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The News la Devoted to the ...I Upbuilding if.. ... g Polk County. 1 ' t br I The News V p D ta P I- ' 1 -I Ii Unsurpassed as an Ad . Yertisiag Medina... ... ;4 " Rates Low. n ii OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINQS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $i.oo PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. IX- COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH, 3, .1904. NO. 46. , pii aw . t - 1 " I S1 a- AY. J . VVAXrO' V . j i I Japs Repilsed In At- -tmpt-to Bottle Harbor At Port rthur And. Lose Four , Vsels In TliBir Effort to ; Blot Entrance. EFFORTS TO EDO WAR Are . Being . Made by lCirf Edward Many Unofficial Rumors A floret as to Damage to Mikado's Vessels No N&ws Given by Japs. Juondon, Feb. 23. Efforts to end the war between Japan and Russia are be ing made by King Edward, according to a dispatch, from Paris today. : The bearer of the proposals from the King to the Czar is said to be Count Benckendctf, Russian ambassador to Great Britain, who left London hur riedly SatDvday. It is said that intima tions ha. r been received that Russia would acoetp overtures for peace on a reasonable basis. As England is a friend acd ally- of Japan, it ii believed that no move would be undertaken by the Kfrff without an understanding witb that power. All Japan demanded bere hostilities began was a guaran tee of the integrity of krea and the sovereignty of China in Manchuria. BeAin, Fob. 23. The Cologne Ga zette says Sweeden, Norway and Den mark are making negotiations to de clde.what to do if the Japanese-Russian war is extended. These governments are desirous of adopting a common, policy to protect their gret oast linos. Tien Tsin, Feb. 23. A Chinese mill tary movement toward the Manchurian border has begun. Five thousand Chines calvary left today for Shan-Hai-Kwan, at the end of : the Great waii."- Berlin, Feb: 23 A dispatch from Tokio say 500 Russian cavalry have des troyed the, telegraph lines at Anju, seventy miles south of the Yalu River. A clash with Japanese on land is expec ted any time. Tokia, Feb. 23. The Empress has aroused great enthusiasm by reducing hi hnrlv trnard and ordering them to the army. It is said Russian scouts are advancing from Yalu. Six. hundred have reached Sun Chin and others are marching toward Wonaon, Wei-Hal-Wei, Feb. 23 The British Steamer Chin Ping from Da.lny reports being fired upon by Russians and hit &AVAT1 times. A Russian pilot, boat Inv nut of Dalnv hit a mine and blew up. : Chif a, Wednesday Noon Passengers tm ihe German shio Gouverneur which arrived from Chin-Wang-Tao heard rrni nuous firin ar be tween one and four - o'clock this morning off-Port Arthur. The captain saw the. red flashes of guns from the posts. - The night was moon less and no ships sighted. However, it Is likely that an attempt was made by the Japanese to steal up to the en trance of the port. The weather fa Yored the enterprise. ; 4 Pi M. The Bussian consul here has recei ved a report stating that Port Arthur was attacked after midnight February 23 acd that .four Japanese vessels, were destroyed. I 7 P. M. The bombardment this morning by the Japanese appears have been ineffective. They lost three or four ships. It is reported that Port Arthur was undamaged, and the Rus sian fleet remained in the harbor. Five thnneanrt Russian troops . have been VM-VWWWMV moved from Mukden to Hsin Minting. In the villages along the west side of the Llatung peninsula preparations are "Kftlntr mada to cut off anv small bodies of Russian troops. " : V . T :; There is plenty ammunition and .'plen ty volunteers. Money is being sup plied by the rich? Ten thousand people have already been enrolled and the movement is spreading and the bandits who have been disorganized by Russian influence for two years are reorganiz ing with the intention of carrying on anese expect a considerable amount of assistance from the natives- Japanese predict that a battle will be fought in Corea witbiu a week . London Wednesday. Ar dispatch to Reuter's telegram company from St. Petersburg, sent at 11 o'clock tonight says that on February 23, the .Japanese attempted to send four steamers .filled with explosives " among the : fleet Tin Port Arthur harbor. . . These "fire ships' did no damage and were them selves destroyed,' two being sunk and two going ashore. Two Japanese boats escorting the fire ships were destroyed by the Russian guus. St. Petersburg, Thursday, 12:10 A.M. v-The wildest rumors are afloat here re-1 gardmg tt-e reported Japanese repulse j at Port Arthur, but up to midnight nothing official could be learned. An J official bulletin is expected soon. It is I reported unomcialiy that tne Japanese, 1 while attempting to land at - Pigeon Bay, lost two cruisers and two trans- ports. Berlin, Feb. 24. Private advices from St. Petersburg state that' the gov ernment has decided to issue an inter national loan of three hundred million roubles. St. Petersburg, Feb. 24. It is offi cially announced from Port Arthur that four Japanese battleships and two Japa- nese transports nave oeen suntc in a fresh attack on Port Arthur The at tack was repulsed. London, Feb. 24. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says that an official message receiyed there reports that four Japa nese battleships and three transports were sunk in a battle off Port Arthur. Passengers who arri ved on the Ger-! man steamship Jaeschi announce that they heard continuous firing, off Port A rthur betwArul . rJ.-A ..rtiilwl-i morning. The night was moonless. There is no doubt that the Japanese tried to steal an entrance into the har bor and were repulsed. Ghefoo, Feb, 24. ;. The steamer Gov- erneur Jaeschi, while passing Port Ar thur at 3 o'clock this morning, heard heavy firing in that direction., There is a persistent rumor abroad that sever al Japanese warships have been disa bled, but so far it is unconfirmed. An other steamer, passing Dalny about the same time that the Jaeschi was off Port Arthur, reports that she heard no,u over Western North Carolina in that - firing. Thirteen Japanese .warships are said to have passed Wei Hai-Wei to-day, neading east, rnere were six teen ships in the original fleet. Paris, Feb. 24. A dispatch faom Se oul says that two and one-half divisions of the Japanese army, a total of 40,000 men, have landed at Chemulpo." The Japanese have fortified Ping Yang and are throwing out scouting parties to ward tho Yalu Riven - Seoul, Feb. 24. The -Russians are keeping open the communications be tween Wije and Anju. Beyond this they have not advanced southward. Russian spies are known to be in the vicinity of Ping" Yang, The inhabi tants are in a panic. - St. Petersburg, Feb. 24, Public feel- r- " ' -..:-,-rr ThA nAwsnknBra arA ' nnhlishinrr glowing eulogies of them and they en- joy high esteem and full confidence in all quarters. ' : ; ; - The Czar, in thanking the St. Peters - burg Zerastov for a loyal address pre - sented to his majesty at the winter pal- tvlav: aaidi ThA ATDrejsionaof pttriotism from, all parts of . Russia greatly console me in this difficult time. Trusting in God's help and convinced of the justice of our cause, I am per - suaded that the army and fleet will do all that is becominer to the valiant arms of Russia to maintain the honor and the glory of the empire. ' London, Feb, 24. The Japanese lega tion has no confirmation of the report that three Japanese officers were hang ed bv the Russians for an attempt to blow up the Sangari Railway bridge in Manchuria. The report is not believed. The authorities consider it more likely that the men Were really coolies, and not officers disguised. A careful search of the Japanese army list fails , to dis cover the identityof the alleged officers, : j (Continued on 4th page.) Ill THE PUBLIC EVE ii it is our purpose to give from time to time, lander the above caption, a brief sketch of men prominent in of ficial and political circles, both; state and national. We may be unable to secure data and photographs for every issue, but shall endeaver to give our readers something of the kind at fre quent! intervals. To-day we are pleas ed to present lion. a. is. varner, our efficient Commissioner of . Labor and Printing and President of . the North i Carolina Press Association, : - Hon. H. B. Varner. " ' Responsibility is always commensu rate with power and influence, : and since the influence of a man. in a public position is so- great, his responsibility must be equally so. Henry B. Varner is a man who never shirked a responsi- bility, nor wielded an Influence that he did not believe was good and rieht, There are men who boast that they are J iamuiar with all the tricks of the pout- cal game, but Mr. Varner never made I any such boast. He has accomplished wnat ne nas tnrougn deserved merit, Solely and alone he has made the fight. open banded and above board, and has won.. .: ., --' Mr. Varner was born on April 12th, eon; hvb. varner. 1870, aud received his nomination to the position to which he has been elected on his birthday. Mr. Varner was .born and reared on a farm, and consequently did not have any educational .advanta ges other than those , offered by the public schools of the neighborhood. He worked on the farm and attended school for some weeks or months at a time until he was almost grown, lie then became an agent for the Pomona Nurseries, - and travelled extensively Or V V V V VObVI I A W VU VMVI41W WUMW capacity. During President Cleye- land's second administration Mr. Var- ner held a position in the revenue ser vice. ;w; :: On May 4th, 1896, Mr. Varner resign ed. his position to become editor of the Lexington Dispatch, which, be has con ducted with great success. When Mr. Varner took charge . the paper had a circulation of about 625 subscribers, which under M Varner's able and en- terprisintr management, has run up to 7,800.". " . , '' Mr. Varner has been Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of his county since 1897. and held that posi tion during the memorable campaign of 1898 when the majority in the county kit to n - Ia ftno Trr-Jin v, w9 ln at one time a member of . the State nomHfint.ivft(WmU.t, Mr. Varner in a Mason, a Knteht of i .. - -. : r -: : Pt.a.i W mw nf t.hA .Tnnlnr hrmU nnt r mmhAiof ahv : church. he attend, the services of the Presbyte- I rians. He Is held in high regard by 1 members of the newspaper profession 1 anc has twice been a delegate to tne l National Uidltonai Association, - ana is . member of the Executive Committee ofthathodv. He was married on the 1 20th day of December, low, to Miss J Florence Comstock. , He ; was elected 1 Commissioner of-Labor and Printing J at the August election, receiving 186, 1 493 votes against 126,480 for J. T- Ham- 1 rickhis competitor. Mr. Varner was I iust 30 years old the day he was nomi- f ... nated for Commissioner of Labor and Printing on April 12, 1900. Mr. Varner Is a devoted Democrat and one of the most honorable men in North Carolina; His record in the po 'siti'on to which he has been elected and in the performance of the duties there of have been commensurate with his past life, which has been, conducted on the highest fixed principles and which has ever won for him the respect and confidence of the people; and his unaf fected i politeness, : his courtesy- and frankness have made him a host of atroufir personal friends wherever he f,lE If 18 RATIFIED AT LAST C&nal.Treaty Approved by a Vote " . i of 66 to 14 DEMOCRATS WERE DIVIDED Sbiteen For and Seventeen.Agaipst Simmons and Overman on Opposite Sides. Washington, Feb. 23. The Senate at 12:30 went into executive session to dis pose of ther Panama canal treaty, Mr. Bacon, of Georgia, made a speech in support of his amendment, which was voted upon by roll call and defeated 24 to 49 divided on party lines. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, offered four amendments upon which ha did not demand a yea and nay vote, saying he knew very well that they1 would be defeated. His first amendment enlarg- ed Article 1, guaranteeing and main taining the independence of the repub- lie of Panama. His second was intend ed to strengthen the artiele providing that in case of any change ot form of. the government of Panama, or in case of the absorption of Panama by another power, or In case of Panama joining any confederation, the rights of the United States acquired under the treaty should not be affected. A third amend ment remodeled the language of Article 22, relating to the "contemplated pur chase by the United States from the New Panama .Canal Company" of its franchise and property. The fourth amendment was a minor change in an otbjer article. Mr Morgan made a speech advocating the adoption of his amendments They were all rejected by a viva voce vote. Mr. ' Cuthberson, of Texas, made a speech declaring that the president had not acted within a reasonable time in obtaining the rights from Colombia for the Panama canal, and arrued there fore that the Nicaragua route should havebe.en taken up. lie quoted from confidential documents sent to the Sen ate by t he president bearing on the state of affairs at Bogota before the AftewposinFor the -amendments the Senate then ratified the treaty by a I vote of 66 to 14. The death of Mr. TTnnna leaves the membershit) of the I Senate at 89. "Nine senators were pair- ed, two on the affirmative being requlr- j I ed to effect one on the negative, a two- thirds majority beingrequi red to ratify. If every senator had been present, the vote would have stood. Ayes 72; noes 17. The vote for ratification stood: Allee, Allison, Ankey, Ball. Bard, Bev eridge, Burnham, Burrows, Clapp, Clark, (Wyoming.) Cullom, Depew, . V T" 1 1 T A I Deitrick, f' 1 Elkin! Fairbankj Foraker t ryeuH ton, uainnger, uamoie, uaie, tians- brough, Hey burn, Hoar, Hopkins, Kean, Kearns, Kitridpe, Lodge, Long, McCo- mas, McCumber. Millard, Mitchell, Nel- son, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt, (Connect- icut.) r Piatt, (New York, ) Proctor, Quarles, Scott, Smoot, Spooner, Stew- art, Warren, Wetmore 52. Democrats Bacon; Berry, Clarke, (Arkansas,) ; Clay, Cockrell, Foster, fLouMana.l Gibson. Latimer, McCreary, McEnerv, Mallory, Money, Simmons, Taliaferro -14. - Total 66". . Nays. : Democrats Bailey, Bate, i Blackburn, Carmack, Culberson, Dan- lei, Dubois, Gorman, Morgan, Newlands. Patterson, Pettus, Teller and Tillman , . . . A. the treaty-Ke- publicans-Foster, Washington. Haw- ley, Burton and Quarles 4; ; Democrats , r..I .tv,-,. Paired against the treaty Democrats OVerman7icL.anrin ana mznm-. - I has been. i Prominent among Mr. varner's per- Mnal traits is his sound and discrimi- nating judgment and his fearless and impartial fHanharo-A of official and nri yate duties. ' He is a man of spotless in tegrity and quick apprehension, accu racy j method and faithfulness in busi ness. These qualities make him an ac knowledged leader. Decision of char acter, tact and sagacity . are indicated in every line of his strong earnest face, and when united with his; strong phy sique, the picture Is complete, of a man born to achieve success and to com mand the confidence of his associates. ; At the July meeting - of the . North Carolina Press association -held at Wrightsville Beach last summer Mr. Varner was unanimously-elected ? presi dent of that organization, which posi tion he has filled with ability and cour- tesv. - His friends will aslc for a re- nomination for the office of Commis- RionAr of Labor and Printing whed the democratic State convention- meets. That he has made a capable official ia admitted by all. Cbng . On SHOOTS HIS OWN DAUGHTER And In Turn is Killed by Her En raged Husband. Asheville, Feb. 24. Information reached here this morning from Marshall, that a terrible tragedy was enacted on Cali fornia Creek, in Madison county, last night. According to the story as told by the gentleman from Marshall, a young man named Henslcy, sou "of N. Hensley, and a daughter of Tom Kess, eloped Monday or Sunday night, and were married. Learning of theelopment and marriage the father of the bride sent a message to the young couple, telling them to come home. The bride and groom believing that Mr. Kess wished them to return to receive his bless ing, immediately turned about aud went to the girl's former home- When the bride and groom of a few hours entered the Kess home the father of the bride drew his pistol and Bhot his daughter, inflicting, it is said. wounds that will prove fatal. Young Hensley then turned upon his father-in-law. wrenched the pistol from him and shot him dead. To the writer it is not known whether Mr. .Hensley has been arrested. Charlotte News, MORTGAGE ON THE BIG SHOW Uncle Sam Holds Grip on St. Louis Exposition. . Washington,' February 24. A mortgage has been executed by the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition .Couipauy to the. United States government to ocver the loan of $4,600,000 authorized by congress to be made to the company. Secretary Shaw now has the mortgage in his possession.' One million "dollars will be paid over to the company in a few days' $2,000,000 will be paid iu March. $1,000,000 iu April and $600,000 in May. The mortgage covers the gate receipts of the fair and repayment cf the amount loaned will be made inrjune. 6fTaiTurenrffiWn company to Dav - promptly the amount loaned, the government shall take charge of the fair anrt mn it The government agent in the mller.tion bt the money is Robert A. Fullerton, of Iowa. He will see that the government promptly" gets its quota of the I gum taken in at the gates. He will receive ohe-teoth of one per ceut of the sum coi-1 lected for his services. ' - , . ; - : NEGRO Gl LES LOb to h lo O U 1 1 . - C,jnreme Court Holds That WO I Federal Question IS Involved, rewra yiiwi u Washington, Feb. J. in tne supreme jvA of the United States today an opinion wa8 handed .down by Justice Day in the J cage of Jackson Giles against ;the be ard of reenstration of Montzomerv county, Ala- bama. dismissing the case for want of jurisdiction, no federal question being involved. ' The case involved the suffrage I clause of the new constitution of Alabama. J The proposition was an attack cn the rlisnriminaaun aarainst the colored race, of which Giles is a member, decision is against Giles. In effect the OlNAIUK lYIAn f MANNA o WILLI tm i 3.000.000 Dollars Left to HlS FamilVi ,J Cleveland, February 23.-By the will of the late senator M.- A. Hanna, pro bated today, an estate valued at about $3,000,000 is left to the family. : There are no public bequests. -The principal beneficiaries are the widow, Mrs, Charlotte Augusta Hanna; the son, Daniel Rhodes Hanna; the two daughters, Mabel Augusta Hanna Tar- uduguiB, ",f - aonsMrs. Ruth f cCrmick, wife of Medlll MCormiCK, oi vmwgu A sis- T.iiiian i T.. Hanna' m awm. is ui veu . . - - . r . r t t z in nno. An aunt. Mrs. Helen converse is given $1,000 and each of the grand- J - . . children $5,000. The widow is given the .homestead property, all its lur- nishings, the stabes and the library in lieu of one years support. Mr. Whitney's WIH, ATinola. Ia. Beb.. 24. The will of the late Wiiliam C. Whitney was filed here for probate today. Harry j Payne Whitney, his eldest son, is- made sole executor and trustee. The amount and v1 ii 2 of the estate are not given. It bequests fi?e tenths to myon Harry Payne Whitney, one-tenth to my nancrhter. Pauline Whitney,, one : tenth to m v son Payne, Tand : three tenths to mv danrhter Dorothv. . Eraipro Gudg vements Our Congressman Addresses Dortant Sudjeet. his coiistFtoeiits He Says, Are An Ari : cultural People -He Cites Many Reasons Why We Should Be Granted an Appropri ationOther News. Washington, Feb. 23. While the na val appropriation bill, was under con. sideration, Congressman :Gudger took advantage of the latitude allowed in de bate t0 6ay, Tn part: ' Mr. Chairman, for the last half centu ry the laboring people of this nation have toiled and struggled under the burden of heavy taxes, direct or indi rect, and the result of this is that mil lions of dollars, have been and are now stored in the national treaaurv. Th money is to be spent for 'defraying the current expenses of the government or for appropriations for public purposes. These appropriations cover a wide range of objectSj.but there is one, however, which always carries millions of dollars it is for rivers, and' harbors, to im prove the waterways of -this country. - Hand in hand with this should be a like appropriation for the improvement of the public hierbwavs of thin and today, inthe name of the farmers urge that an annual ( appropriation be made to assist in openintr up and build ing public highways for the use and ben efit of the agricultural and every class of our population. I have the. honor of representing one of the most, if not the most, beau j tiful and picturesque mountain districts iQ the whole country. Our streams burst Trom Lho. mountain glens and trickle into the sylvan valleys! . they French Broad, Tuckaseegee, Hiawassee and other rivers, but none of these have been improved by an appropriation any effort would subtract from the handiwork of nature- Mine is an In land district where mountains lift their gigantic heads to uch altitude that from r Mitchell's .Peak and ; Pisgah's dome a view may be had of four different States. "My people are an agricultural peo ple. They belong - to that class who have borne their burden of taxation without a murmur. They liave wit nessed the appropriation of the 'money paid by them as taxes for any purpose that a ma jority in this Congress might decide to appropriate the same for, and i w r- v. r i district has been a political as well as a geographic part of this country sicce the days of the thirteen original colo nies. -Her quota of men In arms were at King's Mountain, Cowpens, New Or leans, and in Mexico. During the civil war she had more men under Lee, Jack- I son, Johnston, and Pettigrew than she had voters. In, every great . crisis of our country's history she has bled for the right, as God gives . her light to see" iu,: jr,y- '..w.:.' - . ' During all this iime my district has not had, as I now recall, one single dollar an annronriatfon for anv bub. S: iic purpose, except one smaii item i - . -. u I u ii m n in.i i iiiiii 11 ei j unn ntiu i & - -- - -. .UUU4U w ."""T" V nu uuhuw wii I.ai.l-I - - L..!MI.. i-. ..Ail I of repairs, and I am asking for the present Congress - an appropriation to i cover the expense of same. A number of New -York papers have of late published , editorial allusions to the bill. introduced hy Senator Simmons to establish an immigrant bureau on Ellis Island, with a view to making an exhibit of the products of the various states and thus induce a more general distribution of desirable immigrants. These expressions have 'been in the na-: ture i' of commendation, and it is hoped that Mr. Simmons will have the active assistance of the New York senators in urging the passage of his bill, which re- cently received the formal endorsement lof the commissioner of immigration. House upon Is guerrilla war. It is clear that the Jap- - . i- .
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