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NASHVILLE, 11 C, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1904.,
NO. ID
Cct 1' : T::t cf i::: nj.t
r:2 last lis::?;ate attack
vniral Togo' Report of Tuesday's
. perjtiofit The Blockading Flotilla
Vt Scattered by a Gale. '. -v"
Toklo, By Cable. Vice Admiral To
go's official reclUl of the latest en
gagement off Port, Arthur, which was
received here Sunday, shows that the
Japanese have blocked the entrance
i?tne narpor. - ;
"" On Tuesday morning after the
I lockadtng flotilla had been scattered
I I a gale and the commander of the
nilla had signalled in rain that the
Attempt be .abandoned pending the
moderation of the storm, the crews
9 ilia mortnrata -vaaaala In nr 1vlM
daunted by the weather which isolated
them from their companions, proceed'
ed to the work oa their own desperate
Initiative. . They forced their way in
the face of the Russian fire, which
was more deadly than ever before, as
re3ult of the improved Russian de
fenses, over". the field , of mines.
Many of them, exploded, yet five of the
Japanese, blockading ships were jam
med into ( the channel and now pre
sent egress from the harbor to all
craft excepting small boats. ,This at
tack exceeded all its predecessors in
desperation and the courage displayed
by the? volunteer crews is equal to
that shown' in any event In the war
history of the world. .
Although Vice Admiral Togo again
? roided damage to a single one of his
) vessels,' the attack proved to be ex
pensive in lives.' Commander Haya
shi, who. was. In command of the ex
pedition, - observed the . Impossibility
of keeDlne the flotilla: Intact.' owing
to the heavy seas, and signalled to
abandon the", attack. ,.' ' .V'. ;
These signals were repeated until 2
failed to reach the vessels of the ex
pedition, which were swept apart by
the tempestudus sea and proceeded
. unven rroiri ner ynwjnj.
New Chwang,, By Cable. There is
, every indication that the ' Russians
have decided to evacuate ' i New
Chwang. Troops hat been - leaving
tioru oil Aav lonir ITnrta hfLVA heen
dismantled and all artillery has been
placed on board trains Air the local
transportation has been - commanded
hy the Russian ) authorities. There
ta current here a .native rumor that
(on the west side Of the Liao Tung
peninsula, and about slxty miles north
of Port Arthur), but this .report lacks
confirmation.
a eh(e(Hrerda,tffs,cB.yedaelbhalJrve
Ttia fda, le . hald Vi a,A that If tha
Russians leave and the Japanese . do
not at once take possession of New,
Chwang, the brigands, who are now
cross the river near Yin Kow, will
pillage the place. The foreign resi-
jTana o ra nranaraA tn roafat ha hrl.
.gands should they come over. The
British consul lias requested that a
gunboat be sent to New Chwang. v
.-The Russians probably will destroy
ihe gunboat Sivoutch before leaving.
The vessel Is at New Chwang. ;
Japanese troops fired" on what was
probably the last train out of Prt
A rUiur as It passed near Port Adams.
Ssrious'Fire Raging. '
"amnport, Pa., Special. A tele-
i message from Coudersport, Pot
"y, to The Cazette and Eulle
3 tl.t fire of uti? own or; !n
in the i:artow ( :,' s Works,
rers of decorate 1 r';lr3 table
( 1 t' at the plant 1j practically
!. Tie lo'i wi:i la from J50,
s i,f !. 1 t tV.s i-;nuraiice is not
. ( 1 "II a n' 3 are thrown
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artillery and small arms,
or . wounded several Chi
It is reported here that Viceroy
Alexleff was slightly wounded prior
to hip departure from Port Arthur,
He barely escaped from thore before
the Japanesd closed the lines of com'
municatlon. " ;
The Russian general stu T have
moved from Liao Yang to Jiukden.
Russians here will not talk of the sit
uation, for fear that they will Impart
some information) They do not con
sider that their forces here are sum
cient to held this section of the couu
try. -
It is probable., that the , Russian
troops will withdraw to Harbin.
The . Russian , civilians at New
Chwang are leaving hurriedly, ' and
many natives are fleeing the city In
fear that they will he subjected to
mal treatment at the hands of the
brigands.- '. ' :
.More Bad News for Russia
Two official dispatches calculated to
Increase the depression existing among
all circles In Russia were given out
Sunday night , from the point of view
of the progress of the campaign, the
most important Is that regarding the
capture by the Japanese without oppo
ition of Feng Wang Cheng, on May
6th. . The second gives details con
cerning the killed, wounded' and miss
ing among the troops under the com
mand of Lieutenant General Zaasalltcn,
as the result of the, fighting on the
Yalu, the number of which totals 2,397
officers and men. .' . i . -
Gen., Kuropatkin . forwarded a mes
sage from . Lieutenant General . Zas-
salltch, who had been left in command
of the column retiring from Feng
Wang Cheng, which described . the
movements of the enemy In connection
with the occupation of the town. ':
' The Information caused no surprise
to the officials who had already been
advised of the decision that no at
tempt would he made to hold Feng
Wang Cheng, the superiority of the
Japanese in H fighting arms ensuring
a disaster similar; to that k Klu Lien
Cheng., Therefore, Gen. Zassalltch
was given strict , orders that there
should be no fight of the rear guard.
The Russians left while Gen. Kurokl
was making his dispositions for a big
battle., :
More Casualties.
Toklo, By Cable. The casualties In
the last attempt of the Japanese fleet to
block Port Arthur, which took place on
May, 3,'. are. one officer. Commander
Takyangi, commanding the steamer
Yedo Maru, and six men killed, four,
men seriously and five officers and 11
men slightly wounded. Fourteen offi
cers and 74 men are missing and eight
officers and 36 men were rescued unin
jured. All the officers of the blockad
ing ships, Including , Commander
Takayangi, who. was killed, have been
decorated and granted annuities by the
Emperor. - ,
The Forty-Mllllon Warrant.
.Washington, Special. The Treasury
warrant for $40,000,000 to be delivered
to J. P.' Morgan & Co.', of New York, on
account of the Panama Canal purchase,
was taken to that city by Secretary of
the Treasury Shaw. It will be deliv
ered by the Secretary to Borgan & Co.
Thursday. The Secretary also took
with htm certain bonds which ' have
been deposited with the government as
security for public monies," which are
to be returned to the banks surrender
ing their deposits, :s i,, -j.- v.
' Mft.J. H. Edwards, private secretary
to Secretary Shaw, accompanied him to
New York. ,
By Wire and Cable. '
A subcommittee of the , Republican
National Committee met In Washing
ton and made arrangements for the,
meeting of the convention in Chicago
next month. - '.; :. -
, It la thought the Increase in the elec
toral vote will have an important bear-h'T-on
the result of. the Presidential
election this year. Y '
It is rrobable ex-Secretary of War
Eont will prp;iide as temporary chalr
r i cf the Republican National Con-
v , S.on. -. .:.
At oi r i'-y-Coneral Knox makes an of-
C ). v " a t a payment for I
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thort tlems of News Gathered From
All Points.
1 Through the South.
Norfolk bakers are on strike, and
a bread famine Is threatened.
Norfolk A Western Railroad directors
propsoe a 35,0O0,000 bond issue.
A wealthy Paterson (N. J.) man at
tacked the night watchman at the
Chamberlain Hotel, Old Point.
William Cuffee, a , Norfolk negro,
committed suicide by throwing himself
In front of a moving engine. .
Judge John H. Reagan wrote a let
ter to Hon. W. J. Bryan advising him
to work for harmony in the Democratic
party.- ; , ;
Fred A. Beach, who la wanted in
jChicago on a charge of embezzlement
of $12,000, surrendered himself to the
chief of police at Fort Worth, Texas.
He said that he was tired of dodging
officers, ' ' ;-'
Richmond, Va., . Speclal.'-Henry
Woodward, the negro convicted tn Feb
ruary of the mnrder of Frank Tabor;
a white man, at Pocahontas, Decem
ber 26th, last, was hanged at Taxewell
Friday. ... . .
,; Wshington Happenings,
'. Because of protests from manufac
turers, the War Department will not
immediately sell -some of its rifles to
Cuba.., . .' ' ,f, ; ; , ; ;.'.;. .( !
President Roosevelt has directed the
reappointment of D. D. Crum, collector
of the port at Charleston, S. C, and
Senator Allison gave notice that ac
tion will be forced when Congress re
convenes. , , ,
: Thomas V. Dawson, of Iowa, has been
appointed Minister to Santo Domin-
The bill for the government of the
Panama Canal sone was signed by the
President. . .4
' The big Chesapeake and Ohio grain
elevators at Newport News are to close
on May 15. ., .
Considerable feeling exists at the
Navy Department among the partisans
for and against the general staff plan
German-Americans from six States
and the District of Columbia organized
in Washington the National Roosevelt
League, for the purpose of aiding in th
election of President Roosevelt. .. ;
In an authorized ' state jabt' ' John
Sharp Williams declares C J" .favors
judge A. B- Parker for the Prewaentiai
. i. In the North. "
' The cruiser California was launched
at San Francisco.
Stewart Edward White, the novelist.
was married to Miss Elizabeth B. Grant
at Newport.
Mr. Charles J. Bonaparte addressed
the National Municipal League, Chi
cago, on "Partisanship In Municipal
Politics." ,.
Swindlers In Chicago secured dia
monds by telephonig to jewelers as If
from residences of .wealthy citizens.
: Police declare that Chicago swindlers
secured a large amount of. money by
onenng positions at me i. i-ouis
World's Fair.. '"
VL C. Ogden was re-elected president
of the Southern Educational Conference
at. Birmingham: -J','., :'s .1,
Gen. D. B. Henderson, former Speak
er of the United States House of Rep
resentatives, said he Intended to leav
New York and go back to Iowa to
live. . , ;
It was stated by a friend of Hon.
W. J. Bryan, in Kansas City, Mo., that
Mr. Bryan wanted Judge A. B. Parker
to take second place on the ticket in
1900. -
' Foreign Affairs.
Emperor William of Germany arrived
at Karlsruhe.
It was reported that a Russian col
umn was 20 miles from and marching
oa Gensan.
Rusisan torpedo boats of the Vladi
vostok squadron sank a Japanese
transport, the Kinshiu-Maru, of 4,000
tons, 187 being saved and 200 who re
fused to surrender were sent to the
bottom' with the ship.
Colonel Duerr returned from soutn-
west Africa, and reported the Germans
there in sad plight.; ;
King Edward' and Queen Alexandra
aided in the laying of a; cornerstone
in Dublin.
Japan announced its agreement to
The Hague convention. (
A g rteral attack on the Russian posi
tion s lor? the Yalu river was begun
by the Japanese yesterday and the Rus
sians retreated after being outflanked.
Serious f hting between . the Arme
nian ins-ir; nts and the Turkish troops
has taken r'.ice in Asia MInor and 12
villages have teen destroyed. ,
Emperor "VvCIiam opened the new
railway brldg across the Rhine at
Mainz. '."..'
The annual b:
Academy was 1
Pan Ante' a C
dad.
ist of the Royal
i London.
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A YI.1ELESS SYSTEM
Creeasfcaro, N. C, Man In Worked
? . Our a Scheme . ; :
PLAN IS ONE OF GREAT SIMPLICITY
It Will be Fully Teeted at the SUte
Normal College 8aid ' to be Won
derfully Simple. ' 1 1
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Greensboro. ,' NW j.C., '', Speclal.A
Greensboro man, In the person of Prof.
William Hammel, instructor of science
at the State Normal and Industrial
College',' has - invented a- wonderfully
simple and practical wireless telegra
phy system, it is a simple butt ngenl
ous device, which has ben' tested, at
the Johns Hopkins Hospital at Balti
more, and found to be perfect In every
respect! in sending and receiving mes
sages. The wireless system will, be In
stalled at the Normal College, and mes
sages from one building to another will
be flashed back and' forth through
walls, 'doors and ell other hindrances,
to test' the strength and efficiency of
the system. It has been tried already
and proved successful, but Prof. Ham
mel intends to elaborate his test by
establishing a regular system of wire
less - telegraphy. The students them
selves are showing a great deal of in
terest 'In this wonderful Invention end
are assisting Prof. Hammel in his ef
forts, 'Y; . t .
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; 8ite for the Kaiser's Gift.
Washington Special. It has been
permanently decided that the replica
of the statue of Frederick .the Great,
which the Kaiser has given to the
Amerlqftn people, Is to be placed in
a ' prominent position in the grounds
of the war college, commonly known
heretofore . as the Washington bar
racks!'-The statue will be-unveiled
November 20 with appropriate cere
monies, in which the President and
Baron 8 peck von Sternburg, the Ger
man' embassador, will take parti The
ambassador will be the immediate
representative of the German Emper
orfwb4,l expected . tosend , 'a. letter
to the President to be read at the un
veiling, making the tender of ,' the
statue as a gift to the people of t
United States. Sites have been
lected in the college grounds tor six
military heroes of the world, and this
of Frederick the Great is the first to
be provided for. 1
Applications for Pensions.
Washington Special. Although the
recent order constituting the age lim
it of 62 years' as evidence of physical
dlsabmllity In granting pensions has
been in effect barely "three weeks, the
Pension i Office has already been
swamped with applications under it.
Up to Saturday the number of appli
cations filed had reached a total of
11,000, anft they are still rolling In at
the rate of several thousands a day.
One reason for the haste in filing ap-
Dlications is that although the . pay
ment of the penBons may not begin for
several months, they actually date
from the time of filing, and the; ac
crued pensions will be paid In a lump
when the certificate Is issued. ' The
minimum pension under the order Is
$6 a month, which covers the 62 year
limit, and ranges up to $12, according
to age above that limit.
Henry Wledner In Jail."
Cincinnati. SDeclal. Henry Wledner,
president of the German National bank,
Of Newport. lvy. IS in Jl iur nam
keeping. He lost his fortune through
the speculations of Cashier Frank
Brown, who has V been in Honduras
since wrecking the., bonk. President
Wledner has been acting t queerly for
violent.
;-. For Better Education.
rhicaeo. SDeclal. The better edu
cation of negro ministers has been de
clared imperative by Bishop James A.
Handy, - of Baltimore,, wno, auureaa
ing the African Methodist Episcopal
Conference,, said: "Ignorant ministry
cannot preach to an educated pew,
and unless the ministers today keep
ahead of the army of colored, boys who
are swarming from schools, they will
soon be out of Jobs." . ; .
Tunnel Burned.
Columbus, Ga., Special. The Pine
Mountain Tunnel on the : Southern
Railwar ' between here and f Atlanta
was burned today. All the woodwork
was consumed and through trains had
to be stopped. Traffic over that part
of the road will not be resumed before
next week. . ' , ,
Flood Warnings.
Washington C
ings have tern
floods la thVTr'
a!l ro!nts son' 'i
r- t of ti e f
tr 7.'..
tin. 1. Special warn
Med f3r dangerous
y river la Texas at
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KEWS.CF IKE NOSiXa STATE
Items, of Interest to. People
Murphy to Manteo.
from
A Convict Shot, ,: , . '
Charlotte, Specials-Jim Boyd,
middle-aged negro who was serving s
sentence for a deadly affray, was shot
through the back and fatally wounded
on Friday by William Owens, a guard,
at the camp presided over by Capt,
Little. The convict pretended illness
at dinner on Friday, and pulled off his
shoes as If to rest his feet.. Shortly
afterwards, he made a dash for liberty,
and, unheedful of the cries to stop.
was brought to the ground by a bul
let from the Winchester rifle of Guard
Win. Owens. Afterwards he "w
brought to the county jail, where he
died Saturday morning.. A coroner's
jury brought in a verdict attaching no
blame whatsoever to Mr, Owens, and
It was clearly shown that the man was
outdistancing his pursuers snd eould
have been stopped in no other way.
A Wreck Narrowly Averted. -
Ashevllle. Special. Three . angle
bars placed on the track at Gorman's
bridge live miles west of Ashevllle,
came near wrecking . the fast west
bound "passenger train No. 35, at 2
o'clock Saturday. The obstructions
were distributed along the track and
the engine passed over the first. En.
gineer Parrott shut off steam and re
versed his engine at the first obstruc
tion. When the second was reached
the train had slackened Its speed, and
the engine rode the obstacles for some
distance. It came to a stop just In
time to prevent Its striking a third
obstruction. The escape from a disas
trous wreck is due to the fact that the
engineer had his train under excellent
control. The point where the obstruc
tions were placed Is an unusually dan
gerous place.
Charlotte Man Killed.
Ashevllle, Special. A fatal accident
occurred at the works of the Balfour
Quarry Company, across the river
from Riverside Park, and about two
miles from the city, at noon today,
when a premature explosion of dyna
mite occurred- kjlUntf.. J,-; M. A.llispn,
an employe. Instantly. Mr. Allison,
who came here some time ago from
Charlotte, was engaged in tamping dy
namite in a hole preparatory to set
ting off a blast. In some manner the
cap at the bottom " of the hole ex
ploded and the flying stone struck the
unfortunate man directly under the
chin, tearing his head from his shoul
ders and terribly mutilating his chest.
A distressing incident connected with
the accident was the witnessing by the
son of the father's death. The son,
was only a short distance from his
father when the explosion occurred.
North State Notes.
' The Secretary of State Monday char
tered the Darlington Security Compa
ny, capitalized at $6,000; the Acme
Manufacturing Company of Marion, a
drug concern, capitalized at $5,000; and
to the Farmers' Oil mill of Laurens
pounty, capitalized at $12,000.
A record breaking run was made in
an automobile from Columbia to New
berry Sunday. Early that morning Miss
McClintosh at the College for Women
received word that a relative at New
berry was quite ill. As there was no
train at that hour; Miss McClintosh, in
company with Messrs. C. B. Miller and
J. E. Richard, made the trip of forty
eight miles in exactly four hours. The
run is considered remarkable consider
ing the hilly country..
John P. Kerr; of the board of peni
tentiary directors, says the board has
bought as an investment $58,500 of
penitentiary bonds, 4 per cent, pay
ing for these $61,425. Some of these
are bonds issued for the purchase of
the farm, .while others are ponds; is
sued to pay the penitentiary debt '
uinarum had a destructive fire Tues
day night. The store of Hampton Bros,
was burned. It is not known how the
fire originated, but it caught from the
luterior, The general opinion, is that
the store was robbed and then set on
fire ahd the flames were not discovered
until the building was too far gone for
anything to be saved. The building was j
owned by Mrs. Paul Bomar of Marion,
Ala. Hampton Bros, had insurance on
their stock, though not enough to cover
the loss. - ' ' ' .
Mr. James Meehan, a Columbia boy
cow with the Alderman Lumber con
cern at Aocolu, prevented safe crackers
from getting In their work at that place
Fridays night ',: and - securing t several
thousand dollars. Two men ; secured
work with the company about two
weeks ago, as boiler makers. They
vorked steadily for about a week and
then commenced . making inquiries
about the amount of money kept ' in
the uafe. They secured the assistance of (
one of the negro employes, but another i
negro who was approached, wnue pre
tending to enter into the scheme, gave
it away to Meehan and the other white
men. Friday nighfafter the money had
I een deposited in the safe, a guard was
put out, and when U.e two white men
end the rrro came up v l',1! t' oir sate
rrkim t '..:. Cry wfr8 t-..,ei .
TAR liEEL TCI ;CS
IN PARAG?JO
Railroad Building.
A special from Morgan ton : to' the
Charlotte Observer says: There Is
great activity In the line of ' railroad
construction In the Wilson's Creek val
ley in Caldwell county. The Carolina fc
Northwestern Railway Company,
which recently acquired the Caldwell ft
Northers, a narrow cuace line extend
ing from Lenoir to Collettsvllle, a die-,
tance of 10 miles, Is converting it into
a standard gauge, and is building aa
additional 13 miles up Wilson's creek
gurg ui varcy r laio. me nm. m- .
ter Lumber Company, which owns the;
railroad from Cranberry to PInola. In'
Mitchell county, has purchased' the.
standing timber on a 42,000-acre trict
on Wilson's creek from the Pemcar-
den Lumber Company, and Is building
a standard guage road from Pinoia to
connect with the Carolina ft' North
western on Wilson's Creek Valley. In
the meantime the East Tennessee ft
Western North Carolina Railroad, ex-'
tending from Cranberry, N. C, to John
son City, Tennessee, has become f a
standard gauge road between Johnson
mi- i mu.l ,1. . tv.i ' t,.1.t
this road complete the broadening of
Its gauge up Doe river gorge to Cran-
oerry, ana ine miter peopje mase men
road standard between Cranberry and
s-'i nrvi a rnona wnnin na ss rnrruiirn lint
from Chester, 8. C, to Johnson City,
Tenn., all standard width. Rumors have
been current that some such plan was
on foot, but railroad people fall to con
firm thm and mtv that, thnre are nhva-
m1 llrli.,ilt1Ui that Iri nraitlnall V tin. '
atirmiimtahlA tintnhlv In thA rolAhrftt
ed Doe river gorge. Another ' railroad
rumor is to the effect that the Virginia
southwestern, owning a roan extension -from
Butler, Tenn., through Bristol to
Big Stone Gap, Va., and the South ft
western, wnose tine runs irom jonnsoa
City, Tenn., to Spruce Pine, in Mitchell '
county, are trying to pool their Issues
with a view of making a connection be
tween Elizabethton and Johnson City,.
and extending the road across the Blue
Ridae'to a connection with the South-
ern or tne seaooara Air Liine, aoia ue -
.1. 1 1... U n .1 f - MUll
which they wish to transport to tide-
aH Am itiA avwAnS- nAUnn tnUI 'nan ''
wniri n.ii ii liib cicbl lulluu uiiu vGs'. '
tres of the Carolinas. v ,,
, a Faui Fignt. . ,
wiiKesDoro, jn. u.; upeciai. a. tauu
affrav occurred on the Blue Ridge, near.
the Wilkes and Alleghany line.
Wednesday Three voune men named
Keys were chasing with dogs some
wnnt nut tn thflm with his snot eun. An
altercation ensued in which Johnson'
shot at one of the Keys, who ran. An-
nrnnr nr rnem pjiiieni: nis run aa . ae
strueele nnn nf the Keys was cut with!
a irnirA nv jnnnnnn inn men. jonnaon
ktq a ciArlmialtf nil Vi.r Vavra lftta Btnmj
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may die. r . , m
new inuusiry neir Mncvnic. -
AahAtrtllss Qnanfal .AohAvUlo la arwin i
iu nave a ucw luauuioviurms iuuuduj
frt hA Vnnwn an thfl French ' Rrnad '
i -rrn n i m riricn i nnninnv. wirn ssn mii .,
wuui iuu ytrviaa wa. awvfvvv - a va.
the Secretary of State, and at a meet-,
lhg of the incorporators Tuesday even-
lng an organization was effected and
me ioiiowinK onicers eiecieu: j-reui-
dent and treasurer, Francis S. ; Coxe;
vice-president, F.'W. W. Graham;
secretary,. Duff Merrick. . ,S
. Eighth District convention..
Wilkesboo. N. C, Special. The Dem4
ocratic executive , committee of xhos
t n m riiirr mn .ml. uaisa iiiai.ri nil i iir.
purpose of appointing the time and-'
place for the district Democratic con-.
vention. Every ; county was repre- (
sented by the member or by proxy.
Thursday, AuguBt 4th, was selected aa
the time and Wilkesboro the place, for
' " North State Notes.' . . . '
Tne increase oi tne acreage in cotter
at the penitentiary farm near Weldojn
13 to be very great, from 1,300 to 1,803
acres, mere is certainiy a large in
crease In acreage in this section. Very
little cotton has come up, and that
which has appeared shows the poor
stand. Much has not germinated. When
it starts all will practically come un
together, and this, a little later on, will '
increase , the laoor promem, as mere
will be quite a rush to secure labor, al
ready so very scarce.
A charter Is granted to The Areii '
Publishing Company, at I.mber'
capital stock t-'.o.f.'i). O. J. P .! '
lng the prlnc' s' v ,:-" -. ) i
lish books and c ' flr&l pi. ,