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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
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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
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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.
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$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,,