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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17

from start to finish, as he told some
thing of the work in China. Especial
ly were his listeners moved by stories
of the Boxer outbreak and the fidelity
of native Christians under persecution
and torture; one simple old peasant
slowly buried alive and steadfastly re-
fusing life and liberty if he would
but deny the faith; another, is sweet
singer. made to pleasure his torment
orS by singing one Christian hymn
after another, and then literally cut to
pieces While he sang, He Leadeth
Me-"
The stories of Polycarp and ST. Law
renee cannot surpass these modern
martyrdoms in thrilling heroism and
fidelity. Mr.. Little greatly moved his
audience with his picture of Francis
Xavier in the Sixteenth century
standing before the fast closed gate
of a Chinese walled city, crying, 20
Rock, when wilt thou open to the
cross" and following that with a
vivid and graphic description of the
present condition of the great empire,
to the gospel. and numbering thous-
and and tens of thousands of Chris
tians among her population.
If one half of what Mr.. VaSS says
about King Leopold's policy in the
valley of the Congo river is true, the
Christian powers that signed the Ber-
lin treaty twenty years ago, giving
him the suzeranity over that immense
territory ought either to oust his
royal majesty in the name of COM
mon decency and humanity, or else
hang their heads in shame Strenuous
efforts are being made to have the
entire matter investigated before The
Hague tribunal, and if things be
found as so many reliable witnesses,
eye-witneSses, at that, it seems. surely
remedial measures will be taken. If
there is nothing in it and Leopolds
policy is wise and progressive, then
the foul aspersions should be removed
from his name, and the feelings of
Christian people no longer narrowed
by awful terror and, in this age, we'll
nigh incredible, tales of long con-
tinued brutality and bloodshed.
Mr. Vass is n Tar-heel a son of
DR.. Vass for many years pastor at
New Bern. He is best known as the
captain of the ill-starred Lapsley, the
Continued on Sixth Page.)
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SATISFACTION AT SPENCER.
Over the Decision of the Supreme
Court in the Case of Wingate
VS.. Parker.
Especial to News and Observer.


Salisbury n c., Nov 15.-An-
nouncement was received here today
that the Supreme court at Raleigh has
handed down a decision in the case
of Wingate VS.. Parker, confirming the
finding Of the lower court and decid-
ing the case in favor of the defendant.
General satisfaction is expressed at
Spencer tonight over the action of the
Supreme court. IL viii be remem-
bered that the action grew out of an
attempt of j. +. Wingate, j. ID. Dor
sett and others. to restrain the town
from the collection of it's taxes as
levied by the board of aldermen. The
case was argued before Judge G.. M.
Cook in the SUPERIOR court at States
Vile, and verdict rendered in favor
of the municipality, but an appeal to
the Supreme court was taken by the
plaintiffs The town Of Spencer has
already suffered greatly by the tenn
porary suspension of its collections
but it is now understood that the al
dermen will resume business at the
same old stand and forge to the front
again.
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Out OF the Nav of the Sea.
(By the Associated Press.l

Philadelphia, Pa. Nov 16.-After
having been lashed to mast for more
than tWenty-four hours and with hope
of rescue almost abandoned, Captain
Fisher and crew of seven men of the
brig c. c. Sweeny, were taken from
their perilous position Tuesday after
noon by the steamer Hawaiian from
Honolulu for this port.
The men suffered greatly from eX-
posure to the weather, but are appa-
rently no worse for their experience.
Th brig left Charleston early last
week for PHILADELPHIA with a cargo of
lumber, and encountered the Southern
hurricane Sunday off the Virginia
coast The brig withstood the terrific
wind and sea for a short time only.
and then became WaterlOgged. The
deckload and houses were SWEET away
and the vessei finally broken in two.
The crew then climbed the mainmast
and iashed themselves in the mainsaii
to keep from being washed away.
They remained in this position until
Monday afternoon by which time the
sea had moderated enough to permit
them to return to the deck of the half
sunken hulk. No vessel was sighted
until Tuesday morning when the
Hawaiian responded to their distress
signals and rescued all hands. The
brig was abandoned in latitude $3.50
H., longitude 73.45 w.
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LIFE SAVERS DROWN
The New Inlet Station Destroyed by
the Hurricane that Ragged Sunday.
Buildings Swept Away by a Tidal
Wave. Conflicting Stories Come Of
the Roberta, One Asserting that She
Was Lost with All on Board, An
other that She Outrode the Gale and
Was Seen Yesterday Morning.
Was Seen Yesterday Morning.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Elizabeth City, Nov. 16.-Boats COM
ing into the city to-day report the
loss cf the auxiliary acht Roberta, or
Providence, r. T., which foundered in
Pamlico Sound Sunday morning ana
her crew numbering six or eight were
all drowned.
The yacht reached this city late
Friday afternoon and was tied UP a.
the wharf in the rear of Davis coal
yard. She was sixty feet long and one
of the handsomest boats that has been
here in a long time. Several gentie-
men of the city met the captain ana
one of the crew but did not learn
their names further than that the Cap
tain was from Providence. h. L., ana
the other gentlemen was a theatrlcai
man and viollnlst of great ability.
While standing on the wharf talk
ing to the Gentlemen a large man wno
was addressed as Senator" by the
other requested the theatrical man to
play, and he did SO rendering some
beautiful selection on his violin.
The boat lett mere SATURDAY bound
for Florida and is supposed tied UP
somewhere Saturday night and on
sunday morning started on down Cro-
atan.
She was seen by some oystermen
and one of them remarked that the
yacht would nave to put back as the
sea was very high and the hurricane
that was blowing is described by the
oystermen as being the worst since
1888.
He had scarcely finished speaking
when the boat foundered and went
to the bottom. In a few minutes q
man was noticed on the mast when
was soon broken and ne was drowned.
None of the crew was saved ana
none of the bodies has been recovered.
Communication with that part or
the country is very difficult. and it is
almost impossible to get details, but
the above facts are substantiated by
several oystermen who arrived in the
city this morning and by reports from
Roanoke Island.
The owner of the yacht is unknown
here but it was a pleasure party who
were going to Florida for the winter
on hunting trip.
Some persons say there were eight
i'm the crew and others say there We're
only six. but that all of them We're
lost seems to be we'll founded.
Later. A report has reached the
city that the yacht Robert had been
seen off the south end of Roanoke
Island this morning. Whether the
yacht sighted is the Roberta is not
known. The report is impossible or
confirmation
This last report stated that the yacht
Roberta did anchor off Hatteras ana
that the crew went ashore but We're
unable to retrun to the yacht. The
Yacht however outrode the storm and
the crew boaded her next morning.
Meanwhile reports are still coming
IN confirming the statement that the
yacht was lost
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Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation


started to the train for transfer 70
ItdIel%h a mob oathered at the station
anu a desperate effort was made to
lyilCh the prisoners. the lynching party
naVllhg been stood back by fixed bayo-
netS OF the military and drawn pistols
OF fhe civil authorities. Upon the re-
turtl OF tne negroes to Baden from
Raleigh the men Of Rladen hehaved
themselves like law abiding citizens
and after trial of three days during
Whlch the negroes were given the ad-
vantage of the best counsel, they We're
convicted and sentenced to be hangd,
within fortX-days after the commission
of the crime.
one or the negroes is a
man of family and some property.
but otherwise of the ordinary saw
mill type of 'laborer. The negroes are
about "a years of age: their victim
only about p years of age
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
Sacrificed to Get News
from Port Arthur.
FIGHT TO THE LAST
Not Till the Last Biscuit is Eaten and
the Last Cartridge Fired viii
the Fortress be Surrendered,
Declares a High Russian
Official.
(By the Associated Press.l }


st. Petersburg. Nov. 16.--Advices
from Lieutenant General Stoessel and
Rear Admiral Wren brought by the
Russian torpedo boat destroyer Ras-
toropny from Port Arthur, have
reached the Emperor. but have not
yet been made public. The great inn
portance of the information is appar-
ent from the fact that the torpedo
destroyer was deliberately sacrificed
in order to get the communications
from the beleagueard garrison. The
only Wod which has cached the Adj
mialty is a telegram from the ap-
tain of the Hastroropny announcing
his arrival with official dispatches.
The Associated Press later learned
from a high placed general who was
with the Emperor this afternoon and
who knows the contents of General
StoessePs message that .all the talk
about General Stoessel asking for in
structions to surrender is absolutely
false. He said he was not at liberty
to disclose the nature of General
StoessePS report, but he remarked
"Only when the last biscuit is eaten
and the last cartridge fired will the
garrison surrender the fortress. This
/ can state positively"
Considering the authority the gem
erals words may be accepted as a
reflection of the views of the Emperor
himself. The general further stated
that the surrender report was all the
more ridiculous as several vessels had
broken the blockade and reproyision-
ed the garrison. He added:
General Stoessel also knows that
the second Pacific squadron is on its
WaV'
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Building Swept Away.

Norfolk, Va, Nov 16.-Four of the
schooner Myra w. Spears crew
reached here tonight from Chicami-
cOmico, n. c., where the vessel
grounded last week. They confirm
the fears held here that the vessel
could not survive Sundays storm. She
went completely to pieces dlring the
gale. The men report the storm
washed the sea entirely over the land
separating the ocean from the sound
and say several houses were carried
away.
New Inlet is below Pea Island, at
which point communication stops and
no further confirmation regarding the
destruction of the life saving station
there and loss of life can be secured
tonight
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Another Story OF the Disaster.
(By the Associated Press )

Noy the Associated IfeSS.1
Norfolk, Va Nov. 16.--Oyster men
arriving at Elizabeth City, n. c., this
morning from Croatan river and Pam
i'co Sound report the laundering oi
the yacht Roberta. of Providence r.
l., and the loss of ali on board. The
Roberta was bound to Florida with a
hunting party to stay the winter. she
was AT Elizabeth City Friday ard left
saturday for the South. No names
can be learned. One of the party
was a large man, called senator by
ms companions, and another was a
'heatrlcas mar, or A violinist, acc ord
iliS TO the reports from the natives in
mat section, whom he delighted with
several selections while at the wharf
Nhen the boat WAS coaling.
ne oyster men report warning the
yacht 10 Ttt back on account of the
storm that was, raging and that she
loundered With all on board, very
shortly afterwa IDS evidently in trun
ing ana getting into the trough of the
seas.
Onl yone man of the Yachts COM
pany was saved after the beat sank
and he climbed up the mast but it
broke benath his weight before aid
could reach him. Nc bodies have heen
recovered. The affair occurred IN a
remote section Of the Carolina coast.
between the strip of land that sepa-
rates the ocean from the sound and
the mainland.
A report from Roanoke Island saws
a yacht has been sighted off that
point supposed TO be rho Roherte,
This cannot be verified
The Roberta was a schooner vacht
with gasoline auxiliary She passad
through the Dismal Swamp Canal
Thursday EN- route to the South. Re
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
A DESTROYER BLOWN UP.
Russians Destroy the Rastoropony 10
Keep Her Out of Japanese
Hands.
(By the Associated Press. )

Che Foo, November 16.-The Rus
slams have blown up the torpedo boat
DESTROYER Rastoropony The Russians.
with the exception of one man. left
the destroyer during the afternoon.
This man lit fuses ana blew UP the
vessel.
There were three dull explosions
which were scarcely discernabe one
hundred yards from the place where
they occurred.
Almost simultaneously the Rastoro-
rony sunk and settled on the bottom.
A single spart marks her grave.
a 1t is impossible tonight to secure
an explanation of the action of the
Russians, but it is believed that they
were determined not to allow a rene
tition of the Ryeshitelni incident Prior
to the destruction of the destroyer the
Tao Tai had officially notified the Jap
anese Consul that her disarmament
had been completed, the breeeh blocks
and ammunition having been removed
and her machinery disabled.
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Tie Sterling Damaged by Storm.
(By the Associated Press


Norfolk, Va, November 16.-The
United States Naval collier Sterling,
Captain George Mcdonald, command
ing, which arrived at the yard late
Wednesday evening. is considerably
the worse for wear as the result OF
the terrific storm along the Atlantic
coast, which was encountered Satur-
day night and Sunday.
The collier left the naval station
at Pensacola on the evening OF No
vember Sth, bound for this port.
At eight o'clock Sunday morning,
the Sterling refused to steer either
TO run before the gale or to com.
head to it.
The cabin became flooded and the
main boiler worked in its saddle so
violently that it caused the steam pipe
to burst As a result of this acci-
dent the steam in the boilers had to
be blown out and the engines stop
ped.
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Men That Were Reported Drowned.
CBy the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Providence, r. l., Nov. 16.-The
Providence men composing the hunt
ing party reported lost with the
foundering of the schooner yacht Ro-
berta, off the coast of Northu Caro-
lima Sunday, are:
Colonel Felix r. Wendelschaefer,
proprietor of the Providence Opera
House; Walter ". Stiness, Republican
leader in the State Senate and Viii
lard G. Perkins The crew of the Ro-
berta We're Captain Isaac Golden, of
Pawtucket, r. l.. his son Charles
Golden and nephew, whose name is
unknown here. Captain Golden and
his crew are believed to have taken
the yacht to Norfolk, where the 9TH
ers boarded her, leaving Norfolk last
Thursday.
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Japanese Were Watching.

Che Foo. Nov. 16.-(Untimed) -
Two Japanese torpedo boat destroyers
were seen at the mouth of the harbor
tonight and their presence undoubt-
edlv precinitated the action of the
Russians in blowing UP the Rastoro-
my.
The explosion was SO subdued and
the crew remained SO silent that II
was some time before the report of the
affair became current Even the OFF,
cials most intimatlv concerned got the
news from the correspondents. The
Japanese consul says that nine of the
Russian crew came ashore with their
rifles AGAINST which action he has nro-
tested to the authorities.
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He Saw the Roberta.
(By the Associated Press.)

Norfolk, Va, Nov. IA special to
the Virginian-Pilot from Elizabeth
City, n. c., tonight says:
"Oyster Inspector Spencer Davis ar
rived here from Roanoke Island on
the steamer Wagner today He said
he passed the schooner-yacht Roberta
al anchor off the Island this morning.
Mr.. Davis also said he learned at
Manteo that when the storm came UP
the people on board the Roberta left
her at anchor and took to the shore
in small boats. That the yacht rode
the gale and that when the wind had
subsided the party again boarded the
Roberta
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
DAUGHTER OF A. p. HILL.
She is Welded to General James
MagiIl. of Pulaski.
(Rv the Associated Press.

Petersburg, Va, Nov. 16.-General
James Magill, OF Pulaski, Va, and
Miss Lucy Lee Hill, youngest daugh-
ter of the Confederate Lieutenant
General A. P. Hill, were married at
St. Paul's church in this city today
Rt. Rev. A. NJ. Randolph and Rev,
Dr. C. O. Bunting, officiating. 1t
was a military wedding, with Confed-
crate decorations and several Con-
federate camps of Virginia attending
in a body The A. P. Hill Camp, of
Confederate veterans of this city pre-
sented the bride with a purse of $50
in gold and Wilcox Grand Army Post,
of Springfield, Mass, sent twenty-isx
one dollar gold pieces.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
Life Savers Drowned.

Norfolk, Va. Nov. 16-Further
advices from the Carolina coast re-
port that the New Inlet life saving
station was destroyed by Sunday S
hurricane and that several of the
crew stationed there were lost 1t
is said a tidal wave washed across
the strip of land separating the ocean
from the sound and carried the station
building away. The news was brought
to Elizabeth City today by seamen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
REBELLION IN CHINA.
The Revolutionists Repulsed by the
Imperial Troop i'm Iwang.
(Ry the Associated Press. J

Shanghai, Nov. 16.-The rebels have
repulsed the imperial troops at Liue
Chow Emu in the province of Kwang,
southern China. They have captured
Yuen Hsien, Tien Ho Sien. Lochcng
CHEN. Hua Yen HSien and Liu Chen,
five of the principal towns in the prov
ince. The merchants and bankers fled
from the towns.
Chou Fou, former Governor of the
Province of Shantung, VINO was re-
Gently appointed Viceroy at Nanling,
has been ordered to proceed imme-
diately to his post and to take meas
ures to check the rebels in the Yang
Use Valley.
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To Advance Pr ce.s.
lBv the Assoeiated Press. }

Birmingham, Ala, Nov 1.-THE
Southern yellow Pine Sash, Door and
Blind Manufacturers Association held
a lengthy executive meeting today, the
result of which viii be, it is under
stood, an advance in the prices Of
building supplies manufactured by the
frr1s within the association
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
MIR. JAMES LASsITER DEAD.
He Suffered Stroke of Paralysis Last
Friday.
(specia, to News and Observer,


Henderson, N. c., Nov. 16.-Mr.
James II. Lassiter, one of Henderson S
Oldest and wealthiest and most high
ly respected citizen, died at his home
here at two o'clock today. He was
siXty-nine years of age and has mer-
chandised here forty years. He was
the senior partner of the large mer-
camille firm of j. II. Lassiter and Co.
He was identified with all that con-
cerned the welfare of our city, and
was pillar Of the Baptist church
here. He will be sadly missed.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
A SUIT FOR $4,000.
Instituted by Connor Manufacturing
Company Against ST. Louis
Firm for Failure to De-
live" Certain Trade
OF Cotton.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Salisbury, n c., Nov. 16-The Can
nor Manufacturing Company of Con-
cord has instituted suit against a St.
Louis brokerage firm for $4,000 dam
ages alleged to have been sustained on
account of the failure of the st. Louis
concern to deliver 5000 bales of cot
ton of a certain grade. Judge w. A.
Montgomery, of Concord, and Judge
Sedden, of ST. Louis represent the
plaintiffs
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17
George Gould and Wife.

Especial to News and Observer)
High Point. \. c.. Nov. 16.--Mr.
George Gould's private car, "Atalahta."
arrived here this morning, having on
board Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould
and the bows. They will be at the
lodge for a few oays for 4 hunt.
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SWALLOWED BY
THE HUNGRY SEAS
Mystery Wells the Fate of the Yacht Roberta,
Though the Last Report from Elizabeth
City Says Saved.

kcords make her from Providence, r
|. to Florida and give her captain!
name as Golden.
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The Washington Jockey Club.
(By the Associated Press.)

Washington, Nov. 16.-The fall
meeting of the Washington Jockey
Club will begin here tomorrow. The
Bennings trac hask been greatly i'm
proved and is in excellent condition.
A good field of high class horses is
already stabbed here and large num-
Der of the best Jockeys who have been
riding around New York will have
mounts The meeting will continue
three weeks. o-morrow's card is
featured bv the Columbia Handicap
and the Bladenburg Steeplechase.
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Don't blame the postman for fail
ing to deliver a letter that was never
written.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-17

One difference between hog and
man is that a hog knows when he
has enough.
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Prisoners Sent to Raleigh.

Fearing for the safety Of the
negroes in Bladen JAIL they
were spirited TO New Hanover
for safe keeping. but upon ar
riving at the jail here. the feeling
AGAINST the brutes was SO high that
the authorities deemed it wise to send
them to the penitentiary at Raleigh
for safe keeping. When they We're
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-29
RUSSIAN EXPANSION.
Mathods That Suggest the Fable of
the Humble: Camel

Privileges are obtained. for her mer-
chants and caravans to. pass into or
through the coveted country for trade;
to, open stores and banks; to trade at
ports and navigate rivers; to establish
post routes with their various stations
for exchange Of drivers and horses,
and to install consulss at various places.
Concessions are seeur@i for cutting
timber or operating mines on certain
tracts of land, and rights are produced
whereby Russia and. her subjects may
buy land ana build. o0mSulates, stores
and factories, and also dwellings for
those who are connected with the vari-
Gus enterprises.
Rights are also obtained, or taken,
! to protectt consulatas and other Rus
sian property, and to protect the
government Army accommodating ex-
petitions are sent into the country
with goods, disguised as merchants, or
accompanied by "a detachment of Co.'S
sacks and claiming to be. purely
generosity concessions, which when
asked for are represented as uninE-
portant, assume great Significance az
ter ah.ey are granted. and are rigar-
ously enforced and greatly expanded
What may pose as a legitimate and
perfectly harmless business arrange
ment is exsended, as lster construed
by Russia, to cover privileges for be-
yond anything the victim ever
Russia exacts from others are rarely
accompanied with equivalent or ado
quate returns. and more often nothing
I is granted in exchange. Charles w.
| Barnaby, in Worlds Work.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-01-29
Loads of Names.

Imagination staggers at some of the
Christian names borne by certain
scions of the Tollemache family. One
of them (son CT Lincolnshire par
SOM. matriculated at Kebie college,
oxford, year or two ago, as Leo
Quintus Tollemache Tollemache de
Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache;
while one of his brothers was christ
ened "Lyulph Ydwallo Odin Nestor
Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hugh Echen-
wyne Saxon Esa Cromwell Orma New
i'll Dysart Plantagenet. The real diff
ficulty must be living up to such mag
nificent appellations when the christ
ering clergyman has succeeded in pro-
nouncing them.-London Daily Chron-
icle.