i . . - " ; - - - ' . - . . - - ' - : "Leather today . . iy i j v-i , ' , ' - . ' ' . ., " - ' . Vol. IX raleigh n. c.. . Thursday; august 10, 1905. No. 61 -- . - - X ROANOKE GIVES SHAW A BOOST Virylnia Republicans Encour oije Presidential Hopes "- RESIGNATION The Secretary Ignored by the Presi dent in ecard to theT Yellow Fever Situation Mrs. Peck's. Re lations to the Cotton Leak Scandal Kay Come Out Before Grand Jury By THOMAS J. PENCE V TTr..hir.gton, Aug. 8. Special. Sec retary !iav of "the treasury depart ment returned to Washington today from F.oanoke, where he attended the Virginia Republican state convention. Mr. tl.aw did not speak with reference to the yubject-r-but it is evident that he was pleased with the manner in which he va? received and hailed as a presi dential candidate. Qf course he pats the Virginia Republicans on the back, for he i? looking for their support in lrOS at the Republican national con vention. Mr. Shaw is modest enough r.i't to claim Virginia for the Republi cs.?, thereby displaying more judg ment than the average Republican from the Old Dominion. In speaking of the convention. Secretary Shaw sai'l: "i was told that the gathering was th? rr.o.-t rerresentative one the state has had in many years, either Demo- eratie or Republican.' The night was' exceedingly warm, but so much inter est was shown that men stood for over fxo hours listening to the speeches ani proceedings. Representative blemp is a wonderful organizer, and an astute man and politician. I talked with a good many Democrats and ask-1 ed them as to the Republican pros-1 poets, one of them cared to ajdmit that the state would go . Republican this year,-hut all of them said the Re publicans would make great gains, an I am sure this is apparent. The Republican leaders were hopeful, en thusiastic and willing to work, and that means a great deal. I am . certain TALK OF that the Democrats of Virginia are at j New York, Aug. 9. The officers least assurred of a general fight, and 'about the Brooklyn navy yard are that in the future they will have to &reatiy interested at present in the fight for control of affairs in the, iu , - - state"' 1 rather unusual orders that have been The story was repeated several times j today that Secretary Shaw was on the point of resigning from the cabinet j tocauae.of the fact that President ! Koo,:velt ignored him in dealing with the yellow fever situation at New Or- h-ns. This is what caused Mr. Shaw's visit to Oyster Eay Monday, according to the story told here. The direct cause cf the trouble was the president's giv : ifi? ordtrs to Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospital service over he head of Secretary Shaw. Mr. Shaw if the immediate superior of Dr. Wy an, who has been in charge of the fe-Jeral end of the yellow fever mat icr, and it was to the secretary that he looked for orders. He was quite furprised, therefore when he began receiving instructions direct from the president regarding the conditions at the Louisiana port. It is understood that the orders from Oyster Bay con futed in some degree, though not serl usly, with those -already issued by the secretary himself, and this annoy ed Mr. Shaw considerably. riir mi-c .. -P iu. nn.1nn j-v UTra Fred.ri.k A. P..khnm tr -thA cotton! " v.lCl.V KJL nit; ICiailUIlO VI I. crop report leak scandal may yet be Bolvod. irs peckham suspected of .boms' able fo throw light on the re- liMo,rln 0f various people who were -r.volved' in the leaks, has been served K'ith a summons to appear before the federal; grand jury here August 15. Just what the officials expect to prove th r, -i . . tit-ar, Because o the wen recog- nized rile of law in the District of Columbia that a wife can not testify gainst her husband, or in a case in ""',' nusoana, or m a case mi ich .her husband is involved. Justice I rtght has held that Mr. Peckham is, Practicnlly under accusation, and law- j fer? interested in the caSe are inclined ! merit expects to rely to any appreci able extent upon the testimony Mrs. Peckham might be able to give. In addition to the subpoena for Mrs. Peekham it is understood that several lrp!oyes of the bureau of statistics ''ill be summoned to testify before the frand jury. Mrs. Peckham's name lhas PP?wed several times during the Jourae of the investigation! She was, BP to a short time ago, extVemely rienfily with Mr. and Mrs. Holmes. TTherk Secretary "Wilson was at Oys ter Bay a week or so ago, he assert that the cotton scandal would never &av materialized had not "two New ark gamblers quarrelled over a wo The secretary declined today My whether or not 'he had Mrs. poekham irr mind whn Tie made that Jtatement "I do not wish to prejudice ess one way or the other," said wnson, "by making ai 5.clwatien84 or admissions. by making any further ! The secretarv Aavaa is no ground for the rumor that Mr. "yde former statistician, will not re turn Immediately to the United States, we received Mr TTvriP 'the secretary, "jn which, he said he vvuum come as .soon as' possible. I have received no word from him one vvay or the other except the cable, and I have every reason to believe he will keep his word.' P. L. Hutchins of New Orleans, the third member of the recently organized board to prepare future cotton statis tics, has reported to Secretary Wilson, and will be assigned to the southern districts. The other two members of the board alrea,dy appointed are Victor Olmsted and Stephen IX Fessenden. The fourth member has not been se lected. "I am doiriCT 'nil T ra r in'ct. j lectihg this board," said Mr. Wilson today. "I am setting- the best men in the south; men of character and ability and education; men in whom the south must have confidence. If their work is not satisfactory I don't know what else can be done." James T. Farrell is appointed rural carrier on route No. 1 from' Rich. Square, and Claudius Grant is named i alternate. . --... Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern Cotton Association, has re turned to Washington. Department of agriculture officials have not forgotten that he is responsible for the present agitation, and now they say that he is a "messenger boy" between District Attorney Beach and the clique of New York brokers who were involved in the cotton leak charges. Ministerial Order Reversed St. Petersburg, Aug. 9. The emperor has ordered Senator Postovsky to visit the leaders of the recent congress of Zemstvos and Dumas at Moscow and ascertain and communicate to him their views. This is a complete reversal of the last order of the minister of the interior, which was to seize the rec ords of the congress and hand j them over for inspection by the ministry of justice, with a view of prosecuting the membersof the congress for participat ing in an illegal assembly. . ORDERED TO OYSTERBAY . . ' . Submarine Boat to Report to the President a ' . Naval Officers Puzzled Perhaps the President Intends to Take a Dive, but Possibly He Only Wants to See Some Stunts . received by Lieutenant Charles Nel-1 son, in Command of the submarine boat pIunger. The orders came from ' the secretary of the navy and read: "You are to proceed, as soon as pos sible to Oyster Bay and report to the sresident." The general impression is that Mr. Roosevelt would like very much to take a trip in a submarine if he were not president and wants to see anyway what this crack boat can do. Three years ago he went to Annapolis, fully expecting to go down in the Holland, but was persuaded not to do so by certain members of the cabinet who had accompanied him. On- this par ticular occasion the president is report ed to have turned on his heel rather sharply and remarked that some day he would have a chance. - When the orders came for the Plun ger to -hurry to Oyster Bay the boat fvas in dry dock being overhauled. She was yanked out and is now lying 4n the waterway that runs througn. . - . . , , 1 4 1 the center or me navy yu. iorce ot expen uugiucuia anu. m- chanics are working night and day get ting the little craft in tiptop shapa An entire set of new and heavily in sulated electric light wires is bein put in heV, and tho gasoline engine is undergoing a complete revamping. Ev ery bolt and rivet -isi being subjected to a thorough resold ering and the tor- noAn tiil-i srets tests molten. it wiil - - AA Pir wm n nve uava uciui c uo j. iu"a' ... be in condition to make the run to Oyster Bay. , . T, r nmmflnfl Lieutenat Nelso ca ands her, is . conBlde erf the Perts , m nanunng ;.u. - -Z r t i r i t-a i 1 1 i m m r- u-vv w J - v v-x- - - on the trip. Both Nelson ana onapiey would be glad if the president would make the dive, but they fear is a case of no such luck. Anyway they (hope to show him a few stunts. Owing to the narrow channel and shallow water it is out of the question to dive in Oyster Bay, so the - sound will be used. The-Plunger is consid ered the finest type of our -submarine boats. Russians Forced to Retire St. Petersburg, Aug- 9. A dispatch from General Linievitch, dated yes terday, says that a -Russian force op erating east of the Mandarin road, advanced August 5 A to near the vil lage of Chagon, south of Taulu. Tho Japanese thereupon resumed the offen sive and turned both flanks of the Rus- Bian force, -obliging it to retire north- I .... I 1 - - . .. . , . . . ' - - - I ward- SENSELESS Local Quarantine Hepiations Vigorously Opposed ; - EXPERIENCE OF A JUB0E1 Barred Out of His Home .Town and Finds Members ' of His "Family Manacled in a Detention Camp. Fruit Steamer Arrives at Mobile With Fever on Board New Orleans, Aug. 9. The yellow fever record for today was 63 new cases and 7 deaths. New Orleans, Aug. 9. The ; state board of health announces its inten tion to break up what is styled t3ie unbearable situation produced , by the brutal and senseless quarantines, and cites the case of Judge J. Li. Gaudel as an instance. Gaudel is judge of the district court, which- includes the three parishes of Jefferson, St. Charles and St. John the Baptist. He held court in Jefferson, from which he re turned to his home in St. John, pro vided with the necessary certificate from the health officers of Jefferson. He was informed that St. John no longer recognized those Jefferson cer tificates and was violently and brutally assaulted by the health officers. Of these, he. said, many are grossly illiter ate and unable to read the certificate. The detention camp is without protec tion from the rain, and In it he found his daughter-in-law, a feeble woman, and child, manacled by the health guards. ... The yellow fever emergency hospital, established by the citizens' , committee and operated by the city" board joif health, was turned over today to the United States marine hospital service. Two cases of yellow fever are re ported from Tulla, Madison v parish. La., on the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific f Railroad, about twenty miles from Vicksburg. A case of yellow fever is reported from St. Gabriel, Iberville parish. There have been three cases in all there. " , While the Xduisiana legislature and the New Orleans city council have agreed to give $10,000 and $50,000, re spectively, to the yellow fever fund it is not probable that all or any portion of these appropriations will be needed. It is thought that the popular sub scription will cover all expenses. Physicians and nurses have been sent to Bon Ami, where several cases of fever have been reported. Governor Vardaman indignantly re pudiates the suggestion of some of the Mississippi press that he should re taliate on Louisiana with a quaran tine embargo as punishment for the act of Governor Blanchard in seizing the Mississippi quarantine patrol boats. "Retaliation in such emergencies is, the weapon of the small minded, soul quenched and cowardly man," said Governor Vardaman. - ' "Regardless7 of the bad faith which; characterizes the conduct of the Louisi ana health officers, or however men dacious and scurriilous any criticism of me may have been (and it was in famous), or whatever may have been the spirit which inspired or the mo tive behind the acts and utterance of Louisiana's governor, the Mississippi state board of health will not be guilty of anything even tainted with the spirit of retaliation. Such perfidious acts hurt only trie man or men who com mit them'." ". The arrival of fruit vessels at bile from Bocas del Toro, Panama, with yellow fever aboard, led to the detention of the vessel and the removal of the sick sailors to the quarantine station."" In the case of the steamer Harojd of the United Fruit Company the entire cargo of bananas was 'or dered dumped into the bay. Montgomery, Ala., has prohibited the importation of bananas from any where, following in this respect the embargo of Chattanooga, Jackson and other places. ' 9 Dr. White is endeavoring to persuade the Mississippi authorities to adopt a uniform system of quarantine for the state, accepting the health , certificates of the United States marine hospital service.' " . :- ', -J- v Asphalt Company Protests ; Washington, Aug. 9. The state de partment has been informed that the agents of the" New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company, in Caracas : have lodged a formal protest against s the decision rendered by the Venezuelan federal court of cassation .Monday, which upheld the findings of the - lower court annulling the concessions of the American Asphalt Company."-The' as phalt company can appeal no further to the courts of the South iAmericaff republic, the court of cassation being the highest tribunal. The company will probably again appeal; to the United States for assistance. . J FIRST MEETING GOiSMOOTHli The Credentials Found tually Satisfactory Mu- ENVOYS i BEGIN WORK Two Sessions to Be Held Daily-Any Language N May Be Spoken, but Writing to Be in French Armis tice May Be Arranged Prospect of Peace Treaty Not Encouraging Hotel Ventworth, Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. i.Just at the moment when an optimistio feeling as to the outcome of the peace, negotiatiois was in the as cendant and with substantial cause, ad vices received by tho Russian , pleni potentiaries have cast a cloud over those who had hope for a happy culmi nation of the, Portsmouth conference. Thees advices are saicT to have come from tbe czar and are regarded as in the nature of instructions or commands to M. Witte and Baron Rosen for their guidance in the conduct of the ex changes. They, aro told that the inac tivity of Oyama' armies had revived hope forvRussia, audi the prevaleRCo of a sanguine feeling throughout the empire had brought many petitions to Emperor Nicholas praying that peace tex-ms which would be humiliating to Russia should not be accepted. These disquieting words came towards the close of the day when the hopes of all parties to the conference had been raised to a marked degree, for the first session of the plenipotentiaries was remarkable for its display of cordiality and expression of good will. The Rus sian entourage is considerably de pressed, for the promise of a successful outcome of the exchanges had been held out. It is now declared that the advices from St. Petersburg must nec essarily, cause the czar's envoys to re ject at once . any terms demanded by the "Japehiese which might be construed by the world as aTstigma'on Russian pride. The sudden change in the sit uation has-borne its fruit in a more determined intention on the part of the Russian emissaries to resist the pay ment of a cash indemnity. . The information from St. Petersburg is regarded by some of those who are here as placing M. Witte and Baron" Rosen in a position where they will virtually be obliged to reject nearly all the conditions suggested by their op ponents. The "hope of a successful termi. nation of the conference was stronger than ever before when the envoys ended their rather brief session today. An optimistical feeling was in the very air, and it did not arise from mere intangi ble and unexplainable ideas with no substantial foundation. On the con trary there . was ample evidence upon which to base the view that the chances of an understanding between the en voys were very good Indeed. It became apparent almost from the moment "that the plenipotentiaries of the belligerents began theirx first busi ness session this morning that both sides were possessed of an earnest wish to como to an agreement. Any suspicion that may have existed on either side as to the good faith on the other, seemed to vanish before the meeting was over,-and there was from all outward appearance every promise of a successful and fairly harmonious ending. - , Prospects for an Armistice Leaving out of consideration the per turbing tidings from the Russian capi tal, to which undue importance may have been attached at a moment when hope of peace was exceedingly strong, the prospects of a successful outcome of ,the conference may be regarded as fairly satisfactory. In the happy, con ditions that were initiated today the oances for an early arrangement of an armistice were regarded as exceed ingly satisfactory, and there is still the possibility that the negotiations will prosper so rapidly that the envoys at no distant day may lay aside tem porarily the work of treaty making and devote themselves to the arrange ment of articles for tse suspension of hostilities. . The failure to officially halt the war faro in the far east has been due in the main to mutual suspicion between the warring nations, stronger, unques tionably, on the part of Japan. In this ; connection it may be well to ex plain that so marked was the sus picion that the present meeting would hardly have been possible if both Rus sia and, Japan had not been confronted with the embarrassing .ntingency that a , disinclination to accept the - - - - 1 A rriencny advances maae ay me presi dent of the United States might have given J offense to a great government with which both were and are anxious to be oh the best of relations. This is the opinion of men concerned in the negotiations whose views re certainly entitled to respect for rea sons other thian that they are In a position to know something of the feel in that exist In the ixcperial circles at bt. Petersburg - and Toklo. To a respect" for the standing and import--ance of Mr. Roosevelt as the : chief executive of ,the - government thp weU- miormea attribute the willingness of Russia and Japan to send plenipoten tiaries -to - this quaint New England town for the purpose of seeing, at least, whether -ai peace could possibly be arranged in existing circumstances. Perhaps the most significant augury of success in the negotiations was afforded,- prior to the' receipt pfthe ad vices referred to by the lack of friction between the envoys in the mutual ac ceptance of their : respective creden tials. It had been the understand that the Japanese envoys would not treat with the Russian unless the lat ter were clothed with plenary, powers, and as the Russian letters of credit were regarded by some as not meet ing that condition there was uneasi ness over the result." The Russian plenipotentiaries held credentials giv ing them authority to discuss terms of peace ' and to negotiate and conclude a treaty subject to the approval of the emperor. If the Japanese found these unsatisfactory they showed no disposi tion to qulbblo, ' but consented to ac cept them aa full and satisfactory. Undue importance may (have been attached to this matter, for it is now declared that thero was never any question . over the extent of the powers that had been granted to each of the peaee missions, but the disposition here is to regard! the outcome as showing an exceedingly strong disposition on the part of the negotiators to act in amicable manner toward each other. First Session of the Conference Thd initial session of the peace en voys was begun shortJy after 10 o'clock this morning and lasted little more than an hour. It was harmonious from the beginning to the end. The Russian representatives. ' M. Witte and Baron Rosen and the Japanese emissaries. Baron Kcmura and Mr. TaJrahlra, were token in separate automobiles from the Hotel Wentworth to the storage ware house in the Portsmouth na.Yy yard, where . they are to ' conduct, their ne gotiations. ; With the Russian envoys (Continued On Page Two.) THIRTEEN DEAD FOUND Complete Results of Collapse Not Yet Known i ? Another I Body Seen in the Ruins . ' Work of Exploring the Debris Sus- spended While Workmen Pull Down a Dangerqus Wall Albany, Aug. 9. The number killed in the collapse of the John G. Myers Company department store will not be nearly as large as anticipated. The number of bodies taken out of the ruins so far is thirteen. All the dead were employes and residents of Al bany. Miss McAvoy was the only one of the twenty-five injured in the the hospital to die. Her back was broken. So is the back of Miss Ella Donahoe, and it is expected that she will die. The others will - recover. At midnight last night six bodies were taken out, the other seven were recovered between that time and 11 o'clock this morning. They were fright fully crushed and mutilated and many could not be identified, except by cloth ing . and jewelry. All " of the missing employes have been accounted for, and from this but few bodies are supposed still to be in the ruins unless they be those of customers. - This will not be known before tcsnorrow. 'This after noon the work of removing the debris and the search for bodiw was abandon ed to permit the tearing down of the dangerous couth wall, which it wais feared would topple over on the res cuers. It will be tomorrow afternoon before tho full death list will be com pleted. . One additional body can be seen beneath the ruins, but can not be identified or reached. So far as can be learned there have been no Inquiries for, customers from relatives, i The property, loss is $250,000. The Mers Company will rebuild. ; ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE DEAD Distinguished Prelate Falls a Victim " to the Yellow Fever New Orleans, Aug. 9. Archbishop Cha pelle, who was stricken with . yel low fever last' Friday, died this after noon. It had been ; thougnt that the .crisis of his illness was past, but to ri ay he took an alarming change for the Avorse, and his physician, Dr. Lame, hurriedly called a consultation of other doctors. Their labors were fruitless. . . . Placide Louis Chapelle, a rich bishop of New Orleans, was born In the dio cese of Mende, France, August 8, 1842. He came to the United States in 1859, taking a complete course in theology and physiology at St. Mary's College. Bishop Chapelle taught in St. Charles College from 1863 to 1868, and was- or dained priest in 1865. He was made doctor f divinity in 1868. - From 186 to 1870, he was engaged in missionary work; later he became assistant pas tor, and finally pastor of St. John's church in Baltiroore.v t Aldermen Unfavorable to Granting of License " r yv C. B. Watson Declares That the Whiskey Combine Could Afford to ...-." Spend a Million to Promote Re cent Legislation Believes It Is Pushing the Revenue Inquiry Winston Salem, N. C, Aug. 9. Spe cial. Af ter the board of aldermen of Winston had been in session for an hour, and a half this morning and had listened to speeches from a number of prominent citiens, the motion to grant license for a distillery was withdrawn the status of the whiskey business n Winston thereby remaining the same. When Mayor Eaton called the speclr.l meeting to order at ten o'clock evory member of the board was in his scat A large number of citizens were also present, many of them standing m the mayor's court room, the council chamber being too. small. There was intense interest manifested in the pro ceedings, this being evidenced by the large attendance upon the .meeting and the close attention that was given the various speakers. C. B. Watson, in his address before the aldermen in op position to the establishment of a whiskey distillery--in North Winston, said: "If whiskey fs to, be sold in North Carolina I see no reason why it should not be manufactured in the state; out I do not believe that the distilleries should be located in, cities and towns but out in the corn districts, so as to furnish a local market for corn-raisers, with proper state protection in thos neighborhoods. I do not believe in th recent state legislation on the subject: I believe that the whiskey trust could have well afforded to spend a million dollars to bring about our recent state legislation, and I do believe that, either directly or indirectly, they have not only aided in bringing about our state legislation, but they, directly or indi rectly, are pushing the internal revenue prosecution In order to drive out Com petition in the markets. We in this city are managing the whiskey, traffio just as we did before the passage of the state laws. We are not a whiskey town, and we do not want -to be so considered. To invite the whiskey dis tillers here Is offensive to the moral sen. timents of many of our people and ta many of the people of the whole state. It does us no good, and may In the future do us great harm. Let us leave matters just as they are. We may safely invite comparison with any city of the same size in the United States. We are practically free from drunken ness and loafers. Our people will com pare favorably with any people in the world for sobriety and industry." TOO LATE TO PROPHESY Russian Official Willing to Leave It to the Envoys Boston, Aug. 9. From Manchuria, via St. Petersburg, Commander Roussine, former naval attache of the Russian legation to Japan, and more recently naval adviser of General Linievitch, was in Boston today en route to Ports mouth, , where he will advise with M. f Witte, the Russian envoy, on all naval matters. With him came A. J. Bouta koff of the Washington embassy, who is bearing dispatches to .the envoyl M. Rouesine, when asked If Russia is de- -sirous" for peace, said: - ' ,.''" ' ': . " . "All nations desire peace. Russia is not unlike the others. What is the use of my predicting what results will . come from the meeting of the ambas sadors with those of Japan? If it wer-j a month ago that you had asked mo that would be all very well, I might then have ventured to prophesy a little. But now the negotiations have already beguF-. M. Witte, Baron Rosen, Baron Komura and Mr. Takahira have already met each other and doubtless have ex- changed ideas. They are off as you say in English. -It is like a race, for , it would be useless to tryto predict t,he finish." - "And which horse are you putting your stakes on?" "The Russian," replied, the com mander, emphatically. - A Missionary's Mission Seattle, Washn., Aug. 9. Dr. W. IL -Martin, who for about forty years has' been preaching and teaching in China, is in this city en route to New York and Washington In the latter city, he will "call unon President Roosevelt and Secretary Root relative to the Chinese exclusion law. He will do po 'at the request of Chang' Chung, vice 'roy of two center provinces near Kan -jkow, for whom he acted asvin3tructoi' I during the last three yearsi ;. ! " .1