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FIVE CENTS ILL BE FINAL LETTERS IN EVIDENCE. r CORRESPjDNDEXCE BETWEEN 31c I CUE AND WIFE ADMITTED. Ill THE WORLD OF SPORTS. AT THE SEAT OF WAR J COMPARATIVE QUIET STILL PRE VAILS IN MANCHURIA. LETTER TO SECRETARY HAY SENATOR 3IORGAN REPLIES TO A RECENT SPEECH IN NEW YORK. MAKE CLAIMS GRIDIKOX GAMES IX MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. WILMINGTON, X. C, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1904. Findings of Internation al Commission Will Be Carried Out. ULL INCIDENT st of the Details for the Carrying hit of the Inquiry have been Ar ranged Including the Composition of the International Court, which will Make the Award A Complete Lull now Prevails in Diplomatic Circles and Great Satisfaction is Expressed at the Peaceful Solution of what was a Grave Crisis It is Believed that the Commission's Finding will Completely Discredit Rojestvenky's Statements Concern ing the Presence of Torpedo Boats. London, Oct, 29. Profound satisfac tions over the fact that an arrangement has been reached and the entire cer tainty that the' result of the commis sion of inquiry will be to discredit Vice Admiral Rojesvensky's statements anent the 'presence of torpedo boats am on ehtgoNthaesr shrd et among the North sea fishing1 fleet, marks the comments of the London afternoon newspapers almost univer sally. The admiral's story, it is1 point ed out, has the great advantage that it is capable of precise proof or dis proof. The Russian admiral can only make good his case by producing the vessel whose, presence he alleges was among the trawlers, says the "West minster 'Gazette. This feeling that tho tBritish contention will be upheld per vades all classes, -and disposes the pub lic to camiy await the verdict. - The composition of the international commission is the immediate subject of communications passing through St. Petersbprg and London. It has been suggested that it shall be com prised of five admirals, French, Rus sian and English and two from smal ler powers.possibly Denmark and Hol land, to be nominated by their respec tive (governments- Nothing yet, how ever has definitely been decided. No American member has been suggested, though there might be an open ing therefor in the proposal that one law jurist .from a neutral power shall be included, in the commission. Thus far no time limit has been) fixed for the end of the in quiry. After fuller communication with SL Petersburg, it is now under-, stood upon the conclusion of the in- quiry now proceeding at Vigo, all the Russian ships will be allowed to pro ceed, only the material witnesses be ing detained. The board of trade inquiry is lfkely to be opened at Hull next week and will be presided over by a naval officer, probably Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, assisted by a leading lawyer, the case being charge of the solicitor of the Board ofzjfrade. The inquiry will be confined jKjLascertaining the circum stances fronr'the fishermen's point of view and assessing the damage. The. Russian embassy has not yet decided whether to accept the government's in vitation to send a report- - A report of the evidence will be forwarded to the international commission- The board of trade inqury will express no opin ion on the action of the Russian squad ron. . After the excitement of the last few days a complete lull now prevails in dipomatic circles. . Mr. Balfour is playing golf. Lord Lansdowne and Ambassador Benkendorffff today further discussed the composition of the International commission, but no final decision was reached. It is thought possible some (British naval officers may participate in the inquiry going on at Vigo, simi lar to tho courtesy beng extended bt". Great (Britain as i its offer to, th (Russiaji emibassy to send a representa tive to the inquiry at Hull. The foreign office thoroughly agrees with the Russian understanding as to the moral obligation to carry out the (findings of the international commission- The admiralty today recinded its or ders stopping all naval leave, and the Pall Mall Gazette says that although ail dang-er of war has passed, a great naval demonstration in the nature of practice is being planned as a sequel to the hostile mobilization. ROJESTVENSKY MAY RESIGN. A Statement to this Effect in Circula tion Report that the Russian Ad miral Destroyed One of his Own Torpedo Boats, Mistaking it for a Hostile Craft. St. Petersburg, Oct. 30l The Asso ciated press is unable to obtain confir mation of the report that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has offered to resign, a statement to which effect has been ca bled to the United States. There 13 not the slightest disposition on the part of the admiralty to doubt the entire ve racity f his report. The admiralty de- The Letters were Written During the Period from 1899 to 1901 Case for . the Commonwealth has been Closed. Defense will Begin Mon- day and They Expect to Close by Tuesday Night. Charlottesville, Va., October 29., fWhen the trial of ev-Mayor McCue, charged with the murder of his wife, was resumed today the court announc ed that the letters written by j the ac cused to his wife during the period from 1S99 to 1901, offered by the de fense and which were excluded yes terday, would be admitted as evidence, together .with the letters written by Mrs. iMcCue to the defendant; during the same period. j Edgar Crawford, a brother of Mrs. McCue, resumed the stand and ident ified the letters of Mrs. McCuej Mr. Walker, of counsel for the de fense, read the letter written by Mrs. McCue to her husband,, some while she was away and others while; he was absent from home. They were couch ed in terms of endearment and devo tion. Some expressedj solicitude' for his comfort and suggested that he was making- a mistake "toiling so hard." One letter read: "If you were only here I would be happy every minute." The batch of letters written! by the defendant to his wife were identified and read. They, top, expressed de votion and solicitude for her j health. The letters were addressed to - "Dear Little Darling," "Dear Little ! Sweet heart," "Dear Little larly. Reference was Wife" and simi made" to business success and money matters. The let ters concluded by sending love and kisses, one expression being "with a heart full of love and a big sweet kiss," and another "Kisses from your old sweetheart. Other expressions were ''God only knows how; I love you," and "God only knows how I miss you." (The commonwealth introduced tes timony .to show the good character of their witnesses. After Sergearit Rog- ers had testified that jhe saw a dish in one of the windows found opeii in the McCue residence the day -after the tragedy, the 'Commonwealth announc ed that it had concluded its tesjtimonv. Counsel for the defense stated that they expected to close by, Tuesday night. Court adjourned at Monday morning. 12:20 p. m. until Clares that it has np knowledge re garding the statement that Vicp Admi ral Rojestvensky's ships were injured bv fire from other vessels' of the squad ron, and it also declines to enter tarn the idea that the Russian admiral might have sunk one! of his own tor pedo boats, mistaking; it for the hostile craft- The version of j the affair to this effect, which is circulating in St. Pet ersburg, is based on the fact that ; only seven Russian torpedo-boats Have ar rived atrTangiers, whereas Vice Admi- ral Rojestvensky left Libau with eight such craft. 'I. No Japanese Boats were Among the Trawlers. ' ! Tokio, Oct. 29.-2:30 p. m. The re ported statement of an officer ort board the Russian battleship, Emperor Alex ander III, with the, Russian j Baltic Squadron now at Vigo, Spain, j to the effect that there were foreign! torpe do boats among the Hull trawlers when they were fired upon recently by the Russian waships and that the Jap anese government was said to have purchased torpedo boats in England, coupled wi.t the insinuation that the torpedo bo& s with the trawlers were Japanese ;Q i been received in1 Japan with a mixed feeling of indignation and derision. j J It is officially declared in the most positive termsythat Japan has !neither purchased nor ordered a single torpedo boat in England since the outbreak of the war. Russian War Vessels at Tangier. Tangier, Morocco, j Oct. 29. -Four Russian warships, three torpedo boat destroyers and five i colliers arrived here this morning. The Russian flag ship exchanged salutes with the cruiser Kleber, and the British cruiser TXana. The Russian vessels now here com-i-ise the battleships- Osliabia,' Sissoi Veliky and Navarin, the armored cruis er Admiral Nakhimoff and seven tor pedo boats!, besides colliers. ! The Russian officers say they will remain Jiere about a week. It is ru- mored that they, will remain at Tan- gier until the inquiry into thel North sea incident is ended, ORDER RAILWAY J CONDUCTORS Formed at Florence. S. C. Will be Known as Fill yaw Division No. 455. The Fayetteville Observer of rdy says: - - t yester- Fillyaw Division, No. 455, Order of Railway Conductors, was formed last night at Florence, S. C, by Mr- A. B. Garretson, Assistant Grand Chief Con ductor of 'Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mr Garretson Is- assistant to Mr. j EL E. Clark, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, who is the Gand Chief Conductor of the- Order of Railway Conductors of America, and who was a member of the coal strike commission, j The new di vision is named in memory cf the late. Captain DeLeon Fillyaw. of Wilmington, N. C; for many years a conductor on the old Wilmington and Weldon , Railroad. 1 Captain ! B. T. Jones, of our city, is secretary and treasurer of the new division, i Carolina Wins from V. P. I. by the Score of 6 to 0 Virginia is Defeat ed by the Indians Pennsylvania Causes Great Surprise by her Vic tory Over Harvard - Yale Easily Wins from Columbia West Point Continues its Victorious March Other Games. (Special to The Messenger.) Chapel (Hill, N. C, October 29. The University of North Carolina defeated Virginia polytechnic institute at Blacksburg, Va., this afternoon by a score of 6 to 0. Both teams put up a magnificent game, both defensively and offensively. Carolina scored her only touchdown in the first half. The ball was fumbled and Townsend, the crack right end of the locals securing it ran 85 yards for a touch down. This beautiful run was easily the feature of the game. An easy goal was kicked, making the score 6 to 0. In the second half Virginia carried the ball half the length of the field twice. Carolina held well however and Jacocks, quarter back, punted out of danger each time, The students here are jubilant over the result of the game as our team was defeated last year by the "Tecks." The game was hard fought from start to finish, and was a beautiful exhibi tion. (PENNSYLVANIA 11; HARVARD 0. Cambridge, Mass., October 29. The third surprise of the fooball season occurred at- Soldiers Field today when the Harvard eleven was not only de feated and prevented from scoring, but was completely outplayed in every de partment of the game by the Universi ty of 'Pennsylvania. The final score was Pennsylvania, 11; Harvard 0. Only three times throughout the game was the (Harvard eleven within striking distance of Pennsylvania's goal. On two of these occasions she fumbled the iball. On the third she wras held for downs when only 12 yards away frorn the Pennsylvania goal. The gameHvas, a spectacular on throughout and The defeat of the Har vard team was hardly more unexpected than the game shown by the wearers of the blue and red. The Pennsylva-. nia's play was extremely versatile, punting, delayed passes, quarter back runs, fake kicks and plunges through the line rapidly following each other. Twenty five hundred followers of (Pennsylvania occupied one side of the staduim, and the scene in that section when Pennsylvania scored was spectac ular indeed . The crowd a.rose. Vn masse with rhythmetic waving of flags, sang "The 'Red and the Blue' and when the game ended the students jumped into the field and in the wildest enthusiasm carried to their dressing rooms the team which had broken the long string of defeats which Pennsyl vania had suffered at the hands of Harvard. 'CARLISLE 14; VIRGINIA 6. iNorfolk, Va., October 29. Carlisle Indians defeated the University of Vir ginia, 14 to 6 in a snappy game today. Virginia scored on the first half by Council breaking through a hole left guard Murphy made and running half the 'field for a touchdown. Yancey kicked goal. In the second half the Ind'ans adopt ed a desperate style of play and kept the ball in Virginia's territory until Libby, from the 36 yard line, put a place kick over the bars. After the second kick off Carlisle rushed Virginia to her fifteen ya:d line. Council dropped back for a punt, but a bad pass spoiled the play and he was downed on Virginia's two yard line. Virginia Jpst the ball on downs on the play and Sheldon was pushed over the line. Ten minutes afterwards Libby made a fair catch of Yancey's forty yard punt on Virginia's forty five yard line, and put a placed kick between the posts for the final score. 'Substitutes were freely used in the game, regularplayers being exhausted by the fierceness of the play. Flores, Carlisle's right e.nd, was sent to the side lines for slugging. PRINCETON 18; CORNELL 6. Ithica, :x. Y., October 29. Princeton won today's football game from Cor nell by a score of 18 to 6, but the victors were forced to work their hardest to make gains, being outclassed by Cor nell in many stages of the game, espe cially in the first part of the contest. The Cornell men showed their ability to advance the ball consistently and (Birmingham did well in the punting, nearly always sending the ball more than forty yards and losing again in exchanges with Tooker. At Knoxville Sewanee 12; Universi ty of Tennessee 0. At Nashville Vanderbiltr 98; Central 0 At Jfew Orleans A. and M. college of Mississippi 10; Tulane 0. 'At Lexington, Va. 'St. Johns college 12; Virginia Military Institute 6. Georgetown 17; Holy Cross 4. Swath more 9; Navy 0.. Yale 34; Columbia 0- Illinois 6; Chicago 6. Dickinson 6; Lehigh 0. LaFayette 54; Manhattan college 0. The Japanese have Captured Waitao Mountain and Wai Ton Shan An Advance by the Russians will Prob ably Soon Begin Russian Casual ties in Recent Fighting Approxi mate 46,000 Men. Comparative quiet prevails at the scene of operations in Manchuria, the combatants apparently being satisfied with their success in minor engage ments; but, the weather having again become warm and fine, the belief is general that an advance by the Rus sians will shortly begin. Russian Losses in the Recent Fight inr- St. Petersburg, Oct. 29. General Sakharoff reports no general fighting October 28. There was occasional cannonading along the whole front. but the Japanese fire was inefficient and the Russian casualties were in significant. The mgnt ot October 28-29 was quiet. The general staff today issued a statement that the number of killed wounded and missing in the fighting which began October 9th and ended October 18th totalled 800 officers and 45.000 men. Waitao Mountain in the Hands of th Japanese. Tokio, Oct. 29, 4:30 p. m. Official reports confirm the 'press dispatch of the capture of Waitao Mountain by the Japanese on October 27th, adding that at 10 o'clock on the morning of October 28th the Russians opened a vigorous fire against Waitao Mountain but stopped firing in the afternoon. A strong force of Russians assem bled at 1 Kangtajenjshan and Russian guards holding the heights north of Pinnlulupao house completely disap peared, j No other important engage tillery duel occasionally occurs. Jap? Capture Wai Tou San. Washington, Oct. 29. The Japanese legation 1 today received the following cablegram from Tokio r "Marshal Oyama reports that on October;' 27th a detachment of our right attacked the enemy at Wai Tou Shan, consisting' of two battalions of Infantry, The detachment met a stub born resistance, but finally captured Wai Toi Shan and captured two ma chine guns. On October 28th the en emy continued cannonading Wai Tou Shan imtil evening and then disap peared. No other importantengage ments occurred on October 2Sth." Positions of the Armies Unchanged. Headquarters of Left Army (Gener al Okus) In the Field, October 28, 3 p. m., via Fusan, October 29. The positions of the armies are unchanged. The Russians are continually search ing the Japanese lines with their artil lery, tiring night and day, with sel dom any reply from the Japanese. The Japanese army are now work ing the Yentai mines digging enough coal for all military purposes. It is believed by mining experts that they can double the output. The guage Of the railway has been changed to Yentai and quantities of supplies and ammunition are arriving. New Commander of the Siberian Ar my Corps. Mukden, Oct. 29. Lieutenant Gen eral Linevitch arrived here today to assume command of the Siberian army corps. So popular is General Line vitch among the Siberian troops that he is generally known by them as "Uncle" Linevitch. No fighting of importance occurred yesterday or last night. TO OPEN HEADQUARTERS. Republicans Showing Some Activity in Wilmington for First Time in Several Years. The Republicans are showing some activity in politics in Wilmington this year for the first time since 1898. -. Several weeks ago Mr. C. J. Harris, Republican candidate for Governor, and Mr. Thomas Settle, who formerly represented the Fifth District in Con gress, spoke in Wilmington and last Friday night Mr. Oscar J. Spears, who has been candidate -for various offices, and in nearly instance met defeat and Tvho is now a candidate for congress from the Sixth District, spoke here. If is understood that Mr. Ike Meek ins, the Republican candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, will speak in Wilmington before the election. If the Republicans had advertised their sneakers well iby distributing posters as well as getting the daily papers to mention the fact that they were going to speak, they would have probably had fairly good crowds, for many would have gone through curiosity. But they did not seem to be anxious -whether they had any crowd cr not. and as a matter of fact at the first speaking there were about a hundred present and 'about 30 to hear Oscar J. Spears. Barring the few Republican officeholders present, nearly all the rest were Democrats. The latest move of the Republicans is the establishing of headquarters. They have Just decided to establish headquarters in the Tiencken Hall No. 22 South Front street. The head quarters are to be opened this week and literature favorable to the Repub lican cause will be on hand. A large supply of literature "will be on hand andlthe public Is invited to go to the office and enlighten themselves a Republican doctrines. On the even-1 " 1-JL A. V- . A ... ing :of election day the. returns will be received at headquarters. The Secretary of State is Accused of Having Drawn an Imperfect Treaty with Panama- A Commission Nec essary to treat with Panama' to cure Radical Defects in that Hasty Negotiation. ; Washington, Oct. 29. Senator Mor gan, of Alabama, in an open letter to Secretary Hay made public tonight, accuse that official of drawing an tmnrect treaty with Panama and of having 'sneaked out" of negotiations' for the Nicaraugan route. The letter ts intended as a reply to the secre tary's recent speech in New York. After stating that no apology Is due from any senator who voted against th ratification of the Hay-Varilla treaty tor addressing the secretary through the press because of the fact that the secretary in his speech had assailed such senators. Senator Morgan say: "It 1 not the sneaking out from Panama that disturbs the country; it i sneaking into Panama, after having am Kieaked under the wing of the ranama canal Company to find an excuse for an act that the country de plores." He charges) jtha Minister Silvia, of Colombia, refused to sign lh Hay-Herran treaty because it was In violation of the law and constitu tion of Colombia, and that Dr. Herran wa designated, as charge d'affaires1. to -conclude It. "Then," the senator adds, "the soft step and big ; stick of the President was referred! to and Dr. Herran wa threatened into com pliance." Th letter of Secretary Hay to Dr. Hecrran referred to in the speech of Senator Culberson, Senator Morgan declares was the feather that broke the camel's back. The President, he says, has commis sioned an ambassador to treat with Panama "in order to cure radical de fects In that hasty negotiation," and the Senator protests that Secretary Hay should have completed that work to meet the demands of both coun tries before he "indulged in unbecom- ing criticism, censures, and epithets against Democratic Senators."' The letter concludes as follows!: "Before you charged the Democratic Senators With the crime of not be lieving a word they say in their crit icism of your conduct and that of the President and with the meanness of being willing to partake of the feast, while decrying the alleged robbers who prepared it, would it not have been more in keeping with your ex alted attitude toward them that you should have explained your hasty deal ings with Bunau-Varilia, that you should have cleansed your robes from the contact with the culprits of the Panama Canal Company, and should have delivered the country from that 'body of death' that France has so long struggled to xmload upon the United States." THE DATE CHANGED. W. Jj. X. Play to be Given on Thursday Night, November 10th, instead of Friday night, the 11th. At the urgent request of I several friends who are interested the man agement in charge of the great com edy production to be given under the auspices of the Wilmington Light In fantry, have made a change In the date already announced for its presen tation, from Friday, November 11th, to Thursday, the 10th. A very successful rehearsal was held last night and from now on they will be conducted at the opera house. Ev ery night this week will be given up to. putting on the finishing touches. it is said to be one of the most elab orate productions the company has yet undertaken and carpenters are now at work constructing special scen ery, which was found to be necessary for the proper and successful presen- nnetara are hoinc 'nrfritpd and' are ex- P V t-J t-V- 'J V- -5 peeted to arrive this week, when they will be posted around town in order to completely advertise the event Tickets will be distributed this week ; and announcement as to the price of same dates of sale etc.,will then be made. We are told it will be the "best yet" and the W. L. I. have the reputation of never doing anything by halves. : - I . y Y. M. C. A. NOTES. There will be Some Good Singing at the Service this Afternoon. Those who are interested in good singing wlil do well to -visit the Young Q.u's Christian Association this after noon at five o'clock- There1 will be a soprano solo by Miss Rena "Mills who is too well konwn $0 introduce, suf fice it to say It will be a treat to music lovers. There wu also oe a contralto and tenor duet by! Chas. Dushan and Mrs- F. A. Muse. I Rev. Lacy Little has been; secured from a neighboring city, especially to Christian AssoTon ly a large audience is desired- Mr. Little Is staying with Mr. Spencer Lc- Grande. Help make his meeting a sue- cess. Remember the time, five sharp, "Dolly Varden," ! the popular shade , in this, season's Dress Fabrics. Ask ' to see it at Rhederte. The Overwhelming Elec tion of Judge Parker is Predicted. NEXT CONGRESS Will be Democratic, According to Chairman Cowherd, who Claims 225 Seats of the 386 in tho House Tho Claim is Based on the Strength of the National Ticket and on tho Lo cal Dissensions in Republican Hanks in the Middle West Secre tary Woodson says all the Doubtful States will go for Parker and Some States, now Called Republican, are Classed as Doubtful. New York, October 29. Urey Wood son, secretary of the Democratic na tional committee, who said he wa3 speaking for the committee, today pre dicted the overwhelming election of Judge CParker to the presidency. He predicted that all the doubtful states will be Democratic and also that some states, called Bepublican, will be and are doubtful. Secretary Woodson said: "I have every confidence that Judge Parker will be elected. I have been here one hundred days now and T am ready to announce from observa tion and what we have received that Parker is elected. All the doubtful states, so-called will be in the Demo cratic column and many of the states called surely Republican are now in the doubtful column. 'We will carry New York. New Jer sey, Connecticut, Indiana, '.Maryland, West Virginia, Idaho, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Inother words, all the doubtful states are for us and for Judge Barker's election. "Illinois is doubtful. Ohio is even doubtful. The big men who controlled that state are now dead. The Republi cans assume they, are going to win there ' but we hear they might lose. Even California has sent good reports to us and we are hopeful of even carrying that state. Maryland is certainly as Democratic as Kentucky, and West Virginia, is as sure, as Mary land." v MR. COWHERD S ESTIMATE. Prospects are that Democrats wilt Carry 225 out of the 386 Districts in the United States. Washington, October 29. Chairman Cowherd of the Democratic Congres sional committee today issued a state ment claiming 225 seats in the 59th Congress for the Democratic party. He bases this prediction on the claimed strength of the national ticket In the east andj to "local dissensions in the Republican ranks" in the middle west. Mr. Cowherd says: 'As the situation stands at present the prospects are that the Democrat will carry 225 out of the 386 districts in the United States. In the estimate, have included the states of Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. These are all doubtful as matters now stand. The Democratic chances are excellent in two of the three. Our gains in the east will !be due largely to the strength fiif-the national ticket. In the middle. west, they will be due more particularly to local dissensions in the Republican , , 1 i -raiiKS. xne long noiu on pai.rona.gcr districts, and the democrats will profit correspondingly by reason of it." The details of the estimate follows: Alabama 9; Arkansas 1;- California 4; Colorado 3; Connecticut 3; Delaware 1; Florida 3; Georgia 11; Idaho 1; Illi nois 10; Indiana 7; Iowa 2; Kansas 2; Kentucky 10; Louisiana 7; Maryland 5; Massachusetts 4; Michigan 2; Minne- isota 2; Mississippi 8; Missouri 14; I Montana 1; Nebraska 3; Nevada 1; New Jersey 5; New York -19; North Carolina 10; Ohio 9; Pennsylvania 8; Rhode Jsland 2; South Carolina 7; Ten nessee 8; Texas 16; Utah 1; Virginia 10; West Virgina 3; Wisconsin 6 Wyonw ing 1. Total 225. ' Outward Bound. The following vessels cleared yester day: (British steamer Skerrymore, Captain Cotton, for (Bremen with a cargo of Ift-WJ bales nf cotton. Th ta-rtm by Axelander Sprunt & Son. (British schooner Caledonia, Captain f ff!fred omingto, with a- cargo of lumber. j Schooner Edith H. simonton. Captain ' Stlle3, for New York with a cargo of j 20,540 cross-ties. Cargo was by; the Kccleston ujumfoer Company. Columbia Wool and Zephr in all shades at Render's. " , i