North Carolina Newspapers

TAKE A TOWN ace June 7 elicited a positive denial of its truth. Occupation of Sin Yen is of Strategic Importance A Battle at Port Arthur. Che Foo. June 11. Chinese arriv ing: from Port Arthur state that a battle was fought within seven miles of the inner forts of Port Arthur- The Japanese fleet supported the Japa nese army from the east coast of Liao Tung: peninsula. Conditions in Port Arthur are said to be unchanged. MORE EXILES Why MANY RUMORS Was the Protector Allowed to Leave? St. Petersburg-, June 11. The Novoereyma, discussing" the report that the sub-marine boat Protector had been shipped from Newport News, Va for Japan, expresses the hope that the United States will make a detailed explanation of why the boat was allowed to leave the United States. Regarded as an Article of Merchan dise. Washington, June 11. The United States government has? received no information regarding the reported sale to the government of Japarrof the Lake submarine boat "Protector," and the navy department does not know where the boat is. But it makes little difference from an international point of. view what has become of this boat in the opin- Jananese Troops in the Port Arthur J ion of the state department, since tt,-ii,- -rein Hamlin Jnsn, wnen secretary ui bw, Ileail iLem- I or, ir,inn to the effect IdlVI. utvy ii - that a torpedo boat capable of being carried on the deck of a ship might properly be regarded as an article of merchandise and so might be sold to a belligerent. Ninety Union Miners Un- loaded on a Colorado Prairie SEARCH FOR VANDERBEW. Detectives Surround the Neilson Res idence in Effort to Serve a Subpoena for Him to Appear in a Gambling Case. MONEY SAVED NO PROVISIONS Siamatsza, Recently Occupied by the Japanese, is Also an Important Point Various Rumors of Fights at Port Arthur and Preparation for a Final Struggle Are Received Region IIave Been forced A Rumor is Current That the Japanese Battleship Yashima lias Been Lost. Tokio, June . (Noon) The town of Siu Yen, now occupied by the Jap anese army, is of great strategic im portance, being situated about 40 miles east by south of Kaiping and 4 5 miles southeast of Hai Cheng. It commands perfectly the roads to both place's:. Saimatsza is also an important point, as it controls the roads to Liao Yang and Mukden. By follow ing this route, the Mao Tien Ling pass, a strongly fortified and almost impregnable Russian stronghold, will be avoided on the advance of the Japanese army northward. Japanese Forces Heavily Reinforced Liao Yang, Russian Headquarters, June 11. Reports from Chinese sources are to the effect that the Japanese forces near Port Arthur have been heavily reinforced. It Is believed that an attempt to take the fortress by assault will be made s)o soon as the Japanese are strong enough to invest it on the land side and at the same time protect them selves from possible attack in the rear, m case the Russians send a force from the north. There are persistent rumors again that the Port Arthur squaaroifTha? succeeded in making a sortie, but no official confirmation of the report is obtainable. The Russian reinforcements on their way here will soon materially change the situation and enable Gen eral Kuropatkin to move freely. General Kuroki's main army is still at Feng Wang Cheng. Russian outposts cover his right flank above Saimatsza and extending eastward. They are in constant touch .with the enemy, and there are almost daily skirmishes of more or less import ance. Developments are anticipated in this direction. PROBABLE FATAL INJURY. Mr. C. H Randolph in an Accident on the Small Railroad of His Company. Bristol, Va June 11. Mr. C H. Randolph, of Philadelphia, president of tUe Glade Mountain Lumber Compa ny, a corporation formed for the purJ pose of utilizing the timber in the vi cinity adjoining Marion, Virginia, was probably fatal injury hi an accident on the small railroad of the company near Atkins tank this afternoon. With him were two of his associates, both of whom are seriously injured. The engineer, whose name could not be ascertained, is reported to have been mashed so badly as to remove ail hope of his recovery. H. L. Carter, an em ploye of the company, had an arm bro ken and a leg mashed. Physicians are at the scene of the ac cident tonight, 'but no word has -been received concerning the condition of the injured men. The point is some ttn miles from Atkins tank, and no defi nite information is expected until to morrow. Mr. Randolph came to Virginia about one year ago. In the formation of the Glade Mountain Lumber Company he had the association of Merrs, Height ana Murray, both of Philadelphia. He is said to have been half-back on the University of Pennsylvania football team. He represents interests in this Section developing extensive lumber boundaries. He has resided with his family near Atkins tank for the last year, and is said to be member of one of the most prominent families in Philadelphia, Officials From Kansas Were, at the Train and Gave Orders That None of the 3ien Be Allowed to Cross 'into Their State They Are Warn ed Never Again to Set Foot on Colorado Soil The Exiles Were a Cheerless Lot Without Food or Water and Many Miles From the Nearest Habitation They Huddled Together in Groups, Their Spirits Being Broken Many Walked to Victor for Food. SENATOR COCK HELL INJURED. Run Into by a Boy Riding a Bicycle and Badly Bruised JaiHinese Showing Signs of Despair Vafangow, Liao Tung Pe)n!lnula, June 9. (Delayed in transmission )--The railroad will be repaired to Val fandian tomorrow. The Japanese lost a prominent com mander in the last fight, and accord ing to reports from Chinese sources they are displaying signs of despair, shaking their fists In the direction of the Russian, forces. The . bombardment of the coast northward was a mere demonstra tion. The Russians did not reply. There is no sickness among the Russian troops, and they are in ex cellent spirits. Washington, June 11. Senator P. M. "Cockrell, of Missouri, was run in to by a boy riding a bicycle today and thrown violently to the ground. His right collarbone was broken, his left side badly bruised and he was otherwise injured. The accident happened early this morning, but was not made known until tonight. Ad was his custom, Senator Cockrell went to do the mar keting for his household, and was returning with the basket on his arm when run into. The boy was riding at a rapid pace. He quickly re mounted his wheel and disappeared. It was stated tonight that the Sena tor is resting comfortably, but that he will be confined to his bed for several weeks. PARKER FORGES WIN. Movement of the Japanese. Liao Cang. Friday, June 10. The Japanese are constructing a railway from Feng Wang Cheng to Shakded- si, thirty miles to the southeast, near the mouth of the Yalu river. The movement of the Japanese along the sea Is being closely watch ed. They are proceeding from Taku shan to the southwest, following th coast, evidently reckoning upon the co-operation of their fleet. Conventions to Select Delegates State Convention in Texas. to A Period of Preparation FilfLn. .Tnn 11. Thf nrMTit Is the most interesting news In Manchu ria cannot be telegraphed because of Galveston. Texas. June 11. Con ventions were held in all the counties of Texas today to select delegates to the state convention, which In turn will send delegates to the Democrat ic national convention at St. Louis. Returns to The Post show that the Parker people have been successful, and although many of the counties did not positively instruct, it is prac tically certain that a Parker delega tion will be sent to St. Louis. The fight in Texas had been led by Nation al Committeeman R. M. Johnson, and the fact that it would furnish clues worV Mfr by f stirring and an ac to future movame&tsi TheJ size of the bodies of Japanese occupying ad vanced positions and the disposition of main forces are unobtainable to correspondents and military attaches, wno are practically uniniormea tnere on. except by bulletins issued here and at Tokio. tive opposition, aided by a visit and several speeches from William J. Bryan. A Japanese Battleship Lost St. Petersburg, June 11. The cor respondent of the Associated Pre3s hears that General Kuropatkin is re versing General Kuroki's flanking movement north of Saimatsza by sending troops to Mukden to turn, Kuroki's right wing. A rumor is cur rent at the admiralty that the Japa nese battleship Yashima is on the I tendency Statue of Benjamin Russ Accepted for the Government. Washington, June 11. President Roosevelt today accepted on behalf of the government an heroic bronze statue of Benjamin Russ, the emi nent physician and statesman and signer of the Declaration of Indepen dence. It is the gift of the American Medical Association, and will be erected on the grounds of the U. S. naval museum. President Roosevelt accepted it In a brief speech, In which" ne called attention to th errowine toward specialism. and Denver, Colo., June 11. A special to The Post from Holly, Colorado, says: "With a parting volley of rifle bul lets, fired over their heads toy the mil itia and deputies to warn them to -hur ry eastward as fast as their legs could carry them and never again to set foot on (Colorado soil, ninety union miners from the Crippie Creek dis triefwere unloaded from a special Sante Fe train on the prairie, one half mile from the Colorado-Kansas line, and left to shift for themselves. When the-special train bearing the deported men was within half a mile of the Kansas line it was stopped by Sheriff Brady, of Hamilton county, and forty deputies, who notified Lieu tenant Cole that under no circumstan- ces would the" train be allowed to cross the Kansas line, and further, that the deported men were not wanted in Kan sas. Lieut. Cole Informed them that 4-1 4-n : . - i i ... u. u. i ll: r me n,ni wuuiq ue carried no lurinei; Then the order to qurt the train was given in a hurry. Sheriff Brady call ed for the headers of the unionists and notified them that they must not cross the Kansas line. The exiles were disembarked without haste and without ceremony ''Hurry up, there you fellows," cried Lieut. Cole when the tram stopped in the, midst of Afcali sand dunes that dot the prairiex near the Kansas line. "We have not got any time to waste out. here." The special train had no sooner come to a standstill when the car doors were unlocked and thrown open amd the order given by Lieut. Cole for the exiles to leave the train. I "Step lively, you fellows. Step lively." admonished Deputy Benton, who was in command of the civil force of the, expedition, and m Jess time than It takes to tell it, the three oars emptied of their unfortunates and unwilling passengers and had started back: to Jua junta. l ne men were left on the nrairie. without food or water, for the soldiers and deputies, in their haste to get home, had forgotten to unload th small stock of commissary eunolies me tram earned when it left Victor. lhe exiles were a cheerless lot. indeed wunout even a light and miles from the nearest habitation, they huddled to gether In groups on either Bide of the Sante Fe track and discussed their plight. Sheriff Jack Brady and his deputies were on hand to aeportea men from remaining in Kan- s. warned Dy the Kansas authori ties that the ywould not be allowed to seek refuge in the state, the spirit of the men broke. Many of them finally "" oacit on tne railroad track to Holly, where they were furnished food 'Dig salvation army station New York, June 11. Believing that Reginald Vanderbilt, upon whom rep resentatives of the district attorney's office for several days have unsuc cessfully endeavored to serve a sub poena, compelling him to appear as a witness In criminal proceedings against Richard A. Canfield, is in this city, detectives have been stationed around the Neilson residence on Fifth avenue since last evening. No thing developed during the night, but today the detective succeeded in slip ping into the house past a maid, while the latter was picking up the morning papers at the door, k A mo ment later, however, the detective is said to have met a determined oppo sition in the form of a negro servant, wno demanded to know the intru der's business. The detective was or dered out. The proceedings in which Vander bilt's testimony is desired were brought against Richard A. Canfield by the district attorney in an endeav or to show that Canfield was the pro prietor of a gambling house. The watch upon the Neilson residence was continued through the day. Among the watchers who remained on guard all day were a number of newspaper men. Thwarts the Efforts of Robbers POLICE OFFICERS VINDICATED. Investigation Into Charges of Derelic tion of Duty. Danville, Va., June 11. The Inves tigation before the mayor this morn ing, into the alleged dereliction of du ty on the part of Police Officer Joftn, R. Hutson and Robert -g. Winn, both of whom were charged by the recent grand jury with winking at the presL ence of "blind tigers'" in the city resulted in the vindication of the officers. Some of the evidence . de duced, particularly that regarding Mr. Hutson, was damaging, but the evi dence was not sustained by the tes timony of other witnesses, and the character of the .. witness who testi fied was such that the mayor would not consider them. During the in vestigation, Mr. Hutson attempted to strike . a colored witness, but was held in check by other officers. Mr, Hutson wras fined for contempt of court. j RETURN THE PALMA TROPHYv j Unanimous Decision of the National lutie Association Caused by a Mis understanding' (Washington, June 11. By a unani mous vote the executive committAA r.. PIllGky Fight Of Three thC NatIonal ma Association. whlch to England the Palma trophy, .which the American team won at the BIs- ley shoot last September, because ' of the charges made that the Americans violated a rule of the contest' in using a rifle slightly different from that used by the regular army of this , country. It was also decided to withdraw the Palma trophy from this yearns compe tition. The executive committee adopted the following preamble and resolution: "Whereas, this committee hag care fully considered all the facts and cor respondence in connection with the controversy which followed the Palma competition of 1903; and Whereas, we regret the evident dif ferences of opinion which have been ' made matter for publication, and white we find the captain of the American team made no secret whatever of the " character of the rifles, believing their, use perfectly proper, which difference of opinion would never have risen had! he sugbmitted the rifles ofr approv al, in accordance with the explicit in structions given him by the president of this association, and v Whereas, , prolongation of the argu merits as to whaf is or is not In confor mity with regulation patterns of rifles might, be continued Indefinitely with' no prospective good resulting there from; and, Whereas, it is the unanimous senti ment of this committee that the ex- u""s controversy mnnnf- $8,000 IN CASH The Men With the Money on Their ' Way to a Dam Near Johnstown to Pay Off the WorkmenSuddeToTy a Fusilade of Shots Rang Out From the Woods to Which Paying Party at Once Replied By a Plucky Fight and a Run the Money Was Saved, After Two Horses Had Been Killed and About 25 Shots Exchanged. John ?, town, Pa., June H. i A' desper ate at . rapt was made this afternoon by" four masked men to rob Superinten dent W. H. Cramsey and Secretary TT'T.VV-I, XlA,n Tl 4- TTT I Wlthllf WA),, t . . . J-' ann. j.xvr clxu, ui lue J (JXlliS Ll W JU VV dL- I .iv.mug oci lOLLS injury tO COm- mr m.&wvlaxAK . THE PLANT ESTATE. Settlement on Basis of One-third to the Widow and Two-thirds to the son toy the there. Cripple Creek, Colo., June 11. Gen eral Sherman. Bell made the foJlowmg statement for publication: , "l have indisputable evidence whlch win lead to the conviction of a number of union men for the murder of non union miners, who-were killed in the Independence depot explosion. W have between 35' and 40 men in the bull-pen who will swing for this crime.' We are only waiting to capture two or three more men before we tell what our evidence is. rocus near Fort Arthur. The source , warned against forgetfulness of the of the report is not exactly tracea-j duties of citizenship. ble. ,. ' Xo Infernal 3Iachine Found. St. Petersburg, June II. 4:50 p. m. -Inquiries regarding the state ment by the Daily Mail of London today that two infernal machines Avere ffound at the Tsarkoe Selo pal- Hammocks and Mosquito Nets at Polvogt's. , A pair-of Walk-Over Oxfords and a round trip ticket to Carolina Beach for $3.50 cash at Peterson & Rulfs. See the question mark ??? Wake County Democrats in Conven tion. -(Special to The Messenger.) Raleigh, N. C. June 11. -The Democrats in county convention here today elected 45 delegates to the state convention, who will cast 38 votes. Stedman men claim they have 31 of these and that Glenn has 7. Glenn men claim they have 14 and that Is a gain of 2. The convention unani mously endorsed Edward W. Pou for re-nomination for Congress. . : Funeral of the Late Judge H G. Turner. v Macon, Ga,, June 11.. A telegraph special from Quitman says: "The funeral of the late Hon. Hen ry G. Turner at his former home in Quitman was very largely attended, and there was an ; impressive demon stration of public sympathy. All bu siness was suspended. The court house was draped, as were also banka and railroad offices,, with which he was connected. y' - .New York, June 11. A judgment providing for the distribution of the Henry B. Plant estate has been en tered in the Supreme court here on the report of the referee, who finds that the settlement should be on a basis of one-third to Mrs. Margaret A. Graves, who was the widow, but has since re-married, and two-thirds to Morton P. Plant, the son. At the time of Mr. Plant's death, in 1899, the estate was said to be val ued at about seventeen million dol lars. There has been much litigation since the death of Mr. Plant, whether the deceased was a resident of Con necticut or New York. - abner Mckinley dead. His Death Came Without Warning, and Was Due to Bright's Disease. Somerset, Pa., June 11. A.bner Mc Kinley, hrother of the date President, was found dead in a chair at his home at S o'clock this morning. His death came without warning to his family. It was due to Bright's disease, which developed shortly after the death of his distinguished brother, three years ago. Since then Mr. MoKinley has de voted nearly, all his time in a vain effort to overcome tthe fatal malady, consulting the most eminent . physica cians and traveling from one climate to another. Two weeks ago he returned framTampa, 'Fla., where he had been for six weeks. The sufferer was not confined to bed and yesterday af ter nooh took a drive into the country, ac companied by his wife. Congressman Maddox Made Chairman of the Georgia Delegation. Atlanta, Ga., June 11. At a meeting of the delegation to the national Dem ocratic convention at St. Louis, held here today, Congressman John W. Mad dox was selected as chairman of the delegation and . H. M Mcintosh, of Al bany, secretary. It was suggested and agreed by air the delegates present at a luncheon given the delegation, that Chairman Maddox would be presented for the chainmanship for the platform committee of the national convention, with the backing of the Georgia delegation. world over; Therefore, he it resolved that ws ter Company of about $8,000 in cash, which they were conveying to the new; Dal ton run dam near this city, to pay off the men' employed there. The two men made a plucky run for it and for tunately escaped, but not until two horses had been killed and about 25 shots had been exchanged. iBoth men were heavily armed and driving in a buggy with the money m a satchel at their fpet. CIosa hphinH Tnn ,v,. x., j .t-.x- . iU1 iuiure comnetiHnTi ni,- "Ulsc tester mu- graphic orders will be sent n va ' Tw 7 aima is now kept in the habit of riding down from the dna 11 Packed and shipped Imme' j lv, ULiHig.lcl.im. hereby tffN, n r "icil- iu i tl . o tenements made m the letter of the president of this as sociation to the secretary of the Nat ional Rifle Association of Great Brlfl- tt le- M?SIr 7th' lm' ana tnst?uct the president to withdraw the Palnvi competition from the progWfoTth? fJ2Sntye-iP and to iwe the unaa trophy to be Immediately returned t the National Rifl a oJ:L .5 dam to meet and protect the paymas ters. (Across his knees Mlltenberger carried a loaded Winchester rifle. The first Intimation that the party had that there was trouble ahead, was a fusilade of shots from the - -"is and the tottering and sudden twitching o the horse which was drawing- buggy In a moment the horse Mr. Miltenber- ger was riding had been shot from un der him. The paying party . at once drew their weapons and directed their fire toward the woods, where as yet they had been unable . to see their as sailants. The horse which Ramsev and Howard were driving staggered on and just as it became apparent that he must go down, Howard grabbed the vaiise, jumped from the buggy and started to run. Ramsey also left the vehicle, but he and Miltenberger re treated but slowly, still exchanging shots with the men in the woods. A ball grazed Ramsey's forehead and inflicted a slight wound. Otherwise the men escaped uninjured. With the bandits in the woods and two men in the road still firing at them the party traversed a considerable dis tance but Howard run ahead with the money and when the highwaymen saw that their loot was beyond -their reach. they abandoned the chase. No trace of the robbers has been found. BURSTING OF THE LEVEE. Great Destruction Wrought by the Flood in the Arkansas River Damage Estimated in the Hundreds of Thousands. BASEBALL. American League Games. At Detroit Detroit , Washington S. At Cleveland ?leveland 0. Philadel phia 1. , At Chicago Chicago S, New York 6. At St. Louis St. Louis 7, Boston 1. National League Games. At Boston (Boston 1, Pittsburg 19. At Philadelphia (Philadelphia 2. Cin cinnati 0. At New York New York 0, Chicago 1, At Brooklyn Brooklyn 2, St. Loius 5. Southern League Games. At Atlanta Memphis 5, Atlanta 1. At Montgomery Little Rock 1. Mont gomery 0. " - ' At , Nashville (Nashville 4. Shreve port 5. . - At 'Birmingham fBirmingham 8, New Orleans 2. " - Electing Delegates to State Conven- tion. . Waco, Texas, June 11. (Many coun ties in the state are holding conven tions today to select delegates to the state convention at San Antonia. A strong Parker sentiment exists in a majority of the counties and the state probably will instruct for York jurist. the New : vania 0. , College Games. Cambridge, Mass., June 11. 'Harvard shut out the University' of Pennsylva nia base ball team at Soldiers' field this afternoon winning the second game and the series. The game was marked throughout by the excellent fielding of both teams, the heavy batting of the Harvard- team and the lever pitching of Cobum. The score B; H ' E Harvard , 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 x 8 12 0 Uenn. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 3 0 Batteries: Cobum and Stephenson, IDevlin, Crimean and Bennett. Atten dance 3,000. Umpire Kennedy. At Princeton Princeton 10, Yale t. .At Cambridge 'Harvard 8, OPennsyl- Students Conference at Waynes yille. Asheville N. C, June, 11. The second day Of the Student's " conference at Waynesville, N7 C, was featured by three addresses, delivered by Mr. H. M. Trest, University of Virginir.; I. E. Bosworth, the dean of Oberlin Theo logical Seminary, and . John ;!R. Mott, of New York city. The pulpits of the various Waynesville chiirctes will' be A free round trip ticket to Wrights ville Beach with every J5.00 cash pur chase at Peterson &' Rulfs. . The Missouri Sails for Gibraltar Newport News, Va., June 11. The battleship Missouri passed out of Hampton Roads on her way to Gibral- ter tonight. . During the afternoon, the battleship took on a quantity of ammu- filled tomorrow morning hy prominent nition, which was brought by a tug ar visiting ministers. ( riving here from Washington thH r tm i ": - ; . morning. 3 . . . Buy i your shots from Peterson & f Rulfs and go to Wrighytsrille Beach free.- - , . Batavia Cloth at Polrogt'fl. hats, embroidered, 'Lime Rock, Ark., June ll.-A special to The Gazette from Pine Bluff, says.' "The flood in the Arkansas river to day reached by far its most destruc tive stage- in Jefferson county, when part of the Prench town levee, about 3 miles below the city, broke and turned the river through a rich section of the country filled with growing crops of cotton and corn. Since-the water be- have hlfrf the1p,lanters In that section mv? working day and night to uls JmPrtant levee, because it below. Ch bOUm lands for n !Late Friday, afternoon a telephone message was received in this city from those working to save the Frenchtown levee that if the water rose much high er the levee would break. Ten thou sand sacks of sand were sent down at once on a special freight, cores of men went down to assist in the work and !f Tin worked all night long, hut the rising water swept away their la tors and about 3 o'clock the levee broke. The rush of the water could be heard in this city. The breaking pf this levee gives the water a clean s wep over r the ; southern portion Of the country,' through the townships of Vaug ne. Victoria and Richland, and the plantations in Its wake are unpro tected. The farms of Dr. J. F. Sim SS; J T W Corcoran, Sebastian Gesister, Leo, Andrews, - James Gould and others were ' among those which suffered most: . The damage to these plantation cannot be estimated under hundreds of thousands of dollars, for growing crops of cotton and corn were literally swept away. At Fainifleld, this county, the water stands from Jour to six feet deep on all the farms around the town.. Among the list of sufferers in that neighbor hood whose losses will be total are Ed, : Manuel, Tom Brown, James Sims, Silas Dishmore, J. S. Johnson, James Thomas. Uouis Uohnson and Louis Ez. ,' . ; 1 FATAIi STREET DUEL. One 3an Instantly Killed Friction Over Selection, of- School Teacher. Waco, Texas., June 11. (Ab a result o;a friction over the selection of a teacher for a public school at Elk, a small town ten mfles north of Waco a. bloody street duel was fought here to- ay by R. B. Torrencefhis son. River Torrence and J. McAdenTason-In-law, on one side and, Dr. Hoiton, his son and -Professor G. W. Perkins on "the other Side. (Bad feeling had existed for some time over tho matter and flring began when the men met todav. Tho elder Torrence was killed instan tly, his body being riddled .with bullets. Dr. Hoiton and his son received dangerou. wounds and Professor Perkins and River Torrence were seriously in lured. 'McAden , escaped uninjured. Shot gun and revolvers were the, weapons used " by the participants all of whom are prominent. Half Holiday for Navy Yard Em- ployes. . "v (Washington, June 1L An arrange ment .has 'been made whereby , such employes of United States navy yards as can be relieved of worlc on Saturday afternoon during July, August and Sep tember will be given half holidays, and those that cannot then be spared will. be given half holidays latter, as the work will permit.