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jpT-f kA VOL. XXII. RALEIGH, NOPU CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, ItfOl." NO. i'X THE SLOCUM REPORT President Roosevelt Submits a Letter Commenting on the Matter DAMAGING REVELATIONS MADE Commission Finds the Burning of the N?w York Excureion Steamer and the Loss of Over 900 Lives Due Scle ly to Wretched Equipment and Poor Personnel cf Crew. Washington, Special. The report of tc- United States commission on the .;' Kti eat ion upon the disaster to the t;rr.cr General Sloeum, appointed ;; .!. 2J. last, by the. then Secretary of '.'.;i:i.crco and Labor George I). Cor .! ei, and consisting ct Lawieuce O. Mun.ty, Afcxhdant Secretary of Com-;,,-.!' rind Labor; Herbert Knox Smith. " jty commissioner of corporations; . ,.2.f Uhler, supervising inspector i. !:.! of the steamboat Inspection M-:t;"j: General' John .M. Wilson, i i ifi l States Army, retired, end Com : ;snid.-r Cameio.u SJcR. Winslow, Unlt- ! ::':tt'-.-; navy, was male public Suu ,,ty. I,i connection with the important Pudings of the commission.? presented i i t'.e n nuit, President Roosevelt, to v J:'iii the report was submitted, has - : '.Uen a letter to Secretary Vic tor II. :;: alf, of the Department of Com and Labor, briefly summarizing i!: report and directing him to carry l;.r. effect the reeonuiiciidationa of the 'i.r.i-iiiiin. iTo alio directs the Rob- r: S. Rodie, r-upervisiag inspector ot t second district eteamboat inspects-:: service, and James A. Dmnont and 'in H. IJarrett, local inspectors in harge of the port of New York, be dis fLirgel from the tervice, the tonimis '.en holding them directly responsible for the iaxity of the steamboat inspec tion to which the Sloeum disaster was directly attributed. j Commissioner Uhler dissents to that i portion of the report which places tho responsibility cn the supervision in spector cf the 'second district, Robert 1. Rot'ie; otherwise, he concurs with the -ojiiTiils.?iou. Appended to the re I oil I--? a report from -the Department of Justice and criminal proceedings onrem-d with the disaster and the lift- preservers case?. THE PRESIDENTS VIEW. The President's letter to Secretary Metcalf follows: White Ilousft, Washington, D. C, Oct 12. 1S0-1. My Dear Sir: I have receive! the report of the Commission of the JInite J States on the Investigation of the Gen eral Sloeum disaster and the report of the Department of Justice on October 1th, recinulatlug what has been done by the department of Justice in connec tion with the criminal proceedings taken against various individuals, be cause of their connection with the dis aster. I send you herewith both re ports. Punitive action by the govern ment can, of course, only take two forms; that of legal proceedings against those either within or with out the service. It appeal 3 that the Department of Justice has already se cured indictments against the master and captain of the Sloeum and against the managing directors of the Knick erbocker Steamboat Company, to which company the steamer belonged, for misconduct, negligence, and inat tention to duty by the captain, and for tiding and abetting therein by the r.icnaging directors. Furthermore, the Department of Justice' has secured in dictments against Henry Lundberg and John W. Fleming, the assistant inspec tors cf tho steamboat inspection ser vice, who actually inspected the Slo eum, for fraud, misconduct, and in attention to duty. Lundburg had been appointed merely on pobalion in the service and, has been dropped. There tan, of course, be no further action about Fleming until his trial has. been finished, although it does not follow that an acquittal would prevent the Department from discharging him from the service. In addition, the Depart ment of Justice has secured the indict ment of the -manager and three em ployes of the Nonpareil Cork works, of Camden, N. J., for putting upon the market compressed cork blocks'" for use in making life preservers, C3ch of which blocks contained in its center a bar of iron weighing several ounces. This last offense was cf so heinous a character thafis is difficult to com ment upon it with proper self-restraint. It appears that the national legislature has never enacteda law providing in set terms forthe punishment of this particular species of infamy, doubtless because it never entered the head of cay man that so gros3 an infamy could he perpetrated. I suggest that you re port tai3 -whole matter" to Congress, transmitting these two reports, and si that time calling special attention the reed of imposing an adequate penalty for the making or selling of defective life-saving appliances. REMOVAL OF DELINQUENT OF FICIALS. "So much for what the Department ef Justice has done, in reference to the disaster. But in addition to the wen put on trial by the Department of Jus tice, action should be taken against those employes wnc3B responsibility for the state cf thiugflproduclog the ac cent kas ttsu fcioysht, iato ,t&e p- rort of the commiFelon. Aceor!!csr to this report It appears that in addition to the two assistant inspectors who are row on trial. ho supervising- Infractor cf the second dittrbt, Mr. Rolie, and the two local inspectors of the port of Few York. Mebra. Durront and Rar-ic-tt, Fhould rdl three bo removed for laxity and neglect in performing their 'tulle a As regards tbe conduct of Sir. Roiie, "Mr. Uhler dirhentn from the con-df-foa of the four other commission ers. I are with the conch'slon of the ether fcur. Laxity and r.eglect. where ;he lon.K'iucnces may be m terrible aj they have proved to be in this case, c.'ir.not bs passed over, even v. here there has been good conduct in ether respects on the part of the man Impli cated. Accordingly, the three officials r arced will J? removed from the ser vice Moreover, you will please direct their successors in office at once to con unct a thorough examination of the en tire inspection force of the port of Ner Ycrk, with the object of weeding out !! the men whom such examination ihail show to be unfitted to perform the very arduous and responsible du ties of their positions. The supervising inspector general has at present no l eadquaitcra force of special agentH, so that it is very ditficulL for him to exer cise any adequate and direct supervis ion over the various local divisions of Die inser tion service. In each division La mutt icly chiefly on the fidelity and trc-rgy of tho local heads, and when thf-.-w f,;il to perform their duties they niu.st be held accountable. He must, however, exercise as thoroughly a eu lrvihion as the means at this disposal i How. in order that I may he in formed ns to tbe exact condition of the service in all its parts. I direct you to order a searching investigation in con hrqy.ence of the investigation of the commission into the conduct of the cen tral oi'fh:e and of every outside subdi vision of the sarvi'.e cave that in New York. "You will also make such changes in the iCKuluiions as are recommended by iho commission, and you will there ;crc c;:il a special meeting of the board of supervising inspectors for this pur pose. You will also lay before the Con gress a request thnj. the lav be changed in the various particulars recommend ed by the commission. I wish particu lar cmphapls laid upon the proposal of the commission that thorn be created by a law a special body thoroughly to investigate the laws which are suppos ed to provide for the safety of passen gers on steamboats, and especially on excursion boats, where the prime caus3 of danger are the overcrowding and tho flimsy and highly inflammable character of superstructures. "Very truly yours. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Hon. V. If. Metcalf, Secretary of Com- ir.erce and Labor." A Triple Tragedy." Jackson, Miss., Special. A horrible triplo tragedy is reported from Ca'.co- ga, Webster county. A mother and her babe were shot to death by a neigh bor, who was in turn shot to death by tho angered husband and father. According to accounts of the affair which reached here today, Mrs. Dixio Heard and her young baby were shot end instantly killed by Jim Stalling, who in turn was shot down by Beard. The tragedy occurred while Heard and his family waro passing tho homo cf Stalltngs. The trouble grew out of a dispute? ovst some land. Fighting Bcii Weevil. Yv'ashington. Special. The Depart ment of Agriculture, in a circular is sued, warns planters throughout the cotton belt that in iheir efforts to pro cure an early crop cf cotton to avoid damage by boll weevils they must rot overlook the great prime factor in tno control cf the pest, the destruction oj the plants in the field is stamped as tho most effective method of reducing the numbers of tho weevil. Tha circular calls for concerted action of commit tees, in taking these stepa. WORLD'S FAIll. Ohio ami German Jays were cele brated. A clay poltcry is in operation In the Mining Gulch. A native orchestra is an attraction In the Visayan villa go. "One hundred and fifty jinrikishas arc in use to carry visitors over the grounds. Colonel J. A. Shaler, of Panama, hn3 been appointed orllcial delegate ofth Kepubiio of Panama. There era 103 varieties of apples shown in tho Indiana exhibit la the Palace of Horticulture. Two exhibitions are given daily on tin riflo range of the Forestry, Fish and Game Department. Fifty varieties of agricultural prod ucts are shown in the Texas exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture. ' Two 7u0 candle power searchlights are operated on the two towers of the Philippine Weather Bureau. The Alaskan hide exhibit includes raw and dressed hides of every fur hearing animal in that country. Organ recitals by 'prominent organ ists are given daily on the largest or gan in the world in Festival Hall. Exhibitions of the wonderful proper ties of the X-rays are given daily in the German section of the Palace of Edu cation. A large captive balloon is now mak ing many ascensions every day, carry ing passengers aud rising to a height of S00 feet. Geronimo, the famous Apache chief, now at the Fair, is hept busy making bows and arrows, carving canes and writing his autograph for visitors at the Indian School. A United State flag made entirely of corn husks, the work of tho High School girls cf Atchison County, Kan., floats over that .State's exhibit in the Palace of Agriculture. 1 Do not risk, your own life, cr place the lives cf .those you love, in jeo pardy, by standing pitchforks against tha eide of a mow, or load cf hay or grain, where in s re might ho danger o' falling on them.- Keep your name 011. of the paper with, all such items if that. - - m A CRAZY MAN'S ACT The Son of Judre PritcharJ Commits Suicide FIRST KILLS A BROILER (fflCLR A Sen ef United States Judge Prltch ard, VYhic Temporarily Insane, Shoots and Kiils Second Lieutenant Fred L. Dean and Then Tikes His Own Life Both Young Men Offi cers of the Thirteenth Cavalry Deplorable Tragedy Occurs at Camp Etotsenburg, Near Manilla, In . ths Philippine Islands. Manila, Hy Cable. Second Lieuten ant William I). Prltchard. of the Tbir--.pcnth Cavaliy, Monday killed Second lieutenant Fred L. Dcc-n of the same cavaliy, then committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at Camp Stetson burg. Lieutenant Ptitehard was a na tive of North Carolina and was ap pointed from that State. Me was 2 J years old. Lieutenant Deen was 27 years oid and a native of Texas. Washing, ton. Special. The War De partment received a dispatch from. Manila this morning confirming the rt port that Lieutenant William U. Pritchard had murdered Lieutenant Deen by shooting him through tae ac-ad. then he committed suicide. Liju tenant Pritchard is a son of Junge Jeter C. Prlichard, of Marshall, N. C. formerly Senator from that State, and p.'; piesent Federal Jud;e for tho Cir cuit of Maryland. Virginia and North Carolina. According to the rjcords on file at cho Department, PiUchard bore an excellent reputation as a sol dier and an officer. Deen's home was fit Athens. Texas. Six Die in Tenement F ire. New York, SpeciahSix live3 were lost and nearly a score of persons were tnjured and the lives of more thau 100 ilhers were endangered in an early morning tenement house fire iu Wil liamsburg section of Brooklyn. With one exceptionn all the dead are child ren. Incendiaries are thought to have en responsible for the fatal P.re, and this theory in strengihcjied by the fact that" while tho firemen were at wcrk on "the blaze alarms wrc turned In fcr two other fires in the immediate neighborhood. The dead: Bella Glass, 23 years. Henry Glass, 2 years. Ida Saltofsky, 6 years. Benjamin. Gu33ie, Charles Warkcl icy, aged 11. 14 and "J years. The seriously injured: Harry Blass, c yeaiv. Abraham VarkoLsky. 5 years. Minnie Warkolsky, 7 years. Annie Warkoisky, 5 years. Max Rabinovitz,G years. Sarah Rabinowitz, 4 years. Twelve families, comprising 120 per sons, were asleep in tho big live-story double tenement house when the flames were discovered. When the alarm was sounded through the house the men and women, some of the latter with babies in their arms, others with little boys and girls clinging to the. night clothes of their mothers, ran to the hallway. There they were met with the great clouds of choking smoke, while the flames were rapidly closing in about them. Before the firemen ar rived police reserves from a nearby station had rescued many persons from the blazing building. When the fire men came, human lines were formed from the fire escapes and the screaming women and children were lowered to the pavement. The flames burst from windows all about them and the clothes of many of them were burned from theic bodies. Their hair, was sing fed and their bodies burned; 6,000 Miners Return to Work. Knoxville, Tenn., Special. Opera tors and miners of District Number IS, United Mine Workers cf America, held another joint conference here Sat urday. The miners haying agreed to accept the. seven per cent. -reduction proposed by the operators, signed the scale arid the G..000 miners now idle will go to work Monday. Against North Carolina. Washington, Special. The United States Supreme Court denied the mo tion of counsel on behalf of the Stale of North Carolina for a rehearing ia the case of the State of South Dakota ys. the State of North Carolina, de cided during the last term of the court favorable to South Dakota. The case involved the validity cf North Carolina's guaranty of certain rail road bends donated to South Dakota for the use of the University of South Dakota. The court ordered the sale of bonds, and this action renders that decision final. The decision has the effect of validating other North Car olina bonds f similar character. - "St. Petersburg Reassured. St. Petersburg, By Cable. The news from the front is more reassuring, from the Russian standpoint. The situation is still regarded a3 being critical, but General Kuropalkin is apparently hold ing tb.3 Japanese firmly on bis centre and right wdng, even having rc-crossed the Shakhe river; and while there are rumors of an extensive Japanese flank ing movement both on the east and on the west, there ia no evidscce tfcat they ore actually occurrjns:. A TRAGEDY AT DAVIDSON The Victim the Stayer's.' Brcther-ln Law and Ferrrer Partner in Busi. ness. Lexington. Special. About ba Sunday at Piacy Church, la Uoorie (owwtfUp, Clay Grubb, a vrcll know if distiller, shot and killed O, L. Davis, bis brvtber-hi-iaw aal former pirtnfT in business. Grubb i-aya that just as he drove up near thn church, whero a protracted w?etlng was going on, he saw Davis attempt to draw a plsiol, and, telle veing his life In danger, he shot Davis to gave himself. Ho did not know tow many times he shot, nor whether Davb wpa dead, but said that three chambera of his revolver were empty-. Divla lived about ten talnutes after Ulng hhot, but n vcr spoke. Several huadrtd people were pres ent and several of them witnessed the fearful homicide. As the three shots rang out on the Sabbath stillness, tho crow gathered around Davis and saw at once that he was shot in the breait, and they looked on while streams of bloood flowed from the nclse and month of the dying man, forming a pool where he lay. Grubb, as soon as he fired the fatal shot, lefc the crowd in siienco and went to the house of Bill Simerson, a magistrate, close by, and asked that he appoint deputies to bring him to Lexington. Accordingly, Bocn Willscn and Clar ence Thompson were appointed and they aeompani-.d Grubb to this place, where he surrendered to Sheriff Dor pett, about 3 o'clock thte afternoon. The prisoner at onco retained Capt. F. C. Robins, Emery E. Raper, S. E. Williams, Walser & Walser, McCrary & Ruark, of the local bar, and 'phoned to Leo 3. Overman and C. 13. Watson, to defend him as counsel. Ho remain ed in consultation with his local at torneys fcr a long time. .Both Grubb aud Davis being so well known, tho news of tn? killing cprc-ad like wild-firs and caused a sensation in Davidson county. The causa of the homicide is not known exactly, at this date, but is supposed to be over sorn business transaction. It is said that the men had exchanged threats to kill each other, and that for the !at few months feeling has been high between them. Some say the trouble arose over a lot of v. hi.-key which was stolon in Boone recently. Grubb married Davis' sister, fcr a long timo the- men were partners in business and the best of friends. Some months ago. Grubb withdrew from the whiskey business in this county and went to Salisbury, where ho now has an interest in a largo distillery. Davis, it is said, Lad also quit the liquor traffic. Davis was here Saturday and while in conversation with some friends, stated that he expected serious trou--bie with Grubb at any time perhaps within 48 hours. Both Grubo and Davis havo been in trouble se eral times before, but never with each ether. They have the rep utation of being dangerous men to tamper with, hut have never attacked any one until, as they said, their busi ness was being interferred with. For many years the people of Bcone town ship have been slow to open their mouths about either cf the two men, fearing the consequences. The killing is much deplored, for in spite of their faults, both men have a host of friends and supporters. Grubb was the Republican candidate for sheriff in this county two years ago. O. L. Davis is survived by a wife and several children. Ho was a man of considerable property, and is said to carry heavy life insurance. Sellers and Brcwn to Hang. Wilmington, N. C, Special. Neil Sellers and Dave Brown were convict ed at Eliabethtown of the murder and assault of Mrs. Geo. Packer, near Clarkton, September 3rd, and sentenc ed to be hanged on November 16th. Tho jury was out less than four hours. When the verdict was announced the court room was filled, but there was no demonstration. In less than an hour the place wore a deserted appear ance. Both negroes bore up v.eil un der the circumstances, but they were nervous. The trial lasted three days and it was perhaps the most interest ing case ever tried in Bladen county. Submarine Beats' Put Abcard. Newport News, Va., Specil. Two of the Lako submarine torpedo boats built at the ship-yard here and- be lieved to be destined for the Japanese or Rusian navy, were hoisted cu board the barge Kennebec. According to the foreman in charge of the 200 men en gaged in loading the craft, the Kenne bec will sail for Boston before daj--light. U. S. 1 reasurer's Report. Washington, Special. Ellis H. Rob erts, treasurer of the United States, has submitted to Secretary Shaw the annual report , cf tho transactions of the Treasury during the fiscal year ending Juno SO, 1C04. The net ordin . ary revenues are shown to have been ?540,6SL749, a decrease cf $10,746,92: as compared with 1903, and the not ordinary expenditures $532,102,221, an increase cf .$76,303,3 14. In tho re ceipt a- the principal falling off was $23,203,017 in customs.. "while -in the disbursements the important increase were $14,231,446 in cgjanierce and la Jor, S60.788.5&0 in .Treasury, and $20, 338.0S7 for the dS"a,vy. Russian Losses 40;0C0. At the cl5-3 c -the. seventh consecu tive day o Setting aetweai Mukasa :s:td iao Yanp. the battle was still ras ing. -the RLSfcicaa offering a stubiwra resistance to the firrce onslaught cf the Japanese.' The tacildce of lif? ha 1 i appaling. Estimates of the Russian losses alone in killed and wounded at the" end of the fsixih day's fighting be ing conceded 30.000, while it seems not improbably it aggxefatea at thatlicie 40,000, NORTH STATE NOTES Occurrence ef Intereit In Vslcus Parts cf the State. A er-'ciil frotu WayaeRlit iit clay .i!d t! at Toiu lore, tie nesro ho Kvr-is.1 moath aj;o ecieiti the resi dence and ckeplr.g apartments of Mrs. Roger?, at that pltic wns coarictej In Haywood Super St Court Saturday of burglary in the first drgrce and en-t-nced by Judge Loss to bang oa Hi day, October 2?. If Love cxpkt-j hi crime on the sallows it will he the c end hanging that has ever occurred la the county cf Haywood. On Saturday right, tevcral souths ao. Torn Love, a teg.o about TO years of a?e, entcrr J ! the residence cf Mr. Rogers, and whcii I the iMly awoae she found the man In I her room. The ncsro escaped, but was subsequently arrntc 1 aal placed in jail. A special from Elizabethown tays that the Clarktoa negroes charged with t-csault and murder, on trial ia the Su i trior Con it there, who narrowly es caped lynching in Wilmington, three weeks ago, arrived safely from tho penitentiary at 1 o'clock Tuesday room ing, having been held at the Stutc l-ricon for cafe-keeping &iuce their ciime. The grand jury returned a tree bill against each the same morning, rnd early In the afternoon they were arraigned. Nc-ill Seller?, one of tl.e ne gioes. still declares tbat he is inno.-nt and the ether, Dave Brovvu, says he knows nothing further than that Sel lers left the camp. lie appears tr bs ?:cited while Sellers is perfectly e,uiet. In an i.itcrviev with State Audits Dixon, who has charge of pension mas ters, he-was atd:eu uho'tt the number of ptwslon-j cu tho new lift and re plied that there weie cf the first-clHSS 91, Mho will receive $-';.) a year; of the second cla -i '. who will receive of the third class, tol, who ge 35; fourth class, whoso annual al lowance is $14. There- are 4,350 wid' ows, who receive ?M. The totr.I num ber of pensions is 13,SiO, an incrcas-2 of 3,313 over lat voir. The largest increase in any one ye;ir was in 1002, when the new law went into effect, aud it was over 2,rM. La-:t year the inc tease was only 715. 1 S'.;periniendent Archibald Johnson, fcf the Baptist Orphanage at Thomas Nille reports that there are now twenty 1 cases of typhoid fever in the orphan ' i:ge hospital and as fast as one patient is discharged there are others to take their places. There have been forty eight cases and two deaths up to the present. He saya they have been un able, as yet to discover the cause for the epidemic. He says the institution is in sore need of $10,000 for sewerage riant and other improvements. There were set for the present term of Durham Superior Court, which con vened cn lastMcnday and for two weeks, eleven divorce cases. Up t? Tuesday five cases had been tried, and a?! five divorces granted. Monday morn ing one case was tried, which was dis posed cf in less than ten minutes' time. Up to the sixth one there had not been a single contested case. Richmond officers went to RaTeigb Wednesday after John Sterling and Walter Jenkins, who turn out to be ite car robbers and not postoffice rob bers. John O. Dcnnell, the man ar lested, was also held, at the reque.'t of the Richmond officers. Sterling t:ya he has been stealing and selling tail vay property ever since he was a boy. -The State grants a charter to the Bellevuo Manufacturing Company, of Ilillsboro, to make yarns and elota and knit goods of cotton, wool or silk, the capital sleek being $125,000, and the principal stockholders S. S. Strud wick and T. M. Webb. It is the second cotton mill chartered this week. The State has chartered the Elwood Hotel, ariligh Point, with a capital slock of $125,000. J. Elwood Cox, is the principal stockholder. '- " Revenue officers made a raid near La Grange, Lenoir county, before day light Tuesday morning, and captuicd a 150-gailon distillery. The moou:-hIn- crs and their friends Hew horns in v.prnicg in all directions. A charter ia issued to the Wades boro Live Stock Co., f Wauesboro. The capital is $50.C00 and the princi pal incorporators aie J A. Leak, W. B. Kerr and W. H. Little. No More Roustabouts New Orleans, Special. The passing of the negro as a "roustabout," mark ing an epoch in steamboating oa thr Mississippi, was witnessed by a large ciowd cf people, who saw sixty white men, sent hero from Western and Northern cities, go to work at the steamboat landing la place of the col ored men. For years the steamboat men have suffeied from the strikes of negro "rousters," who have been ia the habit of waiting uatil a steamboat was loaded and'ready to leave, and then re fuse to ship unless their wages were raised. The steamboat inteiests recent ly decided to try the experiment of doing away with negro labor and hir ing white men, and the flrst contingent went to vork. Plead Net Guiiiy. .' Gainesville, Fia., Special Ia the case again'st W. 31. Holloway, candidate for superintendent or "public instrnctxea on ibf State Democratic ticket, who U charged with criminal libel, HoIioway" attorneys moved to quash the new in d'etment. Thia was overruled. Hollo way pleaded not guilty and announce himself ready for trial. The State asked for a continuance until Octobe 24. The trial has been e?t fax Octobei A Pxragraphs ef Mlivar !m?rtae Catherej Frem Many Sswee. Tfrfh IS S?uth. Rich te J. Va.. rliti fvf It Fid Gtscrs! CuctestUa c-l IK? ty tha t.aTeat!w.i la IVvtna, Srnat-r-k 1 Rajntr, of MarjUftl, cpeticd the IV sr.rrtlc catspalfa fa l!auat fcith a lcOivei freeti l WUrrdagnui. Hfprentath of the Mrr4fa Church of Utah ara negotiaUes U ik fnmh&K of a tn.rt vt r" rt Iu l in the State of Tubas.;. Metier. Confederate Tetrani tt Tes ck Irctei on Sunday ti rishty-fciita ifrthday of Jndite John H. Rfr.jja. tho enly ttirrivor of iVt Coufedrt Cabt i.ef . if C. J. Cslnn', ttcilthy retire i frait dealer, 1 run over and kSUd ly a fetre?t car in North Montgomery Wf.luc. Isy. Kye-wlusei.e the nan deliberatety walked ui?n t'-e trs: ks. The holy , as horribly wsu glcj. At the rcqueit V the Governer of Viryinii, Colonel Charlf A. le:npM ;. United States army., retired, tu Unn ordered to Richmond fur doty v,Rh tbc crgauked miUtia of that State fn a pei led of 4 years, tittles sM:r.rr relic v ed A dbnatth fiom Mexico City rK: . . Louis MazEantine. the r.;ted Spanish 1 u'l-fightcr, and hi brother, Thoma. r ?H nrrlvn her,- w'tPrMhet t!l jrive one of their Ut iK-rfoitnancop. ...is intends havicg the nror-itKi after returning to Spain shortly to kill his bull In honor of the iiieen. At Chapel Hiii, N. C, Wednesday th one hundred and ninth ancivrrsary of the opening of the Siat- Unlvcfily whj celebrated. Dr. Ver.aMe vA the Uri ver sify, reported the inr-titutlon in cx.-l-hnt condition and then Intiodn-ed tbe orator of thi day. D C. Alphonnj Smith, who delivered tn addreui co "Tbe Literature Cif the Sontii." A special from Montgomery. Alaba p a, iays: Attorney Geper.tl Wi!sjn has filo.l impcachmt-nt p.rui e'. dins-i vlth tl.e Spireme Corrt aainrt Siieriif A. 1). Rodgera, cf Madis.n couv.ty. He Is charged with nh-.-t of duty in not prctf ctirtg the i-cgro. Ib'rance Maples, who war. lymhe.l In He.ntHvilie. on the nlgbt September 7th- The ht-arini has been cet for NoveniiK-r 2Ub. 3-. The War Department has just retHv- ed the report of the Ciiickanuuga an dattanoegA National Park Comml- ska submitted fcr tho comrji?: ion by General H. V. Bovnton. chairman. Th comnnfftion rs s-tate that daring the year Monument." 'I'cre erected and dedl j . i t 1 -i.. It rated by thD States o! Maryland, Ohio and renrrsylvatia. In the Ncrth. Senator Fairbanks spent tl.e day rpccl'-icg at points in Nebraska. Ex-Presld' ;u Cleveland will pic?;de and make a speech at a general Demo C43lie mass-meeting in Carnegie Hall, New Yo:k, October 21. Frank De Peyser HjU, a veshhy member of a prominent New York family, committed suicide as a resuit cf charges cf dtosvarcfal practices Jhiitv-three pei sons e,- killed and j t;inaJv .r-.n n l frrlfeht on the Missouri Pa-iftc railroal near V.'arrena b'jrg, Missouri. At St. Louis Wednesday nUht. Grant Eby, of New York. wIki holds the championship medal, defeated Benja min e. Brumby, cf Atlanta. Ga., ia the third championship pool tourney game, j the stere being 125 to 27. toy s play ing was brilliant throughout, while Brumby had several hard luck breaks when his turn came to play. Foreign Affairs. At least 13 persons were killed by falling vralls at Santiago, Chile. Jew3 desiring (o emigrate from Rus sia were granted i educe J railway rates within the empire. Earl Grey advises that a conference c Englishmen and Arceiioan tc keld t3 deal with the .'3'.'? problem In South Africa. It is expected in St. Petersburg that General Kuropatkin's advau'-e will be ttrongly resisted ty the Japanese Ju a few days. MhrcelUneou Matters. A number of new plays were pro duced in New York and ether cities. Ccurt-maitial triaU in the army de creased nearly 20 pe? cent, laat year. John Alexander Bowie, the "first high priest cn earth." ia a "sermon" at Z:cn eulogized Roosevelt and denounc ed Parker and tbe Democrats aa the "scrum of the earth." Henry C. Frf. k was elected a direc tor of the Reading Company and of the Philadelphia and Reading Ccal au Iron Company. The death is announced of Mrs. Jon Aneell. who sued for a thare of the ertate of the late Jay Gould, alleging sie was his widow. Robert J. Wynne, Firtt A&aUtart postmaster-General, was appointed to succeed ' the late Henry ,C Pays Z2 a Cabinet member. Perhaps" the most remarkabla old man in tbe world is stationed at Fort St. George, Calcutta. Ind'a. Ills cam 3 is Saikah Inxamudda, regimental chap lain to the lSfch Native Bengal infan try, lie-is 130 years o'd, ad still teads without spectacles. Secretary Hay and the Chinese Min ster will drart ft nsw and mere liberal Chines exd?Ioa tmty, llMYCCIAVC CTIlf WWW hftmt ZtUhi Cst Well h Ctis Aflcr IhL' Xtzy eiooi'SciD ctows AfrAtuvj One ef th B;4tt Ctttet 4i HI tcry Stni R3t.-9 f Mukfev, tt Ruit8 AfK Havirg B Converted nte Stucfcsfrly Fevjt Retreat Whs'e RigktMi Mewed Dn en BetJt Th ctain anniet of Rmita f &. dim In UinzliZr.A ror.Uci: ip U ecgairn! ir a. drri t!rusct tm mrjcu5c; aiaVJr-t, O hoih fhr have fcetu n-U fct tilled and oun a, siiit. its rca tet for cmc tf L.- ia kUUJ ul wound rd. Atrtfdy th loifc &i Li&i Varg Uj Uea prro!&ja!d nrl tie ind&tioiif tt that liry i!l L,t c?... that of Use l:j,l4? i rocu of (Kt.l.r 11 lt i$ t t.mfetrd at 1:,hh. The Kttuchui nltaJH feat Un ..ivpit;-d Into a tultorTx!y taught retrtit. Thn reult. uei4'' la- to the RuUu, In til.l n- lo ! tetminel. Rfioiu fsorai h? nifla lett wins ara l.ukt::r. ?;nlar rcor I1"' nf l llUt in ur ; Is limn Il .i.ii.-t 1 a .... k I ty than .tho returc anl risht cr at any stcr.- of the tatth Ox l.h . tUi3 t VO khuvtl the C I 1 'cHy anl btavciy and ho'.i ri-gixetrf i;v fcane du n b-?f ra flr of the cmruy. la oulcUl jfclA :n St. PctcrfeLurg ut I a tion to arg;to that even thojld Gn. rd Kuiepatkln bo cbhgJ to tetuo upon Mukden h'? i.!tlcn :tl l r.uito n favorah!c a It vr.n 'ali,n U rrd-.r to advance was rriven ta OctG- tj e pov.er! uf f?ttur. rest tan will nave bei'a imUrnniiy us t-ucd. Theru no news Lorn Port Aithur. Gloom in 6t. Peuriburg. St. Peu tifburg. By Cable. The grtaf f c-l!i:g of concern which cxl.il in Cir il in the Rusian capital Ly no roei erpnla "thi f'-i.-etjolin? of coninit dU atr pervallni? tho general pubite which Is Indulging in the deepest pes simbrt. In tho absence t official news, the nuUeC 1 fcl on t3 I M. - 1 A ,t t- j General Kuroratk.n. The fact that j nc werd tegerdlng the hattl- has bc-cu ofhclally nivt n tut only confirms tb popular fear. The oxpUnattim offered j tn9t n whs a holiday doe not uffle ; ttl nllv tbe CDPreb.-ti felon. (M)eral KuroratUn'ji report of lh I jt m t. . a . . . a result if tho day's operations has reached -Emperor NichoU at Tanar koe Selo; but it had not been returned here K-fcro the war cotnmimion, which tat ojly until 9 o'clock. hd ftd jcurned. The Etnpcror himseif la rtp lefented ok tHn Idtterly disappoint' cd. and tper.ding hour wPh bla cabi net, ft udying nut, with the help ft his military aid. th reports of tin battle. Tho general taff. Iiowever. by no means ch-epalr. Though admit' ting tJ:at tho tide In th; la-t tt$ days l.ai bK:n against O-neral Kur patkln, the gen'-ral etaff aya the bat tle 1 not jet over, and that In of event there no rpaestion cf a rout. Tho depressing feature el idc tuo ahn that oeryeme in wlliini; to tt- Totlo and elsewhere. Ktatiug that th Japanese arc advancing an! that tt RuIaii arj falling back are acctptc v.ith faith based upon th prcviouj Russian retreat. Naturally many reports arc? current as to the genesis cf the forward move ment. It Is freely stated that General Kuropalkin was forced into taking the offentdve by uresfcu're. by the author! tics here. This has been officially denied, and as General Kuropatkin's order to advance ;m iovcu over hi own signature. It seems likely that Lo will have to lcar all tbo repCMl!:Ii; tj, whether the situation is of bis own making or not. Friends of General Koropatkla said tho present offensive increment a Inspired from St. Petersburg. 8i doubtless General StakelbcTK fcv incct for the relief cf Port Arthur, uzA that If Kuropalkin' star bis tt. others higher than be are responsllk. At tbe tame time, tha enpporttrs cf Gcned-al Kuropatkia argue that, what ever may be the direct t4tccm t,i the past few days flghtin. it U not likely to an Irretrlerabio' disaster to tho Ilusifian army. Di'witthcs from tbe front de a. rivld"b!ctore of the desperate charac ter of tbe fighting alonz the whoi line. The Ruaiaa piaiu4rcea have been igaJn forced to engage la Mil fighting, which fs little il their li 'it leg. There hare ben deprata ttel repeated, attack upon -almost iaatev lilblo po4iticns, which I'-ave no qae tion. of tbe resolution and gallaatrr cf tbe Russian force. Guna have beu captured end ro-captured in flc-mi band to-hand condicu. " The latest word directly froa ib SelJ vt battlo U ibe Mukd-rn dipatcU tu tbe Associated lress. iu wnka it Is stated that 15.000 RaScs tad tcea wounded, which, toretter -with the day's casualitles, would make tha total probably exceed tho figures cf Liao Yang-, and taake tbe fight rank as oss of the blood lejt battles ia bis torr. Medical Aasociaticn Meets, Clndccatl, 0., Special The MhtU tippl Valley Medical Association uaan Imotwfly elected Bransford Lewi, St. Iouis, president, and H. E. Tuley, Lou iivlllf. secretary. The eeealoss cf tha association closed lth tho reading of pipers by ShelbyC. Carsoa, Grceas boro, Ala.; Daacan Eve, NasbTiU, Tcnn., aaa F. T), Kenfial Coluxrtia,
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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