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VOL. VI I. RALEIGH, N. C.; SATTTRDAY. NOVEMBER 9 1901 , No. 79 TURKEY YIELDS TO AND-THE TROUBLE IS OVER1 The Sultan Agrees to the French Claims and Re lieves the Situation Faris. Nor. 8. The trouble between France and Tnrkey oyer the quays claims at Constantinople has been settled, and the crisis that threatened to'have far reaching results is at an end. It was stated here this morning thafthe sultan had notified the French government, that he had agreed to all, the French claims, ami that -the matter would be equitably -.-ul justed as soon "as possible. The Turk ish embassy in this city confirmed the report. ' . , . --- . M. Delcasse. minister of foreign af fairs, has anformed the Turkish gov ernment that the French squadron will. lrare MRylene as soon as he receives official communication . that the sultan has ratified the-decision of the porte. Thpre is great satisfaction here, over the fact that the sultan-has taken action and agreed to yield to the de mands, of France. There was strong opposition to a conflict with Turkey. In its issue today The Matin: declares i hat the country would refuse to follojv Impetuous Chaise and oTUDDorn Graphic Report of Battl? at Brakenlaagte BoerDash and British Valor Pretoria. Nov. S. The correspondent of the Sun visited the camp of Benson's column at Brugsprnit and there learned f ui details of the fight at Brakenlaagte. The story gives ample proof of heroim on the part of the British mounted troops and artillery , ami of most reso lute bravery on the part of , the Boers. The fight began with sniping at the British rear guard, which was defended PX the Third mounted infantry.- About three- o'clock Colonel Benson, y findinx that the Boers were being reinforced in great numbers, sent back a sauadron of the British horse to assist his rear i-'iiard. At the same time he halted two guns with an estort cf one com pany of Buffs, which took uo a position n a low ridge. Major Wools-Samo-t-on was sent forward to strike the cam ni and when this had been done he ordered the Yorkshire mounfrediufantry and the Scottish horse to retire back on the suns. TheBoers- immediately upon seeing this move, dasaed forward in a uarge of extraordinary vigor. Seteu hundred of them rde full tilt on thi British lines, yelling defiance as thev fired from their horses. The British troops galloped to meet them and gained The ridge two thousand yards out from their camp, in. which Colonel Benson stood with' his mounted men in extend ed formation. In his van the Scottish liorse held the right, facing the Boers, and the Yorkshire mounted infantry, the left. Colonel Benson himself, with his staff and the artillerymen, were bj the guns. The Boers dashed recklessly on through the escort company of Buffs and gained the hollow within fOTty yards of the guns. There they dis mounted and took cover behind the shoulder of a ridge, although some con tinued to fire from horseback. The others crept up and poured a deadly fire on the defenders. Colonel Benson fell shot through the knee, but at once sent a message to Major Woolls-Samp-son, telling him where to direct the British gun fire. Major Young, with the rearmost gun in the British camp. placed his Shells henntifiillv int nror the ridge. After the defenders of the two foremost guns had all been shot down this shell fire from the British camp prevented the Boers from advan cing to take away the guns until after dark. The brunt of the defense of the ridge was borne chiefly by the artillerymen serving he two front enus and bv the Scottish horse and Yorkshire mounted infantry, besides Colonel Benson and his personal staff. Out of one hundred and sixty men on the ridge the Btish had 123 casualties. The Scottish horVe alone had 73 hit out , of 80, and the artillerymen 28 out of 30. The two companies of : Yorkshire mounted in fantry also had a terrible proportion of c-ers all were killed but one. Colonel Benson, : Lieut. 'Coioael Ouiness and Captains Murray, Lindsay and Thor old, with many of their men, all fell dead here. Iieut. i Colonel Guiness fired the last shot from beside; the -guns, and immediately fell dead, rid dled with bullets. A trooper in the Scottish horse named Grierson, who was not wounded, remained to the last beside Colonel Benson, hoping to get a message : from his commander to .take back to camp, when. Benson was hit mortally and . the trooper himself wounded. The British' resistance weak ened, there being few left alive to with stand the Boers. . Just before he died Colonel Benson rent ' for. Major Woolls-Sampson and sa'd: "Defend" your camp for all it is worth. Louis Botha has stated that he the government in a . conflict with the sultan. "If the government says it is for honor," says The Matin, "the coun try will reply that it. is for interest. If Turkey makes any movement in the di rection of respecting the French flag J me aimcuity must re settled. The anxiety over the situation, which has been full of uncertainty, is followed byi welcome relief. The body of the people is . gratified because the dispute has been settled without bloodshed. There are numerous confirmations , of the fact that the sultan has decided upon the peacefnl way out of the: contro versy. Several of the newspapers have today published telegrams , -from Con stantinople to the - ecect that Abdul Harliiid had decided to comply with all the-idemands made by France, and has issued an1 urgent summons for a meet ing of the council of ministers in order that his wishes may be carried out as soon as possible. According, to a dispatch from Athens, the ' Greek minister at Constantinople has telegraphed his government inform ing it of the sultan's acceptance of the French conditions for a peacefnl settle ment or tne trouble, A disoateh from Vienna savs that the Xeuie Frle Presse announces that the iH.itc. uas conceoea an tne a rencn -de-! mam) ,"UIWJ"' t"e recosrniuon oi tne quays concessions Resistance will attack in the morning with 3.400 men unless jou surrender." The men in jthe British camp had beeu busy intrenching their lines since nightfall. They continued their defense v .ks till morning when the position impregnable. From the doctors and prisoners vino had'been some time in the hands of the Boers it was learned that the tatter's casualties were about L'OO. t Christian Botha was wounded in both arms and Field Cornet Opherman was killed. Louis Botha personally admitted that he was not satisfied with the result of the fight. The Boers. about J.400 strong, concentrated rapidly again ; but Colonel Eustace, with the twenty fifth mounted infantry, had put in such good .work-in' defending the southern end, oti the- British '.position .- that the Boers; after reconnoitering .the camp, abstained from attacking. - ; f On the second, morning other British columns arrived and the Boers dis persed. LITTLE JOE WILL MAKE GREAT GUNS Gen. Wheeler Prophesies a Revolution in Equipment of Armies Philadelphia, Nov. 8. General Joseph. Wheeler, who "has been stopping at the Hotel Walton for several days, ?n nounced this noon that Philadelphia was to have the largest ordnance factory in the 'country,, that the factory would probably be run in connection with Cramp's shipyards and 'that, a revolu tion in the weapons used by army and navy was impending. General Wheeler will probably be president of - the- $6,000,000 company now organized under the name of the McLean Arms Company. The entire stock has been disposed of n't private sale to New York, Cleveland and Phila delphia capitalists. The manufacture of arms on a large scale will be begun by spring. -'-. ' General Wheeler will make his manent residence in" this city. He said Bradstreets on the State of Trade New , York, Nov. 8, Bradstreet's re- view tomorrow will say: The trade . situation presents many points of strength and few of weakness. Colder weather throughout the country has stimulated retail trade . in heavy clothing, shoes, groceries and rubber goods, and this has already been re flected in an improved re-order demand from western and southern jobbers. Col lections, too, , are more satisfactory. Country merchants are. reported in good financial shape, and one result of this is found iu the rather better supply and easier tone of nwnipy. Bank deposits t smaller cities in the corn belt are re ported increasing. Holding of cotton is reported from the south, this being aided by the strength of the business com munity generally. Speculation in stocks and in leading staples has likewise im proved, and the broadest, and. to all ap pearances, healthiest, market in securi ties since last May is now in progress. Higher prices have been made for ce reals. Bradstreet's figures of the world's visible supply favor the bears but little. Foreign calls are better, and export de-1 mind has been improved both for wheat and corn, the strength of these being shared in by. flour, the production of which at Minneapolis and other centers is very heavy, and by oats. The price situation is one of steadiness, though FRANCE t today (that the new invention was rev olutionary and thai he would be willing to take one regiment equipped With the new guns and whrp any three regi ments that mi?ht be using any rifles so far known. The eight and -ten inch' ' guns, he said, would be equally revolu tionary in itheir, effect upon naval war fare. - ' ' NOT FOR A DEMOCRAT One Thing Settled in Regard to the Vacant Judgeship in Virginia Washington, Nov.. 8. Indications point to an early decision in regard to the filling of the vancancy on the Fed eral bench of the Western District of Virginia caused bv the death of JudzG; '. Paul. The -president, it is un'derstootl,,; will not apioint a Democrat. Henry ri, rnnll nf Ttt Stm Clan. is a strong candidate, but niee:'S with ident of the state only a few years.. A .elegation of prominent Virginians presented the name of A. P. Gillespie of Tazewell county, to the president, be used to erect the monument in Can this morning. Mr. Gillespie is a life: toil. , To this end he proposes that the Jong resident of Virginia. He is a officers of the monument association member of the Virginia Constitutional and of. the arch association shall hold Convention. , a joint meeting for consultation. The Captain J. H. Wood, of Bristol, Va.v n-esident and members of the cabinet has become a candiflate for the vacant agreed " with Senator Hanna that the jndgeshlp. He called at the AVhite two associations ougHt. to work in har House this morning accompanied by mony. ; There is opposition in some General Thomas L. Kosser. " parts of the country to the erection of a Four members of the I House Com-', very costly monument at Canton bv mittee on Ways and Means Repre9-n-.public sulscription, on the Rround chat tatives Payne (chairman), Grosvenpr ofa" monument to "Mr. McKinley costing Ohio, Russell of Connecticut, and Steele $1,000,000 or even several hundred thou- of Indiana conferred with President Koosevelt this afternoon on the subject Tracing Steal of .Washington,'Nov. S. The Department of Justice has been for some time tracing the securities in . which ex-Captain Oher- linlM. Carter, "United States Army, is alleged to have invested the proceeds of his frauds at Savannah. About two years ago Carter, it is charged,, em bezzled from the United States govern ment $732,582. Tie "was convicted by a court-martial. Carter ; was detailed at the time Of his fraud as engineer officer in charge of the harbor im3rove ments at Savannah. It is alleged that he inspected the work in 'sivch 'jnan- ner as to have it cost the government thtee times as much-as it was worth. The government authorities have traced WEEKLY MEETING i OF THE CABINET Washington, Nov. 8. The cabinet meeting today was not marked by the disussion of any important questions. The president read parts of his forth- coming message and advised witn mem-jn,. bers of the cabinet m regard to the mat-1 ters contained therein. ; Attorney General Knox explained that ithe prospect that Oberlia M. Carter, formerly a'captai?i of engineers in th army and now serving sentene at Fort Leavenworth, will be brought into a civil court in Chicago is' generally mis miderstiood. This does not mean, h Mid, that the question of Garter's orig- per-,h.al guilt or innocence will be tried, but I merely that Carter will be allowed to some hesitation wasfhown during Oc- tober. Failures are about normal," consider ing the large expansion in business over recent years, and liabilities for October, with one exception, are the smallest since 1893. October railway gross earn ings confirm the best reports made as to the large business offered. Prelimi nary returns to Bradstreet's for the full month of October indicate a gain of fully 10 per cent over October a year ago. Export business in genera r lines is not very active, and steamship freights at Atlantic ports are dull and low. Man ufacturers are busy the country over, and running full time in nearly every instance. While nearly all industries are active, special strength and activity has been displayed in -iron and steel. Production as yetseems to be running behind con sumption. So urgent, in fact, has been the inquiry that German steel billets have been imported and larger takings are looked for. The shortage of cars is an additional obstructive feature 'just at present; and the effect upon the coke trade has been so marked as to cause, the shut-down of twenty blast, furnaces in the Fittsburg district. Failures for the week aggregate 191, as against 172 last week and lbl m this week a year ago. : of tariff revision. "The ..president read that partof' his message relating to the tariff, -and it appears that his views were in line with those of his visitors. This' is, takenjto mean thttt the president "will not recommend any change of tariff 'schedules; - ' A II fliiipt nn th Icthmiis " ' t A I J t, , J 1 I bf I V IVIIIIIIUU 7j Washington, Nov. 8. -The Bureau of -Navigation of the .Navy Department tbii !mornrng' gave out several reomvs from the commanding officers of the Iowa and Macluas .concerning the sitna lion along the . isthmus. The reports state that s everything is quiet . there. The telegrams made public today are fijm the naval commauders at Panama and Colon, and indicate that the condi tions at ' the"se places are normal " and that no further trouble is expected - , -v.v - - - - HANNA AT THE WHITE HOUSE He Wants a Big McKinley Monument at Canton Washington, Nov. 8. Senator Hanna called at 'ihe White House today for the first time since the funeral of Pres ident Mclvinley. He went over with the Di-psident the nroiectl of the Ka-, iional McKinlty Memorial Monument Association -to erect' a monument over tU.i ,.oo f ATk ArTCin pv at Canton. .; Senator Ilanua believes that the Xa- Association and McKinley National) ? Sltynorial Arch Association should mute , and that'itiic public sabscriptious should t sad dollars should be located in one of j thejlarger cities irtgs in Carter the securities referred to to several per sons Jiving In different sections of the Pnitetl States. In West ; Virginia they have been able to find- about $lt0,000 held in trust by a relative of the alleged embezzler. This the Department of Jus tice has seized, receivers ha vins been appointed by the courts. ! .The Depart ment of Justice now expects to prove that this money was stolen by Carter. The authorities have also been able to placeitheir hands on about. $200,000 in Chicago, and that they are taking steps t& recover. The department says that Carter is now jryins" to make the people Relieve that it was he who brought about these proceedings, j whereas it is purely a work of the department. tetify a to :the ownersnip of about f -.(K),(K)0 ! which has been discovered by age-nts of the Department of Justice in Chicago. These funds are supposed tc represent a part of the money alleg ed ( to liave' been embezzled by Carter :froin the government. j . " The recent outbreak at the Leaven worth penitentiary was discussed by the president and Attorney General Knox. Mr. Knox had received a telegram from the, warden of the prison, seating tb convict-was kilied and one of the jmards badlv wc guards badly wounded and that 2G of 1 the four hundred prisoners confined , there escaped, but that j they were be ing closely pursued, j VOEKENER WANTS ! HIS "DOLL LADY" Buffalo," Nov. 8 Anthony G.. Woek ener, the young man who was married several days ago to Chiquita, the "doll lady," in this city, has instituted habeas corpus proceedings against Frank C. Bostoe to'-, get possession of his wife. Chiquita's right name is Alice Espiridi ona. She is a Mexican dwarf- and is claimed by Bostock. She was abducted by Woekener and influenced to give her consenit to the marriage, which it is said, she now regrets, j Woekener has been unable to see his wife since the. wedding.' j After the cere mony at the home of Justice ltoehford, he-and Chiquita. returned to the Pan American Exposition grounds, and Chi quita was seized by one of Bostick's men and restored to the Bostock family, of which she has been a member for .some time. Chiquita is said to be wealthy, and Bostock claims -this fact is not without influence on Woekener, who is a mere boy.- - Police Prevent a Duel Havana, Nov. 8. As an outcome of the brawl at the hanauet given to the n'aval officers of the ivmlean cruiser' here on the evening of November ". the Cuban General Montalvo. warden of the insular penitentiary, challenged Dr. Tammayo, the secretary of state, to fight a duel. ' The duel was to have taken place today, but-the police inter f erred and the principals were kept apart. v: CdPtO AMERICAN SHIPPING But Uompagsons Are Not Flattering to the Enter prise of the Country ; Washington, Nov. 8. The . report of the commissioner of navigation states that the past fiscal year was the third successive year of notable " prosperity and growth in American shipping, ex ceeding the two previous years. The extent and nature of work under wav or -projected in shipyards promises au even greater growth for the current fiscal year. ' ' " , American tonnage has now-practically attained the former maximum of 1861. The figures of 1901 compared with 18G1 show an increase in coasting trade ves sels from 2,704,544 tons' to 4.582,683 tons (two thirds of this increase being on the great lakes), a decrease in for eign trade vessels from 2,496,894 tons to 879,595 tons, and a decline in whal ing and fishing vessels from 338,375 tons to 61.940 tons. Xf our total tonnage 3,623,201 tons are wooden vessels, and only 1.901,017 tons are iron or steel. In 1900 Great Britain launched 1,440,000 tons of steol vessels. . ' 'Porto Bico appears in the returns with 25 vessels of 5,297 " tons, and Hawaii vth 64 vessels of ' 37,149 tons. In the Philippines 2,340 vessels of 102. 581 tons (of which 149 vessels of 43, 598 tons are steam vessels) are, under American 1 protection. Until congress has so enacted, jthe Philippine vessels are not vessels of the United States. Although registered American ves sels increased 02,435 tons during the year, American vessels carried only S.2 per cent of our exports, and imports, the smallest percentage in our histofy. Our fleet of ocean steamers in foreign trade is too small to be compared with that of foreign nations. It is compared with the fleets of the lour large British and German corporations, each of which exceeds the America fleet in tonnage, mileage and business. The tonnage built and documented in the United States' during the past fiscal year-comprised 1,581 vessels of 483.634 gross tons. An analysis of-this con struction was printed in July. The steel vessels under construction or under contract during , ihe current fiscal .year will much exceed similar tonnage built in any previous year. The, bureau-i-advised of -89 such merchant vessels of 355,045 gross tons, to be val ued at about $36,000,000. Besides these 71 naval vessels Jf 281,148 tons -displacement are building at . contract prices of. $78,000, . In this work 44 plants with a capital of about $68,000, 000, employing about 46,000 men, 'are engaged. . " ' . . ' Yellow Flag Of China , Floats at Half Mast Unusual Mark of Respect to the Honor of the Depart ed Statesman -Washington, Nov. S. A half-masted flag the black dragon on a yellow field flew from the flag-staff of the Chinese legation today as a mark of respect to the memory of the late viceroy, Li Hung Chang. From the Chinese point of'vaew, it was an ivnusual sight, -and' therefore a most appropriate tribute, according ' -finncHP of the Celestial king dom an unaccustomed honor for a re markable personage. Official advices from Pekm were re .i.A io.fo laof nitrht bv Mr.' Wll Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, informing j him of the death of Earl Li. The minister- thereupon sent his profound per-t sonal condolences to tne reiauves vl the great statesman. -' ' .. ' . No official action will be taken by the legation here, nor will there, be any onlcial mourning or observances decreed in China. Such honors- are reserved exclusively for the members of the reign ing dynasty, and are never expected by those not of the royal blood. Even in the case of such an exalted patriot as Li Hung Chang, he was nevertheless as ranch a subject as any other, Chinese, and . governmental semblances of . moura ing will therefore be lacking. - Mr. Wu is expecting early official ad vices of the a'pnointment of Earl Li's successor. Apart from the press dis patches upon this point, he. has had no information as yet. -The advancing of one of the higher provincial rnJers will be followed, it as understood, .by a number of other lesser cromotions, re sulting iu a general re-arrangeme;nt of the' present roster of governors of the great provinces of China. . Saectiior to LI Huns ( bine Pekin, Nov. 7. Yuan-Shi-Kai, the present governor of Shantung, has been appointed to succeed Earl Li Hung Chang as viceroy of Chi-Li province. The appointment was officially announced todav. . .: -' , Wswig-Wen-Shao. a member of the grand -council and second in rank in tif Wan-Wu-Pu (the new forwign office). wll . Is now with the i;ninese court, nfls been named as plenipotentiary and acting head of the foreign office as the suc cessor of Earl Li. As soon as the court arrives at Kaifend. Wang-Wen-Shao will start for Pekin. It" will take him about a fortnight to make the journey. The appointment of Yuan-Shi-Kai as viceroy of Chi-Li province indicates that the court is of the 'opinion that it is of the IS MAKING GAINS The building of ten trans-Atlantic steamers presumably rests on anticipat ed legislation by congress.1 Six for th Atlantic Transport Line are building from the same plans used in building steamers in England for the same com pany. The American cost of a .steamer of the Minnehaha type will be $1,846, 800, the British cost $1,419,200. The American cost of the smaller trans Atlantic cargo steamers will be $729, 000, for which" the British price range? from $534,000 to $486,000. The difference in wages on American and foreign vessels is considered in de tail. In illustration the pay roll (ex- eluding master) of 380 men on the steamship St. Louis is $11,300; of 427 men -on the British "Oceanic is $9,900. and of five hundred men on the'German Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse $7,715. The German is the fastest steamship, the American is the smallest. The-report contains .a detailed state ment off he foreign voyages of Ameri can vessels last yar, showing that the American flag w'as seen much oftener on , the North Atlantic during Pres ident -Jefferson's embargo in - or during the cruise of the Alabama than at present. Foreign shipping -in, our Pacific trade has doubled in three years. The purchase of the Leyland -Line is considered as evidence that American capital is willing to invest in ocean steamships, that there -is an advantage to American exporters in American con trol of ocean steamships,-even if not under the American flag, and that in the coming development of our ocean transport facilities'-the union of trunk railroad lines and steamship corpora tions will be an 'mportant factor. In cluding the Leyland phrehase American capital owns fully 670,0A tons of steamers under foreign flags, which ' :n actual carrying power exceed all Amer ican vessels , now , engaged -In- foreign trade. The War and Navy Deoart me'nts also own 126,847 gross tons of foreign built transports and colliers. By various special' acts 56 foreign built vessels of 132.187 gross tons have been admitted to , register. American money, accordingly of late years has purchased 931,000 tons "' of foreign built steel i steamers, whila since "1891 there have been built in the United States 1.006. 000 tons of steel steam vessels of all kinds. - . The principal foreign and American . ocean mail contract are printed in full, and it: is shown - that at the ; present prices of steamships, British ocean mail contracts-are. more - --advantageous-: for steamship lines than American contraeta -under the. act. of 1891. V - -' The report contains thSfusoai statist,-, tical - tables of American shipping and also tables illustrating the growth of British, and German shipping... It will not be printed for distribution until December. ' . ; greatest importance to have a strong man at the head of the province. - Chou-Fn. the provincial treasurer, will act as vicetoy until the arrival of Li Hung Chang's successor. Cheng Tien Ghiiu the director general of river trans portation, will succeed Yuan-Shi-Kai, as the governor of Shantung. This "ap pointment is regarded here as one of doubtful expediency, as Cheng Tien Chin is strongly opposed to foreigners and sympathized with the Boxers during the recent uprising. - Washington, Nov. 8 The State De partment has been informed by cable gram from Mr. Conger, the American minister at Pekin. that the Chinese government has aptxwnted Yuan-Shi-Kal to be viceroy of the province of Chi-Li as successor to Lf Hung Chang, . who died yesterday, and Hh&t Wang-Wen-Shao has' been made "vice-governor of the same province. " Yuan-Shi-Kai is now governor of the province of Shantung, and' is believed to be acceptable to the foreign pow ers by reason of his conservative con duct heretofore, and because, although governor of a province ' in which the Boxer outbreak had its dnception, he ruled his subjects with much strength and tact, thereby preventing many se rious difficulties. . lit Hang; Chase' Frlun ' Pekin, Nov; 8. The court is hurrying to Kaifeng Fu, where it is expected tc arrive the. first of next. week. Prince Chingr who is now traveling to the place to meet the court, will not remain there to take part in the celebration of- the empress dowager's birthday, but with Wang-Wen-Shao, who has been ap pointed peace plenipotentiary in LMIung Chang's stead, will leave for Pekin No vember 12. It is understood that Li Hung Chang's fortune amounts to only from ten to twenty million taels. A tael is equal to about cents. It will be divided equally among his two sons, his adopted sou and his eldest grandson. V . The commanders of the foreign troops have met in Tien Tsin to , consider amending the regulations adapted by the provisional government in order to per mit the large revenues pledged as se curity, for the indemnity to be trans f erred to the imperial customs. - : $ ; .- . Small Commandoes Active Bloemfontein, Nov. 8". Small Boer commandoes are active in the country around Ficksbnrg and Ladybrand. Six ty Boer renegade ref ugees from ihesft dis-tricts were brought into Bloemfon tein today. N-
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