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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
MISS DARBY PUBLISHES THE
RUSSELL LETTER..
Interest in the Wilmington Post
Office Fight Continues at
White Heat. Russell
in Hole.

Wilmington, Jan. miss Mary
G. Darby, Wilmington's postmaster,
this afternoon gave out for publica-
ton a letter which Ex-Governor
Russell sent to her December 10th,
1903. in answer to the challenge
made by him to Mr.. Thos. J. Pence,
the Morning POSTS correspondent in
Washington, and published in last
Sundays paper. Following is q
copy of the Ex-Governor's letter,
which is still in the possession of
Miss Darby:
"Miss Mary; will go to Wash
ington Thursday night. Robinson
will go with me. Please send me
500, and send by Mrs. Sawyer.
"Truly,
"D. L. RUSSELL"
The above was in Ex-Governor
Russell's handwriting. He sent it
by his niece, Mrs. Sawyer, and the
money asked for was sent to him.
That night he left for Washington
in the interest of Miss Darby's re-
appointment. From that day TO
this he has not communicated with
her either by word Or letter. All the
inf rm alton she has gotten has been
through the newspapers. His visit to
Washington now appears to have
been not in the interest of Miss
Darby but in the interest of Mrs.
Russell. One thing is positive. He
received one hundred dollars from
Mi 8 Darby December 10th and an
other 800 last August, when he
went on to look after the case. These
are the facts in the case and Miss
Darby has the positive proof of
them. The former govern or's chal-
lenge is now answered.
Interest in the Wilmington post
Office fight continues at white heat.
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Gainesville, Ga, Jan. 6.-Thous-
ands of Georgia's citizens. former
| comrades Of General James Long
street, veterans who fought by his
side and under his command during
the War Between the States, State
officials and private citizens, gathered
to-day to pay their last tribute to his
memory, as his remains were con-
signed to their last resting place.
The funeral services were held in
the large court room of the county
building, and the rites of the Catholic
church were conducted by Right
Rev. Benjamin j. Kelley, Bishop of
Savannah, himself a soldier, under
General Longstreet from 1851 to
1864. The casket was banked in
Sea. tributes, the remembrance of
hundreds of friends and Confederate
organizations from every portion of
South. Across thecasket were draped
the Confederate and National flags.
After the ritual of the Catholic SER
vice an address was delivered by
Bishop Kelley, who spoke of Gen
eral Longstreet's place in history and
his worth as a private citizen.
The procession to Alta Cemetery
where the interment was made Was
witnessed by an immense crowd that
HAD been unable to gain admittance
to the court room.
The escort included a large num-
Der of military organizations, of Con-
federate Veterans, Daughters of Con-
federacy, officials and citizens. The
commitment to the grave was brief,
the prayer being read by Father
Schadewell, OF Albany Ga. A volley
was fred over the grave bya detach-
ment Of the Gambler Horse Guards,
taps were sounded and the grave was
closed.
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A RUSH TO DEATH.
A SCORE OF PEOPLE KILLED
IN THE CRASH OF TWO
TRAINS.
d
This Fearful Wreck On the Rock
Island, California and Mexico
Railway is Said to Have
Been Caused By the
Recklessness of the
Trainmen.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 6.-Seventeen
| persons were killed and 81 injured
in a head-on collision between the
Rock Island, California and Mexico
Express and freight trsin at VIII
lard this morning. Most Of the in
jured are in hospitals In Topeka. The
doctors announce that all will re-
cover with the exception of Mrs. M.
A. Hill, of Greensburg, Kan.
The dead are:
Mrs. Jas. II. Hill, Greensburg,
Kan.
Mrs. w. 8. Martin, st. Joseph,
Mo.
Mrs. Mary Harvaille, Chillicothe,
Mo.
Ben Harvaille, son OF Mrs. Har-
vaille, aged 13.
Tot Harvaille, daughter of Mrs.
Harvallle, aged 8.
Mrs. Susan Reed, sister of Mrs.
Harvaille.
James Griffin, Claremont, Mo.
E. E. Myer, Buffalo, N. Y.
Raymond \. Martin, Chillicothe,
Mo.
w. s. Martin, st. Joseph, Mo.
E. r. Rankins, DeKalb, Mo.
William J. Wells, Jacksonville,
Ill.
Mrs. Mary Kaiser, Russian; ad-
dress unk nOWn.
Gale Fuller, aged Z, Bro,ton, Ia.
Grace Reed, ChIlllcothe, Mo.
Leonora Reed, Chilllcothe, Mo.
An unidentified boy.
1t is thought that carelessness of
trainmen caused the wreck. In
structed to meet a special freight
train at Willard, the engineer and
conductor of the ill-fated passenger
train noting that freight train
stood on the side track ct Willard,
rushed through, thinking that the
cars they had seell were the ones
which they had been instructed to
pass.
A formal inquest was held ut the
wreck to-day by Coroner Dooley, OF
Wabunsee county.
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Washington, Jan. 8.-Argument
of the South Dakota bond suit was
begun this afternoon before the su-
preme court of the United States,
Wheeler Peckham leading off for the
plaintiffs. The distinguished New
YorkeEspoke-for an hour and half,
when the court adjourned until Mon
day noon, at which time he will re-
susfs.
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Washington, Jan. IA petition,
signed by leading business citizens of
Wilmington, protesting against The
apl ointment of MIS-. d. l.. Russell as
postmaster at that place, was laid be-
fore the president to-day 81 Senator
Summons. The protest, which was
signed by forty-nine business people
and firms, was accompanied by
letter from j. A. Taylor, merchant,
who stated that the signer4 were rep
resentatlve of Wllm ngtou's business
element AMI that an indefinite num-
ber of additioaal signatures could
have been secured had it been deem-
cd necessary.
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atlanta, Ga, Jan. 9.-Lieutenant
General John Brown Gordon died
at his winter home near Miami,
Florida, at 1905 tonight His fatal
illness which overlook him last
Wednesday was congestion of the
stomach and liver, following an
acute attack of indigestion to which
he was subject.
Gen. Gordon was born in UpsOn
county, Georgia, July 6, 1882, Of
Scotch ancestry, which had promi-
nent part in the Revolutionary War.
Young Gordon graduated from the
Georgia State University in 1852 and
a few menths later was admitted TO
the practice of law Eariy in 1864
he enlisted in the volu teer Con-
federate service and was el ected cap
tain of his company. He rose rap
idly by promotion to be Lleutent-
Colonel of the S;ixtu Alaba1-a In
fantry in December 1861. He par
ticipated in the struggle on the Pc
ninsula, had part III the battle at
Malvern Hill, and was commission
ed Brigadler General November,
1862. lie was in command at Chan
cellorsville and in the Pennsylvania
campaign. He was at the battle of
Gettysburg, the battle of the wilder
ness, Spottsylvania court house. In
May, 1864, he was promoted to be
Major General and took part in the
important battles which marked the
closing scenes of the Civil War. His
bearing was characterized by bold
ness and a dash which made him the
idol of his soldiers. In an opinion of
General ID. HI. Hill, General Gordon
was characterized as "The Chevaller
Bayard of the Contederacy.
When the hootilities were ended
he called his men about him and adj
vised them to bear the trial of de-
feat, to go home in peace, obey the
laws and rebuild the wasted eouu-
try.
He took a prominent part in the
councils of his party since 1866. He
was defeated Cand date for Cover
nor of Georgia in 1867, anu III 1878
and 1879 was elected TO the United
States Senate. Reslgning that posi-
ton in 1880, he participated actively
| in building the Georgia Pacific Rail-
| road. In 1888 he was elected Gov
ernor of Georgia and in 1e90 entered
again the United States Senate for
! the full term Since his retirement
from political activity he has de-
voted much of his time in lecturing,
presenting to the North as well as
the South his lecture upon s'The
Last Days of the Confederacy."
Since the organization of the
United Confederate Veterans, he
held the position of its commander
in-chief and his frequent reflections
to that position testified to the
warmth of affection in which he has
| been held in the South.
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RUN OVER AND KILLED.
Sad Fate of Partially Deaf Wo-
man In the Southern Yards.

Salisbury, Jan. s.-Mrs. Laura
Leaser, aged about twenty-eight,
was killed by a shifting train on the
Southern yard here tonight. The
woman, who was slightly deaf, was
crossing the track and failed TO hear
the approaching tram, which ran
backwards across her body, causing
instant death. Her body was fright
t1iiy mangfed.
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SEVENTEEN CENT COTTON.

Charlotte, Jan. 11.-"Cotton will
sell for. II cents by the first day
of March" This bold and aggressive
statement was made this morning in
Charlotte by no less parsonage than
Daniel j. Sully, who is at the head
of the banking and brokerage firm
of Daniel j. Sully & Co., of No. Al
Wall street, New York.
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NEW SECRETARY.
REV. HIGHT G. MOORE AC-
CEPTS SUNDAY SCHOOL
SECRETARYSHIP.
He Will Locate In Raleigh Feb
ruary 1st-He is Well Equip
ed-Baptists to be
Congratulated.
Raleigh Post.

Rev. Hight G. Moore, pastor of
the Baptist church at Chapel Hill,
will resign that pastorate and on
February 1st become Slate Sunday
School Secretary, working under the
direction Of the Sunday school COM
mittee OF the Baptist State Board of
Missions, Of which Mr.. N. B.
Broughton + the chairman.
Mr.. Brodghton received a letter
from Rev. Mr.. Moore yesterday to
the effect that he would accept the
tender of the position made to him
by the Baptist State Board of Mis-
sions at the annual meeting held in
the First Baptist church Of this city,
January 1et. He also wrote that he
will be in Raleigh next week to
make arrangements for moving his
family here, as this must be his
headquarters.
In becoming State Sunday School
Secretary Rev. Mr.. Moore succeeds
Rev. T. Neil Johnson, who resigned
to take professorship in the Baptist
Female University. The frat State
Secretary was Rev. Is. w. Spillman,
who vas succeeded by Rev. Mr..
Johns. on.
Rev. Mr.. Moore, the new secre-
tary, is thirty-fve years old and is
native of Caldwell county, having
grown up in the noted Globe COM
mun:ty. He was educated in the
Globe Academy, Wake Forest Col
lege and Grocer Theological Semi
nary. He made record in each for
diligence and scholarship. He is
Bible student and has just finished
book on the Bible that is in the
hands of a well known printing
house. The Sunday school depart
Tnent Of the Biblical Record was
conducted by him for a number of
years. He has made a reputation
for himself in the field of literature.
He has compiled a work on North
Carolina Anthology and has written
good deal Of verse and prose.
Mr.. Moore's pastorates at Monroe,
Morehead City, Newbern and Chapel
Hill have been very successful, and
prominent Baptist said last night
that one objection to calling him to
the Sunday school secreiaryship was
that he could not be replaced at
Chapel Hill. He has long been a
| student IF Sunday school methods
and is regarded as the very strongest
| man for this work that could pos
sibly have been chosen.
The statement was made that in
| inviting Mr.. Moore to become state
secretary the state board scarcely
dared hope that he would accept, but
so we'll qualified for the position was
he that they resolved to extend him
the invitation anyway. And now
that he has seen at to accept, said
this same gentleman, the Baptists OF
the state are to be congratulated.
Rev. Mr.. Moore, as stated above,
will move his family to Raleigh.
He married Miss Peterson, a daugh.
ter of Mr.. j. E. Peterson, for mum.
ber Of years mayor of Goldsbero.
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1T IS A STARTLER.
Agent Of the Southern at Woodleaf
Arrested AS Fire Bug and
RObber.

Salisbury, N. c., Jan. 6.-s. l..
Helms, agent of the Southern Rail-
way at Woodleaf, Rowan county,
has been arrested on the charge of
burning the depot at that place on
November 13, the warrant being
sworn out by Special Freight Agent
w. V. Guerard. Charges of robbery
are also made and a shortage of two
hundred dollars.
Helms has been given a prelimi-
nary hearing and placed under a
bond Of $500. The arrest has caused
sensation.
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NO2O
FALLEN ON SLEEP.
GENERAL T. JOHN BROWN COR
DON PASSED AWAY
SATURDAY NIGHT.

He Was Brave Confederate Sold.
fer and When the War Was
Over He Called His Men
About Him and Begged
Them to 60 Home and Re-
build the Wasted COun-
try and Obey the Laws
and Live in Peace.
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NC.TH 1904
LONGSIREET LAID TO REST
CASKET BANK ED WITH FLOW
ERS, DRAPED WITH CON
r FEDERATE FLAGS.

The Funeral Services Were Held In
the Large Court Room of the
County Building, and the
Rites of the Catholic
Church Were Con-
Quoted by Right
Rev. Benjamin
J. Kelley.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
SIX SANK To DEATH
Collapse of Bridge Flung
Two Engines into
River.
(By the Associated Prcss.)

Cleveland, o., March 5.-Six men were
drowned and four others injured as a re-
suit of the collapse of bridge spanning
Yellow Creek, near Irondale, on the
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad today.
The men were on two locomotives that at
tempted to cross the bridge together.
The dead!
]. f. MAS, engine man.
J. j. HENDERSON, fireman
GEORGE PHILLIPS, conductor.
THOMAS KERR, fireman's apprentice.
T. j. COONTZ, brakeman.
A. j. KING, fagman.
Most of the men lived at Melville, Ohio.
Of the eleven men making UP the crew OF
the two engines, all went down except one
man left at one end of the bridge as a
fagman.
The bridge had been deakened by a
cloudburst that occurred Thursday. The
engines had hauled out two work trains
and were returning to Wcllsville Tor
water when the accident occurred.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
STRIKE AGAIN IS
THREATENED
Conference of Miners and
Operators Ends in
Deadlock.
(By the Associated PROSE-

Indianapolis, Ind, March 5.-The joint
conference between the coal miners and
operators OF the Central Competitive Dis
tr4et adjourned today without reaching
an agreement as to the scale OF wages
Tor the year commencing April /. This
IS the second time there has been fail
ure to agree. The operators are leaving
for their homes. The 500 miners delegates
here will meet Monday morning in ma
tional convention when it is announced
a statement of the position of tho miners
will be given to the public.
The final disagreement and adjourn
mcnt came after day devoted to con-
sideration of the ultimatum of the opera
tors which was that two years scale
be signed at a reduction of II per cent
from the present scale.
President Mitchell, Vice president
Lewis and Secretary Wilson, OF the ma
tional organization, and many of the
district officers, advised the miners to
accept the operators proposition. In re-
ply many Of the delegates announced
they were bound by instructions and
could not vote for any reduction.
+. l.. Robbins, for the operators, said
after adjournment
Inc operators Dy unanimous agree
ment made fair, maganimous offer.
The miners leaders urged its acceptance,
but many Of the miners were tied by in
structions and said they could not accept
it."
"Is there any way a strike can be
averted now?' he was asked.
'Well, the representatives of the oper-
ators and the representatives OF the
miners of the four States could make an
other arrangement similar to the one
which has just been unsuccessfully con
cluded." he answered.
Both Mr.. Robbins and President Mitch
ell refused to say whether there had
been any talk of renewal Of negotia-
lions.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
rites to the Powers.

Associated Press.)
March 5.-Japan address
lie powers today in response
communication from Russia
OF been published here and
unknown.
Russia various communications to the
powers, attacking Japan for its conduct
OF diplomatic negotiations before their
rupture for its attack upon Russia with
violation of the neutrality of Korea are
regarded as absurd. Responding to the
charge of violating the neutrality of Ko-
rea Japan points to the action of Russia
IN Manchuria, where thousands of troops
were assembled long before a diplomatic
rupture occurred. She says that she is
fully prepared to accept the judgment of
the powers on a comparison of her course
in Korea where she landed troops only af
ter a state of war existed, and upon the
written permission of the Emperor of Ko-
rea. She denies that Chemulpo was q
neutral port after the Japanese landed on
February 8, but whether it was neutral
or belligerent, Russia began hostIities
theTe.e When the Russian gunboat Ko-
rietz steamed out of the harboT of Che
mulpo on the afternoon of February s,
she opened fire on the Japanese squadron,
making the opening shot of the war; The
Japanese guns did not respend but the
Japanese torpedo boat destroyers answer
ed the fire and discharged two torpedoes
before the Korietz retired.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
Heavy Land Fighting Not
Expected Before April
TO HOLD PORT ARTHUR
The Russian Plan is 70 Gather in The
East in Overwhelming Numbers
and Crush the Japanese
by Their Colossal
MnsnkR
Weight.
(By the Associated Press

st. Petersburg, March 5.-Although al
most four weeks have elapsed since the
Japanese first attacked Port Arthur, here
the war is considered hardly to have be-
gun.
Heavy land fighting upon which the fate
of the campaign depends, is not expected
much before the end of April
BY this time Russia will have in the
field. exclusive of the large army of men
required to guard the railroads. four army
corps, each with a cavalry division and
an artillery brigade. All that has hap
pened so far, or is going to happen until
these forces are in the field, is considered
according to the Russian view, to be
nothing more than the prologue to the
real drama
The Russians are determined to defend
Port Arthur as heroically as they did Sc
bastopol No large garrison will be re-
tanned there; ten thousand men are as
good as one hundred thousand for de-
fence, while the more men the more
mouths to feed. There are enough pro-
VISIONS now to last for eight months. In
addition there will be division of Cos
sacks, with mountain batteries. on the
peninsula to oppose landings and harass
the enemy if they succeed in investing the
city.
Viceroy Alexieff still retains his head
quarters at Mukden, through which three
thousand or four thousand soldiers are
passing daily to the positions which the
main armies will occupy
The Russian plans do not contemplate
taking any chances on the score of in
ferior numbers. By sheer weight of men
and guns if nothing else. when the proper
f'nnn Russian counts on over
Japanese and rolling them
Korea.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
The Indian Bill Passed.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, March 5.-The House today
passed the Indian Appropriation Bill which
has been under consideration for the past
three days. The main points in contro-
versy related to provisions affecting tribes
in the Indian Territory An unsuccess-
full effort was made by Mr.. Stephens
(Texas) to eliminate the provision for con-
tinuing tho Dawes Commission another
year The provision authorizing the rent
ing Of certain lands in the Indian Terri
tory, which have been allotted to full
blood Indians of number of tribes was
stricken from the Dnl on point OF order.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08

faulters in their accounts Not one OF
these defaulters has been found"
The reforms that are claimed, it says,
are such as to cripple the road by dis
charging necessary employees In local
matters it says McBee is harasslng and
annoying shippers by useless and unneces-
sary demands, and sums up by saying:
"The result summed up is, no defaulters
found, no frauds found for which Presi-
dent Bryan Governor Aycock or the di-
rectors of the road must answer. while
the entire work Of the road has become
more or less demoralized, and the business
along the entire line placed in an I'M
certain attitude, waiting to see what next
would be DONE
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
McBEE MIDDLE.
Some Things About the Wreckership
of the A. & N. C. Railroad.

Word comes up from New Bern that Of
the eleven agents whom Receiver McBee
summarily hauled up as not having set
tied nine have paid up in full and two
are ready to cash up in the Atlantic and
North Carolina affairs.
One case was a "hoss'' on his majesty
The Receiver, This was in the case of
an agent on whom the demand to settle
was made. He is the agent at little
station and when he presented his ac-
count McBce was 5000 in debt to HIM.
McBee was not in hurry to pay up and
let the agent go.
The Goldsboro Argus says that McBce
is searching for ''more nests" and tells OIL
it thuswise:
under the new receivershlp OF tie Al
lantic and North Carolina railroad an au-
ditor was sent to this city yesterday Tor
the first time in some months to check
up the account of Mr.. j. j. Broadhurst'
the freight agent of the company at TINS
place. 1t will be gratifying news to hlS
many friends who did not expect any"
thing else, to learn that the auditor found
the books of Mr.. Broadhurst in excellent
shape and his accounts correct to the
penny. He is one of the best agents OF
the road and is very popular with the
patrons of the company at this point.
The New Bern journal editorially, says
that the newspaper reports sent out from
New Bern about the condition of the road
are distorted and misleading and that up
to date the reccivcrship of MoBoe rs a
wreckership of the road. The work, 1t
says. has been to discrcdit Governor Ay-
cock and President Bryant, "by first say
ing the employees were not to be paid
March 1st, when the date has always
been the 18th of each month The SECOND
attempt was the assertion sentout from
here that clever road agents were de-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-08
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