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1 For N. C. : Rain, ; for Raleigh: ! Cloudy, warmer' Temperature for th3 past 24 hours: Max. 75; Min 42. Vol. XIII RALEIGH. K. C FRIDAY, MARCH 25. 1904. Ko. 101 r Post. MORNING A . Gliarioette Manufacturer Asserts Law Means Combination of Capital and Labor-Mr. Page Favors Olney--Mr. Kitcbin's Effort for Free Delivery By THOMAS J TVaphington, D. C, March 24. Spe cial Kichard Olney, of Massachusetts is the choice of Representative Page for 1 lie Democratic presidential nomi nation, though the congressman from Mie coventh district is favorably inclin to Judge Parker. I personally favor the nomination of Mr. ulney," observed Mr. Page, ."for ihe reason that I believe he is the stiT.i'Kft candidate the Democracy muM pelect. To my mind he has more elements of strength than any other available Democrat. AVhile Olney. is my n r.tonal choice, I am favorably inclin- to Judge Parker of New York, who present indications, tins the lead ; the race for the nomination." i!y choice for second place is John Daniel of Virginia. The time has : !iie for the south to have representa i..n on the presidential ticket. Instead )f injuring the prospects of Democracy V,v victory in November 1 firmly believe hp nomination of a southern .man vould strengthen the ticket. A strong er nomination than of that of John W. 'nniel for the vice-presidency could not maile." How about Hearst?"' "You will be safe in saying that I tm not' for his nomination under any lircumstances." Representative AVebb who was in the croup of congressmen when Mr. Page vave expression to his views, declared in favor of Judge Parker of New York. At least Mr. Webb favors his nomina Lion with the present lights before him." KKchirfs Rural Delivery Plan Representative W. W. Kitchin sought u promote the efficiency of ,tl; "rural frte delivery system in a practical' way this afternoon, but the Republican ma j'.'rity in the House refused to accept the suggestion. Mr. Kitchin offered an amendment to the post office appro priation bill which -sought to discontin ue the practice by rural delivery in rpectors of reporting adversely on pro I' osed routes because of alleged bad conditions of roads. Mr. Kitchin s amendment provided that where car riers offered to carry .the mail these routes should be established. Mr. Kitchin spoke in favor of his amend ment under the five minutes rule, but it was ruled out on a point of order by Chairman Overstreet. In his remarks before the House, Mr. Kitchin called intention to the fact that the roads in the western part of the state were not always as good as those in the east. o Inve Mr. Williams Again Attempts to Probe. Post Office Cor ruption But is Cut off With a Point of ; Order cfr - Washington, March 24. Another at tempt was made in the House today hile the post office appropriation bill as under consideration to have Con fess authorize a general investigation f the department. An amendment to lhe measure was offered by "Represen tative Williams of Mississippi increas es the amount allowed to inspectors r exPenses, and providing for the ap Pomtment of a special commission ot &ve members, of the House and Senate - make an investigation of the depart ment in all its branches. . A Point of order was made against ' amendment by Representative . verptreet of Indiana and sustained by chairman, Mr. Boutell of Illin In appealing from the decision Mr. liiiams admitted that he was en- vonng to have the rules suspended order that members might record -mselves upon the subject of a post not lnvestisation. The appeal was JOt suptained. rrl! TV illIams aPPealed ta Mr. Over- ?hr , ins point or oraer, Overstreet Th 1 uoru iu uu r" ine 2-entlemnn v,oc Rronj a nprfertlv heart." fthA m between this investigation gr 1 fflce dePartment by Con with his point of order' ertPhupo" fMr- Williams appealed me decision of the chair, which that Eight Hour Two Trusts, PENCE. Farmers living in that section were as much entitled to receive their mc'l as any others. Tompkins on Eight Hour Labor Bill Mr. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte was the leading speaker today before the. House committee on -labor, which is giving hearings on the eight hour labor bill. Mr. Tompkins in opposing the measure strongly criticised the "labor lobby" which he said was haunting the halls of congress, and contended that legislation of this sort was inimical to the general welfare. - The more the rights of a laboring man to work as long as he pleased were abridged, either by law or' by the rules and regulations of a labor union, which was in reality a labor trust, the greater would become the power of such a trust. The out come would be that the two great forces of production labor and capital each constituting a trust, would com bine with each other against the independent manufacture and against the independent labor and be ing strengthened by legislation of this character could prevent competition o these two independent elements to the detriment of the great body of consum ers; the public would be at the mercy of these twd" trusts when they com bined. A. G. Solomon, leather manufacturer and tanner of New York; Charles Bald win, president of the New York Paper Box Manufacturers Association; A. M. Casier of New York, attorney for the same association; James M. Rlely of the Newark board of trade, and M. F. Bowen, secretary of the manufacturers club of Buffalo were also heard in op position to the bill. r Examination at Asheboro Representative Page has arranged for a competitive examination to be' held in Asheboro April eighth for ap pointment of midshipman at Annapolis. Prof. Walker, the superintendent of public schools will conduct the exami nation. There are some twenty appli cants for the appointment. Fred. L. Oliver of Charlotte, an en sign in the navy, has been transferred from 'the Bancroft to the battleship Texas at his own request. Mr. Small left today for Norfolk. J Representative W. W. Kitchin goes home tomorrow and Representative Webb will leave Saturday for Charlotte. Sir Edwin Arnold Dead London, March 24. Sir Edwin Arnold the well known author and journalist, who has been seriously ill for some days past, died at 10:30 this morning. v afion brought from Mr. Overstreet an ap peal to the House to uphold the chair. To do otherwise, he said, would be a reflection upon , the chair and dignity of the House. Mr. Williams inquired: "What does a miserable little rule of the House amount to when you con sider it is the only obstruction lying between you and a righteousness far greater than the righteousness of a technical decision?" He declared that the very essence and soul of good government is honest- ty In the public service and economy of public administration. "The only way we can secure honesty I, in the post office department," he con tinued, "is by the gentleman with drawing: his point of order or by the House marching over the point boldly." He was loudly applauded by his col leagues on the Democratic side. A long discussion was had upon the paragraph of the bill making appro priation for the rural delivery carriers, various efforts being made to place such a limitation upon the bill as to re quire the postmaster general to pay not less than $720 a year salary to eacn carrier. These amendments were ruled out of order and the matter was passed over after the announcement by Mr. Overstreet that ? the committee would tomorrow report a: rule whereby the House might consider the matter ot makifig an increase in the salaries of rural carriers. The provision to pay the oceanic steamship company $45,(100 for carrying United States ma41s from San Francisco, to the island of Tahiti was on motion of Mr. Robinson of In-jit diana stricken from-the Diu. iilght pages of the bill were disposed of to- day. Senate Passed Indian Bill I Washington . Mnrrh 24 The Senate J spent the day considering the Indian Permitted appropriation bill, which was finally passed, and at 5:25 adjourned until to morrow. ' Governor vs. Lieut-Gov. Frankfort, Ky., ; March 24. Governor Beckham this afternoon, had an oppor tunity to emphasize his feeling- for Lieutenant Governor Thome and he did so by vetoing the bill creating the county of Thorne; He claims there is Inrt tipmI for tho , rnnntv . Hnvprnor Beckham only a. few days ago signed the bill creating- the county of Beck ham, the constitutionality of which is contested because, as it is drawn, it in cludes part of Ohio crossing the Ohio river. Cleveland's Duck Hunt Baltimore, March 24. Ex-President Cleveland reached Baltimore late this afternoon after a successful duck hunt ing- expedition at Bengies, Md., and at- ter dinner at the Belvedere Hotel, was driven through the fire district. Twenty ducks fell to the gun of the former president. The ex-president 13 looking the picture of health, returned to Princeton tonight. PEOPLES SUICIDES A Business Man of Siier City Ends His Life Pittsboro, N. C, March ,24. Special. Mr. J. N. Peoples of Siler City, com mitted suicide today by shooting him self In the right temple with a revolver. An empty laudanum bottle was found by his side. Mr. Peoples was one of Siler City's most prominent business men, having: an interest in a large mer cantile business, also .was connected with the cotton" mill at that place. No reason is assigned for the deed. STOPPED PROCESSION sty- How Sheriff Mayo of Wilson Greeted Admiral Schley in Richmond Richmond, Va., March 24. Special. Sheriff Mayo, of Wilson county, N. C, this afternoon stopped a carriage in which Admiral W. S. Schley was rid ing at the head of a procession of Mys tic Shriners and held out his hand to the hero of Santiago. The following colloquy is reported by those in the admiral's carriage: "Howdy Admiral," said the sheriff. "How are you, sir," asked the admir al. "My name is Mayo." "A good name," said the admiral. "I am from North Carolina.' i "Good" state," saiA the admiral. "Wilson county" continuing Mayo, "I am the sheriff." The admiral congratulated him and the hackman drove on. Sheriff Mayo is on his way to New York for a prisoner, but missing his train here so he saw Admiral Schley. HEARST PROCESSION - : Conventions iff South Dakota and Kansas for Him Sioux City, March 24. Delegates to the Democratic state convention, chosen at conventions in Liman and Union counties, South Dakota, today, were instructed to vote for Hearst's nomination for president. Every coun ty convention that has been held in South Dakota has been instructed tor Hearst. Topeko, Kas., March 24. Four Demo cratic county conventions held today declared for Hearst for president. It seems doubtful if the anti-Hearst Dem ocrats will be able to defeat instruc tions at the state convention. They are using the name of Ex-Senator Har ris as a candidate for the presidency as a lever to defeat Hearst in this state. Senator Harris is now in Chicago and it is not known that he will give the movement to make him a candidate for president encouragement and sanction. A EW PLAN TO DEBAR .NEGROES Maryland Democrats Agree on a Constitutional Change . Annapolis, Md., March 24. An- agree ment has been reached whereby the constitutional amendment disfranchis ing the negroes, from whichi the gov ernor withheld his approval, is to be repealed and another passed.' This, it is understood, meets the objections of all Democrats including the executive. It is a compromise affair, there 'being concessions on both sides. While the new amendment is now ac- j throughout Rowan county 4gtfcy indi ceptable some of the constitutional law- j cate a close vote between Ifies, A. H. yers entertain the shadow of a doubt Price, assistant United States district as to Its runnius iiitf gauuiict jl uie lTTnitd States supreme court, because narr0ws down the classes to so fine a , point as to make the intention appa-; t The first amendment barred from " voting all citizens who are not descend- ants of voters naturalized prior to 1868. This would have knocked out many whites who were born in this country j as well as those naturalized since then. This provision -is changed so as .to per mit any citizen naturalized prior to the adoption of this amendment to vote. The : next changg is to add a property qualification clause. . This is the only boDe of .the 4 negro voter. The educa tional qualification is entirely elimi- j nated. - ; Leader Arias Executed Santo Domingo, March 24. Gen. Nicola-Arias,; the insurgent leader who gave the order to shoot Machinist John son, of the American gunboat Yankee on February last was captured by gov ernment troops yesterday and after a drum-head court martial was sentenced to death and immediately executed. Asua has Wen captured by the gov ernment forces. Monte Cristl is now the only place in, the hands of the rev olutionists. ARKANSAS flAGE WAR Two'i White Men Struck and Three Negroes Killed Little Rock, Ark., March 24. A spe cial to the Gazette from De Witt says: "Three negroes were killed in a race bat tle today at St. Charles, this county. A posse of deputy sheriffs was engaged in search for two negroes who se riously wounded two white men in a fight at St. Charies. While passing through a section of woodland the dep uties were fired upon from a thicket by a party of negroes. The whites re turned the fire and instantly killed the three negroes. The tragedy has greatly aroused the community and further troublje is feared. A posse has left here or St. Charles." PREMATURE HANGING " ' 8- Murderer of His Sweetheart ; Suicides in His Cell Birmingham, Ala., March 24. Ralph Armstrong, who is under sentence of death for " the murder of Miss Alice Armstrong, his cousin, at Notasulga, three f months ago," hanged himself In his 'cell at Tuskegee today. He was therson of the late Col. Henry Clay Armstrong-, United States minister to Brazil under Cleveland and a member of one of the most prominent families in the south. He was in love with his cousin and when sue told him that she intended to marry another man he shot her at the home of tlieir aunts. She died four days later. Armstrong left two-letters to his mother, in which he said that, whiskey had been his de stroyer. - OPEN WORLD'S FAIR - President Poosevelt Will Press the Button; Washington, March 24. President Roosevelt today acceded to the";,request of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company that he press the button that will start the machinery of the World's Fair at St. Louis. .. The ceremony will take place in the executive offices of the White House at 1 o'clock p. m.f Washington lime, April 30th. The members of the cabi net will probably be. present and a picture of the group of officials will be made for exhibition at the fair. SUBURBAN CHICA SWEPT BY CYCLONE -- Three PersonsKilled Worst Storm in 25 Years. Chicago, March 24. A cyclone in which three persons wero killed and roughly speaking thousands of dollars of property was 'destroyed, swept over the northern portion of Illinois and In diana with the violent wind and rain storm that inundated Chicago tonight. The storm was more violent than any that Illinois has experienced- for 25 years. Houses were unroofed, trees up rooted, buildings were blown down and telegraph and railway communication was seriously interfered with In all di rections. Electric wires in many of the cities were blown down and darkness and flood increased the terrors of the residents. Hommond, East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, bore the brunt of the storm. Three persons are reported dead at In diana Harbor. ROWAN PRIMARIES . (j Price's County Splits Almost Evenly With Blackburn Salisbury, N. C, March 24. Special. Reports received tonight from the Re publican congressional primaries held Hiioniey ui mis fiiy, eA-iii6ie3- man Spencer Blackburn. It is stated that the latter has carried about half : the voting precincts while Capt. Price's friends are' resolute' and will make a desperate effort to carry the county convention solid for him Saturday. Ex Congressman R.. Z. Linney is not in the fight RUSSIANS DESIRE AN ADVANCE OF JAPAN'S Czar's Force Divided into Three Armies Russia Awaits a Battle-field of Her Own Choosing -Situation at Port Arthur Grows v Serious-Admiral Togo's Report St Petersburg, March 24.--Wkaa Qen. Kuropatldn reaches MVikden It Is un derstood that the emperor's forces at the theatre of war will be divided into three armies one on the peninsula, in cluding the Port Arthur garrison uader General Stoessel, military commander at Port Arthur; a central army under General Linevitch, and a northern ar my under General Baron Stackelburc Any idea that Gen. Kuropatkln's ar rival will be signalized by aggressive tactics is discouraged In the highest military circles, where attention is call ed to the general's repeated injunctions patience, patience, patience. "We can afford to wait whether or not the Japanese can" is the sentiment among the believers in General Kuro patkin. He expects to force the Japa nese to fight him on grounds of his own choosing. There will be no forward; movements into Corea. On the con trary, the Russians at the Yalu river are now screening their toncentration to the westward and they probably will retire as the Japanese advance In force, harrassing and retarding them as much as possible until the proper time to uncover the" main Russian army. The continued landing of Japanese troops in Corea is exactly to the liking of the Russian strategists. The bigger the army disembarked there the better they will be suited, convinced that once Corea Is filled with the Mikado's soldiers, by pressure of numbers and clamor of public -opinion, Japan will be driven forward into the arms of the Russians. Nothing but a complete change of plan in the Japanese campaign, as de veloped up to date, will compel the Russians to depart from their deter mination to play a consistent waiting game, being persuaded that all the( advantages of such a policy lie on their side. v Coreans Open a Free Port Washington, March 24. A telegram was received at the state department today from Minister Allen at Seoul, Corea, in substance as follows: Announcement is made in Seoul that Tangampho will be opened. It is said that a thousand Russian troops have advanced to the Anju river, but the floating ice makes crossing difficult. There have been a number of slight skirmishes, but very fed casualties so far. Yangampho is a Corean port near the mouth of the Talu river which di vides Corea from Manchuria. England and Japan have been urging !6use Will Evidence Sustaining Serious Accusations Disclosed Report Presented Today-Senate May Defer the Trial "Washington, March 24. The report of the House committee on the judiciary in the case 'of the impeachment pro ceedings against Judge Charles Swayne of the northern district of Florida, drawn by Representative Palmer of Pennsylvania, will be submitted to the House tomorrow. It will charge In substance: non-residence in the dis trict; the unlawful imposition of a fine and the impyjfsonment of one E. T. Davis and one &iBelden in 1901; un lawfully committing to prison in 1902 a man named O'Neal for alleged con tempt .of court; conduct unbecoming a judge in appointing a man named Tnuison as a United States commis sioner, knowing him to.be a man of bad character, whose oath had been impeached. - The evidence in the case adduced be fore the special committee of the House, which went to Florida to inves tigate the charges, and the briefs were made public today. It covers a period of ten years, but is mcfte especially di rected to charges first maIe abont two years ago. A mass of the testimony tends to substantiate the charge that Judge Swayne had only a "boarding house residence" in Florida, that he was -there only about sixty, days of the year, and that his real home was, until the resolution of censure was passed by the legislature of Florida in 1903, at Guyancourt, eight miles north of Wil mington, Del. In his own defense Judge Swayne admits that he was not a registered voter in Florida, that he had not voted in fourteen years, that he owned 'no property in the state, had on mm th Oorean ffovernment to open. It to foreign trade and Minlettr Allen dis patch shows that their efforts have been ruooeasful. At one time the United 8tates government was In favor of hav ing Tangampho opened, but' subse quently decided that Wlju. further up the Talu on the Corean side, was h better place and succeeded In securing a promise from the government that it would be declared -free. The Rus sians -occupy Wlju. Serious Plight of Port Arthur London, March 25. Tn Chef 00 cor respondent of the Daily Mail sends the narrative of the .captain of a Chinese junk that was chartered by Japanese newspaper man to visit Port Arthur He says he landed at Fangiason, neaa Port Arthur, on March 10, and walked to Port Arthur, where he arrived the next day. Ha found the price of pro visions excessive and Is convinced thai there will be starvation In the event of a siege. The troops are In good- con-, dltlon, but they are poor marksmen, being Inferior even to the Chinese. Emboldened by what they have seen, the natives are growing' restive and eager, for independence. Eight battle ships and cruisers and ten destroyers have not been injured. They often issue from the harbor," Ibut never far from the forts. Inside the entrance there are a number of damaged ships. There is a boom across the entrance which Is aliva with mines. The troops are being withdrawn between Port Ar thur and Dalny. Their present strength is 2,000. Numbers of Chinese have, with permission from the Russians, depart ed for New Chwang, but when they reached KInchau .they were forcibly taken from the trans and compelled to work, in the construction of a new fort. In order to prevent the Chinese from escaping from Port" Arthur their junks have been destroyed.. Three junks, with a hundred Chinese aboard, left a village near LianotBhan March 14. They were sighted by soldiers guarding the light house and a de stroyer was sent after them. She fired on the junks, killing four Chinese. The ijemaindei were . captured and Impris oned at Port Arthur. A new fort is being built east of the Liaotshan light house because the Japanese at present cannot be reached by the Russian fire when their ships are behind Liatshan. The hills around Port Arthur are a net-work of wire and other' obstacles to check an advance from the land side. The railway sidings have been (Continued on page 2.) Act wayne Charts never paid any taxes, not even a poll tax. He declares, however, that no court business has suffered by reason or his absence, as he "could always reach Pensaoola In thity-slx hours." Supporting the charge of corruption there is evidence tending to show that Judge Swayne purchased property in litigation for his wife, and because h man named Zelden, who had beei speaker of the House of Represent? tives of Louisiana and attorney gener of the state, brought 'suit against hi (Swayne) in a state court to determl the question of title to the proper and obtain possession Judge Swayru sentenced Belden, who was 70 years of age and infirm, to pay a fine of 110ft to ten days imprisonment and. disbar, ment from practice for two year ot the ground of contempt. B. T, Davla, also interested in th same suit against Judge Swayne, it appears from the evi dence, was also sentenced for contempt In daring to bring a suit against his honor, Judge Swayne, in a state court. Further evidence tends to show that Judge Swayne refused to hear the tes timony of witnesses in an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding . against one, Hawkins, on the ground that he would not believe the witnesses if they were sworn. 4 1 The , leaders have found a way ot early-vdjournment without interfer ence by tbe impeachment case. In the event of the impeachment resolution being passed, as soon as the House has concluded its legislative business the Senate will concur in a resolution to allow the House to adjourn sine die. It will then fix a date to which it will adjourn and meet again for the purpose of trying the Impeachment case. This may either be in June or directly after the elections in November, according to the time required by the respondent in which to prepare his defense. It has been ascertained that precedent does not demand that the House shall be In session when the case is tried, onjK, its managers being required to be la, attendance at the .hearing h9for 'tht Senate. 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