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4 V i u vr 4 1 ir m f jr V Nr VOL XXXVIII No 10. WILMINGTON N. C, FEBRUARY 3, 1905. 51.00 PER TEAR r, J. AN AUDIENCE Granted by the Emperor to Representatives of Workmen x AIDS SUFFERERS The Workmen, llepreseiitins ihe Lcad intr Industrial Kstablislimcnts or St. Petersburg, Were Received by the Emperor at Tsarkoc Selo He Bade Them lletura to Work, Promising to Study Their Condition and Do What lie Could for TJicm Situa tion in Poland Continue- Strained All is Quiet Now in Warsaw, But There is a Feeling of Uncertainty Conterninir Conditions There. Favorable results are expected to fol low the audience given by mperor Nicholas at Tearkoe 'Selo to thirty two workmen, representing the leading industrial establishments of St. Peters burg. In addition to paternal admis sions bestowed upon the workmen, $25, 000 has been given by the Emperor, Empress and Dowager Empress for the relief of the families of those who were killed or badly wounded in the affair f .Tanuarv 22nd. The manufacturers of t. Petersburg have made conces sions to the strikers and contributed t .hP. relief fund. The situation in Poland and other ,of the provinces con tinues strained, and strikes are report ed from Irkutsk and several other Si berian towns. KfcX KIVED BY T1IK EMl'BKOR. Deputation of Workmen Given an Au dience at Tsarkoc Selo. St. Petersburg, February 1. Em peror Nicholas this afternoon received at Tsarkoe Selo a deputation or 6 -t-uttiti rnresenting the employes of the factories and workshops of bt. Petersburg. The deputation was ac companied by Minister of Finance Ivokovsoff and Governor General Tre poff and proceeded by the imperial road to Tsarkce Selo, where carriages were awaiting them at a point near ,hr. imnerial Davilion. On arriving V -' there the workmen were admitted to one of the halls of the palace. The emperor entered the hall accompanied by Grand Duke George Mikhailovitcn, General Hesse, the minister of the im ;rial court and the commandant ot the palace. The workmen bowed deeply to the emperor, who said: ' Good day, my children." The workmen replied: "We wish your majesty good health." The emperor then said: "1 have summoned you in order that you may hear my words from myself and com municate them to your companions. The recent lamentable events with such sad but inevitable results have occurred because you ' allowed your selves to be led astray by traitors and enemies to our country. When they induced you to address a petition to me on your needs they desired to see a revolt against the government. They forced you to leave your honest work at a period when all Russian work men should be laboring unceasingly in order that we might vanquish our ob stinate enemy. Strikes and disgrace ful demonstrations led the crowds to disorders which obliged and always will oblige the authorities to call out troops. As a result innocent people were victims. I know that the lot of the workman is not easy. Many things require improvement, but have pa tience. You will understand that it is necessary to be just towards your employers and to consider the condi tion of our industries. But to come to me as a rebellious mob in order to de clare your wants is crime. In my so Icitude for the working classes I will take measures which will assure that everything possible will be done to im prove their lot and secure an investi gation of their demands through legal channels. I am convinced of the hon esty of the workmen and their devo tion to myself and I parion their trans gression. Return to your work with your comrades and carry out the tasks allotted to you. "May God assist you." At the conclusion of his speech the v emneror told the members of the deputation to communicate his words to their comrades and said ne wouiu i - - x. n . ttHVi nrintnil rfriea rT riles address. . .. After leaving the palace the depu- tation proceeded to a neignoonng vuuitn, wiiere inc.y kissing Ikons placed lighted candles before the shrines. bUDseouenuv iney were given dinner in building which was formerly the high SCnOOl l Tsarkoe Pelc. One of the members of th deou the vti tation proposed the health of peror which was drunk with cheers.- The delegates then drove to the im- pcriat pavilion whence they took a train for St Petersburg, i I SITUATION IS 1JXCPIITAIX. 1 " Warsaw Now Qnlet, But Public Con- ! faience Is Not Restored. ! j Warsaw, February 1.-8:22 p. m. ! Warsaw at present is .-juiet. Traffic and business have been partially resum- e-d. The shops in the principal thor- oughfares are still boarded up and but few soldiers are visible in the streets. I Public and official confidence however, ..... . j ! in nAf raetAnul r1 1 tnoTA IS H nPETCH I of uncertainty regarding the situation. Tomorrow is the holiday of the purifi cation and demonstrations are feared. No settlement of the strike is expected before February 6. It is certain that the strikers will not return to work "before then. The most serious trouble of the police is with the Hooligan element. which is responsible for the recent loot ing, the strikers remaining quiet. 'British pro-Consul Muculain, who was injured during the recent disturb ances has nearly recovered and is ex pected to leave the hospital next week. The governor general is making daily inquiries at the hospital about the pro consul. , Outside of Warsaw the strike move ment appears to be growing but while a great number of workmen are out at Lodz not a single case of disorder has ben reported there. It is rumored tonight that thousands of workmen in the extensive coal dis trictsof Dombrova near the frontier will strike tomorrow. This would be extremely serious as the mines would immediately be flooded if the pumping ceased. Other reports coming in say that fresh strikes have broken out in the outlaying districts, but the rumors are not confirmed. BATTLE OF THE HUN RIVER. Thrilling Description of the Fierce Five Days' Combat Between the Troops. Russian Headquarters, Huan Moun tain, February 1. The five day's com bat which will go down in history as the battle of the Hun river, was fought out on a seemingly unending plain, which is broken only by southern Amethist mountains around Ventia, the solitary eminence of which is the Liao Yang tower of bloody memory. The bright glare of the sun reflected from a daz zling expanse of snow was painful to the eyes, and it was with difficulty that one could follow here and there biack streaks marking the Russian columns, or wavering skirmish lines' dashing against what resembled dull grey rocks, tut which in reality were the villages of Lidiatoun and Tanlepu and the ex tensive hamlet of Sandepas, bastioned by Chinese defences and converted by the Japanese into veritable fortresses surrounded with wire entanglements and earthworks. Exposed to the in- tf.ncfl nrA of a Manchurian winter, tne mounds of earth had become like gran ite and as impenitrable as the stones dies of a modern battleship For five days Russian soldiers hurled themselves against the defences ana field artillerv pounded them until the frosty air reverberated with the thunder of cannon, the din of bursting sneiis, and the rattle of musketry, but neither steel point shell nor nickel bullet avail ed against the frozen earthworks. The gunners actually wept with de spair at the impotence of the attack Mortar batteries came up at a gallop in the hope of demolishing the fortifi cations. 'Night and day the stream of shells was poured against the eartn works, but it had very little effect. The men seemed indifferent to hunger o cold, which latter was of arctic intensi ty. Their fingers, hands and feet were benumber, while stringing snow and dust blinded them. The slightest wound caused excruciating pain. Warm blood no sooner exuded from lacerated flesh than it began to freeze. The wounded could not be left exposed, and if they did not received attention within an hour they died. Man was powerless in the face of nature, which heaped tor tures upon the troops and defeated te well thought out plan of the com mander. Headquarters, Houan Mountain, Feb ruary 1. The five days battle on the Hun river has yielded no palpable result both sides practically maintaining their former positions, though it is true that nt .hpavv cost the Russians m driving the Japanese out of their advanced po- sitions and repelling their flanking col umn. The Russian cavalry proved ex- tremelv effective. There is again a lull in the campaign and it is possible that military operations will be suspended until the end of February. . OTTERED mAIPTinllviK The South Dakota Comes Up in an Interesting Way, . ,, x .T-V, rrr. tbpeciai iv jiw.i., Raleigh, N. C, February 1. The i South Dakota bond suit matter is up again in a most interesting form. A. G. jcaud and F. H- Busbee tonight made yesterday they wrote a letter to Oovernor Glenn in l ....... . . v. ; whicn tney reviews e uw.y .onds on which thls.suit was nrougni, nnd stated that tnetr Clients, snaier &c f Xew Torr fead paid 68 cents .v, v. nrv.. lttor rr th Hollar for the bonds. The letter j..n.Afl o AnnfcrAna old with . . . -r-i j r jrOVernor liienn lust rrma.y in wuita they, on behalf of their clients, submit- ted a proposition to take $350,000 for the 224 bonds held by Shafer and pro rata j for 18 bonds owned oy other persons, J and to leave the state to settle with j South Dakota for the bonds the latter. holds. The Governor said very frankly nat he would transmit this proposition to the legislature if desired, but would write as strong a message as he could vuw i j vv,i. were present at the conference, the Governor, his council, attorney general. cnairman l "ie J, , 7 muiees on c-mua -v,M1Ci -uSl.w James js. nepnera. counsel xor uie state in the Dona suit. Upon the statement of the Governor taat he would, renounce tne proposal thiia Amviwof TMcjiiin wpnt to Wash- dngton and there met his clients, and induced them to agree to accept $125, 000 for its bonds, which Ricaud says in his letter to the Governor is less than 45 per cent, of the debt, 57 per cent, of the security pledged for the payment of bontls, and 71 per cent of the amount received by the state from the lease of the North Carolina railway since 1879, . . . w , . which belonged to the bond holders. They first told the Governor orally that they were prepared to submit this prop osition, provided he would indicate whether or not he would transmit it with or without executive condemnation but the Governor declined to give any intimation to what he would do, and thereupon Ricaud and Busbee said they would not submit the proposition merely for the. purpose of having it sent to the legislature, with the Governor's condemnation. All these matters were set out in the letter of yesterday. To this Governor Glenn replied today as lonowsr ivur letter rcia-uvtviu iuuu i Pliers Rhafor Trothr. of Mew York. has been carefully read and considered by me. You having stated therein, that you will submit no formal proposition j to the state for a settlement of these bends, there ds nothing before me to transmit to the legislature. Tf your clients desire tomaKe in wru- ing a formal offer, stating what they will accept in full payment of all bonds held by them against the state, this proposition, accompanied by such rec ommendations as I deem advisable, will at once be transmitted to the legislature for its consideration. In 1879 the state made your clients a fair offer on com promise, which was not accepted. Since Liieii tne ut nt, to make. Unless, therefore, your clients ricoirfl toiro catti nation t 'consider 1 UUOllU tLf KV that there is nothing before me requir ing any further action on my part." Ricaud was asked tonight what he would do and replied: T will leave to morrow for New York and leave mat ters m statu quo. The principal and interest upon the 252 bonds including those held by South iDakota amounts. to $2,740 per bond." " TO FRIENDS O FTEMPERANCE. Chairman Bailey Issues an Address Concerning Legislation That it is Desired to be Enacted. (Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C, February 1. Chairman J. W. 'Bailey, of the State Anti-Saloon League, this evening issued an address to the friends of temperance saying: "We are giving our support to the Ward, bill, which is an amendment to the Watts act, embodying the following features: "Expulsion of distilleries from towns of less-than 1,000 inhabitants "Prohibition of bar rooms In unpoliced towns. "More effective measures for detecting transgressions of temperance laws "Creater penalties for offenses against temperance laws "This bill is in keeping with the prin ciple and spirit of the Watts act and is designed to strengthen that act. It has the support of those wise politicial leaders to whom we are so greatly in- debted for recent progress in the cause of temperance. The distinction maae between requirement with regard to bar rooms and distilleries is based uponthe difference involved in the fact that, while distilleries may crowd in upon small town: and take possession of it. only so many bar rooms may exist in a town as local demand for liquors will support. This legislation is reasonable. It is constructive in its character, and it is so essential to a proper operation of the watts act that it must command the support of any friend of that excei- lent measure "But we are meeting with quite vig- orous opposition. I fear that unless people maice it Known hiW ; estly desire these measures, some o. their representatives may become m- different. I call, therefore, upon the ; friends of temperance in North Caroh- ' na t- make known immediately their ; Position on xnis jiuporuiut. viut-onw". ! .... . ; Petitions, personal letters, ana personal - dntervlewsf win. I am sure, be welcomed by members or the General Assemuiy. It was my hope that we might obtain ... . i TOArntp mppLsurps nwded this vear " " without public appeal or agitation. Tho fart that t am serwiiner out this call is the best evidence that I can no longer entertain that hope. The battle is on. The enemy, is at work. Every one of us must count tor everything that he is worth. Do not delay. The bill will very shortly enter upon , Its r.Rssnef. - , - has never conclusion. On account of rom,i!!1P nrvdltlnna a number oil the representatives will -earnestly con- tend that their counties be excempted r.niinfiM k pwmnted fmrn tni rn! tinri nf tb law. If YOU a. it.. 1 it i Innr tA an. u.;il une uxic ttuu aiiirjus ia.n w p!y to your county, write or wire your representatives, LEGISLATURE Proceedings of State Senate and House Yesterday LIQUOR MEASURE The Ward Liquor Bill Made a Special Order in the Senate for Xext Thurs day Bill . to Reimburse Treasurer Jncy Will Come Up Today Discus sion in House on Bill to Prevent Dutch Nets in Pamlico River Mes sage from the Governor Concerning the University Jamestown Exposi tion Endorsed Interesting Work by the Committees. cnai tni rphA fpQcpnpvr -a", . - J - nan, governor wmsum caneu me oeu- ate to order at eleven and Rev. J. i. Poster, of the Christian Church offered prayer. Senator Long, of Iredell pre sehted a petition from the citizens of -p,. Yadkin, against the sale of liauor ! 1NRODU1CTION OF BILLS. Bills were introduced as follows: By Senator Foushee-pTo amend act 1899, regarding railways. By Senator Ellington To appoint Charles Seapark a magistrate for Wake. : By Senator Sinclair To amend act 1 regulating fire insurance and otaer . . 9 companies. By Senator Bales To protect game in Surry. iBy Senator Shaw To amend act 1901 relating to special school tax districts. By Senator Turrentine To place certain widows on the pension roll. I s FINAL READING. -Bills i5edfinali corporate limits of Monroe, this bill having caused considerable discussion on second reading, and having be?ii passed tday by 38 votes, none in the negative. To incorporate Tabor, Columbus county. To repeal act 1903, relative to the shell fish industry and to protect that industry in Brunswick- To amend act 1903 relating to work ing roads in Cherokee. To prevent catching bear in traps n Swain. To better protect clams in New Hin- over waters. To amend section 2,225 of the code of 1888, relating to gates across high ways. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR A message was received from Gov ernor Glenn, transmitting a resolution adopted by the State University trus tees regarding better equipment tor the University and also a list of the vacancies on the board of trustees. WARD'S LIQUOR REGULATION BILL. The bill amending chapter 233, ac-.s 1903 (the Watts liquor regulation law) regulating the sale of liquor in Nortn Carolina came up this being Ward's bill. He asked leave to withdraw,-said he had introduced a substitute. Th'S was read in furl. Turner of Catawba offered an amendment, striking out the words 1.500 as applied to the population I of towns allowed to grant license f or the sale and manufacture of liquor ana insert the word 1,000. Ward accepted this amendment. Fleming offered a substitute which added two sections after section 19 of the Watts law pro viding that every town selling or man nfafturiner shall keep salaried police officers, whose duties shall be to mike daily inspections and monthly reports to the authorities of the town, the sec ond section of the addition making the possession of a United States license to sell liquor where the sale is prohibited prima facie evidence of violation of the law. Fleming asked mat tne oui be made a special order ror next Thursday and made a motion to that effect. Ward said the matr naa Dee.i I m . limn. O Tl tVl!jf tllA penamg ior swc uic - fr nns,derati0n ai'.d SUDStltUte GUI JlUL maae a.uj - m'Vr; -howid be absent next i wek he boped the motion to postpone J wo,,ld f3in. Stubbs said that since the I bill introduced by Long of Iredell hid I bpn withdrawn, the present bILs I I..- . farAM cMsionr that i wuuiu yi J"""'; v - ------ i a,iioii w " IT ,7 . V t It Involved vital principles of th. ut- i i nnA ha Vnrp1 thf mo nu ivii i in i nil ixiic ' tpone would prevail. Mason I 5ald there should be coolness I , - .A..MH(nn rf this hill and I 111 U1C WllOiU v" 7 , I that the Senate should move siowiv I tti rmmtv would not be effected by the bill as it had ironcladi prohibition, but he was not a wild-eyey . PWbnlt. -a no, xu. , wte fQr or against it. Burton 1 fc . from e political standpoint i the should be considered mature- r and tna.t tne senate must . - - " .vs motion to postpone was adopted almost unanimously . iaau xvr.mu. I Bills passed final reading: I To enable married men whose wives 1 ret IncaTlA OP lunatics to convey their I j Jnra nAn (fiA l0rflnrAte i ja.uu tree wi uui I cf the superintendent of a hospital for the insane. To amend the public road law o Burt county. To fix the levying and collecting of taxes on real and personal property la Madison county. Toamend the road law of Graham county. For the relief c ex-Sheriff Bonoho, of Caswell. To cure defective orders at the J registration of deeds. The Lacy bin refunding the State Treasurer the sum embezzled by Mar tin came up on the calendar as a spe cial order, but on motion of Senator Scales it was deferred until tomorrow at 12 o'clock. FINAL READING. Bill relating to damaging of public roads in Chatham county. To extend the provisions of chapti 151. laws of 1903. of Gates county. To protect game in Warren and Halifax county. To incorporate the Yadkin and Trans Mountain Railway Company. To amend public laws of 1903 pro viding for the better working of the public roads of Jackson county. To amend section IS 92 o fthe code so as to provide for the protection of mineral interests when the titles of some have become separated from tho surface interests. To amend chapter 426, laws of 1903. for the establishment of a "convict system for the working of the public roads of Greene county. To amend the charter of the Ral eigh and Pamlico Sound Railway Company. To amend section' 1932, chapter 49 of the code entitled railroads. This provides that the word "twenty-five" be stricken out and the word "six" In serted so that six may constitute a rail way company. To incorporate the Citizen's Bank of Edenton, N. C. To incorporate the Jackson county bank. To incorporate the Rowan Banking Company. To allow the city of Greensboro to pay a commissioner for the "sale of bonds. To appoint Charles A. Separk a jus tice of the peace. House amendment to Senate bill resrulating the sale of opium, cocaine and morphine, the amendment adds to the bill: "That no veterinary sur geon shall be allowed to prescribe for a human being, or to sell, giv away or in any manner dlspore of the drugs mentioned In this chapter except for the use of dumb animals. The amend ment was carried. At 12 o'clock the Senate adjourned. THE HOUSE. lhe House to or der at 10:30 o'clock. Prayer was offer ed by Rev. Dr. M. M. Marshall, of Christ Episcopal church. PETITIONS. Turlington From Merchants ot Ire dell county asking repeal of Merchants tax. Dobson From Merchants of Pilot mountain asking repeal of Merchant tax. Stronach From citizens of Wake county asking regulation of operation of automobiles. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. , The following bills were introduced: Wood Resolution authorizing com mittee on deaf and dumb asylums to appoint a sub-committee. Turlington 'Resolution authorizing committe on insurance to appoint a sub-committee. Graham, of Granville To amend the charter of Oxford. Davis To amend the charter of the Alphine Cotton Mills. Roberts To allow town of Marshall to issue bonds. (Mitchell For relief of S- L. Cortello. Henry To repeal laws 1901 and 1903 and to incorporate the town of Rosand in Transylvania county. Pitt To exempt Edgecombe county from operation of Section 1799 of the code. fivers To provide- for better work ing of roads In Chatham county. Owens To regulate fishing in Curri tuck Sound. avis To incorporate Haywood In stitute. "Harrison To regulate sale of patent medicines containing alcohol or danger ous drug. Graham, of Granville, by request To amend the charter of LaGrange. McGill To amend the laws of 1833 regulating fire and life insurance. To provide for interchangeable mile age books. Meekins To amend the charter of the 'Merchants and Farmers Bank of Co lumbia. FIXAX, READING. JThe following bills passed final read ing: To amend the rules of the House so that a two thirds vote shall be nec essary to suspend the rules; limiting speeches explaining votes to 2 minutes; providing special calendar on which shall go all bills reported unfavorably by committee T regulate the sale of cotton seed meal and fix a standard To change the name of the Enterprise Savings and Loan Company to the Warhaw Banking and Trust Company. To amend the law incorporating the Bank of Chapel 11111. ' 5 "To prevent operating cider press in one mile of St. Andrew's church in Tyr rell county. To prevent bee hives from being plac ed within 50 feet of public roads. To provide for the election of county commissioners by the people in Union county. " To authorize the county board of ed- (Continued on Fifth Face.) SEVEM KILLED Passenger Train Crashes Into Sleigh Contain ing 13 Women OTHERS MAY DIE All of the Remaining Six Women Were Seriously Injured and Some of Them Arc in a Serious Condition The Party Had Keen to Ark port to Spend the Evening and Were Itc turning to 1 lorn esU lie Attention Was Directed io the Approaching Train, But the Driver Could Not Check His Horses Quickly Enougtu The Sled Stopped Directly on tho Track nnd Was Hit With Great Force by the Engine, Hurlinj the Occupants in Every Direction. Hornellsville, X. Y., February l.A passenger train on the Pittsburg, Shaw raut and Northern railroad tonight crashed into a sleigh containing thir teen women, killed seven of them and seriously injured the remaining six. Some of the latter are in a serious con dition. The accident occurred near Arkport. The sleigh was one of three carrying a party from the Universale church of this city. The dead: Mrs. Mary G. Gallette, Mrs. Charles Thomas, Mrs. Eugene Shaw, 'Mrs. Jo. Hallett, Mrs. Hargraves, Mrs. Bert . Moore, (Mrs. Ruth Patchen. The injured; Mrs. F. Boughton, Mrs. F. R. Rowley. Mrs. Coates, Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Fred Green, Mrs. Wallace Clark. Members of the Ladles Aid Society of the Uhiversallgfaic house near Arkport to spend the after noon. It was nearly dark when they' started on the return trip to tho city. The occupants of the leading eloign saw ' the train approaching as they neared the Shawmut crossing. The driver urg ed his horses "ahead and the sleigh pass ed over the tracks In safety. The wom en In the first sleigh then attempted to warn those following of the danger and they did succeed in directing their at tention to the rapidly approaching train. .The driver pulled up his horses, but he could not check the heavy bob sled quickly enough, and when it came to a standstill the box of the sleigh was directly across the railroad track. The pilot of the engine struck the sleigh with great force, reducing It to spl.nt ers and hurling the women In all dlrec- tlons. Every woman on the sleigh was killed or injured. The other members of the party hur ried back to the assistance of their un fortunate companions and the train was stopped and backed up to the cross ing. The bodies of the dead were plac ed on the train and the Injured were laid upon improvised cots in the bag gage car. The train then proceeded to i Hornellsville. ' ' The news of the accident had been 7 telephoned to the city and hundreds of friends and relatives of the unfor tunate women were waiting at the sta tion. The dead were at once taken to the morgue and the injured were placed In ambulances and then to the Mercy, hospital. ; Elisha Quick, driver of the second sleigh, was badly hurt. He said he . tried to stop the' sleigh, but could not control the horses. BIG SinP3fENTS OP GOLD. The La Champagne WlU Have on Board $9,130,000 for French Bank-" ere. New York, February 1. The heavy demand for gold at Paris, supposed to be due to the plans of French bankers in connection with Russian government finances, has resulted in the eeOG'I largest engagement on record for a single shipment from - New York to Europe. The steamship LaChampagne. which will sail tomorrow, will cava on. board $9,130,000, all in America Eagle, except J $80, 000 in bars. Tee largest day's export on record was $9,300,003 to Paris, on May 12 last year, in con nection with the Panama, canal pay ment, : ft 3 Tomorrow's shipments are as fol lows: Lazard Frerer, $2,430,000; Gold man Sachs and Company. $2,000,000: National CityC Bank, $1,500,00; Royal Bank of Canada, $1,000,000: Baring, Magoun and Company. $700,000; Trades man's National Bank (PHIJadelphiaV, $500,000 and I lei del bach, Ickelheiincr and Company, $1,000,000. Wonder what the members of - flto new anti-cbild labor committee for th south think ,of the operatives of one t the largest mills in the state petl Hord ing the legislature not t legislatfi further on the question?