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Vol. XIII
RALEIGH. K. C. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 3, 1904,
No. 56
LIFE FOR SUSPICION
.POST;
m ri fT"3 n csik n n : ' - ' l . ' .
Us
Believes tho Roosevelt Administration Was Not
Concerned in the Panama Revolution-He
Belieyes Marrotjuin Connived
' at the Uprising
By THOMAS
Yashlngton, Feb. 2. Special. Sena
tor Simmons predicted this morning
that the canal treaty would be ratified
l,y a large majority. Speaking on this
fu'vec-t ns saia:
t now looks like a majority of the
ponicc-ratic serfators may vote for it.
From a political standpoint itwould be
unfortunate for the party if the treaty
should be defeated by Democratic
itcks. In that event we would not get
a ..-anal at Nicaragua as has been con
LT'IeJ, but the Republicans would, by
Joint resolution, as they did in the mat
r uf the Hawaii annexation after the
:k'ff-at of the treaty for that purpose,
authorizing the president to contract
v.-iih Panama and the canal company
n the terms of the Siooner act and
rrceed at once with the construction
Df the canal, and in the approaching
campaign they woufd say to the peo
ple, 'ee, we are building the canal,
:k-?pite the opposition of the Demo
r.itic party and the defeat by it of the
treaty. " . -
Senator Simmons further said:
' I have studied this Panama situa- !
'Jon closely and I do not believ the rev
olution was gotten up in this country,
?s has been so persistently charged.
n the contrary.I believe it was Insti
z; ted by the canal company and ac
quiesced in by the Marroquin party in
Colombia, of course not with any view -isthmus, and that thus what was ex
or purpose on the part of the latter of pected to be a farce became a success,
bringing about the separation of Pan- out he said it was almost certain it
ama from Colombia, but to prevent an actual conflict had taken place be
such separation and to secure the con- tween Colombia and Panama at least
struction of the canal at Panama.- three other departments of Colombia,
President Marroquin, who negotiated l which, are deeply interested in the con
the treaty, saw that as a result of the struction of the canal at Panama in
action of the Colombian congress in re-
fusing to ratify it his country was not
nly in danger of losing ..the anal, but
possibly the territory of Panama. as
well, and to avert this misfortune he
was induced to foster what he thought
would be a sort .of moot or colorable
revolution in Panama, and which he
thought could be easily put down; in
deed, 'which he supposed the United
Etates would put down for them If 'nec
essary. This colorable Insurrection
was to be made the pretext'or excuse
by Marroquin for declaring martial
law, in which the condition, under the
Colombian .constitution, he as presi-
dent, without the consent of congress
would have power to conclude a treaty
uith the United States for the con-
struction of the canal.
'The circumstances and conduct of
the government at Bogota in this mat-1
- . . '
ter fully Justify this conclusion. For
instance, how else can the appointment
by Marroquin on the very eve of the the Panama Canal Company and was
outbreak of a governor for -Panama not discouraged by President Marro
known to be In favor of the insurrec- quin, not because he was willing that
tion and who, when it came, sided with! (Contlmied on page S.)
for
Pressure
Representations at Tokio and
St. Petersburg From Eng
landand France Incline
Bellicose Govern
ments to Pro
ceed Cau
tiously London, Feb. 2. There is reason to
believe that the pressure which Great
Britain is exerting upon Japan to re
Vain from adopting the role of aggres
or, which Russia is endeavoring -to
-orce upon her is being supplemented
om other sources. It is represented
Japan that she cannot afford, In
ietv of Russia's genuine - concessions
"eg-arding Corea, to make a casus belli
5f that portion of the proposed treaty
effecting Manchuria. On the - other
-and, the proiests by France at St.
Petersburg have taken such a strenu
us form that it is hoped .that Russia
T'8y yet modify somewhat her Man
ihurian claims.
A special commissioner from M. Del
cne, to Count Lanisdorff, the Russian
" ni?ter of foreign affairs, left Paris
Uiirclay. He is instructed not only to
r it clear that France recognizes
j o obligation under the treaty off al
,l :-'-"o. to assist Russia in any respect
!n e.fe of war with Japan, but he is
T intimate in a friendly way that
ranca recognizes only. Count Lanu
H
J. PENCE
the insurgents, be explained? How
can the fact that he allowed to remain
in control of the military and naval
forces stationed at Panama command
ers believed to be in sympathy with the
revolution and who, with their forces,
deserted the Colombian flag and cast
... . ..... . - I
circumstances which tend to support
; this theory. If the United "states had
j taken, as Marroquin supposed she
would, the same attitude towards this
outbreak as she had so many times
before assumed towards similar out
breaks in Panama 'against Colombia's
authority, it would have amounted to
nothing except to have given Marro
quin the excuse he . sought to declare
military law and make the treaty with
this country under conditions not re
quiring that it should have the rati
. fication of Congress. But the United
States had become,, tired of upholding
the despotism of Colombia over Pana
ma, and it not only declined to help her
as heretofore,
but made it plain that
CilC tYUD VY1L11 X CLllCWUCla
A it mirit Ti that this t
attit,a tho TTnttori t9tD, rrd
. . ... .
uoiomDia wnen tne insurrection Decame .
serious, from resorting to force to
maintain her sovereignty over me;
stead -of at JSTicaragua, and which be
tneir iortunes wun tne reDeis. as soonifire again. He was thrown against the
as independence was proclaimed be ex- &lass partition in the barroom, break
plained? These are only some of thejinff it and severel7 cutting his hand.
lieved after the defeat of the treaty ar.homes and given medical attention.: AIt
Bogota" that ' the only way to keep j though Miss White is seriously Injured
the canal from going to Nicaragua was ; It is not thought' that her -hurts will
the success of the secession :in -Panama,
would have gone to the assistance
of Panama in that struggle, and in
that event the issue of the struggle
would not have been as free from
doubt as has been supposed by those
who assert that the new republic could
not have survived a day if this gov
ernment had not taken her under its
wing and protection.
Senator Simmons Asks a Question
senator aimmons-ASKs a question
. .. ... "
During the course or tne speecn oi :
Senator Clarke of Arkansas Senator
During the course of the speech of
mieiWwu lhC ukw, uC-
jveloping one of the ideas contained in
i m a. z
his interview. Senator Simmons said : j
"I agree with the senator in the
X A A. 3 1 1 u 1 A. 1 . .
statement maae oy mm mat me
lution of Panama was instigated by
dorff as the director of the foreign af
fairs of her ally, and to express dis
Enect1
i
i
satisfaction at any delegation of his , that he had tended to lessen the re
authority to the Irresponsible leaders spect for the court by declaring that
of the war party, either in St. Peters- jlf lynching followed the judges would
burg or the far east. The whole atti- j be responsible for not ordering the im-
tude of the French government has, in
fact, become one of stern protest
against the' bellicose party In Russian
politics, coupled with a clear intimation
that no co-operatiqn will be forth
coming in case of "a serious outcome
through the adoption of their policy, j
This feature of the situation is having
a strong peaceful effect in St. Peters
burg. Rumor as to Russia's Answer
Paris, Feb. 2. The foreign office un
derstands that the "text of Russia's re
ply to Japan has . been forwarded to
Viceroy Alexieff for transmission
ToWo Thursday,
to
Japanese Patience Severely Taxed
Tokio. Feb. 2. No official intimation
of the time of arrival of the Russian
note or of its contents has yet reach-j
ed Tokio. The delay of the Russian
government in replying has taxed the
patience of the government and is felt
to have reduced the chances of peace.N
If the Russian note is unsatisfactory
the government will act with energy.
. . , . , , ... . ,
American Interests In Manchuria
Washington, F$b. 2. In spite of re-
cent statements to the-contrary there
i3 no disposition on the part of the
United States government to a dmlts,
that Russia's political rights in Man-
r " Continued on page 2.) ,
A Young Lawyer Killed by a
Jealous Husband
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 2. James K.
Shrader, a prominent young lawyer,
who had just completed a term as as-
Blatant commonwealth's attorney, died
today at the city hospital from the ef
fects of a bullet wound inflicted at mid
night by W. E. Neal of Owensboro,
Ky. The trouble arose, it is said, over
a suspicion which Neal entertained as
to Shrnder's relations with Mrs. Neal.
The shooting occurred in the cafe of
the Capital Hotel, where Nea! found
Shrader talking to the bartender.-Neal,
it is said, without speaking a word to
Shrader, drew a 38-calibre revolver
from his pocket and opened fire. T hen
Phrader saw the pistol he started to
run into the office. The first shot
missed him and passed close to several
other quests of tha hotel, who were i occurrence.
sitting at a table writing. ' The second The state department is not inclined
shot struck Shrader in the arm and the i to. regard the matter very seriously,
third entered his back. . . j as they believe the action was merely
Shrader fell behind the desk in theithat of arj individual, and it is there-
office. Several bystanders attempted to
disarm Neal as he was preparing to
He tore himself free and dashed out
the door, only to run into the arms of
an officer.
Neal's father is a wealthy farmer of
Anderson county, who was at one tims.
a state senator.
SLED HIT A TREE
Three Occupants Thrown and
Two Seriously Injured
Asheville. N. C
Feb. 2. SDecial. A
serious coasting accident occurred on
one of the steer Tades in this city to -
.Sht, when a. sled
on which were
seated Harrv Miller. Oilliland
Slike-
, , ' , ,A .
leather and Mlss An"le te became
r. . -;
tree, tnrowing ine occupants irom mei
sled and rendering Miss White and Mr.
Miller unconscious. Miss White was
the worst hurt of the three. She suf-
fered a fractured arm, a spramed ankle ! wh,ch ;had been havin& trouble wlth
and an injured back. Miller had one band3 of piratbs who made their head
o the bones of his leg broken, and ;qUartera in islands, raised the ques-
ouKeieumer was oaaiy ormsea.- n&
young people were taken to their
have a fatal termination.
LYNCHING SERMON
The Minister Who Preached It
in Trouble With His Church
i
New Castle. Del.. Feb. 2. Fiftv-seven
members of the New Castle presbytery
In the First Presbyterian
cnurch here todav to hear the Charees
preferred against Rev. Robert A. El-
wood of th e oli vet pregy, yterian church
,of Wilmington. The proceedings were
I
rfcv-jjjinjj dosed doors.
The trial of Elwood is the result of
a sermon preached by him on the topic
"Should the murderer of Miss Bishop
be lynched?" On the following night
George White, the negro assailant and
murderer of Miss Helen Bishop, was
taken from his cell in the New Castle
county work house and burned "at the
stake. Indications point to a protracted
session of the presbytery. . Moderator
J. B. North and former Attorney Gen
eral Robert C. White,, counsel for El
wood, will examine 200 witnesses.
The presbytery at 11 o'clock tonight
found Elwood guilty on three counts.
The counts on which the .clergyman
was adjudged guilty were that he vio
lated the constitution of the church;
mediate trial of George White, the
murderer, and that Elwood-advocated
lynching t the courts did not provide
a speedy trial.
The sentence was simply that El
wood was ordered "to be more cautious
in the future
SALOONS MAY RESUME
- '
Judge Ferguson Dissolves the
: Jacksonville Injunction
Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 2. Special.
Judge Ferguson today Issued an order
dissolving the injunction which closed
the saloons of Jacksonville, Onslow
county. The plaintiffs appealed to the
supreme court
The temperance forces
of Jacksonville carried a recent elec
j tion, but the election was held after
j the saloons had been granted license
i for six months, beginning January 1st.
The temperance people sued out an in-
j junction closing the saloons. Judge
(Ferguson's ruling allows the saloons to
i resume business. The question of the
: ,.. . v,
.legality of the election, wnicn was
rajsed by t"ie whiskey men, was not
touched upon in the order. The ruling
by tha supreme court will be of great
importance. It is the first question of
the kind which has ever found its way j
into court.
m ON THE DOOR
.
The Affair at Cienfugos N ot
Worth a Disturbance
Washington, Feb. 2. The state de
partment has received a dispatch from
Minister Squiers at Havana, in regard
to the reported insult to the American
v . .: V . "e
1 - a A y.. . -rr
irunsimcs a. aispauun rcwivea irom me
consul in substance as follows:
"When I entered the consulate at
6:20 in he morning the janitor called
my ttention to the fact that the door
had been smeared with mud. The coat
of arms was also covered with mud.
I made a report of these facts , to. the
police. The acting mayor and other
authorities called and expressed their
regrets. They have ordered an imme
diate investigation."
Minister Squiers says he brought the
matter to the attention of the officials
of the Cuban government and they also
expressed their sincere regret over the
fore not a national matter.
DISPUTED ISLANDS
A Basis of Agreement With
Great Britain Has Been
Reached
Washington, Feb. 2. Brigadier Gen-
eral Leonard Wood has been entrusted .Helen Barney, arrived at the house,
by the state department and navy de- Although 'Mr. Whitney's condition
partment with the duty of investigating had been critical from the time of the
the question of Whether a group of operation for the removal of the ver
small Islands off the coast of British miform appendix Sunday night, his
North Borneo belong to the United death today was rather unexpected.
States or Great Britain, The sover- The news that came from the sick
eignty of these Islands was supposed to chamber from early morning until noon
'have been vested in the United States
, by .the treaty of peace with Spain, by
!wicn the Spanish government ceded
il inis' government tne entire irninp-
spine archipelago. By this treaty the
'limits-
of American sovereignty were
defined in part as within three marine
rleaerue of the North Borneo coast
iv'v , ,
lieved that the islands in question were
within the limits thus given, but about
tfin tfTno tho - TC-HHaVi irnvprnmftnt
tIon of Americail sovereignty.
it was learned todav that the UhitedJ
States and the British government had
come to an understanding that if it be
found that the Islands were not trans
ferred to the JJnited States by Spain
and, yet are not within the jurisdiction,
of -Great Britain, an agreement will be
reached to prevent them from falling
into the hands of any other nation.
This understanding was the result, it
was saidi- of a suspicion that the sultan
of Sul had his 'eyes oh the Islands and
might seek to sell them to another for
eign power.
ELEVEN JURORS
olOW rrOgrGSS in beCUring a
a t T
jury to i ry lerry
Wilmington, N. C, Feb. 2. Special.
Superior court today exhausted the
second venire of 250 men 4n drawing a
jury to try S. Hill Terry for murder.
The first venire yielded seven -jurors,
and the second, which made 500 in all,
produced four mere. One juror is lack
ing to complete the panej, and a third
venire of 75 was drawn this afternoon.
The twelfth juror will no doubt be se
cured tomorrow. Then the case will
proceed without further delay. About
fifty witnesses will testify on each
side and hearing the testimony will
consume the remainder of the week.
The jury will not get the case before
tomorrow week, making two weeks In
all in the tria'.
The trial is one of the most inter
esting ever conducted in this county.
Every day the court room is packed.
Sham Battle Fatality
Havana, Feb. 2. During a sham fight
between 150 of the rural guard at
Camp Columbia today, one of the at
tacking party ' was shot and killed and
another was wounded. It is supposed ; njai that has been in vogue since his
that one of the men used a bullet cart- j accession to the throne. None of the
ridge and that the shooting was an act j . outdoor features were lack
of spite. The pouches of all the men familiar outaoor itmiui
were examined before the fight. When ing. The weather conditions, however,
it was found that a man had been kill- Iwere too depressing to permit of much
ed, Captain Aultman, an American, 'enthusiasm.
who was instructing the troops, ordered Touching on the Alaska decision, the
another examination, but no loaded king's speech said that on some points
cartridges were found. !the verdict was favorable to the Brit-
mm ' ' ,. - 'iish claims and on others it had been
Bought a Tobacco Factory
Winston-Salem, N. C. Feb. 2. Spe-
cial. The Liepfert-Scales
have purchased the large
Company
eieht-'-tory
tobacco factory, built . and occupied for
some tima by- P. H. Hanes & Co., be
fore the latter sold out to the R. J.
Keynoias o. me icn-ocdies u.,
which is one
of the largest independent
tobacco firms here, will move -to the
Hanes factory, for which they paid
about $25,000.
Dead in a Chair
Wilson. N. C, Feb. 2. Special. Char
lie Raulen was found dead this after
noon, seated in a chair in Luther :
Barnes . restaurant. He was a tailor,
and stood well in tie community.
His
Condition Was Critical, but Surgeons Made
Hopeful Reports His Fame Secure as the
Founder of the New Navy-Sue-cessful
Lawyer and Politician
New York, Feb. 2. William C. Whit-
;ney died at 4 o'clock today at his resi-
dence, S71 Fifth avenue. The unofficial
statement was made this evening that
death came while Mr. Whitney was un
der the Influence of ether, administered
to enable the surgeous to make an ex
amination of the incision in the abdo
men. At the bedside at the last mo
ment were Harry Payne Whitney, the
elder son, Miss Dorothy Whitney, the
younger daughter, and Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney.. In the house at the
time were Arthur B. Randolph, son of
Mr. Whitney's second wife, and Miss
Beatrice Bend, besides Doctors Bull.
James, Poole and Denton. Half an
hour later Mr. and Mrs. Charles T.
Barney, brother-in-law and sister of
i Mrs. Whitney, and their daughter, Miss
was all favorable. When Dr. Bull left
the house at 8 o'clock in the morning
he said that Mr. Whitney had passed
ewu. mam. a-iiu vvsus iuu ottner man
at any time since the operation had
been performed.. At noon a bulletin
was issued to the effect that Mr. Whit
ney had held his own.
These statements gave the family
and friends hope that the distinguished
patient might pull through in -spite of
the peritonitis, which had developed
almost Immediately after the operation.
About two o'clock, however, a change
for the worse was noted. Dr. James,
who had been in the house practically
all the tirhe since the operation was
performed, directed that Dr. Bull be
sent for immediately. Thomas J. Re
gan, Mr. Whitney's private secretary,
came out of the house at, 2:30, jumped ;
into an automobile and was driven
rapidly. . down Fifth avenue. About
twenty minutes, later he returned with
Dr.' Bull." Two hours passed, and fi
nally at about 6:30 o'clock a reporter
went to the door and asked for the
afternoon bulletin. In reply to his in
quiry the footman" said: "there will be
no more afternoon bulletins. I am very
sorry to tell you that Mr. Whitney died
at four o'clock."
About seven o'clock Henry MacDon
ald received the reporters and con
firmed the news of the death. He ad
ded that the funeral would be held at
! Grace church, where Mr. Whitney was
a pew-noiaer, proDaDiy a riaay morn
ing at 10 o'clock, and that the inter
ment would be in the family . plot at
Woodlawn, beside the remains of the
first Mrs. Whitney.
The immediate cause of death was
septicaemia. The toxin which produc-1
Parliament Opened
With Display of Pomp
The King's Speech Deplores
the Far Eastern Crisis.
Takes an Optimistic
View of the Alas.kan
Boundary Decision
London, Feb. 2. King Edward opened
parliament today with all the ceremo-
j adverse. Much as this last circum
' stance was to be deplored, it must nev-
ertheless be a matter oi lfei
that the misunderstanding. '
ancient boundary treaties, made in ig-
norance oi r flnaJlv
ieruie. nave m m ' - -
: removed from the field of controversy,
i The crisis in the far east is touched
i th- tin it's smeeeb. as
"P11
follows
"I have watched with concern the
negotiations between the governments
n.f Tannn nnd Russia in regard to their
respective Interests In China and Corea. j
and a disturbance of the peace in those 5
regions could not but have deplorable '
consequences. Any assistance which,
my government can usefully render to-
ward the promotion of a pacific solu
jtion will be gladly orfered.
J Another point of interest to the Unit-
ed the peritonitis gradually " spread
through the tissues of the body until
It reached the brain cells, when there
was paralysis and death. After Mr.
Bull arrived at the house he conclud
ed at once to open the wound and ex
amine the area which the pus was ab
sorbed by the drain Inserted after the
operation. It was impossible to make
this examination without putting the
patient under the influence of an an
esthetic on account of the great pain
to which the examination would sub
ject him. 'Therefore ether was admin
istered. The superficial wound was
opened and the lower part of the
wound was examined. While this ex
amination was going on Doctors James,
Poole and Denton kept the closest
watch of the patient's pulse and heart
beats. After the examination wan
over it was noticed that the patient
was sinking. The administration of
ether was stopped, but before its ef
fect could wear off Mr. Whitney died.
WIMIam C. Whitney 'I Career
William Collins Whitney was born in
Canway, Franklin county. Mass, July
14, 1841. He came from the best Puri
tan stock of New England, being a des
cendant in the eighth generation of
John Whitney, an . English Puritan,
who settled in .Massachusetts in 1633.
On his mother's side he was descended
from William Bradford, governor e
Plymouth colony.
It was once said of Mr. Whitney that
he was a Republican by nature and a
Democrat by association. He was more
than - a Democrat by association. He
was a Democrat by inheritance. His
father was Brig. -Gen. Jamea Scollajr
Whitney, one of the most prominent
Democrats'of his day In Massachusetts,
as well as a successful man. of affairs.
At one time Gen. Whitney was thi
leader of the Massachusetts Democra
cy. He was superintendent of the
Springfield arsenal under President
Pierce and Collector of the Port of Bos
ton under President Buchanan. He
was also largely Interested la railroad
and steamship ventures.
William C. Whitney was hta elder
son. After preparing for college at the
Williston Seminary, at Eastampton,
Mass., young Whitney entered Yale in
1859 and was graduated with honors,
in the class of '63. Twenty-five years
after his graduation Yale Conferred on
Mr. Whitney the degree of doctor of
laws. Two of his classmates were Col.
Oliver Payne, son of United States
Senator Henry B. Payne if . Ohio, and
William G. Sumner, the well known
writer on political economy and now a
member of Yale's faculty. Prof. Sum
ner and Mr. Whitney were rivals for
scholastic honors in their - undergrad
uate days. They divided between them
Continued on 6th page.)
ed States was a reference to cotton, as
follows:
"The insufficiency of the supply of
raw material upon which the great
cotton industry of this country depends
has inspired me with deep concern. I
trust the efforts made in various parts
of my empire to increase the area of
cultivation may be attended with a
large measure of success."
Panama Consul in Paris
i
Paris, Feb. 2 Roberto Lewis, a na
tive of Panama, has been appointed
consul for Panama in this city. The
American embassy will present him,,at
the foreign office when ht applies for
his exequatur. . '
Objects to Prison Goods
Washingtpr. Feb. 2. Samuel Gom
pers, preside. . of the American Feder
ation of Labor, was before the House
committee on labor today in advocacy
of the Sibley bill to prevent agents of
the government, when purchasing sup
plies for the government, from buying
prison or convict made goods.
National Bank Failure
Washington, Feb. 2. The Traders
National Bank of Clarksburg. W. Va.,
has been closed by order of the comp
troller of the currency, and National
Bank Examiner ; C. W. Robinson has
been appointed temporary receiver,
The bank was organized April IS.
1891, with T. M. Jackson as president
and S. H. White cashier. The comp
troller is not in possession of sufficient
Information to enable him to state the
exact cause of failure, .
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f. '