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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
MARTIAL Law REIGNs,
Bilboa Has Strike Whose Effects are worse
Than q seige.
(By the Associated Press.


Bilbao, Spain, Oct. 27.-Martial law has
been proclaimed here. All the trades have
joined the strike and 10000 men are af-
feeted. Railroad and street car traffic
has been suspended. Cavalry is protect
ing the gas works against the strikers
whose persistent efforts to stop any men
from working have led to some riotlng
The rioters stoned carriages that appeared
in the streets, shouting Death to the
Dourgeoise" and Down with the ~
rants"
The mob was charged by the police and
shots were fired from both sides. Several
persons were wounded.
Factories in Bilbao belonging to foreign
ers now fly their respective national flags.
Business on the bourse is suspended and
the strikers have prevented the loading
of vessels in the harbor. The shops are
closed and no newspapers are being pub
lished.
Reinforcements of troops are arriving.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Convicted of Train Wrecking.
(By the Associated Press.l

IBy lHt ASSOCIdItu F'TtSS.J
stanton, Va, Oct. 27.-In the Augusta
County court here today John Kennedy,
alias Crawford, charged with wrecking a
Norfolk and Western railroad passenger
train near Greenville, Va last December,
and with the murder of Engineer Bailey,
of Roanoke. who lost his life in the
wreck was convicted of murder in the
first degree. He is 10 years old. His ac-
complice, James Bailey, will be tried to-
morrow, and Mrs. Ellen Bailey, the aged
mother of James Bailey, who Kennedy
claims planned the wreck, will be tried
next
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
FEDERAL AID FOR LEVELS
Keynote OF the Great Convention That Met at
New Orleans Yesterday
(By Che Associated Press

New Orleans, La, Oct 27.-Resolved to
appeal to the Federal Government for ade-
quate aid to levee both banks of the
Mississippi River and to maintain such
levee at maximum grade, thereby making
possible the reclamation and protection
of the alluvion lands and improving navi-
cation, the largest and most influential
ievee convention yet held in the valley
convened here today, when President
Charles Scott called the Interstate Mis-
sissippi River Improvement and Levee As
ISOLATION to order. The occasion was
made a notable one by the direct an
nouncement by the President of the
United States of his sympathy with the
movement which the convention proposes
to inaugurate. The delegates represented
fifteen States of the Mississippi and
Ohio valleys and included Governors, SEN
ators, members of Congress, high railroad
officials and representatives of CONNER
cial exchanges and levee boards.
In calling the convention to order Presi-
dent Scott defended the levee system and
urged the constitutionality, the expedience
and the commercial and military necessity
of government charge of the work. Mayor
Capdeville and Governor Heard, made adj
dresses of welcome Charles Scott was
elected permanent cHdlTLudu VI Tile COu-
vention and John w. Bryan. of louisiana,
and W. A. Everman, of Mississippi, as
secretaries, and committee on resolu-
tions composed of two delegates from each
State represented and tep at large were
provided for.
The President wrote:
My Dear Mr.. Parker: Permit me
through you to express my very great in
terest in the work of the Interstate Levee
Convention. Exactly as 1 have taken
Il keen interest in irrigation in the arid
regions, so / feel that the movement for
thoroughly protecting the Mississippi low
lands by levees is one of Importance to
the whole country no less than To the peo-
pie Immediately adjoining the great river.
] wish all success to your convention
and shall follow its proceedings with close
attention.
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
When the letter had been read Burray
F. Smith of Vicksbu~g. offered the follow
ing resolution which was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the peo-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
TIE sMIrHFIELD P0sr-oFFIcE
Masses. Removal Recommended. Two Can.
didstes for the Position

Smithfield, n. c., Oct. Ell. NJ. Allen
and James D. Parker are candidates for
the position of postmaster here, since it
has been learned that the postoffce in
spector sent here TO investigate the
charges has recommended the removal of
Postmaster ]. D. Massie. Congressman Pou
has pressed the case ever since the
charges were filed. Mr.. Massie denies ali
the charges against him, and declares poll
tics is at the bottom of the affair.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Chase City Has a Big Fire.
BY the Associated Press.l

Richmond, Va, Oct PA disastrous
fire occurred at Chase City this morning
What remained from a former fire of the
older part of the town was practically
swept away. The losers are B. A. Rob-
erts and Sens, Hughes and Davis, Tis-
dale's estate, G. s. Watson, Tom Gee, Mrs.
E. F. Berry, Mrs. E. V. Coleman, Mrs.
S. J. Haggie, Pruden and Hutcheson, Og-
burn and Bro, and Gregory. The total
loss is placed at $4,000. The insurance is
100000
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
It Doesn't Mean Social Equality.
fBy the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press)
Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. 27.-The gen.
eral conference of the Wesleyan Methodist
Church of America, took 4 more definite
stand today on the matter of admission
of the negro to the church by reaffirming
the old discipline, saying that he shall
not be barred from membership, and add
ing a note to the effect that this shall
not be construed to mean social equality.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Not the Body Of Wentz,
lBy the Associated Press.l

(By the Associated Press.)
Chattanooga Tenn, Oct. PA special
from Bristol, Tenn, says that the report
that the body of Edward l.. Wentz, who
disappeared some weeks ago had been
found, is an error. The country for many
miles around has been searched and no
trace of the young man has been found.
The belief that he has been kidnapped
and is held for ransom has gained con-
siderable credence.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Three Indicted for Land Frauds
(By the Associated Press.l

(By the Associated Press.)
Portland, Ore, Oct. 27.-The United
States grand jury today returned indict-
ments against three persons on charges
of forgery in connection with the entry
of public lands in the southern Oregon
q stricts The persons indicted are Miss
Mary L. Ware, Horace G. Mckinley and
S. A. d. Puter.
The specific charges are that these three
defendants forged the names of fictitious
persons to homestead applications and
final proofs.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
SEVEN MEN KILLED
An Eastbound Overland Pas
senger Dashes into a
Work Train.
(By the Associated Press.)

Sacramento, Calf, Oct. 27.-Word
reached this city tonight that the second
section of an eastbound passenger had run
into a work train at Palisade Station on
the Central Pacific in the State of Nevada,
and that seven sectionmen were killed and
several passengers injured. The engineer
and fireman of the passenger train also
were injured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
No New Cases Of Fever
(By the Associated Press. ]

10y
San Antonio, Texas, Oct. 27.-No new
cases of yellow fever and no deaths have
been reported by the board of health for
two days. and it is generally believed
that the fever scare may be considered a
thing of the past.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
The Presidents Birthday.

Washington, Oct. 27.-President Roose-
welt today celebrated the forty-fifth ami
versary of his birth. Many beautiful and
touching reminders of the event came to
him from every part of the country
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
BEATEN BY YOUNG CoRBETT.
(By the Associated Press

!. Boston, Mass, Oct. 27.-For ten j
+ rounds and minute and half in the !
! eleventh, Hughey Murphey of New I
: York, stood up against Young Cor 4
+ bett tonight. Then came three blows 4
+ in quick succession, and although !
: Murphy came up before the count, he 1
+ was so "groggy'' that Corbett was !
+ awarded the decision. !
~
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
WORLDS CHAMPION Wrestler.
tBy the Associated Press.

tBy the Associated Press.
! Pittsburg, Pa, Oct. 27.-The wrest-
+ ling match for the championship of ::
! the world which took place at Old !
! City Hail. this city. tonight between !
! Tom Jenkins, of Cleveland, Ohio. :
!. and Dan Mcleod, of Canada, was I
+ won by Jenkins, he taking first and !
!. third falls.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Ali Record of Cotton Receipts Broken
(By the Associated Press. J

(By the Associated Press.)
alveston, Texas, Oct. 27.-All previous
records of cotton receipts at this city for
a single day were eclipsed today by re-
ceipts of 49,9S4 bales, the greatest by TO-
900 bales for any day in the history of
the port.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Murphy and Tammany Attacked.
" the Associated Press.)

" the Associated Press.I
New York. Oct. 27.--Hugh mclaughlin,
of Brooklyn. today issued another state
ment attacking Charles F. Murphy and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
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Texas, California aud Mexico, also NORTH
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Philadelphia, New York, Boston, CinciA-
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Memphis and Kansas City.
Trains leave Raleigh a. tollsws
No "a NORTHBOUND.
1:25 q. m. -"SEABOARD EXPRESS
Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Wsshins
ton, Baltimore, Philadelphia New York,
Boston and al points North, Northeast ans
Northwest.
No. %.
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For ALL POINTS from Raleigh to Ports
mouth, Norlina to Richmond; connecta ~
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T. L. ut Portsmouth Norfolk with Ala
STEAMERS tor points North and Northeast
No. 60.
l1:se A. N. "sEABoARD MAIL" FOX
Richmond Washington, Baltimore. Phi]a'
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ut Richmond with O. o. for Cincinnati,
Chicago and st. Louis; at Washington Wis
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No. 81. sOUTHBOUND.
400 O. m--"SEABOARD EXPRESS
For Charlotte, Atlanta, Columbis, Charles
ton. savannab. Jacksonville. st. AuRnstine
Tsmra and ill roints South and Southwest
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Tickets on sale to ell poin1A Pullmas
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29

F. P. BROWN. Resident Agent, Raleigh
HARRIS r. WILCOX,
Manager, Charlotte, N. C.
Il. Il. BIGGS, Special Agent, Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Uptown Ticket Office

Marlborough Houss Buildins.
G.. H. Gattis. c. t. and P. A.
Phones III Raleigh, a.
I. P, SMITH, T. P. A,
Ra,eiEh
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
Raleigh @Cape Fear
RAILROAD CO.

Effective 1901 A. NJ, Sunday, August
80. 1903 r.
Superseding Schedule Effective Angus
1904
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-29
A. & N. G. r. r.

Schedule Effective October 25, 1903.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12
WARM IN COLORADO.
All Eyes On the Legislature and the
SenatOrship.

Denver. Col, Jan. 1.-THE confusion
existing in Colorado as a result of the
fight over the selection of a successor
to United States Senator Henry NJ.
Teller is puzzling even to the most
acute political minds. Mr.. Wolcott and
his friends insist that action, looking
TO the unseating of certain Democratic
members of the House because of al
legged fraud in the ballot and returns.
be taken before balloting is begun on
the senatorship. Wolcott charges his
Republican opponents with deliberate
delay in this matter. because of a deal
with the Democrats, which involves
this question. In a statement issued
by Mr.. Wolcott tonight he says
Gross frauds, concerning which the
evidence is indisputable, should lead
to the unseating of seventeen fraudu-
lently elected Democrats in the House.
Every friends of mine, including the
seventeen members who asked for a
caucus. is anxious to have a speedy
vote on the unseating of these fraudu-
lently elected Democrats, but there is
grave danger that there will be no ac-
ton on eXpelling them until after the
10th, when voting on the senatorship
Will commence.
If the Legislature shall be made
Republican on joint ballot before a
senator is elected, all that 1 or my
friends ask is that he shall be chosen
in free and fair conference or caucus
by the Republican members"
The anti-Wolcott Republicans have
maintained all along that no deal be-
tween the Democrats and the anti
Wolcott forces has been made, and that
they Will never vote for a Democrat
Tor United States senator. Among the
several candidates of the anti-Wolcott
people, Frank G. Goudy of Denver
probably has the largest following.
Some say that the split in the party
Will result in Senator TelIer's return
to the Senate, and should the contested
seats in the House be given to the
democrats, there is little doubt that
Senator Teller will be chosen, as he
was Endorsed by the Democratic State
convention and by nearly all the coun-
" conventions. However, eX-Gov. AL
va Adams of Pueblo looms UP as a
possibility. The following telegram
mas been received by William Staple
ton, editor of the Denver Republican:
Washington, Jan. 10.-We in COM
mon with all the friends of the Repub-
hcan party here deplore the conditions
now existing in the Legislature in
your state. Anything that will destroy
the prospects of electing a Republican
senator is deprecated to the utmost
degree. If remedy can be found we
most earnestly appeal to those Re
publicans controlling the situation to
make the effort, considering above all
else the interests of the party.
M. A. Hanna,
III. c. Payne"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12
THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.
He Looks Very Much Like Fight
ing Man.
ot' les W..,, " oorres l2 VIEW

st. Petersburg Correspondence New
York Mail and Express.
In the summer gardens the most
conspicuous figures are the army on
GERS in their white caps and long. light,
blue gray, military coats. The Rus
sian values a uniform, but really uni
forms are so numerous at the places
of popular resort that it is "a distinc-
ton not to be seen in one. At Paw
losk, suburb of st. Petersburg, where
you will find the same life and Ill
versity of classes as at Manhattan
Beach, 1t seemed to me that half the
men wore uniforms.
To put 1t to the test l counted the
first ten men who sauntered past. Six
of them wore officers garb. The pro-
portion seemed unnatural, and / count
ed ten more. Nine of them were Off
GERS. / was told that field evolutions
near there partly accounted for their
presence in such numbers. 1t would
not be such wild guess, however. to
say that of all Russians who can read
and write, the majority are in officers
uniform or in the civilian service of
the government.
The Russian soldiers, as / have seen
them, impress me as the most formida-
nent. They have no great appearance
of dash, but they look as If they would
go wherever they were sent, as If they
would fight longer than it was sensible
to fight, and as If, even in fight, they
would show their teeth. They seem
like men who would march for days
with little or no food, and would rem
der about as good an account of them
selves when things were going against
them as when things were going their
way.
Their physique is striking in its APP
pearance of strength and endurance,
and their faces are singularly good
natured. The effectiveness of such an
army would depend on how 1t was led.
/ should not trust all the Russian Off
GERS l have seen with important COM
mands. There is an element among
them that impresses you more with
their amiability, their fondness for ease
and the creature comforts and their
Judgment as to pretty face than with
their probable quality at strategy or
grand tactics.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12
CUSTODY of CHILDREN
Not Yet Determined by Judge Butt
mt Columbus.

NJ COtumDu6s
Columbus, Ca, Jan. 1.-THE hear
ing of the habeas corpus case of Miss
Augusta Howard of Columbus, against
Richard Maxwell. to recover her little
nephew and niece from Mr.. Maxwell,
brother of John B. Maxwell, father
of the children, on the ground that
when the mother died, she turned them
over to her miss Howard), 70 rear, and
with their fathers consent, ended yes
terday afternoon. Judge Butt reserved
his decision until tomorrow.
Mr.. Maxwell. who is a well known
and highly respected citizen of Talbot
county, introduced testimony in
support of his contentious, that his
brother, John b. Maxwell, asked him
to rear the children. He denies that
his brother relinquished their control to
Miss Howard, and says that when he
took them to Talbot county he told Miss
Howard his brpther had requested him
to rear them, and that she surrendered
them voluntarily. He said he was able
to rear the children in the proper man.
ner. He alleged that Miss Howard
was an unfit person to rear the chill
dren as, he alleged, she had no prop
erty, and was besides not a believer In
the Christian religion.
Nothing was said derogatory to Miss
Howards personal character in any
way. The defendant merely consider
ed these legal reasons why he and not
she, should rear the children,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12
TWO POLICE BOARDS
Dispute Over the Control of the
Americas Force.

Dispute Over the Control of the
Americas Force.
Americas. Ga, Jan. 11.-with two
distinct sets of police commissioners.
Americas is going to keep the peace.
Quite recently new board of commits
sioners were elected under the act of
the Legislature amending the city
charter, and last night this new board,
with Mayor Hawkins as ex-officio
member, was duly sworn in and is now
ready to assume authority over the po-
ice force. But the Old board of COM
mlssloners will refuse to give way,
holding that the act creating the new
BOARD is defective, and the matter will
nave to be settled by the courts, though
IT is generally believed that in the end
the new board will win out.
The Americas Grocery Company held
Its annual meeting yesterday, and de-
clared dividend of 10 per cent. This
Is the eleventh year of prosperity for
this company, during which time it has
pald back to stockholders $155, 600, or
$155 for every 800 originally invested .
FRANK Lanier is president of the COM
pany.
The Armour Fertilizer Works will
soon establish a large plant in Ameri-
Gus, with an annual capacity of 10000
tons of fertilizer.
The high rate charged for street
lighting here may result in the build
ing by the city of an electric lighting
Plant of it's own, in connection with
the present water works plant. The
CITY Council has named a committee
to ascertain the cost of such a plant.
City Clerk and Treasurer John NJ.
McGarrah, recently elected to that po-
sition, rendered his resignation to the
Council yesterday to accept the posi-
ton of chief accountant for the
Americas Oil Company. E. ]. McMath
is named as city clerk, temporarily,
until an election to fill the vacancy
can be held. The slashing of salaries
by the new City Council recently is
resulting in the loss of several very eff
f1cient and valued employees, who can
easily get better salaries in other po-
sitions.
Hundreds of fine mules are being
sold in Americas this season, despite
high prices, and farmers are preparing
for busy year. Fine animals. costing
from $3.50 to 5000 each, were carried
out of Americus yesterday to the plan
tations in this vicinity.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12

Washington, Jan. 11.-Representa-
tive Thomas H. Tongue of the First
Congressional District of oregon died
suddenly at his residence in this city
at 1 o'clock this afternoon Of heart
failure, following an attack of indiges-
ton.
His death came as a great shock to
his colleagues in the House, as he had
been in unusually good health during
the present session. At his bedside
when the end came were his daughter,
Miss Bertha, and an adopted daughter,
Miss Ruane. Mrs. Tongue is in Hills
boro. Mr.. Tongues Oregon home, and
to that place the remains will be taxi
en- for interment.
Mr.. Tongue leaves a widow. two
sons, one of whom is in Washington
and another in Oregon; three daugh-
tiers, two of whom are married and live
in Oregon, and an adopted daughter
Mr.. Tongue was in the seth years of
his age, was a lawyer by profess
sion, and had served in the Fiji
ty-tifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh
Congresses, and had been elected to
the Fifty-eighth Congress.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-12
SAVED CHINA S8O,OOO,OO0
That is What Gen. ChaRee Says
Mckinley Did.

If President Mckinley had not for
hidden it, Gen. Adna r. Chaffee ad-
mitted last evening, says Saturdays
New York Herald, in an address at the
Hamilton Club, in Brooklyn, where he
was the guest of honor at a dinner in
commemoration of the birthday of
Alexander Hamilton, he would have
seized treasure worth $4,000, 900
when he was in command of the Amer
lean troops in China.
He knew exactly the location of this
treasure in the Forbidden City, and
had planned to take possession of it, he
said, when the President vetoed the
proposition. 1t was his intention to
hold out any amount that might be
settled upon as a proper indemnity,
and return the remainder to the Chi
nese government.
1--WE and the Japanese had the honor
of guarding the gate to the Forbidden
City," said Gen. Chaffee, land have
had to endure the modification of be-
ing charged with having allowed a
great amount of looting; but it is a
fact that the Forbidden City was not
looted to the amount of $500.
within those walls, however, was
the greatest treasure in, the Chinese
empire, including the Jewels of the
Empress Dowager. So great was, its
volume that it required a hundred
Chinese soldiers twenty days to trans
port it from the winter palace to the
house where it was secreted. This
was done by night, the soldiers taking
roundabout and little used streets to
reach their destination, and if it had
not been for the enterprise of an
American, whom will not name, and
for the venality and greed of the Chi
nese soldier in command of the pro-
ceeding, the secret might never have
become known.
LAS it was, 1 was fully informed as
to all the particulars. even had a
map of the Forbidden City, with the
location of the house. where the treas
ure was concealed plainly marked on
it, and at moments notice / could
have seized the entire amount, had not
my hands been tied.