked Taku and Siaohou Mountain in enormous force during the night of August 9th, and occupied them af- ter 15 hours' fighting on the night of August 10th. During a heavy rain- storm, the Japanese attacked our easi front, but were -repulsed at all points. They also Attacked simultaneously our whole front from Wolf's Hill to Taku Mountain, but everywhere were driven back. The fortress has been bombarded from the east side for four days." e:vtv FsranpH Sixty Escaped. Chefoo, By Cable. Launches con- taining sixty Russian sailors are said to-have entered Wei Hai Wei Sunday, The sailors belong to two torpedo boat destroyers which are reported to Greensbor0( signed contracts last week have gone ashore in the vicinity of fcr tne erection of buildings. The con Wei Hai Wei. These vessels presum- lractors are the J. F. Callivan Build ably are the same which were reported iug and construction Company, of Saturday to have been captured. Shooting to be Investigated. Mexico City, Special. The Federal government has recommended activity to the State government of Sinaloa in the investigation of the shooting of Clarence Way and Edward Lattimer by police officers at Aguas Calientes. There is no truth in the report that Torres, the alcade who ordered tne ar- rest of way, and tne pincers wno exe cuted his order have been sentenced to death. Alexieff Goes to Vladivostock. St. Petersburg, By Cable A dispatch inm Harbin says that Viceroy Alex ieff has passed through that place on bis way to Vladivostock. Killed In Collision. Thomasville, Ga., Special. At 11 nvinr-t Yidav nieht two freight trains on the Atlantic Coast Line mei m a v.cari-nn eollision at Elba junction, Ala. The trains were a local east-Douna and a through train. The wrecK was i cars jn transit, the articles Deing prm HiRrotrard of orders by the Hnallv merchandise. The arrest, which iauou J o I local's engineer, John Mci-augniin, oi Thnmaeviu Hft ran by the meeting point The engines were locked to - tether and McLaughlin was Instantly A UVUAIAW W - w - - umod Tha fireman was injured auu . . . veA(i NORTH CAROLINA CROPS Department Reports Conditions fee the Past Week. The Weather Bureau of the Depart ment of Agriculture issues the follow ing bulletin for the week ending Aug. 15tb: There is a general complaint in fell sections of the State that during the past two weeks there hai been too mu?h rainfall and not enough sunshice. Rains fell nearly every day during this past week; in moderate amounts in the western hair of the State, and in heavy downpours In most places in the east ern half, especially on the 9th, 11th and 12th. These weather conditions prov ed damaging to all growing crops, and have seriously delayed important farm work. Preparations nave been made fcr sotting turnips and rutabagas; for plowing wheat fields, and for planting the second crop of Irish potatoes, but on account of the wet condition of the soil very little has been accomplished. In the extreme western counties the cutting of buckwheat, oats and ha lias been retarded on accoun of too fre quent rains; and considerable of cut oats are spoiling in the shocks. Corn has suffered slightly, but the damage is confined entirely to lowlands, where some of it is turning yellow. On up lands the stands are excellent and the outlook for a good crop is encourag ing. Sweet potatoes are also turning yellow in a number of fields in the central districts; but continue to do well elsewhere. The tobacco crop is below the average; curing is in full progress, and the leaves are said to be curing nicely. Peanuts are not doing well in Hertford county; but the re ports from the adjoining counties are more encouraging. Cotton has suffered from the wet spell more than any other growing crop; it is shedding in all sec tions of the State and the damage is quite serious in low places and on light sandy soil. The weed is growing too rapidly; while the fruit is not develop ing in proportion to the size of the plant. There are a number of indica tions of black rust. It is safe to say that this has been the most unfavorable week for some time, and unless fair weather sets in- there will be decided change in the prospects for a cotton crop. The pasture land in the western counties is excellent, and the stock is improving. Grapes are ripening and will be a fair crop; peaches are rotting. Rains (in inches) for the week end ing 8 a. m. today: Goldsboro 1.88, Greensboro 1.94, Lumberton 1.86. New bern 2.62, Weldon 0.40, Raleigh 1.06, Wilmington 0.20, Hatteras 0.20, Ashe ville 0.90, Charlotte 2.20. Traveling Man Drowned. Wilmington, Special. Reports from Castle Haynes, this county, indicate that R. H. Butler, a well-known travel ing salesman for Butler Bros., tobac conists of Reidsville, was drowned in Northeast river, last week. Sunday af ternoon, a small boy playing on the river bank near the railroad bridge at Castle Haynes saw a drowned horse lodged against the piers of the iron structure and attached to a top buggy, which was overturned. The boy noti fied residents ol the neighborhood, who went down on a flat, cut the horse adrift and brought the buggy ashore. Fastened under the seat was a travel ing bag, containing tobacco samples, articles of clothing, neatly packed and letters and DaDers identifying the last occupant of the vehicle. The horse was swoilen, indicating that he had been in the water for several days. It is sup- posed that the traveling man was on his way from Burgaw to Wilmington, having been seen at Burgaw last week, ana- that, being unacquainted with the country, he attempted to ford the river, which is very deen at that point, in- stead of taking the ferry. No trace of the body has been found, as everything in the buggy not fastened was washed away. Mr. J. T. Larkins, of Castle Haynes, telegraphed the traveling mans brothers at Reidsville, but they know nothing of his whereabouts and asked that a search be made for his body. norm oiaie nv-wra Mr w Young, president and ft A, X - SVf A. Kl AAfl I treasurer of the Etowah Mills and ether officers of the corporation re- t"?. tnr -.inm and fine cotton fabrics at Greenville. S. C. and Plainer, Mass Tom Savage, a 12-year-old colored boy, was drowned in Toisnot swamp near Wilson Monday night. Savage, together with two or three compan ions, went out boat riding and in a playful way commenced rocking the Doat which overturned, throwing the occu'Pants into the water. All of them except Savage could swim and pSPanGti. The body was recovered i next jay The Southern Chair Company, one of Fieri Point's largest and most substan tial manufacturing plants, suffered a loss of between $15,000 and T20.000 Tuesday night in the burning of its irr finishing: room. The fire was mnfivl hv a liehted lantern in the I hands of the night watchman exploding I near a benzine tank aoout s o ciock fcoumern on - . I Onnr,r.Dr SnoHal. Cant. J. D. Phil 1 .. f ST)encer, wno had for a number I nf vears been a freight conductor run- i njng oUt 0f this place on tne cuiucrU I railwav. was arrested at his nome aion- i ,jay on the charge or roomng ireigni. i has caused quite a sensauuu, was 1 fted bv Chief Detective Conley, De- m w . M 1 tective Haney and ueputy anenus rjave Julian and J. A. Siceloff, who have . . m v. been working on tne ca iur u hmwui I I, ' PARKER IS NOTIFIED Committee Waits Ipon tie Democratic Nomaee For Preside at THE NOTIFICATION ADDRESSES Utterances of the Democratic Candi-, date on the issues Before the Coun try In the Present Campaign. The formal notification of Judg? Parker was held on Wednesday. The speech in behalf of the committee was made by Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri. Judge Parker responded at issues of the campaign. In accepting the nomination Judge Parker spoke as follows: JUDGE PARKER'S- ACCEPTANCE. "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: f "I have resigned the cilice of Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, of this State, in order that I may accept the jespons-ibility that the great conven tion that you represent has put upon me, without possible prejudice to the court to which I had the honor to be long, or to the eminent members of the judiciary of this State, of whom I may now say as a private citizen that I am justly proud. "At the very threshold of this re sponse and before dealing wth other subjects, I mu3t, in justice to myself, and to relieve my sense of gratitude, express my profuond appreciation of the confidence reposed in me by the convention. After nominating mo and subsequently receiving a com munication declaring that I regarded the gold standard as firmly and irre vocably established, a matter which I felt it incumbent upon me to make known my attitude so that hereafter no man could justly say" that his support had been secured through in direction or mistake, tho convention reiterated its determination that I should be the standard-bearer of the party in the present contest. This mark of trust and confidence I shall ever esteem as the highest honor that could be conferred upon me an honor that, whatever may be the fate of the campaign, the future can in no degree lessen or impair. The platform is highly satisfactory to Mr. Parker, and he eulogizes the Democratic position on the tariff, trusts and other issues. "Impatience of th: restraints of law, as well as of iu delays, is be coming more and more manifest from day to day. Within the past few years many instance have been brought to our attention, where in different parts of our be'loved country supposed criminals have been seized and punished by a mob, notwithstand ing the fact that the constitution of each Stato guarantees to every per son within its jurisdiction that his life, his 'liberty or his property shall not be taken from him without due process of law. On the subject of the Philippines he says: "It is difficult to understand how any citizen of the United States, much less a descendant of Revolutionary stock, can tolerate the thought of permanent ly denying the right of self-government to the Filipinos. Can we hope to in still into the minds of our descendants reverence and devotion for a govern ment by the people, while denying ulti mately that right to the inhabitants of distant countries, whose territory we have acquired either by purchase or by force? Can we say to the Filipinos, 'Your lives, your liberty and your prop erty may be taken from you without due, process of law for all time,' and expect we will long glory in that fea ture of Magna Charta, which has be come incorporated, in substance, and effect, into the constitution of every State, as well as into the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States? Can we hope for the respect of the civilized world, while proudly guaranteeing to every citizen of the United States that no law shall be made or enforced " which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws, and at the same time not only deny similar rights to the inhabitants of the Philippines, but take away from them the right of trial by jury, and place their lives and the disposition of their property in the keeping of those whom we sent to them to be their gov ernors? We shall certainly rue it as a nation if we make any such attempt. Viewing the question even from the standpoint of national selfishness, there Is no prospect that the twenty millions of dollars expended in the purchase of the islands and the six hundred and fifty millions said to have been since disbursed will ever come back to us. The accident of war brought the Phil ippines into our possession and we are not at liberty to disregard the respon-' sibility which thus came to us, but that responsibility will be best subserved by preparing the islanders as raipdly as possible for self-government and giving to them the assurances that it will come as soon as they are reason- .' ably prepared for it. There need b: no fear that the assertion so often made of late, that we have now become a world power, will then be without support. Ours is a world power, and as such it must be maintained, but f deny that it is at all recently that the United States has attained that emin ence. Our country became a world pow er over a century ago, when, having thrown off foreign domination, the peo ple established a free government, the source of whose authority sprung, and was continuously to proceed, from the will of the neople themselves. It grew as a wcrid power as us sturay citizen?, to whose natural increase were ad del immigrants from the Old World seek ing to obtain here the liberty and pros perity denied them in their own coun tries, spread over the face of the land, reduced the prairies and forests to cul tivation, built cities, constructed high ways and railroads, till now a nation which at the formation of the govern ment, numbered oiily three millions In population, has become eighty millions. and from ocean to ocean and the laics to tne euir. ine i-uunuy is cue bmoui- ui - - . ... . , . , a tee ana prpseprcus ucuuie. aavanvea ! w1wt risrree in th leamln and arts of clrintation. it is the lib erty, th idvaeetneot af tB pros perity of Its clUgo. not iny rarrer of Mmquefct. that nuke the country a wbria poef. This condition w o to the bounty o! ProTldecr. oafoldej in the great natural resources of the country, to the wisdom of our fathers manifested by them, to the energy. In dustry, moral character and law-abiding spirit of the people thernsefves, "We are not military people. bnt on conquest, or engaged In extending our domains In foreign lands, or de sirous of securing natural advantage, however great, by force; but a people loving peace, not only for 6arelv-s. but for all the nations of the earth. 'Thomas Jefferson, In a letter to William C. Jarvis. touching the per petuity of our institutions, written many years after he had retired to private life, said: 'If the three pow ers of our government maintain their mutual independence of each other, tt may last long, but not so if either tan assume the authority cf the oth er. It must be confessed that In tho course of our history executives havt employed powers not belonging to them; statutes have been passed that wero expressly forbidden by the con stitution and statutes hav b-i -.et aside as unconstitutional when it was dimcult to point out the proviciou said to be offended against in their enactment; all this has been done with a good purpose, no doubt, but in disregard, nevertheless, of the fact that ours is a government of laws, net of men, 'deriving Its Just powers from the consent "of the governed." If ve would have our government continue through tho ages to ccme, for the benefit of thoso who shall succeed us, we must ever be on our guard against the danger of usurpa tion of that authority which resides In the whole people, whether the usur pation be by officials representing one of the three great departments cf government, or by a body of men act ing without a commission from the people. "The great display of military ar maments may please the eye and, for the moment, excite the prido of the citizen, but it cannot bring to the country the brains, brawn and mus cle of a single immigrant, nor induce the investment here of a dollar of capital. Of course, such armament as may be necessary for the security oi the country and the protection of the rights of its citizens at home or abroad, must be maintained. Any other course would be not only false economy, but pusillanimous. I :ro test, however, against the feeling, now far too prevalent, that by reason of the commanding position we have assumed in the world, we must take part in the disputes and broils of for eign countries, and that because we have grown great we should inter vene in every important question that arises in other parts of the world. I also protest against the erection of any such military establishment as would be required to maintain the country in that attitude. We should confine our international activities solely to matters in which the rights of the Country or of our citizens are directly involved. That is not a sit uation of isolation, hut oi indepen dence. "Mr. Chairman: In most graceful speech you have reminded me of tne great responsibility, as well as the great honor of the nomination be stowed upon me by the convention you represent thi3 day. Be assured that both are appreciated so keenly appreciated that I am humbled in their acceplance. "I accept, gentlemen of the commit tee, the nomination, nd If the action of the convention shall be endorsed bv an election by the people, I will. God helping me, give to the discharge of the duties of that exalted office the best service of which I am capa ble and at the end of the term retire to private life. I shall not be a candi date for, nor shall I accept a re-nom ination. Several reasons mignt ne ao vanced for this position, but the con trolling one with me is that I am fully persuaded that no incumbent of that office should ever be placed in a situ ation of possible temptation to con sider what the effect of action taken by him in an administrative matter oi great importance might have upon his- political fortunes. Questions of momentous consequence to all of the neople have been in the past and wil be in the future presented to the President for determination, and in approaching their consideration, as well as in weighing the facts and ar euments bearing upon them, he should be unembarrassed by any possible thought of the influence his decision that may effect him personally. make this statement, not in criticism of any of our Presidents from Wash lneton down who have either held the oflSce for two terms or sought to succeed themselves; for strong ar guments can be advanced in suppon of the re-election or a president. is simply my judgment that the inter ests of this country are now so vast and tne questions presented are fre quently of such overpowering magni tude to the people that it is indispen sable to the maintenance of a befit ting attitude before the people, not only that the Chief Magistrate should be independent, but that that inde pendence should be known of all men." Hearing Given. Augusta, Ga., Special. Bailey Mc Gown, former assistant postmaster, of Ohoopee, was given a preliminary tear ing Thursday afternoon before the de puty United States Clerk here for frau dulently misappropriating postoffice funtls. McGown was left in charge of the office during the absence of Post master Bowman, and went on a spree. When the postmaster returned he re fused to turn over the keys, and It was found that part of the office funds were missing. McGown was bound over for trial. Investment Aided Church. Two of the prominent and Influen l members of the Fort Fairfield Maine. Congregational church last fall invested quite a sum of money in po tatoes, privately vowing that, if they made a nrbfit. that profit should be tn their church The amount 5 . over and th pastor , . .nl)flUncement that . , . , a UlaUc Hie - -3 , i va omnnnt naa oeeu rfteicu - i 7 41. . . the traniaCUOU Dy Ul cnuxcu. CAROLINA MATTERS. Otcurf erve j of ntert i Part cf the State. Va'iew I The Stats Farmers Attune. The North Carolina Stale arror' Alliance, la seion at HillUro Ut neck, adopted a notabW rrolat)on tr larding the dlipollion of the Allan tic St North Carolina Railroad. U l u, th effect that wbers it m tfcat the railway rstetn cf tfce Stat will at no distant day be in the hands of foreign corporations working to Kether as a practical monopoly, it U the 6vne cf the State Alliance last Governor Aycock should neither sell or lease the Atlantic & North Caroli na, but that it should be extended bf the uc of convict labor to Henderson or Norltna, and In that way It would become a power in tho hands of the corporation commission to protct the people of the State fruia abuss In ex cestive rates, etc.. charged by thf for eiga corporations and Beaufort would to developed Into the great port that our forefathers contemplated. In con elusion, the resolution has this signif icant paragraph: "We would not. however, shut our eyes to any abuses in the present management, but would urge a stricter supervision of Its af fairs on the part of our poople and the public oillclals." The Alliance passed a resolution protesting against the em ployraent of State convicts on farms except for the raiting of supplies for the convicts themsolven, and Insist ing that they be employed in the build- ng of road9. This wan adopted In the stead of one urged by the Edgecombe Alliance urging that the convicts be used in the manufacture of fertilizer. Regarding the support cf the Agricul tural and Mechanical College, th Al iance resolved that the State board oi agriculture be not in future requir ed to put up the f 10,000 annually for he general running expenses, but that the college get Its support from the State and the national Agricultural and Mechanical funds Just as other colleges do, and let the Agricultural Department funds be used In the ex tension of the Agricultural Depart ment after the running expenses are paid. Another resolution of Import ance was to tne eneci mai. steps should be taken throughout the cot ton-growing belt to assure the system atic marketing of the crop and en dorsing the idea of having cotton waiehouses in which farmers can house their crops and draw out any money needed before the staple is sold. There was also a resolution commending the campaign for better and stronger public schools and es pecially the teaching of agriculture as a regular course, and tailing on the farmers in every district to see to it that this course is taught in every school. The State Alliance reelected all former officers and elected Dr. R H. Speight as a member of the exec utive committee, to succeed Dr. Pear son, whose term expired. T. B. Par ker and Dr. Speight were elected del egates to the National Alliance meet ine at St. Louis in September. The Progressive Farmer was endorsed as the State organ. Eight Men Drowned in Mine. Salisbury, Special. News reaches he-re of the drowning of nine men eight of them negroes at the Bar- ringer gold mine, in Stanley county, Friday afternoon, as the result of a terrific downpour of rain, which rush ed into the shaft where they wree working. The full details of the acci dent cannot be given, because tclv phone communication Is cut off and the place is not accessible by tele graph. The mine is owned by the Whitney Reduction Company. Friday afternoon a terrific rain came up and the nine men working in tho shaft attempted to come out Before they could reach the surface water over flowed the shaft in torrents and only one of the men, Thos. Moyle, superin tendent, escaped. Another climbed nearly out, but was beanten back and drowned along with seven colored men. All were caught like rats in a trap. There were but two white men in the mine and one of them was the only person to escape. The names of the dead so tar aa nown are as follows: Will Camp, John McGraw. Bob Deberry and Sam Price. It seems that there was something like a wa terspout there, from the description of the way the shaft was flooded. Homicide at Marriage Feast. Tarboro, Special. While engaged In a dispute at a marriage feast and ball in the vicinity of Old Sparta, Eugene Wilson shot and instantly killed Joe Edwards. Both are colored. A negro boy had an epleptic fit outside the house and Edwards had gone Into the house for a lamp. Wilson objected to ts being removed and a quarrel ensued with the above result. Wilson was lodged in jail to await trial. North Carolina Briefs. A sad occurrence took p!ae on Cot ton Mill Hill at Lenoir Mcnday arxjfat 5 o'clock, when John Queen, son ct Mrs. M. A. Queen, sbct and killed his brother, Malcolm Queen, accidentally. It seems that John was playing with an old pistol, thinking it was unload ed, but it contained one cartridge ana proved fatal, the shot entering just below the heart and causing death in less than five minntes. The Drexel Furniture Company, of Morganton, one of Burke's Infant in dustries, this week shipped to Sears, Roebuck & Co., of Chicago, five hun dred oak chiffoniers. The workman ship Is of high order; In fact all of the work turned out by this plant is of the very best. After an illness of some weens, sat. James N. Conrad, one of the Oldest and best known citizens of Lexington, died at his home Monday evening. Judge Allen in Raleigh Tuesday ap pointed Claude B. Barbee and Frank A. Daniels co-receivers of the Juanita Cotton Mill, at Burlington, of which Augustus A. Rosenthal, of Raleigh, has been manager. The statement of the mill's condition up to Tuesday Ehows liabilities $144,165. assets $42.- 951 and mill property wim repairs . t,. onri nAv marninerT v uic wjhmi. - " ' $83,511. RIOTS IN NEW YORK ficiiisf Cccflk! fctweel libi n4 Nea tetoa Erkibms M0S CHASES SOY WHO MED GH Yovthfyl Drkktsytr Empties Mis vC!vtr into a Mco ef WtxlOM Lynhr While Stanataa Elevated Railroad Platform. New Yurs. Fractal. After fcoidlaf a crowd cf pursuers at bay on tha platform of an elevated railroad sta tion followed aa alleged assaalt upoa another workman, rapt flag volrcr Into tb mob and trttnf t eccapo oa a trasn. josio Loiis 1C years old. a brkkla) rr. was Ultra to a palkc station. guanJsl by a squad of reserves Uh drawn revol vers. Behind urged the crowd which had chacd him. demanding that h bo lynched, lie was locked op on a chare of felonious aaull. made fcr Thomas McLaughlin, another brick layer, who fays that tho youth fire! at hfm. tho bullet pamlr.j: Ifcroush tho collar of his coat clu enough t burn his neck. Contcllo. who Is tart a memler of a labor, union, had bei employed on a new building up to last week. He claimed that a sun of money was due him from the con tractor and that every tlmo he went after it the union men drove hlra away. Monday, when he again ap peared at tho building and started for tho contractor's office, Mclaughlin stood in his way. Coetello says that McLaughlin knocked him down. Mc Laughlin declares that Costello drew a revolver, fired one shot, which nar rowly misled him. and then turned and ran. A blacksmith, armed with a heavy sledgehammer, faced a crowd of Ftriko sympathizers, who were admin istering a violent beating to Tatrick Mallon, a non-union workman, this afternoon, and so overawed the crowd that Mallon was allowed to slip away. Mallon was leaving the Cchwarxcblld v- Sulzberger plant when a score of strikers neized him. threw him down, kicked and beat him, broke his nose and covered bin face and body with cuts and bruiwes. He had managed to break away and was running down street with the mob at his heels when Joseph Raeater. a blacksmith, heard his cries for help. Seizing a heavy sledgehammer, Rasater rushed Into the street and faced the crowd. His threatening attitude had the desired effect, and the pursuers fell back while Mallon made good bis escape. Fairbanks to Tour tha Country. Chicago. Special. That Senator Fair banks, the Republican vice presidential candidate, will participate almost con tinuously In the preMldentlal camaplgn and tour the country in behalf of tha ticket of which he Is a component part, was made known today as the result of a visit made by him to Republican headquartere in this city."" He baa en tered into an engagement to open tbt Kansas State campaign at Marlon. In that State, on September 1st, and there are calls for him for earlier dates la Vermont. He also today indicated his positive acceptance of an invitation to speak at Saratoga, N. Y., on the 11th of September, on the occasion of tha celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the Republican party at that resort. Later In the cam paign he will visit the far West News By Wire. Democratic leaders are hoping for favorable results in contrasting tha personality of the candidates for preal dent. Turkey having yielded on all points to the United States the American fleet at Smyrna has been ordered to leare. The United States South Atlantic squadron arrived at Cape Town. The British torpedo boat destroyer Decoy sank off the Scilly Islands In a collision with another destroyer. The Republican campaign text-book is to be issued from national headquar ters today. The Associated Press' learns thai Iwis Dixon, cf New York, who has been in SV Petersburg for several days, came at the request of the Russian adrniralfty. and that negotiations are r-rogressing between the admlralfty and Mr. Nixon, but whether for the aal of ship, machinery or what, is not ascer tainable. Mr. Nixon is going to Sebas Upl Friday to confer with the com mander cf the Black Sea fleet A whole family was poisoned at Sal isbury last week from eating food Into v.hich the cook had put some kind of I olson. Dr A. B. Simpson, of New York, took up a collection of $41,000 for the Christian Workers Alliance at the Old Orchard (Maine) camp meeting. Three Battf rles CptureL Perlin. By Ciblc A dispatch to The lkal Anzelger from Tokio, received Monday, confirms the reports that heavy fighting his occurred at Port Arthur during the past few days. The Japanese cantrred three Russian bat teries and secured positions close to the inner fortifications. Bc-iu side lost heavily. The Japanese have commen ced a bajbardment from Lang Moun tain qn the harbor and. lanar dtisooea, tM'i u just about to ha lgsued. ; two hrakemea ware hruisad,,