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RALEIGH. N. C. FRIDAY , ' MAY 22, 1903
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No. 146
Ft CsV - m Tl . mi is
ouuer .aays ine roptilists
: Will Be Strong in the Faith
He Will not lis Himself to
Clark or Bryan A New
Jersey Congressman
Says Cleveland er
Gorman Can
Win Out
BY THOMAS f. PENCE
Washington, May 21. Special. For
jrer Senator Marion. Butler, chairman
of thertiational Populist executive com-t-.ittei,
does not believe that the Popu
lists generally "will support President
Ecoeevelt in the campaign next year.
There may be individual cases," said
Y.r. Butler, tonight, "where Populist?,
w members of the People's party, -will
Fupport Mr. Roosevelt for president,
but members of the party generally
v ill not follow the lead of the candi
date of either the Republican or Dem
ocratic party. Democrats are going to
nominate a man of the Cleveland type;
snd that f. will make the Populists
throughout the country more loyal
than ever to their principles, and will
rause their number to grow. The pres
ent situation makes it certain that tje
Populist party will put a candidate ; in
the field for president."
Mr. Butler said, in addition, that the
Clevelandites were circulating the idea
that -Populists would support. "Mr.
Roosevelt for the purpose of injuring
the president in New York, where there
is a certain amount of prejudice
against the name Populist.
Mr. Butler, who has always been a
strong champion of Colonel W. J. Bry
an, having led the fight on two occa
sions to force his party "to nominate
him, -was asked If Mr. Bryan's al
leged candidate, Chief Justice Clark of
North Carolina, would be acceptable to
the Populists. The Populist chairman
would not commit himself further than
to say that the indications at this tim?
pointed to the nomination of an inde
pendent candidate.
Representative McDermott "of New
Jersey said today that the Democrats
of his state favor for the Democratic
presidential nomination next year that
great, good and unselfish patriot, Ste
phen Grbver Cleveland of New Jersey,
with Senator Gorman of Maryland a
second choice.
"Cleveland." said Mr.- McDermott, "is
a native of New Jersey. He was born
there find lives there. Aside from this
fact, however, New Jerseymen favor
him because they believe he is wise
and a conservative leader, and that he
would handle the affairs of the nation
to the utmost satisfaction.
"Mr. Gorman is also looked upon fa
vorably. Tfre people1 seem to have con
fidence in him. With Cleveland or
Gorman at the head of the ticket we
could sweep the country. New Jersey
would certainly east her votes for
either man.. And I think also that
either could carry Delaware and Con
necticut. The New York Democracy,
from what I can lea.. U 'in gooe
shape." There-is every prospect that
the state will vote for the next Demo
cratic nominee, providing he is a man
of the Cleveland ,or Gorman type."
There is to be a change in the post
office at Frankllnton. It has only been
a short while since B. F. Cook, an in
dependent, was given the place; but his
resignation has been received and "Wil
liam A. Harris, a straight-out Republi- j
can, is to be the postmaster.
N. B. Bryan is to be appointed post
master at Garner. The present post
master has been "removed, a charge of
inefficiency having been preferred by
a department inspector.
The post office department today an
nounced its acceptance of the propo
sition of A. A. Shuford and W. M.
Ellis to lease the premises at present
used for . the post office at Hickory,
N. C, including complete equipment,
for a term of five years, to date from
July X. 1S03.
Cranberry Iron Orrs
"Iron ore deposits of the- Cranberry
district in North. Carolina-Tennessee"
i3 an abstract from the descriptive text
by Mr. Arthur Keith of the Cranberry
Geologic Folio, just published by the
United States geological survey. De
posits of T magnetic iron oxide occur
along, a line passing through Cranberry
in a northwestern direction. They be
gin near Old Field on North Toe river,
and extend, with small intervals, south
of Smoky Gap through Cranberry and
on to Shell creek in Tennessee. The
ore has long been worked and produces
iron wll known, for its purity.
At the Cranberry mines open cuts
have been made at intervals over an
area 900 by 300 feet and to the depth of
25!). feet, ; with! branching tunnels run
ning in for considerable distances. The
ore occurs as, veins dipping southwest.
The ore is very free from phosphorus
and sulphur. It yields an average of
COSTING TOO MUCH
42 to 46 per cent, of iron. The quanti
ty of ore is more or less uncertain,
though the deposit has apparently a
length of over half a mile. Quantities
are now in sight and a large output is
to be expected in the future.
Red hematite is found in this area
on the east side of Bull Ruffln moun
tain. Little work has been done in the
development of the ore and its value
and quantity are questionable. Spec
ular hematite is found along the south
slope, and also north and northwest of
Beech mountain. The veins are small
or of only moderate thickness. Brown
hematite ores are abundant . in the
Tennessee district.
Of talc deposits of North Carolina,
Mr. Keith states there are two general
sources" of North Carolina taic, the
marble group of deposits, occurring as
masses and sheets in the blue and
white Cambria marbles (the Cherokee
marble) along the Nantahala valley
and Nottely river, and the soap3tone
group, found also in quantites in the
French Broad valley. Practically all
the talc mined in the state comes from
the Cherokee marble.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Fuller and chil
dren of Durham are here spending a
few days. United States Marshal J.
M. Miliken and daughter are here. As
sistant Paymaster P. -."W. Delano and
bride have arrived from "Wilmington,
N. C.
LoMsbtirg Visited
by Midnight Fi
A Nsw Cotton Pest
New Orleans, May 21. A new sort of
worm is reported from Bexar county,
Texas. It is said to be devouring every
thing gjreen, leaving cotton until all
else has been devoured, and then strip
ping the fields. The pest is said to
resemble the tomato worm, but is not
so large and is of a different color.
Deficiencies in the Peat Office
Free Delivery Appropri
h aliens
"Washington, May 21. Congress will
be asked, .at the opening of its next
session, to make an appropriation to
cover deficiencies in bolh the regular
free delivery service and the rural free
delivery service of the post office department.
Postmaster General Payne today an
nounced that this deficiency now ag
gregated exactly $227,467? of which
?105,000 is in the free delivery branch
and $121,600 in the rural free delivery
service.
The postmaster general said he very Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, May 21.
much regretted the existence of the A government official, who-arrived here
deficit, and for the first time publicly
criticised the administration of A. W.
Machen, general superintendent of the
free delivery system, who is out on in
definite leave of absence. "The free
delivery office," said Mr. Payne, "was
going on increasing the deficiency.and
if we had not taken steps to curtail
expenditures and suspend the establish
ment of routes until the beginning of
the next fiscal year the defiicit would
have been much larger, lit was not
good administration." Mr. Payne said
it was not feasible to cripple the ser
vice by suspending any of the ser
vice now maintained, and that a de-.
fieiency appropriation would be asked
from Congress.
PRICE OF COTTON
Louisiana Farmers Trying to
Protect Themselves
New Orleans, May 21. A- meeting of
cotton planters of Louisiana, held at
Shreveport, has been formed for the
purpose of mutual protection in dispos
ing of their cotton. It is understood
that much will depend on . a general
meeting which will be held June 17 as
to the plans upon which the associa
tion wU work. i
A general outline of the object of th.
association is to obtain for the cotton
growers the benefit of high prices that
usually prevail after the cotton has
passed out of their hands, but what
means will be adopted to thisend has
not as yet been disclosed.
Preceding the meeting in June an ad
dress will be issued to all of the plant
ers and farmers in the Red. river val
ley, inviting them to join the-association
and co-operate with it in the work
of organization. j
CASE FOR PROBING
Discord Among Rebels
from Barquisimeto, reports that that
town, which was occupied some weeks
ago by the revolutionists under the
leadership of General Mateo, who trans
formed it into a fortress, has for some
inexplicable reason been abandoned by
the rebels, who have moved in the di
rection of Coro. According to reports
received here there seems to be much
discord among the rebels.
Influx of Russian Jews
Something Not Desired
A Watch Wiil Be Kept on the
Movement and Measures
Will Be Taken if
Necessary to Shuj
the Doors
the control of the authorities. There
is a propulsive force behind it which
can be stopped by an imperial edict
or by an intimation to cease these
persecutions, just as was done after
the May laws of 1882 started the exo-
Washington, May 21 Reports ,.that
-many Jews are leaving Russia to es
cape persecution have attracted the at-
tention of officials here. A close watch
will be maintained for any prospective
Russian-Jewish emigration to the
United States. Should the government
fatisfy itself that measures which the
Russians' could prevent are responsible
for an exodus of Jews from that coun
try to America, proper Representations
v. ill be made to St. Petersburg." An
examination of official f documents dis
closes that there is precedent for such
a course. -
On May 17, 1893, "W; Q. Gresham, sec
retary of state, telegraphed Andrew D.
White, then minister at St. Petersburg",
is follows:
"Representations made here that
Russian government, is about to en
force edict against Jews which will re
sult in a large immigration of desti-J
tute people of that class to the United
States. If there is foundation for what
we hear, you will please ascertain and
report as speedily as possible the terms
of the edict and its probable effect'
Mr.. "White made an exhaustive re-,
port, in which he said that while no
;ew edict had been issued against the
Jews, old edicts were being enforced
fc-ith great severity. He attributed this
renewal of the antt-Semite agitation in
jrreat measure, if not entirely, to the
Assassination of Alexander II...
Secretary Gresham, in his response to
tfr. "White, said the subject was fe
Jeiying President Cleveland's earnest
mention and "it has been for some
Ume evident that the measures adopted
y the imperial government against
ihe Jews, although professedly a do
mestic policy directly affecting the sub
jects of the czar were calculated to in
fariously affect the American people by
Abruptly forcing on our shores a. nu
merous class of Immigrants destitute
fT resources and unfitted in many im
portant respects for absorption into our
body politic. The continued enforce
ment of such harsh measures, necessa
rily forcing upon us large numbers of
'iegraded and undesirable persons, who
must, in a great measure, be supported,
'mnot be regarded as consistent with
'ke friendship which the Russian gov
ernment has long professed for the
United States."
The edict of which Mr. Gresham had
heard was subsequently issued, but
there is nothing to show. In the corre
spondence obtainable, thats it caused
the United States government to pro
test ' against the Jewish immigration.
An inquiry was made, however, about
a report , that the Russian consuls In
Europe were-paying the passage money
of Russian Jews bound for the United
States. This report was officially de
nied. ,-
'A sensational statement, made in
Milwaukee "yesterday by Dr. Walter
Kempster, to the effect that a report
made by him for the United States
government' of an Investigation of the
condition of Jews in Russia in 1S91
had been suppressed and "all the gov
ernment edition made way with and
destroyed by the Russian representa
tives in "Washington," is not borne out
by the facts. Copies of the report are
obtainable here without difficulty. Dr.
; Kempster said the entire edition of
10,000 copies, ordered printed by Con
gress, had' disappeared, with the excep
tion of a few held by himself. There
were only 6,000 copies printed, 2,000 for
the use of the Senate and 4,000 for the
use of trie House of Representatives.
Some of them were never called for and
aYe stlir awaiting distribution.
Dr. Kempster was a special immi
grant inspector who, with four others,
was sejit to Europe in 1391 to investi
gate.. te -importation into the United
States df alien contract laborers.. John
R.- Weber, then commissioner of immi
gration at" the port of New York, was
chairman. Mr. Weber and; Dr. Kemp
ster went to Russia and made a very
full report in which the charges that
the Jews were forced to emigrate on
account of persecutions were confirmed.
It is probably true, as Dr. Kempster
charged In his statement yesterday,
that copies, of the report sent to Rus
sia were not admitted into that coun
try. In concluding the report, Mr.
Weber and Dr. Kempster said:
"In view of the fact that the restrict
ive measures leveled against the Jews
In Russia affect the conditions of from
five to seven millions of people, that
these persons are i consequence forced
to emigrate, and that, owing to various
reasons, the chief of which being tho
superior advantages of personal and
religious liberty, their trend is toward
our shores, we gave more time to the
investigation of and m6re space to Jew
ish Immigration than to any other, as
in evry country visited, except Russia,
the movement is due almost entirely to
normal "causes. In . Russia, however,
emigration is incited by cause within
Coal Company Presidents Re
fuse to Answer Questions
Washington, May 21. Chairman
Knapp of the Interstate Commerce
Commission is authority for the state
ment that Attorney General Knox has
instructed District Attorney Burnett of
New York to go into the federal circuit
court and ask for an order compelling
the presidents of the various coal com
panies to answer qv tions put to them
at the hearing of the Hearst charges
before the commission. Said Mr. Knapp
today:.
"The proceedings in question are di
rected against Messrs. Baer, Thomas,
Truesdale and others who refused to
answer questions relative to the con
tracts in writing existing between the
coal companies and the , independent
operators, whereby the latter were paid
for coal. at the mouth of the mines a
percentage of the average price at
which coal was sold at tidewater. They
did it on the alleged ground that such
an inquiry is irrelevant to the juris
diction of the commission. This ques
tion will now be legally determined.""
GAS PUNT BLOWS UP
, .
Fire in Freight Yard Starts a
Big Explosion
New York, May 21. A fire in the
Mott Haven freight yards of the New
York Central and Harlem railroads,
followed by four terrific explosions,
shortly after noon today, wrecked the
gas-making plant of the Plntsch Com
pany, which supplied all of the cars
with gas lights, set fire to the supply
"hops and machine shops, destroying
them, and caused the death of one man
and painfully Injuring a number or
others; . .
The Pintsch people made their gas in
a small two-story brick building at the
end of the Mott Haven yards. The
origin of the fire is unknown. As soon
as the flames wt seen everybody in
that part of town ran. The worst ex
plosion came when a tank-car full of
gas caught fire. This explosion split
the tank in half and hurled one piece.
weighing about five hundred pounds,
down the yard. It struck Josep Carono.
an Italian ... track laborer, who was
standing 150 yards away. Carono was
removed to the hospital, but died short
ly after getting there.
John Weyler, a machinist, and Leon
ard Stocker, an electrician,, were slight
ly burned. A number of others whose
names were nof obtained by the police
were also slightly burned.
Threatened Massacre of Jews
Berlin, May 21. A : dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger from Riga says the
Russian Baltic provinces have been ex-
3 ii a a t - - . m i - v
aus, wnicn sweuea me nguies ui mum- cited for weeks by persistent rumors
gratlon to our country and promiseu j Qf an irnpending. general massacre of
grow into nuge proportions, nui th. .Taws. A movement to organize,
for self-defense is growing among the
to
which was stopped by the protests that
came from all directions.
"While the principle of non-intervention
in the regulation and management
of domestic affairs of foreign countries
is recognized and generally observed
hv all nations, and orac.ticallv bv the
United States, it cannot in respect of
the Russian government be regarded as
a friendly act to strip these persons
of their substance and ,force them to
our land impoverished in mean's and
crushed in spirit. Neither should it be
regarded a violation of these princi
ples to protest against a continuance
of such measures in view of their effect
upon our affairs, even if the question
of humanity be alienated from con
sideration." . '
Jews there, who have bought large
numbers of revolvers, rifles and other
weapons. They place little reliance on
the police for protection.
Burned to Death
Roxboro, N. C, May 21. Special.
Sam Wintry, a miner at the Yancej
mine, was roasted to death Tuesday
night In the residence of George
Woody. The other occupants of the
house barely escaped. , One man who
slept in the same room with Wintry
was painfully burned as he passed out
through the flames. The origin of th
fire is unknown.
ames
Hotel, Stores and Stables in
Ashes Bank Building
Demolished by a Fall
ing Wall Loss is
Heavy and In
surance Light .
Louisburg, N. C, May 21. Special.
This morning at 1:30, o'clock the alarm
of fire was given and the people turned
out in great numbers. It was found
that the sample room in the rear of
the brick hotel was blazing and from
this the fire communicated to Hill's sale
stables, thence to Hayes & Fuller's
stable and also the rear of Hill & Co.'s
store in Main street. Then the store
building owned by Mrs. Williamson and
occupied by M. C. Pleasants caught,
and this seriously threatened Cooper's
brick building, but on account of the
fire shutters of the latter and the un
remitting attention of a number of
people this building was saved, though
it was damaged. ; - -
All of the stock of G. H. Cooper was
removed, as was the drug stock of
M. K. & F. R. Pleasants in the same
building. Many of the goods belonging
to M. C. Pleasants were saved.
Then the large brick hotel building
caught. In this building was the post
office, the general merchandise stock of
J. P. Winston, the jewelry stock of
Dr. Miller, in addition to the Louisburg
Hotel. Much of the contents of the
building was saved. The high three
story walls of the hotel fell over on the
building of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank and utterly destroyed it. On the
north of the hotel the dwelling owned
by the hotel, but occupied by J. P. Win
ston was also burned, and the kitchen
of R. D. Pinnell was also destroyed in
the effort to save the house.
This was the extent of the burning.'
The loss was about $30,000 in buildings
on which there was only about $6,000
insurance. The loss on the various
stocks cannot yet be estimated. Goods
are all over the streets, and the effort
now is to divide -.them among their
owners.
The origin of the fire is not known
It was burning in the southwest corner
of the sample room, outside, when first
seen. Many people think that it ' was
of incendiary origin. The motive for.
this is, 'however, unknown.
The wreckage has. been so far cleared
away from the bank that it is now
thought the vault went through safely.
Mochen Explains Wiiv
the Cash Ran Behind
But His Statement Is Not Re-
garded as Satisfactory.
He Will Not Resign
and May be Re
moved L
Bad Man Smoked Out
and- Riddled Willi Lead
New Orleans, May 21. Mose Hart, a
negro, jyas shot to death by; citizens of
Corinth. The trouble began in the of
fice of Mayor Young, where Hart had
been tried and convicted of carrying
concealed weapons. The mayor had
just sentenced Hart to jail, and the
crowd was leaving the office, when he
noticed the negro was trying to draw
a pistol from his pocket. T,he mayor
called to Officer Meeks toi" shoot the
prisoner, but before the officer realized
what was said ' to him, Hart began
shooting. A fusillade followed. Hart's
shots were aimed at his wife, who had
been a witness against him.
There was a crowd of negro witnesses
in the room who were in j the act of
leaving, and the shooting caused a
stampede. A ball from Hart's pistol
struck his wife in the back, injuring
her fatally. The officers emptied their
guns at the negro, but did not touch
him. Hart ran down the. street toward
the railroad and on toward the national
cemetery. He shot at a pursuer near
the railroad. Being closely pursued, he
barricaded himself in a negro house on
the cemetery road. A large number of
men, many of them armed with rifles,
surrounded the house. The torch was
applied to -the building. The house
and the one adjoining were bumea.
The negro was smoked out and ran
only about a hundred yards, when he
wa3 riddled with bullets.
Crusade Against the
Jews in Eastern Europe
Berlin, May 21. Dispatches to the that the situation is
Vossische Zeitung, the Tageblatt" and anxiety.
causing great
Lokal Anzeiger today show that a vio
lent anti Semite epidemic has resulted
from the Kishineff massacres, arid 3
spreading throughout eastern Europe.
In the district of Dorogoli, Rpu
mania, Prince Moruzzi, former . gov
ernor of Bucharest, is reported to be
inciting the populace against, the Jews
by stories of ritual sacrifices, by the
latter. The prefect of Dorogoli has in
formed the Roumanian j government
From Tirza Pavelsu, In the district
of Putna, comes a report that the wo
men there have taken a hand in the
trouble and are preaching a bloody
crusade against the Jews. Similar ag
itations are also reported in the Rou
manian province of Argesch Nae Du-
mitresco. It is reported that a Rou
manian official is reorganizing an old
secret anti-Semite league throughout
the country.
Washington, May 21. Some weeks
ago the postmaster general called on
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne for a statement of the finan
cial condition of the rural service. Mr.
Wynne, in reply, sent Mr. Payne a
copy of the report made to him May
1 by Superintendent Machen, showing
n deficiency of only $20,000 for the.ru-
ral free delivery and a surplus for
the- city delivery. The fact that the
rural service was behind this small
;i mount did not alarm" Mr. Payne.
Superintendent Machen, however, has
an explanation. He said tonight:
'While the fact that there is a defi
ciencv in the rural free delivery ser
vtee is regrettable just at this time
whn every act of an official who Is
under fire, is liable to misinterpreta
tion, yet I believe that there is reason
able satisfactory explanation that will
ntod flftpr consideration. Let
me say, most emphatically, that the
report sefit by me to First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne, stating-
that there was a deficiency of $20,OCO
only, was not, as has been asserted, a
misrepresentation, intentially or other
wise. The fact that the deficiency
Fhown in the statement of May 1 was
20,000 and the defiicency reported to
Postmaster General Payne yesterday
was over $122,000 is 'easily understood,
when the facts are known. The state
ment of May 1 covered the money paid
out for the rural service up to that
lime. Since then May 1, and May.
1." Hundreds of carriers (I, do not re
collect just how many) received their
appointments and were given positions
on newly established routes. Not only
this, but many more routes have been
laid out to go into effect June 1 and
June 15, and the carriers have been
selected. All of May 1 and May 15 ap
pointments and the contemplated ex
penditures for the service to go -into
effect June 1 and June 15, were charged
up against the rural free delivery
funds, in the statement made to the
nostmaster general yesterday, and are
I the occasion for the w ide discrepancy
I between the statement on May 1,
showing the $20,000 deficiency and that
of yesterday showing one of $122,000."
Even the most loyal and optimistic
of Mr. Machen's friends now admit that
he has not the ghost of a show of ever
returning to the post office department
as head of the'rufal free delivery ser
vice or in any other capacity. As an
official remarked today, "he's a dead '
duck if there ever was one, and it's
only a question now of whether he will
be permitted to resign or be summarily
dismissed."
According to the postmaster general,
Mr. Mr.chen will not resign. This Is
also what Mr. Machen says. Postmas
ter General Payne said yesterday, "I
am not looking for Superintendent
Machen's resignation and I don't ex
pect it. He has said on a number of
occasions that he will not retire from
the department of his own free will,
and if the present investigation into
his conduct of affairs results in the dis
covery of any criminal acts or irregu
larities, Mr. Machen must take his med-f
icine. There will be no "attempt to
shield any one nor to avert the natural
consequences of wrong doing. The in
nccent will have a fair show and the
guilty will be punished to the full ex-'
ten of the law."
Late this afternoon Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Brlstow went to
Mr. Payne's office, and had an interview
with him. Neither official would dis
cuss the nature of the conference, al- ,
though it was not denied that it re
lated to the investigation Into the offi
cial acts of Mr. Machen and that the
manner in which the present deficit in
the rural service was created - came in
for a good share of attention.
ROUSSEAU IS ROUSS
Bey Gets a Share of the
Racket Store Man's Estate
New York, May 21. The jury in the
suit of Charles Broadway Rousseau,
Who was suing the Charles Broadway
Rouss estate for $100,000 for,, mainte
nance and support, returned a verdict
for the full amount today with $3,766
interest.
The boy, in suing, claimed to be the
son of Charles Broadway Rouss. He
is ten years old. Mrs. Eva S. Feggett
Rousseau claimed that Rouss was the
father of the boy and had promised'
to settle $100,000 upon him when he
reached the-age of tea yeare,
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