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VoLXIII RALEIGH. 1ST. C, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1904. No, 70 A I wm The British Expedition St. PetersbufgThe Russian Ships Sunday Terlin, Feb. 17. The Frankfurter Zeitung publishes a telegram from St. Petersburg: making: the sensational an nouncement that Russia ; is rjreparlng for war with England. Russia is said lo be fully determined to show no v. eakness as to England's invasion of Thibet. . ' ;; ' A dispatch from St. . Petersburg- last right said that Lieutenant General Jnvanoff, governor general and . com mander of the troops in Turkestan, had gone to Tashkend with General Sak haroff. chief of staff of the military district of Turkestan. It is said in high military circles that General In vanoff has been instructed to prepare for the contingency of military action in the direction of India in the event of Great Britain adopting, an attitude hostile to Russia or attempting to pre judice Russian interests in Persia or Thibet. Japanese Blow up Two Rucslan Ships London. Feb. 17. The St. James Gazette publishes a dispatch from Kobe, Japan, saying that it is officially announced that the Japanese attacked Port Arthur this morning with torpedo boats. The Russian uardship was torpedoed and also a warship lying outside. The Japanese retired unharm ed. The attack was made in a blind ing snow storm by two torpedo boats which attacked at intervals of two hours. The forts received them Tyith a sharp fire. T "The Asagiri discharged several, tor pedoes with unknown results. The Hayatori arrived about Z a..m and got close to the harbor mouth without be ing observed. There she found Russian warships, the names' of whicli ivere unknown. She fired a torpedo which exploded. Admiral Togo, in reporting the at tack, says he is sure it .will have an excellent moral effect on the enemy. Two Attacks and Both Successful Washington, Feb. 17. The following telegram from, the Japanese admiralty, reporting another successful attack by Japanese torpedo boats oh the Russian squadron at Port Arthur, was received at the legation here, today: - "On the 13th. instant a detachment of Japanese torpedo boat destroyers pro ceeded, braving the severe snow storm, towards Port Arthur. Af 3 o'clock of cial WsMiiatoB iii Garb off North Carolina Visitors in the Gallery at Funeral of Sena 4 lor Joanna Simmons Will Not 6e to Rhode Island to Speak -tr By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington, D. C Feb. 17. Special, racial "Washington honored the mem nry of Senator Hanna today in a state funeral, simple and impressive, though T:ot lacking in grandeur. Around 'the rrepe covered casket containing all that was mortal of the distinguished states man gathered all . the dignatarles of the nation and representatives of every foreign nation. Outside thousands clamored for a sight of those who were to witness the impressive scenes inside the capitol. v Never was there a scene mohe solemn and grand in the historic ohim of the ? Senate. A number pi North Carolinians - were , 'fortunate snough to secure .cards : 6f ; admission, v-'o of which were allowed to senators nd one to representatives..' Others ere not so fortunate- and were of course very much disappointed, v. Dr. Chas. D. M elver of Greensboro and Messrs. Thurman, Arrington and. Rich ard Kitchin, brothers of the represen tatives, had good, seats in the reserved galleries. The wives of nearly all the members of the North Carolina!. , dele gation were also present. On the floor of the Senate Senator simmona occupied the best seat, -being nly a few . feet away from . the chair "aped In black, "which was occupied by the late Senator Hanna.- Senator Overman is at home, but prominent among his former colleagues was Judge Fritchard, who adjourned court to at tend the funeral. Judge Pritchard, who mm to Thibet Resented in jananes Report Two Torpedoed Last Morning the next morning the Asagiri & Japa nese destroyer) amidst a shower of; shells- from the enemy's forts and ; ships, torpedoed a Russian man-of-war, and further firing at the enemy's scouting boat, returned to its head quarters. "The Hayatori, another Japanese destroyer, at & o'clock of the same morning, approached the mouth of the port, where she found two' of the enemy's men-of-war, and m defiance ' of their firing, immediately . torpedoed ; one of. them With effective explosion, and has safely withdrawn." Japan's Sea Power Clinched Tokio. Feb. . 17. Another' attack was made by the Japanese fleet of Port Arthur on the night of February 13, and Kie morning of the 14th. The result is not fully known, but the government hopes thit'it will clinch Japan's com mand of the1 sea, enabling her to have free movement in connection with the .land campaign. Saturday r Admiral Togo dispatched a torpedo flotilla under Commander Na gai from an undisclosed base. The movements in accordance with the pre cedent - the Japanese have observed hitherto, was made at night. A severe storm broke shortly afterwards, separating the flotilla and only the torpedo boat destroyers Hayatori and Asag'vi reached the goal. Each ves sel has a nominal speed of, thirty-one knots, and this probably accounts for their: distancing their companions. . . The- Asagiri arrived off the port at o o'clock and almost immediately drew the fire of the nearest Russian ship, whjch was taken up by -the remainder jIi! to th&i4'iwess.''Und;a thick-driving snow storm : the fire could be' hardly more than haphazard .and ;the Asagiri, after discharging . a torpedo, retired. It is alleged; that she was not hit. Accord ing to one account she was, unable to see the - result of her attack, but tho official versions say she destroyed a Russian scout ship. . The Hayatori, arriving later, again awakened the Russian guns, but trust ing to the darkness, she steamed in. Although she was unable to accurately locate the Russian ships she launched a torpedo, some accounts say two. It is asserted ! positively that one was effective, and that the Hayatori es v (Continued oif page 7.) MiiiiiBE was very close to Senator Hanna in the campaign of 1896 arid 1900, was always one of his greatest admirers and most loyal and. steadfast friends. The mem bers of the House from the state were all present, but occupied seats . further back. . .. The advocates of the Panama Canal trep'y now claim that they will poll the votes of sixteen Democratic .senators, which will give the opposition Demo crats one majority; Their strength is put down at seventeen. The Demo cratic senators who will favor ratifi cation are Ciark and Gibson of Mon tana, Berry and Jones of Arkansas, Stone and Cockrell, of Missouri, McEn ery and Foster of Louisiana, MaHory" and'Tailaferro of Florida, Clay and Ba con of - Georgia, Simmons of North Carolina, Lattlmef of South Carolina, McLaurin of .Mississippi and McCreary of Kentucky.' ' Senator Simmons, found it necessary to decline the invitation to address the Democratic, club of . Providence at ,the opening of the campaign, in Rhode Is landand so notified Minority Leader "Williams today. The date conflicts with, the date for the vote on the rati fication of the canal treaty, and Sena tor Simmons desires to be Jn the Sen ate at that time. , The report of the sub-committee from election, committee No. 1 will be submitted to a meeting of the full com mittee, in a few days. It will favor the seating of Mr. Gudger as has been said before, and will be unanimously adopted. " "' Japs Got the Wagons Minneapolis, Feb. 17. The4 Stoughton Wagon Company, which recently ship ped five hundred army wagons "m sev eral lots to Russian ports on the Pacific, has been . notified . from St. Petersburg-; that .; the . tast shipment fell into the hands of : the Japanese. . They do not say, the size - of the shipment. A TENDER SUBJECT Why the Government Is Let ting San Domingo Alone Washington, Feb. 17.-No action has been taken by the. government' in re gard to the forcible entry of the Do minican insurgents Into the United States consulate at . Samana. It was admitted today by a high official of the government, that were it, not for the fear of complicating the situation In the - Senate y over T . the Panama canal treaty th rough affording ground for the claim by the treaty opponents,-that the ' administration : was' engaging in military operations without the au thority of Congress, the Sari Domingans would have been brought to taski by this time. . . . . .. . . . It was reported today that- a bat talion of marines withdrawn from vthe Isthmus of Panama and now at Guanta namo, Cuba, might be sent to Sat Do mingo. The most that could beMearn ed in regard to this was - that these marines would be sent wherever - their services were most in demand. General Elliott to Return "Washington, Feb.' 17. It was said at the navy department yesterday that Brigadier General George F. Elliott, commandant of the marine corps, who has been in command of the forces on the Isthmus of Panama, .would return home. This indicates that the govern ment does not expect any invasion of the isthmus by Colombia or any hos tilities with that country. Loubef Will Visit Rome Rome, Feb. 17. It is assured that President Loubet will visit Rome. Mr. Barrere, the French ambassador here, strongly recommends such a visit. He is anxious to foster Franco-Italian cordiality, feeling that the Russd German entente will weaken the Franco-Italian alliance and " isolate France. Planning VirttJIy a Brand BaJtimore Streets Will Be Widened and Park to. Be Laid Out. Height of Buildings" ; R estri cted An Ex- ' -perience Calcu-: lated to Un- nerve'aMan ' Baltimore, Feb. 17. The general emergency committee held Its most im portant meeting today and decided - up on which streets they would recom mend to the city council to be -widened. As the mayor is in thorough ac cord with the findings of. this commit tee, there Is hardly any doubt that the recommendations will go through.' The cost will rise into the millions, as many of the. .largest structures in the city must be purchased, and Market space, running,, south three blocks, will bt acquired for a public p?rk. The heights of buildings rommissioi also met today and made a number of drastic recommendations, " including the restriction on non-flre-proof struc tures to 75 feet and on others , to 185. Sidewalk obstructions are to be done away with and no poles are to be erected. Arthur O. Brickman filed a bill in the FIRE IN WILMINGTON Naval Stores and Groceries Destroyed to Amount of $35,000: Wilmington, N. C.f Feb. 17. Special.' Fire on the water front tonight de stroyed a large warehouse T belonging to Hall & Pearsall, wholesale grocers, and occupied by them and the George L. Morton Company, naval' store deal ers. The flames originated ' from the careless use of fire by rivermen on the wharf. The losses will aggregate about $35,000", which is covered by insurance. An engine was caught between the fire and the river, but it was saved with difficulty. Adjoining warehouses, also owned by Hall& Pearsall and the Seaboard Air Line, were . threatened, but a northeast wind swept .the flames toward the river. The burned ' material consisted of 500 casks of spirits . tur pentine, 5C0 barrels of tar-and crude, 60 tons of fertilizers, about 10 bales of cottin and $5,000 worth." of- heavy groceries. ' 1 . -. Williams Not Guilty Wilson, N. C, Feb. 17.-SpeciaL Tn the case of the State against Huly Wil liams, charged with the killing of Par ker Barrow, the Jury, after deliberating over the matter for . twelve : hours brought in a verdict of not guilty. . We are pained to announce that Col. J. B. Stickney, one of our r very best and most highly esteemed citizens, is critically: ill wita pneumonia, - PERISHED IN FIRE t ..,.--. ' ,,r . - . Roof Collapsed on a Woman and Five Children Ortoci-on-Hudson, N. Y. Feb. 17. Tuesday night about 10:30 an Italian family living at the New Cornell Dam, two and a half miles from this village, in a , place known, as Lilaee Italy, were awakened and found part of their home on fire. The family lived in the upper portion of the house, and consisted of James Careitti, his wife, who was about to become a mother, and six children. The fire had gained such headway that escape was impossible by. way of the stairs, and the boarders Jumped from the windows. The fath er, taking : one of the children , in his arms, jumped from the window, call ing to his wife to drop the the other children to ? him. - Before this could be done the roof caved in, burying the mother and five children in the flames, where all . perished. The house was burned to. the ground. Today the ruins were searched and the bones of the bodies were recovered and placed in two boxes. ' 4 The father was a skilled mason work ing on the new dam. - Fatal Head-on Collision Trenton N. J.. Feb. 17, Two coal transports on the Belvidere division of the V Pennsylvania Railroad met in a head-on collision near "Washington's Crossing this morning, killing Engineer Charles Herbert and Fireman "William Warma, both of . Phillipsburg. WilMam Broadback, a brakeman, was seriously injured, and. Engineer Burroughs and Fireman Edward Tunicliffe received lesser hurts. The wreck occurred about one- hundred yards , from the point where twenty-two men lost their lives in a rear end collision last October. It was due to the failure of Engineer Herbert to obey orders by taking the siding near "Washington Crossing, leav ing: a clear track for the south bound tfairi of. which Burroughs was the en gineer. , ir circuit court today asking for the ap pointment of a receiver for the Old Town Fire Insurance Company. ;; He says", that company wrote a policy for : ?4,000, on bis property, but is un able to pay the claim. Its assets, he states amount to $124,970.7$, siid its "deTbts- are 130,000.50 in excess rof ; assets v 'f'ln appointing the receiver today for the? Home Fire Insurance Company. Judge Dennis announced that in all similar cases he would appoint no one but the president of the insurance com pany, and applications for a co-receiver would not be considered. . f '-Receiver R. B. Post, of the Feabody Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore, announced' officially this morning that the company will pay policy holders in the burned district forty cents on the dollar. - City Engineer Doyle, in charge of the dynamiting in the fire area, was at work in the burned district today. A blast had been placed in ' one of the large buildings. Doyle was just about to pull the lever, which would have blown the structure to atoms, when -four men emerged from the structure. Doyle almost fainted when he realized how near he canie to killing these men. He Immediately sought Mayor McLane and emphatically stated that he would cive his position up at once unless people were kept out of the danger" zone. The mayor gave his promise. Tomorrow no one except en gineers will be allowed within the danger line.' . ANTI-WEEVIL ZONE ' Louisiana Planters Do Not Take to the Idea Kindly New Orleans, Feb. 17. The Louisiana boll weevil commission will -leave, here Saturday to visit the territory in Sa bine parish, infected by boll weevil, theonly place where the insect has yet made its appearance in'Louisiana. Gov ernor Heard will go with the commis sion to Sabine and a conference will be" held at Negret by the governor and the .commission with the cotton plan ters of Sabine, when an endeavor will be made to induce those in the Infect ed . region to abandon the cultivation of cotton so as to create an anti-weevil zone and prevent the advance of the Insect eastward. So far the planters have refused to make any change- In their. croDS. Louisiana Republican Ticket .New Orleans, Feb. 17.-The Louisiana Republican convention met here today and' put a full Republican state ticket in the field, as follows: For governor. General W. J. Behan; for lieutenant governor, J. A. Bently; for secretary of state, Pierce Phillips; for auditor, E. Fitzgerald; for treasurer, Calonel E." E. Wood; for attorney general, Judge J. M. Nachen. All the nominees are white men - as were all the members of the convention,, there being no negro dele gates;. y'":' '"';.":. :"" . '.--'-' General- Behan, the nominee for gov ernor, is a Confederate veteran and su gar planter. He has served one term as mayor of' New Orleans. The election will take place April ! v ffiESFONDEN' Movements of Their Troops Are Veiled in Uncor-tainty-The Mouth of tho Yalu and.Liao Tung Peninsula Suggested as Possible Destinations London, Feb. 18. 4 a. m. The-receipt of many far eastern telegrams yester day shows improvements In communi cation. The only happening recorded is the torpedoing of Russian ships at Port Arthur. There is still nothing 'ac curately known of the movements of the Japanese army, but the indications are that statements contained in earlier reports that the main body is already in Corea are untrue. It may be deduced from this mNrnlngs dispatches that many Japanese transports are now a,t sea, Some have not yet left port. The Nagasaki correspondent of the Telegraph, under date f February 15, says: - " " "Last night Japanese soldiers on the 'point of, embarking were singing in the streets. At many ports besides Moji, Nagasaki and Kobe, transports have embarked troops, horses and guns, and more are going. : The cavalry ..horses ' are hardly worth transporting except ! to - the knacker's yard. I have never ; seen such sorry scrub ponies. Last the districts of Saseho, Hakodate and Nagasaki. "There are over a, score of steam transports at Moji, among other places. Numbers have cleared nightly for ports towards Corea .There are ten large steamers today at Nagasaki flying the army transport flag. Each is of 6,000 tons. The steamers, besides carrying a full complement of boats, have each eight or ten large sampans upon their davits. These sampans are admirably adapted to being rowed or towed in shallow waters or through heavy surf. "The embarkations are remarkably well managed. -"Horse boxes are fitted upon several of the vessels. The men's auarters are most commodious. The railway facilities" are ample for bring 'ing the troops to the ports. "When they ! arrive they' are fed and . marched Jto i their billets. Subsequently they are R'-r..f.- -. .... ... embarKea on ygnters ana . steam launches and taken quietly to the Ships.". -' ' r ' : The correspondent does not believe the troops ar going to land in Corea. He intimates with considerable assur ance that their destination Is near the mouth of the Yalu river an dthe Liao Tung peninsula. From other sources come circumstan tial reports that the Llao Tung penin- . sula is 1 the" objective point of the Japanese army, the purpose being to effect the" long predicted manoeuver of cutting off - Port-" Arthur. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Express mailed the following ' to Pemocradic Umdy He Says the People Will Re spond to a Call of No Un certain Meaning The Party in Power Se verely Arraigned Philadelphia, Feb. 17. In an article written for the current number of the Saturday ' Evening Post of this city, former President Cleveland exhorts the rank and file of the Democracy to get together and take ; advantage of tne presidential opportunities of next No vember. "-"I am one of those," he says, "who believe there is an opportunity for Democratic success In the coming election. - Our fighting force will re spond listlessly, falteringly, if sum moned to a- third defeat in a strange cause, but if they hea rthe rallying call of true Democracy they will gather for battle with old time Democratic enthu siafim." -. . - . ' - Referring to his faith in his Demo crat "associates, he continues: f'This trust will not permit me to overlook the meaning of the dally in creasing unrest among our people, growing out of the startling and flip pant abandonment by the party n power of our' national traditions and maxims, Jts disregard of our national moral restraints," its inconsiderate ten dency to sef'aside national good faith, its willingness to break away from safe and accustomed moorings, and its con tAmntuous neirlect of our national mis- ! sion. . Surely these, conditions, together 'with the broken pledges and forgotten i promises of reform that vex the sight Ion every side, not 'only abundantly ex-r plain the popular distrust and fear prevailing every where in the land, but j suggest that In -such stress of political I weather those- pf-pur fellow: citizen Tuesday to the frontier, whence it "was telegraphed Wednesday : "The Japanese infractions of Chinese neutrality in landing troops and seizing Tslnwandu on the Inkow Railway with the object of turning the Russian posi tion and attacking Muken and Harbin, has-been protested against to the Chinese legation at St. Petersburg by the- Russian foreign office. Inkow Is the equivalent of New Chwang. The dispatch, if trustworthy, is ob viously of importance as indicating that the aforesaid movement is actually In progress. Concurrently there Is unof ficial confirmation of Russia's report ed intention to abandon Port Arthur as her main center, possibly leaving there a force sufficient to hold what the Russians regard as an Impregnable point and to concentrate her main body at Harbin or that neighborhood. It is predicted that in such an event no de cisive battle is probable on the Yalu river or south of Klrin; The latter place is being guessed at as the site of the first great Russian stand. It is thought that if the Russians are de feated there they will fall back to Har bin, where the Vladivostok Railway branches off from the Manchurian line. It need not be pointed out that the Ja panese advance on the Llao Tung pen insula, if accurate, does not account for the entire army. It is practically known that there is already a large force in Corea, although Its exact lo cation is only a matter of speculation. The Telegraph's Nagasaki corres pondent denies of his own knowledge that six Japanese warships, crippled at Port Arthur February 8, have arrived at Saseho. He asserts that two unin jured cruisers brought a captured gun boat there. He admits the possibility that the'Takochlbo was 'sunk at Port Arthur., but says otherwise the fleet is quite fit.- He is convinced, that it will get all that is left of the Russian fleet without undue waiting. According to the Standard's correspondent the tor pedoing at Port Arthur was carried out by six torpedo, boats J Four of them returned safely " "after destroying two battleships. Two remained f or the purpose of attacking another vessel, and it is not known what became of them. It is reported that the available Russian warships at Port Arthur have put to sea, but this can not be confirmed. It is denied In some quar ters. It is asserted thatsthe Corean seas are quite . clear of Russians and that Japanese vessels are able to go anywhere without an escort. There Is considerable mention of. a vigorous Chinese military movement, (Continued on page 7.) who thoughtfully and, constantly love our- free Institutions will not be un mindful of such safety and quiet as may be offered them by a patriotic and conservative Democracy. . "This is not a time for cunning fi nesse nor for the use of words that con ceal intentions or carry, a double mean ing. The Democratic party has a mes sage to send to its followers and to the mass of the American people. Let that message be explained in language eas ily understood, unconfused by evasion and untouched by the taint of Jugglery. Its formulation should not be ap proached Inconsiderately, but in a careful, thoughtful mood; and those will be best fitted for the work .who have the clearest comprehension of the fundamental principles of true Democ racy and are the best able to measure every new incident and conditions by Democratic standards. . "Democracy seeks ' to open to " the plain people of our land the freest op portunity for enjoyment of thrift and comfort in their' homes. ' It loves equality of benefits under our chosen institutions and hates the bestowal of special privileges upon the few at the expense of the many. Therefore, in the message of our party to the peo ple, tariff reform should be demanded; and, this demand should be intensified by a , situation which plainly discloses the shelter and aid that existing tariff laws afford to huge monopolistic busi ness combinations which menace the sturdlness of TSUr citizenship by' closing against the individual the door of in dependent industrial enterprise.?- ; - Mr.'." Cleveland goes , on to plead for economy in the expenditure of public money. He, arraigns the administra tion's Philippine policy and , refers to the Isthmian canal In these! words: " "The Democratic party has been con sistent and unremitting In Its advocacy of an inter-oceanic canal, and ! has with the liveliest satisfaction, looked (Continued oa pag 7.Jt
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