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For N. C. : Fair, ; for Raleigh: Fair, colder. . Temperature for thpast 24 hours: Max. 60; Min43- Vol. XIII RALEIG-H. 2flV C., FRIDAY. MARCH 18, 1904, No. $5 Post;- i ' The Skorri Struck a Mine at the Entrance of Port Arthur-Only Four of Her Crew Saved. Alexieff Confirms Reports of Damage by Japanese Bombardment fhefoo, March 17. "While entering Tort Arthur yesterday, the. 16th, the Ki:?ian torpedo boat destroyer Skorri srruok upon an unplaced mine and was hiov.n up. Four of the crew were siive3. " ' . ,. Viceroy AlexiefC in a dispatch con firms previous accounts of damage to Port Arthur by the bombardment of th 10th, but says the story of a great fire in Port Arthur is a base fabrica tion. HEADQUARTERS ON WHEELS General Kuropatkin Will Be Prepared to Ex ecute Swift Movements. St. Petersburg, March 17. The first headquarters of the Manchurian army ;.fter Genera Kuropatkin's arrival will ho at Liao-Yang, the general having se ' ted that point instead of Mukden, whence to direct the operations. Liao Yang is ten miles west of the railroad, Vising connected with the main road iv a special line, which will be com peted by the time General. Kuropatkin .drives, -and has many advantages cer Mukden, being a pojnt whence both the telegraph line and the Pekin road go to the Yalu river." Another road, not marked on the nKips, leads almost due east to an ex tinct volcano, Paik-Tou-San, or Long White Mountain, whose crater is a sa- red lake. The road was built by the Chinese, whose emperors formerly went there to shoot tigers, with which the region is infested. Two rivers, the Tumen and the Yalu, rise near the mountain. Liao-Yang consequently commands both the roads over which troops will be sent, according to neces-, sines. , : -. . ' Liao-Yang also has the advantageof hing nearer to the frontier of China in the event of punitive measures being required- agafinst Mhe Chinese. - It is . o close to the Liao-Tung peninsula, New Chwang ;and the mouth of the Liao-Ho. ' While the Russians are mobilizing f ir the purpose of working out 'an of fensive military .problem, they will be prepared to move heavy forces in any direction to meet the Japanese, whose mmand of the sea gives them great freedom in selecting their points of at-t-'k. ' ' ' ...-:' ,. General Kuropatkin will live in a Trnin, with his staff, and be prepared to TrimmiEg Some Amendments Go Off on Point of Order-Objectionable Items Cut Oown.v The House Votes Itself a Holiday Washington, March 17.- On motion of Mr. Maynard of Virginia it . was jfieed that when the House adjourns tomorrow it be until Monday. The House went into committee of 'hp whole to further consider the post 'Mice appropriation bill, which was rad for amendment. Mr. Maddox of Georgia requested of Mr. Overstreet, chairman of the post office committee, 'n explanation of an item of $5000 for ""ivertising, saying: "As it has been s 'i l there are a lot of rascals in the 'i nrtment, we probably would be a Ii:tk- more particular hereafter." Mr. Overstreet said the department's f titrate of $7,000 had been reduced by ?- e committee, and the amount would V nsed almost exclusively in the sup l' y livision in advertising for bids. The ion. was agreed to. Maddox, pursuing, the same tac requested an explariation - of the item of $2,000 "for miscellaneous if "Menses in the office of the ppstmaster i Ov erstreet answered that the r"n mittee had deemed it wise to grant n postmaster general" $2,C00 as each of sistants was allowed $1,000, and 1:: ' thought ihe postmaster general rr'" 'tainly should be allowed that much -rnersrencies. J ' amendment to reduce the amount !" j'.WO was lost. ' y'r- Cromer of Indiana, wanted the I P' opriation of $7,500 for compensa- aii(i expenses pf the United States ' ' :ite to the universal postal con- ' . ;" ' at Rome reduced , to $5,000. , The Terence in the apounts, he said, was J move immediately wherever his pres ence is required. If the Japanese land in force on the coast of northern Corea, General Kuropatkin will move his headquarters further north along the railroad. If there is fighting along the Yalu, which now seems probable, he will go forward to Feng-Huan- Cherig. - : '. , Corea .Considered Under Duress Petersburg, March 17. Russia St. does not regard Corea as belligerent and will not do so until there is evidence that Corea Is actively making common cause with Japan. Russia now consid ers the Corean government as being under duress, and that all its acts are void. ; ' : n V Proposed Tobacco Monopoly Tokio, March 17. The proposed law relating to the government tobacco monopoly-if enacted," will go into eftect on the first of next July.'. The manu facture and sale of Japanese cut tobac co will be allowed to "continue until April 19 The government proposes to have the stocks, machines and plants existing June 30 next appraised by joint appraisers. As compensation for their "good yill" the 'government proposes to pay the manufacturers and dealers a sum equal to their: income for three years, as shown by their books. The sum which will be required to launch the monopoly has not yet been determined, but- the government pro poses to make a , large payment In bonds. It is thought that. the only new duties will be bh sugar.- .. - Japanese Mission In Corea 1 Seoul, March .-Marquis Ito arriv ed at Chemulpo' today. - He was greeted by a delegation of high Corean officials. When the special train arrived at Seoul it was received ;with military honors. Marquis Ito wiHhe received by the Co rean emperor Saturday. . Probably One of Togo's Miners London, March 17. A dispatch from Chefoo states that the disaster to the Skorri happened Wednesday and that the Skorri struck a mine that was un marked on the chart, and was therefore probably one of the mines Admiral Togo reported that he. had laid. the Fos intended to pay the expenses to Rome of a former member of the House, re ferring to Mr.- Loud, "whose voice," he said, "always had : been raised in the interest of economy." After a lively debate the amendment was agreed to by a vote by tellers', of 88 to 75. Mr. Williams made ,"a point of order against the provision in the bill desig nating certain postal employes as "cashiers,"- "night" ; superintendents' "superintendents of carriers," "superin tendents of inquiry," etc. He said it was simply a means of putting favor ites into places at salaries higher than they already received. - After an ex tended debate the 'point of order was sustained. , C ' i ': ' ... - Mr. Williams followed this up by making a point of Drder against the proposition to . give stamp clerks who may be assigned as 'chiefs" $2,700, as against $1,700, which- they now receive. Mr. Cowherd of Missouri and Mr. Overstreet argtjed for . a retention of the $2,700 salary provided" by the bill, on the ground that - the salary of men performing such duties should not be too meaner. ; ! Mr. Wiiliams. insisted 'that there ought not tobe an attempt to reorganr ize the postoffice department in an appropriation bill. . If it" is to be reor ganized it should be done in a definite and specific way. : Who Made the Sherman Act? Mr:, Southwick;of JNew "Fork arose, and ' making-a pre forma amendment, called attention 6 th'fact that the day .before- Mr. ' Williams ' of Missis sippi had - had" read and inserted in -the Record an editorial from the New York Times on the merger decision. In con trast to that Mr. South wick said he wanted to have read, an 'editorial from the New York - World, which : was "quite as good rrjd as : generally ac cepted Democratjie authority, as the Times." This editorial pointed out that the anti-trust : law had been- enacted by a Republican'Congress, approved by a Republican president, -enforced by a , s (Continued on page 2. 1 tal till FOUR MILLIONS Esti m ated An n u al Cost of. th e ' President' s Pension Orde r ';. Washington, March . 17. In , the opin ion of Representative Sulloway, : chair man of the House committee on invalid perfsions, the order promulgated yester- jday by Secretary Hitchcock " whereby age is to count as part disability in the matter of claims for pensions, will not cost the government to exceed $3,000,000 annually, and it may not increase the amount paid out In pensions" more than $3,000,000 a year. The rule in effect, by executive decree, enacts the provisions of the first Sulloway bill, but it is pointed out that it is a long way from the service pension proposition of the Grand Army and only a step in the direction of the sort of legislation that organization desires. It is estimated that the service pension bill of the G. A. R. would cost the government be tween thirtee and sixteen' million an ifually. The service pension bill intro duced by Representative Sulloway, which is not what the Grand Army de sires, may not now be acted upon as a' result of the order, although the two propositions are quite different. - Fire in Prison Cell; Asheville N. C, March '17. Special. Three white women, Alice and Mary Ann .Pritchard and Edith Wilson were arrested late last night . for being drunk. After they had been locked up the Wilson woman set fire to her cell. The yelling of the prisoners erought the city hall janitor to the scene. The door was unlocked and the woman and burning bed clothes were dragged . out and the flames extinguished. The .wo man was uninjured and little damage was done by the fire. Negro Enemies ;pff B oofeer WasMM His Propaganda of Practical Effacement of His Race in Politics Stirs up Resentment and r Opposition - - . Washington March 17. The Booker Washington dinner here tonight has brought on a merry war among the col ored . leaders of the district. There is a strong feeling among prominent members of the race against the "sage of Tuskegee." Many of the most prom- t inent colored men of Washington did not attend the dinner. Some of them are nearly as conspicuous in national political affairs as Booker Washjngt-n himself. The list of subscribers to the banquet contained about a hundred negroes ' of prominence, but among those who took no part were many well known leaders. A large portion of the extensive col-, ored population of Washington is ap parently hostile to Booker Washington.' The opposition to Washington began nearly ten years ago at Atlanta, when he said a the southern exposition some things that aroused the resentment of many prominent members of his race. His propoganda' of political efface ment for his people in the south ap pears to have raised a storm of opposi tion -on the part of his race in the north. His enemies within his race have follewed him in his lecturing tours, and they have criticized every public utterance which seemed to have had a tendency to compromise what they call the manhood rights -of the colored race. This' is the way it . is put by one of the best known colored men of Washington who did not attend to night's dinner: ."The opposition to Washington on the -.part of his own people has de veloped in direct proportion to ;the growth " of his popularity t with white audiences in the north. His people do not deny that he accomplished a great work, but their contention is that lie might have done all he has done and much more without appearing1 to dis courage the efforts of many of them who were trying to make toward breeder culture and higher education. The opposition to him took definite and even violent shape when he essayed the role of chief politician of his race with Presidents McKlnley and Roose velt. This bothered him. And he made an effort at the recent private confer ence in New York to treat with his many enemies in his own race.- He tried to get them. all to smoke. with him the calumet." It is, learned that among those pres ent at the conference were many lead ers, including Thomas Fortune, former Representative Morris of Chicago and others from various sectiona of : the country. Washington's Washington critics of his own race say that the intention , of this conference was to stifle all opposi tion. They say that the result can be best ascertained by recalling the-f act that one of the lea-ling men at the con ference. State Representative Morris of Chicago, on his Avay home lectured here in Washington before the" leading liter ary soeiety on "Shams' and held Booker Washington up to ridicule as DEFENCE -OF WOOD Quarles Continues His Speech in thleTJSenate v Washington, March 17. At the begin ning of today's session of the Senate a bill - authorizing the secretary of the Interior to dispose of timber on public lands chiefly valuable for timber was passed. The committee amendment providing that the proceeds of such sales shall be made a part of the irri gation reclamation fund was 'accepted. , Mr. McLaurin presented and had read a letter from the" Cincinnati firm which supplies the pictures, on account of which arrests recently were made at Indianola and Leland, Miss., to which Mr. McLaurin referred last. Saturday. The firm, denied that it manufactures pictures of an improper character. -The Senate then went into executive session. Senator Quarles continued his speech in defense of General Leonard Wood. He took up the charge of insubordina tion and asserted that General Wood's conduct in Cuba had the fuir approval of the war department, as' it had also in relation to the-various concessions granted. by him at Havana after he be came military, governor. Railroad Receiver Appointed Knoxville, Tenn., March 17. In the federal court here today W. J.- Oliver of this , city was appointed receiver of the Tennessee Centrar Railroad. This company operates a railroad 199 miles long," with branch lines. It runs from Nashville, Tenn., to South Harriman, Tenn. The president is Jere Baxter of Nashville. The company has a bonded debt of $9,306000 and f5,000,000 of stock. the "monumental sham, of this day." Morris was banquetect here by a hun dred of the most representative colored men of the 'national : capital. Booker Washington's negro opponents claim that his dinner here tonight and the lecture which , is tf follow tomorrow night are all. part of a harmony; scheme hatched- up in,.ther interest-.- of . Wash ington. . . Admiral 'Dewey Returns Norfolk,. Va.; March 17. The convert ed -yacht Mayflower passed in -the Vir ginia capes this morning with Admiral Dewey aboard and went on toward Washington. She should arrive in Washington at - midnight. - Admiral Dewey has 1 been' viewing the -maneuvers of the South Atlantic fleet.-. Diplomatic Confirmations Washington,. March 17. The. Senate today confirmed the nominations of John Barrett of Oregon to be minister to Panama; W. W. Russell of the Dis- trlct of Columbia to be minister to Co- 1 atm onrl A -rtViiiT AT' Roflnnrpfl nf Til- lombla, and Arthur -M: Beaupree of 111 inois to the Argentine Republic, ! Working a Gold Mine Asheville, N. C, March 17. Special. A gold mine has been discovered near Chandler, in this county, and the peo ple of that section are expecting great things to happen. A company of Ashe ville men has been organized to operate the mine Although a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 42 feet the mining is being performed so far in a very crude manner. Speculating in Claims Havana, March 17. A meeting of Cuban veterans has been called to take gtOH steps to stop, if possible, the sale of eorasKa-: oe remgveQ irom oracei-ex-soldiers' claims for payment against ! President Roosevelt today informed the government which are being bought . Senator Dietrich and Editor Rosewater, up by speculators at 20 per cent. of. of the Omaha Bee, that he would take their value. The government has been such action against Mr.. Summers. The attacked in some quarters because it I probabilities are that Chairman Llnd has opened a registry to rescord the say, of the. Republican state committee transfer of claims, thus aiding the spec-j of Nebraska, .will be appointed to suc ulators in their business. ceed him. TORNjIVO destroys life amd property The Town of ' Weylan Practically Wiped Off of the Face of the Earth Fort Worth. Tex., March 17. Pat sen gers i who reached here today on a be lated Cotton Belt train report that a tornado swept Hunt county at four o'clock this morning, doing great dam age to property. The worst of the storm - struck Weyland, ninety miles from Fort Worth, practically wiping It off the face of the earth, destroying a cotton gin, school house, several dwellings and business- houses. Three milea east of Weyland .the house of John Haney was .brown to splinters. j FEAR ABSORPTION South America Alarmed by the Roosevelt Idea Chicago, March 17. A dispatch to the Tribune from New Orleans says: "According, to mail advices just re ceived here an alliance has been form ed by Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile j and Bolivia to "guard against absorp tion by the United States. . The belief, it Is declared, . pi evails throughout Brazil and Argentina that In the event of a revolution in either republic President Roosevelt will Inter vene and recognize the revolutionists, thus paving the way for annexation.. The alliance was discussed last year when Peru was believed to be consid ering the advisability, during the re cent revolution, of asking President Roosevelt to establish a protectorate over that country. The proposal received such strong support that the other republics were frightened, fearing that with the pro- posed annexation , of Peru the United States might absorb the whole of South America, WANTED TO GIVE UP Supposed Fugitive From Jus tice Wants to Go Home for Trial Winston-Salem, N. C. March 17. Special. A white man giving his name '. Valentine walked into the as G. W. Valentine walked into tne ( room anj r assumed their seats on the police station here today and informed : Dencb.. -Chief Crutchfield that he had been a Afte"r ann0uncmff the disposition of fugitive from, justice for more than a two other matterg jndge Purnell year and that he wished to surrender. Ltated: ..Inlnch against the Atlantic Valentine claims that while paying tel- f and North Carollna Baiiorad a decree ler in one of-the branch offices f thewag tendered last night which I de Colonial Bank in New York City. dur-.clined to slgn the court did not wish ing the winter of 1902, he absconded antMvota. a fnn ,MHMIr Th with . several hundred dollars of the bank's money. He says-'that he was under bond given by -the Fidelity Cas uality Company : which had - to. make good the stolen "funds. Valentine also says that . after leaving New York he went west and later to Mexico, where he has been -most of the time. His work ; in Mexico , was herding cattle. The man appears to be anxious to re turn to his native home in New York and stand trial. A telegram was sent to the Fidelity Casualty Company, ask ing if Valentine was wanted. No reply has yet been received. 1 VISIT TO JAMESTOWN Congressman Will Take the Trip Tomorrow Washington, March 17. The request of Representative Maynard of Virginia to adjourn th House over from Friday to Monday was done in order to enable the members to visit the site of the Jamestown exposition, where a big fair is to be held in 1907 in commemoration of the establishment of the first Eng lish settlement in America 300 years ago. Congress is to be asked for an appropriation to help along the exposi tion. The Virginia delegation and the exposition managers have arranged to ' a . n - a : v. a take the entire membership of the House, or as many of them' as desire to go, to Norfolk Friday night, to re main until Saturday and view the ex position site. About 200 members have arranged to take in the junket. They will visit the place where the English settlers landed .three centuries ago and set up the first English speaking colony.- An old church tower, erected nearly three' hundred years ago and now in ruins, alone marks the spot. Summers' Head on the Block Washington, March 17. As a result of the inquiry into the charges against Senator Dietrich. Williamson S. Sum mers, United States district attorney of Bob St. Clair -was instantly killed and ! several members of his family wtreilf,vft himself from refmonslbilitr for the badly injured. -'A 'man named Taylor will probably die from injuries he re- celved. A Cotton Belt ltee freight car was blown Into a cornfield eighty feet made concerning the "allowance for away. . - . I clerk hire." He shifted it to the first Fences, trees, telegraph and tele-f assistant postmaster general. Mr. phone, wires and poles are down and, Wynne. . telegraphic , communication" was cut off Mr. Bristow was subjected to a rigid all day. " The path of the tornado was ! cross-examination by Representative one hundred yards wide. At Mount McDermott concerning hie own recom Vernon, Sulphur Springs and Ridgeway j mendations for allowances for clerk the storm was terrific; hire in certain offices in Kansas and i : - -f IniltboM V fill I Order Signed by Judges Simonton and Purnell Governor's Investigation Gapt. McBee In terviewed on Recent Events Mr. E. G. Smith's Statement Without a word of discussion or de- -bate Judge Charles H. Simonton and Judge Thoe. R. Purnell of the United states circuit court signed the order i yesterday vacating the receivership of the Atlantic and North Carolina Rail road. With the signing of the order the re ceivership ceased, Capt. V. E. McBee stepped out, and President Jas. A. Bryan and the board of directors re sumed the control of the road which ! passed from their hands February 4th. United States Marshal H. C. Dockery heralded the arrival of the Judges to the two hundred spectators in the fed eral court room and the audience rose as Judges Simonton and Purnell, wear- Ingr their judicial robes, entered the rnnm- and assumed their seats on the court will now hear from counsel; has any counsel a motion to make?" A dead silence reigned, for the decree had been agreed upon by both sides and, "as the Post said Thursday, the convening of court was a mere per functory matter. Finally Mr. Chas. M. Busbee rose and said: "Counsel for the defendant have no motion to make ex cept to ask the Blgning of the decree tendered your honor last night." Then Judge Simonton read the decree, Mr. C. M, Busbee suggested the Insertion of the name of the furety company on the receiver bond, this wa accord ingly done, the judges affixed their names, and after another pause Court Crier J. Rowan, Rogere proclaimed "that this honorable court had "adjourned subject to order. v . The program had been carried out and the work was done. The agree ment previously reached between the counsel for Receiver McBee and the state had been consummated. Imme diately after Chief Justice Clark placed Receiver V. E. McBee under a $2,000 bjond Tuesday afternoon for his ap pearance at the Wake criminal court to answer the charge of conspiracy with K. S. Finch a conference took place between a eminsel for the re- Bristow on a Accuser of Congressmen Un der Fire-Evidently Embar rassed by Some of the Questions Tries to Shift the Re sponsibility Washington, March 17.-rFor neaTly two hours today Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow was virtu ally under investigation and cross examination by the McCall Investi gating committee in relation to-his re- ;port of "charges concerning members." lit was the first open session which the committee has held. General Bris !tow was before the committee for two hours this morning, assisting the mem bers in preparing their plan of pro cedure, and at that time made the statement that the reason why all the records in each of the various cases was not submitted to the committee on post offices r was because the publica tion of all the information might defeat the ends of justice. H further added that the entire record was very volum inous and would "fill a library" if printed. The first thing Mr. Bristow did this afternoon when he went before the commIttee was to effort to re- data contained in the "charges con cerning members." He declared that he waa m at the time the report was Before mm Spin celver and a representative of the prosecution. The ultimate result -a the presentation to Judge Purnell Wed nesday afternoon of an ordr.gTeed' to by both Bides, vacating the receiver ship and taxing the plaintiff with the costs. This ordr Judge Purnell, as hae' been stated, declined to sljrn until yes terday. No criminal prosecution of Capt. McBeo 1 now expected. j Deep interest attached to the" court proceedings yesterday. Receiver .V. U. McBee and his counsel, Capt. W. H., Day, Col. John W. Hinsdale, Judre W.' S. O'B. Robinson of Goldsboro and Mr. W. W. Clark of New Brn were ores- cnt. The counsel for tho state. Attor-' ney General R. D. Gilmer, Mr. ChaiA M. Busbee. Mr. W. C. Munroe of) Goldsboro, Solicitor A. L. Ward of New Bern, besides a number of offlclaJs ot the railroad. President Ja. A.-Bryan, State Proxy J. W. Gralncer, fiupt. S., L. Dill, Director C. E. Foy of New Bern and Director E. C. Duncan, and Associate Justice H. O. Connor, State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, Commissioner of the Board of Internal Improvements B. C. Beckwith, Code Commissioner Womack, Rodman and Gulley, and; many private citizens, including Mr. W.' W. Mills and Mr. C. B. Dnrbee, bothi of whom have separate proposltionm pending before the governor for leas ing the property, were in the court room. . The Court's Decree In the oirouit court of the United States for the eastern district of North Car-' olina. Sitting In equity In Raleigh. K. 8. Finch, in behalf of himself and of all the other stockholders of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad' Company, complainant, against the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company, defendant, i This cause coming on to be heard this' the 17th day of March. 1904, and it an peering to the court that all. parties have agreed that the orders in this aultf heretofore issued on the 24th and 2Stb days of February. 1304, and all other orders herein made, respecting the con troversy contained therein may be set aside, it is now, on motion of counsel for the complainant, ordered, adjudged' and decreed that all of said orders be vacated and the bill of complaint filed herein be dismissed. It is further or (Continued on page 5.) 3 line MacK 'Committee the admissions which he was obliged to make accounted for his evident em- barrassmenf. Mr. McCnll of Ma?a-j chusetts, . too, called attention to.whatj appeared to be unwarranted assertion, in Mr. Brlstow's first report the) light of some of the statementst.ln the charges concerning members. ! Just at the close of the hearing Hep, resentative Bartlett of Georgia sought to ascertain from Mr. Bristow informa tion as to whether or not the president had seen the data before it-had beea' submitted to the post office- committe.! Objections by Representative .Burton and Mr. McCall. however, left' Mr.. BarU' hett's question unanswered. Altogether, while the committee d!4 not learn much f rem Mr. Briatoir which throws additional light upon the subject of the Investigation, the com mittee did cause the fourth assistant to spend a bad hour, and - the result was an 1 rives tigut Ion more of Mr. Erls tow than of any member of Congressy He began by saying' that he had been in th department for . several years' Chairman OverstreeVs request came In the afternoon of January 23. That, night he (Bristow) was taken ill. wenCt home and did not return to his ofrlca until last Monday. "I am informed., however. he went on. ' "by officers in my bureau that the postmaster general had the fourth assistant's office pre pare for him the matter relating to the) leases asked for In Mr. Overstreet' letter, and that he asked the first as sistant to prepare tho matter relating to clerk hire. The chief Inspector in forms me that he had the list prepare by six inspectors who were In the city at the time, that he turned it over ta the postmaster general.' Dealing in Keareay Evidence Mr. Bristow admitted that he wrot the letters to which his name was sign" ed transmitting the data. He under stood that the committee wanted the Information in the preparation of the appropriation bill- Mr. McCall asked (Continued on page 2.)