.1 (Ota : irrr . v" WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1901. VOT. XXXIV. NO. 73. S1.00JFER YEAR t. i ' f i 4" . . ! . t V r i 41 I, 1 CHANDLER AMD fflMS Navy Department Takes Cognizance of the Ex-Secretary's Charges Against the Admiral. The Acting Secretary of the Navy, In Reply to ex-Secretary of the Navy Chandler's Charges Against Admiral Hobley D. Evans, Writes Him a Let ter Severely Censuring Ills Language In Regard to the ex-Secretary In Ills Book Entitled a "Sailor's Log" lie Is Told that Denunciation of a Form er Head ol the Navy Cannot be Tolor ated Copy of the Letter Sent to ex- . Secretary Chandler. Washington, August 101 The navy department has acted upon the com plaint made by the Hon. William E. Chandler against Rear Admiral Rob ley D. Evans. It has reprimanded the admiral and the following letter has been addressed to him: "Navy Department, "Washington, D. C, August.10. "Sir: The honorable William E. Chandler, president of the Spanish treaty claims commission, lately a sen ator of the United States and formerly secretary of the navy, has complained to the department, as you are aware, of certain strictures upon himself in your book entitled A Sailor's Log. The strictures in question are in the nature of aspersions upon the official conduct of then (1S84) secretary of the navy. "The text of your book, it is not nec essary here to recite; nor is it needful to ask of you an explanation why you felt yourself justified in publishing what you have. It is obvious to any reader that you speak offensively of Secretary Chandler's action; that you impugn his motives and otherwise tra duce him in respect to orders given you by the secretary in the discharge Q? Xhg duties of his office. " "Tou are informed that this deliber ate publication of yours has justly in curred the displeasure of the depart ment. For an officer thus to attack a former head of the navy department be cause of orders given to him by. that official is to abandon the courtesy that should always characterize an officer of the navy. If tolerated, it would un questionably prove subversive of dis cipline. It 'would tend to bring the office itself into disrepute. The act is the more reprehensible in this instance, because of your long experience in the service. "It has become my duty, therefore, to censure you for this breach of obli gation imposed upon you as a commis sioned officer of the navy of the Unit ed States which I accordingly do. "A copy of this letter will be furnish ed to the Hon. William E. Chandler. "Respectfully, 44 E. W. HACKETT, "Acting Secretary "To Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, "U. S. N., Washington." Former Senator Chandler was noti fied of the action of the department in the following letter: "Navy Department, "Washington, D- C, August 9. "To Hon. William E. Chandler, "Sir: Referring to recent correspon dence upon the subject of alleged stric tures made by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans upon the conduct and motives of the secretary of the navy, in 1SS4, published in his book entitled 'A Sail or's Log I have the honor to inform you that the department regards this action of Admiral Evans as deserving of reproof. "Accordingly, the department has censured that officer, as will appear from a copy of a letter to him of this . date, herewith enclosed. "I have the honor to be, "Yours respectfully, "F. Wr. HACKETT, "Acting Secretary." Admiral Evans has acknowledged, under date of August 10, 1901. his re ceipt of . the letter of acting Secretary Hackett. It is the understanding at the navy department that the action taken closes the incident. This is cer tainly so, so far as the department is concerned, and if anything further is done, it "will have to be on the initia tive of Admiral Evans, in asking for a court of Inquiry or of Mr. , Chandler. The right of the navy department to administer a reprimand, without wait ing for the findings of a court, has been In question at times, but it is said the precedents leave no doubt that this right exists. TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL .State. Officials to Attend the Funeral of Charles Aycock - (Special to the Messenger.) : . Raleigh, N.-C, August 10. Secretary of State Grimes, Treasury Lacy, Audi tor Dixon, Private Secretary Pearsall ; and others of the state officials will at tend the funeral of Charles Aycock at Wilson tomorrow. The contract was awarded to day to Jacob S. Allen, of Raleigh, at $4,500 for the new dormitory at the soldier's home here. The legislature appropri ated $5,000, $500 to be expended for fur- j nishing. The stat,e normal college at Greens boro is open September 19th, a fortnight earlier than usual. The state charters the W. C. Thomas Leaf Tobacco Company of Kinston. j A FAYETTEVILLE SENSATION A Father's Successful Ruse Great Damago by Xllgh Water An Inform er Comes to Grief Beautiful German (Correspondence of The Messenger.) Fayetteville. Auggust 9. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Boney have been separated for the past year on account of domestic troubles, he living at Rocky Mount, where he is a much esteemed Atlantic Coast Line engineer, and she residing in the western district of Fay etteville. Mr. Boney has been used to come occasionally to see his son, and yesterday afternoon he made one of these visits, riding up to the Cain resi dence in a buggy, in which an acquaint ance sat. while he entered the house. As soon as Miss Prudence Cain brought the child, the father seized it, rushed out to the vehicle, and drove hurriedly away. Mrs. Boney had a warrant is sued for the arrest of her husband on the charge of abduction, but he had made his plans- skillfully. " He had hired the horse and conveyance, say ing that he wished to make a visit to his brother in South Carolina, but he rode across the country to Clinton, whence Captain Goddarcl received a telegram this morning, directing him when to send for his property. The handsome bridge now building over Cape Fear river at Lillington, Har nett county, at a cost of $14,000, has suffered severely from the freshets of July and August. Within the past day or two material has been swept away to the value of over $1,000. and last month the damage to the bridge was estimated at nearly $3,000. Dan Turner, a white man living In Flea Hill township, knows how it is himself now. For a long time he has been active in informing against vio lators of the revenue law, and yester day he went to jail, on failure to give bail, for selling liquor without a license. Last evening there was a pleasant german in McKethan's hall, led by Mr. John C. Thomson, with fine music by Remsburg orchestra, complimentary to Miss Eliza Hodges, of Wilson, the guest of Miss Kate Hawley. The confederate veterans of Cumber land county, Captain J. B. Smith com manding, held a meeting in the town hall this morning, when celegates were chosen to the encampment at Wrights ville. Mr. Andrew Borden, an extensive cotton dealer of Goldsboro, whose rep resentative in this city is Captain Graves, has bought the valuable Jack son Johnson property fronting 72 feet on Donaldson street, on vhich he will build a cotton warehouse and platform. Boers Capture British Block House London, August 10. A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria today says: "A blockhouse near Brand (Orange River colony) was rushed and captur ed by the Boers, after sever fighting the night of August 7. "Elliott has captured seventy prison ers and large quantities of stock and wagons, which he is sending in. No details have been received." Band Excursion ta Sea The excursion given by the First Regiment Band, X. C. S. G.. on the steamer Wilmington yesterday was a successful and enjoyable affair. The steamer left her wharf at 10 a. m.. and after touching at the Carolina Beach pier went to Southport and out to sea The sea was smooth but many of the party were seasick and "fed the fishes." The band played some splendid pieces both on the river and out at sea, and their playing was highly, appreciated by the crowd on board. About 300 took in the trip. Refreshments were served on the boat. The steamer Wilmington got back to the city at 5 p. m. Ordered to Fort Caswell Lieutenant Bradley J. Wootten has returned to the city with his bride. He has been ordered to report for tempor ary duty at Fort Caswell until he is odered to proceed to his post with the Seventh Cavalry at Cuba. ' O. O. Buck, Belrne, Ark., says: I was troubled with constipation until I bought DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Since then have been entirely cured' of my old complaint.- I recommend them. P-R. Bellamy. DYNAMITES BRITISH TRANSPORT ALLEGED ATTEMPT OF BOER SYMPA THIZERS AT NEW ORLEANS. I , I Tremendous Explosion Asalnst the j Side of a Vessel Loading with Mules j lor the Traasraa 1 No Great Damage ! Done Several ot Her Plates Sprung and Much "Water Taken In Xo Clue to the Perpetrators. New Orleans, August 10. What is re garded as an attempt of a Boer sym pathizer to blow up a British transport occurred shortly after midnight when there was a terrific explosion at the stock landing where the Harrison steamer Mechanician is moored. The Mechanician is to carry mules to South Africa. The explosion shook houses, rattled dishes and awakened people for some distance around. Most of the crew of the ship were asleep, but the explosion brought them quick ly from their berths to the deck. An examination showed a large dent on the starboard side of the ship. Two plates at the water's edge had been sprung and considerable water was let into the ship. Pumps were immediately put to work and when daylight came it was found that the vessel was in no danger of sinking and that the damage done was not serious. The crew of the vessel de nied that there was any explosive on board and there seems little doubt, ac cording to the statements of those who examined the ship, that the explosion was from the outside and that some sort of a bomb or torpedo had been used- Alfred Leblanc, of the Harrison Line, visited the Mechanician early today and a repor.t of the damage done was sub mitted to him. He said three' large plates in the starboard of the ship had been stove in and that sixteen rivets had been broken off or knocked com pletely from their places. As the ship was taking considerable water it was decided to shift the ballast so as to lift the damaged section out of the water. It is thought the damage can be re paired here. -Agent . I?blane said the"&fechaniclan will be loaded with a cargo of mules on Monday and get away for South Af rica as soon as possible. A British officer who was on the ship last night said the explosion was ter rific and a column of water went high up in the air and came down on deck. Captain Ball, of the Mechanician, was on board at the time, but none of the officers was willing to express a theory with regard to who was responsible for the explosion. It was suggested in some quarters that it might have been the act of some disgruntled muleteer. Many of the muleteers who have, from time to time left the city on the British transports, have returned with com plaints of ill-treatment and a number of suits are now pending against British ships in the federal court. THE STATE'S DIVIDENDS Received from the North Carolina Railroad Applicants Who Secure Pea body Scholarships Now Director of State University Gymnasium. Messenger Bureau. Raleigh, N. C, August 10 Iredell Meares, of Wilmington, is here to see the United States attorney re garding some titles to government lands at Southport. The state treasurer today received as dividend on the 6 per cent, bonds of the North Carolina railway $90,000 and paid the New York Interest on these, aggregating $31,323. Some one made the point that the finding by past legislative committees that ex-Treasurer Worth's accounts were correct relieved him from liabil ity for the stealings of his clerk, W. H Martin. Not even the ex-treasurer's attorney makes any such claim, an of ficial informs your correspondent. The following applicants from this state for Peabody scholarships passed the examinations, the state superinten dent of public institution announces: Miss Lizzie Ferrett, of Clinton, S7 per cent.; Walter P. Jones., of Surry coun ty, and Miss Madge White, of States ville, 81 each. Great preparations for the state fair are in progress- General Cox, the pres ident, says the list of attractions is the largest on record. In the entrance examinations for scholarships at the Agricultural and Mechanical college here, held in the various counties, 83 passed out of 109. At the examinations at the college next rpnth about the same number will be" admitted. The opening is Sep tember 4th. A dispensation is granted by Grand Master of Masons Royster for a new lodge at Aulander, Bertie county. E. L. Eliason, of Chestertown, .ML, will be the director of the gymnasium at the state university. Charles O. Jenkins is the new foot, ball coach. Both he and Eliason are Yale gradu ates. The record of grades made on exami nation by the last freshman class at the university shows it is probably the best class which ever entered there- Over 80 completed their work with credit and a third of alB passed without a failure. . Eruptions, cuts, burns, scalds and sores of all kinds quickly healed by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Certain cure for piles. Beware of Counterfeits Be sure you get the original DeWitt's. R, R. Bellamy. THE STOLEN GOLD FOUND THE SUSPECT UNDER ARREST MAKES A FULL CONFESSION. After Three Days or Persuasion He , Tells Where the Bullion was Hidden ' In the River The Water Searched and $130,000 Recovered-Winters, . tte Burglar, Declares He was Alone 5 in the Robbery. San Frarcisco. August 10. Jack Winters, who was arrested as a sus pect in connection with the Selby Smelting works robbery, has confessed and so far $130,000 worth of bullion has been recovered from the bay where he had 6unk It. 5 For three days the detectives have uied all sorts of persuasion to make Winters confess, but apparently with out effect. Finally, Winters asked to see Superintendent Ropp, of the Selby works, who. he said was the only friend he had. jln his conversation with Ropp, Win ters indicated that he knew where the ?old had been hidden. Ropp told Win ers that they had a strong case against llm and that he would be sent to the prison for thirty years. He said: "You jVVill be an old man when you get out and it will do you no good to hide the gold. We know it is hidden in the water near the works and we will i search every inch. You may be sure he gold will be found before you get 3Ut of prison." jWinters finally weakened and told Roop that he had taken the gold and jtfould take him to the spot where it fcvas hidden. Winters, in company with Superintendent Ropp and a force of de tectives, left on a tug last night for Crockett. There they waited all night fojr low tide. Winters pointed out the lace at the end of the railroad wharf. ind the coal bunkers, at the head the Vallejo ferry slip. At that point low tide the mud Is about four feet HSep. covered by a foot of water, j When the tug reached Crockett, Win ers pointed out the spot in the water ivhere he said. he had thrown the gold. Superintendent Ropp marked the place jc the wharf and the tup: steamed .away to await ror low-tiuev .This morning Winters got in the mud and water up to his neck and for an hour and a half, groped for the miss ing bullion. Up to 10 o'clock $130,000 worth had been recovered. This in cludes the four bars of fine gold. Winters had put some of the bars in bags.. He said one of the bags had broken and some small bars had dropped out. It is now only a question of careful search to find the rest of the $280,000. Winters claims he did the job all alone. He says he made fourteen trips from the vault to the wharf from which he dropped the gold. The tug, with the detectives, and the prisoner, returned to this city this af ternoon. RALEIGH WINS AGAIN Pitcher 8weeney Blanks the Visitors Up to the Eighth Innlner- Raleigh Sells Her Best Players Our Team to be Strengthened. The Giants were defeated in the third game of the series by the Red Birds yesterday. Sweeney a local pitcher, al lowed only two men to reach first until the eighth inning and one of these had four balls and the other was hit by the pitcher, but the eighth and ninth proved our Jonah, the visitors getting three hits in each, two of which were good for three bags. Stanley for the Red Birds had only four hits against him and they were pretty well scat tered. The visitors scored six runs In the last two innings. In the eighth Stocksdale singles and Curran fans. Stocksdale steals second and . goes to third on wild throw of Thackara. LeGrand hits to Warren, who throws home to catch Stocksdale, but Stocks returns to third safely. Stanley walks on four balls, forcing Le Grand to second. Powers singles. scoring Stocksdale and LeGrand, Stan ley going to third. Atz singles, scoring Stanley. Sorber fans and Kelly hits one to Frost and is out at first. In the ninth the visitors again score three runs. Hennegar fans. Stocks dale hits safely to left for two bags and bcores on Curran's single. LeGrand then hits for two bags and going to third on throw trying to catch Curran at the plate. Stanley hits foul to right, where Willig makes a very pretty catch ,but LeGrand comes home. Powers r ends the egony by striking out. The Giants scored their only run in the fourth. Warren flies out to Hennegar. Allen Death ot a Seminole 1 ar Veteran Memphis. Tenn.. August 10. General Rufus p. Neely died today at Bolivar, Tenn., aged 93 years. He was proml nent in state politics a half century ago, was a volunteer in the Seminole war and the war with Mexico and com manded the Fortieth Tennessee (con federate) Tegiment in the civil war. He was at one time president of the Mis sissippl. Central railroad.' THE MEL Wim OK "i Thousands of Workmen Leave Their Places at the Appointed Time of Strike. reaches first and goes to second on er- i ror of Stocksdale, going to third on error of Stanley. McGinnis then sin gles, Allen coming home. Thackara flies out to Kelly. Frost hits safely to right and Kelly makes an error, allow ing McGinnis to go to third. .Willig fans. SCORE BY INNINGS. Wilmington , 0 0010000 01 Raleigh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 RALEIGH. AB. R, H. P.O. A. E Powers s e 5 0 1 0 0 0 Atz 3rd b 4 0 1 0 2 0 Sorber 1 f 4 0 0 1 0 0 Kelly rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 Hennegar 2b 4 0 0 5 4 0. Stocksdale lb 3 2 2 8 0 1 Curran cf 4 1 l l. o 0 LeGrarfd c 3 2 1 10 2 0 Stanley p 2 1 0 1 2 1 33 6 6 27 10 3 WLMINGTON. AB. R. H. P.O. A. E Clayton ss 4 0 1 2 1 0 Devlin lb 3 0 0 10 0 0 Warren 3rd b 4 0 0 1 1 0 Allen If 3 1 0 1 0 2 McGinnis cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 Thackara c 3 0 0 9 0 0 Frost 2b 3 0 2 1 5 0 Willig rf 3 0 0 2 0 0 Sweeney p 3 0 0 O 4 0 20 1 4 27 11 2 Summary: Stolen bases, Powers and Atz; two base hits. Sorber and Le Grand; base on balls, by Sweeney 2, by Stanley 1; hit by Sweeney 1; struck out by Sweeney 7. by Stanley 10; time :43; umpire Mr. Weeks, attendance 550. NOTES. Clayton played his usual good game at short. Willig made a very pretty catch of Stanley's fly in the ninth. The Giants play here the first three days of next week with Tarboro. Stanley, Atz and Smith have been re leased for $1,000 to New Orleans. Atz playe'd a fine, game at third as uBuaL:--- Frost at secend played a fine game, having one put out, five assists, no er rers and two out of the four hits gotten by our team. The Red Birds were unable to find Sweeney, the local pitcher until the eighth and ninth innings, when they got three -.n each. Warren's stop of Atz's drive was very pretty. Wallie said that Atz robbed him of a hit yesterday so he had to get It back on him. The rowdy way in which some of the Wilmington rooters acted towards Um pire Weeks was entirely uncalled for and should be stopped. There is not the least particle of truth in the renr.rt that the Wilmington team contemplates disbanding before the close of the season. On the con trary, the team is to be strengthened. Manager Cowan last night telegraphed for two good outfielders, who are good at the bat also, named O'Brien and Dommel. Our pitching force will also soon be strengthened. Wilmington is in the league to stay. CHARLOTTE-TARBORO GAME. At Tarboro Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 01 3 3 Tarboro 0 0002001 0-3 9 1 Batteries: Murray and Gates; Slagle and Lehman. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Won. Lost. Per Ct. Raleigh 19 9 .679 Tarboro 13 13 .500 Wilmington 12 15 .444 Charlotte 11 18 .573 THE COLOMBIAN REVOLUTION The Ranarer to be Ordered South An other Battleship In Readiness Washington, August 10. The navy department officials confirm the press report from San Diego, Cal., that the United States steamship ranger has been ordered to get In readiness for a trip to Panama. No order directing her to leave for the Isthmus has yet gone forward. The Ranger Is a small cruiser of 1,020 tons displacement and has been engaged for some time past in surveying work down on the Pacific coast and in Central American waters It is very possible that her services at the seat of trouble will suffice and that a battleship will not be obliged to make the long trip down from the north. The Ranger has a complement of twenty-one officers and 127 men, and is in command of Commander Wells L. Field. As the oattleship Iowa reported her arrival at Bremerton today while the battleship Wisconsin has not yet been heard from, it is probable that the former may be substituted for the pros pective trip to the Pacific side of the isthmus, if it is decided to send a bat ties hip, although the formal announce ment of the change was not made up to noon today. Colon, Colombia, via Galveston Texas, August 10. The United States consul general, Hezekiah A. Gudger has publicly notified the Chinese that they are entitled to the protection of the United States consulate. He draws attention to the acts of violence com mitted against them in the recent in surgent raids along the railroad line and expresses the hope that their rights as foreigners will be in future recog nized and respected. tuxj oraer to Strike Generally Obe by all tne Organized Workers Tfiu Not bo Known Before Tomorrow how Many Men Have Gone Out The Pol Icy of the American Federation ot Labor Not yet Known The Strike In auffurated Withont DcmonstratI on. Another Plant to bo Torn Down, Mine Workers Decl Are for the Strikers. Pittsbursr. August 10. The great steel strike is on. The ceneral order of President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Association became effective today and thousands of workers left their places to return at some Indefinite time in the future, either victorious, or In humble defeat. The order to strike was generally obeyed wherever the workers were organized and enrolled in the lodges of the Amalgamated As sociation, but it will be Monday before an accurate count can be made of the men who have gone out- A great ma jority of the mills close down on Sat urday and re-open Sunday night and the true test of the strength of the con tending sides will be furnished by the number of men who return to work to- " morrow and Monday. The policy of the American Federation of Labor has not yet been fully disclosed and that fact contributes another element of an uncertainty to the situation. The action of the executive committee of the mine workers at Indianapolis . today In resolving to support the strik ers cheered the Amalgamated men and they are confident that the federation will aid. them to the fullest extent. The closing hours of labor and tho opening hours of the strike lacked spectacular action. This city, which is the strike centre was calm and undis turbed. There was no excitement or violence and the pulse of the comnm-v nlty was normal. The police officials Issued an order suspending for the time-being the va cation, system. They do not anticipate trouble, but want to have every man here and ready for duty In case It should come. They say that President" Shaffer has counselled peaceful meth ods and they have hope that the strik ers and their sympathizers will heed' his advice. The strikers held a series of demon strations in the outlying towns and President Shaffer spoke a final word of encouragment to his industrial troops. Great throngs of workers turned out to greet and cheer the leader and ex change pledges to maintain the con test upon which they have entered. A striking development of the day was an official announcement from the American Tin Plate Company to the effect that certain plants of the com pany crippled by the strike would be dismantled and removed to Monessen. Almost at the same time, it was un officially announced that there was a chance that the plant of the American Steel Hoop Company at "Warren, Ohio, would be torn down and removed to some community more favorable to the corporation. The order of yesterday, dismantling, the Dewees Wood plant at McKeesport. is already being carried out and the an nouncement from the American Tin Plate Company created marked impres sion. Representatives of the strikers insisted that the company was not in good faith In the announcement anr that even If it was It could not win with such methods. Opponents of the strikers counted the plan another vie-' tory and declared that the strike must: fail In the face of such decisive action. ; Indianapolis,. Ind.. August 10. The executlve board of United Mine Work ers of America. In session here, has of -ficlally recognized the steel strike. At noon a resolution was adopted set ting out the causes of the strike, en dorsing the action of the Amalgamat ed Association pledging the support of the mine workers and calling on Presi dent Gompers to call a meeting of all the presidents" and secretaries of the associations. Goldaboro Shut Out Durham (Special to the Messenger.) Goldsboro, N. C, August 10 Golds boro shut out Durham in the most splendidly contested ball game of the season. . T" score: BVH TJ. . G- -iboro .4 6 0 struck; out, by Jordan 13, Boon, 3;. time 1:43; attendance 200; doable pl7 Graves to Short to Surles of the tItH--ing team. ' ;