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- ' "The MottilM i FOST VOL. VI I. RALEIGH, 1ST. C.. TITESP AY. OCTOBER 22, 1901 No. 73 tit The Testimony-of Machinist Huntley Remains Unshaken TEXAS NEVERSTOPPED Huntley Was in Charge of the Port Engine and He Says it Was Neither Stopped Nor Reversed Wells on the Stand . Washington, Oct. 21.-Lieut. B. W. v-i'.s. Jr., fins secretary-of Comirodore fc-hley. "ll0n tbe witne's staud j,eK!y the enthe day at the court of iutiahy.: He gave uu account of tie L;ltt;e off' Santiago and characterized Commodore Schley's conduct as fear 1(SS aiul hi bearing always self-possessed. He was subjected to a long and te ,11,1 cross-examination, especially al-our the day of the receipt of the dis ;i;!ies, -which developed little of in- -.:,-t. ' - ' The judge advocate failed today in ;; effort to impeach the testimony of 'r'iwt Machinist Huntley, who declared ti nt the port engine of the Texas was iiK'.her reversed nor stopped. C.ijitain Francis A. Cook, of tin i i.iklvn. the first witness today, w: s ieraHed to -the' ftand at his own re ;ust in order to male a correciion in hi- former testimony. Captain Lemly sotted this fact ti the court and Cap t.Vn Cook said:. "In my testimony I .-tared that the Oregon on the morujng of July 3 was under ail boilers, having shifted her boilers from forward to aft. I stated this from hearsay and presum ..,1 ir to be correct as accounting for Lri. extraordinary speed.-.- I find that -l.e -did not shift boilers that morning, l.ut that she had steam in all her bMles: a'r ill times while on the Santiago block-; While Captain Haiiouni, chief engi- vetr of the Tems, who went abca-.d? ;Le collier Merrmae at the crder ot': Commodore Schley to repair .'her . en-, c'r.es, was upon the stand correcting Li: testimony the couit asked: Q. How soon after yon went on k-anl the Merrimac was she able to i?e hert own power and make from five, to seven knots V A. I did not state that she could make seven knots. She could hobb e nlung in a smooth seat at five knots when I went aboard her. By Mr. Rayner When were the re-pai-s of the Merrimac completed? A On the evening of May 23. Q How long wis she totally d!ss 1 ..d? , " A. The firt I learned of it wa? on the morning of May 2(5. Q How long did it take yoa to com plete the repairs on the Merrimac? A. From the forenoon watch of the Tih nntil the morning of the 2Slh, 'working night and day. " The witness said he had a furh-r si.-ireinent to make of a personal chara?--ter, imt under the ruling of the court, f cause of its nature, he was not allow ed to have it entered upon the reeoids. f'fiptain Lemly made a desperate ef fort to break down Machinist Huntley's te-tlmony but was unsuccessful.'- He adopted extraordinary means,; but tha 'omt dec-'.ine 1 to allow him to carry out his purpose. Mr. Huntley stated on the stand Fri day that he hrvd handled the port en gine of the Texas on the day of the batrle and that the engine was nei'har n vcrsed nor stopped, as Claxton and other witnesses not in the engine room hal testified. In answer to questions by the jugs advocate this morning he said he had relieved Machinist Hill at i he throttle of the port e-ngine a .short' time. before the battle began. The witness was asked about the Mowers, but said that he did not -look at them. He did not see how -the -en-g.ne could have been stopped or, re versed without his knowledge. By Captain Lemly Were you on board the Texas when. iCie ran ashore at Newport, It. I? AT Yes sir. Q Were J"ou at the throttle at that time Mr. Rayner (interrupting) What his the running ashore at Newport,' R. I., pot toi do with the testimony of the Witness as to who was at the throttle jf the port engine of . the Texas on Tidy 3? I fail to e aDy connection, w-ttrpeij the two incidents. Captain Lemly It. shows that '-4 hU Witness has previously made mistakes 'th regard to signals and with disas trous consequences. ' '1 ,? y'?- Rayner The Tact that he has nw.c mistakes does net . show that he stated a falsehood. If it was a fi"' ?tion of negligence, that is a differ ed matter, but this is not a question of mistake, it is a. question as to who VT,S at the throttle of the port engine flt that time and whether or not he en P was stopped and reversed. 'aprain Lemly made an argument for I;P admissibility of the question, on- -'" "S tnat it had. a very important ben nng o,n Jihe testimony which Hunt- by had given Friday. this brought Mr. Rayner to Jiis feet gain with a very spirited argument, m which he said that a mistake was one thing and testimony under oath an- other: that everybody made mtak.s at one time or another, but. that w,s i reason Why the credibility of a wjr. ntss under oath should be attacked. Admiral Dewey asked what theilaw wa$ upon this subject. Mr. Rayner There ate ome prnci ples of law so -well settled that fbe'text ivnters do not think it necessary to dwell upon them and this is one cf them. ! -. - - ' ' ( - Admiral Dewey In the absence of any law the court decides that the testi mony is inadmissible. It can have no bearing upon the question before the court. . After this futile attempt to break down the testimony of the witness whom the judge advocate had summoned and thpn -ailed to piit upon the stand. Mr. Huntley was excused. A number of other witnesses were caned to correct their testimony, after which B. W. Wells, Jr.. who was flag secretary to Commodore Schley, re Ksumed his testimony. When the court aujpurnea ii ridar he had just reached the point where he was to narrate th story of the battie of Santiago as he saw it. ' Mr. Rayner examined the witness. Q- Now I want you to give an ac count of the baitle of Santiago, so far as the events of that battle fell uder your personal observation. A. I. was sitting in the fleet office when I heard the words passed along: '"Clear , ship for action," I went to my division and looked out of one of thej gun ports and saw the Spanish shins. ! two of thetn at least, coming out of) the harbor and heading south and west. ' The -guns were, immediately gotten ready and my recollection is that we, fired one, or possibly two, shots with ' the starboard guns at that time. We then manned the port battery and th ship's head apparently moved to the ' starboard, because it brought the Span ish ships off our port bow, and we; then s off our port bow, and we J then- fire with our port battcriesj and ' 2d, as, the" Spanish ships psraedj ur vort side. I have no recoBec-i opened continued aft of our tion of the ranges as we moved, but I . recollect that we used a range of 1.100 i yards as the shortest. This was fired , with the port batterv, and was cantin-" nod until the ship turned. After ihat the starboard batteries were brought to bear, and we continued firing at the J Spanish ships. , About the time the turn was completed the range was 2.000 to 2.500 yardst It varied somewhat im mediately after the turn. I can not sv what vdssels were then in sisht and I do not -recollect : seeing any during the turn. 1 After ;' the turn we sighted the three leading ones," i-e course was to the westward apparently, and shortly after Jsftoftlrc? vessels passed in side of ' the leading Spanish ,sh!r. and seemed to be " going with considerably greater speed. (The witness referred to tha Colon.) .Not long after this,' we saw two of them head in shore on fire, one of which, bore a little forward of our starboard beam. The Colon had by this time moved considerably more to the westward and was apnarentlv auitel rapidly increasing the distance between j us 'unit her. Our fire was mainlv directed i . , . j il i ...:.u at in? iscaya, as u proeu w e, an occasional shot at the Colon She - soon got so far out of range thrt we ceased firing at her. The Viscrra finally beaded in shore, and that left the Colon . as the only one. Br that time she was probably ten thousand yards ahead of us, and firing ceased. About this time, or during the chasa of the Colon, I received orders to get up extra ammunition for the rapid guns, and was informed in connection with tiiat order, as we were heading for a point of land and the Colon was running along inside, that she would be forced to turn out. and that the h'p I wou.a thus come to close quarters. This ammunition was gotten np for the pur pose of pouring a continuous and ranid fire into her. " . ". Captain Lemly (interrupting) Whom did this order come from? Witness (continuing) We were to close with the Colon and give her a ranid are when we carhe . up to her. hour. In the meantime the guns were hour. In the meantime the guns snorged and tbe machinery oiled. The Cregon and Brooklyn then opened fire, the Oregon, with her forward 8-inch guns and the Brooklyn with her S-inch guns. A number of shots were fired and we could see them fall. As the shots came near the Colon she ported her helm and turned inshore and hr.nled down her colors. During the chase of the Colon, before the .firing "was re sumed, I went upon deck and saw Com modore Schley; at that time he was upon tbe upper bridge. Q. Did you. see the Texas- on the turn? - ' .' - A No sir.v --" - '.-'.' Q.j-Have you given evrything yn-i wish to with reference to the Oregon? A.-!-shortly after we comoietea our turn, land, as I recollect it, when were somewhat near Cabanns,.the tire gon came through the smoke. I first saw her bow wave, and then her mili tary mast. . She had an answer pennant flying at the signal ' quarter,,;, Before her arrival -we seemed to be alone and en gaging the three . ships .that were off our starboard beam. - Q.J-What knowledge have you of the disnatch sent, by Commodore ScMy to the department May 27 as ito whether this I was the dispatch comiroiore hrnd them to you? r - Cchler sent? (Hand'ng the Witness '.ho A. He generally transferred them M press copy bochc containing the orieinal me and sometimes might . Tead thorn of Schley's alleged 'disobedience of or- himsel first. dors'?, dispatch.) " ' i Q. I will hand yon two copies of let- A.That Oispntch was. wii t?n on ters received by you on board he that day. the 27th, in answer .to a d-'s- Brooklyn (handing the letters, to Lieu patch received from the depntment tenant Wells). Do you identify, them? which was brought '"on toard by Cap- A. Yes, I recognize my endorsement tain ! Cotton. Commodore Schley was on them. They are two copies of a dis- aiways very careful with the hr'sed- agy be usecl, and ins.:sted that it be. tmnslTed in cipher as he' had d etst-vl j it. This dispatch was written out in ! ''-. - . ' ' I plain English, as it appeals h-re, and ' handel to CaDtain Cotton to h nntin cipher on the way to Jamaica. Thls is the dispatch which he sent. The witness iden-tified the copy of ihe original dispatch.- Q What-do you knew, if anything, of a dispatch received from, the-depart-' went after you finally arrive! at San-. 'tiago . , A. IMy reeolleotion is that there we e, a number of ilisnntr-hos hromrkt t!i. commodore after the Harvard returned trom .Jamaica after going there, wi Ix tUie dispatch which Commodore Schley had si'iYr. Among them were several directed to the . commodore, or at lea 0 asking about where the other Span. ;h vessels were. In the dispat-h we sent mtntion was made of seeing the Cokn atil another vessel of the Viscaya cla s. The dispatch from the department ask ed for further information as to where the other vessels were, Q. What date was that? A. May 31. Con-tinuing. the witness identifi;d a number of dispatches and told the cays upon j which they were received and the attendant circumstances. Some dispute arose as to -the day upon which one dispatch was received, and Captain Parker said that the trouble could be avoided if all of the documents which Admiral Schley had sent in to rue department would be pioanced, rs th papers would show the dates upon which they were received. , To this Captain Lemly replied that the ab sence of rhe receiving stamp upon Commodore Schley's papers was very marked. j Mr. 'Rayner Were there any vess?ls which passed the blockade either at Cienfijegos or Santiago wilhout the per- gt0en . ? ' mission of Commodore Schley? The city is ulling' in the lake front A. No, sir; not without his authority. parK at this point-and the work of d-a-Tlie Adnla passed in at Cienfuegos with ging n tunnel -anc the earth excavated his permission. , would easily pass unnoticed. The witness was then shown ihs , . . TnvstWfrtn"inUd - hv the cit' de- original plat and iraps regai-ding tie ; ""v w. .hfh eeu fnt ' m:t io leet and to which he made reference nda- .lh,'lr format on, . ho jui liiicuiious mm smtre uai:eries at aid, was received May 5. t " T1e "'"itions of the buiWing. The post omce. vot r dan the s hips unnecessary : being a temporary structure, is on "sa't the j&ore batteries? 1 poles and there is; a space of three feet lay ' a A ! between the floorf of the building and w.aVone dajr after you re- the ground. After getting through the eeiyed this plat, or map, about the bat- trap doorf the burglars crawled forty A. Yes sir. Q. Am. I right in saying that you saw This they broke fthrougb. They then as much, if not more, of Commodore ' crawled nearly 304) feet under the main Schley as any one else during the' San- floor 0f the port office to a point dsrect tiago campadgri; and if. so what was iy under th.briefc foundations of the 3 out intimacy with him?- . varioud vaults, y mistake, they chose A. I sawAim almost daily. 'the 'south vauit'f- operate on. This Q. Did you see b'm at the tim.3 of contained th wholesale $upply of the reconnoissalice May 81? f " ' ttnmtn Tf thev ;fcad 'taken the hext A. Yes sii. - - - .. , - i U Did yon see him. during the bat-- tie of July 3? - ; A. I only saw him during the ' chase of the Colon on the day of the b trle. I "I also saw him on the occasion of cne ' , or two bombardments, . the dates , "of t wnicn i cio not recollect. We us nis general Dealing, and conduct on the day of the batt!e. or any Other time. A So f.ir la T fcnvn- ho vtrna fa n'o.. r" """" ' anc. morougniy sen-possessed on all oc- casions. .-'- Q. Was he at any time laboring un der any mental excitement? A. No. sir. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Hanna who then asked the witness what incident, to his knowledge, delaye'd the departure of the flying squadron fiva-rTrom tey est, to which Lieutenant ells replied that -there was none that he knew of, unless the court chose ?o term.the slight break in the Cincinnati's machinery a delay. Q. When did the Brooklyn arrive at Cienfuegos? A. On May 22, at G o'clock in the morning. Q. When did she leave Key West? A. Nine o'clock the , morning - of the 10th. Q. 'When did the Towa leave Key West? A. I do not know. uf ? A. At. noon on the 22 d. Q. I will now ask you more partic ularly about the correspondence, at. Cien fuegos. Did yon keep a record of all J .Jeers received, A- A special record was kept, bnt on many occasions when I was called upon to prodnce various letters I hnd no hesitation in placing my hands uDon them'. Mr. Hanna then said that he just Wanted to get at the facts as to what was the practice of recording letters ou board the Brooklyn. He then asked.: "Did you record letters sent?" A. All letters sent were press cooled and all papers were recorded for that purpose. t Q. I have here a book which I . wish you- to identify (handing witness one e0f the books from the Brooklyn in of correspondence had which records been kept), v. , r The witness said he identified the book easily and recognized his hand writing in it. " ' ' Mr. Hanna then questioned him furth er regarding the recording of corre spondence. . Q. In cases of dispatches handed td Commodore Schley directly what was done? Did he read them himself oH patch known as No. 7. - Considerable questioning then followed (Continued on seventh page.) I I II III I 11 .' H- ll.; : ' ll IJ II I V I I II II I It H IA I I I I K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I ' f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 V L U .'til 1 . - y - - . . v . - '., . RobbePS " Tun'OeLUlider Chi" t ai. . C7&C Pnct flffipp " V -O , . ; v BROKE INTO A VAULT ' Stamps to the ; Amount - of $75,000 SecuredIf the Robbers Had Struck An other; Vauii'iTiieir Haul , . - - Would Have Been Larger Chicago, Oct. 21. A robbery of the Chicago post of ficfc by almost exactly the same means which "was used in the recent gold roJoery at San Francisco was discovered toclf.y, : and the loss to the government is nearly $75,000. A' secret tunnel . was , found under the temporary pest office building at Mich igan avenue and Washington street. Through it the robbers gained access to the vaults, and. stamps aggregating nhniit thn nmonnt : ' mentioned were tectives and the,x post office officials fhot fh wthhara en nPi nn en- show that the .robbers gai trance to the place from worbed underneath tne post ing by breaking open a little which thev office bulid- little door in the board wall which -surrounds the founda- feet to a 2-foof 6rkk wall that seoarat led an addition from the main structure. vault to-the -nottSj'they ;would hare se-4 cured $600,000 in. cash and stamps -$- SURPRISE APPOINTMENT GoodMan Picked for Deputy ' Collector at I New Bern New Bern, N C, Oc;t. 21. Speciafl. ' Th a dnnoilltment has been made or f.wl.a -n rifc- .M t W TWn. for V".,"' " ' Y.;T4, 7 Vn- t?ms here. -N owe or tnappoinxmiri . ... . . ; i. i. was received oy woiiecwrs, aim. j ti uuu today. The announcemenf will be made in the morning aind jwuH create a good deal of a stir. " This6mce was made vacant by the lamentable drowning in Neuse river last summer of the f i-mcr deputy, William E. Clark. There have been a number of applicants for this position and the matter was considered settled at one time. This -new appointment is all the more raaTked cm that acconnt. Mr. Clark was a McKinley Denxxcrat and a strong geld standard man. He belongs to one of the oCdest, most prominent and respected families of the" place; is of good Democratic antecedents and was a strong State issue Democrat, The ap pointment is thought tr be distasteful to the old-time Republicans for whom there have been alout enough offices to go around, and is thought to mark the new policy of Prescdent Roosevelt. --. 4- . Secretary Gage Accepts Washington, Oct. 21. Secretary Gage announced today bis acceptance- of the treasureship of the McKinley National Memorial Arch Association. This ac tion was communicated in an informal . . .. i 1 1 . r tt A 1 M TWO FATAL A Young Man Mangled Between Freight Cars and (a ; ; Killed WJiile Handling a Pistol - Winston-Salem, N. C, Oct. 21. Spe- f eial, Charles Swam, of this aty, aged 23 years, was .eaught between freight cars in Mt. Airy last night ramd horribly mangled. - He died this mora ing. He had only been working for the Southern Railway! three months. His father was killed by falling from a scaffold a year n'go. The young man's remains -.were brought j here this afternoon for burial. LUMBER MILL BLOWN UP A Boiler Explodes and Does Great Damage Three Persons i Injured Many Miraculous Escapes Hertford, N. C. The- boiler in the Lmnher Company' Oct. 21. pecial. "Fleetwood J-ackson mill exploded at 9 orclock this morning. Crniy. tnTee per- soils were Ininred. Thore were many t miraculous escapes, j The exploded boaw einotished three others and landed GOT lhe exp;oaea dokt Ivards from the scene, y The tee factor escaped injury by sis inches. The sa.r manner to Commissioner 1 MacFarland, president of the association. The as sistant secretary of the treasury, Mr. Ailes, stated that no official letter of acceptance had been prepared by Mr. Gage. . V. JUDGE BURWELL NOT AN ASPIRANT Charlotte, K: C., Oct; 21. Special. Judge Armistead Burwell was dnter viewed today l-egarddng the report which eoTijiected his" name with an independeat ticfifet as ' caraiidiate for the chief jus ticeship of tbes North Carolina SupVeiue Court. ; Jodge Bm-weH saidi ' . "I hiavejiever heard of the proposition ia-que'Stion and do net thCnk it woithy of any serious consideration. lir am busily engaged in the practice of my profession, and, thanks to th kindness of my, friends, I have enough to do and am not. an aspirant for any office what ever." - ;- . ' . WARMED AN ADDER Murder and Robbery in Re- turn for Hospitality Columbia, S. C. Oct. 2i. Last night atranger rapped at the door of Bur ton Brown's house in a lonely part of Marlborough xounty and asked peimts sion to. go in and warm himself. He was a one-legged man and was riding a bicycle. Brown and his wife lhed by themselves and were reputel to have considerable money in thfir pos session; but they let in the .strangtv, whose name was- Witherspoon. Mrs. Brown was in bed in another loom. He husband and Witherspoon Sat by the fire until Brown fell as!eep. He awak ened with a seream when- Whherspcoi plunged a knife in his threat. He sprang up to fall under repca'teJ mor tal blows. Mrs. Brown ran out to him and had her head crushed with an axe. Witherspoon then robbed the house and escaned. ' ! LOST HIS FOOT John Stack's Stolen Ride . Cost Him Dearly High Point, N. C.i Oct. 21, Special. John Stack, a white man, twemty-two yeairs oid, had a pflSt of his right foot cut off by a freight train this afternoon between Jamcitjrwn - and Greensbcro. Stack lives here, "aal had boarded the train to beat his way " to Greensboro. It is report ed that a nern brakeman threw a missile at the man, whereupon he jumped from the moving 'train with the result stated. Dr. Staunton, Southern RaiJway surgeon, and Dr. AY. J. lie Anally dressed his wound. " The young man's father had warned "him of this danger, and as he had the money to pay bis fare the accident is the more deplorable. WASHINGTON NOTES Representative Kluttz Among the North Carolina Visitors, Washington, Oct. 21 Hon. Theodore F. Kluttz, of North Carolina' was in Washington today and passed consider able time in-the various public depart ments. He had consultations with lead ing officials in the Post Office Depart ment with regard to rural free deliv ery in his district, which was one of the principal objects of his visit. Mr. KlUttz left Wasnington for bis home tonight. Mayor A. H. Borden, of Salisburr. was also in this city today, engaged in the transaction of business affairs. The following pensions were granted today: Bynnm Smith, dead, Rich Square, $l2; Peggie Smith, Rich Square. $8. - A. Webster Shaffer, of Raleigh, has been admitted to practice before the In terior Department. u. C. Correll has been appointed post master at Elbaville, Davie county, vice A. J. Ellis, dead. ACCIDENTS Boy Thomas Jackson, the nine-year-old son of George Jackson, night watchman at the Oakland f urniture factory, while handling his father's pistol last night, accidentM-lly discharged it, the ball strik ing the boy in the abdomen, killing him instantly. : Mrs. C. F. Nissen." of Wsfughtown, a mist elinrable Christian lady, died to day, aged 49. mill and fuel room were damaged. One " hundred people are out of employment. The damage is $20,000. The property is i!i:3urei m ine iranunu oiram xwmrx Company, me. man win te m operation in a few" days. It is owned by M. H. White, J. J. Fleetwood and WiWiam acfcson and is one of the biggest mUs the Soutb i IE - -. ...... News and Ot server Prevaricator. Eclipses All Former Efforts ' . e ii lit Spurious Indignation Palmed Off on the Public Black guardism Dished Out With a Prodigal Hand-Desperate Efforts to Piace The fost in a False Position A Cor respondent of The Post Yields to Evil Influences . f - THE POST SPECIAL. Louisbnrg, N. C, Oct. 15. Special. Senator " Pritchard spoke here today by invitation of the recently fonned white Keput'lioan organ izatkan. Two or three thousand people were present about as many blacks as whites 'numbers being present from surrounding counties. Maj. Baylus Cade presided over the mt-feting 'and introduced the speaker. The crowd being too Jarge for any building in town, the meeting ws held out doors. Tbe negro was very much in evidence and was as noisy as when he could vote s big as a white man. This circumstance nad a tendency to deter many white people fixm ;coming within heaiing distance of the speaker, and a.so went a long way to offset the effect of the argument ' irhich was based on the assumption that the white man is to do the voting hereafter. . When Senator Pritchard had con cluded and left the stand. Hon. F. .S. Spruill, in response to calls, came for ward and replied to the Senator's speech, saying he regretted that the Senator had left the -ground. His re marks were spirited 'and -evoked the only enthusiasm of the occasion. There was nothing ' in the meeting 1 to indicate that there J- i '".to be a break In the . white Democracy of : Franklin county. u -s In an article filling more than two rifir wit'h blflokc-HRpdisaiArLdmalioioiis Morning Post suppressed the "trhth in morining- maue .ine mosrc'vieious 3ii anaerous. assault upoct ane-.J-orning i"osc . that has ever been directed at-a -North Carolina newspaper. - ' . - -In one paragraph 'after another the News amd Observer .charge4."tbat The i ',. ' louisburg "last Tuesday and -fiehbepately withheld a trathfun report ;Wired tha same night by its own correspondent. : Any reader of average rihteUigence com paring the two Louisburg specials at the head of this cottnmq.-"assuming that the Baker tielegram s t ates the it ruth, can see at a glance that dn the 6pecial. as printed there is nothing suppressed, distorted- or misrepresentied. , But the two specials have a history, which should be related here in order : that the utter falsity of the News . and Observer's malicious charges iruay ap pear. -. .;: ;.'--...':.-- '" ". '" - .-' '. - ': ''.:' .-''-' ' The day before the Pritchard meeting a letter, from the editorJal 'rooms of The Morning Pot wnas -addressed to Mr. George S. Baker, who was, mid for some time hadbeen, the Louisburg correspondent of The Post, requesting him to wire a brief report of the meeting, stating who presided at the meeting and " introduced the speaker, the size of the audience and "the proportion of whites and blacks, the spirit of the occasion and the probable effect o tha speech itoii those who heard it. The ietter urged Mr. Baker to file his telegram at the earliest possible moment after 6 p. m., and closed with the statement that '1 it would not be necessary for him to report the speech as that would bo eat from manuscript. 1 -" ' ' ' r f Tuesday night came and the hours were speeding by.- Seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nine o'clock passed, and no telegram from Louisburg waa received. The "first forms" of the pair must be made - up a 'little after 11 -p. m. About 9 o'clock Mr. Will N. Coley, a traveling canvasser of The Morning Post, came in the office and inquired if a repoat of the Pritchard meeting had been re-, ceircd. Upon being answered in the negative, be remarked that he was in Louisburg during the 4ay and had seen Mr. Baker. He thereupon related, a, conrerfajticn he had with Mr. Baker substantially as' follows: - Mr. Coley The Post will expect you to send a good report of this meeting, fjfi. Baker As you are here and ea n write better than I,.you write a report. KjHrC' Ooiey I am here to do other work and haven't time to "write. Besides you a re the regular correspondent of The Post and will be expected to send a report. -'- -.. ' Mr. Baker You go ahead and send a report any way. It is to be observed here that Mr. CoQey had no information comScerning'the letter that had been written to Mr. Baker in regai-d to sending a report of the meeting. - - . ' . ' As previously stated, nine o'clock had passed and no telegram had been received from Mr. Baker, and it was assumed that he had let the matter drop with his request that Mr. Coley should send a report. It was then a case of securing a report from the only source that appeared available at the time or go without one. Mr. Coley was asked, therefore, to give a statement of the meeting as be observed it, and the special as printed was written substantially as he told it. Just as the copy was ready for the printer (at 9:15 p. m.) the Baker telegram was received, and a hurried glance was taken at it to see if it contained anything material that wa omitted from Mr. Coley's report. Th only thing that was considered important was the reference to the enthusiasm aroused by Mr. Spruill's speech, and that was added by interlining the Ooley report. . , Let it be remarked here that the writing of the Coley telegram in the office of The Morning Post from information obtained from one who was on, the ground and witnessed the events therein narrated was in strict analogy with ' the Rogers letter in the News and Observer Sunday,, with a Louisburg data line and-marked "staff con-espondence," which was written in Raleigh, the same as hundreds of columns of "editorial correspondence" signed "J. D." which have apeared in that, sheet on sundry occasions. not a line ol which was ever written until the, editor was snugly seated in his sanietum. And 'then, to carry its unprincipled mendacity a. step further, the News and Observer eought to create the false impression that The Post had given its endorsement to the speech of Senator Prjtchard and, drawn" a favorable conclusion from the l-esults of the effort, by copying the head lines-from am interview with Senator Pritchard in Raleigh after his return from Louisburg (which interview related entirely to Mr, Pritchard's own impressions) in such a way as to mislead the reader into believing that they appeared in connection wW the Ixnisburg speech, and omitting anysreference to the headlines which were actually used in connet.-tion with the speech. If was as clear a case of lying by innuendo as the father of lies could wish to see. . , - The conduct of Mr. Baker, erstwhile correspondent of The Morning Post, is inexplicable. If he had felt aggrieved by the "non-appearance of hia tele gram the'proper com-?e to pursue would have been to apply to the office for an explanation; and,, in view of the uniformly courteous treatment that has always been accorded to hhn he could have confidently expected to receive a candid response' to any inquiry he chose to make. But instead of taking this proper course, be flew to the arms of the envious hater and persistent nxaligner of The Post toair a grievance that was altogether imaginary, v The onlv reasonable explanation of Mr. Baker'-s' conduct is that he fell under the evil inflnemce of the creature who wrote tbe alleged Louisbur "staff correspondence" of the News and Observer, thus aiding and abetting As to the "staff correspondent" who topped over with so much black-tvn indignation, he has heretofore been properly denounced by one of the lai dailies of the State, cad further - notice for contempt. HI THE BAKER TELEGRAM. Louisburg, N. CT, Oct. 15, 1901. Morning Post.i Raleigh, N. C.--..- i . j' -. . Pritchard meeting today vas attede . by 2,500 people; Curiosity was the- main. ? incentive. The majority. were jvhite men, and of the white men present 08. per cent were Democrats aad remain so. Rev. Bavlus Cade'-. introdued the speaker, and be, Judge Timherl?.ke' and ' , P. A. Revis sat on the pitCbrm , There ' was absoluteir no : em-thusffam ; and , .the meeting, if it produced any ffect, simply 'j1!? "tSTlri " "TyZs T u-uV who made i- brief. spSrited reply, which1 was loudly applauded. -. , . ? . . There were about twenty foreign ofnee- holdimg Rpublioans who tame appaxen,dy? as object lessoms to fehow how lucrative. a thing it is to be a rritchaTd .Republi can. UJbiUwS. iiAixjj.. ' s -" - . . fc i: -xv. ' columns, loaded with Wack type and reei" mendael'tv, tha Nv nxid Observer Rimdav1' regard, to the Republi'ptfn jneetinff Vt , would merely dlgnifV a jirm lilll v. - - .