1
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He Gives a Connected Narrative
Events Off Santiago
1 IB I BIDE I
The Reconnaisance to.Develop the Fortifications in the Har
bor Described How the Ships Were Lying When the
Spanish Squadron Came OutHe Telfs How the Battle
Began The Brooklyn's Loop and Surrender of the
Colon !
Washington, Oct. 25. When the Schley
ourt of inquiry met this afternoon there
ras an- immense crowd present. Ad
niral Schley went to the navy yard,
is usual, in an open street car, and shook
lands with a double row of men and
.Tomen on the way from the gate to the
building in which the inquiry is held."
After a few minutes consumed in im
material changes of"-their-testimony by
Lieutenant Commander Harlow and Cap
tain Clark. Admiral ScMey resumed his
tfrrv which vras Cut short br the ad
journment yesterday. He was questioned
by Mr. Rayner as follows:
Q. AdmrraTT"do you want to continua
or go back in your narrative to make any
statement that you omitted yesterday?
Admiral Schley "With .the court's per
mission I will go back to the blockade
at Cienfuegos in order that, as I go
along with my narrative. I may make
it perfectly clear. .In relation to Cien
fuegos and the McCalla memorandum,
upon which much' stress has been laid,
I desire to say that I received but one
copy. If there were others sent they
should be found in my papers that were
returned to the Navy Department in
February or January of 1899. I have
no recollection of any other than one
copy, and I think my letter, to be found
on page 473 of the appendix, must con
firm the fact that I got only that one.r
Admiral Schley read a portion of the
tetter. " - - ' V
"Cienfuegos, May 23.
"Sir: -In reply to your letter No 8
I would state that. I am by no . means
satisfied that the. Spanish,, fleet is not
in Cienfuegos," etc. ' ; ,
He then continued: "That strengthens
my recollection, or at least my belief,
that I got but one copy. . That letter
confirms it. The batteries which. "have
been spoken about were lying behind
the village which, of course, under inter
national acceptance of law, would not
have been exempt from bombardment,
but the memorandum related to the
masked batteries, which. I suppose were
near the mouth of the harbor, amd, seeing
no evidence of them, I very nattirally
did not fire upon the batteries or the
harbor. Consequently I did not feel that
it would.be wise or prudent to waste
ammunition when there would be so
much better use for it later.
"Xott, in relation to "the records of
the flag officer, testified to by Mr. Marks,
I would like to invite attention to page
475 of the appendix as evidence of the
promptness with which, this office works.
A dispatch which was dated May 27
reached me on the 10th of June."
Captain Lemly (interrupting) I regret
rery much to Interrupt the witness in
his narrative, but I understand the court
itself-wants facts. I do not understand
that this witness, any more than any
other, is here for the purpose of making
Arguments. I do not think this proper
testimony. The
ing of the flag office
men to be treated I
Mr. Rayner We have a right to tes
tify to the accuracy: of matters. This
witness has a perfect Tight to give rea
sons for his actions, and to say why
he did not do certain things and wtey
he did do certain things, and he has
done no more than that.
Captain L$mly This is not a matter
of accuracy or inaccuracy. It is an
argument to show the insufficiency of
this office, and it is nothing -else; and
in what he has said he has avoided
entirely the question upon which I base
my objection.
Admiral Dewey It is eminently proper
for the witness to say that a dispatch
written May 27 did not reach him until
a certain day, and then let the matter
drop there.
Mr. Rayner (to Admiral Schley)
When was that dispatch received?
A. June 10, nearly ten or twelve days
after it was sent, j
Mr. Rayner Well, now1 go on. If you
ish me to. I will read you the last
ft your testimony yesterday.
Admiral Schley took the printed testi
mony and then continued:
"Returning to the matter of the ret
rograde movement and the communica
tion borne to me by Caiptain Cotton,
nd the testimony to the effect that he
cad mentioned to me that Lieutenant
Beal had volunteered to go ashore to
ascertain the location of the insurgents,
I tKink Cantain (Vvttnti-I -think hi 1
memory s at fault. . As to the occasion, I
I met Captain Cotton ' after his return, j
Aia.v 31, coupled with with this, offer- of
Wfutenant Beal, I remember that he
mpntioned the fact that Beal had equip
ped himself . with certain- communica
tions, and would be -so nfueh" better
Hialified; so that that enables ine to fix
'ith some accuracy the occasion of his
eeond visit."
'Captain Cotton testified that he had
Jnfornaed Schley that' Lieutenant Beal
ws prepared to go on shore and com
municate with insurgents when he first
met him off Santiago May 26. He sub
puently returned from Mole. St. Nicho
ls and again saw Schley on the 31st.
J5, he was informed about Lieutenant!
nn, . .
th v qVest,on of the 'otrograde after
merrimac bad brokca down. The
r u .,.i- i a r-
v roinn-?pl Utpr on" - or six" miles, and there th" squadron was tue
of
movement was not made to the . west-
ward until toward 0 o'clock. The Yale-
had considerable difficulty in getting a
hawser to the collier. The hawser part-'
ed about 11 o'clock that night, when
I. was signalled by Captain Wise that it
would take snnw fnnr hours to sret out
the steel hawser and attach it. The ship
at that time was absolutely unmanagea-1
ble. and not fit to turn a propeller. I
do- not think we eot under way, again
until .toward 4 o'clock in the afternoon of
May 27, and not long after that she
was taken in tow and steamed toward
rhiv westward. We went a little further
than I intended to on account of tho
difficultv in readihe tie signals. We
were obliged to go a little further on j
that account.
"As soon as the sea calmed down
(that .was one of the conditions that I
watched most carefully, not" that I was
a better judge of that than any other
officer of the fleet, but I was more in
terested in it) I signalled Captain Philip
asking him if he could -coal. I think
he was uncertain about it, as he sig
nalled back:: 'I will try.' My impres
sion is that he was not satisfied that he
could coal the next morning. On the;
following day. he signalled that both
himself and the Merrimac had sprung a
leak.' The weather was exceedingly hot
so that .the men were exhausted" in coal
ing. My impression is that, as a result
of . the statement made-hy the-physician
v - -7 ? - ST 5
m the-morning stating that he (Phihu)
ia '... t
j... . .. . . .
exhans-ted condkion f the crew. The
Marblehead, Texas andVixen all took
more or less coal from Jthe collier on
that occasion. , j . .--W-
"Toward 2 o'clock of that afternoon
I felt that in view of a suggestion of
the honorable secretary of the navy
that there might be troth in the report
I
xcat tne sspanisn neec was at anuago
and that it would only take a, very lit-
tle while to get back, as we were not
far away, and that a thorough exami-jwas
nation could be made; and if this sound-!
ror. was found not to be there then
the immediate outlook at that time
would have been that they had gone;mv hearine that we were on that ranee
cast and not west. .
,rWe arrived in f rent of the harbor
of Santiago about (J o'clock, if my mem-
try serves me right, and I think there wards that there was any variation in
i a record in the log, which shows the range. Theieavy guns were direct
that the Morro was bearing north by.ed at the Colon and the signal was
east six or seven miles. I continued oa I made to the New Orleans to engage the
until about 7 or 7:30 and took up a po-
ht ld in formation during the night. The
Marblehead was; instructed to take her
position inside the line of the larger ves-
sels, to be able to guard the entrance
and to let us know if the enemy"ap-
pelred. ; !
"Toward 8 o'clock in the morning, or
probably before that, I saw.to the east
the smoke of a vessel which subsequent -
ly proved to be the St. Paul, and when
Captain Sagsbee approached the sqfuad -
Tm I called him immediately-on board
nd told him that the Spanish fleet was
really in the harbor, that we had seen
several of its vessels. My impression
is that Capitain Cook was standing
alongside of me at the time and Cap -
tain Sigsbee seemed to be a good deal
surprised. At all events I gave him
I curiam which T nxatimatefL from rhe An-sHirT
a' telegram, whether ,in .cipher or in the vessels of our squadron injured (the
English I do not recall, informing the ' squadron then only consisted of, five or
dtpartmen-t and Admiral Sampson that , six ships) we would be nt great disad
the enemy was in port." vantage and probably might have in-
Here Admiral Schley read from the . vited an attack which would have l.-'d
appendix the telegram which he had disastrous, results. I felt that the large
sent to the department-and to Admiral interests and the wiser course would be
Sjimpson by Captain Sigsbee. ! to prevent thla if possible, and save
Mr. Rayner Yon sent the dispatches; the ships for better use, as subsequently
what did you do then? . j developed. - ; .
Admiral Schley After sending that , Mr. Rayner You say you had no idea
dispatch the squadron maintained Us at that time (before May 28) that tho
position in the blockade off the harbor,
nd the form forwhich a squadron of
it? size was, in rqy judgment, 1 the best
suited, was to keep the squadron con-'
stantly hi line bf battle. To that" end given me by Captain Sigsbee. He re
I called all of the captains on board ported that he had captured the collier
and explained, to them notV'otnly the going into Santiago.. She Chad touched
method of blockade, but the method as nt a port in Porto Rico, but he did not
well of attack in case the enemy should know positively she was going into Sau
appear. ' , - j tia go harbor.
Admiral Schley then detailed the' After some time spent in disenssinir
method of the blockade and form of various dispatches, the witness directed
battle, which he described in his testi- hn evidence to the attempt nt coaling
mony yesterday as having been decided jt or near Cape Cruz. ; He did not re
upon by him before he left Hampton Sm- V it, he said, as a proper place in
Roads. This he explained as follows: f en'1 .
he plan adopted vas to attack the V,:rs'uning his statenif't rfter
head of the column." and the accomnanr- In? attempts to COI;
I 1 ' ? . 1 i. 1 ..... i. - .. 'a- I. i i
ju pic-Ket uuais wcip i'j ue empjoyea
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torpedo boat' destroyers, protecting
themselves under the Ice of the larger
ships, and to ayail themselves of any
I opportunity to attack any of the torpedo :
boats: The1 squadron then took-up its
position, and !the order, was given to all
to mpintain'tem etibugU toget up a -speed
of 12 knots',-and we maintained1
that ,forniatioh. " . 1 1 4
Continuing, " Admiral. Schley - said the
larger vessels remained off about five '
miles, and that the surf had to be taken
info , consideration.. He resumed:
"When night' came on the squadron
was formed in column and we steamed
east and west as lowly as possible. 'We
did not get, up such speed as sonie-iof
the witnesses, have testified to, because
of the condition of the bottoms of som$,
of the- vessels. I know' this.: was tb.4 f
case of -the Brooklyn and of some of the
others."; j j
The admiral described the blockade at
night. There never was a night, "he
said, th'at before retiring he did no?
look out for the picket boats and, cau
tinuing, he testified as follows: i 4
"On May 31, whilst the Brooklyn! the
Marblehead and the Texas were eoal-j
ing, I transferred my flag to the Massa
chusetts and determined that I would
develop the fortifications; for" the in
formation -that we rd on board from!
thv hydrographic office, my impression,
now is, was rather uncertain. I think
one statement said that the batteries
were o and another that the batteries
were mounted. The general belief was
tnat tne harbor was heavily fortified.
In fact we knew very little '.about it or
ot xae anuiery wmcn ttie Torts con
tamea. reeling that I ought: to know
' something about the fortifications which
defended that place, I determined to go
a iae aavantge or our long rangs
guns and aevexop what was there and.
incidentally, if we could get a shot into
the Colon, which was lying somewhat
exposed, to do it.
"I-think we were lying in a position,
foQr or Ae niiles to the westward
transferred my flag, named 7,000 yards
as the range, and went on boaTd jthe
Massachusetts. When Igot on board it
near the dinner hour and Caotain
Higginson suggested that we postpone
Hnt 1 o'clock going in to develop the
batteries, and I assented to that. Then
after the luncheon was over we went
to quarters and steamed in pretty near,
head on. 'ihere was not much oppor
tunity for' one to seek protection.
"Some statement lias been regarding
the fact that white uniforms were worn
on that da-. That -was a matter which
I controlleu entirely in my , sauadron
and it was about the only suitable dress
for that climate at that time. I took
with me my flag lieutenant, Mr. Sears,
Lieut. ..ells, Mr. McCauley, and Mr.
Uranam, the correspondent of a press
association, who was most earnest in
V s request to go with us. I tried to dis
suade him from going, bnt he pleaded so
earnestly that. I finnllv consented.
While on the Massachusetts, before
and--1 had a talk over the matter, I
. T 77 """"" -
Dot feel , excited at aU or nervous.
If I had felt that way I need not have
undertaken it.. Some of the men were
standing on the forward turret! of , the
13-inch gun and I said to them I would
not take a position of such exposure,
You do not -ave to do it, and I hve
to. I was upon the platform surround-
:;n th cnnninir -tnw-Pr Mr Tntt ; on.
tirely in' error in saying that I t!ook ad-
vantage of any protection at all. That
; is not . the j di(J not feeJ the oc-
ca5ion nor necessity for doing it. It
with re)?ard for the others rather
tnan myself that I made the suggestion,
j gaTe the distance as 7,000 yards. Mr.
potts reDorted to Cantain Hierinson in
and Captain Higginson reported to me,
I told him to then take up his position
as directed. I never knew until after-
batteries. My recollection is that she
About the moment we began firing
batteries to the east of the Motto?
the Socapla and the Morro itself opened
j up. There was a slope to the west-ard
j upon which there was a battery firing
( smokeless powder, from which I could
only see the hashes. There was a storm
of projectiles coming over us. They
impressed me as being guns of 6 or 7
inch calibre. There were many that
j passed over the squadron. - The Vixen
j was lying half a mile outside. -I A shell
jwent over her. I -eould not see firing tn
the harbor, but I assumed that they
were" firing at random over the hills,
The Socapa unquestionably reached us
j and went beyond us. I did not know
; whether their guns were -superior or
i not, but the fact was "that they did go
beyond us. I felt that if we lost one or
two .of our ships, or had one or two
fleet was in Santiago harbor." Well
what do you know of the character of
ths collier Restormel? .
A. I have no information except that
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Ul V'U'C V l A ii
- Now, the ' evi'i 3 already given
at Lane 1 ruz AnmiTfli dciwc,
(Continued on 2d pas
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A Score of Human Lives Los
in Flames
it
SCENES OF HORROR
Frightful Le a p of a Worn an .
: ;A Pair Lacking Courage to
Uump Roasted Before the
Gaze of Thousands ;
tirt of . the business portion of the cjj;y
t. is morning killed -eighteen, and prob
fikly more persons. : and caused a' money
of half a' million dollai-s.
e fire, vfhsc-h started in1 the house
f nrnishing establishment of Httut, Wil
kiasoni & Co., an dght-story structure.
129-1231 Market street, was probably
dib to the explosion . of a small - lamp
such as is used by .plumbers, which was
belsiig used by a man working in the
cellar of --the r building, at 1219, at the
Z the elevator shaft. This lamp
probably exploded and the workman
ti ii xx Lfiu hub uiuiuing wini
his: face and body so bodly burned that
n aiea a rew minutes after being re
ceived ia thehospital. 1 The flames shot
at once up the elevator shaft, and within
, . . . 1 ... . ....
xi v niinutes- tne wnoie Duiiding was
ablate.
" Thirty men, upholsterers, were at work
on the seventh floor of the build'lng.
One of them smelled smoke and ran to
the elevator shaft in the rear and saw
the; names. .' He called to his companions
to run to the front of the building, but
when they reached the stairway they
perceived that 'the fire was as fierce
tnere as in the Tear. They made their
way back and clambered out on the fire
escape and through the flames, which
had burst out of the windows in the
back, and down the escape as best they
couia. a. dozen of tnem got down and
rusneo into Twelfth street.
On the sixth floor ten or more women
sewers were at work. These were warned,
our tney nad : difficulty in getting out,
owing to the fact that a great pile of
rugs and curtains Blocked the way to
uiem-e escape, and wnen they reached
the platform at. was so hot. that they
were unable to climb down the iron rods.
and some of them jumped and others f eU
fothe narrow -pavement' of Commerce
kOn woman and a man.' unable to de
scend because of the flames, and, lacking
courage to jump, slofciy roasted before
tne eyes or tne thousand spectators who
crowded the street below.
Another woman made her way to the
front of the founding, and, getting on
a window iH of the sixth floor, - stood
swaying tnere in s? frame of fire. Men
stood with a net below, the only net
.. t j.1 c . j l t -- . '
a i me ure, aim iuiuiwe ner io jump.
but she hesitated until she was blinded
by smoke and flame, and then, mlsiudj-
mg tne distance she should have leaped
ontside,; she ieft .the sill with a shriek.
Descending, her body struck a sign, and
then . bounding to the wall, was tossed
back to another sign and split half-way
upward, beginning below the stomach.
As sown as she reached the ground she
was placed In. an ambulance and taken
to a hospital, but she d'ied in a few
minutes.
The buildings destroyed were 1219-1221
Market street, occupied bv Hunt, Wil
kinson & Co.; 1223 and 1225, William
F. 'Potts & Jsons, iron niercnants: 1227.
E. C. ELsenbrey, -men's, furnishings, and
J. Humphrey, sign painter; 1214-121G
south side of Market street, occupied by
Kayser & Airman, wall paper, and 1218,
L. C. Bliss Regal shoes; and 1220 and
1224, Ivenes, Deitsch & Magee. carpets.
were damaged and their stock injured.
A dozen otner buildings were damaged
slightly.
At 10 o dock the identified dead num
bered fifteen, and in the morgue were
three bodies unidentified, two of which
are so badly charred that identification
will be difficult. .
. $
A CARPENTER'S FALL
D. C, Blake Seriously Injur
ed at Durham 1
Durham, N C, Oct. 25. Special.
Mr. D. C. Blake, a cixrpenter who is
employed on the new North Durham
graoed school, was very badly hurt to
day by falling fifteen feet. In the fall
he landed on a pile of brick. One of
his hips was contusted, and may be his
lung hurt. He was earned home in the
western part of v town, ana tonight is
reccing quietly. It is thought the will
recover. He has several relatives in
Raleigh.
in a letter received here this after
noon Rev. A. H. Barbee of Jonesboro,
accepts the call extended by the Chris
tian church.
CAMPAIGN, IN JAMAR
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A General Movement to Be
..Made Against insurgents!
'AraTvlla. Oct. 25. Planters report that
storms in the Cagayan vaEey have ruined
the crons and that prices for' supplies
next rear will be doubled.
The libel hill adopted by the Philip
pine Commission win become a law In
nifp of the n,nnositicm of the papers
here and the lawyers. The opposition to :
tb: till was almost unanimous. j
1 Rear Admiral Rodger -has. disem-i
:!rked the marines from his ship at :
l'XfcSat TheevS S?aSntrToccu?rS"
the sam f'ttaf LSImhh S
pleted his an-angements for the distri-
butitjn of troops on thp island of Sam"'-
(a general movement willtake place at
once with parts of the First, Seventh,
' X!4.t. 1.--1 rn v m
"uhu, jiuvtMiiuf xweirin ana xwenry
sixth infantry regiments.
-j ' Numej-ous suspected mumicipal officials
nave neen arrested m oamar. . The evi
dence shows , that there have been start
ling conspira'cis on foot. The . sources
of the chief supplies for the rebels have
been blockaded and inhabitants are now
concentrated in towns. The friends of
General Luckban, the rebel Jeader, have
been terrifying the interior. ,
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Bryan Draws Crowds
Omaha, Oct. 25. The advent of Wil
liam J. Bryan in the Nebraska cam
paign has aroused an interest in the re
sult which, has hitherto net ; existed.
Extreme Apathy has marked the move
ments of both sides until the Mast two
or three days. Mr. Bryan is drawing
the same enormous crowds as. dui5ng his
presidential campaigns. ,
, . .
Carnegie's Gift to San Juan
Sna Juan. P. RJ Oct. 25. Education
Commissicner Brumbaugh received a let
ter from Mr. Andrew Carnegie vesterday
donating $100,000 for a library here
under the usual conditions, the city hav
ing to appropriate $8,000 and the island
$2,400 for maintenance. The people are
astounded by' the size of the gift. The
expenditure of the money will, it is said,
somewhat relieve the currency sfriin-
gpucy here.
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Clipped Another Quarter
rp-Tnnhis Oct. 25. Tattle Rov tho
this afternoon, clipping second from
.bis OWQ) the world's record, for pacing
t( Wagon, 2:01, made here the first
day of the meeting, completing the cir
cuit in tne pnouomenal time of :viys
A Crying Need of the Pres
, byterian Church
studentTare few
Otherx Churches Suffer in
Like M a n n e r Stirri ng Ad
dress on Sunday Schools.
Synod Nearing its Close
Charlotte. N.i C. Oct. 25. Special.
close, but much business still remains
to be transacted. The synod convenea
this doming at 9 o clock amd numbers
of addresses were listened to.
The chief address was delivered by
Rev. A. L. GTaham. D. D., who spoke
on the work of the committee on minis
terial education. The speaker cited ng
ures showing the number of candidates
who are studying for the ministry. He
said- the number of applications was con
stantly decreasing, while the need was
increasing, and today there are a great
many vacant pulpits. The Southern
Presbyterian Church is not tne only
church, showing a decrease in this re
spect. It 1s similar with many, If not
all other denominations.
A.fter business was concluded at the
morning session Dr. . Wells of Wilming
ton preached before the synod ort the
agony of Christ in the garden of Geth-
semane. -
Next came Dr. A. L. Phillips, Sabbath
school secretary, who delivered a mas
terly address on Sunday school work,
which left a deep impression upon aH
present.
The banquet of Davidson alumni was
called off. The might, session was de
voted to discussion of the work of the
committee on colored evangelization.
, . '
Penalty of Indiscretion
IJverDOol.iOct. 25. Right Hon. Wal
ter Dong, president1 of the local govern
ment boaTd, speaking today, said General
Sir Redvers . Buller had been dismissed
from the command of the First army
corps solely because of his speech at
the dinner of the King's Royal Rifles,
which was regarded as subversive of
military discipline. The cabinet had
unanimously supported the commander-in-chief
after every, oportimity had been
offered to General Buller to make ex
planation, i
A PRIESSEES CZOLGOSZ
But He is Careful to Avoid Telling Any
thing Worth Knowing
Auburn, Oct. 25. For the second time Christian and, although he may hare
since he has been in Auburn prison Leon , renounced Christianity he is a Chrn-
F. Czolgosz has had a visitor. Like tian. I think."
ithe first tiiis one was a priest of the "Has he renounced anarchy?"
Roman Catholic church, Rev. Hyacinth "Air that I will say is that from the
Fudzinski, pastor of Corpus Christi first that I saw -of him. until I left him
church, of Buffalo. Early this morn- there was a change, and such a great
ing Czolgosz requested one of his guards change." . ' -
to inform Warden Mendo that he wished "Do you consider the change for thai
to see a priest. The warden communi
cated with Rev. John J. Hickey. Cath
olic chaplain of the prison, and he was
soon at the institution with Father Fud
zinski, who '., was immediately conducted
to the condemned man's cell. He re-
mained with Czolgosz for more than an
hour, The conversation was carried cm
in pns. On leaving the prison the
asked if fee had talked with,
Czolgosz.
"Ye' with a shrug of the shoulders,
"Has he accepted Christianity?' .
"He is a Christian. He was born a
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A Democrat Will Succeed
Judge Fuller
MAY BE A TAR HEEL
District Attorney Bernard's
Days Are Numbered, But
Harry Skinner Is Not Cer
tain to Knock the Persim
mon
Washington, Oct. 25. Special. Sena
tor PritChard, Representative Moody and
Harry -Skinner .of North Carolina saw
the President today and asked him
to appoint S. ' B. Adams of Greensboro
a judge of the Court of Land Claims to
fill the vacancy caused by the recent
death of Judge Thomas C. Fuller. Th
President said that he would take th
name or Adams under consideration, but
that as Judge Fuller was a Democrat
he would probably select a Democrat
for the vacancy. Judge Fuller was from
North Carolina, and the North Caro
linians hoped- to be able to name his
successor.
From what the President said, and
the manner of his saying it, the infer
ence was drawn that he would appoint
a Southern Democrat to succeed Judge
Fuller. In this way he hopes to draw
the stimg caused by the Booker Wash
ington .incident. It. is not certain that
North Caro!iua Democrats can nam
Judge Ful'er's successor, but if they
present a good man with ivaaninuty it
!s probable that the President will ap
point him.
In 'presenting Judge Adams' name to
the President; former Congressman Skin
ner had an opportunity of meeting the
President. Mr. SkhrDer hopy to 'suc
ceed District Attorney Bernard. . The,
vacancy does not occur until next spring.
There is only one thing certain about
the position of district attorney for- the
Eastern district of North Carolina, ajid
that is-that Mr-firntd-rwilt'iiot suc-
A cecd himself." ' Mr. " Bernard - does ot
' I, a 1; f li f i ... . . .
miuw liiis, auu win u-ui una ic oui unui
his term expires and a new man is out
in Jhisv'pTace.-'"Vhb.thia;.new man ,wd!l
be is hot yet knowri,.and will not. be"; for
several ntonths io : come. Mi. Skinner
has a ehanace, and so have several others
: previously named m connection with.lt.
Senator Pritchard returned home this
afternoon.
Former Senator Butler left here to
night for New York. The result of a
short visit he paid to the President this
morning,was not divulged, but it was an
nounced beforehand that he would give
the President his views on the Southeim
political situation.
Postmasters appointed: T. G. Roberts
has been appointed postmaster at Ful
ton, Buncombe county, vice J. E. Chand
ler, resigned.
Rural free delivery service will com
mence December 2 at the following
places: ' , (
Canton, Haywood county; carriers,
J. H. Ford and S. W. Smathers. Post
offices at .Western, Vance, Forks of
Pigeon, Ditch Cove and Garden Creek
to be discontinued. .
Clyde. Haywood county; carrier, Geo.
F. Rogers.
Waynes ville, Haywood county; ..car
riers, T. L. Bramblet, H. D. Maney'and
W. A. Grahl.
Robert T. Anderson has been appoint
ed a storekeeper and gauger in the
Asheville internal revenue district. -
JOHN BOYLE.
Races at Elizabeth City
JLizabeth City, N. C, Oct. 25. Spe
cial. The last day's racing at the fairy
resulted as follows:
Twp e.teen pace and free for all
trot first heat: Geo. R. Peck first,
.uara Avis second, -Dr. S. . K. third.
Time 2.19., oecond heat: Rara. Avis
first, Geo. R. Peck second, Dr. S. K.
Third. Time 2.1o. Ixiird heat: Rara.
Avis first, Geo. R. Peck second, Dr.. S.
lv. distanced. Time 2.18. Fourth heat:
Rara Avis first, Geo. R. Peck second.
Time 2.24.
better?"
"Oh yes."
"Will you see him again?"
"I hope so." - -
Further than this the clergyman de
clined to answer questions."
Czolgosz still eats, sleeps and refuse
to communicate with his guards. Ho
has grown nervous, however, and there
is a general belief at the prison that hs
will break down Tuesday morning when
he is taken to , the electric chair arul
have an attack of hysteria, as he dil
when he first entered 4he prison, '