Newspapers / The Morning Post (Raleigh, … / Sept. 7, 1904, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
'S R13PLETED Found at Naval Academy BADGER oriraits of' the Other Secretaries of the NavyPopulist Support of Roose velt Helps Parker By THOMAS .ept. 6. Special. The , n . -:on, . t of nnrtrn Itc tt BOfronrle Cv.-- ' ' . - Tv-lt department in 1798 has practically J i rtrait of Hon Geo. Badger of oith Carolina, who was secretary i.:n:-- the administration of President ',V- Henry Harrison in 1841. Ju .p . Badger was one of the most stir -rui shed of North Carolinians ana 0:e of four sons of the Old North vrate who have been honored with cabinet positions. It is rather strange hat 1 '.ranch, Badger, Dobbin and Gra- ;arr.. the quartet that have represented n1 state in the cabinets of presidents, h aili all have been secretaries of the my. Judge Badgrer also represented the tat1 in the United States Senate from 4o to 1S54. His makes the only por- rait ot ante-Deiium secretaries lack- ,g in the collection, and its recent dls vevy in an unused store room at the val academy was a source of gen ial gratification to the authorities. all previous effiorts to secure a e-s of Secretary Badger' had prpv- d unsuccessful. The portrait is a fine lece of work and although paintea lore than sixty years ago is in an xcellent state of preservation. The -ame is in fair condition but is be inr.ing to show signs of age. The r-rtrait vail be retouched and the arae repaired and hung in the office f the secretary of the navy. This morning the oil painting was de- pressman. Secretary Morton and her department officials expressed Jaare with the find of the valuable suing at the naval academy. The am ot ihg secretary of the navy as on as it is cleaned and varnished. The portrait is far superior to most r" the pictures the department has of rmer secretaries. It is less photo raphic than many of the old paintings . the office of Secretary Morton. The icture lacks both date and the name . ll.V Ul VAW. Beneath the picture of the venerable firth arminian is n. nia.T whirh Dears following information concerning Hon. George E. Badger. Born, New .rn, X. C, 1775. Died, Raleigh, N. C, v'G. Major in War of 1812. Judge of :uperior Court. Secretary of Navy, n. United States Senator, 1846 to The portrait was painted, apparent . when Ivlr. Badger was not more aan nuy years oju. . x. snows uuii remarkably fine-looking man. He is presented seated in a chair in an asy position, and the stiffness which haraeterizes the old portraits of !at&?men gathered in Washington is Mr. Badger is pictured as a round tced man, with ruddy cheeks, a small, ark moustache, and large, dark eyes ith a kindly expression. His dark air is rather long and brushed back tra:?ht from his forehead. He wears high pointed collar with open front. Ii coat is the traditional black broad- k ah worn by all statesmen of his nr.e. Populist Support Hurts The Populist support of the national 'n;?f- is cutting both ways and al" ! rerun- nn plfmpnt of the errand ola ; , w ny i? beginning to berate Chairmen Cortelyou and Babcock for tieing up v,.th the Populists. The policy of pa-;New york. We will have a, fight, how radingr before the country testimonials ever for New Jersey and Connecticut, from Populists praising Roosevelt is The conditions are not so favorable as Glared to be short sighted. The pub- cation in PoTMiWinon tci -tvot-q nf the! 3ui?ition of ex-Senator Marion But-! ' " - ivi 1UC1 rupulldL XX CL V iuiidii l ffian, and D. C. Tillotson of Topeka, r-o v. ns chaiman of the silver Repub-. llcan party, and other Populists, is j fl'ftcr' no frond in tho past according t0"blsh ur RpnnMiPnna nd thev are Serine rhairm,n -dokv oriniiv Iop giving nublicitv to such informa-! tion. Tf ; el, is ueciarea xnat tueae a.n- ncements of Populists who are go- 10 si;nnnrt TtonnwPH. convince the i.i maepenaent voters tnai me safPt party must be one n i sanity. If Roosevelt Is good f-T. M1 o-V, fn. ....' 1 I n eiinh Po, Hr, ror,i-ai. tl t'-t i a, a. 1 1 1 A t- 1 nicy say mai ine wan Cannon. Elihu Root and fcemr !; 'DubHcan nih Priests- as to J 'atlt llncAnn1niMiii -frills flat i ""ouuiiuucoo aiw flef. ".iv.-ia.iis oi long experience of ' h'U the fact that the Naders r'Pui ..m find more congenal nome ' T-ublican than in the Demo- 1 zs enine- to hein Judere . a f's . . ..! 4, e ratner than injure u. the p 11 marked, the fact that finaark' r ticket is wholly safe on ' as Par a T rl rnv i i i . - '-wiiiillOl Ciai ISSUES IB UC31 PORT RAIT THE COLLECT and Will Hang With the J. PENCE evidenced by the wholesale desertions from it of those who have . been life long seekers after quack remedies for all our industrial ills. . Tom "Watson, Cortelyou, Babcock and Marion But ler are all working: shoulder to shoulder this year. Abernethy Released Through the intercession of Judge Pritchard of the fourth circuit of the United States, the acting secretary of war has directed a suspension of the sentence in the case of Hampton Aber riathy, formerly a private in the third North Carolina volunteer infantry. In the Spanish Var. while his regiment was encamped in North , Carolina, Abernathy killed another private In the regiment during a fracas. He was convicted of " manslaughter and sen teneced to confinement for fifteen years in the military prison at Fort Leaven worth, Kan. He has served already about five years of his term and is to be released on probation. Clemency in this case was based on extenuating circumstances. Vermont Loses 1,300 Votes Owing to the presence of a Vermont regiment at the Manassas maneuvers the vote in the green mountain state may suffer a loss of 1,300. Republicans claim that the regiment of about 1,300 men contains 800 Republican voters, the remainder being Democrats. Throughout the state the proportion of Republican votes is greater over the Democrats than that represented in the regiment at Manassas, being two and a half and three , t'o one, but the majority of 300 in the regiment will reduce the Republican majority in the sate that much. A rural delivery route has been au thorized from ; Littleton, Halifax coun ty, to begin operation October, first. Jas. W. Gregory is appointed rural delivery carrier on route No. 6 from Dunn, N. C, and Thos. E. Whitaker, substitute. North Carolina Editor .Sixteen editorial writers and news paper men from North Carolina will attend the conference of editors in New York City tomorrow, which is to be followed by a visit to Esopus, the home of Judge Parker. The Tar Heel scribes made Washington their rendez vous and they left in a body this after noon over the Pennsylvania Railroad for the metropolis. The personnel of the party is as follows: R. M. Phillips of The Morning Post, Maj. H. A. London, of the Chatham Record, H. B. Varner of the Lexington Dispatch and Salisbury Globe, J. B. Sherrill of the Concord Times, John R. Webster of Webster's Weekly, D. J. Whichard of the Greenville Reflector, W. F. Wood of the Marion News, W. A. Hildebrand of the Charlotte Ob server, H. A. Hartness of the Carolina Mascot, Mark Squires of the Lenoir Topic, M. L. Shipman of the Brevard Hustler, R. W. Haywood of the Greensboro Telegram, J. G. Boylin of the Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligencer, J. P. Wiggins of the Laurinburg Exchange, T. R. Walker of the Little ton News-Reporter, J. W. Noell of the Roxboro Courier. "New York is as sure to go Demo- 4.ntts fVila foil an is TfYfla " said wards, secretary of the Democratic congressional campaign lj.. t 4,,. wnmai fm. COnillllllW. JL liavc juai x ii'-vi J. N York Citv. Everybody concedes there tnat the Democrats will carry in New York." ' nf- ta TT-rt vr a la vf tho nnlnion that nnrtrrsKiona,l campaign headquarters TrkTYi "WajaVilYietnn to New Will iiiu tu if -..-.---c York. Chairman Taggart and Mr. Sheehan both desire; the onange. Chairman Cowherd, who is still in New - York consulting over this and other matters, is expected to have that noint decided before returning to Washington. It is now thought that th rmrse-striners of the national corn - rnittee will be slackened for the con- KiBwuai - ilYlAT OlMnl ALL TOGETHER TTnll River. Sept. 6. Although none - iua rmanpfl todav the treas- ureI showed more Interest in the sit-j a i 1 cfrwnncv iuation. ine iaiK is oeuuniing among mem v o j plan to try to reopen a week from next Monday and give the operatives an opportunity to declare men reeling fttv havine Deen iuib ci5i ... jti. -J. ...... r,nr .thaw ' am" some mm uireuimq a trial on the part of a few mills to resume , in a couple? of weeks, but ?t lllmln th a nTOjroects ot 13 UIOIC v - M ON starting all the mills together will be considered by the executive commit tee before any permission is given to start individual plants. As yet the matter, has not reached the committee. There is no sign of a change in the ; s tuation of tha. unions. DAVIS BY 20,000 MeyersiRepublican,lncreases His Vote Little Rock, Ark., Sept: 6. Sufficient returns from the state election have been received, to indicate the election of Governor Davis to a third term by a plurality of 20,000. Several other state officers were voted for, but all the other Democratic . candidates had an open field, Davis alone having op position. Governor Davis will run something like 16,000 votes behind his ticket of two years ago, when the total vote was 120,000 in round numbers. This year there has been an increase of 10,000 votes, and if Governor Davis plurality is not over 20,000 his loss "in the aggregate will be" 30,000 votes. Meyers, the Republican candidate, will probably increase his vote over two years ago not less than 10,000. Several counties have given Republican ma- : iorities which heretofore have gone 'Democratic, but in the main the coun ty Democratic tickets have oeen elected. - ' The Prohibition vote will possibly fall short of two years ago, when Kim- ' ball, for governor on the ticket, polled less than 9,000 votes. SUBMRRINES OFFERED Three Each to Russia and Japan London, Sept. 7. The Standard's correspondent at St. Petersburg trans mits the following, received from Cron stadt: "An American steamer has just ar rived here with three submarine boats on board. Those are being offered to the naval authorities on the. following conditions: The owners wish to sell the boats outright to the Russian gov ernment for a lump sum, or they wil undertake to man the boats with theii own crews and act as a kind of char tered pirates to sink the enemy's ves sels. In the latter case they would require only one Russian officer aboarQ each boat as a supervisor, while for every Japanese vessel sunk they would require twenty-five per cent of Its reg istered value. The agents, however, have boldly assured the authorities that the Baltic fleet, with which they anxious to co-operate, will be -at se rious disadvantage because they havi sent another steamer with three sub marines of the same kind to the Jap anese, who will certainly take them A Special meeting of the admiralty was held Tuesday evening to decide upon the proposition. GENERAL CROP REPORT Improvement in Cotton Re ported From Limited Areas Washington, Sept. 6. The weekly crop report issued today by the weather bureau says: A quite general deterioration in the condition of cotton is indicated, al though improvement is reported from limited areas, principally in the central districts. Rust and shedding continue very generally prevalent. Drought proved detrimental in Tennessee, and drought and heeat in Oklahoma and In dian Territory, although rains too late to be beneficial have fallen recently over a large part of the last named state, where boll weevils are destroy ing practically all new fruit, except in the north-central counties. Damage by boll weevils in Lousiana is restricted to a few small areas. Cotton , is opening rapidly throughout the cotton belt and picking is general, except in the ex treme northern portions. The weather has been very favorable for cutting and housing tobacco, a good crop of which is being secured in Ohio, the middle Atlantic states arid New England. Further improvement is re- ported from Kentucky, where cutting is now general. IT IS FELT THAT STRIKE IS OVER Unions Voted Secretly Yes . terday Result to Be Announced Today Chicago, Sept. 6. Acting under man datory instructions from the Allied Trades conference board, all the unions involved in the great stock yards strike met this afternoon and voted secretly whether to abandon the fight of eight weeks. It is declared by men in touch with the pulse of the labor world that by a two-thirds majority the strikers demanded a nend of the struggle. ' The actual result of the balloting will not be announced until tomorrow morn ing. Then all the unions will meet to hear President Donnelly announce the : figures. I The general feeling of certainty that J the strike is ended prevails. The action of the managers of th'e union side of the struggle in issuing: an order .to the J score or more unions involved to take an 'immediate vote to decide whether the struggle is to be abandoned and a majority: return " to work, is the basis of the; belief that the end has come. This Is heightened, by the fact that more than 1,300 strikers broke rank and returned to the yards, where thex se cured, their old positions. The latter development, more a tha nany other, it was pointed out, renders it impossible for the.; strike leaders to continue the struggle even" should such a movement be decided on. OLNEY AT ROSEMOUNT Davis Cannot Meet Editors on Thursday Esopus, N. Y., Sept. 6.- For four hours today -- Judge Parker conferred with Richard Olney, of ; Massachusetts, on the conduct and the prospects of the campaign. The man who was success ively attorney general and secretary of state during Cleveland's second term, arrived at 1:45 o'clock and started to ward New York at 4:25. An attempt to gain from Mr. Olney some idea of the discussion was not profitable. Meanwhile three other prominent Democrats waiting with Mr. Olney for the train were gladly telling what a fine man and candidate they thought the judge. These were Nelson A. Miles, 4 the retired lieutenant general of the United States army, John R. Mc Lean Democratic boss of Ohio, and Judge Daniel McConville, chairman of the speakers' bureau of the Democratic national committee. Just why Mr. Ol ney did not join the trio in encomium of Judge Parker is a puzzle. Mr. McConville's errand was a talk with the candidate about the speech making business of the campaign. He carried books and papers and had a busy half hour with the Judge. It is known that one of the fruits of Mr. Olney's visit was his promise to speak for Judge Parker during the campaign. Where and when he will talk has not been settled. The crowd of Democratic editors f s expected at Rosemount about 11 o'clock Thursday .morning. Judge Parker's letter of acceptance is ready for the printer, but it will not be ready for the public until after Pres ident' Roosevelt's letter is Issued. On retiring tonight, Judge Parker left or ders that he should be awakened If Vermont went Democratic. Judge Parker received a telegram to day from Senator Davis, vice presiden tial candidate, telling of his inability to accept an invitation to Rosemount on Thursday for the purpose of meet IngltheTDernocratic editors. He said, however, that he would take pleasure in visiting Judge Parker some time next week. VERMONT REPUBLICAN BY 35,000 MAJORITY Labor Vote Went, Too-241 Out of 246 Members of House Republican St .Albans, Vermont, Sept. 6. Ver mont .today registered a majoirity of 35,000 for Roosevelt and Fairbanks after one of the hottest campaigns 'in her his tory. The state is solidly Republican, as are 241 of the 246 members of the House of Representatives. All Demo crats elected were by largely reduced majorities. A significant feature was the labor vote. The cities and towns of Rutland, Burlington, Montpelier, Barre, St. Johnsonbury and Bellows Falls, where the labor vote cuts a big figure, all cast the! rfortunes with the Republican party. Complete returns from nine counties show a gain in ma jority of from 200 to 400 over those of four years ago, while the Democratic loss in these counties averages thirteen per cent. St. Albans elected Rev. Father W. J. O'Sullivan, a Democrat, to the lower house, and Montpelier, George O. Stratton, Republican. The state senate will undoubtedly be solidly Republi can. In 1902 there were about fifty Democrats in the lower house. That number will be greatly reduced this year. The weather today was perfect, which was favorable to getting out a large Republican vote. The , Demo crats always get out nearly their full strength at state elections, but stormy weather always shrinks the Republi can vote. Returns from 150 of '246 towns in the state give Bell a plurality of 30,000. NEW JERSEY WON - . . . First Regiment Gets the Rifle Championship Seagirt, N. J., Sept. 6. The regimen tal rifle championship of the United States was won today by the first regi ment of New Jersey, which outshot its ten competitors by a score of 528 at 200 and 500 yards. It was the first New Jersey which won this important con test last year, wrenching the honor from the fourth New Jersey. The first's score in 1903 was 533, five points behind today's, but, the contest on the 200 yard stage this morning was under most unfavorable conditions. Across the range blew a high and unsteady wind that unnerved some of the best shots. For winning the Newark sharpshoot ers got'the handsome Interstate trophy, $150 and a gold medal for each man. UBCf BATTLE AT Russian Army Passing Beyond Yentai and Arriv ing at Mukden Japanese on Parallel Line. Kuropatkin to Get Immense Reinforcements-Rear Guard Fighting St. Petersburg, Sept. 6,No news of later date than yesterday has been re ceived. The , anxiety continues, but the general staff is satisfied that Genera Kuropatkin is now out of danger. A fresh concentration is sure, but wher this will take place it Is impossible to indicate. Nobody supposes that it wil be at Mukden. Opinion vories betweei Harbin and Tiellngr. There is much criticism In military circles of the conduct of the battle but all allow that the retreat was car ried out skillfully. Some declare that the Cossacks proved themselves an an tiquated institution altogether unfit ted for modern warfare. The government is preparing to send immense reinforcements to the far east. . Orders will be issued to imme diately summon great numbers of the reserves to ' the colors. It is stated that by the end of October 192,000 men will be added to General Kuropatkin's army. ' ' " ' 7 It. is stated in military quarters thai 315,000 men already have been . sent to Manchuria since the beginning , of the war, exclusive of those guarding the railway, but all have not yet reached the front. It is Impossible to estimate the number to be deducted owing tt casualties and sickness. The Novoe Vremya, greatly daring, goes to the length of attributing the reverses Russia has suffered to Inad equate preparations, and thinly veils an attack on the bureaucracy as be ing resposible therefor. Such language in a newspaper causes the hair of the ocials to stand on end and the censor has threatened to suspend the publi cation of the Novoe Vremya. Rival Armies Parallel London, Sept. 7. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Mukden, dated Mon day, says that heavy thunderstorms Sunday night impeded the movements of the Russians, and Gen. Kuroki's northward march on Gen. Kuropatkin's east flank. It is a curious fact that after each retirement the general situa tion of the rival armies remains practi cally unaltered. The Japanese are fol lowing up the Russians from the south and are. advancing east along a parallel line by the mountain roads.. The rela tive positions at Yentai Sunday night were the same as they have been ever since the fighting at Tshichao. There were heavy artillery exchanges this (Monday) afternoon between the Rus sian rear guard and the Japanese, but the decisive battle is yet to come, for the Russian retirement, despite the bad roads, is being practically effected. Arriving at Mukden St. Petersburg, Sept. 6. A dispatch from Mukden dated noon yesterday says that the Russian baggage trains followed by artillery are arriving by the chief roads, from Yentai. The re treat was made in good order, notwith standing the road was badly damaged. All the troops covering the retiring ar my are harried by the Japanese. Rear guard actions "are constant. The main Japanese forces are pushing forward east and smaller bodies west from Llao Yang. The Japanese are making the utmost efforts to reach Mukden. They are greatly stronger than the Russians, especially in artillery. Some of them have been seen thirteen miles from Mukden. Gen. Lapounoff telegraphs from an unstated place that two Japanese war ships approached Korsakovsk on the evening of September 5. They stopped seven kilometres from the shore and sent two steam launches at 10:20 p. m. towards the . , sunken Russian cruiser Novik. -The Russian troops fired on them and the launches returned to their ships. . Tokio, Seut. 6. It is reported that the Russians have retreated beyond Yenat and that Yentai has been occupied by Gen. Kuroki. Fighting Near Yentai Yentai, Sept. 6. There was heavy fighting today . northeast of here, the Japanese pressing northward along the ridges east of the railway. There wera several skirmishes within twenty miles southeast of Mukden, the Russians holding Gen. Kuroki in check while the Russians from Liao Yang are making their retreat to. the northward. Army at Yentai Tokio, Sept.' 6. It is officially an nounced that a portion of Gen. Kuro patkin's army is still south of Yentai. The bulk' of it is concentrated at Yentai. . - - Leaves for Vladivostok Washington,5 Sept. 6. The navy de partment has received a cablegram from Lieutenant N. A. McCully of the navy dated at Mukden, saying that he is leaving there immediately for .Vladi WILL BE HARBIN OR T1ELIWG vostok. Lieutenant McCulloch has been at Port Arthur almost constantly since the outbreak of the war. That he Is going to Vladivostok leads to the sup position here that he expects the Japa nese to turn", their attention to that point immediately after the fall of Port Arthur. . Evacuation of Mukden St .Petersburg, Sept. 6. A telegram to the Russ from Mukden states that the Japanese are twenty-five miles south of that place. Evacuation of that town has already begun. Kuroki's Dispatch London, Sept. 6.- A news agency dis patch dated Gen. Kuroki's headquarters Via Fusan, Sunday, says: "General Kuropatkin is withdrawing to the northward with his entire army, a heavy rear guard covering the river be hind the retreating troops Large forces are posted east of the railroad to protect the Russian flank. General Kuroki is starting in pursuit tonight. Yesterday there was little fighting. The troops in the vanguard of General Ku roki's army are exhausted with several 4days of continuous fighting and march ing. Many trains are going north." Said to Be Dispirited Tokio, Sept. 6. The Jiji calculates on the basis of official reports that the Russian losses at Port Arthur have been 30,000 men. The Russian rear guard, In its re treat from Llao Yang, is said to be dispirited. The Japanese see many men shot by their own men for trying to run away. The Russian vessels sunk at Dalny when the city was abandoned, includ ing sixteen launches, , have been re floated and made serviceable by the Japanese. ', ' .-a" -.w.,..., . The missionary troubles In the In terior of China are growing serious and are beyond local control. The re quest of the French consul at Shang hai that a gunboat be sent to , Chln chiang has been granted. Headquarters Moved to Harbin London, Sept. 6. Viceroy Alexieff has transferred his headquarters from Vladivostok to Harbin, where he has moved with his staff. Between Yentai and Harbin Paris, Sept. 6. Viceroy Alexieff left Harbin today for Yentai, where he will consult with General Kuropatkin upon the choice of positions between Yentai and Harbin to be fortified. Gunpoat Reported Sunk Tokio, Sept. 6.It is reported that on the night of August 22 the Port Arthur batteries sank a gunboat out side the harbor. As there were nc Japanese warships there that night it is believed that the vessel that was sunk was a Russian. Still Talk Mediation Rome, Sept. 6.- The Post's corres pondent is assured that the continental powers are anxious to . prevent the ex tension of the war to China and are exchanging views as to the mediation on the lines of an . eventual Japanese and Russian alliance. The offer of their collective mediation Is nearly certain, on international grounds In case of the fall of Port Arthur. Would Be Premature Tokio, Sept. 6. The Kokumin con tends that the thought of mediation would be premature. Russia would not entertain it, owing to her conceit and vanity. Only forcible Intervention would be effective and that the pow ers would be unwilling to undertake. The czar Is under the control of court iers, who desire the war to continue for : their selfish interests- and Japan must prepare to continue the war with stronger forces, possibly revising the conscription, organizing the national guard, increasing the taxation and floating new loans. It will be abso lutely necessary to reinforce the ar mies and replenish the war chest. Combined Sea and Land Attack Chef oo, Sept. 6. Firing was heard at Port Arthur this evening. Chinese refugees from Port Arthur who arrived today say the garrison la expecting a combined sea and land at tack tomorrow. There, was a severe bombardment on September 2 and 3. Two guns were dismounted In a fort near Erlungshan. Two Chinese inter preters belonging to Gen. Stoessel's staff, were caught in the Japanese po sitions at Shuiying and Palungshang respectively and were executed as spies. In consequence of the arrival of a flour Continued, on Efcge.XwiQ.J
The Morning Post (Raleigh, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 7, 1904, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75