THE MORNING POST. THURSDAY AUGUST 24 IQ5
EVELT TAKES
A HOPEFUL VIEW
He Thinks the Czar Will De
cide for Peace
WHY WITTE IS HALTING
wife for life, then to go to Ms son,
Thaddeus S. Troy, and to be inherited
by his children. The deceased owned
j personal property worth some fifteen
! hundred or two thousand dollars and
i . i j j i
inree nunureu iujrtns ui muu.
In the will -the deceased provided
that if, at the time of the death of his
wife his son, Thaddeus S. Troy,' was
a dissipated man, then he should not
Inherit one cent, but the property
must go direct to his children, if he
have any. In the event that he should
so conduct himself as to forfeit all
clainrto the property and he have no
children then the property is to be
divided as follows: $100 each for two
nieces, Miss Marjorie Long and Miss
Nannie Lee Troy; $500 to Bethany
Methodist church, in Liberty township,
Randolph county, to be invested and
the interest applied in taking- care of
the cemetery, and the remainder to go
to the Methodist orphanage at Raleigh,
!
I hadc fir or a rr &
IIUl Li Ul 1 LrtULi
IS ON THE WANE
He Is Cautious About Offending En
emies in the RearIt Is Believed
That the Czar Will Give in After
a Play to the GalleriesNothing
Definite as to the Situation
SALE OF BERKSHIRES
Oyster Bay, Aug. 23. Thebelief here
Is that President Roosevelt is still en
tertaining some hope of peace. The de
lay in the negotiations at Portsmouth
is construed here as the best sign,
that tho president's endeavors to pre-,
vent the failure of the conference are
having their proper effect. An impres
sion prevails here that a long code
,o,rrA a vAlne received S- the
IUMaa6o i j. . nr. a1,IH
executive offices from Ambassador uum.ijr. .uui U8Ui
Bids Were Too Low to Suit Vander
bilt's Agent
Asheville, N. C, Aug. 23. Special.
The auction sale of Berkshire pigs on
the Biltmore estate was as well attend
ed this afternoon as was i the sale of
Jersey cattle yesterday. The bidding
was noft, however, characterized by
that spirit and vim which prevailed
yesterday, which led to some depreca
tory remarks both on the part of Mr.
"Weston and Auctioneer Bailey.
After the eighteenth sale Mr. "Wes
ton stepped forward and complained
that the Interest in the sale was not
sufficiently manifest, and Auctioneer
Bailey warned those prsent that a lack
of v interest would work an injury to
the stock breeding industry in this
Meyer, who is reported to have had ah
audience with the czar today. Whether
that be true or not, is it still at all
events fairly certain that before long1
the president is sure to hear from the
czar either through our ambassador or
through the envoys, and the belief is
that the intelligence will be favorable.
The president, it is believed, has never
abandoned, the -hope that the czar of
Russia, who is personally opposed to
war, would not pass this chance of
concluding a peace treaty, and. so pre
vent further bloodshed, for which the
czar is known to have a horror. The
foundation pf The Hague tribunal was
due wholly to the czar's endeavors.
One reason, It is supposed, that the
peace negotiations at Portsmouth have
been so halting in the past is that M.
Witte is senior envoy, and M. "Witte
Is well known to, ba on the side of
peace even now, though he reiterates
the "not one kopec" statement. But
M. Witte has enemies at home, and.
when he was chosen senior envoy he
determined that if he makes peace It
will be by direct orders from the czar,
so his enemies could not in any way
accuse him of working to Russian dis
advantage. . "
The president, it Is believed; hopes
that after a sufficient amount of pre
liminary fencing at Portsmouth the
czar will take some decisive steps to
empower M. Witte to end matters and
conclude a treaty. Whether the presi
dent intends to maker any further move
in the direction of peace is extremely
doubtful.' The president. Is is believed,
continue the importation of such stock
if buyers did not purchase at prices
commensurate with the value of the
animals.'
At last year's sale the - Berkshires
averaged $229, while this afternoon af
ter the, sale of nineteen head it was
found that the average was only ?o9
a head.
After this announcement and the
further statement by Mr. Weston that
the sale would be called off if the bid
ding was not more satisfactory, the
crowd came forward with more prompt
ness and liberality.
The highest bid was $120, made by
A. M. Latharp of Washington.
AMERICAN TAKEN IN
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Baron Rosen, who, of . course, trans
mitted tha president's suggestions, to
St. Petersburg. How it , was" received
there may be gathered from the in
structions telegraphed to the Russian
envoys at Portsmouth by the czar's
direction to decline to recede from their
refusal to grant the indemnity and
territorial cession demands of the
Japanese. . "
In this connection, it Is fair to ex
plain that the president did not-submit
any specific proposal to the czar's en
voys. M,
FIGHT ON FEVER
STILL GOING ON
COTTON LEAK ARREST
" (Continued from Page One.)
victims, will bring such suit and action
as that indicated.
"There is already existing a strong
sentiment for. the enactment by con
gress of a national quarantine law sup
pressing such laws in the respective
states, and the action Of your - state in
preventing people from passing through
Alabama tends greatly to the develop
ment of such sentiment,
president will take place In the sound
in about a hundred feet of water.
"I don't know as yet," said Lieuten
ant Nelson, her commander, "Just what
Um tests before the president will be.
Our tests today were in the nature oi fj 1 y nlrVw Tlrw P
experiments to see that everything is f.fl, rCblUllHU IQIYUII 111 UUb
shipshape.':
tody at Saratoga
Mecklenburg Murder Trials
Charlotte. N. C, Aug1. Z3. special.
Aivin nnhriAi r.rtioned! dharsred with
'the murder of win Withers near. Hunt- Possibility of a Trip to Canada Fore-
ersville, this county, eighteen months
ago, was acquitted in the superior
court after a trial lasting ail aay. ine
V I svt A r wa tt f)YYVtY ltted at a negro
"l ean not agree with you at all m hefore Christmas
the opinion you express that the heaitn . sAif-defense. which was
department oi your state is '6 sustained.
stalled-rPeckham Was a New
York Man Who Had Dealings
With Holmes
. Witte is-authority for this I determining gndclarlng that a. per-
Confidence Game Worked Success
fully on a Visitor in Berlin
Berlin, Aug. 23. J. B. Roth, an
American who was stopping with his
father-in-law, a Mr. Odell, at .' the
Hotel Bristol, strolled on Sunday up
the Frederics Strasse and encountered
three strangers. He visited saloons in
their company and afterward went in
a cab with them to Schoenholz, North
Berlin. The coachman, becoming sus
picious, ; stopped at a restaurant, the
landlord of which conveyed Roth to
thte Hotel Bristol. Meanwhile the
strangers had disappeared,.' taking
Roth's money, amounting to several
thousand -dollars, and his jewelry.
Roth and his father left Berlin Mfon-
has don all tha. he could nronerly f dav. Today the landlord went to a
rtr In that dirertinti. TTip. rftst nnw 11m HpwAlr's fn annraise twO rings the
with the czar and his advisers, and
the president, it is-thought, hopes for
the best. He Is still in communication
Mth Portsmouth. - - '
THE REIGN OF LAW
A Great Crowd at Chautauqua Hears
Folk of Missouri
American had left for anv unpaid bill,
and met two of the trio who had rob
bed Roth). He caused - their arrest
One was wearing Roth's scarf pin. The
other was carrying his cane. Both
confessed the robbery. The third man
has not been caught. Presumably he
has Roth's check book, watch, money
and jewels.
Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 23. An audi
ence nearly as. large as greeted Presi
dent Roosevelt a week ago assembled
at the amphitheatre here this evening!
to listen to Governor Joseph W. Folk
of St. Louis; wTho was scheduled to
speak on the reign of law. Governor
Folk made a characteristic address,
the keynote of which was that officials
should enforce the law without regard
to public .sentiment, and these senti
bents were warmly- applauded by the
audience. ' - ;
After denning the difference between
the boodler and (grafter the one as
he who takes money contrary to law,
and the other as he who takes money
Inside the law Governor Polk con
tinued: "People can find a remedy
for all the evils from which they suf
fer in the enforcement of the law. En
forcement of the law can cure every
governmental wrong."
Answering the argument that the
rigid enforcement of law and exposure
of corruption was detrimental to the
financial interests of the city or state,
Governor Folk asserted that there could
be no greater mistake. To sustam
this contention, he said that during
the last three years of law enforce
" merit in Missouri immigration to that
Btate had increased 256 per cent. more
than in any other three years in the
gtate's history. Real .estate had ad
vanced 20 per cent. Everywhere the
population was increasing and prop
erty advancing in value. Continuing,
he said: '
"Such la the increase in population
and in wealth that the revenues of the
state are becoming greater than the
economic needs of the government.
And by the time the next legislature
meets I shall be justified in recom
mending further reduction of the tax
rate."
Governor Folk also asserted that the
tnf orcing of the wine room, gambling
and. dram shops statutes in St. Louis,
Kansas City and St. Joseph had en
hanced the value of real estate in those
Cities.
The governor left at 8:40 for St.
Louis. 1
BAR ASSOCIATION
Opening of the Annual Meeting at
Narragansett Pier
Narragansett Pier, R. I., Aug. 23.
Prominent lawyers from all sections of
the United States gathered here to at
tend the opening sessions today of the
twentieth annual meeting of the Amer
ican Bar Association. Included in the
number were Justices "White and
Brown of the United States supreme
court and many professors of various
law schools .connected with the great
American universities. The confer
ences will continue through tomorrow
and Friday.
As the first f eature of today's session
the president of the association, Henry
St. George Tucker of Lexington, Va.,
delivered his address, paying especial
attention "to the most noteworthy
changes in statute law on points of
general interest made by congress and
in the various state legislatures during
the past year. This address was fol
lowed by the nomination and election
of members and the presentation of
departmental reports.
statement, which confirms the views
that, however anxious, the president
may be to see the negotiations bear
fruit, he had been alive to the proprie
ties that a neutral chief of state must
observe In dealing with" a subject that
does ; not actually concern any nation
other than Russia and Japan. The
persldent's proposal was a tender of
good offices, and in subsequent com
munications he has backed up .his
original offer to do his utmost to bring
the belligerent governments together.
He has by no means given up hope
of accomplishing the end which he
has in mindf f or today he was in con
stant communication by telegraph with
Assistant Secretary H. H. D. Pierce of
the state department, his representa
tive here, who is the medium of trans
mission between the president and tho
Russian, envoys. There have been
statements that the president sent no
messages to M.. Witte, but to Baron
Rosen. These, however, are erroneous.
-Baron Rosen was sent for expressly to
receive a communication intended for
M. "Witte, and he did receive it and
deliver it to his fellow plenipotentiary.
The Japanese representatives " are
greatly disappointed over the attitude
which the Russians assumed when the
compromise, proposal of Japan was
presented at the conference today. Mr.
Takahira said in private conversation
tonight that the outlook was pessimistic
as Russia would not abandon her op
position to the payment of indemnity
and Japan would not make peace un
less she received remuneration for war
expenses.
There were two brief sessions of the
envoys today. The stated reason for
these meetings was to compare and
sign the protocols of the sessions held
heretofore, and when the plenipoten
tiaries assembled their secretaries had
the necessary papers drawn and ready
for signatures.
The comparison -of four of the seven
protocols, each of which was An dupli
cate, one in French and the oother In the
English language, was completed ana
the documents signed, while the re
maining three were held over for sub-
Uquent consideration.
There has been much confusion in
the minds of those not participants
in the conferences as to these protocols
and their importance. This wa3
cleared up today by the explanation
of one of those having knowfedge of
the facts. It appears that each pro
tocol is merely a resume of one day's
proceedings. The agreements or dip-
agreements of the conferees are set
forth mainly for the purpose.of record,
and there is no actual binding effect
upon the signatories,'.; The protocols
are really minutes of the' Sneetirigs.
It would be seen fromi this that the
perfection of the protocols was merely
a matter of form that has no import
ant bearing on the conference. "
Between now and Saturday, when the
negotiators will assemble again, they
will be in constant communication with
Tokio and St. Petersburg. In those
three days the failure of,, the .Ports
mouth conference will be In the bal
ance. It is for the powers that be
at the Japanese and Russian capitals
to say whether the war shall continue
or be brought to an end .Some in
sight into the Russian atti tu"de has been
given by the order of the czar to M.
"Witte and Baron Rosen that they must
not abandon their stahd against the
payment of indemnity and the cession
of territory. Both sides, it Is plain,
are playing for time, each anxious to
avoid a, break, and hoping, almost
against hope that the other will be the
first to recede.
John Wilson, convicted yesteraay: c-i
the murder of Henry juawu, was
son shall not return through Alabama
to Louisiana. In my judgment, with sent6nced thls morning to six months
great respect and deference for your
own opinion, this is the most unreason
able and untenable quarantine - regula
tion yet established anywhere." t
The Mississippi penitentiary board, of fler trlal tne week tomorrow.
control reports that the number of con
yicts in me siaie yeiuLcxitiary i laym- , -p. tV.
rine norses duiucu uu icaui
on tne roaas. xais cwuui 0.0,-1
to the supreme court, basing the ap
peal on a flaw in the indictment.
The court will take up the third mur-
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 23. Frederic
A. Peckham, -a Grand Union Hotel
guest, was arrested here on a bench
warrant issued by Judge Claubaugh o
the supreme court of the District oi
Columbia, He is under indictment foj
leakage In the cotton report of tho
department of agriculture and con&pir
ly decreasing because of the quaran- rincnoiBcs uuijicu w ing to defraud the TJnited States gov.
tine. The terms of many of the con- Butler, Pa., Aug. 23. Fifteen stables ernment. peckham was arraigned be.
ticts are expiring and they are being and five blooded horses were burned fore United State Commissioner DaVid-
released from prison. As all the courts at the Butler fair grounds today. The gon, who fixed upon tomorrow for hi
have adjourned on account of the horses are Zeezie, Ozette and Roy D, examination. . He was held in $12,Ci;C
quarantine no new convicts are coming all the property of Trainer Demarest ball and committed to Jail.
in to take the places of those who leave.
The negro labor unions of the Feder
ation of Labor, the largest colored labor
body of the south, have decided not
to parade on labor day, but o use the
money that would be devoted to the
parade to sanitary work and to care burned while trying to rescue the ani
for the sick of their race. Among the I mals.
yellow ifever sick today Is Dr. Max
Landry, who had charge of the inspec
tion service.
Lee's Severe Affliction
New Orleans, Aug. 2. A special from
of Kingston, N. Y., Mamie M. or tne "Washington, Aug. 2. The news of th
same stable is so badly injured' that arrest of p A peckham of New YorSt
she will die. A valuable road horse at Saratoga today on a charge of con
belonging to W. 0. Laderer of Evans spiy in the cotton fraud ca-s
City, Pa., was also cremated. Two-em- created no surprise here. It has b..n
ployes at the stable were slightly jjnown since yesterday that District
Attorney Morgan H. Beach was weav.
insr the net around Peckham and others
The Demarest horses were ail fancy invoived. and that the arrest was
trick animals and very valuable. H matter of only a few days.
The statement was made here tonight
T7anilTr Tirrt-amftfl that Peckham was arrested, first be-
Maysville, Ky., Aug. 23 News reached nossibilitv that mi-Kt
Lee, in Lafourche parish, tonight gives here today of the drowning of a man soon go to Canada. On receipt of this
the total number of persons there sick named Gales ana nis wire ana nvc imformationj js js said, District At
with yellow fever at one hundred and children in the river between Maysville torney Beach conferred with depajj
seventy, and with dengue two hundred (and Dover. , ment of justice officials as . to what
and ten. There are from two to more Gales left here in a shanty boat, course he should pursue, and he was
cases of sickness in every family in the intending going south, and tied up for . Jd t ' hls own iudCTnefu ir, tha
settlement.
the night at a point below Ripley, on matter
the Kentucky side. The rising river
caused the boat to break loose and
float to midstream. A tow boat coming
up with employes struck the shanty
Supposed Case In Illinois
"Carmi, 111., Aug. 23. A negro from
Shreveport, La., who Is working with boat demoii8hin& it. The whole family
tne construction gang on me jtJig u our was arowne(i.
Kauway, has what is heiieved to be
an unmistakable symptom of yellow
fever. Early this morning he was
found suffering madly in a camp near
Brownsville.
Over 300 men are working on the
construction gang, and if this proves
Died in a Train
DEATHS IN FORSYTH
Rev. Thaddeus L. Troy's Will
Durham, N. C, Aug. .23. Special.
The will of the late Rev. Thaddeus L.
, Xrb for a number of years city mls
' slonary for ' Durham, has been pro-
. Dated
Sreen
DeiorecierK of Court C. B. hnat ,rtMtmvi.H.. . r v.
IK-th, Wm he' give al! h!s ir roVt Ar, e-
- xifca.i.xAXw uajlc olcsfH-
W
roDert Vt real and personal, tc . his has been refloated.
An Aged Minister and a Young Law
yer Pass Away
Winston-Salem, N. C, Aug. 23. Spe
cial. Rev. Virgil A. Wilson died sud
denly this morning of heart failure at
his home in Pfafftown at the age of
about 72 years. He was educated at
Nazareth Hall, Pa., and the University
of Michigan, and after a thorough
course of preparation commenced the
practice of law, but at an early age
gave up his profession and entered tne
ministry, attaching himself to the
Christian church, wherein he labored
witn great zeal and success until
stricken with disease ten or twelve
years ago. Mr. Wilson was a man of
deep piety, profound learning and as
a speaker had few equals1 In North
Carolina. '
W. O. Cox, a young lawyer here, died
this afternoon after three weeks' illness
with typhoid fever.
Russian Attitude Unchanged
London, Aug. 24. The Standard cor
respondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs
as follows:
"Attention was today directed to the
fact that while President Roosevelt ex
changed notes with Baron Rosen he
made no proposals. It is denied that
the postponement of the conference
was due to Witte's expectation of an
answer to an Important telegram. Witte
and the foreign office have maintained
a constant exchange of messages, for
the foreign office has been able to
answer all questions at once..
Accordingly Peckham was
taken into custody on a warrant issued
by Judge Claubaugh. of the suprema
court of the District of Columbia.
Peckham was one of the five men
mentioned In the cotton leakage report
at the time E. S. Holmes, Jr., former
assistant statistican- was dismissed in
disgrace. The menj were L C. Van
Riper, Moses Haas, F. A. Peckham, E.
S. Holmes and Theodore Price, the lat
ter the well known cotton speculator of
New York. Van Riper is credited with
quarantined. The citizens near Browns
ville and in this city are much excited
and fears are entertained that the dis
ease will become epidemic.
Libel Trial at Greensboro
Salisbury, N. C, Aug. 23. Special.
J. S. Pender, aged 55 years, was found
dead Iff a passenger coach in the
QnnVi -rn Pallmnv vnrrt here late last
to be yellow fever all in the camp have ni&ht. When discovered it was thought causnS the cftton InvestigatiorHDy giv
hpon MnsArt pnmr. v,ao hoon v, , Miv odr. oni a nniinft. inS information to the Southern Cot
wwV w u m 1 1.11 rr 111 a. 1 1. ii cLu uii a t uhjivvi 1
man attempted to awaken him, but lu" AHU"a"w" reiauve xo oim
there was no response to the stern uPerauras- maB suppoaea 10 nay
hand of the officer. Coroner Dorsett u1B su-uCuvu m gquiiguie
summoned a jury and a verdict was Information from the official who he
found that death resulted from heart trayed his trust for the benefit of oper-
tfailerl Pender Was a painter. He ators in the market, who used it to in-
had just returned from Albemarle llucui;B t'a-
where he had been at work, and died Other arrests will be made, but who
on the homeward train. Up on reach
ing Salisbury the coach in .which he
was riding was placed on a sidetrack
and in the darkness his body was un
observed. . -
Greensboro, N. C, Aug. 23. Special.
The taking of testimony was concluded
this afternoon in the libel sjiit of W,
i- OS horn vs.' M. T. Leach and fthe
Raleigh News, and Observer. "Judge
Ward announced that he would allow
eight hours for the argument of coun
sel. Eight attorneys aDDear in the
case and it is expected that five or six
speeches will be made, the case g"oing
to the jury tomorrow evening.
Col. Osborn's cross examination took
place this morning and the plaintiff
rested his, case just before noon, when
Fred L. 'Merritt was put on the stand
by the defense. Hewas the reporter
who Interviewed Col. Leach and wrote
the article which appeared in th News
and Obsrver and which was respon
sible for the libel suit. After Mr. Mer-
mi s lesumony naa oeen receivea a
are the persons against whom warrants
have been Issued it is impossible to
learn. The authorities here are saia
to be fully advised as the whereabout?
of " Holmes, and that Haas is within
reach of the authorities if he is needed,
Rev. J. H. Totten Dead
Greensboro, N. C.Aug. 23. Special.
Rev. J. H. Totten, a venerable member
of the North Carolina M- P. conference,
died here this afternoon after a week's
Illness at the home of J. Willie Smith,
where he had been residing. The burial
will take place tomorrow at Kerners-
ville, the home town of the deceased.
Sick Headache
"For several years my wife was
number of letters, etc., were introduced troubled with what physicians called
In evidence. Editor Josephus Daniels
of the News and Observer took the
stand for an hour or more.
! Spencer Engineers Killed
Spencer, N. C, Aug-. 23. Special. A
telegram received here last night from
G. R. Loyal, master mechanic of the
Southern Railway shops at Knoxvtlle,
Tenn., brought the news- that Engl
neer C. H. Hoover) of Spencer was kill
ed in a railroad wreck near Middles
boro, .Ky., yesterday aftrnoon. The
particulars of" the wrack cannot be
learned, but It Is presumed that the
deceased met his death upon his engine.
Mr. Hoover was a well known , young
man here and had been married only
sick headache of a very severe charac
ter. "She dootored with several emi
nent physicians and at a great expense
only to grow worse, until she was un
able to do any kin dof work. About
a year ago she began taking Chamber
lain's Stomaoh and Liver Tablets, and
today weighs more than she ever did
before and Is real well," says Geo. E.
Wright of New London, New York.
For sahj by W. G. Thomas, Robert
Simpson, Bobbitt-Wynne Drug Company.
Fiendish Suffering
Is often caused by sores, ulcers and can
cers, that eat away your skin. Wm. Be
dell of Flat Rock. Mich., says: "I have
used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, for ulcers.
about six months. The remains were sores and cancers. It is the best heal
brought here tonight for interment. I Ing dressiner 'I ever found." Soothas
Toklo, Aug. 23. -The Russian torpedo
is nothing to Indicate that the governs
ment has changed its attitude.. It Is
even whispered that the war party,
headed by Grand Duke Nicholas, is in
sisting on protr-tcting the war at all
costs."
MARTIN'S BIG MAJORITY
(Continued from Page One.)
liams, has run well all over the state.
Ellysori has defeated Cabell, though
in this city, rjh.ere both candidates
live, Cabell ha walked away with the
bulk of the vote for lieutenant-governor.
Eggleston, for superintendent of pub
lic instruction, will have apparently
about thirty thousand majority.
The funeral of Engineer H. Bullock,
who was killed by a runaway locomo
tive Monday night, was held af the
late residence this afternoon. The ex
ercises were conducted by the Masonlo
fraternity, of which the deceased was
an honored member. He leaves a wife
but 'no children; This makes two
Spencer engineers who met death In
wrecKS wno nave Deen Dunea 'nere una
There week.
and heals cuts, burns and scalds,
at all druggists. Guaranteed.
25c
Picnic of Ca&arrus Farmers
Concord, -N. C, Augl 23. Special.
The second annual picnic of ; Cabarrus
farmers, held today at Spring Hill
farm, two 'miles west of Concord, was
the largest gathering . of people ever
in the county. There were nearly two
thousand school children in floats in
a- prize "contests -Auditor Dixon John
S. Cunninf& and H, M. Oatas were
speakers. 1
RACES AT SARATOGA
Saratoga, N. T.t Augr. 23. Results
today:
First-race Jessamine, 7 to l, won;
Belden, 8 to 5, arecond; Astral II, third.
Second race Connover, 9 to 5, won;
Punctual. 1 to L second: Pious third.
Russian Governor Removed Third race Our sister, 3 to i, won;
1 t A d V n . I
St. Petersburg-. Aug-. 23.Governor -winnaaquaw, 10 x secona; xomsnire
Sverbieff of the Tirovince of Courtland Ija(1 third.
has been relieved because of the re- rourm -.rste-iaiigiij, o to o, won;
cent disorders in the province. In JUJ.?e5' 7 to Kavenia. tnira.
twpntv.siT rnmmnnM the toniation ' "jmtn race vanness, 15 to l, won;
wrecked the government buildings and Montecarlo, S to 5, second; The Cure,
burned the barracks of coscripts which " , "
tion which was, to have been made in "?T AWJ' "
the Baltic provinces August 30. There
was also a resumption of forest fires
on a' great scale. Timber of the value
of millions of roubles was destroyed.
Two-thirds of the land-owners In the
province of Courtland have taken
refuge in Sweden or Germany.
The Plunger Rehearses
Oyster Bay, Aug. 23. A private re
hearsal of the submarine boat Plunger,
whose evolutions the president is going
to watch either Friday or Saturday,
took place here today in the bay. Mrs.
Roosevelt, Miss Ethel, Archie and
Quentin witnessed the maneuvers from
the Sylph's launch Dart.
A group of launches and motor boats
gathered around the end of the water
where-the evolutions'- were, performed.
itjuo mcu liii. cc units in auoui. muieen
ftej of water Hex: eyoiuti&na ior the
third.
Sunday Excursions to Msrehead City till
Beaufort via Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad
Commencing Sunday, August 6th,
1905, the Atlantic and North . Carolina
Railroad will not honor Sunday excur
sion tickets sold at -the reduced Sun
day rate, on any trams except train
No, 1, leaving Gojdsboro on Sunday
at 7 a. m., and "on train No. 2, return
ing leavingMorehead CIty at 5:50 p.
m. the same day, without extra charge.
1 Passengers presenting these tickets
for passage on other Sunday trains
will be charge twentylflve (25) cants
extra by the cenductor.' This addi
tional fare will "also "be charged pas
sage on - other Sunday trains other
than trains Nos. 1 and 2 on Sundays
at stations where there are no agents.,
Another Arrest Expected
New York, Aug. 23. Prior to Frefl.
erlck A. Peckham's arrest In SaratpgJ
today District Attorney Beach camj
here from Washington and consulted
for several hours with Assistant At
torney Wise, who has. chars: of tha
department attorney's office for thfl
southern district of New York. Neither
Beach nor Wise would tell what they
discussed. It was taken for granted,
however, that the topic was the cotton
scandal, and - Mr. Wise did not deny
this. ;
"If I said what brought Mr. Bea h
here I might defeat the ends of jus
tice," Mr. Wise said. "We don't want
any persons to light out before we can
get Jthem. I will say, though, that
something may happen before the day
is over." . ?
It is understood that at least on
more arrest will be made and that it
will be made in this district. This
belief is strengthened by the knowledge
that Peckham has been connected ith
the leakages more as a go-betw eea
and agent than as a principal.
When I Van Riper, a cotton broker
of this city, put in the hands of' Rich
ard Cheatham, secretary of the Soutli
em Cotton Growers Association, in"
formation which Mr. Cheatham forced
upon the consideration of Secretary
Wilson of the department of agricul
ture, It was stated that New York
brokers were alleged to have profit
from advance information ani leak
ages In the cotton report gained their,
information through an intermeliary.
Through this intermediary, it was a!"
leged, correspondence passed, and it
was intimated that the indiscretion
of this person in taking brokers into
the secret and broadening the rarp
of his operations led to the fraud . dis
closures. This intermediary, it was also ftateo.
became so convinced of the goolfa
of the persons who were accumv' ?-tlr"
evidence of the condition of affairs t.W
of his good .faith, letters writter
Holmes in which, the latter, it
of the June re-oort much mors b-;aru-
thaa the true crop condition v arj:a
ed. The same agent, it was s3',s
ranged an interview which took v
in this city between Holmes ar -ton
brokers of this city. At this wte-
view, it was said, Holmes and
termedlary discussed freely th-r
erations with a certain broker 1 l
R. E. I
BUNCH,
Death of Mrs. Pi A. Dunn
Mrs, Uliza J. Dunn, wife of
A. Dunn, died yesterday morr.
her home near Neuse station
eighty-third year of her
leaves, besides her husband, one
tar Kf fa TnVi n T rinnn nf TCeUr
formerly lived in Raleigh. The
erai will take place at 3 o'clo-
afternoon at the Forestville PaP
rfiv" -
' th'
h
church. The deceased was a.w
i-tsteu1
member of the Baptist denoxniw
during her long llfQi
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