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G TEN PAGES. I'M TEN PAGES. First Part Pages 1 to 6. First Part Pages 1 to 6. VOL. XXXI-NO. 4745. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1904. PRICE: 3 CENTS em NEWS. - - IDE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION MEETS; THE PROCEEDINGS cech of Elihu Root, Tem Sp porary Chairman. Three Days' Meeting With Little to do but Register Roose velt's Will. The First- Mention of His Name Brings the Delegates to Their Feet with a Round of Applause. Gavel and Table- i By Associated Press.) Chirac. June 21 The Republican Nati"ii;il Convention, the thirteenth in thf p;iit.v s history, met in the Coli seum at noon today and organized. The ir.aml. climax, the nominations, will not ho reached until the third day. Senator Depew calls today a cur tain raider for the more serious drama of tomorrow and Thursday. The cur tain vainer was in itself an absorbing production. Weather predictions were disturb ins. There was a suggestion of rain in the air. and the sun had a struggle all the morning with clouds banked up over the Lake. Fresh breezes from the northwest cooled the temperature but indoors, out of reach of the breeze, the day was hot. Inside the Coliseum there are about Sniio numbered seats, including the. bank of 3o rising behind the chair man. Above this terrace of seats hung the colossal portrait of the late Sena tor Hanna on a canvass 20x17 feet. Portraits of the President, with flags about them, were placed at regular intervals around the anphithreatrs. A banner of the Home Market Club oi Boston swung near the roof oppo site the chairman. Underneath the rostrum and stretch in? the whole length of the basement v.as one of the most curious sights of the convention the pharcphernalia and the workers who communicated tn the millions what the thousands saw. Into this space was let hundreds or wires, more than five hundred, that connect directly with the! principal newspapers of the country and with the agencies that transmit news over seas. More than one hundred tele phones were working and upward of four hundred telegraph instruments. A thousand reporters, operators and messengers manned thjs intelligence machine. As the 'lay advanced the streets took on an appearance bordering upon activity. Bands played in front of the avditorium and other convention headquarters. In former conventions marching c'mbs. with banners proclaiming the virtues or qualifications of candidates, have proved an attraction. Similar scenes at this convention were sought in vain. The few marching clubs that are here have so far been "march less." Bits of ribbon bearing the State de signations, an occasional badge or the banner of some favorite son for vice president is all that gives distinction to the convention crowd. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, who is slated for the chairmanship, of the Committee o Resolutions, has decided to appoint as members of the sub-committee which is to draft the Platform. Senator Spooner, of Wincon sin. and J. W. Blythe, of Iowa. The latter is a vigorous opponent of the tariff revision. New National Committee. Chicago, June 21 The following have been chosen on the new Repub lican National Committee: Alabama, Charles H. Scott; Florida, J' X- Combs; Georgia, Judson W. Ly ons; Kentucky, John W. Yerkes; Loui siana. Walter L. Cohen; Mississippi, J- B- Mosely ; South Carolina, John G. Capers; Texas, Cecil, A. Lyons; Ten nessee, w. P. Brownlow; Virginia, Of;orge E. Bowden; Arkansas, Powell Clayton; West Virginia, N. B. Scott. Korth Carolina, E. C. Duncan. Committee on Resolutions. The following have been chosen as members of the Committee on Resolutions- Alabama. Andrew N. Johnson; Ar kansas, Charles F. Duke; Florida, W. I- North nip; Georgia, W. H. John s?n; Kentucky, George W. Long;Loui ,1Hlla. .1. Madison Vance; Mississippi, Y K. Mollison; South Carolina, E. J. UickepKon Tonnoccoo nana Unrmnn iPx. A. J. Rosenthal; Virginia, D. b Croner; West Virginia, George W. Atkinson. North Carolina, V. S. Ltisk. Delegates Crowding In. Chicago, June 21 By a quarter to i- o'clock ench entrance to the floor (h thr- great hall was pouring in a stream of delegates. They came in Jiuietly, few delegations arriving in a 'J'"l.v. Mingling with the strains of he band wa3 a great hum of conver sation, but there was no disorder. The fia'l filled rapidly Tjut the galleries ero .slower and ten minutes before 'he hour set for the nresidins officer's Ravel to fall, there was a wilderness cf Vacant chairs in the great balconies. A few minutes before 12 the Coli .eum resounded with a burst of ap plause, it was the, greeting to Henry vi u ayne- the acting chairman, and inu Root, of New York, the tempo rary chairman. They proceeded at 0n',e to the platform. As Senator Fairbanks entered the hall at the head of the Indr Vaele gation, the first ovation wa- .dered. A smile lit up the face of '. , senator as, amid round after round of ap: plause, and the first cheers to be heard, he worked his way to the seats of. the Indiana delegation, near the piatform. Some difficulty was experienced in seating the delegations and the noon hour found Acting Chairman Payne, gavel in hand, waiting patiently for the delegations to find their places before calling the convention to or der. Shortly after noon special mes sengers were sent through the large hall in the effort to get the delegates seated. With three severe raps of the gavel Acting Chairman Payne called the convention to order at 12:16. He then introduced Rev. Timothy P. Frost, pastor of the First Methodist church, of Evanston, Ills., who pro nounced the opening prayer. A Payneful Episode. Senator Scott, on behalf of the Chi cago citzens' committee, which co-operated with the national committee on arrangements for the convention, then presented National Chairman Payne with a handsome gavel. It was a large one ana made for business A hflavv gold band was inscribed "Mr Henry C Payne, Chairman Republican National' Committee, in 1904." Mr. Payne ex- pressed his appreciation of the gift and at once announced that Secretary El- mer Dover, of the national committee would read the cal lof the convention.' Mr. Dover delegates Mr. Mallov of Ohio, one of the reading clerks to do 1 When he reached the signature of the call, "M. A. Hanna," the conven tion broke into spontaneous applause and cheers. Chairman Payne recognized Govern or Vansart, of Minnesota, to presen the table used by the presiding officer. It was made hv the members of' the 1 South Minneapolis High School and, he said, had been used at Republican conventions in Minneapolis, St. Louis and Philadelphia. He asked the chair- man to use it for this convention,which ' would nominate that fearless, invinci- ble leader, Theodore Roosevelt. It was the first mention of the President's name in the convention and the dele- , gates rose to the sound as one man. Cheers rang through the hall and many men spring upon their chairs and waved hats, banners and handker- . chiefs. After the applause had subsided, Chairman Payne in a few words ex- nressed thanks for the eavel. He then ed , "Gentlemen of the Convention, the national committee has selected fc your temporary chairman, Hon. Elihu Root, of New York." Senator Allison Applauded. Convention Hall, Chicago, June 21, 11:30, a. m. First of delegates enter ing. Senator Allison first of notables, received mild ovation. Negroes Want Recognition. Chicago. June 21 The adoption ot a niank Hpp'iarinp- thP "Renublic.an nartv , "opposed to all forms of disfranchise- j counsel for Mrs. Patterson served no ment founded on caste and race pre-j tice on the district attorney, that a mo judice" will be asked by the National j tion would .be made for the court to li Negro Suffrage League. The league rect an early trial for the defendants, held its second annual convention at' He said the physical condition of Mrs. the Institutional African Methodist I Patterson was such that it was a hard church with an attendance of 100 dele-, ship to keep her in prison, and stated gates 45 of whom are delegates to that he would like to have the trial the Republican Convention. A com- held in July. Judge Newburger said mittee was named to wait upon the he was not going to sit next month and Republican Committee on Resolu- that it would hardly be fair to ask an tions today with the following declara- other judge to hear the case. He sugr tion for the party: gested that counsel confer and arrange "The right of suffrage should not; be withheld wherever intelligence ana a loyal regard for the spirit and aims of the Constitution are manifested Whenever it is denied for reasons that Party in Roanoke, Va., Have Narrow do not apply to an understanding of. Escape From Death, the responsibilities of citizenship, a1 Roanoke, Va., June 21 Frank Lam due regard for life, property and the bert, a Norfolk and Western Rail perpetuation of popular government way locomotive engineer, was fatally the act is in direct conflict with the injured and Mrs. James S. Nichols intention and letter of the Constitu-1 was seriously injured, and John Craw tion of the United States. The Repub- ford, father-in-law of Lambert was dan lican party therefore is opposed to all gerously hurt in- an automobile ac forms of disfranchisement founded on cident here tonight. The machine caste and race prejudices." I struck a rough place in the street ai cnoonhoc wpre directed while going at a high speed. Lam- V VZl CLl tjjjvv.vuv.kj " I . . . i -i 1 .. . . rtr Vq arainst rne noui.ica.1 siavciy ui South." The Tariff Plank Chicago June 21 The early morn- in- hours developed a tendency to- wards the adoption of the tariff policy j ELMER DOVER, SECRETARY OF THE REPUBLICAN NA TIONAL COMMITTEE. outlined by the Massachusetts Repub lican Convention, which, while recog nizing the worth of the present tariff law, declared that no schedules are sacred or necessarily permanent. Senator Lodge is understood to be the author of that plank, and the fact that he will be chairman of the Com mittee on Resolutions gives strong color to the surmise that he will press a similar declaration upon the Nation al Convention. Senator Lodge would not admit his interest in that form of declaration. "You cannot tell what forty-five men will do" he said. His close friends say that in private conference the Massachustees senator has given free expression to his desire that his State's position should be sustained bj the National gathering. The friends of that policy say it is wise because it will leave the door open for revision if thought wise, while not making it mandatory. Reverential Silence. The administration's Panama canal policy received a round of applause when Mr. Root declared that "the weaklings would have postponed its construction to another generation." Mr. Root's challenge of "judgment upon tne record of these Republican administrations" was the signal for aPPlaus8- Reverential silence pre- vailed as the speaker alluded briefly "to the assassination to Prmfwyudij to the assassination of President Mc- Km,ey and again applause as his suc- cessor's record was reviewed. Convention Adjourns Mr. Root concluded his address with the words "Theodore Roosevelt,' 'and they provoked the greatest demonstra tion of the session. The delegates climbed on their chairs and tost hats and handkerchiefs into the air. The convention unanimously approv- e 1 the recommendation of the National Committee allonwing Porto Rico two legates and the Philippines six dele- sates with two votes. Cal1 of States was then proceeded Wlth to obtain names of members of various national committees. At the conclusion of the call of States the convention will adjourn until noon tomorrow. The roll of temporary officers of the convention was then read by the clerk, appruvea uy me convention. Senator Carter of Montana presented the fololwing resolutions: "Resolved, That until a permanent organization is enecteu, tnis conven tion be governed by the rules of the National Republican Convention." MRS- PATTERSON ARRAIGNED. Preparations on Foot for a Speedy Trial. (By Associated Press) New York, June 21. A formal plea of not guilty was made by Mrs. Nan Patterson when she was arraigned in the Court of General Sessions, charged with the murder of "Caesar" Young, the book-maker. At the same time ror an eariy tnai, AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. , , . . hart iir n ri xtrge M T 1 V 1 11 C" trio the automo- uw v, ,. bile lost his grip on the lever and the machine got away from him. A young lady and a child who were m the party were thrown out with the three others, but escaped unhurt. I OF THE SINKING OF TRANSPORTS The Vladivostock Squadron Slipped Out and Did Its Work and has now Slipped Back. Account of the De struction Wrought. The News of Heavy Fighting at Haicheng is Discred ited. The Russian Losses at Vafangow estimated at 6,500 Men. (By Associated Press.) Vladivostock, June 21. Lying in the harbor are the three Russian, cruisers which have just returned from their successful raid in the Japanese Sea and Straits of Korea. Vice Admiral Bezo Brazoff took the squadron out on June 12. The first day the warships were fog bound. They reached the Korean Straits June 15 and were sighted and watched by a fast, three-masted Japan ese cruiser. Off Tsu Island the Rus sians pursued a vessel resembling a yacht which escaped inshore . They sank the transport Idzumi 6ff Kotsu Island. The Idzumi was bringing back invalided soldiers from Port Dalny, 105 of whom were rescued by one of the Russian cruisers. The Japanese transports Hitachi and Sado were next sighted and soon after the Hitachi, which was filled with troops, disregarded -the signal to stop, put on full speed. The Russian cruisers thereupon opened fire on the Hitachi, crippling her engines and setting her decks aflame. Still the Japanese refused to haul down their flag. The vessel was then seen to heel over and hun dreds of the Japanese jumped into the seta. They were all drowned. The Hitachi was then sunk by a torpedo. Struck by a Torpedo. Vladivostock, June 21. The Sado obeyed the summons to stop. She car ried 1,350 coolies for railroad work in Korea; 1,200 tons of coal, 1,000 tons of rice, railroad and telegraph equipment, a hundred horses and a large amount of specie. ' ; v: '; ' The specie was thrown ay erboard by the pursrrrBesldes ten boats, the Sado- carried twelve rafts, each capable of carrying 100 men. As soon as the crew was ordered to leave the ship the cool lies rushed on deck, filled the boats and headed them for the coast. Admiral Beso Brazoff sent boats to the Sado, to take off the captain and soldiers. Cap tain Oguro. twelve military officers and three Englishmen in the Japanese ser vice came. The others refused to leave the ship. The Russians having done everything possible to save the lives of those on board discharged two torpe does against the vessel. A heavy squall broke at the time and hid the sinking transport from view. A three masted Japanese cruiser witnessed the whole affair. The Russians caught her wire less messages. The apparatus on the enemy's cruiser worked incessantly and messages were recorded on board the Russian cruisers and were translated by some of the Japanese prisoners. One message read: "The Russians are in the Straits, run for safety." The Russians vainly tried to catch the Japanese cruiser. The prize court is certain to condemn the British collier Allanton, captured by the Russian squadron during the raid. She came out at the beginning of the war and went around the Cape of Good Hope so as. to avoid the squadron of Vice Admiral Yirenius, and then engaged in carry ing Japanese coal from Muraron to Sas ebo, Japan. The cargoes were nominal ly consigned in each case to British firms at Hong Kong and Singapore. Heavy Russian Losses. St. Petersburg, June 21. Reports of heavy fighting at Haicheng are denied by the general staff.. The Japanese continue to advance from Siu Yen, but no further advance of Oku's army has been reported. The Russian losses at Vanfa'ngow are proving to be heaviSr as reports of various regiments come in. It is now placed by a conservative estimate at 4,000, but well informed au thority expects the total to be not less than 6,500. Report From Port Arthur. Ldao Yang, Monday, June 20 A mer chant of Port Arthur who arrived here says that life in that' town is practical ly unchanged. There is no shortage of provisions and health is good. No land attack has been made upon Port Ar thur, but there have been frequent bombardments at long range by the Japanese squadron, which is constantly cruising off shore. Dalny is occuped by a Japanese battalion. The destruction of the pier there rendered Dalny use less for landing seige guns. Cable Interrupted. . New York, June 21. The Commer cial Cable Company sends out the fol lowing notice: "We are advised that the Hong Kong-Foo cable is interrupted. All traffic is passing via Northern Com pany's cable. Charged With Robery. Ed Williams, a negro, was locked up yesieraay, charged with entering the home of Mr. H. L. Hunter, Saturday, and stealing $25 in bills and some sil ver money and a gold pin. A prelimin ary trial will be had this afternoon be fore 'Squire Maxwell. Mr. Plummer Stewart will represent h defendant, RUSI CCOU HARVEST- OF VICTIMS STILUNCREASES Seven Hundred and Seventy Dead Bodies Now Recover ed, While the List of Miss ing is Undiminished. No (By Associated Press.) New York, June 21. The harvest of victims of the Slocum disaster con tinued today. The total number of bodies recovered early today is 770 and it is expected every hour of the day will add to the number. One alarming result of the developments of the last three days has been that although more than 200 bodies have been, taken from the river, the list of missing is not diminished. These continue in ex cess of three hundred. Many bodies re covered today will be in such a condi tion as to make identification almost impossible. ' Coroner's Investigation. New York, June 21. When the coroner's jury which is investigating the disaster to the Slocum resumed its session today, Daniel O'Neill, a deck hand on the 'Slocum was called as ufe first witness. O'Neill said he never saw any fire drill on the Slocum although he had been employed on her ever since she was put in commission this year. He could not recall that new hose was carried on board the steamer at any lime. There were no life preserv ers on the hurricane deck, he said. O'Neill corroborated the testimony given yesterday that the storeroom held paint, oil, old canvass and a lot of other dunnage beside the lamps. He said some times the room was lighted by a swinging lamp. Some times there was no light. The witness first learned of the .fire when he heard the people shouting. Then he ran to the hose. It coiled tind burst when the water pressure reached it. He heard Flanagan shout, "eGt an other hose" and ran and got the rubber washing hose, but the coupling wouli not fit the standpipe. After that he jumped .overboard and swam ashore. Replying to questions from tie jury, O'Neill said the flames prevented them from getting to the deck the washing hose after the coiled fire hose had burst. Edward Brandow, of Cat skill, the as sistant engineer of the Slocum, was the next witness. For use in fighting fires, he said, they had a donkey engine for pumping water to the fire hose, and to the water closet. They never had any other hose on the Slocum. He first heard of the fire when the mate, Flan agan, reported it. Government Inspection. Washington, June 21. Practically all of the time at the session of the Cabi net today was devoted to consideration of the subject of steamboat inspection brought to the attention of the bddy by Secretary Cortelyou. The matter under discussion was. Inicdental to the General Slocum dis aster and t othe rigid inquiry into, it which has been ordered by Secretary Cortelyou. In view of the charges that have been made of lack or discipline on the Slocum and insufficient life-saving equipment and unsafe fittings in lock ers and store-rooms, it was decided that the best expert talent obtainable should be called into service and at the suggestion of Secretary Cortelyou it was arranged that an army and a naval officer should be attached to the board in the capacity of experts. Commander Cameron McK. Winslow, attached to the Navigation Bureau was selected as the naval expert. The army probably will be represented by Major Oscar F. Long. Quartermaster's Department, vho from his familiarity with the army transport service is believed to be par ticularily fitted for the worwk. Secretary Taft presented for the con sideration of the Cabinet several im portant departmental matters, includ ing some questions concerning various military ...reservations.. 'Before the de cision reached can be embodies in the form of definite orders, the matters, Secretary Taft said, would, have to be referred back to the department for additional investigation. Subsequent to the Cabinet meeting, Mr. Cortelyou had. a conference with the President regarding political mat ters, especially those relating to his trip to Chicago. ROOSEVELT AND SATOLLI. The President Receives the Special Representative of the Pope. (By Associated Press. Washington, June 21. President Roosevelt today received Cardinal Satolli, the special " representative in this country of the Pope, in the blue room of the White House. The car dinal was presented by the Rev. Dr. D. J. Stafford, rector of St. Patrick's church, this city; It was a call merely to afford Cardinal Satolli an opportu nity to pay his respects to the Presi dent. . Well Known Educator Here. Dr. Julius D. Dreher of South Caro lina, arrived in the city today, and is the guest of Dr. Holland at No.' 408 North Tryon street. Dr. Dreher as pres ident of Roanoke College, Virginia, has attained leading place among the edu cational movements of the day and is the author of widely quoted articles on the subject of education in the South. He probably will be in .the city for sev eral days. Funeral This Afternoon.-. The funeral exercises over the re- mains of Freen Bangle,, the young son 4 of Mr. and Mrs. Luther, Bangle, were held this afternoon at the home on North Davidson street, at '5 o'clock. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Will Fink, Walter - Cochran, Joshua Arant and Lee McLemore. - FIFTV T GO OUT Oil STRIKE Fifty Thousand Tailors and Workers in the Clothing Trade Strike Todayt thr Strike Being Effect-ve at Once. (By Associated .Press) New York, June 21. A strike of 50,- 000 persons employed here in clothing trades, has been ordered, effective at : ence. Most of the taUprs involved. are employed by middlemen or contractors, The present strike involves opposition j to the open shop' declaration of the j Manufacturers' National Association. ROOSAND BAR ASSOC MTU HEARS ELOQUENT ' ADDRESS ' TODAY Hon. Burton Smith of Atlanta Delivered the Annual Ad dress and He Received a Genuine Ovation From His Brethren. , An Important Resolution as to Who Shall bs Exempted From Jury Duty. The Various Committees, Re port at Morning Session. Charlotte today has been given- over, and that right gladly, to the members of the State Bar Association, this be ing one of the most distinguished bod ies of men that has ever assembled within the gates of the Queen City of the Old North State. The Association was called to order this morning at 11 o'clock by the chairman, W. D. Pruden, of Edenton. The secretary and treasurer of the Association, J. Crawford Biggs, of Dur ham, then read the annual reports, which were adopted. The next report submitted was that of the auditing committee, T. T. Hix, of Oxford, being chairman of this committe. The report was adopted. 55. V. Walzer, chairman of the exec utive committee, next submitted his annual report, briefly and concisely worded. This was likewise adopted by the Association. The routine business of the meet ing having been completed, the chair man arose and in well-chosen words introduced the speaker of the occa sion, the Hon. Burton Smith, Esq., of Atlanta. The speaker and well known Georgian was received with a storm of applause as he arose, and at the conclusion of the ovation he spoke as follows: When Conquest is a Duty. "It is a distinguished honor . to address-.''a1r---a8socifttloB,:'-" and "One which ' would cause some trepidation were it not that the lawyer is ever a kindly critic, but to me the honor and trepidation are forgotten in the pleasure which I feel in ap pearing before the lawyers of that State upon the roll of whoso bar ara the names of my grandfather, my great grandfather, and my great grandfather's father. "I shall avoid discussion of tho propriety of our own expansion; that expansion has ceased to be an ab straction, and has become an accom plished fact. Whether or not it was ' wise for us to retain only that mighty rectangle, the territory bounded by the Britsh possessions on the north, with Mexico, the Gulf and the oceans defining our other limits whether it was wise for us to take Alaska, Porto Rico, the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands: these are no longer practical questions. We have them and any effort to relieve ourselves of them would cause complications of so seri ous a character that it should not be considered for a moment. We thuti find ourselves a world power and must meet the issues presented. Whether our ancestors, the great framers of the Constitution, . would have desired the existence of present conditions, we cannot say, but we can say that had these bold patriots found such conditions placed upon them, they would have shirked no responsibility, but would have risen to the occasion and to the issues as now presented, just as they rose to the issues and sustained the strife in which our na tion's cradle rocked. "The men who framed the Meck lenburg Declaration, who fought in the bloody battles of Ramsaur's Mill and Guilford Court House, whose courage and patriotism have been shown on many a bloody field, m the halls of Congress, upon the bench, at the bar, would today have feared no consequence when it comes to a ques tion of right, duty and civilization, and it is my purpose to seek to show that while the positions enunciated appear to be departures, from prece dent, yet as a matter of fact they aro ultimate right, ultimate duty, and that controlled by the same princi ples which animated our forefathers, we should today seek to lead in mak ing these abstract views international lealities. , "It is agreed by all authorities on international law that each sovereign has the right, so far as its own gov ernment . is concerned, to acquire foreign territory. , The constitutional forms of particular governments and the rule by which under those consti uttional forms acquired territory is governed, will not be considered. The question is, under what circumstance should the greater power eliminate the sovereignty of a weaker power; as to whether the weaker power should be dominated by a protector ate, of directly annexed, will be cas ually touched upon. "In argument and discussion of mor- (Continuel on 5th page.