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VOL. XXII.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, I90L
NO. 43.
PROGRESS OF
After Heavy Slaughter and Hard Fighting On
Both Sides There is a Lull
U'POPAIKN IS PLANNING A BLOW
A Report cf the Concentration of 20,-00-0
Rusians Northeast of Lio Yang
cives Rise to the Belief That His
Attack May Take That Direction
Pert Arthur Fleet Said to be Out
side the Harbor Cold Causing Suf
fering Among the Troops.
Ho far an the dispatches from tho
'ur i:.t show, there has been no
! .. ;' in relative positions tf tho
). ;.r;.)ics confronting each other
;!. cf the Shakhe river,
'i is aii unconfirmed report that
;i Ki!-iaa force of 20,000 men have
I'-n concentrated at Kcata Puss, 20
s :ivlheast cf Liao Yang, which
jn.i) )( indicative of the directum in
v.,;:ch Kuropatkin s to strike bis
!.. ! blow. Upward t.T 20.000 of the
;:; -ian soldiers wounded in the bat
: tthaklic have reached Harbin.
0. Ul weather js causing suffering to
i:; ;.rnik-s in the field, although it
hs .-r)i;ght an irnprovument in tha
i l'iif ii.ns f( r the movements of
lr,"l--. A report has reached St. Pc-1-
!!.n:7r, ti.l lacks confirmation, that
I'm; I Arthur f!cet has left its an
I '.o:.;-; in. tho harbor and has taken
) ;i u'ii:ii in the roadstead.
Kuropatkin Will Try Again,
si. jvt..urs. P.y Cable. There is
n ii;m::e in the relative position of
"n- mimes on the Shakhe river.
i' !i' tal Sakharnff telegraphs that the
Knssiarn l:avn been bombarding
1. ani!!ti;s and tlte Buildb.st t ample
at I.in.siiimr., while the Japanese have
1" -ii . iielling the Russian position at
Siikhe and near Lindhir.pu. An As
M,iatd P;n33 dispatch from Mukden
n'P:rls that the Japanese aro forti
fying tin impi-rtant height south of
SIoMip, and that neither side shows a
reposition either to advance nor re
tire. Another Associated Press dls-IT-tch
Iron tho Russian front says the
situation is not yot ripe for the re
sumption of the offensive. This mca
iiv: but siniiicmt admission, all that
"lie censor allows to pass over Ilia
wires, doubtless indicates that Gener
al Kuropatkin is maturing important
llans and distributing his forces In
readings for another attempt to
:Yik the Japanese resistance. The
vinds aro now dried by the winds and
lion; the told is intense and flooded
li'.-Ids have been frozen. Thus mili
uy niovciuents are facilitated though
at t!:u same time it will be more dif
licu't tarry on intrenching work.
An Associated Press dispatch from
the Russian front gives a rumor that
the Russian forces made a detour to
the west, arriving abreast of Liao
Vang, but there is no confirmation of
this report. Great irapoitance is at
tached to a report from Tokio that 200
Russians have crossed the Taitse riv
vr cast of Eensihu and that 20,000
are concentrated at Kauta Pass, 20
miles northeast. This may indicate
the directien of KuropatkTn'sVnoxt
blow, or. possibly it Is intended to dis
conccit the Japanese and compel
them to weaken their force on the
railroad. Whatever Kuropatkin's ul
timate object may bo, thero Is no
doubt that he is desirous of obtaining
the most reliable information as to
Fire in State Office.
Columbia, S. C, Special. Fire in the
feller of The State building Saturday
right destroyed $8,000 worth of paper
toek, on which there was practically
!: insurance. The cause of the fire was
a defective furnace pipe. The fire was
uncovered at 11:30 o'clock. The fire
men, about finished their job at 1
o'clock, most of the damage having
been wrought by water and smoke.
Shot and Killed by Mayor.
Savannah, Ga., Special L. G. Barron,
Mite, was shot and killed "Saturday
afternoon at Lovett, Laurens county,
Ga., by N. A. Thompson, mayor of the
town. It is said that Barron had been
threatening all the year to kill Thorn p
fen, and attempted to draw a pisloi
v.bea he was shot by Thompson. Yes
terday, it is said, Barron was at Lovett,
very disorderly, the lulling today grow
ing out of that affair. Thompson wes
tomerly connected with'the Central &
tvTightsville and the .Tennille RaiL
reads, and stands well "with those who
tcow him. .
Lottery Tickets Confiscated..
New York, Special. In a series of
rails, representatives of District -Attorney
Jerome's office 'seized $100,000
worth of lottery tickets here are arrest
t(i six men and one woman, all resi
dents of the lower East Side, charged
with selling lottery tickets. Most of
them ostensibly sold "steamship tick
ets," though one advertised his place
of business as a real estate office, and
another was proprietor of a dry goods
Etc'e.
EASTERN WAR
the number and disposition of the
force opposing his k-ft flank. The
Cossacks mz.y be relied upon to har
rass the Japanese lino of communi
cation, besides recormoitering. Gen
eral Kuropatkin is with the centre of
Ll3 army. On October 21st he per
sonally conveyed tho congratulations
of Emperor Nicholas to Count Pou
loff and tha Nineteenth Rifles for the
capture of Lone Tree Hill.
Tho Japanese estimate that the
Russian loss in the battle will reach
C0.000 is not confirmed here.
A tologram from HarMa reports the
passage north of 2G,000 wounded. The
lemainder, who are. quartered in hos
pitals at Mukden, cannot exceed a
few thousands.
60,000 Russians Dead.
Tokio, By Cable. Manchurian head
quarters, reporting by telegraph yes
terday, says the number of Russ'iau
dead found on the battlefield and in
terred up to October 22, makes a to
tal of 10,565. Upon th'is total, Rus
sian casualties arc estimated to ex
ceed 00,000. Th6 Japanese captured
a total of 45 guns during the Shakhe
Operations. The repoit of the- Man
churian headquarters follows:
"The enumerated spoils, etc., of
the battle cf Bhakhe follow:
"Prisoners, about 500; enemy's dead
kit on the; field, 10,500; guns, 35;
27 ammunition wagons; 5,547 rifles;
78,000 small arms ammunition; num
ber swords, shovels, axes and tents.
Besides the enwaeratod property, tho
uncounted property, extending over a
territory of 25 miles, will reach an
enormous quantity.
"The enemy's dead is being inter
red with military honors.
"According to tho number of dead,
the Russian casualties are estimated
at ever G0.000."
Captured 14 Japanese Guns.
St. Petersburg, By Cable. General
Kuropatkin, in a dispatch to Emperor
Nicholas, under date of October 21,
says:
"The Japanese retired from the vil
lage of Shakhe at nightfall, October 20.
Thursday night passed quietly along
the front."
Lieutenan General Sakharoff, in a
dispatch to General Samsonoff, says:
"The retreat of the enemy was precipi
tate. We found in the ' village arms,
munitions and provisions which had
Icon abandoned by the Japanese, who
also left behind in our old artillery po
sition one cannon, four limbers and a
wagon full of instruments they had
previously captured from us. Since the
battle of October 16 we have captured
altogether 14 Japanese guns, including
Unc field pieces and five mountain guns
and have retaken one of our lost gtms.
There was no fighting October 21 on
the front of the Manchurian army."
Japs Capture Guns.
Tokio, By Cable. A telegram re
ceived from Manchurian headquarters
says:
"On October 21 there was no change
reported in the front of all our armies.
"Further investigation shows the
number of guns captured by our left
army to have teen 43, the left column
taking 27 and the right column 16. The
wagons, munitions, etc., which have
been captured ave not yet been
counted.
"Scouts dispatched from the left
army on the night of October 20 dis
covered the corpses of 200 Russians
west of Chaung Ling Pan."
Killing in Barber Shop.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. In a fight in
tho barber shop of the well-known
hotel in this city, W. R. Hopen was
killed by Sam P. Ring, by being stab
bed through the heart with a pair of
scissors today. Both men were barbers.
Ring asserts the killing was done in
selfdefense. He has surrendered to the
sheriff.
Telegraphic Briefs.
John T. Smith, a hospital orderly at
Fort Mott, married a Maryland ne
gress, and when asked to resign ap
pealed to President Roosevelt.
An article of James G. Blaine pub
lished in 1892 is quoted to show that
the expression of views of candidates
differing from those given in party
platforms is not new.
President Roosevelt dismissed Rob
ert S. Rodie, supervising steamboat
inspector at New York.
Chairman Babcock, of the Republi
can Congressional Committee, says
the Republicans will have a majority
in the next Hoi-'v
An attorney few? Belgium declares
an attempt is being made to make the
United States a cat's paw in the Con
go affair.
The Woodworth Orphan Asylum was
destroyed by fire Wednesday. Two chil
dren are known to have perished and
others injured by jumping from win
dews. The Episcopal House-of Deputies, at
Boston, passed the proposed comprom
ise canon on divorce.
Senator Culberson attacked President
Roosevelt's Panama policy in a speech
in New York.
Prof. J. 'if. Hollander, of Baltimore,
spoke before the Indian Conference at
Lake Mohawk, N. Y.
The American Tobacco Company ab
sorbed the Continental and Consolidat
ed Tobacco Companies at Trenton, N.
J., forming a company with $1S0,0C0,
000. 11 It is said Secretary Taft will go to
Panama as a sort of deputy president,
the situation demanding the most deli
cate treatment.
COTTON FIRE AT .NEWTON
For tome Time it Locked Lik Dnv
3 Would Be SeriOut.
Newton. Special. A small white boy
sauntered by a warehouse of the New
ton Cotton Mills about 1:20 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, Jdly applied a match
to an exposed bale of cotton, and In less
than an hour about $10,000 damage bad
resulted. The -warehouse contained
some 500 bale and a large proportion
of it was destroyed, or badly damaged.
Three employes of another mill who
were standing a short distance away,
saw the boy fire the cotton. Perhaps
thousand citizens were attracted by
the blowing of whistles and the thick
smoke. Owing to a scarcity of water,
no rain having fallen In nearly two
months, there was considerable anx
iety lest the flames spread. The water
supply of the mill was, however, found
to be sufficient to hold the fire in check.
Volunteer firemen and citizens general
ly worked heroically in confining the
Games to the burned structure. The
lc3. which cannot be accurately com
puted at IbiS lime, is covered by In
surance. North State Gleanings.
Raleigh. Special. Secretary T.- K.
firuner of the State Agricultural De
partment has returned frdni the Si.
Lcuis Exposition in which he holds a
prominent position, by permission of
the Agricultural Department He will
remain here untjl after the election and
expects then to return to St. Louis and
close up matter connected with the ex
position. He says North Carolina won
about. 7S awards at the Exposition,
which is a really fine showing. The
State got five grand prizes, ten or
twelve gold medals, as many Bilver
medal, the remaining awards being
bronze medals. The grand prizes will
be given on tobacco, mining exhibits
and forestry. The showing was very
gratifying indeed. No other State did
nearly so well for so small investment,
the cost of the display of the State be
ing under $10,000. Almost all the ex
hibits will be brought back to North
Carolina and installed in the State
museum, a lot of very valuable new
cases and other furniture coming with
them, which will bfc used for' the same
purpose;
In an interview with Dr. Tait But
ler, the State Venterian regarding the
extension of the territory in North
Carolina free from cattle ticks, he says:
"It really looks as if he will get a
big increase in the free territory. Of
course he cannot tell definitely until
the reports from the inspectors come
in. A Federal inspector Is now in the
State-at work, and so far has inspected
the counties of Wilkes, Surry, Catawba
Lincoln, Gaston and Southern Burke.
It seems that we are to get most of
these exempted. This is a matter of
very great importance to cattle grow
ers. If the latter will take hold of
matters and really have faith in what
we are trying to teach them about the
tick and its deadly work and about its
effect as regards prices of cattle and
possibility of shipping the latter out of
the State a vast enlargement of the
free territory could be quickly made.
Here in Wake county, for example,
there are ticks on not over a tenth of
the farms. Every year cattle die from
tick fever here, and yet no attention of
any importance is paid to 1L
The Baptists of this State have sent
to the Thpmasville Orphanage $5,000
in three weeks to meet the very
pressing demands for funds, owing
to the great outbreak of typhoid fe
ver, pi-obably the worst which has
erver occurred in this State, excepting
that two years ago at the State Noi
men & Industrial College at Greens
bcro, which was so extremely fatal.
At the orphanage there have been up
to d?.te 05 cases of fever, but onl
two deaths. The trouble was due to
flies, which carried the infection. The
United States troons now take extra
ordinary precautions to guard food
from flies, the danger from them
having been shown so powerfully dur
ing the war with Spain. Editor Bail
ey with the Biblical Recorder say3
the officials at the orphanage hope to
stamp cut the disease In a" fortnight
A charter., is granted by the State to
the Randolph Consolidated Mines Com
pany, headquarters at High Point, cap
ital stock $100,000, to develop gold and
copper mines, which it owns and to ac
quire others, John Farlow, J. L. Moore
and W. B. Steele, all of High Point, be
ing the stockholders.
From Democratic State headquarters
four and a - half million tickets have
been sent out for use at the election,
one and a half millions of each kind.
This is the usual number distributed.
Fire in Lincolnton.
Lincolnton, Special. The entire
plant of Y7. W.-Motz was destroyed by
fire Saturday night -ebout 10 o'clock.
Mr. Mortz is our energetic contractor
and used this plant to finish all kinds
or house materials and a cheap line of
furniture. The entire plant was a to
tal loss, together with about 5,000 feet
of lumber and a great deal of finished j
goods. The loss is estimated at about
$7,000 with no insurance.. He has about ,
eight dwellings now in- course of con-
structicn and of course this wiU delay
the work considerably.
Baseball Leagues Meet.
New York, Special. The annual
meeting of the National Association of
Baseball Leagues opened here. Rep
resentatives of 23 leagues, consisting of
16S clubs, were present. Late in the
afternoon the national board went into
executive session to-consider 31 dis
putes and formally " submitted r ques
tions, including the application of the
Tri-State League for membership.
ENGLAND INDIGNANT
Insured That Sfcc May Pot Iissiai
Tlcet Oct of Busiacn
WHOLE COUNTtY FILL OF WIATB
t Note Announcing That the Situation
Will Not Brook Delay Sent to the
Russian Government King Edward
Tenns the Russian Admiral's Action
"Unwarrantable."
Ixjndon. By Cable Great Britain
Monday sent a notice to the Russian
government officially detailing the cir
cumstances of the amazing and unex
pected attack by the Russian second
Baltic squadron during the nigbl ot
Oct. 21 on British fishing boats in the
North Sea. The text of the note has
not teen given out, but it is officially
stated from the Foreign office that it
itintaius the significant announcement
that the situation is one which, la the
opinion cf his Majesty's government
dees not brook delay."
Meanwhile - the conservative public
and press are remarkably undemon
strative; As i-.fmal, the jingo eteme'iH
demands war, and even in oJIiciai quar
ters some go so far as to say that it
may be necessary to stop th Pacific
fleet, pending the settlement of the"
whole afiair, though this exetreme
measure it is believed, will not be nec
essary: Everywher there is evidence of
positive opinion that this is not a time
icr the usual diplomatic dilly-dallying
hat there mti3t be no delay and no lim
it set by Russia to her apology or the
extent of crmpciisaf Ma for sufferers ly
what King Edwrad himself terms "the
unwarrantable action" cf the Russian
commanders.
Foreign Secretary Iansdowne reach
ed London this evening, and after gath
ering the latest details known at the
Foreign Office regarding the firing on
the British fishing boats by the "Rus
sian squadron, proceeded to BueklDg
i am Palace, where he had a lengthy
interview wih King Edward. The lat
ter later teiegraphfed a message ft
sympathy to the mayor of Hull, the
Text of which is as follows:
"Buckingham Palace, Oct. 24, 1904.
"To his worship, the mayor of Hull:
The King commands me to say that
he has heard with proround sorrow of
the unwarrantable action 'which has
been committed against the North
Sea fishing fleet, and asks you to ex
press the deepest sympathy of the
Queen and his majesty with the family
of those who have suffered from thif
r:ost lamentable occurrence.
"KNOLLYS."
The deep resentment of the whole
British public, however, is reflected
by the incident at the Victoria Sta
tion Monday night on the arrival 01
Count Benkendorff from the contin
ent. There is no attempt among men
of responsibility to magnify the oc
currence into a deliberate act of war;
but in view of the present inability to
find an explanation, there is being
poured upon the heads of the officers
of the squadron a flood of invective
and insinuation, through incompe
tence first, and thereafter complete
panic is the most generally accepted
explanation. Thus far no official
word ha3 been received from St Pe
tersburg a3 to the attitude of the Rus
sian government. The fact that It
has been decided during the day to
prepare a semi-official note expressing
tho regret of the Russian government
and its willingness to make full rep
aration as soon a3 the responsibility
I3 fixed, was communicated by the
Associated Press to Lord Lansdowne,
and was the first information on the
subject he had received "from Bt. Pe
tersburg. The absence ' during the
day of Count Renkendorff, the Rus
sian ambassador, necessarily caused
some delay; but the Russian chargt
de'aff aires, who called at the Foreign
Office on request by note from Lord
Lansdowne, unofficially expressed
deep regret, and, as far as it was pos
sible for him, gave assurances ,tt
speedy action by the Russian govern
ment Lord Lansdowne In this in
terview, told Mr. Sansonoff, the
charge, that he desired to see Ambas
sador Renkendorff Tuesday morning.
Lord Lansdowne asked .M. Sansonoff
if he coiild offer any explanation of
the affair, and the. latter replied that
he only knew what had appeared in
the pancrs, and that he had not re
ceived any word up to that time from
St Petersburg. Lord Lansdowne
gave no suggestion as to what might
be done in the matter.
At tha Russian embassy today it
was stated that "the whole affair was.
so obviously a mistake, from. what
ever cause, that Russia's course was
plainly tiictated, namely, apology and
ample compensation."
All eyes are now turned toward St.
Petersburg, awaiting word from thfj
Sussisn government -
The actual casualties r during the
oce-sided bombardment ; off Dogger
Bank can be correctly stated as two
killed, siace ths arrival" at London
this evening cf the carrying ship
Swift, reporting the safety of the
missing trawler. The Swift left the
fleet on October 23 at 1 a. m. Her
captain says: .
"The Russians gave not the .slight
est warning prior to the commence
inent of 'the firing. The admiral of
the fleet sent up a rocket warning,
and then the firing commenced. He
again sent up. four green rockets,
but this- only seemed to Increase the
ferocity of the bombardment The
poor marksmanship of the Russian
gunners was the only thing that saved
the entire fleet within range of thj
eeaxctllshtB nd guns." . .
mnaiR. tm
Seme Icqairics About the Uadiif
Issues Between Then
WHY THE VERDICT OF THE PEO
PLE WILL BE IN FAVOR OF
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WHY his oppoxexts
SAY HE 13
UNSAFE."
Ex-Senator Butler Replies to a Letter
From Col. Leary.
The following letter, written liy Col.
Wm. J. Leary. Sr.. (formerly State So
licitor in North Carolina), to ex-Sena-lor
Marion Butler, will be read with in
ures t. He propounds certain questions
at lsue between Roosevelt and Parker
in tbi campaign, and gets an answer to
each:
"Edenton. N. C. (At. 1, 1501.
I'on. Marion Butler.
Tucker Building.
Raleigh. N. C.
My Dear Sir:
I have won tnmi nni rvr evtmi t
of ydur interview on the political situ
ation. So far as I have seen it, I hCart-
:iy endorse everything you have silu.
I. like you, was raised a Democrat.
and. with vtvi Biinnrrtfl Itrvo n f,--
. v - f- - - - - - - j -
tight years, but I will not support Mr.
i-arKcr, ana 1 stand with you today lor
the re-election Cf President Roosevelt.
Yon said in v.'r.ir lnfpriflw fhn! fii'Ar
one-half the Populists will tote for
Roosevelt, tut in this section of North
Carolina P am batilfied .thaLat lea3t
nine-tenths, if not all the PoDuliAts.
will support him. There are also many
Bryan Democrats who do not want to
vote for Parker. They feel that their
rartv has been betraved to the Wall
street influences that backed Piesident
Cleveland. They want to see Parker ue-
fpf.tf d uf want tn kpa Rnfvnro! n1vf .
f a, and were it not for the cureed ne
gro cry, which whips mnt of them into
line, a great many or them would vote
lor Roosevelt. Some will, anyway.
You are certaihlv rleht that no Dem
ocrat, who sincerely believes in the
principles of his party as set forth in
the national platform of 1896 and 1900.
can support Judge Parker without
doing violence to his convections. And
further, you are right when you say
that if Judge Parker is elected that
the Brvan Democrats will have no cos-
sible chance Id redeem their party from
the Clevelandite3 four years from now.
The average voter understands this.
But this nieht-mare of a race issut.
even keeps many Gold-Democrats,
manufacturers and other ousines3 men,
who are naturally Republicans, and
who want to see Republican policies
continued, from voting their convic
tions.
If these Gold-Democrats and Bryan
Pemocrats were In a State where men'
divided on economic issues, and where
men Vote as thc-y desire, thousands of
them would vote for President Roose
velt: but in this State, under the pres
ent conditions, most of them will either
not vote, or they will be driven by the
party lash to vote for Parker.
But I am satisfied that your diagno
sis of the situation for the country at
large Is correct, and I should say states
the situation very conservatively.
DEMOCRATIC CLAIMS AND
CHARGES:
Since your interview was published
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance has
appeared. I have not seen a full copy
of it, but from what the State news-
Papers h aye published and from what
tVin nnmtHntiM drfc ivlrle. f Kcftms that-
Judge Parker hag attacked theAdminis-
tration on several points, a summary or
which (according to these Democratic
papers and politicians) is about as fol
lows: -
1st That Judsce Parker has declared
for the independence of the Philippines,
the same as for the Cubans, wnue
Roosevelt is for Imperialism.
2nd. That Parker has shown by de
cisions of the Supreme Court of the
United States that Trust can be broken
nr. hv the enforctafent of the Common
Law against them, and that if he is
tiected President he will proceed
against these Trusts under the Com- (
non Law, and that no further amend
ments of the Sherman Anti-Trust taw
are needed to break them up.
3rd. That Judse Parker has charged
President Roosevelt with usurping the
power of Congress in his Pension Or
der No. 78, and declares that 11 ne is
elected President he will revoke that
order.
4th. That Judee Parker has exposes
und denounced the extravagance of the
present Administration, and declared
that if elected he will Inaugurate great
leforms for .economy;
5th. That Mr. Parker attacked Mr.
Roosevelt for violating the Constitu
tion in his manner of seizing the Isth
mus of Panama and recognizing Pana
ma as a Republic and building the Ca
nal without the cpneent of the people
of Colombia.
6th. That President Roosevelt is
generally "rash and unsafe." Whenever
a Democrat is out for any other rea
sons for opposing Provident RflOrelt.
he always fSs3rts to that plea. As I re
flect on the whole administration of
President Roosevelt, I can remember
many patriotic ani progressive things,
that he has. done, but I canaot recall a
.single thing that seems to me to be
rash and unsafe; and when I challenje
tbe Democrats to specify, they either
fail to "do so, or give reasons that are
indirect and indefinite. What is uflaer
the bottom of all this cry about the
President being unsafe? Wfco is behind
Whatever the basis Of tne tnarges
may be, one thing seema to be certain,
and that i that th people generally
have already passed upon these matters
!n their fiwti minds, and have endorsed
'the action of the Administration. Bat
still I would be glad to have your
views with reference to these various
points, and have permission to publish
your letter. -
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Wm. J. LEARY. SR.
EX-SENATOR BUTLER'S REPLY.
"Washington. D. C, Oct 3. 1WI. ;
Col. Wm. J. Leary, Esq..
Charlotte, N. C.
My Dear Sir: .
Your esteemed favor received. 1 am
(Continued cn page tc.)
TAR 1IEEL AFFAIRf
Many Ntwty Ittmt CatKtrH Wnm
all tctkn.
A Sricus Affray In UJy Cftty.
Albemarle. Special !rs rrathaU
feer that on last Saturday night,
eral miles from Big Lkk, a this coun
ty. Thorn ag lis a com asaaolte4 os
Gail Carv, and knocked him of hi
lore. Carter tfeea succeeded in hit
ting Iiaucom over U Utt yt with
a large rock and fracttntd hbi kIL
From the latest reports, BAueotn la la
a very serious condition and Is oof
xpectd to tt cover. Carter has aot
yet befl arrested but is atlll about
his borne, and clftlmt fe was actios
is self-defense.
North State Gleaning.
A Durham Special says: There am
two factions 1ft th9 ranks of the city
physicians, and the matter ia now like
ly to get Into the courts. The troflhl
Is between Dr. R. A. Moore and Dr. K..
H. Bowling on one aide, and the other
doctors of i he city who are members of
the Academy of Mdirff fu the other.
Drs. Moore and Bowling are not mem
bers of the Academy, and they are de
barred from practice in the Watta Hos
pital. Thia institution is practically
tinder the control of the doctors of the
city, and they debarred Moort and
Bowling, if these two doctors bva a
patient to send to the hospital, that
patient has to b6 turned over to soma
other physician. This IS the trouble.
The two doctors, who feel aggflcfwd
have now taken steps to force what
they consider their rights. They have
asked for a meeting of the trusteea of
the hospital, to be held on November
10th, at which time they will make de
mand to b admitted to the hospital on
equal terms with all other doctors. Thia )
being refused, the next step will be to
take the matter into the courts.
The State Agricultural Society, in
annual session re-elected by a rising I
tote Ashley Home, president! Joseph
E. Pogne, secretary; Claude B. Deal
son, treasurer. There was consider
able discussion of questions of amuse
ments at tbe fair, by Pogue, N. B.
Broughton and J. S. Wynne. The so
ciety is determined to have no swind
les. A commlttae of flfft wfl rrefttM
to consider the question of holding !
an exposition for a fortnight next Oc- J
committee.
The Fire Underwriters of thia State,
in session In Raleigb. elected A. B.
Dangerfleld. of Winston, president; J. (
Vau B. Metta, of Wilmington, secre
tary, and R. W. Murray, of Greens
boro; C. W. Jacobs, of Windsor; J. U.
Patterson, of Asheville; J. C. Marshal,
of Wade8b?ro, and W. W. Smith, of
Raleigh, tbe executive committee.
The association favors the appeal of
the regulations which forbid division
of commissions with non-resident
agent and brokers.
Tbe. chiefs of police of this State
had a meeting which lasted until a
very late hour. J. A. Woodall, of Dur
ham, was re-elected president and F.
MV Jbrdah, of Ashetllle, ' secretary,
John W. CuttTTti, tit T&tborb. being
vice-president, and J. ti alallins. of
Raleigh; C. H. Skinner, of Duilfi, and
S. M. Wheeler, of Oxford, composing
the executive committee. Every
thief lfl the 8Ut is invited to be
come a mfembef.
Friday ten engines, Which weigh
15,000 pounds more than any others In
use on the Seaboard Air Line, passed
Raleigb on their way south for use on
the new Birmingham division. Or
ders require that they shall not etce4
six miles and hour speed In paasing
over bridges on this division and not
over 25 miles an hour on the road
bed. Ten miles of the Raleigh Pam
lico Sound Railway has been graded
and track laying is now progressing
quite rapidly, Tbe first of tbe steel
bridges has been completed. The
worst of the grading la finished.
Oeorgo Lyon, of Durham, won the
State championship in tbe clay pigeon
zhoot breaking 96 out of 100. J. T.
Anthony won the professolnal match.
Bark Driven Ashore.
Key West, Fla., Special. Tbe -Norwegian
bark Rainfaxe, from Compache,
fur Europe." Captain Logwood, ran
ashore on Marquess xHt during the
storm. The crew ,waa rescued by the
schooner Welcome and landed on Mar
quesa beach safe. The tug Cbllda and
wreckers gave assistaface. The hurri
cane missed Key West No damage wai
done here.
' Dense Fog Screens Enemies.
Mukden By Cable. The hostile
armies have been concealed front tbe
view cf each other by a dense fog,
iti' which It has been impossible to
make out objects ti A distant of 100
paces. Under such conditions only
unimporant operations are possible,
stick as surprises ani ani trashes. Pos
sibly, were the roads In bctUf etc
dltion, the fog migM favor mote
ffienW of. troops and concentrations
at unexpected points, but without
Question operations on a largo scale
would be too dangerous, and so every
thing has been quiet on the . front
Thursday. Neither cannonading nor
musketry firing has been audible. J
By Wir and Cable.
t-u Ttriiita Vmtnt Tra ThurS
.t.v .tocttriTMi the National
Bank building and three other t estab
lishments., entailing a loss of S3Q.0W.
tifcnrsnr. naruat ;
t- n,wnnH Texas. " destroy
. 1 1 t. vnnctx causine a
ea several uuiucm -
loss estimated at S50.0O0. Tbe amount
of insurance is not known. . '
i-m. n Rnnlet. retired,
Jor several years manager the Sol-
tiers' Home, m v
Jtbat city -
,TnE,3TMN0M!NEES
bz&t Pel Sketch cf Prtslieitid
CLEVELAND AND LCDCE fttITt
In Maaxin Artci tha C Pri4f
and the Mtssachoaetts lenatsr Faint
Rival Portraits ef Parker
R&OMvtit, . . Rttpctivty-- Pcll
Qualifications of Each far tha PraaV
dsncy Urgtd Packer's Cw'd'ng
Trait Mia Constant and Unawervtnf
Devettan ta Duty Restvitt'e ytf
tuts Innumerable.
New York, Special. rencer Prtsa
dent G rover Cleveland lo McCSare'a for
November givea hi prtmal rattmatt
cf Judge Parker aa a candidal for
PreaidenL He says of hla la part:
"We sometimes find faUa of hir
arter so prominently visible la a csaa's
mental organization that, like tbe fea
tures of hla countenance, tbey need no
rroot of their existence, Thia la pre
eminently trtje of Judge Parker's In
tent deliberation in reachiog conclu
sions and hia Inherent judicial conser
vatism. Tbf qualities of bis mini
are so dlstincly apparently that tbey
are at once eeen and known I y all who
gala the slightest knowledge of tbe
man. This should make it thoroughly
understood that these who love preat
Cential pyrotechnic must look else
where. "I have known Alton II. Parker for
more than twentj yrara. He Imprte4
me on our firt acquaintance aa a sin
cere, honest and able man, and tbl I01
pre&sion has. wHh time and oberve
lion, grown to clear and undoubtlna
conviction. I am sure that 1 venture
nothing la tasking tbt positive- asser
tion that the guiding trait of his char
acter is bis constant and unyielding de
votion to duty.
"Judge Parker'a experience In Ju
dicial Investigation, added to hla nat
ural aptitude in the same direction,
cugbt to satisfy the most cautious and
exacting of bis abundant ablMty to dis
cover In the light of constitutional re
quirements, and In the atmoaphere of .
enlightened but conservative Ameri
canism, tbe manner In wbltb a rieai
dent should best serve hla country,
men.
"I am persuaded that tb American
4 wvryitr vt j I tusnv; v. .u ........ -
place Implicit reliance In Alton IL
perception of the path of duty. In bin
steadfast persistency against all temp
tation to leave the way where duty
leads, and In his safe and conservative
conceptions of presidential reipoosl-
Lin lev.
In McClure's for November, Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge gives av
;limpso of President Roosevelt as m
aoes him. He says of him:
-No man has lived the life of bis
time so amply as he; no one ban
shown humanity In so many phases,
no one has wider sympatblca or so
many interests. It would be worso
thatt Idle for anyone, no matter how
intimate b!a Knowledge, to fancy that
ho could depict a character no many
aided, ao tried and tested in aucn
multiform experiences, within tne
snace allowed me here. His dally
m
life does not differ In any respect
from that of any other very busy man
of great enrrgy, who finde rest and
relief not only in active outoMoor
Ife, but in a wide and constant reao
nr of books a habit, by the way.
quite aa characteriatlc as an yotber.
but of which the newspaper critica
and humorist tell us little.
" Theodore Rooseteu apprrcniu
.UbW UTimi ha hsi 1 hOUrtt a
1CI j VM.l , , . .
subject out thoroughly and knows
what he means to ao, ne ci k"""
ly. When, after full consideration, be
has made up his mind a to what u
right be is unbending; but no man
.- in th whit House for
many rears who Is so ready to take
advice, who has made Bp bis nlnl
more slowly, more deliberately. 01
after more consuiiauon ou
dore Roosevelt ?
"Every nation, or rather every his
toric race, has certain attributes in
addition to the great and more ob
vious virtues which It believes to be
peculiarly its own. and In "hld "
takes an eapecuu -
United States nae 10 u u wr,
i.mmii a hrate man and
as honest man, very human, with no
vain Pretensetoinr."--;.
would nave mm -
life, democratic in wi wy..
, j tt-.at the world can
axgBzi w-"uu - . .
give, kind to the; jrea '
loyal and true, mZ'"'
rer afraid to fight with a strong.
tane sense of humor, and wiu i
in, of vture in the blood 0
vrhicb we snail n rT. who
... a , ..Mxtnri rA oars woo .
conquered a continent bate drifted a
rood dea iuiwer r
ESS? srW a.
rfexcrlbs)
As I enumerate
Theodoro Roosevelt"
Telegraphic Briefs.
v-Mwitvfn h&a made good
M5TtInd tXvS river and 1.
protecting his une kuu
The Infant' Mercedes, sister
King Alfonso of Spain, died tho day
after the birth of a daughter.
There Is reaction . nb
rale in Way and calm V
Ucipation of the general election.
ReoubUcan national campaign man
akera gatTout a table, claiming 290
efecirlT Totes aa certain for Roose
Telt. .
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