North Carolina Newspapers

The News The News Is Unsurpassed as an Ad vertising Median. ..... .. Rates Low. Upbuilding of w Polk County. v OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF POLK COUNTY. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL TK1NQS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. VOL. X, COLUMBUS, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1904. NO. 7 , t-r : : 1- VICTORIES COST JAPAN MANY LIVES " ,. - : Lost 3,000 Killed and Wound ed In Late Battles. x CAPTURED FIFTY RUSSIAN GUNS &evere and Bloody Fighting has Been Going'on at the Seat'of War irrthe Far East Attack or Seige of Por? Arthur Expected. Tokio, May 28. Japan paid heavily for her victory at Kin Chou, Nan Shan and Talienwan, losing 3000 men . t killed and wounded in th rnet?- assaults against these positions, but she scored a sweeping and valuable victory over' the Russians. Washington, May 28. The following cablegram from th fnroi l i lokio was received at the Japanese legation, today: Tokio, May 28. The commander oi the attacking army at Kin Chou re ports that, a detachment of our troops consisting of infantry artillery and en gineers occupied Nan Kwan Ling on the morning of May 27.- The enemy fled in the direction ot Port Arthur, after burning a railroad station at Shan Chi Hli-Tao, north west of Dalny. On the 26th our troops captured 50 guns besides many other things. The number of the enemy's dead alone .left on the field amounted to 400. Our casualties, including dead and wunoded,. is estimated at 3,000..' Japs Still Undaunted. Tokio, May 28. 10 a. m. The Japa nese are not seriously disturbed by the Russian operations in eastern Korea. The movements of the Cossack caval ry and battery of guns that accompa nies them is -being closely watched by the Japanese who are confident in their ability to protect their communi- communications from Chi- n win nnsx r I the land nampho to Wiju The loss of their naval power compete the Russians to avoid, the sea along the eastern coast of Korea and limit? their operations' to the land. Transportation difficulties prevent the concentration and opera tion of a large land force. Casualties on Battleships. Tokio, May 28. 10 a. m. Revised figures show that ; 61 non-commissioned officers and 378 blue jackets, were killed arid drowned, seven, officers, 13 non-commissioned officers and 5 bluejackets seriously wounded and 12 bluejackets seriously wounded in the sinking of the Japanese battleship Hatsuse by a mine off Port Arthur-ow May 15. Two hundred and thirty-five non-commissioned officers and men lost their Uvea on the, cruiser Yosh ino, which was rammed and sunk toy the cruiser Kasuga on the same day that the Hatsuse was blown up. The navy department has not yet received a detailed report of the two disasters. To Storm Port Arthur. New Chwang., May 28. Morning. A staff Officer Just from Mukden says the deliberation and precision of the ene my has surprised General Kuropatkin who at first believed the Japanese campaign would be one of dashing recklessness" with more theatricaJ display about the maneuvers than strategy. A Chinese merchant just arrivec who left Dalny five days ago saye the Russians, have vacated the town which at the time of his departure had n been occupied by the Japanese forces The latter were still engaged in land ing troops at Kin Chou bay. It is Rn in unrvn pxceiienL auLuuiiLjr mo unir .. i i.c j t. anese plan is to use a,forceji iuu, 000 men in their operations against Prt Art'Tuir" nnd take it by storm in a fortnight. iney realise iuai m ivi tuiAut . j - - r th,B nlnti lOBses iu me cActuuuu ui will be severe, but it is fconstaereu . .. . . j better to risk that than to keep a large army Idle for three months. They do not propose, it is .further said, to penetrate into the ' interior of the country any further than Mukden. The Russian authorities have secur ed two million , pounds in coin bj French steamer. " Thought To Be Suicide." Paris, May 28. The autopsy on thl remains of Allister Evans, known ai Viscount d'Oyley, son of the American dentist. Tr. John EJvans. who died ti, j . , .fir .a.'tTiA' resull tuui Mia buio wt; - of a bullet wound received under mys terlous circumstances was held today. The -result was not announced,-but' i is expected ' theauthorities -are" satis fled that death' resulted from suicide. The Judge in charge - of , the case baa ifind a nrmlt for tho-Durial of th - uuu, wjucu iiaa upcu tiuuni .WT MACON FOR DAVIDSON Macon County Democrats Instructs Its Delegates for Gen. Davidson "A telegram was received yesterday after noon by Louis Bourne from Franklin, Macon county, stating that in convention the Democrats had instructed the delegates to thcstate convention, for Gen. Theodore . Davidson for governor. 1 he instructions also included the names of James MV Gudger, Jr., for Congress and Samuel L. Rogers, of Macop comity, for corporation council . The fact that Macon county instructed for General Davidson shows beyoud doubt that he is gaining strength daily, and his chances for nomination are becoming brighter euch dajr. - MrT Bourne said yesterday that he believ ed General Davidson would be nominated. He said that the factional fight between Steadmau and G'euu was bound to have a bearing on the selection of a candidate. "iSteadman and Glenn," said Mr. Bourne, "win go berore the convention with about lue same number of delegates. The fust ballot will be of little consequence either waye, xcept to show the leader's strength. General Davidson will command the third strongest delegation, and the othtr candi dates are'eoming in'with some strviigth. I don't believe it is possible for either Mr. Sleadman or Mr. Glenn to control eoough votes to get the nomination. The, "result will be that licit her the Sleadman nor the Glenn men will break to either one of these candidates. I know positively that Gene ral Davidson is s ctihd choice with the fol lowers of both these mrn, and also with the other candidates. When they see that their first c'oice cannot be nominated, they will come to General Davidson. His chances for the nomination are of the best and growing brighter daily.' Citizen. DEATH OF COLONEL HOYT. Editor of Greenville Mountaineer Prominent in Church and State. Savannah, Ga., May 27. A special TrOfTl t iTPfm C 1 I I S I.. CV- coionei -Ditb -- proprietor of the Greenville Mountain eer, died this afternoon. Colonel Hoyt served gallantly though out the Civil war, rising from private to colonel of his regiment. In 1885, CoTonel Hoyt was elected president of the State Baptisconvention and was re-el ectetTnine successive times. For twenty years he was once president of the Southern liaptist convention. In 190 ) be was a. candidate for governor on the Prohibition ticket, and was de feated by a small vote. At he recent Democratic State convention he was elected a district delegate to me at rnie Aiinvnntinn. He leaves a widow - three daughters and one son, James A. Hoyt J., city' editor" of the Columbia Sate. , . " ' . PROBABLE UNION, Indications That Plan Proposed Will be Adopted Washington, May 24.-The lUtb quae- . .1 riennial conierence ui wo mcvijuuia, Protest am church the Untied States dications are that the plan of the union proposed by the joint committee oi Methodist 'Protestant .Congregational and United Brethren churches last year, will be adopted. If such action istaken the Congregationalists will consider it at t.hfiir council in Des Moines, Iowa, next October, and the United Brethren will act the following May. If all three churches approve the plan, the proposed general council of the churches, made uaemoers, wm Ha nrcranifi union. lUOltlUK wnoiu uiu- i v. w. . - mata consolidation. The chairman oi ioint committea oncDurcuwumuu,uuo . i i f - Kev. n- WQchino-tnn liiadoen. oi jv JUA 1- ' nhin. reoresentative oi tne juiuuuo, i- - n - v J - r nnno-rftfrational church and tne ivev.ur. o , . W. M. Weekly, ot j Jayion, yjuiu icpiu sentatlve of the United Brethren, were smon? the speakers of today's con ference. " GORMAN OUT WITH WARFIELD. , 1 a I j onr nnnftcpc Rov- Maryland's Senator Opposes bov ' ornnr' FlftCtion. : : y Baltimore; Md., May 24.-aenatoror, naan has completely broken Warfield and taken etive steps, to pre vent the "Governor', election as,a aeiegaie irrro irt tin; Democratic JNationai von Atic IN ationai uou - .... " i i -, z , . - down of the Goyer- ventiou'viThe turning "l:,w, xu, nowmx who comes from i - onni. iKinrtr is Hiiui w uo uiihivw w,u""- the sanVcoanly as the Senator, haa r! wjivs women in fvv v ...,.. in hts Teccnt appoii hfant abpoiutiwntS he nas wuny .. ia ti, recouimendations :of lUlHICKniuu -.--, " j Senator and HIS meuuo. CAT'S RUE UNDER ENGINE. Fireman Tried to Lose It, But (tl Crawled Intone Ash' Pan. Middleton, N. Y , May 25. The per sistence with which "the t came back,' regardless of the many difficulties in its path, caused not a little astonishment to John Ryan, fireman, of a 8iinmHvllUA& Kingston train, who bundled a Urge gray uxooy into a nag whd the intention of (lrop- ping italorgthe Hue. " ;H lul stopped at a station, Kyan let the cat on of the bag. He saw it run under the ;w' gine, but supposed it had gone out or the other side. Tabby, hovi ever, .spec lated with nn, of ?t s the ashpan, where it was found by th? oiler tvhen the train reached Kingston thfty-six imiics tuautuu i ( It was nearly dead from heat and f right, but haS life enough to crawl under the freight house, and twenty-four hourt J ater reappear on Fireman Ryan's front stoop in SuminityiHe where it is now asmied a good home as long as it lives. ! TILLMAN, MONEY, VARDAMAN. Trfese Three Have Respects Paid Them by Rhode Island MinSter. Pawtucket, R, I.. May 25. Today's es- sion of the Rhode Jsland state conference i vogregaiiortai churches, Kev. Dr. Mel-J den, ot Trovldence, a formen resident of the South, in an address on "evils of lynch-i ing. CTiucisea oeuaior Tilimau, or901'th J Carolina, , Senator Money, of Mlsssiijpl, and Governor Yardaman ofjlbe same state, ne saiu: " . :. "In framing the constitution onr fathers Incorporated a guarantee to every man of a fair trial in the courts of justice, "1 bring no wholesale accusation agalntt the South. There are multitudes there who stand firmly for law and order as in New England. But there are others, such men as Tillman, Money and Yardaman are cases in point The i Iterances of these men are scandalous to print." The speaker held that the negro shoold citizenships aria iraggtsbcv uc curjw of the enure strength of the national gov- ment to put down the mob and protect the prisoners. Judge Boyd At North Wllkes boro Judge James E. Boyd, was holding the first term of the New Wilkesboro court last week. The" following with reftrence to Judge Boyd and the court was sent the Charlotte Observer from North Wilkesboro; "Judge Boyd came up today to organize the Wilkesboro Federal court. The first order was that this court be kuown as the Wilkesboro division of the Western District - . m wv . crmrt, comprising the . counties or w uses, Watauga, .Ashe and Alleghany. C. F. Morrison and Clerk McNeill were appoint, ed jury commissioners, and T. M .-Crystel was appointed -court crier. Judge Boyd said that he had never admitted the ne- cessuy for this court, but uow that it was established, h expected the good citizens the execution of the in stAiid hv him in " ,aw. By opposing the court juoge isoyo . . '- . i sam inair io ui.u uipiiniii kw people of Wilkes any unkinduess, but that concluding his remarks he said that he did not CAtne to'; deliver a lecture, but that he was accustomed to' talking when there was nniuing miu.i. ouugc D,Fy.Ufi nothing to do. Judge Boyd is stopping at the private residence of C. F. Morrison, the same as if there were no hotel in the town. A deputy, marshal came up yester-l day to make arrangements for his honor's lodging. 'ONLY ONE MENTIONED. AIahnria cftnHs 22 Parker Dele- miuhu.x. ; eateS to National Convention . - May 25. The Alabama - i ' democra.8 8en. twentymo Parker ,ii.n.tuo in ma naiinn.i rainTPni iiu.--: jucu- . tion of Parker's name aroused the wildest enthusiasm. Everybody was for him. No other was mentioned. ' The most remarkable race of the con vention wa8 made by Richmond P. Hobson, th hP.rfof the Merrimac. who was defeat ed in April for the democratic nomination for congress from the sixth district.. He was pitted with T.'X. Long, -an old-timer v late Qoy, L.. a-mf. w elector at larire. two to tt f fMh nH dP.featedl Zt hi fnr Clou. abundre4-votes; H P" nnh of ntance and-was was - v s a . Rtu.ndd attended - 1 1.." - , state conveutioa before. rmtlc EMtM. I . .. Montgomery, May 25.-Tbe state demc ;:r-Uvy,r, - iroti PTpnntlve eommiliee uauer wm uow . ,r,x u. ih th emDmWv, "Z'? .1--- 1 . . . ilffTLl.A U nnn.mil t1T 99 and uio I woras . aDove: i i below, Tor the Rights ; WORD PICTURES PAINTED. Widely Known Tennessee Orator Captivates Big Audience. A Ex-Gdvernor.Bob Taylor, the -big hearted governor of Tennessee, V and otherwise known as the "Golden Voiced tfftwl Tci into. :M'A 7" mi.uwi, . U61KCICU ail OUU1C99 At the Grand Opera house last night to an audience rhich sat alUhe while and smiled in pleasure and wonderment at nisiaylng Different from the other i..., ...utv. L fc , .L . " - , . . uf . ciuur inviiir liiik i in m mkiips in r.no i T" VJ I "ls uue: va 1 V T D0KeeP.e ?UCJienc1? mo"' ff from tears to smiles, but at all times there could be seen smiles and expres sions of amazement on the faces of all present. At times the house was filled with hearty laughs that was when one of the well-known orator's jokes were turn. y y ... - "Governor Taylor came to Asheville under the auspicesof the Asheville hos pital, nd his lecture was in every way a success. The speaker of the evening was intrc- duced by Hon. Locke Craig, who said in part: i.ij . ,lIt is a custom f01' the speaker to be it very unnecessary to go through that form with the speaker tonight. He is well known throughout North Garolina, Ul;'" ls "wu e Poutoern stales. e; is the gifted f ator from our sister state, bo at all "tUiCO ,BW,W "u.e'iuBiui an aneviue aiwience, ana. i, can , ao no "igh." honor for him than to "compare -iuim w uuruuieu eBuioavauce.. UOV ernor Taylor eomes.like violets bringing t0 us springtime, and brings huuiQr and enjoyment, whenever we have an opporr tunity of hearing him. Governor Taylor then arose and said "Ugly men and most beautiful ladies: I am much obliged for the high tribute Pad me by the young and gifted Locke Craig, and in return I want to &ay . that yet he may be a member of the United States Senate, t " ' 4 'mat.laa S nlthttAJ vL I h a vft f on nd life after my own thoughts . and make the most beautiful of all o nature's many problems. "When but a small boy I made soap bubbles in the back yard of my mother's home, and-when the bubbles would rise high into the air I would imagine them to be separate kingdoms which ,1 had just created. I would picture them as worlds all to themselves. My delight was great and my happiness was com plete, but I once "slipped and fell ..upon the bowl in which' the water to make them was held and broke that very ne cessary piece of household furniture and ben my mother laid meacres her v lap anu wieiuou uci per across tne equator or mjr uacK .u anatomy, 1 felt most agonizing mysery. She then took me into her arms and ca ressed me and finally I fell asleep in the arms of the one that I loved dearer than anyone else. So, ladies and gentlemen why should we, when we bu;ld our cas- tles in tne air and have "P foundatlons I 1 nnt- tin nooMorl in trio ttl"mB III i uniiLLKreu. uub uo uoaww u wuv & , . f jundatUm for a different happiness? -"The mpst beautiful of all music is the one given to the people by Payne- Hnmp. Sweet' Home!' Home is the greatest of all pleasures to every one and there is neer a time that any man, ,, iS n.-x ni;.m ?a W.w 'w many comforts -Citizen, May 29. , HIS SPEECH STOLEN. All Copies "of Hearst's Only Speech in Congress Gone. .rSr; l 't ill ihn nnmes HT H,Bo.jB?xu.Bu.; ... ... during the;last session oi congre s, wnicu he III Lt II lie LA hJ uiani uuviiu v " - cwnpalgo document, bve mystenously.d.s- E5l1''f tUrough them we ri . - .. - . : .. - hich they were printed has been distrih- umiai uted. Hearstxall8 it a "poluicai outrage,' and Buspects -some Republican leaders of being at the bottom of it. He has a corps of detectives at work trying to locate the missing copies. : - - r N EW ERA FOR OHIO DEMOCRATS W a Poforonrft MnHft In Platforrn to ... -r. . h entered a new era. No reference I rrnov has entered a new era. a a th ii vr issne. to the nlatforms of '96 a Ui ia tn th nlatforma of '96 iQ4m nt to nrvm is made in the reso - . . . . lutions adoptecT by the state conyention to- day,. A decision to abandon the Nebraskan u i,i thpnriP mlht be inferred from i v . .. . . sto Ilvioe issues,' Tom Johnson nndertooK to siana muuiy to sti - V Holofft , nnin- tor! Hearst, but the delegates are unm structed. LEPROSY IS CURED; The Officials of Louisiana Leper's Home Announce Cure of a Leper. New Orleafis, May 25. The officials of the Louisiana Lepers Home in Indian camp have aimnced the first. complete recov- ' the tb.6 - WOrid A Creole bov. aorod fiftopn ro New Orleans, has been discharged fthsn- lutely cured. He has been affected four years, has been under treatment two years. he asylum ids body was the color of coffe. covered with hIopis. clothed aid nuckeredwit.h Rore ttp h no eyebrows nor eyelashes. Now his body is clear, his face clearf his eyebrows and eyelashes have grown, his eyes are clear instead of glassy, and he has gained control of his facial muscles. Five more patients are on the road to re covery and will be discharged within the year. The treatment is pimply a persistent, systematic application of absolute cleanli ness, pure food, and pleasant surroundings. . 10,034 RESERVED SEATS. ' National Committee Decides Upon Number to be Given. St. Louis, May 23. The democratic na tional committee in session here today, de cided to allow each delegate to the national convention the disposal -of three . seats. Ech committeeman is to have ten and each f- alternate one. : Theo.uestdof seats was tie most troublesome one . to omie :Wo?c the committee. ; There will be'; 10 034 re ! served seats in the" convention. . To" Secure Immigration., v - -.yx y: " , .y'-iy-r- " Washington, D. C, May 20, 1904. - Dear Editor: You are undoubtedly deeply interested in the matterof build ing up your community and in increas ing both the agricultural and industrial output. You are . aware also that the Southern Railway is also interested in SUfh -urvlr M 1 JJ ' . .n 3 oynsyltem. One of the best ways txo promote this work is to secure as large an immigration movement as possible. You will agree with me that there are few sections of the South which do not need immigration and none which can not offer advantages and opportunities to the bomeseeker in the way of low priced, productive farming lands. Ira migration is to be secured through proper advertising and effort.' The Land and Industrial Department of the South em Railway lakes every opportunity to advertise the ad vantages of the territory It reacfies and also of the whole South. It desires to co-operate with you and ryour people -n all efflJr wnick can be put fortn tQ indnce a ?oocl ciass o farm available lands. One of the best methods of securing im migration is through people from other sections and other countries who have already settled in the siruth and have learned of the advantages and opportu- I. Ues offered in their communities. There is scarcely a county in the whole I . . ... . i . a .. l i q.,.v mhinh ona nnr. l nnn Ton nr. loocr. South iu- wnicn are not locatea at least a few farmers and business men from some section . of the ' Northern" States. Naturally all these persons have -thany friends and acquaintances in .their "old homes who are interested in knowing something about the communities in which thev have located and who would " " ... . be glad to receive information concern-! .Q? these sections: If such persons lo- rated in vour . community will lurnisn us with the.names of the parties in their ! old homes we shall be glad to send them information about your section. We should like to have just as large a list i as possible. We stand ready to send . mil. nv amnnnt, nf nrint.p.d matter ne I - cessary to reach the friends and ac. auaintancesof the settlers from the i . . . . . . I niLnA r. rtn mill H1t no -in in f fiTrkTlr - m ' , 1 hoi n vnn and vour communitv. ho n nnn onn vnir nrn r. - --- - - - tyuly, . v M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent. Judge Boyd Given a Tin-Pan y Serenade at Wilkesboro. - North Wilkesboro, May 25. Last night about 11 o'clock, after Judge Boyd had re- tired at"the residence of C. P.-Morrison, where he was stopping, a crwd of boys serenade; in which Uinorns, bells,, were used.' A few 'shots were also fired Must as the serenade ceaseo. last as the serenade ceased- This morning - 1 the lawyers took up the matter and passed ":l!ltiA.."..1itnntnrr annh' PAtldllflt. .Thfi resoiuMou .-7 V. - mayor nas caueu a mwiuiS .- a to be held to-morrow evening, wno wiupu 1 resolutions cooaemning bucu conduct, and some indictments . Uoya leu M-aay ior ma uui u boro. SENATOR M. S. QUAY AT DEATH'S PORTAL His Demise Momentarily Ex pected by His Physicians. - e - . it: m ' m HIS RELATIVES ARE NOTIFIED. Distinguished " Pennsylvania Senator, Suffering From Complication of All- - ments, Is Slowly Passing ' Into the Great Beyond. . f -J Beaver, Pa., May" 28.-isenatot Quay's condition is alramlne.. A change for the worse came about 8 o'clock this morning- and he : may not live through the day. ' Dr. Litchfield, one of , his physicians who is In constant attendance, at th bedside, stated to the Asocited Press that the senator is slowly sinking. His pulse is gradually growing weaker and the worst is feared. His relatives and friends "believe his death, ia a question of only ae few hours! . . Oxygen is being administered coa etantly in hope that It will revive him, but Dr. Wilson said he did notthtok the senator would regain conscious ness. v The doctor thought the end would coma about sundown or earlier. : - ' The immediate cause of 'senator Quay's condition. is exhaustion- due to inability to assimilate nourishment. He has taken no food since 3 o'clock a. m. Chronic gastritis and inflam mation of the stomach isi the founda tion of the trouble. f ' ' . The above s-tatemen wae given out by Dr. Wilson under the authority ol the Quay' family. Itls the first in formation given the "press from a di rect source since the. senator's ill ness. . ' ; . .. ' : . Messages have been sent the more distant relatives saying " the senator was very low and was not likely to recover. " ; WORK OF PRESBYTERIAN3. Questions Considered by General As- sembly at Buffalo. Buffalo May 28. The membership of the committee on church" co-operation and union, of. the general assem-. bly of the Presbyterian church of th United States has been Increased from -eight to fifteen'" new members, being Moderator Henryof Philadelphia; Dr. F. L. Patton, of Princeton; President Moffat of "Washington: and Jeff ex-.. . Bon college; S. P. Niccplls, y of St: Louis; Professor John Dewltt, of Princeton seminary; L. H. Severance, .of : Cleveland,, and H. C.r Glrard, oi Philadelphia. Drs. Moffatt, Johnson . and Cayie were appointed a committee to reply to a protest signed 'by Dr. John Fox, of New York, and six other member! of the assembly against the action of the assembly ,. in "adopting the report on church union.' The assembly convened today with the intention of possibly finishing its business 'session, even if a night sea sion were necessary. ; The report of the committee on Ju dicial commissions proposing the ap pointment of a permanent tribunal, which will be at supreme court for the assembly to which the assembly could refer all cases involving church laW and - the report of r the temperance committee, .were among the orders ol the day. The latter calls for ad vanced - grounds on the temperance Question and"; incidentally strlies aj the use of tobacco by ministers ol the denominations. It recommends to all abstinence on the minis teraT and pastors and members in the use of in toxicants, and to use their influence on the members of the congregation to the same end. It recommends1 -the raising of $10,000 with which to prosecute the work of the year and the establishing of offices with beadquarJ ters in Pittsburg. ." The last resolution deals -with the tobacco question. It simply, recom mends that ministers and those seek ing the 'ministry be- advised against the use of tobacco. 3TRENUOU3 DETONATION 8. Test of Heavy Artillery at Sandy Hook , : . Causes Damage. ' ' New York, May 28. Detonation . from thaest of heavy artillery at the government proving grounds at Sandy . Hook besides'causing minor damages f has wrecked a portion of a' publio school building in - Coney,. Island 7 -v.-miles distant. , . . - 9 The pupils were injured iy the-fall- ; ing of a" part of the celling In one ol the rooms and the other 'children were thrown into a panic. ' ' ' - One boy sustained a depressed frac- W of the aku whlch may! cause bis death. 0 -si- "i t i ( -J W I' ll y S l! i I t I: i J, - V i i l'r it'1, iff . i 5 .. r --f , H f I r-y ne iamiiT. y - ?