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J MORM Post. ! HE VOL. VIII. RALEIGH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER j 10, 1901 No. 64 n .must : . Schuetz on the Report Board of Navigators was aOgseement ; ' Sampson Again Requests Per mission to Be Represented by Counsel and is Again Refused for Reasons First Given Washington, Oct. 10. The sessions of tho Schley court of inquiry at the navy vnrd today were occupied almost en tirely with ithe testimony of witnesses in repudiation of the chart showing the lo cation of the battleships in the Santiago fizht. The usual routine questions jeQ in each case to this much discussed map, vrhieh was thoroughly discredited. During the moruing session , of the tourt the testimony developed no sensa tional features. Lieutenant Leiper con tinued his statements, the chief feature 'if which was his contradiction of the evidence of Captain Folger, who was Aw command of the vessel on which the witness served, in regard to the results of the reconnoissance and the distances which the fleet had- patrolled ; east and we?t of Santiago harbor. Lieutenant Commander Schuetz, who was" one of the board of navigators who platted the positions of the vessels dur ing the battle off Santiago, was another .witness today. He admitted that the chart was inaccurate and said he had signed under protest. Pie declared that he had been persuaded to do so by Com mander Wainwright of the Gloucester in order that an agreement might be reached upon the spot. Lieutenant Mark Bristol, while on the stand to correct his testimony, took fur- j ther .occasion to-uisaggree with the re- p-Tts of officers "concerning the value of the "' stadimeter. He preferred his own personal experiences, he declared, to any investigations made by other officers and submitted to the Navy Department as offidal reports on the instrument and its reliability. . Lieutenant Commander Templin M. Ports, the. naval officer who insinuated yesterday 'that Admiral Schley was a envard. was called to the witness stand when the court convened this, "morning lie was' given an opportunity to correct his testimony if he so desired. He had no important changes to make, and his evidence against Schley was allowed to remain, practically as it was recorded yesterday. Lieutenant Edward F. Leiper, the watch officer of the New ' Orleans, was then recalled. He was upon the stand when adjournment was taken yesterday. Lieutenant Leiper being questioned- by Judge Advocate Lemly described the blockade off Santiago. He said the ves sels were nearly the game distance off ly ingot as oy nay ami amrming tniS in his cross examination. Mr. Rayner, ! the counsel, read from the testimony of Captain Folger. of the New Orleans, in which the latter said that at night the vessels, moved in somewhat '.nearer the shore than, the -position they had occu pied during the day time. Mr. Rayner asked if he could agree with Captain Folger. The witness said as a fleet he did no SHROUDED Double Tragedy in Dead of New York, Oct. 10. Mystery shrouds t& motive of a Brooklyn tragedy, the climax of which was the shooting of the daughter of a wealthy dry-goods mer chant in her room in an aristocratic neighborhood and the suicide of the man who shot her, early this morning. The victim is Mrs. Lucy H. Carroll, ..daughter of "Charles Kornder, whose plnce of business is at Fulton street and Cnrleton avenue. The house where the shooting occurred is at- 7G South LTiiott riaee.. The man who fired three shots into Mr?. Carroll's right side and left arm n.nd who afterward sent a bullet through h-s own brains was Captain John B.Nel son, former commander of a United States transport, who was-a friend of tho family and the messenger who brou ght letters for Mrs. Carroll from her husband, who is assigned to duty In the Philippines with the engineer corps. r " To the police, at first, the injured wo tnan' and her parents denied all knowl edge of the assailant. Subsequently, when his picture was found on the man tel of Mrs. Carroll's room and letters from him were discovered among her effects, they admitted that he had been received at the house -as a guest. They snid.he had last called three days aio. How he got into the house early this morning they claim not to know. The father's story of the shoting fol lows: "I was awakened at 4 o'clock this morning hy the sounds of pistol shots and the screams of my daughter, who slept in a rear room on the parlor floor. M.v wife and I rushed dwn stairs and into the room, where my daughter was still screaming for help We found her bleeding, on the bj?d, j remember that the vessels moved in ! closer to the shore at night, although the New Orleans did move hi one-fourth or one-half mile to take her correct position in the. column. The total distance which the vessel sit earned east and west was not imore than eight miles; it was probably lews. The minimum distance was six 'and and .one-half or, seven miles. -j." I Lieutenant Commander Scheutz, nayi-u- gating officer of the: Iowa" concerning his assertion that the-ehart platting the positions of the vessels during the mattle oft Santiago and his signature to the re port upder protest, was cross examined by Mr. Rayner, as follows: Q. You say you signed the report' of the board of navigators under protest; it that right? A I did. , Q. Why did yoii sign a report (that was wrong ? Why did you nQt state to the board: This chart us wrong and I will not sign it? A. I did. Q. Then why did you sign it? A. I was persuaded to do so by the other officers. We wanted to come to mi agreement and this was the best" we could do. Q. Then this chart -was signed for the purpose of. coming to an agreemenr, rather than to show accurate results? A. There never was a chart prepar ed of any battle in the history of the world, which was drawn accurately. .Mr. Kayner I do not know about tlio great battles of the world. Witness Well, I do (laughter.) Lieutenant Commander A. W. Grant, I senior watcn omeer or me Jiassacnu- setts was called. He described the ar rival of the Massachusetts at Cienfue gos. Q. Did you hear the firing of any guns on the morning of your arrival off Cienfuegos? A. (Emphatically) I did not. Q. Did you hear any guns in the di rection of Cienfuegos that evening? A. No sir. The witness further said . in i answer t othe question of the judge j advocate, that there were no instruc tions to the squadron as to what was ' to he done in case the enemy suddenly came out of Cienfuegos. Q. Was anything done to destroy the batteries at Cienfuegos or to 'prevent i their completion? A. Nothing to my knowledge. Stayton. the New York attorney, who some time ago asked to be allowed to represent Hear' Admiral Sampson be fore the Schley court of inquiry, and whose request was denied by the court, today again -asked "to be allowed to ap- pear. Mr. Stayton declared in his applica tion that in the course of the testimony given before the court of inquiry covert attacks had been made uponTtear Ad miral Sampson under the name of argu ment but nevertheless he said they have been given great currency and are em bedid in the record to remain on the Jlesof " the- Navy Department Ji ' The request was again denied by Ad miral Dewey on the ground that Rear Admiral Sampson is not an interested party in the case and is not Iherefore entitled to appear as such either in iverson or by counsel. -., ' S- Walking Match Horrors Philadelphia, Oct. 10 The six days go as you please race at the Industrial Hall has developed all the unpleasant features of similar contests. Onrtwright is leading with 340 miles to his credit, and five others have passed the three hundred mile mark. Every one of these men has been out of his mind at inter vals during the last twelve houra They cry out that it is raining or that the track is covered with pins. It is more than probable that the police will inter fere in the contest. IN flYSTERY Brooklyn in the Night suffering from three wounds, one in the left arm and two in the right side. Beside the bed, on the floor was stretch ed the bodyof Captain Nelson. He was dead, having shot himself through the right temple. The police had been at tracted by the screams of Mrs. Car rod and a call to the Brooklyn hosoital brought an ambulance. We are told my daughter will probably survive her wounds." Mrs. Carroll's husband was formerly in the dry goods business in Brooklyn. He failed two years ago. Carroll went to the Klondike soon after his-business reverses. He aid not succeed there .md drifted back to San Francisco. There he joined the engineer corps and went to the Philippines, where he has since been stationed. He met Nelson on the transport on wheih he sailed to Manila. They became close friends and Car roll gave him letters of introduction to his family and his '. wife. ' Nelson has since acted as messenger in the trans mission of letters and: relies from the absent husband of his victim, calling the Kornder house every time his shm was in thisfport. The police have learned this afternoon that Nelson, or Neilson, was engaged to marry "a young woman in Washington and that he corresponded with her fre quently. Washington, Oct. 10. At the War De partment today it was said that the name of John B. Nelson did not appear on the records. A thorough search of the lists in the quartermaster general's department was made and failed to dis close the existence of any "Captain John TT Nelson." It was stated that there ilS no man naiuru uoiu-" -"o eu- gineer corps in the Philippines. October Average is the Low est Ever Recorded GAIN DURING MONTH Condition of Tobacco Shows Great Variations in Differ ent Sections Sweet Pota tos Show Differences Washington, Oct. 10. The; monthly report of the statistician of the Depart- I i' ment of Agriculture shows the average condition of corn October 1 to have been 52.1 as compared with 51.7 last month, 78.2 October 1, 1900, 82.7 at the corresponding date in 1809, and 81.8, the mean of October averages of the last ten years. The reports from Indi ana, Iliino-is, Missouri, Kansas and Ne braska are more favorable by 2 points, those from Ohio by 3 points, and those from Iowa by 4 points than the reports received from these States last month. On the other hand, with the-exception of Texas, where there is no apprecia ble change of condition, the entire South reports somewhat lower averages than September 1, there being a de crease of 2 points in North Carolina and Louisiana, 3 in Mississippi and Ar kansas, 4 in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama, 5 in Virginia and Tennessee, and 7 in Kentucky. The average for the entire country is the lowest October average ever recorded. In the cond'tion of tobacco there has been an improvement of 3 points in Virginia and ) Tennessee, 5 jn Maryland, 8 in Kentucky, 10. .in Ohio and 13 in ssouri. There has been a decrease of 1 point in North Carolina. The av erage condition remains about the same as September 1 in Connecticut, Penn sylvania and Wisconsin. As -compared"' with their respective ten year averages, Virginia and Tennessee are 5 points above, Kentucky 7 points above, Penn sylvania and Maryland 12 points above. and Connecticut's noints above. On the other, :.jUnL2Sorttc: Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin ranoT MfefcouriffcrJe Respectively 30, 4, 25 and 43 points below their ten year averages. . As to the condition of sweet potatoes. North Carolina, South Carolina anil New Jersey report one point, Virginia 3 points and Georgia 5 points above their respective averages for a series of years, while Alabama and Florida report one point, Tennessee 2, Missis sippi 5, Louisiana 0, Kentucky 10. Tex a 20 and Arkansas 22 points below their respective averages for a series of years. ' i ' As to the j condition of sugar cane, Louisiana reports 5, Georgia 3, and Mississippi 2 points above, and Florida 3. South Carolina 4, Alabama 5, and Texas 15 points below their respective averages fori a series of years." As to the condition of rice, Louisiana reports 8, Georgia 2, North Carolina G, Texas 7 and Mississippi 5 points above, nnj South Carolina, Florida and Ala bama each One point below their re spective averages for a series of years. As to the condition of apples, Indiana reports 2, Virginia 7, North Carolina 4, and Kansas 18 points above, and New York 37, Ohio 11', Pennsylvania 30, Michigan 234 Missouri 1, Illinois 27, Tennessee 2, Maine 11 and Iowa 32 points below the means of their October averages for the last six years. . Great School of Technology Pittsburg, Oct. 10. Plans : for the erection of one of the largest schools of technology in the world have been adopted by the trustees of Carnegie In stitute in accordance with an offer from Mr. Carnegie to endow and maintain such a school of the highest order in this city. The city will be asked to contribute sixty acres of land for the site and Mr. Carnegie will be asked to give at least $5,000,000 for the mainte nance of the institution. The building of the school will cost several millions. REAR GUARD FIGHT Botha Retired After the Ac tion Last Sunday Pretoria, Oct. 10 After fighting a rear guard action against General Wal ter Kitchener last Sunday, General 'Bo tha withdrew his principal forces to wards Piet Retief. It was impossible to heliograph, owing to the weather, and it was extremely difficult to correctly time the movements of the columns forming the cordon about General Bo tha. The Boer commander, according to the British, is still in a -precarious position. It is said that if be manages to withdraw his force it will be in a greatly depleted condition and that he will lose all the. transport that he col lected for his Natal expedition. ' A new judicial system will shortly be put into operation here. A Supreme Court of the Transvaal will be established in the palace of jus tice building here. Mr. Rose-Innes, at torney general of Cape Colony, has ac cepted the position of chief justice. A permanent high court will be establish- ed at Johannesburg presided over by one judge. The judges j will take this position in turn. j. The high court will have jurisdiction lover the. Rand. The Supreme Court will be tue final court of appeal. This will be a J great advance over; the old system which was expen sive and tedious. I j ; Governor Lord Milner attended a meeting 'of the consultative committee Monday. It is evident that he is be ginning the task of reconstruction with energy. He reviewed the Rand rifles, 2500 strong, at church parade, Sunday morning. '--! - $- - - Habib Ullah Secure in Power . Allahabad, Oct. 10 The government of, India has issued the following: "Reliable information states that Ha bib Ullah was accepted by his two brothers and the. notables and that a declaration was made October 4 in the name of the new; ameer," The Pioneer points " out that the chances' of complications! in Afghanis tan are much less than When the treas ury at Cabul was empty, jthe army poor ly equipped and Russials Afghanistan border not clearly demarcated. The late ameer, AbduilRahnmn Khan, safe guarded the succession by allying Habib Ullah -in-, marriage-with all the leading notables INVITED TO VISIT SALISBURY The President Not." Certain That He Can Accept Washington, Oct. 10. Special. Mr. A. H. Boyden of Salisbury was a caller on the president today and endeavored to secure his promise to visit Salisbury this fall on a hunting trip. The presi dent could not promise, but hoped that he, might find time to do so. Colonel L. S. Brown, of the Southern Railway, backed up Mr. Boyden and placed at the president's disposal the courtesy of that great railroad route. Pensions granted: Original-War with Spain,? Charles Morris, Craigs, $6. Re newal widows, etc., Mary J. Green, New feern $8. The following postmas ters Kave been appointed: E. M. San ders,, at Albemarle, Stanly county, vice G. M. Dry, removed.; N. S. Lervois. at Dover, Craven count j vice B. A. Out law removed; P- A.j Lomax, at Lomax, 'Wilkes county, vice T. Byrd, resigned; II. M. Yarboro at Wolfe, Person coun ty, vice S. T. Laughter, resigned. ,-.. .. i BULLER MAKES A SENSATION He Tells About His Telegram to Gen. White s ' London, Oct. 10. Speaking after ' a luncheon given in his honor by the King's Royal Rifles today, General Sir Redevers Buller, whose recent appoint :ment as commander of an army corps has been much criticised, expressed his condemnation of the newspaper criti cisms of men who were doing their best and risking their lives for the country. He asserted that nobody junior to him was fitted to command an army corps, one. General Buller said he had been at and he challenged the -critics to name tacked on account of a telegram which It was said he had sent ordering Gen eral White to surrender Ladysmith af ter his (Buller' s) attack on Colenso, De-' cember 15, 1899, had resulted unsuccess fully. General Buller rescribed at length his own and General White's difficulties at that time. He said that at that time he prepared a message tell ing General White that his (Buller's) attack had failed and he could not make another attempt to relieve him 'within a month in the then slow fight ing. General Buller said he read th:s telegram over several times, saying to himself, "that's a mean thing to send a-fellow," but he knew the responsibili ty was his and , General White could say, if he surrendered, that General Bul ler had advised it. The same telegram suggestea that it mij ht be necessary to surrender and j in that case General Buller made some suggestions as to what General White should do and how he should do it, thinking that it would be cover for a man whom he belived to be in greater difficulties than his own. . General Buller declared that he want ed to Dnng tne man wno saia ne naa counseled General White to surrender into the ring. . Therefore he challenged him to produce the telegram, which, he said, he knew was in the hands of Hie editor of a magazine and must have been stolen, because it was in cipher ady dressed to General White and was per fectly private. The speech created a sensation. Made a Great Stir London, Oct. 10. General Buller's speech has made a tremendous stir. The newspapers are divided in their opinions r it. A majority of them, including some that are not hostile to General Buller, regard it as an amazing blunder and greatly regret that the general did pot adhere to his lately avowed orac tice to answer newspaper criticism. Several papers declare that his expla nation that he heliographed to General tVhite suggesting that it might be nec- ssary for him to surrender, and advis ing wnat to do in such a case, was ac tually instruction to surrender, and they condemn him accordingly. -One naper compares the message to Sir H. Park er's order to Nelson to retire at Conen hagen, Which posterity has unsparingly condemned. m A Doctor Sets Undertakers by the Ears DON'T LIKE EMBALMING The Practics Contrary to Na i tu re A Gijave Subject Dis cussed with More Heat Than Dignity Charleston, S. C, Oct. 10. Dr. ChaTles W. Kollock, mayor pro tern of Charles ton, hurled a firebrand at the members of the National Association of Funeral Directors at their annual convention here today. He had been invited ito address the convention and made a strong and urgent plea for cremation as the best way disposing of the dead. He con-H demned the custom of embalming, which he said was unnatural and wrong, and announced It in very plain' language. When he had concluded there was a storm of disapproval. While the speak er was treated with courtesy, his address was condemned by many leading mem bers who realized that if his suggestions were followed a reaction would set in and ithe business of the amdertaker would be crippled. George L. Thomas, a mem ber from Milwaukee, moved that the ad dress be excluded from the minutes. He said the sentiment was not in accord with the meeting. "Too much reverence can not be " paid to the dead," he shouted, "and we have endeavored to do the pro per thing." The proceedings were turned from the gay to the grave and numerous speakers clamored for recognition. Frank W. Dickerson; of Springfield. Mass.,' took is sue with them. He said incineration had not injured his business and he believed it the proper way of handling the dead. The meeting was resolved into a heated debating hall. Dr. Kollock was allowed to speak again. He said embalming pre served bodies, and this was against na ture. . Finally there was a smoothing of the troubled meeting and the Kollock ad dress was allowed to go in the minutes. MISSIONARY PRISONER AfTilpanjBoardi ri D e e pa nd Tender Sympathy with Her Hartford, Conn., Oct. 10. Officers were elected at the business session of the American Board of Missions this after noon and Obeirlin, Ohio, was selected as the (place of the next meeting, which will be held .beginning the second Tuesday in October, 1902. Samuel Billings Capen, of Boston, was elected president, he following resolution was passed: "Resolved. That, the American board is in deep and tender sympathy with its missionary, Miss Ellen M. Stone, now held in captivity by brigands; that its offi cers 'and members are neartuy grateiui fm- vmnt and trprmons efforts of our government in seeking her release and for, the popular movement to pro vide for, her ransom, and trust that ef forts in ' her behalf may speedily be crowned with success." The session this evening was addressed by Rev. Dr. Samuel Herrick. of Boston, and Rev. Dr. S. Parks Cadman, of Brooklyn. President Capen made his annual address, his subject being "A Million Dollars for Foreign Missions; How to Raise It; How to Spend It." He urged more systeniatical personal and church work and ' keener sense of the obligation to lend liberal support to mis sions. The meeting of the board will close with a session tomorrow morning. A GOOD WORD FOR MARTIAL LAW Cape Town, Oct. 3,0. The Cape Times this morning praises the enforce ment of martial law in- the newly pro claimed districts. It says: "We believe martial law will be hearitiy welcomed by loyalists'through- out the newly proclaimed districts; the more so as the nature of its adminis tration will impose the minimum of in convenience upon all who are zealous for ti e maintenance of the king's authority and the speedy termination of the war. At the recent conference of ir Gordon gpngg, the. Cape premier, with lord Kitchener it was demonstrated that there was a necessity for the extension of martial law to the Cape peninsula. This should have no terrors for the loy- ATTEMPTED HOLD-UP Robber Showed a Gun, the Train Columbia, S. C, Oct. 10. At the same r fV.o Snnthpm ttnilwflv between Columbia and Charleston, where eigh F"' . . . , teen months ago one robber took $10, 000 from two express messengers. an other attempt was made last night also by one man. He boarded the train at Reeves ville, getting between the smoker and express cars. When he gave the conductor's knock on the d--ar the messenger was suspicious and re f nspd to open. Just then Conductor Carson, with' two train men alrsts. It is the disloyalists' who will quake with fear of the possible conse quences of their nefarious conduct dur ing the past two years." i ' 1 Hot on Botha's Trail. Condon, Oct. 10. A dispatch to the. Central News from Durban, Natal, of yesterday's date, says the Boer com mander, General Botha, 1s in. full -e-treat and is being hotly pursued by Gen eral Bruce-Hamilton's troops and other British columns. ' ; Gen. Kitchener reports to the Waf Of fice that the constabulary have recap tured a seven pounder which they lost last July. , He also states that General Botha, who has recently been operating in Zu luland, has crossed the Pivan river on his way north. Death Dealt by Dynamite Vienna, Oct. 10. A terrific explosion of dynamite destroyed twelve houses, killed three persons and injured four teen others at Kruschewatz, Servia. where King Alexander and Queen Dra ga intended to pay a visit. The official account of the explosion says f'that it was caused by the carelessness ' of the keeper of the shop where the dynamite was stored. Their majesties hare aban doned their proposed visit to the town POWDER GAVE OUT Attack on Rebels Had to Be Suspended " Manila, Oct. 10. The British vice con sul here has completed his investigation of the charges that two British firms on the Island of Samar have been , conduct ing unlawful trading and assisting the rebels. General Hughes has since eject ed from the island of bamar and Leyte representatives of two of the largest firms on the island, who removed their property and shipped to Cebu. A company of Macabebes and a de tachment of the twenty-first infantry at tacked 300 rebels who were intrenched at Batangas, the capital of the province of the same name. Lieutenant Dean was killed. The Americans ran short of ammunition and retired temporarily. On the arrival of reinforcements they made another attack on the rebels and routed them. The rebel loss is unknown. A few days ,ago a body of rebels captur ed the armed police of the village of Tay abas. The police force consisted of elev en natives who were probably , willing victims. - ' - - '' -:- -- ' " :v " ' The insurgents .recently captured $ school i teacher- who . was traveling ;under a native 'police escort. They treated the teacher as a non-combatant, took him to their camp, where he was entertained. landJterwjirdleased him unharmed , near an. American msonr v SHIP YARDS ON ; HAMPTON ROADS Norfolk, Oct. 10. Promoter C. W. Te bault has caused to be printed a pros pectus of the Norfolk Ship-build'ng and Dry-docking Company, which he hopes Aill build at Sewall's Point on Hamp ton Roads near Norfolk, a ship. building plant and dry docks. He; says that a charter will shortly be applied for by 4 men of great wealth and national promi- nence; that the company win issue ai first bonds to, the extent of one million dollars and stock tothe extent of two million dollars, and says the bonds have been sold. The Maryland Trust Com pany of Baltimore, is named as the trustee, and the project appears to be taking substantial form. MUST FACE THE MUSIC : Judge Cantrill Rules Caleb Powers to Trial ' Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 10. At neven o'clock tonight the attorneys for Caleb Powers entered court, after having se cured three, postponements hw order to prepare affidavits for a , continuance. They were not ready tat 9;15 thismorn-' ing and, were given, until 2 p. m., and then 5 p. m., and finally 7 p. m. The prosecution charges that, the . defense is trying to use up the court's time to throw the case into the February term. Judge Cantrill told the attorney for the defense that he was willing to give them all the time nece?sary ,to prepare their affidaVits. ' .- The affidavit set forth that the pris oner did not expect to be tried at this term of court, was not prepared with his defence, and that he had not secured all his witnesses. After addresses by the attorneys on both sides Judge Can trill ordered the trial to proceed, and the work of empanelling a jury was begun at once. ,, . - m - Ml -4. but Got Off. tdn the platform. The" robber poked a i revolver in their faces and made all "hands up" while he pulled the signal , cord. As the train slowed up he stepped off in the darkness - and has not been traced. - . ; . The train men say the robber was Bartow Warren. Warren was arrested for the former robbery at this - noint. He was tried at Orangeburg last wjnter, when a mysterious woman worked in his interest, and although the evidence rJr4ik MSUlteL I - -