North Carolina Newspapers

All SE AiillLLE osmoNS INTO lie Fighting at Talienwan Pass Described by Rus sian Correspondents Japanese Brought up Guns In the Night and Then Carried Ail Before Them . pt. Petersburg, June 29. A Russian COi respondent, telegraphing: from Hai-cl-Ai.g yesterday, says: -The' Japanese have passed Delin IliL! and are twenty miles south of our prition. A heavy engagement is ex jv.ted tomorrow near Simuncheng. The Japanese have given us time to u: iie and strengthen our base and Hark, while Kuroki is not as secure a? formerly from a flank attack. The eicl iy wounded from the Delin fight arrived yesterday by train. They Were fer.t through with 200 others, to Liao Yauc. The fighting was continuous funclay" and Monday, the Japanese tin i e??ively driving the Russians from th-ir positions.. Afterward the Japan ese occupied the positions with artil lery. . The Japanese again demonstrated their reliance upon artillery, pounding each coveted position into subjection. The Japanese .were greatly superior in men and guns, although their practice was not as accurate- as usual. The Russians silenced two batteries Monday,- but the Japanese brought up a train of big guns, forcing the lighter Russian artillery to retire. As the Japanese threatened to surround the Russians a general retreat was ren dered necessary, the Russians carrying off all their guns." ' . A correspondent of the Russ de scribes the capture of Talienwan pass by the Japanese. He sends his .report rom Haicheng under date of yester day, he says that the Russian force "miles beyond the pass. Several Jap anese columns advanced Sunday upon he position, which was held bv three attalions. The Russians 'declined to ithdraw until nearly surrounded. avhen they TciUen jf There i hen they reicined the troons hnldlner nwan pass. - - as severe fighting throughout ...vj untiuuuii emu. ounuay, iiie P.i.ssians pouring in a heavy fire into the d.nse masses of Japanese cavalry.' When the firing ceased at dusk the Japanese did not stop working. They continued to bring up guns, placing them in readiness for the next day'.s fighting. One Japanese battery was established exactly where two Russian guns had been Saturday. The battle v.as resumed Monday at dawn. The Japanese, under cover of their ari.ll- ry, resumed their outflanking opera tions. The Russian left flank vis ing to pressure, fell back ,the artillery men in the centre firing as long as they had any shells remaining. .The gunners tried to carry off their euns before retiring:. The siege guns in position. ThP Russian osses were very heavy. T- , . rrom tne foregoing report it would eem that Talienwan pass captured is not the one on the"extreme left Of General Kuropatkin's line, but the one near Haicheng. Port Arthur Forts Reported Taken Tokio, June 29. It is unofficiallv re- Ported that the Chikwanshan, Chltan- fcnan and Sochosan forts, southeast of and part of the Port Arthur defences, ere captured Sunday, after an all day fight beginning with an artillery duel. Sochosan, it is added, was first cap tured, and the other forts fell soon af terwards. The Russians retrea.tfl M ' t rrty dead. The kas not been ascertained. The Jana- rese force consisted of all branches 02 ie service. . The Japanese lost three officers and a hundred men killed or wounded, and captured two guns and a quantity of "munition. The officials here do not confirm the report. Continuous Fighting on Land and Sea Chefoo, June 29. Chinese . arrivals General Miles Water Wagon Ga hdida te Ind'ananoHs Tnrt Tnn 9$ Th ef forts pf the opponents of General Miles 10 Head off his nomination by giving j,Jt a letter in which he says he did not re the honor rpnrtpd nnnn thpm to- Jay.- and under the lead of John ooiey of Chicago the general's stock gradually appreciated until his domination is now a certainty. It is mitted tonight that only an author!- Jonor will prevent his selection on the r:rn ballgt tomorrow , An enthusiastic meeting was held on cteps'of the state capitol this after f,on under a call for a mass meeting 20r aI1 of the general's friends. Fully -'J people were present and a half en speeches were made by prominent prohibitionists, all of whom spoke in fa vor of Miles The most conservative es- RY POUND SUBJECTION from Port Arthur report that fighting is continuous on land and from the sea. The weather has been stormy since I jvionaay ana extreme heat is reported' from Manchuria The Chinese also state that after the Japanese fleet moved away from the entrance to Port Arthur June 24, the; Russian fleet again emerged, remaining1 out a short time, and that a large ves sel, presumably a Russian vessel, is on the rocks ten miles southeast of Liao tishan promontory. Three funnels and two masts are above water. Another Russian Defeat Tiensin, June 29. It is reported that the Russians were defeated about six teen miles east of Haicheng yesterday, and it is added that owing to the rapid advance of the Japanese the Russians at Tachekiao are hurriedly retreating north, fearing to be ;cut off. Japanese Occupy Kalping St. Petersburg, June 29. A corre spondent of the Viedomostl, with the Russian armies In Manchuria, tele graphs that the Japanese occupied Kaiping, twenty miles south of Taschl chao and 25 miles southeast of New Chwang, yesterday. Kuropatkln Avoiding a General Action Rome,. June 29. A dispatch from To kio states that General Kuropatkin is retiring upon Liao Yang and avoiding a general action. Russian Ship on the Rocks Chefoo, June 29. Chinese who arrived here today by junk confirm the report that a large. vessel is ashore near Port Arthur. They say she is lying ten miles southeast of Llaotishan. . HOUSES UNDER WATER - A Cloudburst Causes Loss of Life and Property Pittsburg, Pa., June 29. Over five hundred homes, business houses and school houses, a short distance from Pittsburg on the Pan Handle railroad, were Inundated in from two to ten feet of water in Robinson Run Hollow and Chartiers Valley by the cloudburst there last night: Many buildings and bridges were washed away, horses and cattle were drowned and at least one life was lost. '.There were many nar- hrow escapes. " xne only iataiuy report ed so far was the drowning of an un known Italian, whose body was found floating in Robinson Run early today. The damage will reach $100,000. NAVAL SENSATION Court-martial Sentence Con fined to a Reprimand Washington, ; June 29. President Roosevelt has set aside the court-martial sentence reducing Paymaster Harry N. Biscoe of the navy fifteen numbers in his grade, and has directed that the officer's punishment be confined to a mere reprimand. This action of the president virtually sustains the ap peal of Paymaster Biscoe that the sent ence be wiped put upon the ground that it was excessive. Paymaster Bis coe also contended that the court which convicted him .was influenced by Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, who appointed it- but it is not known whether the president , upheld ,this view or not, as the papers in the case have not been made public and will to Be the timates give the general two-thirds ofjchefoo correspondent of the Express the votes of the convention on the first -reports that the Japanese advance be ballot " v gan early Sunday from the northwest. At the first session of the convention, held this morning, the reports of the various committees were submitted. There were no contests and the only debate came over' the report of the committee on rules and order of busi ness. The report was finally adopted. R. P. Tracey of. Chicago was elected chairman of the platform committee. It was the unanimous opinion of the committee that . the platform should come out decisively for prohibition. It was expected that the platform would be submitted at a session of the conven tion this evening, but the committee did not complete ito labors and the con vention adjourned until tomorrow jnorninf? not be until Secretary Moody returns to Washington tomorrow. When the action of the president be comes known it is bound to cause something of "a sensation in navy cir cles, where the Biscoe case has at- tracted great attention on account of the charges against Admiral Evans, ,'made by Mr. Biscoe, and the effect it might have upon Admiral Evans can didacy for the office of chief of the ; bureau of navigation. This office is the most important and powerful under the secretary of the navy. AFRAID TO FLY Col. Kingsbury on the Slash ing of. Dumbnt's. Airship- St. Louis, .Mo., June 29. Col. Kings bury, chief of the Jefferson Guard, sub- mitted his report to President Francis " i"oou,"6 axio vumum D loon Monday night. In this he says: "It is my opinion that Santos Dumont had the balloon cut himself." The report is withheld. It contains about 3'000 words. Asked his reason for believing this, Col. Kingsbury said "All the circumstances point to this theory. I do not believe Santos Du mont ever intended to fly at St. Louis. I think he intended to exhibit his air ship here and to charge admission to see it. I think he had a rule so he could have a moral, if not a legal, hold upon the exposition company and com pel the company to grant him a conces sion to exhibit his ship." In the report to President Francis the colonel lays stress upon the fact that Santos Dumont and his men were un duly careless in guarding the airship. Col. Kingsbury thinks that Santos Du mont is afraid to fly at the fair. Santos Dumont was highly Indignant when informed of Col Kingsbury's theory. He declared it was ridiculous to discuss. The Brazilian's friends aro also indignant over the accusation. Composer of Dixie Dead Columbus, O., June 29. A telephone message from Mount Vernon, O., an nounces the sudden death in that city yesterday of "Dan" Emmett, the old time minstrel, and famous as the com poser of "Dixie." Emmett was abut S6 years old. His last public -appearance was made four years ago, when he toured with a minstrel company. Retribution by Force Berlin, June 29. The German cruiser Panther, at Newport News, Va., has been ordered to proceed to Port-Au-Prince, there to co-operate with a French cruiser to exact retribution for the recent attack on the . German and French minister by members of the Haytien palace guard. CLEVELAND'S WIRE He Will Keep in Touch With the St Louis Convention Sandwich, N. H., June 29. Former President Grover Cleveland is having a private telegraph line erected from Madison to his summer home In Sand wich, a distance of fifteen miles. Mr. Cleveland is expected to arrive here News of Forts Is If True It Is of Great Import ance as It Foreshadows the Fall of the Rus sian Stronghold London, June 30. There is no official confirmation of the reports of the cap ture by the Japanese of forts at Port Arthur. The Morning Post's Tokio cor respondent describes the captured forts as being on the heights in the vicinity of Taliewan Bay. The Chronicle places the Chikwanshan fort in the center of the Tiger Tail Peninsula, south west of Port Arthur. Its Tokio cor respondent says the Japanese are ad vancing toward Port Arthur on both sides of the Kwangtung Peninsula. The " Telegraph's Tokio correspondent quotes the Asahi as saying that the Japanese, advancing from the east ward of Latun Bashi Hill, took the Huhanshan and Hsiteishan forts. The They first occupied Sungshoo Hill, four miles from Kutan. They afterwards seized Kaiyangchinao and Lungtung chiao, on the coast, using the island of Siauplngtao as a naval base. A body of cavalry and infantry, advancing from Sungshoo Hill, occupied Chik wanshan and Hautashan. All the heights were extensively for tified and mined. The Russians fierce ly resisted, but the Japanese force was overwhelming, and by evening they had secured all the coveted points and the Russians retired on the inner de fenses of Port Arthur. Nothing xurther can be learned of the capture by the Japanese of Motien tomorrow, and the fact that he is having the private telegraph line built is taken to Indicate - that he intends to keep in close touch with the doings at the St. Louis convention. The last report regarding Mr. Cleveland was that he was coming here to obtain complete isolation from the world dur ing the days which are expected to be momentous at St. Louis, but the erect ing of the private line shows that the reports are erroneous and -that it is evidently Mr. Cleveland's program to follow the progress of the convention. FIREMEN FAINTED Hard fight With a Blaze in a Basement New York, June 29. A fire at 403 and 405 Broadway today gave the fire men a stubborn fight. It started in a sub-cellar. Nine firemen were knock ed out by smoke and gas, and twenty nine others were dragged tainting to the street at odd times during the fight with the flames. Captain Edward J. Levy, of engine No. 20, was the most seriosly affected. He was overcome by smoke in the sub cellar and was nearly drowned by rap idly rising water. He was unconscious when taken , to St. Vincent hospital and became delirious. It was said to night, however, that Levy was im proving. The building where the fire occurred is occupied by Well, Haskin & Com pany, dealers in shirts, laces and hand kerchiefs, Rice & Hochster, dealers in tortoise shell goods and celluloid stuff, and William Meyers & Company, who deal in lace and embroideries ThA firp caused a panic among the fifty girls employed in the building, but all got out in safety. The firemen succeeded in confining the fire to the cellar anff sub-cellar. The loss is estimated at $150,000. MOB IN MICHIGAN Citizens Wanted to Lynch a Man of Prominence South Haven, Mich., June 29. An at tempt has been made to lynch Charles L. Allison, a well known citizen, who . , . , . . was arrested yesterday on the charge ' - . . . ?, EdRh Secor aSSaUlUng four"year-ld When arrested Allison was taken to the city hall, where he was 'placed un- rff-r n cMpt- f mcr, 0rm0(i A crowd surrounded the building and!80 ticket, fteaed ,b,f orm;; several demonstrations were made, but the doors Of the building were locked . and they could not get in. - . The demonstration continued during ! the evning, and early today fifty citi-1 zens went to the door, demanding ad-1 mittance. They shouted that they were) prepared to break down the door and : ' lvnch the ; tirisoner. Th officers on guard telephoned for help. A posse which the sheriff had sworn in arrived soon after and a fierce fight ensued in front of the city hall. The men were driven away. Many were severely injured, but. it is not thought there were any 'fatalities, The prisoner was spirited away through a basement door and taken to Paw Paw. .Kin Ling and the Fenchullng pases, and j aidate who believes In its declarations, no light can be shed at present upon the we have an excellent chance to win present positions of the respective j jn November." armies. None of yesterday's reports Mr. Fitzpatrick will go from here to of the Japanese occupation of Kaiping, j the St. Louis convention, the Russian retirement north or re-; Acting Secretary Oliver, of the war newed fighting in the north of Hai-j department, has made the usual an ching can be confirmed. The report ', nuai allotment of. the $1,000,000 appro that General Keller, who, by the way, ; priated by congress to provide arms was stated yesterday to be south of and equipments for the organized mill Feng Wang Cheng, has now retired tia of the United States of America, to Liao Yang, cannot be verified. The j The money apportioned to North Caro Russian naval losses at Port Arthur Una is $23,337.24. June 24 aare still unknown definnitely. Dr. Harry P. MacKnight, who was The Times remarks that if, as there is reason to suppose, the positions al leged to have been captured by the Japanese near Port Arhtur are those on- the Shahkushan and adjacent heights, the Japanese will be able when their siege guns are mounted to direct a destructive fire upon the docks and town and to threaten the north- western defenses from the rear. Advancing on Liao Yang London, June 30. A dispatch form Liao Yang says that the Japanese army in three . divisions is" advancing rapidly on, Liao Yang from the east. Tuesday it was at Land Iansan, onlyi thirteen miles away. General Keller j has withdrawn his forces to positions j immediately in front of Liao Tang and j is waiting to give battle. There have been many skirmishes between the ad - vanced guards of the Russians and Japanese. Wireless Message From Port Arthur ,; St. Petersburg, June -29. General Stoessel, the military commander at Port Arthur, sent a wireless dispatch to Chefoo June 24, saying that all at Port Arthur were well, and adding that the troops sent greeings to Rus sia, . , DEIlCB ATIC THE P Booker Washington Recommendsd Kyle and That Settled ItThe Split In Wisconsin a Seri ous Matter for 1h& Republicans -Roosevelt and the Race Issue in the Campaign By THOMAS Washington, June 29. Speecial. The president has appointed Judge Osceola Kyle of Decatur, Ala., one of the three judges for the Panama canal zone. The appointment was made upon the rec ommendation of Booker T. Washing ton. Some time ago Kyle's name was suggested to the president, who imme diately asked how Booker T. Wash ington stood on the matter. When told that Washington had endorsed the qualifications of Kyle the president did not inquire about any other names on his petition, but at once indicated that he would appoint him. The place pays $7,500 per annum. Judge Kyle is a Dem ocrat. 1 The seriousness of the Wisconsin split is now -admitted by the Republican Tnnnflpwft n.nrt n. lpnrHner "RpTMlbllcan ' r W favored thel defeat of their electoral ticket next November. A dispatch to a Republican newspaper today says: "It may as well be stated now as later that if the electoral ticket gets between the upper and nether millstone it will suffer. Both sides to the contest go out of their way to profess loyalty to Roosevelt and to the national ticket. I am convinced that they entertain per fect loyalty; that is, up to a certain i point, and that point . is reached when the stalwart and half breed interests are at stake. , "Governor LaFollette would not con sider the national ticket twenty sec onds if he saw his own game going to the bad. For the stalwarts there is too i much at stake here at home for them 4 . , . . aeir, to take into consideration the question whether Wisconsin shall go Democratic or Reepublican in the next presidential j el?2:on,-L . . The Democrats expect to put up a ernor Peck. If the La. Toilette crowd i- is i ' j. ja j. t . aa,.m snauia oe seaiea uy iue &upreHie u.l Mr- Peck &et thousands of Repub- n vtes. It would be one way to smash La Follette. t and I am safe in saying that the Democratic tioket would be mighty popular. Republicans make no bones- of saying that as be- i tween La Follette ana a emocrati give them a Democrat." Representative . Fitzpatrick, of the fourth Tennessee district, said today: "I believe that the St. Louis con vention will be wise, conservative and rational in its platform and nomina- tions The south is thoroughly arous ed and will give loyal support to the nominees. . I am of the opinion that Rooseveltism and the ra.ee question, as brought about by : the recent pro nouncement of the Chicago convention, greatly increases Democratic chances, and, in fact, will be leading issues in the campaign. Therefore we ought to nominate a candidate whose views upon these important issues, as well as upon trusts, corporate influence and pur foreign relations are known.. I think that with a clean-cut, conser vative Democratic platform and a can- A Submarine i 1 n , . . a Panic j DdU JUUtilllCIll aim Resulted in the Drown i n g of Tw n ty-o ne Sail- -ors, Including an Officer , ' St. Petersburg, June 29. The subma- - Tine boat Delfin sank at her moorings in the Nova off the Baltic ship building yard, at 11 o'clock this morning, witn; the loss of an officer, Lieutenant Cher kasoff, and twenty men. : The accident-was due partly f to the excessive ' number of the crew, mostly inexperienced men, and chiefly to the unforl znate attempt of a man to escape while his comrades were screwing down the map-hole. ' ' - - The officers and men derailed for sub- JUDGE FOR ANAMA CAUL Z ONE J. PENCE arrested yesterday on a charge of at tempted false pretense in connection with the. effort to solicit contributions in connection with the work of erect ing the proposed W. C. T. U. hospital at Southern Pines, N. C, was in the police court this morning. He was not given a hearing, but will have an opportunity tomorrow of telling the court of his unlawful conduct. Cap tain Boardman is endeavoring to as certain something of his identity. Dr. MacKnight denies that he has ever served in the Ohio penitentiary or any other prison. A man who gave a name similar to that of the doctor did serve time there, and his picture will reach here before te close of the week. ' , - ' . ' I Lightship No. 72, Captain John Han sen, has sailed from Baltimore bound for the lightship station on the Dia mond Shoal, off Cape Hattevas, to re lieve lightship Na7L whiph is just com pleting a four months trick of duty. Commander Henry. McOrea, light house Inspector gives notice - that on July 1 light vessel No. 72 will be placed on the station about five and three-eighths miles southwesterly from the easterly point of the outer Dia mond Shoal, off the seacoast of North Carolina and about fourteen and one eighth miles southwest, and one-quarter mile south from Cape Hatteras light house. We Want Battleships Amherst, Mass., June 29. Wm. H. Moody, secretary of; th navy, spoke to day at the Amherst College alumni dinner. He said the sort o& naval de fense this country needed i not that offered by torpedo boats and sub marined, "but' that ;Of the great battle ships -that, oan go out"cnrthe sea and defend their country, "We want & naval power he con tinued, "that can make the - seas un tenable for an enemy anil ' cafe for a friend. Japan, by her navy, made her territory safe forty eight hours after the war had begun." Turkey Shows Alarm Washington, June ) 29. The Turkish government, alarmed over the reports European waters will make a demon stration at some Turkish uort unless American 'claims against Turkey are adjusted promptly, has made inquiries of the state department through Chekib Bey, the porte's minister here. What he learned will probably induce Turkey to show a disposition to grant the desires of the United States. Mr. Leishman, the American minister to Turkey, who is In France, will return to Constatinople instead of coming her. Girl Drowned in a Brook Norfolk, Va,, June 29. Pauline Daviff, 16 years old, left her home in Pittsyl vania county last evehing to drive" the cows in from the pasture. Before she; was missed a negro farm hand report ed to her parents that the girl's body had been found in a brook, head down. The girl, after a desperate struggle, had been assaulted, and then drowned in a few Inches of water, her head evi dently beirg held under the water until life was extinct. In the girl's hands weer clinched shreds from a man's coat. Boat Sunk in the Neva marine boat Instruction had assembled atthe Baltic yard, and three officers decided to go down in the Delfin al though the captain was not present; re lying on the experience of her skilled crew. A score of novices were anxious to go with the three officers. The Del fin's nominal capacity la ten men, In stead, of which thirty-two entered the boat, bringing her man-hole in danger ous proximity to the river level Just t then a tug passed, sending a heavy. I wash against the boat. . th water solashed into the sub-marine boat's interior It created a panic among the novices, and one of . - " 7' down preparatory to the descent, the submerging compartment having al ready been opened. The water rushed in, and, as the submerged vessel sank like a stone, the officers and some of the men were saved by being blown up through the man-hole, by the rush of escaping, air. The Delfin shorter aXter wards was raised.