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X Vol. VI I RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 26. 1900 No 24 The Morning . . : : TOO SMALL International Troops Unable to Cope'with Chinese T! J TSIN HARD PRESSED u i (.j.-u iiiont of Chinese Director of Rail road and Telegraphs That Legations ia I'ekln "Were Safe June 19 Taken wit'.i Grains of Allowance-Lord alibury Expresses Hope That a .oiulion JTIay Be Found uiImii, .Tune 25. Although the pow :it last seem conscious of athe mag- iif the Chinese peril and are con i!y hurrying forces to Taku, the national troops Mailable to over- c die i arc iii'i'l Nrlfft y parly. immediate perils of the situa apparently totally inadequate, comes for the alarm felt for of Vice-Admiral Seymour and i: who are not mentioned m any lispatehes purporting to come f;-.!: . IVkin, and apprehension is also I't-lt !' r his base at Tien-Tsin. Almost ti, oi'ly ray of light is the report of M the director of railroads and tele- ;!!.-, forwarded by the French con .v, i urii. ral at Shanghai, to the effect' il .it the legationers were safe June 10 . : I v'cre preparing 'to leave the capital whit the consent of the Chinese (govern v.r.'wr. lint -the motives of the Chinese i trials in keeping the powers appeased i reassuring messages are too obvious t.' allow the unreserved acceptance ; of tli- statements. Tieii-Tsin is so hard pressed that it ii-ust he relieved before assistance can be M't.t to Seymour's force. The" absence vi the exact date of the last dispatch i'.v.m Taku and other messages makes litlicult to connect the various stories, l.i it some of the dispatches al as' indicating that even might - be the large T i a--e mentioned by Rear Admiral K'inpfY as about to start toward 'Tieu Tsui has met the same fate as the com bined American and 'Russian column, whi' h was repulsed June 21. India is sending eight battalions of infantry, a cavalry regiment, artillery 1 engineers as a fighting force, be es two battalions to guard communi ions. LORD SALISBURY UOPEFCL Tl;e Situation Does IV t Seem So Verr Desperate to Him. London, June 25. Lord Salisbury is 5:iil hopeful that the Chinese crisis will it' solved without war against that -intry as a whole. In spite of the jiiainiing reports he inclines to the belief that the government of China in some satisfactory form will shortly be able t" reassert itself, lie does not mean That he belittles the professions of the various viceroys who have given notice ef their willingness to co-operate with tie united forces. Without committing himself to a definite view rf the future, li appears averse to Viny scheme of ter liinrial indemnity, which, when order is l.- tored, might be suggested by the pow-i- who have suffered during' the up riii!.u'. - Tin- interview of the United States flmhassador, Mr. Joseph H. Choate, with Letd Salisbury, Saturday, was due to instructions received from Secretary Hay, in which the ambassador was noti lied of the friendly profession of the various viceroys and was instructed to Kcure Lord Salisbury's views beyond casual conversation. Mr. Choate had net nientioned the crisis in the Far East until he received Secretary Hay's cable message. The ambassador discovered that the British premier's views were exactly as frequently represented 1 in t!e' dispatches. He maintained the 1" lief that the diplomats at Pekin had ii"t been massacred and did not believe they were likely to be. He is eminently satisfied with the action already, taken hy the United States, and expressed the s. ine views as the cable dispatches at trihute to Secretary Hay. In short, the conference may be said to have elicited a single point. on v.), hh Lord Salisbury differed from the A ne riean attitude, and in which he e. 1; v-sil his determination ' to use everV endeavor to restore order dn- the Pei Ho valley, and extricate the diplomats. Hi.i intimate of the situation was tinged v-'ith a spirit of hopefulness that con tracted greatly with the general tone of thi British press. 1 he ambassador did not discuss' Jthe pv, iitnal settlement and the i.keNhood of a partition of China, etc., and it may he n i iterated that this phase of the sit nati n has not yet been made the sub- 3"1 1 of an exchange of view between :my of the nations. Judging froni the f - '-eimt of what passed between Mr. "l eite and Lord Salisbury ami the lenient recent.lv made bv the fopta oite-o. that Great Britain and the Jthjr pti ins, so far as the foreign officials iMe'w. were connning an tnear energies r-tid deliberations solely to the, prsen la-ainent. is a "(sincere statement of f l 't. If Il,nssia, Japan or any other r. .- 1 "J" m. i' wer n:ts an ulterior oojecx m ma::f:g f'il'itnl out of the trouble dn China Lord Salisbury does not appear to be aware of it. ... . . , r. . Tien Tsin Fighting for "Life L eidon, June 25, 3 p. m. The tadniir a 'y has received the following dispatch f! )in Rear Admiral Bruce, dated Taki, via Chefoo, June 2ith: "The total force which left Tien Tsin v 'Mi the commander-in-chief, for Pekin v'is about 2.'000, composed of detich Tnrrtts from the allied ships. ;:o action edd possibly .-be taken to relieve he e'ln-nander-in-chief, because it was only kii'jwn that he was cut 'off by Tien . -I'sin lxdng invested. : ; "Tien Tsin has been fighting for i-s life ev-r since. It was on receipt of'2tifor laiioii that the Chinese army hid oi d "red trains for' attacking Tien Tsin ' ad were ravaging Tong Ku, and re'n f e cin TaKu, as well as mining ; the m eath of the Pei Ho, that it was nuntly determined to eedze Taku. Since 'uen every effort has been made -to ".--relieve Tien Tsin. I have commandeered a small coasting steamer for taking troops and sick and wounded across the FORCES bay to Wei Hai Wei. where I intend making a temporary base, hospital and asylum for refugees." State Department Without Advices i Washington, June 25. Up to 11 j clock this forenoon no word had been :?eived at either the War or. Navy Departments as to the condition of affairs in China. Nor has Admiral Remey ben heard from, and it is not known whether he has-sailed on the Brooklyn for Taku cr is still at, Cavire. The anxi'al? awaited list of casualties from Admiral Kempff has not yet appeared, nor has a word come as to the result of the si c- ond. engagement at Tien Tsin - The State Department atso is " without anything to shed light on thi situation, except, a dispatch, from Ua'tei Staves Consul Goodnow. at Shanghai, saving that nothing reliable has been received there as to the condition of affairs at Pekin and elsewhere. This rath.-r de tracts from the reassuring unofficial press "dispatches published this inomiug. legations Reported Safe Paris, June 25. 11:25' a. m. The French Consul General nt Shanghai. 1 J1 i(T fj Till 1 tl VACtDTrliir VflTVAf f qj-1 Vio- -Hick Chinese Minister of Railroads and Tele-I . graphs has infori med him that all for- eigu ministers ami foreigners at Fekn was safe last Tuesday, June 10, and were preparing to leave with the au thority of the Chinese goveniment. Troops Arriving at Taku London, June 25. In the House of Commons today, referring to the failure of the American and Russian forces to reach Tien Tsin June 21, the parlimen tary secretary of the foreign office, ;Mr. William St. John Broderick, said that since then British troops from Hong Kong had arrived at Taku, and it was believed that 3,000 Japanese, 1.000 Ger man and 2,000 Freeh troops had also arrived there. But, he added, the gov ernment has no information regarding the later operations. The Albany May Go to China Southampton, Eng., June 25. The United States cruiser Albany, which ar rived here June 14. will sail June 20. the work on her having leen accelerated. She will meet the United States steamtr Scindia at (Jilbraltar and will transfer stores from her. It is said that the Albany's officers would not be surprised if the cruiser proceeded from Gibraltar for China. Making the Arethnse Ready "Philadelphia, Jnrie 25. Under orders from the Navy Department a large force of men today began the work of pre paring for active service the water carrying ship Arethnse, which has been dn reserve at League Island since the close of the Soanish-American war. The Arethnse is to be sent to Chinese waters and officials at the League Island navy yard expect to have her ready within ten days. Sixth Cavalry to Be Strengthened San Francisco, June 25. An order from Adjutant General Corbin has been received at the Presidio directing that the troops of the, Sixth Cavalry shall be .recruited to their full war strenth. In view of the fact that this organiza tion was ordered recently to proceed to Manila and the order to recruit to the jimit is sent some time later, the opinion is expressed that the regiment is to be ient to Chna instead of the Philippines. The recruits will be selected from those now at the Presidio. , Troops irom England by Canada Route Montreal. June 25. It is expected that the English government will pour troops into China over the Canadian Pacific Railway, and the company has been noti fied to be. in readiness. If Great Britain determines upon sending troops from home 10,000 could be carried through Canada to Shanghai within twenty-eight days, and in less than ninety days by the same route and the same fleet on the Pacific ocean an army of 25.000 men could without difficulty be pourned into China. The Atlantic voyage would not occupy more than seven days to Halifax, St. John or Quebec. In four or five days more the North American continent could be crossed by the Cana dian Pacific to Vancouver; thence by the company's three steamships, each carrying l,;uu Troops, ir is oniy tweive days to Shanghai, 'this gives liberal time allowance for embarking and de barking. en route. The company has two auxiliary steam ers which could be put in service with a capacity of 2,000 men, and three steamers of the Canadian-Australian line could also be requisitioned. Em press steamshrp can be transformed info army cruisers within twenty-four hours, as mountings are already fitted and the admiralty has guns both at Esquimault and Hong Kong. Looking for'Troubl in Other Qnarters Hong Kong, June 25 Strong rein forcements of Indian police with three Maxiim guns have been sent from Kow Ioon to onnose the expected spread of disturbance dn Sam-Chuen. - Anti-foreign placards' have been posted hi Cnnton. The steamship Ha Hong, with .stores and a millioji rounds of am munition for the British has sailed north. "Vacancies in Faculty Filled Newton. N. C, June 25. Special.- The executive committee of Catawba College met today to fill vacancies in the faculty caused by the resignation nf some of the former protestors. I'ro- fpcsflr J. H. Dedrick, of Pennsylvania, a nW L. R. Wilso-n, of Lenoir, are the -nw members elected. Rev. J. A. Foil n-oa re-elected to the chair of mathe matics and made vice president of the faculty. Hon. j. ti. Jieoaue lormaiiy accepted the presidency. Hon. B. F. Long, of Satesville, made a most effective speech for White -Suprem acy to a large crowa or uemoerats m the conrt house Saturday night. The Democratic leaders "say that Catawba county is in excellent shape, and they feel confident of carrying the amend ment. Wholesale Rt Cutting New York, June 2o. eastern rreignt York. June 2o. JEfLstern traffic men are franKly aiscussing tne efforts of the chief executives of the western railroad to evade the Federal laws prohibiting the formation of rail road pools. The wholesale irate cutting on east bound freight has developed a situation 'Which threatens a serious loss of revenue to the railroads. Death of an Old Soldier Died at the Soldiers Mome in Raleigh N C, on Sunday, June 24th, at 9:30 t " m., Dr. John M. Williams, late Sur geon of the Twenty-sixth Texas cavalry. TWO SCORE VICTIMS - j A Passenger Train Plunges into a Washout DEATH WITHOUT WARNING Not a Person Escaped Except Those In the Pullman Sleeper Train Crew and Passengers In Day Coaches All Per-lsh'ed-The Wreckage Takes Fire and ITIany Bodies Burned Beyond Recog nition A Cloud-hurst the Cause. Atlanta, Ga., June 25. A passenger train on the Macon branch of the Sonth- Railway ran into a washout one and miles north of McDonough, Ga., Saturday night, and was wrecked. The wreck caught tire ami the entire train, with the exception of the sleeier, was destroyed. Every person on the train, except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished. Not a member of the train crew escaped. The train left Macon at 7:10, and was due in Atlanta at J:45. McDonough was reached on time. At this point connection is made for Columbus, Ga., and here every night the Columbus train is coupled on and hauled through to j Atlanta, Saturday night, however, for the first time in many months, the Columbiis train was reported two hours late, on account of a washout on that branch, and the Macon train started on to Atlanta without its Columbus connection. . Tremendous rains, of daily occurrence for the past two weeks, have swollen all streams in this part of the South, and several washouts have been reported on the different roads. Camp's Creek, which runs onto the Oc mulgee, was over its banks and its wa ters had spread to all the lowlands through which it runs. About a mile and a half north of McDonough the creek conies somewhat near the South ern's tracks, and, running alongside it for some distance, finally passes away under the road by a heavy stone culvert. A cloudburst broke over that section of the country about H o'clock in the even ing, and presumably shortly after dark washed out a section of the track nearly one hundred feet in length. Into this the swiftly moving train plunged. The storm was still raging and all the car windows were closed. The passengers, secure as they thought, and sheltered comfortably from the incle ment weather, went to death without an instant's warning. The train, consisting of a baggage car, second-class coach, first-class coach and a Pullman sleeper, was knocked into "kindling wood by the fall. "The wreck caught fire a few minutes after the fall, and all the coaches were burn ed except the Pullman car. Every person on the train except the occupants of the Pullman car, perished in the disaster. There was no escape, as the heavy Pul- man car weighted down the others, and the few alive in the sleeper were unable to render assistance to their fellow-passengers. For a brief time there was silence. Then the occunants of the i'ullman car recovered from the bewilderment, and after hard work managed to get out of their car, and found themselves on the track in the pouring rain. The extent of the catastrophe was quickly appar ent. Flames were - already -seen coming from that part of the wreckage not cov ered by the water. As the wreck be gan to go to pieces under the destruc tive work of both flames and flood, hu man bodies' floated out from the mass ami were carried down stream by the swift current. The storm did not abate in fury.' Flashes of lightning added to the steady "glow of the burning train and lit up the scene with fearful dis tinctness. Flagman Quinlan, who was one of the first to get out, at once started for the nearest telegraph station. Making his way as rapidly as possible in' the face of the blinding storm, he stumbled into the telegraph office at McDonough, and after telling the operator of the wreck fell fainting to the floor. Word was quickly sent to both Atlanta and Macon, but no assistance was to be had in the latter city, as the interrupted track pre vented the arrival of any tram from Macon. Nearly the entire male population of McDonough went to the scene to render assistance, but little could be 'done by the rescuers, as the fare kept them at a distance. At daylight the bodies that had floated from the gorge were gath ered up. One body was found a mile from the wreck and many were seen along its banks. A wreck tram was started out from Atlanta at midnight, but owing to the burning wreckage, nothing could be done until morning. A special train at G o'clock Sunday morning took doctors. ministers, railroad officials and helpers to. the scene, but nothing could be done save to gather up -the bodies. .As the dead were found they were re moved to McDonough. There are two undertakers there. Both establishments were soon filled with the mangled remains of the passengers Some of the bodies were terribly burned, while others were crushed beyond recog nition. The only means of identifica tion in Tne majoriry or tne cases were letters and papers in the pockets of the victims in the catastrophe. Only three women were on the train Two escaped. It ls. presumed that the other perished, but the body has not yet been rouna. Besides the regular crew of the train several conductors and other employes were en route to Atlanta to spend Sun day. All were killed. Conductor W. A Barclay was in charge of the train. A. section boss, with a gang of eight negroes, occupied seats in the second class coacn. xney were on tneir way to repair a washout on the Georgia Midland & Gulf road. Not one escaped 1 A 1 - A 1 . i . At m wnen tne cars went aown mio me wash out. Later Particulars of the Wreck Atlanta, lia., June zo. Aaaitnonai re ports received here today from the scene of the wreck on the Macon branch of the Southern Railway at McDonough show that the list of dead probably will (Continued on page 2.) , FOUR MARINES KILLED First American Blood Shed in. . War in China REMEY ORDERED TO TAKU He Will Go with the Brooklyn and Transferllls Headquarters to Chinese Waters will Carry as Itlany Troops as the Ship Can Accommodate Open Declaration of War Probable Within the Present Week Washington, June 25. The following dispatch from Admiral Ivempff, dated Chefoo, June 24, -says: "In ambuscade, near Tien-Tsin, on the 21st, four of Waller's command killed and seven wounded. Names will be furnished as soon as received. Force of two thousand going, to relieve Tien Tsin today." Yesterday the following bulletin was posted at the Navy Department: "The Secretary of the Navy has or dered Admiral Remey to go with the Brooklyn to Taku and to tender to General MacArthur conveyance of any army troops which the Brooklyn can carry. , Admiral IvemnfTs disnatch. civincr the first definite news of the shedding of American blood on Chinese soil, came arly this morning and was turned over to Secretary Long as soon as he ar- ived at the department. With Admiral Ciowninshield. the secretary carried the dispatch to the White House, where, on the President s return from church., it was laid before him. The determina tion thereupon was reached to order Admiral ltemey, in command of the Asiatic squadron, from Manila to Taku on boani the armored cruiser Brook- yn. The secretary and Admiral Ciowninshield returned to the Navy De partment, where the necessary orders were dispatched to Admiral Remey. '1 he effect of this transfer is to make Taku the headquarters of the Asiatic squad ron. The Brooklyn is expected to sail at once, today if possible, as the orders sent contemplate getting the admiral on the scene at the earliest moment. The advantage of this, it was officially stated, is not so much in adding the trength of the Brooklyn to the fleet already there, as the fleet is considered by Secretary Long to lie quite adequate. as it is in allowing the authorities here to deal directly with the situation in China instead of through the circuitous communication by way of Manila. If the Brooklyn starts today, an expected, witV take her fully a week to reach Taktv Js the trip is 2.000 miles and typhoons ate raging. The determination to carrv some of General MaeArfhurV troops on a flagship shows the einer- cencv of the situation. 1 he troops are believ-d to be ready to move, but some delay may be caused in getting on board sufficient supplies for a large body of men for a week. Admiral KemplT's report that four Americans were killed and seven wound ed in the ambuscade of Waller's force caused the gravest concern among field officials, but the chief fear was as to the outcome of the second attack, which the admiral reported would begin to day. This is little sjiort of the dimen sions -of a battle, and its result may lw decisive, not only to the immediate force employed, but m determining the fate of the legations and foreign set tlements at Tjen-Tsin, and also whether the issue is or is not to be war with China. Word reached the Navy Department Sunday that the battleship Oregon got away from Hong Kong, bound for Taku. This is two days ahead of her expected start. She took on 164 sailors and ma lines, brought to Hong Kong by the Zafiro. The big ship mar now have a chance to repeat ber celebrated perform ance "around the Horn, as she is beiug crowded for a fast run to the scene of action. The distance is about fifteen hundred miles, and if she makes her record time she will be in Taku in six da vs. about the same time that the Brooklyn arrives from Manila. These ships and the Monadnock are the only ores going to China. Admiral Crowninshield pronounces un true the report that the gunboats Man etta, Princeton and several other ships at Manila have been ordered to Taku There is felt to le no need for them, and, moreover, with the ships now under oiders to sail. Admiral Remey will have a force which is considered abundantly able to meet every possible requirement The Monadnock has a large complement of men, who can be used as a landing party, and it is this, rather than her nnnament. which makes her so avail able nt this time. The war branch or the government is preparing for any eventuality that may arise out of the Chinese situation. As stated by one of the highest officers of the army, the scale of preparation . is of a magnitude which would both in terest and surprise the public. But, he added, the information would be of even ereater interest and service to any for eign foe which the United States mrfy be called upon to face within the next few weeks or months, and for that rea son there is no purpose to make public the complete preparations making to meet whatever issue arises. All that the officials will say is that both the army and the navy, if the occasion arises, will give a good account of them- selyes. TENSION MOST ACUTE Delaratlon of War Probable Refore the Week Closes. Washington, June 25.--It is generally believed that China "is today closer than ever to an open declaration of war with the United States and m all probability such a condition will be officially said to exist before the week is over. The State Department today issued a dis patch from Consul Goodnow, at Shang - hai, in wnicn ine latter ueiiies iu truin; of the assurances gi:en by tne Chinese viceroys that all foreign ministers in Pekin were safe and that no harm would come to them. The" message is cLated to day and states distinctly that there has been no communication with Pekin since June 14th. and that the viceroys are merely staving off action by alleged good news from the Chinese capital. State Department officials place f aith in the statements of Mr. Goodnow and have given the assurances of the vice roys very little attention. When the mw wage was received a conference was held between Secretary Long and Secretary Hay and the matter was reported to the President. The officials are anything but pleased over what they regard as the fabrications of the Chinese officials and are more inclined to the belief that harm-' has come to the entire American legation at Pekin. - - It will tie two weeks tomorrow since any word was had from Minister Con ger, and over a week since any trace has been had of Captain McCalla. It is believed that both have been mur dered and immediate action will be taken to obtain absolute information as to their fate. Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister, called at the State Department this morning, but was not shown the "message .from Consul Goodnow. Mr. n repeat ed his assurances that all the foreign ministers were safe in Pekin. - The Navy Department bnlletins this morning to the effect that the Oregon has sailed from Hong Kong for Taku, and that the Brooklyn leaves Cavite for Taku. Both vessel carry a large onmber of troops and marines, which wHl be used in the relief column, which is to force a path to Pekin and Tien Tsin. Admiral Remey sails on the Brooklyn and vtiH relieve Admiral. Kempff of com mand of the squadron. The Celtic, a snmilv Jiin. has arrived at Sydney, en route to Manila by way of Brisbane. 'Ph fhirl nrtaflc made uiun foreurn troops, when four men of Major Waller's command were killed near Tien Tsin, has convinced the government officials that a serious state of affairs exists in China and that a war-like attitude is necessary. GOING HACK TO EUROPE Doer Envoys Pleased with Their Re ception In This Country. ?few York, June 25. Abraham Fis cher, A. E. W. olniarens and J. 11. Wessels. the Boer envoys, will, return to Europe next Thursday, sailing n the French line steamship L'Acquitaine. The envoys are now staying at the Hotel Manhattan, where they will re main until Thursday. The Boer emissaries said this morning that they were highly pleased with the reception which hail been accorded them throughout the country. There was no doubt, they said, that the great majority of the American people. were thoroughly in sympathy with the Boer eaus The delegates did not speaK. entnnsi- astically of their reception by I'resident McKinley.- They, said that he gave them no encouragement, but tjiat they were not greatly disappointed because thev had been warned hot. to expect anything different. Because, the Presi dent did not encourage them, the envoys said they did not think it necessary to produce their credentials as accredited representatives of the Boers. In their tour through the country the envoys visited w asnnigton. iosion, uui- falo, Cleveland and Chicago. .Mr. ol niarens branched off at Chicago and went through Michigan. 'I he others went into Nebraska, Minnesota, Wis consin and Ohio. Fatal Sliooflng in Greensboro Greensboro, N: C, June. 25: Special. Ab. Alston and Lula Carr, -both colored. emraged in a tight late this afternoon. but were separated and Alston left. He returned after dark and shot the Carr woman in the dead. I he ball entered ahont the ear. She will die. The trag edy occurred in a disreputable suburb called Duplin. Officers are after Ate ton tonight. NOT NEEDED IN CI' OA. Half the Regular Troops There Will Re Sent to Philippines. Washington. June 25. As soon as Sec rotary Root returns to this city early next week final arrangements will le made for the withdrawal of as many troops as air be spared from further service in taua. i . . . . According to reports recently from Governor General Wood, the elections iassed off ouietly ami without serious disorder at any point and affairs geuer ally have become tranquil, with no indi cations of future tnrtible. in conse- quence oi tuis encouraging waie oi i fairs the o nictate or rue iar uepan meut are considering the question of a large reduction of the military force in Cuba. It has. been estimated that about one-half of the troops can safely be brought home within the next few months. Nothing will be settled as to which regiments shall come until after Secre tAry Root returns to the city. There is an "impression, however, that the Fifth infantry, stationed principally iu the de partment of Santiago, will be the first Cuban regiment to return to the United States and that the Eighth infantry, stationed in the same department will follow soon after. The return -of these troops to the United States will enable the War De partment to carry out its plan of sending regular troops from this country to the Philippines to take the places of the vol nuteer armv which must be brought home and discharged by June 30, 1901. Unless developments in China necessi tate a change of programme, the home ward movement of the volunteer troops from the Philippines will begin in the eariy fall, and about S,0O0 or 10,000 reg ular troops will be sent out gradually from this country to take their places. FOUR MEN INJURED Serious Results Attend the Explosion of an Ammonia Pumpi Charlotte, N. C, June 25. Special. An explosion in the Mecklenburg Iron Works at 10 o'clock this morning injured three workmen. A fourth, a negro laborer, was badly burned. The injured are W. W. Severs, left leg broken, righ leg cut; Arthur Frazien compound frac ture of the right leg, head and wrist in jured; C. Mrtimer Bell, right leg shat tered near the body; Peter Crawford, colored, face and arms burned. A cyl inder from an ammonia pump was being repaired at the foundry. Ammonia gas hnd leaked through the casing into the cylinder: heat caused an explosion, by which the cylinder, 1G inches in diame ter. wa3 blown to pieces. Bell is . in a . . i . a i serious conuiuou. auu is not expecieu jto recover, The injured were caKen to ft hospital, ttuwc xut-jr are xevtrivms every attention. i i : : Seven Hours In a Well Deerfield. Mass., June 25. While Fred Ivanf air, 45 years old, was cleaning an old well yesterday, at caved in and kept him imprfisoneu for seven hours. He was finally rescued and i sot 'T4Hr.iy in- j jured. THAT MISSING PLANK Grosvenor Says Quigg Con trived to Lose It. THEYSWAPC0MPL1MENTS Distinguished Republican Platform-' JTlakers Call Each Other Liars An- other flembsr of the Committee Ae- cased of Taklag Bribe-Gorman xryinx to Get Up a Pattlson Room for Vice President By JOHN IIOYLE Washington, June 25. Special. The Republicans are having much trouble over how the Platform at Philadelphia was framed. They cannot trust them selves, and of course no one else trusts them. General Grosvenor of Ohio and Lemuel Eli Quigg. of New York have aired their grievances in public, and each has practically called the othen a liar, and both are presumably correct. Eli says he put in the platform all, as secretary of the committee, that he waa to do, and General Grosvenor, the right hand man of the President, says that as a iuemler of the. committee he left out a plank about Porto Rico, which was not inserted, although adopted. Tha plank was to face both ways, so that it would read one way out in Ohio and t another in New York, and as Quigg had the last whack at it, it does not ap loar in the list of "great principles' -that compose the Republican platform of 1900 as given to the expectant worid. Still this is a minor matter, calling. an other member of the committee simply a liar. The charge is openly made by the Washington correspondent of Editor Kohlsaat's Chicago Times-Herald that the sum of Jfu.OOU was paid a member of the platform committee at Philadel phia to sneak the little word isthmian" , for the little work "Nicaragua" in tha Interoceanic canal plank. The -correspondent makes the statement on what he claims to be personal knowledge the facts, and those who know him are not inclined to doubt his word. He has been called on by a host of newspaper men since his return to Washiugtou, but he refuses to accommodate them. Apparently with true journalistic in stinct, he is reserving for his own news-- ' paper the whole story, which he doubt less will publish when the conditions demaud it. His miiter is firm and dig nified under the fire of criticism to which he is being subjected by the parijr managers, none of whom thus far has . been able to extort from him a retrac tion or u modification of his serious charge. The Hon. Arthur Pue Gorman will : not attend the Kansas City convention, but it is reported that he will send the Marylaud delegation there with private instructions to vote for Robjert E. Pjit tison of Pennsylvania -for Vice-President. Mr. Corman will le represented at the meetings of the national committee by his friend, L. Victor Banghman, of Fredericks county, and it is said that everything has been arranged to re-elect the former senator -to hN old place on the national committee. It is explained that Gorman and Pattisnn are close personal friends, and the latter has ex- pressed his preference for the Mary lander for President. This probably ac counts for the aJJeged Pattison move ment in Maryland. It is further ex plained by Mr. Gorman's supporters that he has declined all invitations and ap peals from other national leaders of the party to attend the convention in an advisory capacity, but that he has plainly informed Senator .Touos and the men who presumably will wive the alterably opposed to a free-saver plank. fShould the convention drop the silver bugaboo," declare the Gormantes. "Gor man will make as great a tight tor Bryan's election ns he made for Cl?Ve- . land in lSi. He and the other State leaders also predict that under such con ditions Maryland surely will go Demo cratic this year. At the same tFme the Republican managers have counted Maryland out of their column.' regard- less of what the Kansas City platform may say about silver. Talkative Facts, the organ of the Com- . mercinl Travelers and Hotel Mesh's Anti trust League of New York. bAsjn strong, article, this week advocating Brayn'a -election. Among other things,rit 6ays: "It is no.w nearly a- month since th! organization announced that it would supporj William J. Bryan. In avswer to this announcement thousands of let-' ters have been received approving of) this stand, while none have-been received disapproving of it. This can be taken ' . as conclusive evidence that commercial travelers almost to a man will support ' the nominees and the platform to be, agreed upon at Kansas City. Another evidence that the commercial travelers will be almost solid for the Democratic ' standard-bearer is that Mr. Itanna is.' - j now spending a large amount of moneys trying to organize a commercial travel ers Republican club, and In order to, make a bluff of doing so he is employing" men who were never commercial travel-, ers to pose as such. The CommeiWal . Travelers and Hotel Men's Auti-trnst League will put all its might into the fight to aid in the election of William, Jennings Bryan, who we know means what he says on the trust question." A new postoffice has been established ' at Moorhanee, Moore county, with Hono jia D. Porter as postmaster; at Topnot, Caswell county, with Thomas Oliver as ' postmaster. These national banks in North Caro- , lina were today authorized to begiji busi ness: The First National Bank of Mor ganton, N. C., capital $25,000; Clement Geitner, president. The First National Bank of King's Mountain, N. C, capi tal $25,000; W. A. Mauney, president J ; R. L. Mauney, cashier. Sndn Death of Orlde ' Charlotte, N. C. June 25. Spea4-t Mrs. Rosd BatiragaTten-Dacker, whd married only twelve days ago. died this afternoon. She was taken violently ill the evening of her marriage, June llthj and ehe never rallied. -"' . . s V
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 26, 1900, edition 1
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