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xjuiiiimntv . We Guarantee CROSS MARJC laxjer list of actual subscribers in Madi son than any other NewsptLper . . , Shere indicates (lut , your subscription is B ' past due. Plen.se m g remit ... . 8 aggaiaappinnisjwCTKg iimroi POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. VOL.VII MARSHALL. N. C., FRIDAY. JULY 21, 1905. NO. 30. Comity lecord. s M. Witte Will Act in Instructions From DOESN'T FAVOR GREAT CONCESSION .The 8enior Ruasian Peace Plenipoten- tiary Declarea That Russia Is Not Willing to Make Peace at Any Price, and That the Ultimate Decision Re mains with the Emperor The Mis sion of the Plenipotentiaries Is To Ascertain Whether It Is Possible To Conclude a Treaty of Peace Russia Is Not Crushed, and the Russian People Would Be Willing To Con tinue the War Indefinitely If Nec essary. Bt. Petersburg, By Cable. M. Witte, the senior Russian peace plenipoten tiary, received the correspondent of the Associated Press at his villa on Yela gJn Island. M. Witte spoke In French. After greetings, which were cordial, the conversation gravitated quickly to the high mission with which the Russian Statesman Is charged, and the disposi tion of the foreign press to Interpret his appointment as an Indication that Buesla has decided to make peace at any price. "No, no," said he, straightening up In his chair and speaking slowly and distinctly, as If weighing the value of each word. "In the first place, I have been designated by the Emperor as his ambassador extraordinary for pour par lors with the Japanese plenipotentia ries to ascertain whether it is pos sible to conclude a treaty of peace. My personal views are of secondary Importance, but my ideas are in entire accord with those of my friend. Count Lamsdorff. In serving my Emperor I have received precise instructions from his majesty and shall follow them. "The ultimate decision remains in the bands of the Emperor, and It is for him to decide the destinies of Rus sia. The Emperor is a friend of peace and desires peace, but I very much fear that the Jananese terms will be such that we will be unable to reach an accord. "Secondly, the world should disabuse Its mind of the idea that Russia wants peace at any price. There are two parties In Russia. One favors the con tinuation of the war a outrance this is a large and Influential party. The other, to whom I belong, favors peace. I avow It frankly, because telling the truth has always been my rule in poli tics. I was for peace before hostilities broke out. When the war began, the situation changed. Even though there are these two parties as to the advis ability of ending the war in the pres ent circumstances, both would be unit ed If these Japanese demands wounded the amour propre of the Russian peo- pie or jeapordized our future as a na- j uon. i am sure inai 11 i report inai j me conanions 01 japan cannot De ac cepted, Russia will accept the verdict and the Russian people will be ready to continue the war for years if neces sary. "Thirdly, Russia is not crushed, as the foreign press has led the world to believe. The interior situation is very serious. I do not deny, but in Europe and America the true significance of what is happening is not understood. Correspondents come here and talk irith a few hundred people in St Pe tersburg and Moscow, misinterpret what Is happening and fill the world with false impressions as to Russia's future. Russia is not on the verge of dissolution as a great power and is not obliged to accept any conditions offer- ' ed in spite of the military reverses she 'has sustained. "We are passing through an Internal crisis, which has been marked by many grave events, and which may have others rtlll in store, bnt the crisis will pass, and In a few years Russia will again take her place as a preponderant power In the European concert." Body To Be Exhumed. New York, Special The body of Mrs. Mary Gorman Carlton, the second wife of Frederick K. Carlton, or Brooklyn, to die of lockjaw. Is to be exhumed and subjected to minute examination for trace of poison. An order to this effect was signed by Supreme Court Justice SewelL hi Brooklyn, up on request of District Attorney Clark, of King's county. Carlton Is bow in Br jmoad street Jail, held on a techni cal charge of grand larceny. Charge Against a Woman. wasaington, opveuu. muw" .- ton, of the Department of Agriculture, ha begun an Investigation of a report that a certain female employ of his Department has sold 'Question to be asked In civil service ex ami nations prior to the holding of such examina tions. A complaint has been made that this woman for several year ha been aiding applicants for position in this Banner, and that la a unbar of case the applicant have paid liberally for the errlee. Tbe examination alleged so fcave been thus manipulated were for positions requiring technical knowl edge and the que Lions were prepared la the Department . I Strict Accordance With the Home Government His Instructions Are Full. St. Petersburg, By Cable. M. Witte spent an hour with Mr. Meyer, the American ambassador, at the Kleon michel Palace, discussing the forth coming peace conference. Before leaving for Paris next Wednesday, M. Witte will have still another audience with the Emperor. In the meantime he must pay a round of official visits to all the imperial ministers. M. Witte is expected to be the bearer of a pesonai message from the Emperor to President Roosevelt. The press is authorized by Mr. Hart wig, director of the first department or the Foreign Office, to deny in the most categorical fashion, the report of the alleged contents of the instruc Hons to M. witte, published in Paris by The Echo de Paris and elsewhere abroad. ''Reports pretending to reveal the character of the Instructions to the Russian plenipotentiaries are mere guess work," said M. Hartwlg. "These instructions have been seen by only four persons, the Emperor, M. Witte, Foreign Minister Lamsdorf and my self. The Echo de Paris' report says they consist of five pages, whereas the fact is that they cover over twen- ty pages. The paper says the instruc tions are very vague, while on the con trary they are very detailed. On one point only, according to the Echo de Paris, are they absolutely specific, namely, as to the leveling of the forti fications of Vladivostok; but I can say to you that there are many oth era." M. Hartwlg also pronounces the sto ries that M. Muravieff's displacement was the result of intrigues by Foreign Mlniste Lamsdorf to be pure Inven tions. The Novosti says It believes that the desires of the anti-German coalition, which Great Britain is trying to engin eer, to restore Russia as a tnreat against German aggression, should be powerful diplomatio weapon in tne hands of the Russian plenipotentiaries. 'Europe wants to end the war, says the paper, "as Russia's preoccu pation In the Far East destroys the equilibrium. Austria is in danger from Germany, which seeks a thor oughfare to the Asiatic, in exchange for the compensation in the Balkan peninsula. Germany has pretensions now which she would not have dream ed of before the Russo-Japanese war. It is evident from the Morocco inci dent that Europe wants peace in order that Russia may safeguard her against Germair'aggression." Grand Army Commander Dead. Boise, Idaho, Special. Gen. W. W. Blackmar, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., died Sunday of intestinal ne phritis. His wife was with him during his illness. . The body will be embalmed and taken to the home of the family in Boston. General. Blackmar arrived here on juiy iu on . an , inspecuuu iuui ui Grand Army 6sts throughout the Northwest. He was ill when he ar rived, and gradually failed. The se riousness of his condition was kept from the public at the request of his wife. General Blackmar was born July 25, 1841, at Bristol, Pa. He enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Calvary and subsequently joined the First West Virginia Cavalry. He served with dis tinction throughout the war and at Five Forks was promoted on the field by General Custer to the rank of cap tain. 8plendld Horseback Feat. Heeteese, Wyoming. Special. Three men were killed and four were injured here by an explosion in the Kirwin gold mine. There was.no doctor near er than Thermopolls, 100 miles to the southeast, but Dr. Richards, at that place, covered the mountainous dis tance in a little less than eleven hours. Four relays were used by him In mak ing the trip, ranchmen along the route supplying the horses. Prisoners Reach Birmingham. Birmingham, Ala., Special. Sheriff William Chandler, of Etowah county, accompanied by deputies, arrived In Birmingham Monday night with Vance Garner, Bunk Richardson and Will Johnson, three of the negroes charged with the murder and criminal assault of Mrs. S. K. Smith, near Gadsden, Saturday night The prisoners were placed in the Jefferson county jail for safekeeping. Jap Victory on Sakholin. Tokio, Br Cable. It Is officially an nounced that the Russian, center; hold ing Darllne and vicinity;-was attack ed July 11 and offered tubior re sistance. The attack was renewed at dawn ot July 11, when the Japanese dislodged the Russians, driving them in the direction of Mauka. Tai vic tory assure the complete occupation of South Sakhalin, by the Japanese. Eighty prisoner were taken by the Japanese, among whom was Lieutenant Maximta. Four Held pieces, one ma chine run and the ammunition ware house were - captured. The Japanese lose was about seveaty teen killed and wounded. The Russia loaf about 169 DRUNKEN CLERK SHOT THREE Awful Deed of a Man Made Deeper ate By Drink. Pensacola, Fla., Special. Crazed with drink and the thought that he was to be discharged, William F. Wil liams, a salesman In the clothing store of John White, late Tuesday afternoon walked up to the office where Mr. White was sitting reading and shot him dead. He. turned his revolver up on another salesman, Ed. Dansby, and inflicted a mortal wound in the back, then fired upon James White, the man ager and son of the proprietor, the bullet passing through his lungs and causing a wound from which it is ex pected that he will die before morn ing. Another clerk was fired upon, but the bullet went wide of the mark. All during the day Williams seemed nervous, and later in the afternoon he began to imbibe to such an extent that it was noticed about the store and some remark was made by the proprietor. This infuriated Williams, it seems, and without a word he walk ed to his coat, took therefrom a new revolver and walking up close to Mr. White, fired, the bullet striking him near the right ear and passing out on the left side. White never moved. Girl Held Without Bail. New York, Special. Berthe Claiche, on trial by a coroner's jury for killing Emil Gerdorn, on July 9, was held responsible for his death and was com mitted to the Tombs prison without ball. Subsequently she was indicted by the grand Jury. After enticing Berthe Claiche to America from France under a false promise of marriage, Gerdorn forced the girl to go on the streets and earn a living for him at the sacrifice of huf own good name. His excessivo cruel ty caused the girl to have Gerdorn arrested on July 9, and then frightened by his threatening attitude she shot him while the police were in the act of making the arrest. Negroes Moved to Anniston. Montgomery, Ala.. Special. Follow ing the attempt made Sunday night by mob at Gadsden to take from the county jail five negroes charged with criminally assaulting and murdering Mrs. S. K. Smith, the Governor Sunday ordered the alleged criminals taken to Anniston for safe-keeping. They will be taken later to Birmingham, where they will remain until their trial. The five negroes were removed under mili tary escort, Company C, of the Third Alabama Regiment, accompanying them. Stunned by Lightning. Winston-Salem, Special. During a baseball game at Fairview Park, be tween two colored teams Tuesday af ternoon about 5.30 o'clock, lightning struck near the grand-stand, which was occupied by some 500 people, stun ning two negroes. Will Harris and Ar thur Palmer, the former seriously. No other damage resulted. Governor Glenn was In the grand stand, but was not shocked. Telegraphic Briefs. Charles D. Graham, of New York, and William J. Glover, of Baltimore, successfully swam the lower-rapids of Niagara river Tuesday afternoon, cov ering the distance of four miles in 28 minutes. Emil Arton, sentenced to eight years Imprisonment for complicity in the old Panama Canal scandal, was found dead Tuesday in hi apartments. It is pre sumed that he committed suicide. A negro attempted an assault upon the daughter of a prominent citizen of Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday and has been captured by a posse of townsmen. The sheriff of the county has gone to prevent a lynching. Secretary Wilson has Instituted an investigation Into the report that a certain female employe of the Agricul tural Department is guilty of having sold the questions to be asked in the civil service examinations. Alabama troops In annual encamp ment at Montgomery are charged with looting the store of a negro Tuesday, while he was held at bay by rifles. The affair- has been reported to the civil authorities and also to the government official. The accident bulletin Issued for the quarter beginning with January last and ending with March, shows that during that time ther were 28 passen gers and S04 employe of the railroad killed and 1.661 passengers and t.062 employes Injured, making a total of killed, 331 and a total of injured, 3. 7S1. In all train accident. An Investigation which has been go ing on under the supervision of a spec ial committee from the South Carolina Legislature ha revealed startling facta In onnection with the flnancea of Greenville county. Sensational result are expected to follow, and prominent men hare been arrested. The cruiser Maryland broke the rec ord for speed in filling her coal bunker. WILL NOT BE EASY Statement From High Official That tbe Japanese Will Show No Leniency HAVE ABUNDANT RESOURCES LEFT The Minister to London Says the Pub lic Evidenly Mistake the Japanese For Angels in Thinking the Peace Terms Will Be Moderate The Bar on Said That Russia Had Named Good Men as Plenipotentiaries, But All Depends Upon the Powers Con ferred Upon Them. London, By Cable. Baron Hayashi, the Japanese minister here, said to the Associated Press that Russia had ap pointed good men as peace plenipoten tiaries. Nevertheless even M. Witte and Baron Rosen had not inspired Japan with confidence in a favorable outcome of the negotiations. "We do not know," the minister added, "what powers have been delegated to them and after the events of the past 18 months Japan puts faith only In accomplished facts. The terms will be communicated only at the conference. Then we will dis cover what powers the Russian pleni potentiaries possess." The Associated Press representative suggested that the general opinion pre vailed that the Japanese terms will be moderate. "I cannot see where people get such an Idea," replied tbe minister, "the public evidently mistake the Japanese for angels." Minister Hayashi, intimated that Japan was ready to continue the war unless she secures suitable terms. He called attention to the fact that prac tically the entire sum realized by the last two loans was unexpended and said the capture of the Island of Sak halin was not precipitated by the ap proach of the conference, but -was a natural sequence of the Japanese cam paign the plans for which had not been altered Bince Russia acceded to the con ference. An earlier attack on the island was not undertaken principally because of the severe winter and because the summer season was preferrable for campaigning and the establishment of a new government in the island. Swam the Niagara. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Special Car lisle D. Graham, of this city, and William J. Glover, J., of Baltimore, Md., successfully swam the lower rap ids of the Niagara river from the American side of the whirlpool to Lewlston Monday afternoon. The dis tance o four miles was covered in 26 minutes by Glover. The start was made at 4:02 p. m. from Flatrock, which is on the American side. The swimmers did not venture in the up per rapids, where Captain Webb lost his life. Both men wore life belts and inflat ed rubber rings around their necks. From the start Glover took the lead. He entered the rapids about a minute ahead of Graham. Until the Devil's Hole was reached the swift current and roaring rapids had the swimmers in their grasp. At that point a swirl ing eddy caught Glover, and he was down nearly two minutes. His life belts saved him. Graham by this time had gained on Glover, and when the two men reached the end of the rapids Just above the suspension bridge at Lewlston there was but lit tle distance between them. Swim ming In the swift, smooth current was hard for Graham, but evidently easy for Glover. At 4:28 o'clock Glover was pulled up on the dock at Lewlston. He was dressed and about 15 minutes later telling his story. Graham was taken to a hotel in a wagon and did nnr innvA hed until late in the after noon. Neither of the men was in jured. Woman Rural Carrier Injured. Burlington, Special. Mrs. Alice Fowler, rural mail carrier on a route from Burlington, was driving near the railroad in her mail delivery wagon when her horse became frightened at a passing train near Elon College and ran away, turning the wagon over and inflicting very painful injuries on Mrs. Fowler. She was badly bruised about the face and head and had one finger broken, Qoea to Secure Evidence. Washington, Special. Morgan H. Beach, tbe United States attorney for the District of Columbia, who I in charge of the Investigation into the cotton crop scandal, has gon to New York In search of evidence. He de clined to make any statement before leaving Washington, but It is under stood that he Intend to interview U C. Van Riper and other New York brok ers who mad disclosures of the meth od employed by former Associate Sta tistics. Edwin B. Holme, who is al leged to have need advance informa tion for the tnanclal benefit of himself and certain brokers. TEXTILE NEWS OF INTEREST Cotton MHI Notes. A Record msa asked a prominent cot ton manufacturer if there were many new cotton mills under way in North Carolina at present. He said there were not and probably would be put few for some years to come. The trouble with the cotton mill business is two-fold. One trouble Is the speculation in cotton, which keeps the price in such an unset tled condition that the manufacturer can hardly tell what his goods cost him and can maintain no standard of values for them, and another reason is that labor is getting so scarce in North Carolina that the mills that are now running are practically all short of help. In England there is an aboua- dance of skilled cotton mill labor. Why cannot some effort be made to get some of it to this country where there is- an ever increasing demand for workers? The South is the natural centre of the cotton mill industry and should, be more the actual one. Greensboro Record. The American Cotton Company, o Greensboro, has been chartered to deal in municipal bonds and all other kinds of securities, in seed cotton and to gin and othherwise prepare the latter; to build ginning and cleaning machinery; to build cotton mills, export cotton, etc. the capital stock being $250,000. The stockholders are Solomon N. Cone, Ju lius W. Cnne, David Dreyfus, Thomas Crab tree and Nell Ellington. Mr. Mike Brown, of Barnwell, S. C, is said to be the cross-tie king. He fur nishes ties to many railways and han dles them in very large quantities. He is ready to buy ties at all times and in any part of the country, and equally ready to sell ties at all times aad in any part of the country. A big plant to make cast iron pipe is being erected at Sheffield, Ala. The cost will be $500,000. TEXTILE NOTES. The glnners of Texas will meet at College Station July 25. The Abbeville, (S. C.) Cotton Mills has declared a dividend of 3 per cent. The Palmetto Cotton Mills of Colum bia, S. C, expects to install a ciotn press and a lathe. The Eagle & Phenix Mills, Colum bus, Ga., has declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent. The American Cotton Manufactur ers' Association will hold its next an nual meeting in May, 1900, at Asne ville, N. C. The Yazoo Yarn Mills, reported last week as incorporated with capital stock of $80,000, is for the purpose of buying the Yazoo Cotton Mills at Ya zoo City, Miss. The company will ef fect permanent organization about July 15. The American Net & Twine Co., H. F. Williamson, agent. Anniston, Ala., states that there is no truth in the re cent reports that the company will build an addition to its plant. This company manufactures nets, seines, lines, and twines, having mills at An niston and at East Cambridge, Mass. The plant formerly operated at Greensboro, N. C, by the Van Deven ter Carpet Co. has recently passed to the ownership ot the Marshall Mills. This company was referred to last week. It is manufacturing stair and art squares, and Is composed of the following: Watson Whlttleysey, pres ident. East Orange, N. J.; Foster M. Voorhees, secretary, Elizabeth, N. J.; and Franklin P. Marshall, treasurer, Greensboro, N. C. Reference was made recently to the purchase of the Eastman Cotton Mills, Eastman, Ga., by W. H. Cotter and as sociates, and to their intention of pro viding improvements to the plant. The company has awarded contract for new machinery to the Lowell Ma chine Shops of Lowell, Mass., and to the Draper Company of Hopedale. Mass. This equipment is beginning to arrive, and will be in position by the end of August R. H. Wright of the Russell Woolen Mill Co., Morristown, Tenn., will take charge of the Cumberland Gap Woolen Mills at Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and add six knitting machines. The mill will then operate an equipment of 480 spindles, 24 looms, two sets of 40-Inch cards, beside the knitting machinery Yarns, jeans, cassimere, flannel blank ets and woolen and cotton hosiery will be manufactured. Mr. Wright will lo cate in Cumberland Gap by September L The Highland Park Manufacturing Jo Charlotte, N. C, Is completing the installation of electric power, super seding steam in its plant. The wiring ha been finished, the transformers are In position, aad the six motor are ready for installing. There will be two 76-horse-power motor In the carding and spinning room, also a SO and a 40-horse-power motor, and In the weaving room there will be a 150-horse-power motor and a 75-horse-power motor. Plans are progressing for the estab lishment of the knitting mill referred to but week as proposed at Rock wood, Tenn. Tbe company will have a capi tal stock of $44,000, which la said to have been subscribed, and sjs spoil ca Moa for Incorporation wl be filed. TOBACCO STATISTICS Tk Govern sent WW Withhold Them Pending Investigation TRUST AGENTS IN DEPARTMENTS Numerous Charges From Southern Sources Lead Secretary Wilson to Begin an Investigation In Deference to the Sentiment That the Depart ment's Figures Were Wholly Incor. rect Special Agents Sent to Ken tucky and Tennessee Statistics Partly Held Up Pending the Inquiry. Washington, Special.-f-Through the receipt of numerous communication from the South and statement in the press at various times that the statis tics of the Department of Agriculture on tobacco were being manipulated la the interest of the so-called' tobacco trust, Secretary Wilson has- begun an Inquiry into the subject Pending the Investigation, the publication of the tobacco statistics of the several dis tricts will be held up, although the regular monthly figures by States will be given out Monday next It was stated at the Department that pedal agents have been' sent to the dark tobacco districts of Tennessee and Kentucky for the purpose of veri fying or correcting the Department' figures. This action Mr. Hyde, the chief statistian, said,, was- in deference to the sentiment which had been en gendered that the Department's figure were wholly incorrect Mr. Hyde ha been gfven direct charge of the investi gation, which, it is expected, will be concluded within two or three weeks. New Directors. New York, Special. Twelve new di rectors were chosen, and the resigna tions of two old directors and1 one re cently elected . were accepted' by the board of directors ot the "Equitable Life Assurance Society. The director who resigned were: General Louis Fitzgerald, former president of the Mercantile Trust Company; Horace C Demlng, who is now president of that Institution, and Frederick G. Bourne, who was chosen at the last meeting of tho board. The Mercantile Trust Com pany is controlled by the Equitable So ciety. The full list of the newly-elected directors follows: To fill vacancies in the term expir ing December 31, 1905. Wallace L. Pierce, of Boston; Daniel A. Tompkins, of Charlotte; Thomas S. Spratt, of Og densburg, N. Y.; Louis Stern, of New York; Frank S. Witherbee, of New York; James McMahon, of New York. For term to expire December 31, 1906; Williard F. McCook, of Philadelphia; Congressman Charles E. Littlefield, ot Rockland, Me. For term to expire De cember 31, 1907: Nevada N. Stranahan, collector of the port of New York; D. Cady Herrick ,of Albany. For the term to expire December 81, 1908: Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University; Charles H. Zehn der, of Philadelphia. No Grudge Against Wilson. New York, Special. President Wal ter C. Hubbard, of the New York Cot ton Exchange sent the following com munication to the Associated Press: "Permit me to ask you very kindly to correct a misapprehension of the press In regard to my letter to Presi dent Roosevelt concerning the disclo sures in the Departemnt of Agricul ture. "I have never written to Secretary Wilson and my letter was not the se quel of any correspondence with him conducted by my brother, Samuel T. Hubbard, when president of the New York Cotton Exchange. "My note was prompted simply by the recent revelations and had for It purpose solely to make a dear state- , ment of the attitude of our exchange." ' Will Aid Investigation. Washington, SpeciaL Richard Cheatham, secretary of the Southern. Cotton Association, was in lengthy conference with District Attorney Beach and Mr. Moran, acting chief of the secret service division, regarding the recent cotton investigation. Mr. . Cheatham proposes to remain here for some time, and will assist la the preparation of evidence upon which possible criminal prosecutions will be based. Telegraphic Briefs. M. Serglus Witte ha been appointed chief peace plenipotentiary for Rus sia. It la stated a German Swedish alli ance is probable. In the House of Common Premier Balfour stated no further negotiations had beea had regarding- President Roosevelt's call for a second peace con ference at The Hague. Twenty-four leader ot ths Odessa riot were hanged. . , A violent scene occurred . la the rrench Chamber of Deputies daring a debate on ta Amnesty bill, which w killed.
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