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The AIqrmng Post. VOL V1J.1. RALEIG-H, K. C.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1901. No. 16 I f 1 bondemned Chinese Officials Stili in the Flesh , LOOKING FOR CONGER As Soon as He Arrives Rock hill Will Leave for Home Pekin to Be Evacuated Be fore Teptember Tokin, 'August 10. Although the pro tocol was signed by the ministers yes-Tt-rilay there are- several Chinese offi cials mentioned in that document who were ordered by imperial edict lehead- .l or otherwise punished, still at large. JSir Eernest Satow. the British minis tpr, who is especially concerned, ignored the failure of the British, Italiaps and Japanese to agree to a full evacuation before September. The Rajputs will have next week and the Sixteenth Ben gal Lancers the week after. The ar rllery will be retained and stationed at the Summer Palace and Temple of Heaven. The Americans will occupy the Temple of Agriculture. Mr. Cnger, the American minister, is pected to arrive here today. Mr. Rockhill. the American special commis Fioner. will start for home at once. The French have placed" a warship at his dNposal to convoy-him to Yokohama. The opinion here is that Mr. Rockhill ha exerted great influence., during the nc cotiations between the ministers and the Chinese envoys. General Creagh, the British comman der, returned to Tien Tsin yesterday. He had a consultation with Sir Ernest Satow on the situation. Protocol Not Mentioned Washington, Angust IB. The State department received-fhis morning a ca blegram from Mr. Rockhill at Pekin in reply to Secretary ITf.y's inquiry as to tvhen the protocol wJIl be signed. Mr. Korkhil! fails to confirm the report from jYkin that if has been signed, but says l! will be Jri" a few days. Ho reports that the envoys have Btreed upon tlie protocol, however, and that signatures will be appended to the document as soon as it has been ar ranged with the Chinese for final sign ing. Mr. Rockhill gives no information on the subject of commercial treaties with China, and the State Department Is unable to make any progress in the natter until it has received the text of the protocol. $ Knocked Out for Good Lowell, Mass., Angust 16. John VKn, the boxer, who was knocked out in the cinth round of a twenty round bout with Chnylos Armstrong, at the Knicker bocker Club here last night, died from h;s injuries today. The manager of the club, the referee and seconds are un der arrest. t . $ India Prosperous Again London, August 1G. In the House of Commons today, Lord George Hamil ton, secretary of state for India, an nounced that the Indian surplus for the present year was f 1,(571,000. He added that the crop prospects were satisfactory and there would be nothing approaching a famine. He declared that he believed this was the most satisfactory Indian budget any secretary had yet made. $ The Chilean -Minister III Buffalo, August 16. Senor Vicuna. Chilean minister to this country, is "in a precarious condition. Last night he was restless all night, but felt a little easier this morning. His friends, how ever are becoming exceedingly anxious. Senr Vicuna was seized with a slight attack of pneumonia a fortnight ago, and complications are' said to have made his case serious. SETTLES IN CASH Jones Perjury Case Disposed of by Judge Starbuck Tt-: i . P.! X- Anomsh 16. JIlSLUIl-OUlClil, v., Special. Judge Starbuck, who is holding Wilkes Superior Court, today rendered a decision in the case of H. F. Jon, ex-member of the legislature from Al leghany county, convicted of perjury. .T'nes is released upon his agreement to pav his county $35.44; the amount collected twice by him. Before "the last warrant was paid Jones made affidavit that the first one was lost before col lection, but it was proven that ftJiad been settled. Jones is also required to pay the cost of the trial, which will amount to $500 or more. UNWISE MOVEMENT Cotton Manufacturers on the Reduction of Wages New York, August lG.-There is said to be a change of sentimenramong sev eral of the members of the Textile Man ufacturers' Association of Fall River since their agreement to make a lo per cent; reduction in the wages of their op erativls. Some of the V'" owners in the , association now loot on the scheme as unwise, and unless they change their minds again before Sep tember 1 it is .possible that the cut will not be made. If even ten mills decide to go on under the old schedule, said one of the trade yesterday, the other 31 would not be able to aecomplsh nch. The Textile Manufacturers' Journal thinks that the proposed cut in wages will not bring other than temporary re lief to the print cloth market. It will say editorially tomorrow morning: '"It is doubtful if the reduction makes possible the marketing of one yard more of goods, and it is doubtful whether this reduction will make possible a larger margin of profit. Price reductions may come as a consequence of the wage reduction. Manufacturers seldom re tain any benefit from special advan tages; the buyer is usually the benefi ciary . Stacks of Congratulations Richmond, Va., Aug. 16. Attorney General Montague has received stacks of congratulatory telegrams on his nomi nation for governor. D. B. Hill of New Aork said: "I congratulate you and the Democrats of Virginia on your nomina tion." The Republicans will put up a State ticket at Roanoke on the 21st. Mon tague will take the stump in September and make a brilliant canvass . ' Peaceful American Victory London, Angust 17. A dispatch to the Dailv Mail from Geneva says that the American coal syndicate' has ousted English coal from the Swiss market. The syndicate is confident that it will obtain a monopoly soon. P Goldsboro Triumphs on the Grounds at Fremont BOTH SIDES HIT HARD Post Representative Takes Observations While Wait ing for the Game to Begin. Farming and Business Goldsboro, N. C, August 16 Spe cial. While waiting at Fremont this afternoon to see the ball game between Goldsboro and Fremont the Fost cor respondent could not fail to notice some improvements that have been made and that are being made in that hustling "town. It is situated amid one of the most fertile spots in Wayne county, and the people of the town as well as the surrounding country depend upon agri cultural pursuits for a livelihood. Cor ton and tobacco are the money - cr-ms. On a great many farms adjacent to the town it is no strange thing to pruuiice bale of cotton to the acre, and the farmer who does not do as much is not put down as of much force in the com munity. Even this year, with all th- wet weather, a great many farmers will pick a bale to the acre-. Tobacco is cul tivated extensively and is marketed in Goldsboro and "Wilson, while the bulk of the cotton crop is sold right in the town, where there are several buyers. There has recently leen organized a bank, which is now in full operation with Mr. Cutlar Leo as cashier. In the town there are several stores which do a general merchandise business. There are two drug stores and a good school, which will open the fall session about the 1st of September.." However, it was not the farmers th? business men, the profession or the peo ple which carried us to Fremont. It was the base ball game which was played there this, afternoon. Fremont came to Goldsboro last Tuesday ami were defeated by a score of 7 to 3. They were anxious to redeem their repu tation, and with that end in view they invited the Goldsboro team to go to their town today and give them a trial on their grounds and with their own people as spectators to give them sup port. The game was called at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the battle was waged with varying fortunes for an hour and a half. If was a contest for the Wayne county" pennant. and .no effort was withheld that would count for any thing. Each side pushed their best men forward. The scale could have been turned at most any stage of the game, and the visitors that are now so loudly joieing could easily have been the dis nsolate vanquished. At the hegun g of the seventh inning the scale was fined when the score stood 5 t 2 in irivor of Fremont. Then it was that events transpire" mat were of great moment. Goldsboro went to the bat and made four more runs and won the championship of the county. This was the '"blow tnar Kiiieu lather, so to speak. Fremont never rallied again. Goldsboro made another run an the eighth tnd made the victory certain. The whoV game was a batting contest from lK--kining to .end. Roth sides hit the bill and hit if haul. It was not a nitchers' battle by my means. The excellent fielding on both sides prevented a much larger score. The following is the line-up: pjjj3M"OXT. Whitlev, p.; Watson, s. s.: Brake. 1. f.; Horne c. f : Daily, r. f.: Short, 1st h. Gorham, 2d b.; , Robertson, 3d b.; Hooks, c. (GOLDSBORO. . Cohn A., ?d ' Chn M" lst el rton T 2d b.: Yelverton, L., s. s.; Peacock, c. f.; Ki-ng, c ; Sasser, 1. S. BaSS, p. cu-V nut hv Ttnoo V- Summary.---'-- y 1 18 1 II fir 7 7 BaseV on balls, by Bass 1 by horo 4. Umpire, L. V. uooks. . UK H I Schley in Consultation With His Lawyers . POINTS TALKED OVER The Story of Santiago Recit ed by the Admiral Another Conference to Be Held Next Monday. "Washington, August 1G. Admiral Schley with his counsel, today at the Shoreham Hotel, went over for the first time the preliminary steps in the preparation of his case before the court of inquiry, which will cenvene in this city September 12. The conference of the admiral and his attorneys was held shortly before 11 o'clock, in the suite of rooms occupied by udge Jere M. Wilson, at the Shoreham, and there were present Admiral Schley, Judge Wilson, Isidor Rayner, attorney general of Maryland, Captain James Barker and M. A. Tcague, a friends of the ad miral. Arrangements for the conference between Admiral Schley and his coun sel were made several days ago. The attorneys as well as the admiral were reticent in regard to the matters con sidered or action taken at the meet ing, which lasted for some time. Admiral Schley has left the entire conduct of the case to his counsel. He will give them all the assistance in his power, but Avill offer very few sugges tions and little advice. The admiral amse early this morn ing at the Arlington, where he is still stopping with Mrs. Schley. He was rested after his trip from New York and breakfasted early, his apetite be ing excellent. He read the morning pa pers until about 10 o'clock when he received a call from Judge Wison who returned to Washington from the north last night. A consultation was held between the two which lasted for twen ty minutes. Shortly before 10:30 o'clock a tele phone message was received from Mr. Rayner, who is registered at the Shore ham. stating that he had. arrived from Baltimore. In accordance with the plan agreed upon. Admiral Schley, accom panied by Judge Wilson, left the Arling ton for the Shoreham to hold the first consultation with his counsel. The admiral walked the distance be tween the two hotels. He was recog nized by a few persons and greeted cor dially. At the Shoreham the admiral and Mr. Ilayner met. Admiral Schley was greatly pleased to see his old friend or the Baltimore bar and chatted pleas antly with him. In the parlors of the hostelry Judge Wilson, Mr. Rayner and the admiral were joined by Mr. Teague. The gentlemen engaged in earnest con versation for nearly half an hour. At 11 o'clock the party repaired to the suite of rooms occupied by Judge Wilson, where they were later joined by Captain Parker, who will r.ssist in looking after the interests of Admiral Schley before the court of inquiry. The conference lasted nearly threes hours. After an informal discussion Admiral Schley made a statement df bis part in the naval operations before Santiago. His recital of the situation from beginning to end, to which the most careful attention was paid by his coun sel, was complete and full in every par ticular and detail. He went over the ground thoroughly, and not the smallest point was omitted. The precept for the court of inquiry was taken up paragraph by paragraph and fully discussed. Admiral Schley's attorneys are confi dent of the outcome of the court of in quiry. Mr. Rayner left the conference shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon, by which time it was supposed that the important work under consideration hid been finished. He left the city for Bal timore this afternoon, but will return to Washington later. Admiral Schley and his counsel will hold a second consultation Monday morning at the office of Judge Wilson. Up to a late hour this afternoon Ad miral Schley had not had an opportu nity to call at the Navy Department. Neither the acting secretary nor Rear Admiral Crowninshield has as yet seen him. It is the practice of naval offi cers to report to the Navy Department upon coming to Washington. A register is kept in which they en ter their names, the cans. which brings them here, how long they anticipate re maining, and their address while in thi city. The regulations of the deoai-t-ment do not require that an officer .should report in person, but permit him to make his presence known by letter. In case Admiral Schley does not desire to go to the department he will doubt less takp this means of formally advis ing his superior officers that he is in Washington. The register at the depart ment does not show that Admiral Dew ey registered upon his return from Ma nila. It is thought probable that Admi ral Schley will at a convenient time call noon the acting secretary, Frank W. ITackett. at the department. Captain Parker was at the Navy De partment for a short time this morning, looking over records in Secretary Long's office, and later he went to the office of the Bureau of Intelligence. There were some matters upon which he wished to inform himself before meeting in con ference with Admiral Schley and the ' other counsel in the case. mil Improvement Noted in Tone and Demand. CROPS IN THE WEST Yield Will Be Fair and Prices Higher Cotton Improved by Recent Rains Bank Clearings Failures New York, Aug. 16. Bradstreet's re view of the state of trade tomorrow will say: An improvement alike an tone and in demand is noted in trade circles this week, and fall trade may be said to have opened actively. While the most opti mistic reports come from the North west, several large markets in the corn belt send more cheerful reports, based partially upon a still further improve ment in crop conditions, but likewise the result of the growth of a feeling that while the yields of most crops are smaller than last year, the prices paid for the same will be higher and the purchasing power of the agricultural community as a whole will be little im paired. Advances in wheat, corn, oats and hog products support this view. Weather and crop conditions in the Northwest combine to give that section specially generous yields and to stimu late jobbing demands in nearly all lines. Good crops in the Pacific Northwest are also reported and the outlook for fall trade in that section is a cheerful one, the only flaw at present being the strike confronting the shipping interests at San Francisco. Fresh vegetables ana fruits and country produce aTe scarce and high in price, and canned goods also tend higher. Southern trade advices are marred by damage inflicted by the severe storm of .. Wednesday and Thursday, which appears to have hurt the Louisi ana rice crop severely, but it is not thought to have hurt sugar or cotton very much. Timely rams have improved cotton in the Mississippi volley, and ad vices from the South Atlantic States are of a heavy yield. Stock market prices improved this week and were not materially affected by the extension of the steel strike to some Illinois plants. The industrial sit uation, if -not better as regards the steel strike, is certainly no worse, although there is talk of a strike of print-cloth mill employes at Fall-Hirer because of a reduction in wages. In other lines business is good. Rail way gross earnings for the first week of August show a gain of 11.4 per cent over last year, which points to the in crease of 13.3 per cent on roads for July being maintained in the current month. Bank eJearines for the week aggre gate .$1,645,729,330, a decrease of lo per cent from last week, a gain of 30 per cent over this week a year ago, and an increase of 8.6 per cent over the corresponding week in 1800. Outside of New York, clearings for the week are 7 ner cent smaller than those of last week, but lo per cent heavier than in this week a year ago. Business failures number 18. as against 18." last week, 168 in this week a rear ago, 172 in 18S9, 195 in 1898, nr,A 221 in 1897. Failures in Canada Tiumber 25, as against 29 last week, 24 in this week a year ago, and ' in its:r.. Struck by an Engine Charlotte. N. C. August 16. Special. Cnnr. M. R. Land, running between Greenville and Atlanta, was killed last night at Mt. Airy, Ga., by beins knocked from a cab platform by an en gine approaching from" the rear to as sist the train on an up-grade. Captain Land died instantly. Post Office Notes Washington, August 16. Special. A new post office has been established at Topsy, Gates county, Dempsey S. Harrell, as postmaster. Fostmasters appointed: Norwood, Stanly county, M. J. Lee, vice R. D. Lee. removed; Randall, Rowan county. I. E. Whii. Vice A. R. Walter, re signed. S Boer Camp Surprised Cape Town. August 1G. A small col umn of the Duke of Edinburgh's second volunteers and the second Welsh mount ed infantry have made a forced march from Prieska, Cape Colony, and sur prised a Boer camp at Middle Puth (Middle Drift). The Boers fled dis mounted in the darkness and abandoned everything, including eighty-six horses and a large quantity of ammunition. Eight colonial rebels were cantured. A portion of the Boer force which occupied a neighboring kopje, opened fire on the British. The fire was returned and the fighting lasted until dawn. Two British soldiers were wounded. The Boer cas ualties are unknown. TRIAL AT R0XB0R0 Argument in the Lee Case Begun Yesterday 'Durham, N. C, August 16. Special. Person county court, in session at Rox boro, convened Monday, Judge Shaw presiding. A very important ease is the damage suit of Lee, administrator ' of Sidney Lee, who was killed here by a yard engine on the Seaboard road last December. The amount of damages asked is twenty-five thousand dollars. The defendant is represented by Messrs. Fuller and Winston, of this city, and the plaintiff by Congressman W. W. and A. P. Kitchin. Today's session of the court was taken up in hearing evi dence in the case. Argument was be gun late this afternoon. The case will be given to the jury some time tomor row. The facts in this case have al ready been stated in this correspond- ence. 1 oung Lee came to Durham with his father last winter and went to the railroad, and was standing on the Sea board track looking at a train on the. Southern road, when a yard engine of the Seaboard ran over and instantly killed him. Among those attending the trial from Durham are Messrs. Fuller and Winston, Mr. S. II. Reams, agent of the Seaboard here. aid Mr. J. Frank Maddry, the well known newspaper man. The third day's session of Durham county teachers' institute, held today, was largely attended by teachers of the cunty. Prof. Claxton, who is con ducting the session, made a very inter esting talk this morning on mathematics. Just before the morning session closed he made a very good talk on school gov ernment. The session closed today. It has been a very profitable one and has been largely attended. Balance Sheet for One Day Washington, August 16. The receiDts of the government today, according to the treasury statement, reached the sum of $1,717,303.15, and consisted of customs, $798,772.79; internal revenue. $889,503.52; miscellaneous, $2S,963.86. The. expenditures amounted to $1,355, 000, leaving a balance of 'receiots over disbursements amounting to $362,303.17. II IE War of Words Precedes the Clash of Arms CONSULS HAVE A SAY Venezuela and Colombia on the Verge of a Bloody Con flict Compliments Ex changed Across Seas . New York, Angust 16. The breach in the relations between Venezuela and Colombia has reached the stage where the consular and diplomatic representa tives of the two countries discuss frvcly the cause of the troubles which are expected to culminate in war. Heretofore Colonel E. Gonzales Es teves, consul general of Venezuela, has maintained the silence of the sphinx. He would give out only. such informa tion as President Castro sent by cable. Today, however, he said to a reporter: "Colombian officials have been busy discrediting the report that the recent jnvasion of Venezuelan territory was made by a Colombian army. In an swer to these denials the significant fact might be pointed out that Senor Her ran, Colombia's charge d'affaires in Washington, has not yet contradicted the reports of his government's partici pation in the invasion nor the presence of General Gonzales Valencial, the for mer Colombian minister of war, on the Venezuelan frontier. But there are more convincing proofs than this merely circumstantial evidence. The Caracas government has been officially informed by the commander cf our army in San Cristobal that among the troops that invaded Venezuela were the Colombian battalions Sucre. Bombona, Giraldar. Veneedostre, Teneriffe and seven more, commanded by government officers. My advices also say that the dead, wounded and captured wore the uniforms of the Colombian army. The authorities on the frontier have ordered a close investiga tion and it is expected that it will yield some further telling evidence of Colom bia's complicity in the two unsuccessful raids on our territory" Senor J. R. Calderon, Colombian con sul general in Loudon, according to-a cable dispatch, said recently that the Venezuelan president was to blame for everything and called him a "liar." Se ror Gonzales Esteves said of this: "I am surprised at the terms employed by Senor Calderon. Personal, attacks are i!ot generally considered proper when something like three thousand miles sep arate the critic from the object of his criticisms." Senor Thomas Herran, Colombian charge d'affaires at Washington, is in this city awaiting the arrival of his family from Colombia. He did not ap pear at all optimistic today when asked about the hovering war cloud. He said: "1 have no late news from my govern ment. It does seem ns though relations between Venezuela and Colombia are strained, but so far as I know there has been no declaration of war. No, I can not make prediction for ..the future. There is not the slightest doubt that Venezuela has given aid to the rebels in Colombia." Then .the Colombian charge added, significantly: "We have an army of for ty thousand well trained "soldiers who have been seasoned by a year and a half of fighting against the revolution. This number can quickly be doubled." Putting on Style London, Aug. 16. The German Crown Prince Frederick William arrived here today, accompanied by Colonel Pritzel witz and Count Metternich. He has a suite of ten rooms at the Carlton. The prince will go to Scotland later on. lift I What the Dawn Revealed ai New Orleans COSTLY WORKS RUINED Mobile Under Wafer and Alf Traffic Suspended Grea Damage From the -Stern in Other States New Orleans, Aug. 16. With tb breaking of day the complete wreck o the city's big Tevetment levee, built U retain the waters of Lake Ponchartrain became apparent. The work oir whicl the city spent over one million dollars, with the bath and summer houses ana pavilions, which, were until yesterdaj the pleasure resort of thousands, it strewn about and the west enl of th( city is flooded. Except foT this section the city escaped with eomparatively small damage from the hurricane which prevailed: through out the gulf region yesterday. The city was flooded in various sections. .Large gangs of men were kept constantly at work repairing breaks in the levees, and the pumps were kept going to keep the floods back. At thelake levee it was impossible for the repah- gang to cope with the work of the floods. The effort was at length abandoned and all atten tion was devoted to saving as much prop erty as possible from ruin by the waters. r rom this city the storm centre seems to have passed to Mobile. That city at an early hour this morning was cut off from all outside communication. Tbe floods had risen to the switchboard in the telegTaph office when the last mes sage stopped suddenly. The streets were then running three to four feet deep with the water from the bay, and traffic of all kinds was interrupted. The liver was overflowing the levees, and it was apparent that the worst had not come. Efforts to re-establish communication were begunt at daylight this morning. The path of the storm seems to have extended through Alabama and parts of Mississippi into eastern Tennessee.. Re ports from these regions have been mea gre, owing to the wires in the path of the storm beingncrippled, but all accounts show that great damage has been done. t Ship la th Path of th Storm - Galveston, Tex., August 1G. The ef fects of the gulf storm were not felt on the Texas coast. The Mallory liner Neuces, due from New York Wednes day morning, had not been sighted up to 10 o'clock. She shquld have been ritrht in the path of the hurricane, but her agents feel no alarm for the safety of the vessel. Some anxiety is felt for several tramp steamers which sailed for the continent from this port a few days ago. They are the Cres, for Rotterdam. Alnmere and Penaro. for Havre, and Selma for Hamburg. The Harrison liner. Orion. hence for Liverpool, is also thought to have been caught in the hurricane. Un less these vessels steered south of the nsual course they were right in the hur ricane's track Aleblle Beard From Atlanta, August 16. Communication with Mobile was re-established this morning. It was learned that the water had failen at least four feet since com munication was lost yesterday after noon. At 10.15 o'clock this morning the operator at Mobile said that "no loss of j life had been reported there up to that hour. Shortly after this information had been received wire communication with Mobile was again lost. Dancer Ie Fast Washington, August J6. Chief of the forecast division of the Weather Bureau Garriott today received very little in formation concerning the gnlf coast storm not embodied in the press dis patches. He said that all danger on the gulf coast was now past. The storm is now traveling in a northeasterly di rection, and the indications are that It will follow the Ohio valley. Some little commotion may occur on the Great Laest but the greater part. of -the hur ricane's force is already spent Fresh ets consequent upon .the heavy rains are likely to occur in the mountain districts of Tennessee. National League At Brooklyn: R. H. E. New YoTk 0100 0 0 0001 5 2 Brooklyn 2 0 6 O 0 0 2 0 x 4 8 2 Batteries: Taylor and Warner; Hughes and Farrell. Umpire, Dwyer. At Philadelphia: R. H. E. Boston ....0010000 0 01 8 0 Philadelphia ...010 01001 x 3 0 . 0 Batteries: Willis and Kittridge: Dono hue and McFarlan'd. Umpire, Emslie. American League At Boston: R. II. E. Chicago 01000100 02 I 5 5 Boston 00 03000 3 x G 1 18 1 Batteries: Callahan and Sullivan; Young and Criger. Umpire, Cantillion. At Philadelphia: Jt,: H. E. Milwaukee 001000100 2 8 1 Philadelphia . .3 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 x 10 19 1 Batteries: bparks and Maioney; Bern hard and Powers. Umpire, Sheridan. At Baltimore: R. u. E. Cleveland 00 00 00 00 00 ;" Baltimore . . . . .00 0 0 0 1 00 x1 7 Batteries: Dowling and Woood; Fore man and Bresnahan. Umpire, Connellv. At Washington: R. H. E. Detroit 0 0400001 05 13 2 Washington . ..10000000 01 7 3 Batteries: Yeager and Shaw: Lee and Ciarfc. Umpire, Haskell.
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