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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3. ISM.
CARNAGE AT PORT ARTHUR
Hard Fighting and Heavy Losses Are Reported
From The Front
PCMAncuiuuaDs 1 TOE HAGUE COURTi
Third General Attack Reported to
Hav Begun Last Menday and Bn I XHl & Czi lpC3 k Stt& StTS
Still in Progr at Lut Account
ni FLSSUNS DRIVEN FURTHER IN
japanee Sacrifice Thousands in an
Atterrpt to Swarm over the. Fortifl
CJtion The Trenches on Rihlung
ycuitain Protected by Mints, Ta
ken After a Bloody Struggle Hand
Grades Used on Both Side A
japaeoe Company Executed Man
oeuvres Under Deadly Fire as if on
Cfirof. Hy ('able. The general as
-a ;;! iP'" Port Arthur, which began
jn a jrtliminary way on Oct. .24, de-
u-iuMd i,' a fiercely raging battle
y.;iin 'a The armies have been pre
tmrms for this engagement for some
r
line
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Tt.ousands of lives were sacrificed
an attembDt to swarm over the
t ,riifi -at ions by mere force of num
lr.-. regardless of loss. This assault
lk- !tt' previous one, was a climatic
indent of weary weeks of trench
ilipjMiP. mm mounting and small en
j:ag nu ni a.
on Oct. 24, having mdae every pos-.iiili-
preparation, the Japanese open
..1 fire with their artillery along the
ln;U line, incidentally continuing
th'-ir daily practice of dropping shells
ini the harbor. The Russians re
plinl. the sounds, as of distant thun
r. telling the inhabitants of Port
Ha!nv that the long expected assault
en t h? fortress was imminent. The'
bombardment continued furiously
until the afternoon of October
twenty-sixth, when the Russian
Sims on Etse, Antse and Rihlung
Mountains became briefly silent.
At. four o'clock that after
nmm a regiment of Japanese-
swept out from behind a recently
raptured hill adjacent to Rihlung
Mountain, and advanced on the- Rus
siau tre riches lying between Rihlung
Mountain and the railroad, occupying
tluin after hours cf fighting.
Tne Russians stuck to
shield tbemsclvo. The Russians ex
ploded mines, but, the Japanese
claim, without result. One company
of Japanese engaged in this fight,
a routed general complimentary com
ment for Its remarkable coorae, exe
cuting the various maneuvres for the
purpose of securing shelter with au
tomatic exactnens, as if on parade.
Upon the retirement of their troops.
the Russians opened fire from Liati
Mountain, and that night they made
a sortie. Hut tne Japanese nau in
the meanwhile brought up machine
guns, with which the sortie was re
pulsed. .
Except for the knowledge that the
-bombardment was continued, all In
formation concerning the period be
tween October 27 and October 29 is
lacking; but presumably it is of much
the same character as that just de
scribed, the Japanese operations grad
ually assuming the proportions of the
general attack of yesterday. The
fighting is reported to have been most
severe from Rihlung Mountain along
I he whole oast side of the town.
Russians Repulse Attack.
St. Petersburg, by cable. General
Sakharoff. in a dispatch to the gene-
cral staff says: "A Japanese attack
on the Russian entrenchments north
of Sinchinmi. October 30th .was repuls
ed. The Japanese artillery commenced
the bombardment of eight positions
about 10 o'clock at night and kept it
un until 2 o'clock this morning.
"A Japanese advance against the
Russians -near the village of Tungo
was discovered last night and was met
bv the Russian artillery. The health
of the troops is good."
Mukden, by cable. From an eany
hour Mondav mornine there has been
a bombardment of Lone Tree. Hill by
the Japanese. Large masses of Jap
anese were moving eastwards during
Octobers and October 30.
Last Cotton Report.
New York, Special. In Tuesday's
issue the Journal of Commerce pub
lished its last monthly cotton report
for the season of 1904.
The report deals (1) with yield; (2)
with amount picked, and (3) with con
dition of crop still unpicked. Replies
were received from 1,200 correspon-,
their dents, the average date from October
posts till the Japanese were within
& few yards, both sides hurling hand
grenades at each other.
The Japanese infantry are now us
ing mechanical devices which enable
them to throw grenades with groat
accuracy and rapidity.
In th? meanwhile another body of
Japanese assaulted the trenches on
the since of Rihluns Mountain. The
Japanese trenches extended to eer
lain portions of the slope and stopped
J me distance above the extreme Jap
'!ie? ontnnst- where the ascent of
Rihlung Mountain became almost per
pcndicular.
The Russian trenches seamed the
slope. To advance against them over
an unbroken slope, which was mined,-
even without Russian
wr.iiM have been a difficult task; but
the i-lono had been torn up, great
holes having been blown in it at vari
ous places by the bombardment, and
tae Japanese availed themselves of
these indentations, which offered com
liiii' M foothold and protection against
luiikts. In tho meanwhile, the fire
"f all their available artillery was
directed against the Russian trenches.
the Russians eventually retiring,
whereupon the Japanese in 30 minutes
constructed trenches sufficient to
25, indicating, as expected, a yiem 01
7.3 per cent, larger than last year.
This result is simply the concensus
of opinion expressed by our corres
pondents, it being distinctly under
stood that this paper makes no esti
mates of yield. The amount of crop
picked is reported to 76 per cent.,
compared with 57 per cent, this, time
last year, showing that picking is
much further advanced than a year
The report on condition of
course applies only to the unpicked
portion of the crop, but it shows an
improvement of 1.6 points in the 24
per cent, of the crop which remains
to be gathered, A long spell of re
markably favorable weather prevailed
over the entire cotton belt, causing
resistance the cotton to mature and open rapid
ly and enabling farmers to proceed
uninterruptedly with picking. Heavy
and killing frosts have been quite gen
eral, but on account of tho advanced
maturity cf the crop cotton being prac
tically all open) and the large propor
tion already gathered, the possibilities
of damage from this source are very
Wednesday ftuian' Only Smoke
less Magazine Exploded, Causing a
Fire Which Spread Into the Tewn
Japanese Gain Rihlunf Mountain.
A third general attack 00 Port Ar
thur Is reported to hare be run on
October 24th, and to have been still
in progress on the 2Ctb. On the Ut
ter day the Russians' only smokeless
powder Hiagazlne was ' exploded, the
fire spreading to the ..town and raging
all through the day. Russian trenches
on the slope of Rihlung Mountain
were taken by the Japanese. Jn the
vicinity of the Shake river there have
been no developments of moment.
Armies in Ctose Touch.
Mukden, By Cable. The attack by
the Japanese on the. Buddhist temple
hill on October 27th, led to sharp
fighting. The Japanese artillery
played on the position from early in
the morning, rendering the trenches
untenable, shelU and shrapnel sweep
ing everything and demolishing all
the shelters. Two machine guns with
the battalion defending the hill were
smashed and disabled, but the de
fendant carried off the remains of the
guns when they were forced to re
tire. The Japanese infantry attack:
under cover of the bombardment was
made in close order., There was des
perate hand to hand fighting in the
trenches, followed by a counter-attack
with the bayonet. The Japanese fin
ally gained the hill, but were unable
to hold It in the face of the deadly
Russian artillery fire.
There has been a number of skir
mishes along the whole front, but no
development of any serious import
has yet appeared, though the armies
are In the closest touch and a gener
al engagement may be precipitated
at any time. At one point the trench
es are only four hundred yards apart.
They are separated by a small
stream, which is the only water sup
ply in the neighborhood.
By mutual consent there is no fir
ing on the water carriers, who visit
the stream with buckets.
Several positions have already
changed hands many times. It is re
lated that in one village, which had
been taken and retaken by the same
men on both sides, Captain Polkanoff,
on being driven out one day, left a
note in the hut where he had passed
the night, saying he would like to
know the name of the Japanese offi
cer who was in the habit of occupy
ing the hut in his absence. A little
later Captain Polkanoff retook the vil
lage, and going through his old quar
ters, found the following note in per
fect Russian:
"I am Captain Yamata. I would bo
greatly pleased to make Captain Polk
anoff 's- acquaintance."
There is unusual quiet along the
whole front. The Russians are in the
habit of harassing the Japanese at
night. Last night Russian scouts
threw a hand grenade into a Japanese
trench near Sinchinpu, causing great
confusion. The Russian scouts also
discovered that the Japanese are mov
ing many batteries to the front,
though as yet all have been carelly
masked.
Will Not Be Removed.
Vigo, Spain, By Cable Inquiries here
fail to obtain the slightest confirma
tion of the report published in the Uni
ted States that Vice Admiral Rojest
vensky has requested Emperor Nicho
las to relieve him of his command. The
Russian consul general here said to the
Associated Press that he was not aware
that there any question of , replacing
the admiral and that he did not be
lieve such a proposition had ever been
raised. )
It is believed the international inves
tigation here of the North Sea incident
has begun. The British cruiser Lan
caster, which was here for some time
yesterday, and' departed in the evening
after her commander had conferred
with Vice Admiral Rojet?nsky on
board the Russian flagship Knaiz Sou
varoff, returned today, and there was
another conference between British and
Russian naval comanders on hoard tne
teceit Ctluku
HI. BAV ISSUES A CICCllAt N31E
President'. Promise t the Peace Con
gresa at St. Louis Redeemed
Through the Secretary of State,,
Who Says That the International
r Conference of JtSLft Varfouef
Matter Far a Conference
Progress of the Russo-Japanese War
' No Obstacle, Inasmuch aw the Unit-(
ed States and Spain Had Not Con
cluded Peace on the Prior Occasion.
flCIE RAILWAY DAtUCE CASES
One Matter Left te a Referee In Ca
barrus waterier Ceaert.
Concord. SpeciaL !a tne superior
court here this week there are sev
er! ease of ronsequenre to be tried.
The case of Sapp against the South
em railway was taken up this mora-
ng. Mr. Sapp sue for $JM for la-
lories received some months tgo by
!elng struck by No. tf. the fast mail
train. Sapp Is represented by Mont
gomery A Crowell. while Messrs. Baa-
on. Col. P. a Means and J. S. Cald-
ell are appearing for the company.
Sapp. It will be remembered, was
struck by this train while crossing the
track. He was taken on to Charlotte
and treated. The Jury in the case of
Trammell against F. H. Andrews wa
deceided on Saturday evening 1st,
ParagrapKa ef aft mpertace
CUtfcered Frew Many
'3Kffll STATE ITEftlS
Thraoft) the Sevtfc,
MUs Mary Worth BagWy. of a ot4
North Carolina family. beUME P
eiSees roea tort 14 eeiclde la New Yertl
Mrs. Jaaea Loocireet. widow ef the
famous Confederate genera!, tea bea
sppoiated poitmaiter at Caiaetvint.
Ca. . 1
Capt. R, M. Hitch, ho was la cfcirge
of State troop at the time 01 in
lynching of two negroe at SUlesboro.
S. C was dismissed from the military
tervtce. ;
slieht. The recent rains in Texas can
.1 ov.TT irraat rtnmnp-f for thfi SSmC
IIUI uu ou, b' o .. 1- v. ... . , . i
reason. Complaints of a scaracity 01 flagship 01 tne miter, suusequeuuj,
labor are noticeable for their absence. Lancaster
due probably to the exceptional weath
er. Considerable cotton was manteiea
rapidly, but many farmers are now
holding for higher prices.
One Farmer Kills Another.
Windsor. Ga., Special. C. D. Bur
tiett. a prominent farmer, shot and
billed Young Daniel, - also a farmer,
Monday night. It seems that Burnett
Ha sold a farm to Daniel. Before a set
tlement had been made and titles
lassed, a dispute arose that resulted
jn a quarrel, and the shooting occurred.
Both men are about 60 years old.
Heavy Firing in Progress.
sailed for Villagariera,
where it is supposed the British chan
nel fleet has assembled.
There are five British warships cruis
ing off Vlgo evidently watching the
Russian vessels here.
The Spanish Foreign office has given
out a statement to the effect that Bus
cin has asked Spain's permission for
the ships of Admiral Rojestvensky's
Washington. Special. In a circular
note. Secretary Hay has carried out
the president's instructions relative to
proposing a second Hague conference.
The note not only contemplates the re
assembling of the Hague conference
for the consideration of the questions
specifically mentioned by the original
conference, as demanding further at
tention, such as the rights and duties
of neutrals, the inviolability of private
property in naval warfare and the
bombardment of porta by naval forces,
but goes on further by practically en
dorsing the project of a general sys
tem of arbitration treaties.
The issue of the call while the pres
ent war Is in progress is justified by
the fact that the first Hague confer
ence was called before our treaty of
peace with Spain was concluded.
Mr. Hay's letter says that the Hague
conference of 1899 marked an epoch in
the history of nations and that a great
work was- accomplished, although cer
tain phrases of the general subject
were left for a future conference. The
letter ascribes to the Inter-Parlimen-tary
Union considerable credit for pre
paring the nations for the conference,
and says that this union at St. Louis
recently requested the president to call
a second conference of the Hague. It
adds:
"In accepting this trust, the presi
dent was not unmindful of the fact,
so vividly brought home to all the
worlcj, that a great war is now in pro
gress. He re-called .the circumstanes
at the time when, on August 24. 1898,
his majesty, the Emperor of Russia,
sent forth his invitation to the nations
tn meet in the interests of peace, the
United States and Spain had merely
halted in their struggle to aevise
means of peace.
"While at the present moment an
armistice between the parties now con
tending is in sight, the fact of an ex
istine war is no reason why the na
tions should relax the efforts they have
so successfully made hitherto toward
the adoDtion of rules of conduct which
may make more remote the chances
for future wars between them. In
1 899. the conference of the Hague
dealt solely with the larger problems
which confronted all nations, and as
sumed no function of Intervention or j
suggestion in the settlement of the
terms of peace between the United
States and Spain. It might be the
same with a re-assembled conference
at the present time. Its efforts would
naturally He in the direction of further
codification of the universal ideas of
right and justice, which we call inter
national law; its mission would be to
give them future effect,
"The president directs that you will
bring the foregoing considerations to
the attention of the minister of .for
eign affairs of the government to
which you are accredited and, in dis
creet conference with him, ascertain to
what extent that government is dis
posed to act in the matter.
"Should his excellency Invite sugges
tion as to the character of questions
to be brought before the proposed
second peace conference, ypu may say
to him that, at this time it would seem
nremature to couple the tentative invi
tation thus .extended with a categorical
programme of subjects of discussion.
It Is only by comparison 01 views iui.
a general accord can be reached as to
the matters to be considered by the
new conference. It is desired that in
the formulation of a programme me
Washington Happening.
The navy will have a wtreles tele-
Tbe jury gave Trammell the decision graph system in operation next week
and the amount is to be dcci.ieu oy a
Trammell was employed for
years by the defendant, An-
referee.
several
drews and sued to get salary and m
misslons due. On the two points sub
mitted to the jury Trammell got the
decision.
This will be a week of much polit
ical activity for the campaigners.
There will be speaking galore, with
plentv of hard work for each side. Mr.
Meeklns speaks again Tuesday. He
Rnov at fjihson Mill Saturday night.
Dr. B. F. Dixon spoke to a crowded
house Saturday night. His speech was
a catphr nne and was heard by all
who could get Into the court house
Will Steel, a younz white man, was
struck by a train Saturday night and
died from the injuries in bansoury
Steel was rather a weak minded young
fellow who spent his time mostly In
ho Htr Tie was thought to nave
been coming home on the "blind"
vhpn he fell from the local rreigni
and was fatally injured.
Two Trains Come to Grief.
Tcrinetnn.f?flnTn Rnecial. Just as a
long freight train was pulling out to
day for Charlotte the rails spread
causing the engine to leave the track.
tumine over. A wreck
from the Nantucket lightship.
Secretary of War Taft replJeJ to
Judge Parker on the Philippine ques
tion in a speech at Newark.
The State Department h ent note
to American diplomats abroad looking
to a reconvention of The Hague con
ference.
Ex-Attorney-General Knox has lia
td a statement replying to the speeches
of Judce Parker and ex-President
Cleveland.
Thm Rnnorvtslnr iBtnectors of the
Steamboat Inspection Service are In
session In Washington to suggest
changes In Inspection regulations.
OcreAca ef teeet to
Part ef tfc State.
The New Ceeperatie.
Certificate of Ueorporaite sew
teen ts4 as follow:
The CaroUam Trueaer Gotoey. tc
of AbaotUhwrff. made romj.
authorised capital tork ef tJMW-
tided Into kre of lie .
rlpal tttcorporatot: VvJr
GoldUo; l ltBparrytf-t
Ooidshoro; J oka W. Bdwmrda. tU-
boro. The object f i toawm w
do a graera! real estate bt.
a buying. emeg and detetostag twi
estate, etc
Tk SwaaaVore Lad a4 Lbe
Company, of S.eniboro. h an aw
tbortsed capital tor of lliaaue, di
vided Into share or
Jt of the cuocem to do a 1
milting and loos We feuMee, te ow
and operate factor. aw mlU. tr
ay, to buy or lease and dceWp
timber land. c. Th priffa
corporator are: J .11. HrrU. p4ra
N. Y.: Howard K. Baker. Etmlra, N.
Y.: W. U Groom. Rocky MouaL N. C.;
T. It. rrtteherd. Scotland Nck. N.
C: A. P. lUvllaad Elnilre. N. Y.
The Taraalt Land aad Lumber Cose
ptny. of Kdentoa. N. C The author
Ud Capital etock U I12S.O00 divided
Into share t 1 100 each- The prtort
pal Incorporator arc: Hany &
of Toledo. Ohio; Harry W, riof4. To
imA. nkiiii Jornh Tarault. Toe
Ohio; J. N. Prudeo. Edentou. N. C.
Charge ef Prv4
A.hevllle. Spertal.-Application wae
tad before foiled hUtrs Crcutt
ludge Prttchard Tueday fternooti by
lb holder of the md bonds of the
pouthern Lumber Company, of wu-
1 . tn, MiiBliiloa to tue a out
The triennial general convention of I f f0reciosure against tb receiver of
the Kpiscopal Church closed In Bo- the company. The motion win oec
fp ky Judge Pritchard in a week or tea
ten. I J . .. that inmt in-
, 1 days, wnen 11 i r " ,
Berlnninr October 31. Senator Fair- I .'.., e.i will develop. The petl-
banks Is scheduled to make 6? speeches tlon charges mismanagement and fraud
In the North.
"Congregational Day" was celebrated
it the St. lxuis Fair.
In Indiana.
Mrs. Ne'.lie Thompson, of Peoria, IlC
died after an encounter in a railway
on the part of threciver.
ing car and crew arrived here Monday Lion with the son of John G. Hlg-
oftomnnn ami re Dai red the damage.
The passenger train to North Wil
kesboro narrowly escaped a serious
wrprk The train ran into an open
Rwitch two miles from here. The mall
nd sppnnrt rlass coach, with the en-
cine, left the track and it required 4
hours to replace them. Passengers
were badly shaken up. but no one was
injured. ,
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C. M.E. Conference.
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Hoffman. Special Tne ousiness ui
gins, whom she expected to meet.
mass-meeting in Carnegie Hall, New
York city.
the conference Is about completed, all Harlan & Hollingsworth plant of
the disciplinarian questions have been chtnhntidlnr Com-
aske.1 and answered and tne uay na .
been practically taken up in spesch
making and settling accounts of the
conference. Tho appointments win u
North Stat New.
Red Springs Is to bv a Masonic
Fair in the Interest of a Pf0!??
Masonic Temple, which Is to be ddl
.tA n ihf widow, orphan and toe
Judge Alton B. Parker, addressing I aged and lnfirm ln hours of distre.
Maw lro, italontlnn At F!nODUS. N. I Th nntl froUl StOTCS hd OfflCeS In
V.. renewed his charts of Republican Jplj,
extravagance. t do nQt know hoW to rPb.,;
Ex-President Grover Cleveland made This tempi will be built hy
a vigorou speech I. .dvocr ot "o.M not by t'. MnJcJ
Parker. Davis and llerrlck at a treat Jmbiij ' awn i. o jg, ,a.t
ml inmnrrnw at 3 o'clock. The bish
cp will leave immediately for his home
in Augusta. CJa.. preparatory to going
to hold the Virginia conference. Mlsn
Jqsie Becbe, the daughter o? the lata
Bishop J. A. Beebe, of Washington, N
C, and Professor W. . Saunders, of
Rocky Mount, will be married by Bish
op R. S. Williams at the closing of the
conference.
t
Georgia Man Turns Up.
Quitman. Ga.. Special. H. Grif
fin, who disappeared so mysteriously
from Savannah a few weeks ago. has
appeared at Camilla. Ga.. as a letter
from that place to Mrs. Griffin, writ
ten by her brother, shows. Griffin, it
is stated, had been wandering all over
Georgia in a partially demented condi
tion. He has recollection ofbut few of
the places he has visited, though he
made a brief stay at Cordele before
reaching: Cammilla.
pany was sold under a court decree at
Wilmington, Del., and was bought by
the reorganization committee.
the north shore of fquaaron to ' remam distinction should be kept
.rneiiiraHAn nf thA TCnrth Sea affair
i i Li v caiifeonvu -
v I uaii Uniro Koan nnnrinnprL . stiaiii. ac-
Lf CLi I aica v . be r
artillery fight on
tho Shakhe river, directly south
Mukden. The cannonading, which wording to the official statement, con
w iioavr Tcn rontinned today. The cUlted with the representatives of the
D,,Miano ttam if nnsnocess- several powers, who gave their appro-
ful, they will fight
walls of Mukden.
right up to the
vai The authorization, however, ap
plies only to Russian vessels now at
Virgo.
tween the matters which be long to
the province of International law na
those which are inconventional as be
tween Individual governments. Among
the broader, general questions affect-
ine the right and justice of tne rela
tion of sovertjrn slates, which were
then Telegated to a Tulure conference
Pier and Steamer Burn.
New York. Special. Fire which be
Can shortly after midnight has de
stroyed the pier at the foot of Forty
fiecond street, in Brooklyn, and the
steamer City of Palermo, of tne
Prince line, is burning., and lt,is be
i'fved cannot be saved. ?Tho pier.
hich is 700 feet long, is occupied by
tha T,. i Tt;.i sni Warehmisa
Company, and is stored with cotton posing
and general merchandise
now threatening tho adjoining piors.
ive or six lighters, loaded with cot
ton, are ablaze. A policeman and a
fireman are reported as missing. It
is estimated that the loss will reach
half a million dollars. - '. .'.."r- .: .
Gantemalan Ant No Failure.
Houston, Texas, Special Dr. B. T.
Galloway has received a telegram from
the Agricultural Department at Wash
ington asking-if it were true that he act take the form
Officers of the Russian squanron had en out an interview stating tnai of gUMestIon8 for consideration oy, in
riim fVio fri1nnHnr nrnlanation of the I n.....mliian ante van a failure as I ipreated eovernments.
. . uw uu-"- - I .iT-. :Mi.a.MMit.tnnnd cover a
Whilp.- steaming l , ,i ntm .n.mi nr. "Gallowavr lue uw i"- - r . . v.
- i h rri ii ;iiaUivra -
Mistook For Japanese.
Madrid. By Cable. A telegram
from Vigo to the Correspondencia
says
were :
"ThA Hrhta and duties of neutrals;
, tntniahiiltv of orivate property
in naval warfare: and. the bombard
ment of norts. towns "and villages by a
naval force. The other matters men-
North Sea - incident. ;
-rfc flrct esneclallr touch-
by night they saw two torpedo boats proniptiy answered that the Interview 6 the rigQt3 ana duties of neutrals.
Tt-- ottov urac fm-1 u o..oan,..u oa rtHinailv in-1 fnt rtinnsitifn affects" the interests and
rith cotton l"m6 aicaytMao """' ' l vouiu iu juoi.tuii.. - - - i . , m w , wAt-lil" Tia nen-t
The flr" is pending, they opened are. -They H tended and further sUdr
nine niors.M , aa not o nv caitnrs lnokine 1 their native hablta. pr. uanoway nas jrai js someiiBB 1-
. - -t -1 returned from Victoria, wnere ne i looker. . wis 01
liko nsnermen,aooara me two ooau. ! ; -r; - h nresssed t ,?oem
fired at. The officers say they do not ooawc -r--?! w ;Tow
of the members of the " "r.. -w-hher
Demg aone-wiiu mcu j
.nd Dr. Hunter. .
kuow if -any
crew were wounded. . ,
: "They , express , regret .at the error.
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By Wire and Cable.
A dispatch from a staff correspon
dent of The Sun in New ; York states
that Republican confidence in the elec
tion of Mr. Roosevelt is based on the
possession of an immense campaign
fund provided by trusts. .
De Lancey Nicoll declared he would
cren the books of the Democratic Na
tional Committee and give contribu
tors' names if Chairman Cortclyou
ouid do the same.
Judge Parker will make speeches
Eext week in New York, New' Jersey
Telegraphic Briefs. -
A letter of the late E. P. Pellett, a
Penn nil ran. and Consul at Barran-
quilla, Cblomhia, was made public," In
which the writer declares that the rev
olution in Panama , was accomplished
by the connivance of President noose
velt. : ' ' i
Secretary at State Hay made a cam
paign speech at Carnegie , Hall, ; New
York. i
The Republican State Chairman of
New Jersey claimed that State would
give 17,000 majority "to Stokes for
Jap Capture Gun. j
Tokio. By - Cable. A telegram re-j
ceived from Manchurian headquarters:
says:
"On" October 21 there was no change
renorted in the front of all .our armies.
"Further investigation shows the
kkiW f mins caDtured by 1 our left
army to have been 43, the left column j troad
taking 27 ana tne ngnt coiumu aw.
wagons, munitions, etc., which ,nave
been captured have not yet t been
counted.
mission may have an influencedirect.
but' ' tangible on a war.ciuuy
progressr whUsU on the other bandj
he may. suffer, from the exigencies of
the beingerents. It Is this phase ot
which aeepiy wuwiub
Telegraphic Briefs.
niohmnnd Va.. Soecial. At a meet
ing of the Baptist Ministerial confer
ence (white) of Richmond and Man
chester adopted resolutions denouncing
lynching and requesting tne state gen
eral assemblage, at its next meeting,
which takes place at fetersourg, iu
call upon the pastors to reprobate it
as not a deterrent of crime and as
brutalizing to the community.
Knoxville, Tenn., Speciak F. M.
Bunting, a magistrate at Elk Mills.
Carter county. Tenn., was killed by
James Powell, aged 52, who has since
fled to the North Carolina mountains
and Is in hiding. Bunting tried f case
In which Powell was implicated, and
the latter did not like the decision.
Bunting had disputed Powell's word,
when the i latter ran upon him with a
knife and cut his throat from ear to
ear. Bunting died in a few minutes.
St. Petersburg, by cable. A dis
patch from General Kuropatkin dated
October . 30. announces a significant
movement "of -the Japanese "from .the
west eastwards. The Japanese are re
ceiving reinforcements from the south
and southeast, and are evidently con
centrating for an .offensive movement.
The weather is fine but cold during the
nights.
Washington, SpeciaL The state de
partment received a cablegram from
Amoy. China, announcing the destruc
tion of the American consulate there,
together with valuable papers. The
message came from Consul General
John Fester at Amoy, and reads as
follows- "Consulate burned with most
of-the records." .
Foreign Affairs.
Trafalgar Day was observed ln Great
Britain and her colonies.
The British mission in Tibet resumed
its journey to the Chubbl valley;
The French Chamber of Deputies de
bated the rupture of relations with the
Vatican, but did not. reach a vote.
Great Britain refused to allow Ger
many to use Walfish Bay for landing
troops to be used against the Hereros
ia southwest Africa.
The Russians unsuccessfully bom
barded Shakhe station, Manchuria, but
rcost of the armies of Kuropatkin and
Oyama remained inactive.
The Atlantic Transport Line steamer
Massachusetts was reported aground
off the Bahama Islands.
The officers and crew of the British
steamer Kalvin, from New York, were
rescued after great hardships at -sea.
An aeronaut maneuvering ln an air
shin high above the
World Fair
F'- v . . ... Ik,
will be a perpetual bobuswji
memory of those who 1"J "
Master work a portion of that which
they have been blessed.
A special from Cbsrlotte
stabbing affray, tn which J.1'
was seriously, perhaps fatally. Mured,
and which was attended by oaaUotv
al features, occurred Wednesday after
noon shortly after 3 o'clock wllhla
fifty yards of the polS station.
The victim of the knife was A
Evans, and the man who did the stab
bing was Charles Thomas. Both ar
white. Thomas disappeared Immed.
lately after the fight, and succeeded
in eluding a half-dozen police officer,
who were searching the neighborhood
for him. Sergeatt Pitt finally took
the matter In charge, and captured
Thomas on ibe dim at the new water
T,ork5 plant, probably two mile from
4 v a r. nf the affray. The knit
penetrated Evans' skull ana the bram
and tho blade broke off and wa left
in the wound. He wa removed to tew
Piaaeyterian Hospital and an opera
tion performed, which may save hi
life.
The thirty fourth annual Itlo,n,
the North Carolina Conference ot tho
C M. E. Church met at Hoffman. A.
good number ot delegates were pres
ent. Bishop C H. Philips wa not abU
to reach the Conference oni
sickness. All seemed cre.tfJen and
rcwsBed their sorrow, but were de
lighted to know that Bishop W"10'
of Augusta, Ga.. had been red to
hold the session. He opened Cow"'
ence conducting devotions. Be. J-
W. Roberts ras re-e.etico
caused excitlment.
Czar Nicnoias sent " V, v. a. C. Robert
King Edward expressing his regret tor conferVncrtcommitUea
tfceNorth sea blunder and practically Statistician. Conference ,c-
offering reparation. M
General Kuropatkin was appointed . E2izabti, city early In December,
commander-in-chief of the Russian -.. xjajiey says the picaent cond!
land forces ln Manchuria. of tne treasury Indicate fltht
The trial of four French colonels on the general pros pretty ,of.th'
charges growing out of the Dreyfus and country is reflected la churcn.
clWn in pfris. It I. raising W0.0M fo ( State mb
slons, ox wnicn -
Mlsceltaneou Matters. I rrerombe Confederate Monw
Hon. W. J. Bryan Is quoted as aylng I mwt WM unveiled on Saturday under
... v.t... n ha. vn htm confl-1 .,..niM nf thm Wiliiam Dorsey-
dence In a Democratic victory in that I per den Chapter of the Daughters or
State. the Confederacy
At Denver W. Bourke Cockran de-1 The Raleigh correspon
Charlotte Observer write'
marriage In the penitenf
cured Weladay ax ,
KeUy. a youag wbote
t of the
The first
,4re oe
Elleo of Moorev
warfare
world at large. - - 4lw,'
"Other matters closely, affecting the
rights of neutrals are the distinction
to be made between absolute and con
dltional contraband 2? T' 11
Inviolability of the official and private
correspondence of neutrals.
" k - r ne Unties of neutrals toward
the belligerent, the field is scarcely less
x.-a , rtno anCT. aebci vco uicuwu,
. rvminenece it has acquired
v. Jtlr. times; namely, the
ships in neutral prs.'
John 'W. Gates made his first mon
ey by husking corn. At the end of two
or three seasons he had saved enough
k r,na.thfri interest in a thresh
ing machine outfit, from which he
aved $50 a year for three years. He
VMint thia in timber, from 'which
. mnAo 11.000. and with which he
UmnoA .n hardware . store at ,urn
Junction., ... t
Ccuntv. who at noon completed
s quarterly report showed a large I yw' term, and Jam IA. Marley. of
Liberty, being the contracting paniea.
He had written her be would meet her
In the prison and aaarry her Isassed
lately. The oOclals aaented- Jna
t!ce M B. Barbee. a Mexicaa war vet-
AffliM)1 th ceremony. The
counced the present tariff as a system
of robbery. .
-Senator Fairbanks continued his
stumping tour Into Michigan.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion'
falling off in net earnings.
-Es.A men "heatins. a ride on a
Wabash freight train were killed ln
Illinois.
Cornelius Van Colt, Postmaster of
New York city, diea suaoeniy.
-..'t.v. ifr.h nnv Conference con-1 ,nta mnAnct had been ao good
m .nMem nf forhfddlnZ th I A..rlwm her trm a tO b Pratsed by
ictroducUon of liquor into the State J tbe officials. Her offense waa mainly
" v aa af m a. .a W I aa A. a anarak SPk .(aBS a aV
atate tn he created out ox me -1 An trnorance. dob
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Hin Territorr. " I or counsel.
vlM.i4mirt nolestvenskr. com-1 in an Interview State secretary a.
mander of tbe Baltic fleet, who has I u. Parker, of the North Carolina AV
- vitrr. Knaln. savs the firing ! Uaace. regarding tne oroer, w.
T.ti.h echtnr vessels was tm I mre organized in about forty coontlea:
ZLZ T ' Ut a-weU organised they ought
. . 1- tn ha anywhere, bnt we are posnmg
The. Russian army m -1 wr,rk; The latest comity organixa-
highly pleased at General Ka,ro Mertlenbtfrg aTd the mter.
kin's appointment as commander-to- tlon is Mecklentmrg ana
thief. I manifActavt in the' order. We will oo
Colonel Mareschal. at the Paris court-1 more' organiration work alter in wee-
.Experiments vj -
the conclusion, that ireasing the "ri" th. Drevfus caseJISon as we do not wUh to .have eve
1 , vim 1 M fit Timf nnKS uul . rr an ial Kiuiifii. - m . f Mni vn n
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7 . . I m m ar,w ttw ipnr .ini irtu Liiura uw Mwa, m , fca.a d w t f aatrinc anvinins as aiia
treatment due to refugee 1 1 belligerent r bv as much'as two 1 ..m that large sums were paid to Pi" w
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