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VOL. "VIII.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER 9, 1901
No. 61
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PiainS HOW It WaS UOne
UT HEADS TOGETHER
Navigators of the Squadron
Harmonized Their Conflict
ing Views as Far as Possi
ble and Let It Go at That
Washington', Oct. 8. Commander Rich
nr.l YVaimvright was the chief witness
,. ,. ro the court of inquiry today. He
Vsn:iih'd the official chart of the Navy
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1 Apartment prepared by the associated
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navigators, and saia mat it . , was pre
pai t'l'l after much consultation and discussion,-"
The aim of 'the board of navi
paioTs, he testified, was to reconcile the
.Kileivsces as "harmoniously as possible,
nud that where any dispute arose as
t tlio accuracy of a vessel's position
the battle, the wishes of the navi-jratt.a-
of that particular ship Avere fol
h.wetl. -This made the official chart a
r,..- .i-il'- of estimated) bearings, he said,
rathei- than of known locations at any
eritird. moment.
. The finished map, " Commander Wain
wright testified, represented a compro
niise on the various contiicting views,
n.ine of the navigators agreeing to all
that' the ' chart showed. He said that
iii .'iii' of them were satisfied with the
.-distance - between the Brooklyn and the
Texas, unless it wns the navigator of
the Brooklyn, and he Avas not certain
that Hodgson was satisfied. All of the
navigators,, however, 'signed the official
report.
Lieutenant-'Dyson '.also took the stand
sirain today, and an effort was made to
show 'that the Brooklyn's boilers were not
cupjVd up oh the morning of July 11,
an.l that not all of "her engines were
in working order. lie admitted on cross-
examination that the boilers of the New
York were not coupled up. The Brook
lyn made only 14 or 1 knots during
the 'chase. She -made 20 il-l() on her
.trial trip with - all engines and boilers
in use. The Brooklyn was able to make
the necessary speed. All of his esti
mates' as an expert were made from
the. log? of 'the vessels.
Lieutenant. Bristol,, of the Texas, Aas
on the. stand this afternoon. He did
not see the loop of the Brooklyn, and
so was unable to ' make reply to the
question of the court as to -whether
Schley's flagship Avas in danger of be
ing rammed by ajSpanish vessel.
Capt. William M. Folger was again
called to the stand Avhen the court re
sumed its sitting this morning. He was
asked by the judge advocate in regard to
a conversation he had Avith Commodore
Schley at. the blockade of Santiago.
The witness said .'that, toward the eve
ning of May 30 there was a heavy rain
storm, so severe that he feared that
LVrvera . had l gotten out. He said he
went on board the Brooklyn the next day,
thinking it his 'duty to tell Commodore
Schley of his observation on the block
ade maintained by rthe Japanese at Wei
Hai Wei flu ring- the Chino-Japanese, Avar.
Captain Folger sara" he told Schley that
the Japanese maintained a circular block
ade, which he regarded as preferable to
the plan of steaming back and forth
in front, of the harbor. A circular block
ade,, he said, would prevent the enemy
from getting out .without being seen.
He said Schley apparently did not agree
ivith him.
- Lieutenant Commander Hodgson was
recalled to correct his testimonv. He
made a number of verbal corrections in
the printed report of his testimonv, but
did not alter any of the material "facts
In -regard 'to the letter which he had
written applying . various uncomplimen
tary epithets to the editor of the New
York Sun, h said, in explanation to the
court, that , he was sorry that he had
so far lost his temper as to write such
a letter, but that it Avas Avritten under
great provocation. -The witness Avent
on to say in this : regard that what be
especiaHy criticised Avas the charge of
"cowardice against Commodore Schley
in the statement that he had turned
and run to the southward 2.000 yards
away from 'the Spanish vessels.
Commander Wainwright. in his testi
mony describing the various positions of
the vessels during the engagement of
July 3, said:
"When I Avas appointed the board of
navigators had a. chart before them
vhich determined the positions of the
f-hips of the blockading squadron at va
rious times and different periods, start-
GREENSBORO FAIR .
OPENED YESTERDAY
Atten dance , Good
Prominent
Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 8. SpedaL f
The second Central Carolina fair opened
t.Ki, Zl V ai Carolina i j
t'Klay. The attendance was good and
'tne prospects are -fine for a successful
'tne prospects : are -fine for a successful
f;lir. Thp wpnfhpr' is all that could be
!tsire(. In the absence of Gen. J. S
in-. who was detained by business, the
si'l'lVr-sijj" was deliA-ered by State Auditor
1;;on, who spoke eloquently of the
voi 'lerful growth and progress of this
s"f'lion of North Carolina and of Greens
l'oro" in particular, j
The principal attraction today was the
rating, of which there was three events.
ing from the time the Spanish ships
came out to the time when they went
ashore. There was a great deal of
discussion as to their relative positions.'
It Avas impossible to ; get positions by
bearings, and nothing could be gotten
bnt relative positions. The distances
we knew were somewhat incorrect. The
J final decision of the board was to recon-
lcil them as fai as possible. It would
jhave been jmn0sSible to get the' bear-
lings even if we had had a correct Chart.
The chart Avhich we adopted gives a
ships during the different periods of the
battle.
Q. How were opinions in regard- to
differences of bearings and range recon
ciled:1 A. So far as practicable, when there
was any difference Ave - took the position
assigned by the navigator of that par
ticular ship. Otherwise it was a matter
of discussion.
Q. As a result all the members of
the board signed the chart as it is?
A. Yes, all the members agreed that
the chart showed the most probable
positions .we could obtain. I will say
further that-' so far as I know none
of. the members of the board were sat
isfied with all the positions.
The witness was cross-examined by
Mr. Rayner. In answer to the latter's
j qUestions he said ,that the positions
lour ships when the Spanish vessels ca
or
came
' . e U.vkViaii wio nnif fl Vil 1 ell oH
out of the narnor was not estaonsnea
by known bearings,, but by estimated
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In answer to "a question from Captain
Lemly the witness said that the chart
was drafted as a compromise. None
of the navigators agreed to fta of the
positions and distances! which it sho v 1.
Lieutenant Bristol, the watch othcer
of the Texas,' in the course of his tes
timony, described the positions of the
Texas, the 'Brooklyn and the Iowa at
the time the Spanish ships came out
and the movements of the Texas.
The witness did not see the loop of
the Brooklyn. In the chase he said the
Brooklyn was in the lead, AA'ith the
Oregon nearest to hcr.
The inquiry continued without mate
rial change in the testimony heretofore
produced. During Lieutenant Britsol's
testimony there were some remarks to
enliven the seriousness of the proceed
ings. Mr. Rayner referred to the Cien
fuegos blockade in one of his questions.
" I don't call rt a blockade," said Lieu
tennnt Bristol. -
"What do you. call it?" Mr. Rayner
asked.
A. We were just lying off the port.
Anything could haA-e come in and gone,
cut at night without our seeing it, un
less it came Aery close to us.
Another jump Avas made to Santiago.
Mr. Rayner referred to it. Bristol's
previous testimony AAas that the block
ading A-essols went '3$. miles toone side
ophe harbor entrance and fiVe mill's
on the other side in patrolling at- night.
"Did they go farther west than Ca
banas'?" asked Mr. Rayner.
"Yes," said 1 the witness with em
phasis. . .
"Did they go farther east than Agu
adores?" ; f : .' :
"Yes," With greater emphasis.
Mr. Hanna objected to the practice
of Mr. Rayner in reading to the witness
the statements of other AA'itnesses to
show that they disagreed with him, and
Mr. Rayner responded with reference
to Mr. Hanna' as '"my learned and sol
emn friend," and Avithdrew the question
relating to Captain Folger's testimony
that the' blockading ships did not go as
far to en-ch side of the harbor as Lieu
tenant Bristol has estimated.
Judge Advocate -Lemly protested
against "left-handed compliments being
thrown." They were entirely uiiusnal
in courts martial, although they might
be common elsewhere, he said.
Mr. Rayner. I-withdraAv my question.
I don't think that my brother (Mr.
Hanna) objected to my remark.
'But I do," the judge .advocate ex
claimed, ,Avith emphasis on the personal
pronoun. "You called Mr. Hanna 'your
learned and- solemn friend.' "
"I call you funny," Mr. Rayner re
torted. "I do xiot call it a bit funny," the
judge advocate , sent back.
Admiral Dewey interfered here and
showed that he objected to such ex
changes. - ' 5
The court then adjojurned.
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Bruisers Fail to Pony Up
New York, Oct. 8. Information has
been received from San Francisco that
neither (Jus Ruhlin nor Jim Jeffries has
posted $2,500 lis- a forfeit with Harry
Corbett, Avho has been chosen as finan
cial stake-hoLder- for their coming con
test, AA-hich is' to be decided before the
Twentieth Century. Athletic Club in San
Francisco, November 15. Corbett states
that he has done all in his poAver to
get the, men to post their money, but
without success. He further saAs that
wf the forfeits are not forthcoming with
in ten days he Avill complain to the club.
and the Races
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The 2:27 class, trotting and pacing,
fora purse of .$300, was AVon by Or -
owned by J. H. Morrow, 5n
hree straight heat J Time: 2:26, 2:261,
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uigle Boy, owned by. C. D. Carter, of imd(le on 4he ground that the books con
Menden, Miss., m the 2:40. class, for a ;tain pictorial representations of United
purse of $250, . won in three straight States coins, and this is a technical
heats. Time: 2:34, 2:341, 2:30. jA-i6lation of the lawsvagainst counter-
Running race, five-eighths of a mile, 'fating. The publishing house maintains
best two in three, was won by Miss jat the spirit of the law has not been
t i (s Q.n,: violated and that the pictures are neces-
Loving, owned by . C. Augelking, of gary for instruction of the Filipino
Richmond. Time: 1:09, 1:08. IchUdren. The subject will be consid-
rThe races tomorrow will be very ex-Vied b Secretary Gage upon his return
citing. from his vacation.
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Deas Writes a Hot Letter .to
Senator Hanna
HE KNOWS HIS BIGHTS
At .Least He Thinks He Does
and Intends to Maintain
Them Indignantly Re
sents Hanna'sOfflciousness
Washington, Oct. 8. It is very evi
dent that in the South the colored man
.s already feeling somewhat hurt at
the steps that are being taken to rele
gate him to the rear in political im
portance. One evidence of this is illus
trated in a letter, from E. H. Deas, a
colored man, Avho signs himself Chair
man of the Republican State ExecutiA-e
Committee of South Carolina and Mem
ber of the National Committee-elect,
which Deas sent yesterday to Senator
M. A. Hanna at Cleveland, Ohio: ;
"I have just received jour remark
able letter from Cleveland, O., under
date of October 5. The arbitrary steps
AA-hich you have taken to appoint Mr.
John G. Capers to fill the vacancy !on
the National Republican Committee for
the State of South Carolina, occasioned
by the death of Hon. K. A. Webster,
has not only surprised but startled me.
I solemnly protest against this unAvar
ranted interference against the rights
of the Republican executive committee
of the State of South Carolina, and fur
ther I propose to resist your appoint
ment jn everj- legal AA-ay possible. Such
a high-handed proceeding Avill be pre
sented by the committee of which I am
chairman. As a matter of principle I
propose to lead in the movement. I
would like to call your attention to the
precedents already .established in Massa
chusetts, New Jersey, North Dakota
and also, to may personal knoAvledge,
in South Carolina. The loyal Repub
licans of the State will consider the
appointment an outrage." '
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WHITE HOUSE NOTES
The President's Contemplated
Visit to Yale College ,
Washington, Oct. 8. The President to
day announced . the following appoint
ments: -
War Law-rence C. Brown and Mal
colm Young, to be captains in the artil
lery corps.
Navy Clifford II. West, to be a cap
tain in the navy; George II. Stafford,
to be a lieutenant commander; Raymond
Stone, ka be a lieutenant; John M. Hud
gins, Jo be a lieutenant.
Senator Mason called at the White
House ijust as the cabinet was about
to meet today and made an appointment
to see the President later. He expressed
himself as highly pleased with the prog
ress of the senatorial campaign in Illi
nois. President Roosevelt Will leave Wash
ington Monday evening, October -21, for
Xew HaA-en, Conn., where, during the
Yale bi-centenniel exercises October 23,
he will receive the honorary degree of
Uj. 1). from that university. Mrs.
RooLsevelt will not accompany the Presi
dent. 4 ' .
IN A PEASANT'S HOUSE
Miss Stone Not Likely to
Suffer Any Harm
London, Oct. 8. A dispatch from Sofia
says that assurances have been received
by those interested in the release of
Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American mis
sionary, that no harm is likely to befall
her during the month of respite which
her brigand captors have given her.
She is said to be kept a prisoner in
the home of a peasant, not in a cave,
as at first supposed, and she is to be
kept there for another month, Avhile ne
gotiations for the $110,000 ransom 'con
tinue through third parties.
The American consul at Constantino
ple, accompanied by an envoy of . the
missionary society. Missionary Haskell,
Avbo arriA-ed at Sofia October oj Avill
proceed at once to where Miss Stone is
held captive -and deposit the first in
stallment of the ransom.
The suspicion groAvs that the abduc
tion of Miss Stone was inspired by the
Turkish revolutionary society knoAvn as
the Macedonian committee, in the hope
that the United States AA-ould compel
the sultan himself to pay the ransom
and thereby actually contribute to the
fund of his enemies.
CONTRABAND PICTURES
School Books Contained Illus
trations of National Coins
Washington, Oct. 8. Assistant Secre-
'tary of the Treasury Taylor gave a
1 hearing today to a represent
- publishing house Avho compr
!fecret service officers had seh
.lot of school books destine
hearing toaay to a representative of a
dained that
seized a large
lot or scnooi oooks uestineu for use
in tVi Th ilinninou rPli nionrpn c
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All Objections by Caleb Powers
i Turned Down ;
THEWITNESSESCALLEO
If Nothing Unexpected Hap
pens the Trial Will Begin
Today It Is . Expected to
Continue for Three Weeks.
Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 8. The .case
of ex-Seeretary of State Caleb Powers,
Avho is to. be tried a second time for
alleged: complicity in the murder of Wil-
n ri - i i n i x
am Goebel, seem-s likely to come P
at this term of court. Judge Cantrill
called 'the ease today after overruling
the motion bf the defence filing an affi
davit? to' remove him from the bench
on the groririds that he had shown politi
cal rancor, against the defendant during
apd after the. trial which resulted in a
A-erdi;t; of 'guilty and occasioned a "rever
sal by! the appellate court. The judge
also overruled a motion of the defence
to have the case docketed for the Feb
ruary term on the ground that the man
date of the appellate court setting aside
tne judgment and ordenng a neAV rriai
had
not' been properly filed in open!Cared Sunday near rylieid with the
court A motion of the defence for a
continuance tin next AAeeh. nas ui&u
j.r i j ,.;v,
"l l U.CU UHU Hie ClKe .JJlUCecueu uu. .
Abont one-fourth of the fifty old and
twenty-, new.- witnesses were called by
the -commonwealth and answered and
a postponement on motion." of the com
monwealth AA-as granted till tomorrow.
The defendant, PoAA-ers, although bro
ken in j health by his-long, confinement,
is still an' exceptionally handsome and'
intellectual looking man and dresses im
maculately. The trial of the case Avill
occupy the ' full three Aveeks of court,
if indeed it can be finished in that time.
Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Frank
lin is assisted in the prosecution by
Tom Campbell of NeAv York, Col. John
K. Hetidrick of Paducah and B. G.
Williams of Frankfort. The defence
includes.- Judge J. C. Simms, R. C.-'Kin-caid
an;3 Judge Jere Morton.
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EXCURSION RATES STICK
Southern Roads Resist Ap
peals of Trunk Line Men
NeAy
effort
York, Oct. 8. An unsuccessful
jto induce the southern railroads
to stop
issuing excursion tickets betAveen
int commercial centres, north
import
..and south, was made vby the general
passenger agents of the' trunk line rail
roads at a conference in this city today.
The railroads in the Southeastern Pas-
senger
nearly
duced
, Association had in operation
all last winter a round trip re
rate between NeAv Orleans and
NeAV York via "Washington. Although
the trunk lines refused to become a
party I to this, reduction in rates and
exacted full fares betAveen Washington
and NeAv York, the reduced rate Avas
$10 lower than the regular round trip
fare!" between NeAv York and New Or-
lpnS5 .
The I conference torlav was attended
by nearly all' of the members of the
trunk line passenger committee and
three representatives of the southern
roan B. HarclAvick. of the South
ern Railway system, C. L. Stone, of the
Louisville & Nashville, and A. II. Han
sen, ofjjthe Illinois Central. . The trunk
line men asked that the practice of -issuing
excursion tickets betAA-een com
mercial centres either be discontinued
or that such excursion rates be so regu
lated as not to affect regular commer
cial traffic. It AA-as argued that the
making of a reduced rate from New Or
leans to New York by -.way of Washing
ton excited the jealousy' of other inter
mediate competitive points and arous?d
a demand for reduced fares in other di
rections
.The southern railroad men stuck to '
their policy, hoAvever, and it was agreed
to j postpone the discussion until some
future time, Commissioner L. P. Farm
er (beinK authorized in the meantime to
ajipoint a sub-committee from the trunk
lines to take up this matter with tin?
southern committee,
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WATER CASES SETTLED
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Plaintiffs Accept $4,000 as a
Compromise
.purh.im, N. C, Oct. 8 Special. The
cases Of F. C. Geer and Cox & Chris
tian against -the Durham Water Com
pany Avere compromised this afternoon
b.y the I defendant paying the plaintiffs
$4,000 in settlement of the tAvo suits
and paying all the costs in these cases.
The suits aggregated i?7,S00 and had
been in court nearly four years. Per
petual damages were also asked for.
The suits greAv out of the water com
pany taking water from Eno river in
such o tantities" as to damage the mills
of the plaintiffs. By the compromise
the AA-ater comp-any is relieved from all
claims
in the future.
N
w Minister Received
Washington, Oct. 8. Senor Don Mar
ten Garcia Mercu, the newly appointed
minister to the United States f ronv the
Argentine Republic, was officially re
ceived I by the president at the White
House; at 10 o'clock today. Mr. Roose-
velt extended to tEe new -minister a J
cordial reception. j i
After the ceremonies of introduction
the nsual conventional speeches were
passed, between the envoy and the pres
ident. The Argentine minister referred
particularly .to the recent event that has
caused mourning throughout the Amer
ican republic and President Roosevelt
in j his reply expressed his appreciation
of j the sympathy felt on that sad occa
sion in the Argentine Republic.
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Insane Jealousy's Crime
Savannah, Ga.. Oct. 8. Clara Stuart
early this morning killed her paramour.
Frank Hemingway, at her home in East
McDonough street, and immediately
killed herself. A thirty-two calibre re
volver was used. The woman was in
sanely jealous of the man and left a
note saying that jealousy had led her
to the crime, fehe came to Savannah
some years ago from Syracuse. Hem-
I ingway' wfh0 Tas a lromho.ne pla3"er in
from South Framingham, Mass.
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Louisburg Votes Bonds
Louisburg, N, C, Oct. 8. Special.
An election was held here today upon
lilt? liutrotiuu ui i.?ouium uvyii vo lu iuc
l of $30)000 for ater works and
Average. The Tesult was in favor of
bonds, a majority of the qualified voters
haA'ing voted for same.
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FIGHTS WITH BOERS
Results of Recent Engage
ments Not Reported
London, Oct. 8. General Lord Kitch
ener reports to the War Office todav
that General F. W. Ktichener was en-
; Boers who were trying to move north-
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;vaiu
General Bruce Hamilton was al-
. , . , V,n r-rrVi ore Tl r-a. ! "
: ,ba " ' Jwlber of his own family he could hardly
j suits of these fights have not yet. been jput mQre heart or more energy into it..
reporteu 10 vreueia. xuiu ivneucutfi. iKveryv power of diplomacy is being used
Featherstone Baugh and Methuen are.;for her rescue. We must -thank God
moA-ing against Generals Delarey's and ..'that when President McKinley died there
Kemp's commandos Avhicli have scatter- is in President Roosevelt another man of
ed since the Boer attack on KeckeAvich (G?d who will see that every American
at Moedwill.
n his renort to the war office Gen -
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eral ivitcnener locates nve ioer com- that a raWm ghall be- paid but that
mandos in Cane Colony. These, he wi1 not close the illcident It will be
says, are being pursued by. British col-. but the beginning of the chapter."
umns and are engaged almost daily, al- j At the, evening session President Ca
though the fights haA-e not resulted de-' pen presented -to the board on behalf
cisiA-ely in any of the instances. of the prudential committee a report on
"Mn his weekly report to the war office. Miss Stone's case. The report in part
dated at Pretoria yesterday. General .g neccs to g that th
Kitchener says that since bis last re- have been " days of " deep anxiety for the
port 50 Boers have been killed. officers of the board. The committee
wounded, 244 taken-prisoners, and tnere
have. been sixty surrenders.
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CHARGED WITH TREASON
Hearing of the Case of Dr.
Krause in a London Court
of hich treason in communicating With
the Boers.
rrkA.niiKlin nrncnintnr nn'nlipd to have
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; Dr. Krause- committed to jail until ne
! could be sent back to the Transvaal
for trial. v Tin; prosecutor claimed that
Dr. Krause Ams engaged in a treason
able conspiracy while he was on-parole
r in England by writing to Dr. Leyds, the
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European apeni ui i, u V',
municating with the Boers through his
colleague, ui. i-iuaMm, , r v
cently shot at Pretoria after being con
victed of treason.
The' prosecutor charged that Krause
used the names respectively, of William
son and Brooks for Dr. Leyds and
Broecksxna,' and referred to "medicine"
and "coffee" when he meant ammuni
tion for the Boers.
Uneventful Cabinet Meeting
Washington, Oct. 8. The cabinet
meeting today, AA-hich was attended by
only four members of that body At
torneyGeneral Knox, Postmaster Gen
eral Smith, Secretaries Hitchcock and.
Wilson was barren of noteworthy fea
tures. As usual. President BooseA'elt
desired detailed information respecting
the various departments
The trans-Pacific cable question was
not touched upon, nor was the subject
of reciprocity or that of the Cuban elec
tion law. The cable matter will come
up for consideration fit the Cabinet
meeting Friday, when the attorney gen-,
eral will submit a report bearing on the
1 London Oct. 8. Great interest was safety of any and every American citi
1 diplaved in Bow Street' Police court zcn. Recognizing the full : gravity of
V tha'nKuv nf Dr Krauze for-i the situation, the committee without a
today in the eaof vote "decided that it had no
merly gOA-ernor of Johani.esbuig, wn ransom ,aua establish a
line nppn in ihji uuit? nixie vi
precedents respecting the grant ng of himself, so tnat nis iraua woum not
landing rights to priA-ate corporations.' J be discovered.
HARD FIGHT WITH
L)E VG URI NQ FLAMES
Blocks Swept and a Los of
Half a Million Dollars
Two
Chicago, Oct. 8. Fire which broke out
it 3-15 o'clock this morning at the cor
ner of Green and ; Washington streets,
on the west side, caused a loss of $300,
000 and the destruction of a score of
building. The -fire started in the Mc
Mlhon biscuit factory, whichww con
snmed, cauang a loss of $200,000. It
Sl)read from there to the stables of
the Brewer & Hoffman Brewing Com
nanv which were entirely destroyed,
entailing a loss of $S0,000. From there
it snread to a row of frame residences,
extending from 180 to 192 Washington
Brigands in Position to En
force Their Terms
ONLY THE FIRST STEP
President Roosevelt Deter-
mined to Protect the Rights
and Persons of Americans
in AN Quarters of the Globe
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 8. PaTsoa's The
atre was filled .this afternoon at the
opening session of the annual meeting
of the American Board of Missions.
The case of Miss Ellen M. Stone, the
missionary, now in the hands of -the
brigands, was referred to several times
during the day. In replying to ' the ad
dress of welcome by Rev. Dr. EdAvin
B. Parker of the South Gongregational
Church, this city, President Samuel B.
Capen said:
"We are in great anxiety over the
fate of Miss Ellen M. Stone, so greatly
beloved, who js today in the hands of
the bandits AAith the sentence of deaths
hanging over her. It is a comfort in
our tears to knpAv that our government .
is doing everything that possibly can
be done for her -rescue. Last. Saturday
Secretary Smith" and myself met Presi
dent Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary
A-dee m "conference over this matter.
"The President . has made this case
his own. If Miss Stone were a mem--
(miliary unuer me nag or ine stars
ind stripes shall hve the fullest poss
ble protection. It mav be necessarv
came together and considered the situa-
tton thoroughly.- On the one side was
tlje life of a dearly beloved' missionary;
on the'. otber-Sl(le"was the fact that if
we yielded to this demand for ransom
it was putting a preniium oh the life
of. every missionary of the bo-ard and not
of our board only, but the missionaries
of every society in the world. The ques
tion was even broader than the case of
missionaries; it practically concerned the
k,,.. -r.-'i-.v. i,-nl(1 Ko euro t.n he flnn-
i n all th e future."
Thp renort then deals AA-ith the confer-
Pi-noulont llnnsipvplt last Sat-
, t. iH. t; 1 L 11 XJ. O I v v. iii, - " "
urdav forenoon, and continues:'
"The friends of. the board and the
whole rtation can be assured that every
thing is being done to further the re
covery of Miss Stone. The heart and
the persistence of the President, in this
effort were most significant. They as
sured us that apparently at the moment
th nnlv nracticable method to secure
her life was to have the funds promptly
at hand to p-ay the 'ransom. It was
evidently the positive conviction of the
government that this step was the first
step to be taken. But it ought to be
clearly understood that this is but one
step" that Avhen she is released there will
be a' vigorous attempt not only to secure
the return of the money, but further
more, to bring about such conditions that
such an occurrence shall v not be possi
ble in the future. No one doubts that
our government, as at present " organ
ized. AA'ill not drop this matter until the
rights of American citizenship are estab
lished. ,
Treasurer Block's Shortage
Cleveland, Oct. 8. -According to Sec
retary J. B. Livingstone, of the Guar
antee Savings and Loan Company, the
shortage of Treasurer J. A. Blodt, who
committed suicide a week ago, will be
oA'er $200,000. According to the official
statement it was found that in addition
to Blodt being $50,000 short he had
made pretended loans on Aacant lots
Avhich were represented as having houses
on them aggregating $200,000. Blodt's
plan Avas to pay the dues on these loans
street, all of which were burned.
The large flat building at the corner
of Green and-Randolph streets caught j
fire from the flying sparks and special'
engines were sent to extinguish it. A
panic followed in the building,-but no
body was hurt. About 4 , o'clock the
south wall of the biscuit factory fell
in, the flames rushed out and consumed
the buildings from 54 to 58 Green street.
Two blocks were swept - by the fire
and the entire neighborhood was threat
ened until after 4 o'clock, when the
department got the fire under control. ,
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