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Post, Leather today For North Carollaa : "Raleigh: TEMPERATURE: Temperature for tht past 24 -Hours; Maximum, 71, Minimum, 36. RALEIG-H. N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1904 ,ii No. 53 11 IMSEVE LT GETS NSW written Copies Issued y V w oilier," lis Burden-No Denial of the Charges. Congressional Headquarters not Closed. Avcock to Speak in Baltimore BY THOMAS J. PENCE Oot ' -.Special. For a trusts mean corruption. They can not oncerned be -rtV th claims to be unc( :;t of the election and one thg to consider its opponents th over the p IT. ,im renders in the race, tne C0?.' ci'.ainly displaying remarc thing for' the benefit of the corpora 'i; '-K-uvity in an effort to meet the tioj Qr to refrain from doing some- . ,.5 u o its roe. i'p' r -S- i- has dealt the Republi J tlM11,'r, inn- blows since he becran l',:,;'k the front porch at Eso- 'rT:!d hivere arraignment of the I' '- .. ,,-t,-.1-iT Tins spnt COn- ' ' .i.iministrnHnn JldVO- tn-r-n ii; ..njiwiiw....--.--" - ; -v i-',n not m( leet the issue and Civ to throwing mud. rine UiMu is s.ud to have been badly for V1.'' - and c jft s-t Taft up to repiy io raiRu 0 Phili-fii speech and he fell down. vj,.r.;,.iv -liaw he was afraid to trust, having bn burned by experience, and n hP u-irop for Senator Phil. Knox to me to Washington .instanter to reply to Judge Parker s charge that the trasts control the Republican party and tv. administration in particular. !f ihew is any one man in politics in this country who does jwe an obligation :o trusts it is Senator Knox. Mr. Roose- relf? original trust buster naturally &t the sting of Judge Parker's re- marks, and so he hastened to Washing- ton. After spending the greater part of uay at the White House with the relent, a reply to Judge Parker was rough: forth, typewritten copies being .sued to the press. In reality it is no usTer to Judge Parker's severe ar-. f.? n.ent. I TTGlie Senator Knox prepared the utexert ir was to all purposes issued '.rjir. Roosevelt and he contents him- tne ;:If wuh saying "You're another. Not 1 word oi denial that the trusts have riven airman Cortelyou an almost 1 r..:,ulous campaten fund. Nothing is ,uM of the Cenelyou scandal, though ihH was the question raised in Judge r;H"kor.'s sp??ch. Thj !irr,i fiv.-i c- n Vi r A Set 5 n crn IcVl 0cl n,l responsible source as the Demo- rr. ti, candidate for president that the rusts ,re contributing to the Republi- .anwn fund because of promised iri.,pii,d im:nunitv from prosecution Worthy of an answer. The president nnt made denial, and neither has fci? former cabinet officer, who has J t or tne campaign fat frying, ine Pioi'le are apt to weigh these things. i I The Reply 11 , - . 11U ui. ivnox first assails Orovpr Cleve- ...d. whom he endeavors to place in . ut:tadeof throwing the weight of , - - -k, - ' i . . a w . are 'I'imon iu favor of trusts and sub- ... - .ut-n ay demanding that all incorpor- T11, !Soettanioniyassaiiea.mr. The chairman refused to issue any is about as successful in ascrib- statement th reference to the result, o ue dual positions as he is in his though he declared that he felt confi---Ko answer Judge Parker's speech. , dent of the election of a Democratic j.'v'0 p, f'xattorney Seneral assails majority.' There are sixty districts tCl", u ' anti-trust views, ques-. consIdered doubtful, and in these the -o .no .-un.-eri.iy. ut tnese su" are briefly treated. What follows j 'abuse of the Democratic candidate m it is spread out at great length. ,lr- Knox. who wrote his eme,u at the request of i-nt Roosevelt at the White House P the morning hours, then says: r , . 1 Ju le Parker last actively " 'Hierl in politics off the "bench ;iv;-! ' h;,iinan of the New York state r, 'l:'ptir rmmittee, which elected r v. Hiil sovernr. There never r,r , ren i!1 our political history tCn n're debasirg and corrupt .Ythose of Hill ma.chine in 5V, 'rk- and they culminated in the fr-lof the state by the Maynard tCJ anrl lhe overthrow of the Hill la,,- "'frequence. This was the t act-;,. which M 8? r. r. Parker ran until, a r-'-.v:.r,i f or running it, he was by Hill and these are u fceth.vi.8 h deplores." v 't utterance of President snt trJLt, 1,Vlth rerrence to his oppon trcs stn& rresidency made through tv0 C;ni;or f''om the most corrupt -jntinn no- . remarkable state- i? nr,'--lr,or" trulJr the utterance of "-J?a- says: aipaS JUr,g:e rarker speaks of the. ratio"- Cflributions by great cor em -Iie ?tates that 'some of fcrh-M1 ;,JJl,i;ey v4hich have unduiy 6orr uiroil"!-. , ixi , r;e . """uiism nave De- :anidrri'n and stron& that they Js n-V "n,il"ibute vast sums when ' - i ci in i t i sm - navn na. ii: It 5? them r v wm acvan- b? rrJ" Judre Parker is describ- exactly the sources the a,nmany Hall its strength, re!ente,e .in ofC of wnich the Jano of u -ll0n wuld remove every The"e i nrV "arryin& New York state. f.i . not s n i . "ft. hr 1 liU'iesi man in politi- If oes not know tnat this so an,i tht Judere Parker is ? r lv!0 be the beneficiary of un,; rntthods which he affects-to '?al " lbutl0ns by. corporations and KNOX T to Press "You're An honest. A corporation will sub soHhp tr a nolittra.1 rvajtv onlv because corporatlon expects that party, n its control of nublic officers. ie.Hainv in r?r snme. thing to its injury. No other motive can be imagined; in the nature of things, no other motive can exist.' It is astonishing that Judge Parker should have the temerity to say this when his own intimate associates and . j a j supporters, tne men wno cunuucieu his campaign for the nomination and who nrp nnw rnndurtinsr the camDaisn ' his election, represent these very corporations which he affects to de- nrmnpp or pIsa OWP. their DOlltical strength solely to the contributions they nave received " from them in the paft and expect to receive from them m the future. Mr. Cord Meyer, Mr. Patrick McCarren, Mr. August Bel- mcntf Mr. Wm. F. Sheehan, Mf. Thomas F Ryan, Mr. John B. McDon- ald. Mr. David B. Hill and Mr. Thomas Taggart, one and all owe their whole power in politics to the intimate con- llection they have established between tne management of corporations and tne management of public business, Mn Parker was created by them, wouid. never have been thought of except for them, and had not now one give him." xow follows this gentleman: "Judge parker's statement .- in yesterday's speech that the president and the trusts combined in an effort to satisfy the country that the trusts were op- pog to the present administration g siniPiy preposterous and smacks o3 rashness of desperation." -. ;Z!XDA Republican Game " , Twel ve years ago today PV e of the national election the Repub- l"n party,- tprough its wspapers r VS. " . of Benjamin Harrison. They was just as brazen and as mendacious then as toJ and ' f ,1 their .blustf5 against Cleveland v.ere offering odds on the results just they are now. Harrison cpuld not and so they say of Mr Roosevelt today. It is the old Republican game of "know all" and "claim everything, - A Campaign Canard A rPTVrt published in New York to- day that the Democrats had closed up congressional headquarters here was Lillllg C mail tu uuifaio' - . ,t u- i. morning. chairman Cowherd said: "W are . tQ wJn the House and w r. t s v in n t- t t u viii k iii. We going iu win me x;uusc anu rt fiirt,4. ,ir,tn tHf Villi 11UL U lii- WW. day of election." greatest effort is being expended just now. Democratic Literature Held Up The distribution of literature has been discontinued, and no more read ing matter will be sent out from head quarters. This work would-probably be useless if continued, for Republican postal officials would probably see that little of it w-as delivered until after election. Only the other day 35 bags of Democratic literature were found stored in the basement of the Boston post office. All told six million pieces of literature were sent out by the Democratic congressional committee. Wm. J. Bryan's declaration today that the Democrats will carry Indiana is in keeping with the news that has come from the Hoosier State during the past ten days. Mr, Bryan himself is largely responsible for the situation, for he has undoubtedly done the party great good as the result of his Indiana campaign. If his followers support the ticket, as it is now believed they will do, there is good reason to look for a Democratic victory, because that vote is certain to be, supplemented by the votes of the 15,000 gold Democrats who followed. Meinley "four and eight years ago. There is a general disposi tion among those who have no par ticular admiration for Mr. Bryan to give him any credit for the splendid work he has. done in behalf 'of the ticket. . Senator Gorman, who has con tributed so much to the Democratic cause in this campaign, was in Balti more today, and in speaking of the New York situation, he said: "The Democrats there are as confi dent as thc?e in Maryland. The in formation I receive is' that the state will give the Democratic ticket a good majority."- ,. "Then you do not think the betting is indicative of general sentiment?" "No; I do not. The Democrats are not tying up their money ; in bets. They 'need all they have, not having the same source of supply as the Re- publicans. The betting shows nothing at all. Notwithstanding all that is said of a Republican victory, I regard the Democratic chances as bright, very bright." Gov. Aycock will speak in Baltimore Saturday night, November fifth, when the Democrats will wind up their cam paign in a grand rally in Lyric Hall. The other speaker will be Senator Gorman. - . NEW YORK'S POSTMASTER EAI Cornelius Van Cott Died Sud- denly Yesterday Afternoon At His Son's Residence New York, Oct. 25. Cornelius Van Cott, postmaster of New York, died suddenly at 3:25 o'clock this afternoon at the residence . of his son, Richard Van Cott, at 163 West Eighty-sixth street. For a long time the postmaster had suffered from attacks of acute indi gestion and a weakness of the throat, which brought on occasional hemor rhage. After dinner on Monday night Mr. Van Cott returned to his office in the Federal building. Mr. Van Cott had been sitting at his desk for only a short time, when he was seized with an attack of vomiting ; followed by a sinking spell. Dr. Far- rington, physician at the Astor House, was summoned. He said as soon as he saw the patient that he was too ill to be moved, and so bedding was brought over from the Astor House and Mr. Van Cott was put to bed on a couch in his office. His son Richard, his physi cian ,Dr. Richardson, and the postmas ter's private secretary, Thomas Good erson, were summoned. Mr. Van Cott passed a fairly comfortable night and about 1- o'clock this afternoon he was taken to his son's house. Soon after ! Mr. Van Cott had another attack and died shortly after. Bishops' Conference two bishops of the Methodist Episco pal church are expected to arrive here , today to participate in the semi-an-Siual bishops conference in Grace M. E. church. Bishop Goodsell of Ten nessee probably will preside and Bishop John M. Walden of Cincin nati will serve as scribe. All the de liberations of the bishops will be pri vate. The conference will make te ap pointments of presiding bishops for the conference all over the country, and will give consideration at length to the financial and spiritual welfare of the denomination in all parts of the world and will give much time to the discussion of missionary work, in the Philippines and Porto Rico. Baseball Meeting New York, Oct. 25. Owners of base ball clubs and representatives from everjr prominent base ball league in i the United States with the exception of the two major organizations, as sembled at the Victoria Hotel today. Protection has been asked for Rich mond, Lynchburg, Newport News and Norfolk, Va., where a league is to be i formed before next season. 17 Days In Open Boats San Juan, P. R., Oct. 25. The steam ship Kelvin which left New York Oc tober 5 filled and was abandoned in the open sea two days afterwards. She had on board all told, officers and Mr. Bryan Has 7cSdresscl 700000 People ill Indiana He Writes That He Is Much Pleased at the Reception Given Him Everywhere, Expects No Considera ble Defection Among Silver Democrats New York, Oct. 25. A statement from Wm. J. Bryan of his impressions dur ing his speaking tours in Indiana, as expressed in a letter received here, was issued at Democratic national head quarters today. Mr. Bryan's second tour of Indiana closes tonight, when, according to his own estimate, he will have addressed 700,000 people, or an average of 60,000 or 70,000 per day. He has made 75. speeches. He says that he is pleased at the recep- Htion given him everywhere in the state. In the statement as given out by the committee, Mr. Bryan is quoted as say ing: "So far as I can judge from the size of the crowds and the interest mani fested and the expressions of the people, the Democrats of Indiana are ready for election day. There will be no consider able defection among the silver Demo crats of the state. If I can judge from what I have seen in the sections I visit ed ;I take it for granted that every gold Democrat who has not gone over to the Republican party permanently will support the ticket. I leave Indiana with the hope and confidence of Democratic victory." crew, forty-one souls. Very rough weather had been met and the ship swamped, taking in great volumes of water.' The crew and officers succeed ed in leaving the ship in boats. For seventeen days they suffered incred ible hardships. Bread and water was their only sustenance. On the seven teenth day the schooner Cordelia Hays was sighted. She succeeded in rescu ing all hands. TRIED TO ENTER OFFICER'S HOME Intense Excitement in Berkley StillTroops Will Remain on Duty Norfolk Va., Oct. 25 An unknown negro, presumably planning to attack Policeman Holloman of Berkley, in re taliation for the death of Geo. W. Blont (colored) yesterday, was caught today trying to effect an entrance to the residence of the officer. Thenegro was seen in the rear of the house and halted by the military sentry who fired twice. The negro escaped, owing to the fact that the multo-ball cartridges furnished by the government refused to work. There is intense excitement in Berk ley and the surrounding country and talk of a negro uprising is so common that the trops now on duty will re main indefinitely. The whites are thoroughly, aroused by the supposed attempt on Holloman's life, but Col. Higgins of the seventy-first -egiment is confident that he can deal with any sitation that may develop. King Edward Cheered London, Oct. 25. That King Edward correctly interpreted the feeling of the nation J in publicly stigmatizing the affair as "unwarrantable" was evinced by the reception given him this morn ing when he started for the race meet fing at . New Market. A big crowd awaited him, both at Bucking-ham Palace and at the rail road station and the heartiness of the cheering and the vigorous waving of hats and handkerchiefs with occasi onal shouts of "good old Teddy" from the ultraenthusiasts, made up a re markable demonstration and afforded the king evident pleasure. Jueen Alexandra has sent a letter to the mayor 6t Hull, inclosing a do nation of $500 for distribution among the ..disabled men and the widows and " t 1.511 , J . ! . t orpnans or. tne Kiuea, expressing sym ; pathy and asking to be informed as to the progress1 of the injured. -B9- Mrs. Longstreet Appointed Washington, Oct. 25th. The presi dent has directed the appointment of Mrs. Jame Longstreet, widow of the confederate general who died recently, as postmaster at Gainesville, Ga. The former postmaster, Henry. P. Parrow, was removed because upon investigation by an inspector it was found that he was not a resident of the district. Fire at Hampton Richmond, Va, Oct. 25. A fire that threatened the destruction of several buildings at the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute and wrought dam ages to the extent of $30,000, occurred on the school grounds this morning. The large barn and slaughter house were destroyed. Insurance $11,000. - At Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind., Oct. 25. Wm. J. Bryan arrived from Hamilton, Ohio, today, and started on his second tour of Indiana. At Kendallville Mr. Bryan was escorted to a stand in the public square and delivered a speech. He 4iaid: - "For the benefit of our silver Demo crats, let me refer to a Bible incident, in our party, and somewho claimed to found any other book that contains as much truth as the bible, nor have I found any other book in which truth is so well expressed. I recall the plan adopted by Solomon to ascertain the real mother when two women claimed the same child. The wise man proposed that the child should be divided, giving a half to each woman. The woman whose child it was not, consented to the division, but the woman wHose chil dit was, said, 'No; let the other have it, but let the child live.' She knew that if she suffered it to be put to death she never could see it again in this world, but that if it lived, even in the possession of another, she might still hope to press it to her bosom r,gain. "Eight years ago there was a contest i nour party, and some who claimed to have Democratic principles better than we have were willing to have the party divided and a Republiccs president elected. Now it is our tina f be test ed. I hope I speak for all who voted for me when I say that we would rather surrender the organization for this campaign than permit the enemy to win a victory through our d7ision. We are not willing that the party should die. It has rendered too great service in the past; it is too necessary at present, and its future contains too much of love for the human race. It must not die.' mm Punishment of the Responsible Offenders Will Be Peremptorily Insisted Upon by England, and This May Give Rise to Serious Dif ficulties The Czar's Message London, Oct. 25. The admiralty has issued the following: "After the receipt of thj news of the tragedy in the North Sea preliminars' orders for mutual sup port and co-operation were, as a meas ure of precaution, issued Monday from the admiralty to the Mediterranean Channel and Home fleets." This announcement is of somewhat graver significance than appears on its face. The action indicated would have been taken as a matter of course by the government in the crisis which has arisen. It is the official publication of an ominous note of this nature which is of grave importance. It will be in terpreted as meaning that the govern ment is. not yet satisfied with the atti tude of Russia as reported by Ambassa dor Hardinge. Its purpose is probably nothing more than to give a fresh inti mation to Russia that her offense amounts to an act of war and calls for complete atonement. Russian comment, which attempts to make light of the North Sea incident, is deeply resented by government and people alike in this country. England will in no case be satisfied with an apology and payment of an indemnity. The real punishment of the responsible offenders will be pe remptorily insisted upon, and it is this demand which may give rise to serious difficulties between the two countries. It is hardly doubted, however, that a sane government will concede this de mand. The Czar's Message St. Petersburg, Oct. 25. Count Lams dorff, minister of foreign affairs, visit ed Sir Charles Hardinge, the British ambassador, today -and requested that he convey to King Edward and the British government a message from the czar to the effect that his majesty had not yet received any report from Ad miral Rojestvensky, but he could only assume that the North Sea incident arose from a most" regrettable misun derstanding. The czar wished to con vey to the king and the British govern ment his sincere sorrow at the sad loss of life. He, undertook that complete satisfaction would be given the suffer ers as soon as the facts were made clear. It is well known that the czar, apart from the relationship of himself and the czarina to the British family, has the friendliest feeling personally for the British people, whose free institutions, it is believed, he admires and envies. But the Russian bureaucracy is re garded as being hostile to England, while a majority of the military and naval officers hate her. It is stated that certain admiralty officials are in triguing. behind the back of the foreign office ,trying to make trouble. its Effect in London London, Oct. 26. The czar's message has been received with unqualified sat isfaction, although without surprise. His amiability and humanity are fully recognized, and his message is, treated as a' welcome but natural testimony of his personal disposition. Nevertheless it is not considered as relieving the ten sion materially. It is realized that the question of satisfaction is really in the hands of the Russian government and the qualification attached to his majes ty's promise is regarded as to a great extent nullifying its effect. "If it means," says the Standard, "that we obtain no reparation until the Rus sian government has instituted an elab orate and protracted inquiry, the posi tion may speedily become highly .criti cal." ' It is everywhere pointed out that Great Britain has nothing to do with what caused the gross and unparalleled outrage. The testimony to the fact is indisputable. Russia can decide at her leisure whether, it was due to panic, drunkenness or carelessness. The Brit ish will not await her decision. The reparation must be prompt and ample. The admiralty's orders to the three British fleets will probably do far more to placate public opinion than anything short of Russia's full compliance with the demands of the, aggrieved nation. The newspapers which comment upon the admiralty's announcement .wholly approve of it, i although they do not in dulge in threats or bluster. They ex press the hope that it may not be neces sary to employ warships. , The measure of precaution which the admiralty, announces calls into co operation twenty-eight battleships, eighteen cruisers and about fifty torpe do boat destroyers and other armed craft. ' - ; It is reported that this squadron will go to the westward as soon as it i3 called. The home squadron, com manded by Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson, has been in northern Scottish waters. It sailed southward this even ing. The crews were greatly elated and were given a big send-off at Cromartie. The Express states that instructions have been issued for the mobilization of the naval' reserves, totalling 25,000. This is not confirmed and the report 1?J mmm ALETY ttt FLEETS very doubtful. The Morning Post says that the leave of all naval officers was stopped Monday morning. The admi ralty has provided for the concentra tion, in the event of; an emergency, of an overwhelming force at any point re quired. Punish Responsible Officers ' London, Oct. 23. Today when the stunning effects of the first news of the actual outrage had passed there was one feeling conspicuously standing out in the public mind.. This was the de ... mand that the responsible officers of the Baltic fleet must be punished. Wher. this is done, the czar will only effect Ir. a small portion of his, forces what the merest obligations to civilization de mand should be done throughout the Russian army and navy, which are two sources of shame to Russia. The shameless untrustworthiness of Russia's diplomacy and thq. utter cor. ruption pervading her entire public ser vice have been clearly and Impartially pointed out from . time to time in the past. There is yet a third disgrace which hitherto has not been so definitely in dicated, namely, the conduct of and character of Russian officers, military and naval. The press of every capital x of Europe has more than hinted that drunkenness was largely the contribu ting cause- of Russia's latest self hu- " miliation in the North Sea. The time has now come when the drunken dissoluteness and brutality of a large portion of the Russian officers should be held up. to the reprehension of the civilized world. - Its results have become a matter of international con cern. No one denies the highest' honor to such men as the brave Gen. Stoessel, the commander at Port Arthur, one of the few Russian officers, who gained the respect of officers of other nationalities during the Pekin expedition, but Stoes sels, Kuropatkins and Kellers are sadly few in the Russian' service,- both of which are idsgraced by the presence of too many officers of the type of the grand duke Boris, who even at the front surrounded himself with an entourage of painted women and drunken boon companions. Such were the men who on the Pekin expedition rode reeling in their saddles, with an orderly on either side to sup port them when necessary. Such were the men who ordered Chinese prisoners to be shot in order to avoid the trouble of transporting them. These are the men who have been seen in sheer ex cess of drunken brutality to strike un offending privates .standing at salute with a message. These were the men responsible for the nameless horrors of Blagovestchenk. These were .the men .. who were drinking in resorts of shame during the fighting at Liao Yang. These were the men whom responsible Rus sian correspondents in Russian papers have described as drinking .champagne and exchanging obscene jests with abondoned women within ear-shot of wounded and dying fellow countrymen. These are the men who shameless with drink have persecuted Sisters of Mercy accompanying the army with their loathsome attentions. , These are the men whose drink-ruined nerves suc cumbed to panic when the Hull fishing fleet was. sighted. These , are the men whose competence is such that a half hour's heavy firing by their fleet al close range enabled them to sink onr fishing boat and to kill two and wounc thirty fishermen, out of a large fleet of. unresisting trawlers busily engaged In their peaceful trade, whose humanity is such that when the mistake was dlscov. ered they sailed off into the night with out offering- thes lightest assistance to their victims. Surely it can only be the dut yof the czar to purge his services of such officers as these, who at the present foment make Russia's only fleet a disgrace to its country"and a danger to every vessel afloat save, perhaps, its legitimate foes. Humiliation Is Felt Paris, Oct. 25. The Post correspond ent learns from an excellent Russian source that Great Britain's demand for the punishment of the officers guil ty of the attack on the Hull fishing fleet causes much" feeling in St. Peters burg. Such a demand was never before so brutally conveyed.by a great Euro pean power unless it was -to Turkey. Russia will readily admit, the of fense and . make just and, ample repa ration in the method usual among powers when the occasion arises; but it is felt that the exacting' punishment of officers in' Russia's - active service seems to show an unnecessary-desire to seize advantage of the circumstan-ces to inflict needless -humiliation, upon Russia. v The punishment of offenders. It is asserted, is a matter for Internal set tlement and should not bef. demanded Continued on Page TwoOt
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