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Vol VI
RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1904,
No. 71
Post.
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A Japanese Army Landed on the Peninsula, Cut
ting off Communication by Railroad The
Harbor Blocked to Ships of War.'
A Long Siege Expected -
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t;
r-or.. May C The Japanese
rt'.a afternoon made public the
oblegram from the Tokio
(,rrr.:. under today date:
A :.r Ira! Hosoya reports the seventh
'et and the twentieth torpe
with transports Hons Kong
! Nlrpon Mara, arrived ai
- May 5, at 5:30 a. m. Some of
:;-.-'. sentinels, seen on top of
!;.-!r.!ns the coast, were driven
, vir lire.
r.al brigade, under Captain
was then ordered to land. Ebb
?v:. they waded breast deep 1.000
r.:rr ir I pained the shore at 7:22 a.
1. I r :::"'! lately ma rehire, they reach-
i .k, nhts and hoisted our nag.
-rt-. hl. the gunboats Akagl.
,:.r. srJ Chokal approached the
flank the landing place in or
; - ta i;rert the enemy. The Akagl
; ;-! ! of the enemy and dispersed
'7'"?rt arrived at S:05 a. m. with
:" .-; echelon cf the second army,
:- rjr a Japanese flag on top ot
:w imedlately commenced landing.
t'; h u.i effected splendidly, despite
!- water. They are now building
T: t!on has also received the fol
r t,r? oraclal dispatch from the for
t rt at Toklo:
i--ral Kurokl. commandant of the
J.: pir.es army corps, reports that
y.y 1 our mounted scouts, after a
t -' hand to hand fight near Feng
v:-s Cheng, drove back the Russians
f-rjr-i Feng Wang Cheng.
r: se say that on May 1 about
: F. :ssian Infantry, posted on a 'hill
r rf Feng Wang Cheng, fired upon
! their comrade retreating from
Talu. mistaking them for the ene
r and killed TO and wounded 100. The
of the body Ced In disorder, aban
1 - r-c their commissary carta.
T.aJan officers captured by us say
: '- inly bodies which retreated In or-;--
-; May 1 were five or'slx Infantry
i :.-r.s and two artillery companies.
-T-rt hundred more Russian killed
,. i funded were found left on the
r.nl more of them are forthcom-
Port Arthur is scaled, at least for large
warships.
According to the latest Information
of the general staff 'General Kuroki's
army advanced some dlstanoo along the
road to Fenj "Wang Cheng and then
halted.
The departure of Viceroy AlexlefC and
Grand Duke Boris from "Port Arthur
was hurried owing to the possibility of
the interruption of railroad communi
cation. The Japanese landed in suffi
cient force to discourage the few hund
red Russians watching at Plttsewo
from offering any resistance.
The Japanese landing at Plttsewo Is
expected to be followed almost Immed
iately by the isolation of Port Arthur.
landings on the west coast of the
peninsula are also anticipated. The
Russian military authorities teem rec
onciled to the cutting off of their
stronghold, but they are convinced that
the fortress is Impregnable against at
tacks by land or sea,
Though the army may invest the
place the authorities here do not be
lieve the Japanese will undertake to
storm the rosltlon It is believed the
greater part of the troops have been
withdrawn and that General Stoessel's
force. Including the garrison of Port
Arthur, does not exceed 23,000 men.
The fortress is provisioned for a year.
London. The financiers here prefer do
mestic money to foreign money at high
rates. The J1JI has a dispatch from
Pekin stating that the Russians at
Mukden have confiscated ail the arms
of the Chinese. The natives in the vi
cinity of Mukden are forming militia
bands, so strong is the feeling against
the Russians.
confirmation of the report
the Japanese have landed on the
;rc peninsula, back of Port Ar--t
received by the state depart
: thi morning. The dispatch says
place of landing was on Kin-
r-r. about forty-five miles north
rf Port Arthur.
SLRE OF PORT ARTHUR
hVs Say the Stronghold Cinnot Be Ti
ken by Assault
f -rburg. May 6. The details
" Jr ne landing at Pittsewo
J :t b-en rtceived by the general
r ". TrTri Information brought to,
f Arthur by the Chinese, sixty
-.---., nr. disembarking two divis
: r .-rr Vring altogether S0.000 men.
' -h.-h ro-) were landed yesterday
' " N" news has been received
r? h ur of any other landing.
fv .v hundred. Cossacks were
Closing of tha Harbor Confirmed
London. May . A dispatch from St.
Petersburg to the Exchange Telegraph
Company says that General Pfiug, Ad
miral AlexiefTs chief of staff, tele
graphs that forty Japanese transports
appeared Wednesday opposite Blltuevo.
The next morning they began to land
troops at Pltsewo. They were sup
ported by artillery fire. The. Russian
Outposts retired to the telegraph sta
tion. The dispatch adds that the docu
ments at Port Arthur have been saved
and dispatched from the town by a
train, which was fired upon by Japa
nese occupying the heights east of the
railway.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the Post confirms the reports of the
closing of the harbor of Port Arthur.
He adds that the Russians found the
entrance practically blocked after Mon
day's fight. Admiral AlexlefC and his
staff took a train for Mukden before the
Japanese seized the railway. The sec
ond Japanese corps of the army is now
occupying the Llaotung Peninsula
without opposition, principally from be
low New Chwang. Grand Duke Boris
left Port Arthur after Monday's block
ade before the railway was seized. .
Camp Followers
St. Petersburg, May The .Novo
Vremya says it has the best authority
for stating that the Petropavlovsk had
only 60,000 roubles aboard' when she
was sunk off Port Arthur.
Chefoo, Mfty 6.Naval detachments
which reconnoltered the coast near
Takushan and to the southward of that
point at the end of April concluded
that only a comparatively small force
of Russian cavalry was guarding the
east coast of the Llaotung Peninsula.
Rome, May6. According to a tele
gram received here from Chefoo, the
garrison at Port Arthur has been re
duced to 4.000 men and all the Impor
tant documents, money and field 'guns
have been removed to Mukden.
Paris, May 6. A dispatch to The
Haras Agency from St. Petersburg
says the Japanese troops which landed
at Pltsewo yesterday have cut the land
communication with Port Arthur. .
St. Petersburg, May 6. The landing
of the Japanese at Pltsewo, northeast
of Port Arthur, is officially confirmed.
It Is expected that the railroad con
nectlng Port Arthur with Mukden and
Harbin will soon be cut.
London, May 6. A telegram from
New Chwang says that grave uneasi
ness prevails in the British community
there. British property valued at
$2,500,000 Is unprotected and 6,000 rob
bers are In the" neighborhood. The
government is much criticised for the
withdrawal of the British cruiser Es
piegle from the port.
Toklo, May 6. The victory at Kiulien
V. n a TsnTrrnrf ill off 0- fm
-- , iford last nlsrht. William Patterson, a
the always changeawe Koreans, "nen Roberts, a twelve
the report reached the Corean. govern- Tfae murder'wa3 care,
men" ?r?rr. "! I!:..:: ." fully Planned. Patterson.' who bears
live m ou reicrtuuig iu icimu mi
mediately, even at extra expense.
CHICAGO FEARS
A -Pit; FAMINE
1 .
Striking. Bakers Surround a
.Bakery and Assault De
livery Wagons
Chicago, May 6. The striking bakers
reached the riot stage in their fight for
higher wages today. Scores of strike
sympathizers surrounded the H. Piper
Company's bakery, Wells street and
North avenue, early in the day, and at
tempted to destroy the delivery-wagons.
Twenty-five wagons were in the barn.
A dash was made, but the mob stopped
the progress of the drivers by a fierce
onslaught. Bricks and stones, clubs
and sticks rained upon the wagons.
Hiding behind the covers of the wag
ons, the drivers, who are union men,
made desperate efforts to escape from
the mob. The police were hastily sum
moned and they charged the mob,
which soon dispersed.
A pie famine is threatened, as all the
bakers are devoting their attention to
the more profitable work of baking
bread. In spite of the statements that
the strike has not been, effective the
strikers seem to have done 'considerable
damage. Bread is scarce in all parts of !
the city. Many of the strikers are em
ployed in union shops, but there they
can not turn out so many. loaves as
they did in the big bake shops.
ed by a band. On the return to the
local wigwam a oouncll was held for
the raising up erf several braves. The
concluding business session of the great
council was held this morning, and
when it was over the Red Men boarded
a speoial car for Latta Park, -where
they enjoyed a picnic and a barbecue
of corn and venison. The great council
will meet next year at Salisbury.
KILLEUBOY
Wanton Crime Confessed by
a Bad Young Man "
Balston, N. T., May 6At Water-
MBS. POWELL'S CRIME
Lawyer's Argue the Sensa
tional Delaware Murder
Dover. Del., May 6. Within a few
hours the fate of Mrs. Powell will be
in the hands of the Jury. Before con
cluding the testimony today Mrs. Bes
sie Kenny swore that last Christmas
week she was at the Powell house and
EstelleAlbin told her that she had put
poison in Mrs. Powell's coffee and
would kill her if she had to poison the
whole family.
Deputy Attorney General Richards
asked: "But was not your brother,
Charles B. Wooters, eating at tha
same table ?"
"Tes. sir."
"When did you first tell this story V
"A nhnrf timm atrn
"What did you tell Detective Ratiidge j r?ny to Information here, was organ-
when he came to see you about this?"ilzea 10 prw sun ou
"1 did not tell him anything about it." I Delaware inoians against
Attomev Richards, in th flrot art- i kes r 147.000 acres of valuable land
Strifes Offl
aM M&Ite a Forteine
Republicans Who Covet Judge
Robinson's Shoes Am
bition of Spencer
Blackburn to Be
Held in Check,
er Ware's
Latest .
By THOMAS J. PENCE
Washington, May 6. SpeeSal. Bx-
Senator Marion Butler, who left touay
for Sampson county, has made a for
tune in a recent Indian deal that was
negotiated by a syndicate composed of
prominent Washington politicians, one
. of whom is said to bo Senator Qua 3
! of Pennsylvania. This syndicate, ac-
dress to the Jury, pictured Mrs. Powell
as the perpetrator of the most fiendish
crime of recent years. During his ar
raignment of the . prisoner Airs. Clara
Williams, a sister of the murdered girl,
who was in the witness room, became
hysterical and cried and moaned in her
distress.
In argument for the defense Frank
H. Davis described the fatal Quarrel as
a fight between two Jealous women.
which the De!a wares claim is right
fully theirs. The syndicate reports that,
is expended $65,000 in pressing the suit,
but that it asked nothing from the Del-
a wares except an oil lease on 80 acres
for the purpose of protesting against
th action, of President Roosevelt in
ignoring the wishes of the local bar by,
appointing a Vermont lawyer to ruc-
ceed JudgaPritohard and for the great
haste with which the appointment was .
made t -
It is contended by many, members .of
the bar that there was no necessity tut
the ha8t shown by the. president lahls
appointment of Justice Frltchaxd's suc
cessor, because at the request of th
president the Justice conajntod to re
main in the district and continue his
judicial duties until June i. or lonftrlt
the trial of the Tyner-Barrett oac
made it necessary. It Is also contended;
that the president was wel aware- or
the fact that on the very day he named
Justice Pritchards successor the Wash,
lngton lawyers -were to hold, a me&n
to recommend one of their as top in tea
for the position. Notwithstanding this
only about an hour before the time fox
the meeting- the vacancy caused. 'by then
resignation of Justice PiitciMCrd-was
filled by the appointment of aw lawyes
who dees not reside in the district.
The meeting tomorrow Is' an ad-.
JoKrned meeting from last Friday
when the proposition oft criticising tmi
action f the president was discusscu.'
At that -time it was decided that, -sV
only a few of the older member of
the Washington bar were present, il
would be advisable to defer action.
murder In the first degree.
RETRIBUTION
Russia's Disasters a Judg
ment From Heaven
Belgrade, May 6. A prominent per
ron here has received a letter from
Queen Natalie, the widow of King Mi
lan of Servla, declaring that the dis
asters Russia has met with In' the war
with Japan are the 'Just punishment of
heaven only. She says that the czar
was responsible for the tragic death of
"her son. King Alexander. She says
that the czar's mother will not be
spared the sorrows that were Inflicted
upon the mother of the murdered king
of Servla.
John Jackson, formerly minister to
the court of Servla from" the United
States, who was withdrawn as a pro-
. A. I . V. ...4 VI. m A !.-
xv4x1B every bunding. ta the town was
ander. but ordered recently to resume" rtT.. . ,,A
his post when King Peter ousted from pUea four feet hlgn In -front of the
office the slayers of his predecessor, J gouthern Pacific depot.""" The -Signal
MILLS A BRIGADIER
-ev
President Decides to Make a
Recess Appointment
Washington, May 6. President
a bad reputation, was drunk, and sev
eral boys were bothering him. He met
Roberts in a lonely spot and took his
life by crushing his .head with a huge
stone. He hid the body, in an out
house, where it was found today. As Roosevelt has decided to make a re
Patterson was the last one seen with cess appointment of Col. Albert L.
the boy, he was taken into custody. Mills, superintendent of the West
When questioned he confessed the Point Academy, with the rank of brig
crime and said he wanted to, get rid adier general.
of Roberts. Patterson expressed no. The nomination of Colonel Mills for
regret and asked for a speedy trial, this promotion, while favorably report
He was indicted this afternoon for cd to the Senate by the military com-
; mittee, failed of. confirmation. After
talking the matter over with Secretary
J Taft, v-the president has reached the
conclusion that he can not ignore the
favorable action of the Senate military
committee, and therefore makes the
promotion subject to the approval or
disapproval of the Senate at its next
session. ;
Colonel Mills has been superintendent
in
has arrived and will present his , ere
dentials to the king.
Correspondents Killed In Battle
St. Petersburg. May 6. The absence
of press messages giving details of the
battle on the Talu last Sunday Is par
tially explained by the heavy mortality
among the newspaper correspondents
with the Russian army. The Novostt
Is believed to have lost three of Its
men In the battle and the Russ lost
one. The other papers are telegraph
ing to learn the fate of their correspondents.
DEMANDED -A HEARING
Disturber of a Religious meet
ing Sent to Jail
Asheville, N. C, May 6SpeciaI. P
T. Llndsey, a printer, was arrested on
Pack square today charged with dis
turbing relirious worship. A band of
"Christian Workers" had started a ser
vice In the open when Llndsey, partly
intoxicated, staggered Into the midst
of the party and demanded to be heard.
He cursed and talked in a loud and in-
..11 . m onn.t- A VTM1 1 V KhAT-iff
Troops Landing Unoppoted L , atomr Ibout that time, and
Toklo. May 6. Some bodies of Japa- L,,a,n t.-.mtLn under arrest, took him
nese troops are landing on the Llaotung ' r.onr when the court
Inferred 1 T ln.s.r Ir.nt nn
rn In n 1 a 11 nrnrvrt Tt im Inferred I
1 "tirt m trom this that Port Arthur has been
;hy fired a few rounds and t praeticaiiy sealed, because It Is under
? r Ulroid. At the present 1 8tood -here that no landjng, would be
: !irt Is proceeding unlnter- j attempted if the harbor were open.
Yrr railroad and telegraph The shallows render it necessary for
--th-ir are still working. J the soldiers to wade ashore" for a mile,
i- l r.ot officially admitted. It i The authorities deny that any at
1 here that the entrance 4o tempt has been made to float a loan In
Proof
of Crime Pound
on Italian Murderers
.
rr. N t. May 6. Four Italian
""-re lodred la the lail at half
-r? o'clock tonight, and District
f 1.
Church. Sheriff Bellamy and
'rrpioyed in the hunt are ab-
-T rrt tin they are the murderers
. .oraer ana ziisb Anna
ar were beaten and stabb-
' "m h at their home near Angel!
- -.u r.:jrht. The four men were
I . Huffalo yesterday by the
'"ponse to descriptions teie
T the officers working on the
their persons were found
" b
watch, overcoat, store
a blwly long-bladed knife
criminating things. .There
rt on their clothing and
' 7 tol l was not a straight
A' th? four men gave the
'rrect name. He was An
aged 30. .known In the
'r-m with the mole on his
. . rr-rt names of the others
Ins. . ; r "rsace. a;ed 23, Sabestl
aed and Paguole, aged
boisterous talk and refused to stop
when the Judge ordered him to do so.
Judge Long then ordered that he be
placed in Jail for twenty-four hours for
contemnt of court. After he is released
from Jail he will be tried on the for
mer charge.
Rev. Dr. Lunsford, the new pastor of
the First Baptist church of this city,
in company with his family arrived
here from Waco, Texas.
While being driven at a fast pace
two horses, harnessed to single bug
gies, collided on a bridge that spans
a small ravine near Biltmore late yes-
22: Two of these men -visited the Van terday afternoon. Both buggies were
Gordtr farm house last Sunday and can ! smashed and the five occupants, three
be positively identified by two girls! ladies and two children, were thrown
who were calling on Miss Farmham. 'out, but not seriously injured. One of
Glorgia looked through the window at the horses was so badly hurt In the
the girls. From the first the officers smash-up that It had to be killed later
have been positive that he was con
nected with the murder and jobbery.
It is learned that Gioriga and his
three companions left Camp Burke
Mondav nlht about six o'clock. Wed-
HAIL PILED HIGH
Storm of Great Severity
the Southwest
New Orleans, May 6. Severe and of the academy since August 22, 1898,
damaging hail and wind storms are re- ; ter hi3 retUrn from Cuba at the
ported from southwestern Louisiana cl0se oi tne with gpain
and southeastern Texas. At Welsh, j - " '
COTTON CONFERENCE
. - -'
Important Meeting to Be Held
in Washington
Philadelphia, May 6. There will be
i a conference of leading textile and cot
ton men in Washington next week.
This was decided upon at a meeting of
New England and southern manufac
turers, at the hotel Walton today. It
will begin at the Arlington Wednesday
and will .be attended by at least one
hundred local manufacturers and com-
I mission men The latter will probably
I have a preliminary meeting at the
Hotel had every window on the east
side of the house smashed and the hall
was heaped up in the bed rooms and on
the beds. The roof of Morse & Sons
was battered in by the hail and the
stock was damaged more than one
third. All the plate glass windows in
the stores and the stained glass win
dows in the churches were destroyed.
The loss amounts to $35,000.
Five derricks in the oil field were
knocked down by the hail and wind.
Other damage is reported from Guy-;
don and neighboring points, but none
so severe as Welsh, where the storm
seems to have centered.
At Canton. Miss., the hall covered ! manufacturers club before their depar-
the ground to the depth of several ! -. mey nacnea vvasnmswn
Inches, smashed skylights and windows J they will find waiting for them fully
f eaoh Delaware's allotment. As with this in view the meeting was fad'
Journed until tomorrow. j
Commissioner ofsPenslons Ware,.whr
has won a more or less remarkable rep
utation by his administration of the
pension bureau, has again distinguish-,
ed himself by reducing the ssflary oC
James Kennedy, a clerk In the bureau.
$300 a year, because Kennedy glanced'
at a newspaper during business hours,
Ware recommended to the secretary ot
the interior that Kennedy be dismissed
but this recommendation was dlsapx
proved. !
From all that can be. learned it ap.
pears that the other day at twenty m!n-'
utes past fourJust ten minutes before
the close of the day Kennedy, having
finished his days work and made out
the usual report to his ehlef of divis
ion, cleared up his desk, and then, pick'
ed up a paper. Commissioner Ware
happened in the room at the time, saw
that Kennedy was not working, and
took his name. The next day he recom
mended the. clerk's removal. 'and vjfeea
this .failed announced the reduction la
his pay. .Kennedy will take-the case,
to the secretary of the interior.
Mr. R. H. McNeill, secretary 'of the
Republican state committee, learned at)
the pest office department todfcy that
the supply bureau of the rural tree de
livery division is prepared to furnish)
all North Carolina rural mall carrier
with a table, and ehar for-use in,' the
post office which they roak helrhead-
quarters, and also alb necessary satch-j
els and straps. It" was remarked iftf
North Carolina carriers aire efttecially,
backward in making reqnefMon fott
these supplies. All requestsfthould be
addressed to the superintendent of
rural free delivery. 1
and beat down and destroyed the cot
ton, corn, vegetables and other crops.
Beaumont, Tex., May 0V The Sunset
Limited of the Southern Paclflo encoun-1 men
tered a severe hall storm near Welsh,
La. All of the windows on -one side of
250 cotton growers and spinners from
the' south, fully acquainted with the
-1 men who furnish the raw material.
Secretary Cortelyou, Daniel J. Sully,
Theodore. Price and others have been
the train were shattered and the lat- J Invited to attend the meeting which,
Hearst Victory in Ohio
' Canton, Ohio, May 6. The Hearst
?nraa cii-onf th nlfltter clean At the
nesday morning at nve tney appeared convenIttm Cf the Domocrats of the 18th
at Swains, twelve miles from the Van ; concessional district at Alliance today.
tlce work was splintered by the, hail
stones. Passengers were panic stricken
Several of them
face.
ry Injured by flying debris
were cut about the
J. Kohn of Houston was serious-
TEXAS HEROES
if Is believed, will ask the government
to take a hand in the situation. The
trade and crop conditions in all their
phases will be discussed. "
A New Snake Story
there are 195 Delawnres and oil leases
are worth $100 an acre, it is figured that
the syndicate will secure a fee of mora
than $l,50O,C00 for a suit which it lost
and which it took on a contingent fee.
Ex-Senator Butler is understood to
have a one-fourth interest in the syn
dicate. From all accounts the possi
bilities of oil leases on the land are
almost fabulous".
Aspirants for National Committeeman
There are several more or less am
bitious Republicans planning to cap
ture, if possible, the position of nat
ional committeeman from North Caro
lina, which will be filled by "the new
committee to be chosen at Greensboro
this month. Ex-Judge Robinson, who
holds the position by virtue of appoint
ment under Senator Hanna after Judge
Pritchard's resignation, will in all prob
ability have a stiff fight on his hands
because he refused to forget his south
ern Instincts and lie down with the
negroes,. Athough this method of fight
Ing Judge Robinson is being employed
it is . not having the expected results.
There are a number of Republicans who
think the Judge acted entirely proper
In absenting himself from the Hanna
dinner, and they are exerting all their
Influence in his behalf In addition, he
will probably have the support "of the
machine, for that Important .branch of
the organization does not propose to
allow Ex-Congressman Spencer Black
burn to be the national committeeman
from the state. Mr. Blackburn has
asked for the support of a number of
leading Republicans, and naturally ha
would like the position, which Is ' co vn
eted by leading Republicans every
where. With, a man of Blackburn's ac
tivity, as national committeeman, the
belief prevails that he would soon.be
clashing with the state chairman over
the right to distribute patronage. For
that reason the machine proposes to
choke Mr. Blackburn's ambition early
In the game. Under the pretext that
the east is entitled to the position,
Judge Robinson will be re-elected, or
some one who meets with the approval
of Collector Duncan. There are several
willing . candidates.
Bourke Cockran's t great speech, de
livered Saturday before adjournment
In reply to Col. Pete Hepburn, whom
the administration put forward to reply
to Representative Claude Kitchln, and
generally defend Mr. Roosevelt and his
erratic record, appeared in the Record
this morning. The speech, which is
conceded to have been the greatest af
fort delivered In Congress in a decade,
made the old Record much in demand
today. A second reading of the speech
shows how utter was the rout of the
Republicans and especially of those
who attempted to interrupt him. Cock
ran's arraignment of the Republican
party is something magnificent. ' The
speech will be circulated- in. this cam
paign more than any other document.
Washington Lawyers Indignant
A meeting of the members of the
Norfolk, Va., May 6. A vouched for
story from Gates county, N. ! O eays
I a black snake nearly ten feet riong
Tuh MflrhlftH FicrilrAC: fnr thfi swallowed fourteen eggs, which it took L
" I from 1 under a sitting hen. The snake t Washington bar will be held tomorrow
nail 01 OlalUary fwas Kiiiea, tne eggs were replaced un-
UCTX UCllf ailU 1.1 UUC LlllLtJ C5g
was hatched, i
Combine Agamst Parkev
Some of the cleverest polMclajtas . n
the j . Democratic party nave be.en en
gaged for some days in-4ayfns-plans to
prevent the nomination of; udge Par
ker at St. Louis. Actvejirk 'this move
ment is Leader Charles "Ef Murphy of
Tamany, Senator Qormanafnd Jim Guf
fey of Pennsylvania, Thsse three wise
heads got together in Ncra York today, ,
the object being to devtsjmethods for
encompassing. Judge Packer's defeat as
the party nominee. Mjr, Gortrwaris
aware othe factthathe',ls.ipmctlca4ly
out of the running, and while the con
ferees in New X07JC. today woJd be Xot
him first, they xAizo tjrat. another,
name must be'usetf'to divide, if. such a
thing be possible, thte Parker" foUoiricg,
From all accounts' a1 fight lrto.ber tnad
on Parker by the,1 friends of all tb
other candidates Just as, the untied
fight was made on-YHearst a month ago.
McClellan, fom all accounts. ia4tne
man upon whom the opposition will
agree to fight the Parker movemeWt.1
The country is to hear again and agaiit!
theory that Little Mao Is th e choice,
of Democratic; New York,' while Repub-.
lican New-York iS5.tponsor for the Par
ker movement. Tonight missionaries
from New York' are In Washington, ge-p
lng eeuth to sprwad the McClellan prop
aganda. The Parker knookers are-al
work and they will have represents-.
tlves all over the country. The south
will be the special field for this work.
Thibetan Attack Repulsed
London, May 6. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail says that 800 Thibetans at-
Gorder farm. They seemed nervous
and 111 at ease and asked the time of
the leaving of a train on the Erie
"either way." They were told the first
k I , . Z Th.t Platforms of 1896 and 1900. W. J Foley
purchased tickets ami boarded It. They nnrnln nv ftrr,malfn for ron-
A bitter contest was waged by the
conservative. element In behalf of Judge
Parker. The resolutions adopted af
firmed the principles of the national
Washington," May 6. Arrangements
are being made at the capitol for plac
ing in position in Statuary Hall the
two marble figures which are en route
to this city as the contribution of the
state-of Texas to the galaxy of eminent
Americans. The figures from the Lone
Star state are Gen. Sanu Houston and j tacked the British mission at Gyangtse
Gen. Stephen F. Asutin, the favorite , at dawn Thursday. They were repulsed
sons of the great southwestern com-1 with heavy loss and fled. The British
monwealth. The marbles arrived in 'lost two wounded.
New York day before yesterday, in the
steamer Princess Irene from Genoa,
Italy, where they were created' by Miss
Elizabeth Ney. Miss Ney Is a well
known sculptor and the niece of Mar-
were ctassed as worthless fellows, hav
ing been at the canx only a few weeks.
living by themselves in an old tent and
workinr but little. They had- only a
was nominated by acclamation for Con
gress. James Rice, former mayor of
Canton, and an aggressive Bryan man.
was named for presidential elector.
Dallas, Tex., May 6. Thev tornado in
northwest Texas last night killed-Mrs.
Mary Wagley, her daughter Anna and
George Anthony at Moran. A dozen
others were seriously injured. : At Put
nam one man was killed and- one wo
man Injured. Their names were not
Durham, N. C, May- 6. Special. A x,M,rta miM ahnve the
shal Ney. the celebrated French mili-;Party of Durham, Richmond, Conneo- a,lflr orftMln, and thrGe
tary hero. ticut and. New York people left here A ,v
this morning for Carteret Lodge, In the traIn was blown from the railroad
eastern part of the state, to, spend sev- tracks near Cresson and George Som
eral days hunUng and fishing. From ' an(1 William Annie, nerre.labor-
Fishingand Hunting Party
1
Many People Killed
by- a Storrh in Texas
Great Council Closed
Charlotte, N. C, May Special. 1 Durham - there were W. T. O'Brien. I
ers, were drowned. About twenty
The sixth annual session of the great . W. C. Bradsher and 'J. S. Cobb. T. J. ; houses were wrecked at Moran and a
small amount of change with them1 Rhodes I. Gregory of Canton, an out-( council of Red Men came to an end j Walker was on from Richmond, W. R. j half dozen at "Putnam. Hundreds of
when thev left, but Wednendav morn- spoken Hearst man. arid Thomas J. Mc- tonight with a parade through the 'Israel of Connecticut and several high head of live stock are reported killed
nr hv had monev to bnv four tickets Namara of Voungstown were chosen streets of Charlotte The chiefs and. officials-, of the American Tobacco. Cora- and crops were badly Injured br rain.
at over $2 eacb-
t delegates to the national convention, I brave were in fantastic costume'lieaA-iipany from New y.orlsr -
"A
lirlna and ball DurirJhe blindly
storm near Phelps two trains collided
and Conductor Austin and Fireman
Armstrong were killed..
Wire service is still badly crippled as
a result of the storms and reports are
incomplete. The lives lost' In taolatedf
places will swell the total to twenty
News tonight reports that part ef the
Diller ranch, near Albany, was wrecked
and a ranch employe badly hurt. The
home of a Mr. Harden, near Throck
morton, was wrecked and the family
was ba41y hurt. Mr. Harden was ren
dered, unconscious. A Ruby, John Mul
len's house was wrecked. Mr. and Mrs.
Mullen were carriednaa-ly-ocie hundred
-yards1 by the "wind. Mrs. Mallet is be
lieved toibe fatallyftiurt.- Wesley Hur
Iock, fourteen years oldVwas killed at
Sunset. In Wise oxwistTKearisrftwenty