aBOST.
For North Caro
lina: Far.
Temperature for
the past 24 hours:
Max.80;Min.68.
VoL XII
RALEIGH. 1ST. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 903-
No. 77
Yachts Couid
When Wind
he Bands Played National
Airs, but There Was No
Other Air Stirring So
the Race Was De-
dared Off for
the Day
York. Sept. .1. A listless air
.mow the waters outside ot
i.Hk today, and as a result It
: ..--;ble to sail, the third race
. rit ? between 'the Reliance and
rxk III. for the Anerlcaa
weather was exasperating.
not the rainiest sign or a
. . r.y where. A light mist hung
. t:;. water, screening the sun's
u the lightship, while waiting
.. c start that never came, the
on the excursion steamers tried
.tX.t, the scene by playing popu
Then the captains of the ex
. . steamers circled around the
.thts. and first one was sa-.'.x'-aJ
then the other, and then
ht.mn on the two boats waved
r'hts in acknowledgment of the
- . ..cut.
.. Kriu was then the centre of at-
. TT.e Taurus, with the mem-
,i iht New YorK lacot v,iud on
n,r.t .ilor.s side the Irish baro
' j . ht and the band started play
" ; I - Wearing of the Green." This
ilv.avs brings Sir Thomas Lipton
- r.!L and as soon as he heard it
urai to the side of his yacht and
. i hH h.u to his friends, and they
, wr. !. iluie Britannia and
i te the King" followed, and
. tl . huA sUched off to "The lied
-"mjI IUu-V -Dixie." and other
i.. . . ..-I V '"TH a
r p.:i2,I Funner.
At al out 12 o'clock the regatta com
MsnullM to the two Yachts.
C.rs if they would assent to calling
ra.e of? for the day. The signals
-r.-ms to the postponement were
. .H-r'ayl oa th- Shamrock and
and the committee set the
cnl which announce! that there
I i.o race. .mere was mo
a!Mrc. nd each racing yacht nav
rite I again. It was announce!!
ri:her attempt would be made
..inn yachts returned to their
z and the other yachts and
rame back to the city. There
.. ery brilliant outlook for the
..,- '.imorrow. The prediction Is
: b wind., and they will In all
tv N light:
The "Human
Not o Good "Eligi
The Man Who Feasted on
Broken
Scraps
Crockery and
of Hardware i
Rejected
Service
by Civil t
Com
mission
rton. Sect. 1. The nvu
. -:r.n:l5sion today decided that a
diet of glass. tacksf brass
. hi Ins. frogs." so.ip. collar but
. ue nails, broken china and belt
renders. a man unfit to hold a
tr rrnt pol"n and add that
named Lee -W. Wright, better
t a the "human ostrich,. DC
;;- ! from the eligible list of the
r : ion. The decision was reached
r I only after lengthy consldera-
r the facts.
r.i-e was brought to the atten-
l..tnn.
:-
s. .
f the civil service conn'
'y the complaint
'r. "the postmaster
who refused to
Of P.
at. Mobile,
recommend
eligible list
for a place
A.,
':?w.t. who headed the
Jf " Mobile Dost office.
him. and who asked the com
e . r4 how he was to avoid making
-.r rointment. The postmaster said
taught a man who had three
meals a day and carried around
a issrtment of the above mentioned
r:i'!! for his own refreshment be
tri breakfast and diner, and dinner
' ! Mr;r. was a crank and that he
i.i r. t want him around the office. Mr.
ri-r enclosed with his letter a'num
u? 'f communications from leading
- it of Alabama and Missouri.
tii of their knowledge of the
--tn oftrich" and hi remarkable
T- ftmater at Palmyra. Mo.; told
"!:Mfu at Mobile how NWrIght
1 ft his home in that town one
Without his lunch and had en-'.--rI
to satisfy the cravings ot
1 i: r at noon time with a handful of
- rt i rebbles. two or three horse
r.iK a brass scarf pin and a
fT m 5iWe of wIre fencing. The post-
f-tr said he did not "know whether
th nKhi m tho wire fenc-
!ht rtlt. -lth Wrlcht. but
U was Ukea violently. Ul Jvitli
Not Go
Did Not Blow
Gang of Murderer in Jail
Charlotte. N.
Nathan Springs
C, Sept. 1. Special,
who is wanted for
complicity in thrnurder of Robert
McKane. a warrant for whom was ls-
Jsued on the strength of the confession
made by Andy Wallace Saturday, was
apprehended by ths police this after
noon. The entire gang charged with
two murders is now i.i Jr.il.
Opposition to Fruit Trust
New Orleans, Sept. L A new com
pany in opposition to the United Fruit
Company, the "Fruit. Trust." has been
organized here Under the name of the
United States and Colombia Trading
Company. It will have a capital of
five million dollars, mainly raised in
New Orleans with headquarters here.
Col. Samuel Buck, formerly postmaster
of New Orleans; but nbw of 27 William
street. New. York, will be president.
The company owns 197.S33 acres of
land In Colombia and has leases on
"50.000 aores In the departments of
Cauca, Bolivar and "Baranqullla, and
will engage not only in fruit raising,
but In growing rubber and in mining
and lumber operations.
BRISTOWSJEPORT
The Part Dealing With ' the
Free Delivery Division Is
Completed
Washington. Sept. 1. Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General Bristow has
practically completed that portion of
his report dealing with the scandal In
vestigation in the free delivery division
of the post office department, former
ly under the direction of General Sup
erintendent August W. Machen, who
is now under Indictment for bribery and
-conspiracy to defraud the government.
Postmaster General Payne said this
morning that he expected to receive
Mr. Bristow's full rciort.by October 1
and that a copy of it would be Imme
diately sent to President Roosevelt for
his perusal. Mr. Payne admits, how
ever, that this depends in some meas
ure on the work accomplished by ihe
federal grand Jury here, which has evi
dence before it in the cases of eight
persons -investigated by post office in
spectors and thought to be concerned
In the postal service scandals. The
delay of the grand Jury in bringing in
dictments In at" least Ave of these
cases Is not understood at the post
office department, but It Is believed
that nctlon will be taken In time for
Mr. Bristow to complete and submit
his report on the date named.
Ostncn
tm m m
e
Indigestion, and after all other reme
dies failed was placed on the operating
table and the contents of his stomach
were removed. Lots of other things,
besides his lunch pebbles, horse shoe
nails, scarf pins and wire fencing, were
found, including a sliver hunting case
watch and eighty seven cents In small
change.
The human - ostrich recovered from
the operation in short order and was
able to sit up and take his own pecul
iar kind of nourishment within the
course of a month or so.
After examining the exhibits in the
case and reading the various letters
submitted, the commissioners decided
that Wright would 'not make a good
public servant and ordered that his
name be dropped from the rolls.
Many Thrown out of Work
Pottsvlile. Pa..-Sept. l.-The Lytic
colliery, the largest operated In this
section, suspended operations for a"
Indefinite period today. Over 1.-00
hands are thrown Into Idleness. The
colliery is operated by the. Lytle Coal
Company. The principal stockholders
are Stlckney & Cunningham of New
York, and the Pennsylvania Company.
A million dollars was recently spent
In Improvements. Several underwear
factories-also suspended operations, and
the Tilt silk mill, the largest concarn
of the kind In the state, curtailed the
hours of its S00 employes.
GOING TO SYRACUSE
. . ;
The President's Plans for
Labor Day Celebration
Oyster Bay. N. Sept. -"Arrangements
have been completed for Presi
dent Roosevelfs trip to Syracuse where
he will spend Labor Day. He will leave
here with a small party on the night
of the 6th and will get to Sycracuse
early the next morning. In the fore
noon he will review the Labor Day
parade, and about noon will deliver an
address at the state fair grounds. In
the afternoon he.will review the parade
of the letter carrier's nssociat on which
will be In session there at that time.
In the evening the president and ex
Sena or Frank H. Hlscock will leave
Syracuse before mld-night and will get
ullxt home the next morning. The re
nort thaT he is to vlslt a battlefield at
Cke Georc September 8 Is not true.
FACTIONS STIRRED UP
I
Attack Upon Asheviile's Chief
of Police Has Aroused,
x Much Feeling
Asheville, N. C, Sept 1. Special. It
become3 n;orVand more apparent with
the passcse of time that interesting
developments will follow as a result
of the declaratio
n"of K I Orr that-offered to resign Jn his favor, it is ex
ordan had promised a Pected that Viceroy Chang Chih Tung
Chief of Police Jordan had prom
nnmhor r f ramMpra Immimltv frnm AT
P.
rest. The board of aldermen was to-
night called in special session, and Orr,
who has been In Newport with the pe-.
, , ' . i v.
trifled man, was expected to be pres-
. 4 . . . w v. -,
ent and tell his story; but the train
was delayed and the board de-
elded to postpone the Investlga-.
tlon. As a result of the
iiu.fi3
maae oy wrr some oicr ieet-
Ing has arisen between the Jordan and
x. f & A. . Y
anu-joraan iacnons. Almost every-
DOdy is navmg sometning to say on tne
subject. It is declared by some that
gambling places In the city will yet ba
broken up under the direction of Chief
Jordan, who denounces Orr's statement
as an unqualified falsehood.
WEEVIL WARNING
I nilicjana in DanrrP.r- Of a n7HoTtT the representative of the syndi-
Pl, n x
InVaSIOn 0T the reSt
4- , m .T Carxf , -rrtf
eKW ,rle " ' J' ian iohe
Stubbs has issued a yarning to Jhe
Loulslana cottor Planters L against the
OOII weevil, viiitn nau, lie wi" vv..
reached the Louisiana boundary and
was almost certain to pour over the
state unless some organization were
perfected and some concentrated line
of action were agreed upon.
The state experiment station in New
Orleans, where the weevil was found,
has been flooded by the Mississippi as
well as burned. The infected plants
were first drenched with petroleum and
then set on Are. Afterwards a levee
was built around the cotton farm and
the Mississippi river was let in for the
purpose of killing any boll weevils that
might have survived the fire and to
extract the petroleum soaked Into the
soil.
jDr. Morgan, the Louisiana-entomologist,
has been sent to Texas to study
the boll weevil and see if he can get
any points that will enable theLouis
iana planters to keep the weevil out
of this state.
Dr. Stubbs has received from For
mosa samples of a lint cotton, rather
short, but silky and of high quality.
It grows on trees thirty, years old.
Experiments will be made here to de
termine If anything can be done with
this cotton in Louisiana.
BANK ROBBED IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT
The Thief Quickly Caught and
the Money Recovered
Mllwaukee, WTis., Sept. 1. A daylight
bank robbery for boldness unparalleled
In recent police annals, was. perpetrat
ed at noon today at the new German
ia National Bank In West Water
street. The thief was captured In less
than a quarter of an hour after the
robbery, and as soon as the rubbish
heap into which he had thrown his
booty could be searched the money
was recovered. He got . $5,000 in brand
npd $10 notes.
1 ociock a
?tranirer was observed standing near aaaressea io uie aumimh nn xo.-,
the crating at the teller's window. Be- ambassadors here by the porte, saying
fore hfcould be waited upon there was' that at a meeting held at Sofia Sun
fore he eouia oe v, thteller This'day it was decided to send fresh Buiv
wasleanswered by Vssrstanfcashier Igarian bands across the frontier. The
as answerea y the abassadors are. also informed in this
Martin Groet inger that the Bulgarian revo-
window. While seeh lutionary committees are furnishing
telephone boot i th 1 J?" he Insurgents with ammunition and
JX. IC ..... -
to reacn tnrougn
package of money. . the
Alfred G. Schultz, as"
rVndow He saw th; young man
A. IAOIT 1 n Til Mill VAUkV
seize 4the money and he gave the alarm.
C1C ...w.. j
Before the cashier and the other em-
Yl .V. r 1
in the 3treet running like a deer. The
tthief was followed into the basement
of a department store, and there was
arrested by Detective Waterman. He
gives his name as CharlesVjohnson of
New York.
PLAN TO SETTLE
:
Offer to Creditors of the Oliver
Oil Refining Company
Norfolk; Va., Sept. 1. Edward Flash
and Percy Stevenson; receivers for the
Oliver Oil Refining Company, which
failed recently, will meet the creditors
in New York Friday with a prospect
for a settlement. The proposition was
made here today for the creditors to
accept or reject the payment of U0O.O0O
cash, with deferred payments secured
on the mill property In Portsmouth.
Thomas and William Oliver of Lock
port. N. Y., and Lincoln, Neb., make
the proposition to the creditors in be
half of John and Frederick Oliver and
for the purpose of resuming the opera
tion of the cotton seed oil business at
once. - -
ployes of the CVT" to Constantinople has been suspended
hnd happened the bold robber vas outji" .Axn in Macedonia.
CHINESE OFFiGlALDOMiTisrkev Tries
Changes That Are Expected in
'I the Imperial Cabinet
PeUln, Sept. LOwlng to the retire
ment yesterdayof Kun Kang, an ultra
conservative, from his office of grand
secretary to the throne, a position he
s oem n j., una a reyon ui
Grand Councillor; Chih Yung Chu has
WL t JM X CA m ' A. V.n
wlli be appomtea a member or ine
erand council, he having proved him-
self a trusted conservative by the ven-
. T 7. V X v. Vri
ers and by other-acts that have been
..... , OQ
satisfactory to . the dowager empress,
undeitood-that when Chang Chih
Tu . vi8ltlngnere . recently his
. o. r
- I 4 Via .txr n-oro mado TVlth
the of inducing the dowager em-
preS3fto appoint him to an office that
.woul)j keep hIm In pekin.
1 MILLIONS IN IT
4-
Whkt an American Syndicate
5Will Do With a Mexican
I Volcano
Ktcrvnn atv Sent. 1. Carttain Unas.-
cate of New York capitalists, who a
few 'days ago, closed a deal for the
purchase of the Popocatapetl volcano
and for valuable water power rights on
volcano, today made pab-
I t
newcomers, tie says mat, in aaumu
to the construction of a cog-wheel rail
way; from the base to the summit of
Popocatpetl the establishment xof a
powerful electric generating and trans
mission plant on Ixtaccihuatl, the
building of a great resort hotel, on the
summit of Popocatapetl, at an attitude
of' eighteen thousand feet, it is pro
posed to construct an electric railway
between this city and the summit of
the latter mountain. This railway will
be devoted to passenger travel, while
the cegywheel road will transport the
sulphur mined in the crater of the vol
cano, and other freight material. He
states that it is also proposed to build
a large sanitarium for consumptives
. . J J3!a1 aM
I on Popocatapetl and to establish one
of the most beautiful natural parks in
the world at the foot of the mountain.
While the paid-up capitalof the syn
dicate Is now five millions of dollars
much more .than that amount will be
expanded in the proposed improvement.
Captain Holt submitted the details of
the big project to President Diaz yes
terday and the latter gave it his warm
approval.
MASSACRED ALL
Turks Destroy Village After
Killing the People
Sofia,. Bulgaria, Sept. 1. A strong
force of Turkish infantry, calvary and
i artillery recently attacked the village
of Stoilouvo, northward of Malkoter
novo. which had been occupied by in-
surgents. The latter retired, after
which the Tuks enterea tne piace, mas-
sacred the entire population and de
stroyed the village. '
Constantinople, Sept. 1. The govern-
Vment has received reports of numerous
encounters between Turkish troops and
insurgents in the provinces of Mon
astir and .Salonica s during , the past
weak.
In Monastir over three hundred in
surgent .were killed in the-various en
casements. A memorandum has been
- , A A DnMn
SUpplies, which are being landed
-chiefly along the coast in the vicinity
of Ihiadafr0m which place the Russian
'
'fleet took its departure a
a-; . announced that
the service of the 'Orient express train
Hereafter, until further notice, the
train will run no further than Sofia.
TOURISTS VISIT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WosMne-ton. Sent. 1. Hundreds
of
tourists visited the White House today,
this being the first time it has been
open to the public for many weeks. Al
though nearly all the repairs have been
completed the house has not had Its
final cleaning preparatory to the return
of the president and his family. The
portraits, which were hurriedly hung
on the walls last season without being
even well cleaned, have been cleaned,
restretched and the frames touched up,
-. hoinf rehune. The gild-
Q Tin HI c ivua w - --o
aim y . , whUo Wmis
ed piano, present r.T:l
for use in the east room, was remove
today, and will be sent Jo the factory
to have the decorations done over.XThe
red border, with medallions of the
thirteen original states, which formed
the decoration' of the sides, will be
rhanged at Mrs. uooseveu s suggw
W' -
l,pther decorations ol tne, east room.
Over the
Five Arrests Made, but the
Porte Insists That There
Was No Attempt on
the Life of Consul
- Magelssen
Constantinople, Sept. 1. The porte
has notified Minister Leishman that
five arrests have been made at Beirut
in connection with the shooting which
led to the report that William C. Ma
gelssen. the United States vice and de
puty consul there, had been assassi
nated. The Turkish officials continue to In
sist that no -attempt was made on the
vice consul's life, and they reassert
that the whole story originated In a
feu-de-jole fired on the! occasion of a
native marriage and in accordance with
custom. Mr. LeTshman, however, re
fuses to accept such an explanation
without conclusive proof. .
The attempt to burn the American
College at Harpoot occurred Ave weeks
ago, and apparently was the work ot
an 'individual" who considered he had a
grievance against the college authori
ties. When Mr. Leishman was inform
ed of the attempt he demanded that
the porte protect the American insti
tution, and in consequence of his rep
resentations instructions were sent to
-the authorities at Harpoot to try in
the regular courts the charge against
fifty Armenians, accused of trafficking
in arms and engaging in other sedi
tious acts.. Among the accused is Prof.
Tenekedjian of the American College,
whose treatment in prison pending his
trial was also ordered to be improved.
v Mr. Leishman is pressings for a de
finite settlement of. a number of mat
ters on which agreements were reach
ed with the Turkish authorities last
year, but which, in spite of frequent
promises on the part of the porte, has
never been effected.
For instance a . naturalized American
is still in prison In Tripoli, Syria, al
though the porte has frequently prom
ised Mr. Leishman that the authorities-
at." Beirut" , who has jurisdiction
over Tripoli had been ordered to libe
rate him. Yesterday; Mr. Leishman re
ceived: a telegram from Rear Admiral
Cotton dated from Genoa, Italy, Sun
day - evening, announcing that the
United States warships Brooklyn - and
San Francisco will arrive off Beirut
at thefend of this week.
The American officials here attribute
the dispatch of the warships to Turkish
waters not solely, to the Magelssen af
faitv but to the general dissatisfaction
of the authorities at Washington at
the non-fulfillment of the porte's prom
ises In regard to pending questions and
Colombia Trying to
nve a
Complaints
About Minister
Beaupre Not Credited at
the State Department.
Officials Taking
It Easy
--
Washington, Sept. I. The charge
made by Senor Rico, Colombian secre
tary of state, to the effect that Minis
ter Beaupre is largely responsible for
the failure of the Colombian senate to
ratify the canal- treaty! is scouted at
the state department. It is positively
stated that Minister Beaupre acted
throughout under instructions from
Washington. If the Colombians are
really indignant at the alleged "inter
ference" of trie United States their in
die-nation should oe directed wwaru uw
. tate department and not toward Min
'istpr ReaMre.:. -
- -
It is evident from statements made
this morning at the department that
Minister Beaupre will be strongly sup
ported. The state department looks upon the
maneuvers at Bogota as little short of
disgraceful.' Politicians are in control
of the situation and the sole desirre
is to drive a sharp, bargain with the
TTnitPd States. An official in authority
said this morning that repeated at
tempts had been made, directly and in
directly, to obtain assurances pt better
terms from the United States. These
advances had been rejected. The Co
lombian senate practically rejected the
treaty, and it i snow frightened for
fear the fat is in the fire.
In the opinion of the department the
allegation that Minister Beaupre was
irrmprtinent and dictatorial was put
forth merely as .an excuse-for the re
jection of the treaty, which the Colom
bians "now perceive was a blunder. The
state department is not paying any
attention to the distress of the Colom
bians, -but is serenely awaiting the
termination f the life of the treaty
which will 'occur September 22. Little
:
hone Is
entertained that tne oiom-
blans will extricate - ----
their difficulty and ratify the treaty
unamended; . .
According to information at the state
department, the troubles on the isth
mus, which threaten to grow into revo
lution against the Bogota government
. rf cuffection is
. A. V. M ww rm a 1TDC ' n I III
&JT to tie it binds
are not exagsciau
r -
to Gloss
Beirut Tffdir
to the determination of President
Roosevelt to show Turkey that she can
not trifle with" American interests.
Flrt ItaiMS Frm Beirut
Washington. Sept. 1. Secretary Hay
this morning heard direct from United
States Consul Ravndal. at Beirut for
the first time since the alleged attempt
on the life of United States Vice Con
sul Magelssen, and, as a fact, this is
the first message received from Beirut
since that event. Consul Ravndal's
message is brief and does not assist
materially in clearing up the apparent
Inconsistencies of previous official. mes
sage from that official through Minis
ter Leishman at Thrapia,near Constant
tinople, and the independent dispatches
from the minister regarding the affair.
The message of Consul Ravndal Is as
follows:
V Beirut, August 31. .
"The attempt on Magelssen's Hf
failed utterly. A narrpw escape, but
the vice consul suffered no Injury.
(Signed) "RAVNDAL."
Am Official TarkUh Bxplantlm
Washington, Sept. 1. An official ex
planation of the reported attempts of
the life of William C. Magelssen, the
United States vice consul at Beirut, Sy
ria, was made to Secretary of State
Hay today by Chekib Beyr the Turkish
minister, in behalf of. his government.
This is the first communication on the
subject that has come to the state de
partment from Turkish sources. Chekib'
Bey saw Mr. Hay at the latter's resi
dence and left with him a copy of the
following telegram from the porte at.
Constantinople, giving the Turkish ver
sion of th incident.
"The news of the assassination ot
the American vice consul is absolutely
false. He is in the best of health. Per
fect 4order and tranquillity prevail' in
Beirut. A man. returning from a wed
ding party, having fired a gun accord
ing to the local custom, into the air,
the vice consul, who Was passing by.
in a carriage, thought "the shot was
aimed at him. The man who; fired the
gun has been arrested. This is all the
foundation there is to the story. Mr,
Leishman has been informed of th
facts."
Went to Jail for His Friend.
Norfolk, VaH Sept. l.Harry Stet.
went to jail " for his friend, Thomas
Thompson, this ' morning. In crossing
a coal yard yesterday they considered
they were insulted by the negro watch
man who halted them, and beat him.
George Bradley, the watchman, testified
in the police court that Thompson beat
him, but Stell denied' that and as
sumed the blame and accepted the sen
tence of $20 fine and went to jail.
Thompson was dismissed;
Sharp
argain
Panama to Bogota is likely to be sev
ered at any time. The United States
government will, of course, scrupulous
ly refrain from action leaning to cither
side of the controversy.
Killed ' by Mule Kick
Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 1 Special.
George Smith, a colored minister bf Old
Town, Brunswick county, died Sunday
morning from the effects of a mule
kick. While walking through his lot a
mule kicked him on the chest. He lin
gered three days and died from the
wound. - '
Chickens in Egg Crate
Nofolk, Va., Sept. 1. E. W: Evans
& Co. of Richmond received a lot of
eggs shipped the day before by a huck
ster of Claremont, Va. The eggs were
supposed to be fresh. When the top
was taken off one of the crates there
was a flutter on the inside and the
shrill voices of two little chickens
were heard. An investigation showed
that other eggs in the crate were stir
ring, and in a few minutes two more
chicks were out running saround. All
the other eggs proved to be fresh. '
ENGINEER KILLED
- - ' -
Box Cars Broke Loose and
Ran Into a Locomotive
Winston-Salem, Sept. 1. Special.
Engineer S. H. w. Lucas, or the in
coming passenger train from Roanoke,
Va., on the Norfolk and Western road,
was killed at 12 o'clock today near
Ridgeway, Va,, and his fireman, J. M.
Stafford, was perhaps fatally scalded.
The accident was causea Dy freight
cars breaking loose from a train run
ning ahead of the passenger train and
running back into the engine pulling
the' latter train. The passengers were
badly shaken up, but none of them were
hurt. Engineer Lucas family live ih.
Roanoke. He had been running on this
division for ten years. His age was
fiftyflve years. Fireman Stafford lived
here. He was married In thls'city last
May.
Winston-Salem, N.C., Sept. 1. Spe
cial. Fireman Stafford, who was badly
scalded in the wreck on the Norfolk
and Western Railway this afternoon,
died on the train while being brought
to this city tonightr