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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-06
SUCCESSFUL RECONNAISSANCE BY
RUSSIA

st. Petersburg. December General
Sakharoff telegraphing yesterday re-
ports a successful reconnaissance by
sharpshooters Thursday night in the
direction of the Japanese entrench-
ments southwest OF Lungoon CTunga-
no?). The Russians first bayonetted a
japanese outpost Of thirty men, sur
mounted barb-wire entangIements, en-
tered the entrenchments and bayonet-
ted another twenty Japanese. Rein
torcements coming UP attacked the
sharpshooters with hand grenades.
forcing the Russians to retire The
Russians carried off dve dead and II
wounded, some japanese rifles and
equipments.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-06
JAPs READY TO MEET THE RUS
SIAN SQUADRON.

Che Foo, December 3.-Japanese pre-
paredness for an encounter with the
Russian second Pacific squadron was
evidenced by the officers OF the French
steamer Binh-Thuan which left Japan
November 80 and arrived here today.
Near Sasebo they saw the Japanese
battleship Mikasa unscarred and evil
IDENTIFY repaired and painted. Forty
miles south of the Shantung promon-
tory the officers of the Bin-Thuan sight
ed the Japanese battleship Ashahi. SIM
ilarly rehabilitated. She was steaming
north. The repair work OF the Japanese
feet has been progressing with great
secrecy since August.
The torpedo boat and torpedo boat de-
stroyer flotilla is reported to have been
maintained in good shape. The boats
are mostly at the japanese naval base
and at Port Dalny.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-06
7087
The First Arl
tween the
ants DeCId
AT PORT AR

The .Armisticc Lasted for a II
Six Hours for the Removal
Dead and Wounded-Japanc
Prepared to Meet the Russiari
cific Squadron-Repair Work
the japanese Fleet Has Been Il
crossing Well and With Great 8
crecy-A Successful Reconnaissance
Reported by Russians-Japane>.
South of Iidiatown Routed by Rus
slams In q Brilliant Action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
POLITICAL POINTS

he is still a silver man. while he dis agrees radically with Parker's gold telegram. and while he doas not like the influences which surround Parker some things in the Democratic plat form which Bryan stands for.
 Bryan is making the issue that he loves Parker rot more, but Roosevelt less, and this issue is taking with the old Bryan Free Silves Democrats. He is keeping them in the party, and his visit to Indiana Is worth at least i0.- 900 votes to the Democratic State and national tickets, and possibly more.
 Forecast of the Vote.
 There is no possible doubt about the result in Indiana on the electoral ticket. Roosevelt will have at least ley figure of 1sse, and probably a good deal more than that. In point of fact. 25.000, or even S0,000, is a good safe estimate as to the result in Indiana :. above so.oo6. although the majority would not have been materially alter
 'The old-time Silver Democrats were disinclined to vote for Parker. have seen a conservative estimate which stated that 10000 of them would vote for Watson, that 5000 of them would go to Debs. and that a few odd thou. sands would go to Roosevelt. Bryan has probably controlled the Populist element wherever he has spoken. The difficulty is that he could not canvass the entire State, and Watson will get g few votes he would not have if they
 were within the scope of Bryan's ac. tual influence.
 Nor Is there any doubt in regard tc the Legislature. It will be Repub1i- can by a safe majority on joint bal. lot, and Fairbanks successor in the Senate will be a strict party man be- yond all possibility of doubt.
 "AIl the chances favor a continuancS of the present division of politica power in the Indiana Congressiona Districts. There are now nine Repub. licans and four Democrats. The doubt full Republican districts are the same as usual, and, though they are always called doubtful, they have been stead lily Republican since 1894 and will probably be so this year"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
A sohered south.

Nashville News.
 We publish elsewhere collocation of Southern press comment on the charge of Judge Jones, of Alabama. to the United States grand jury at Huntsville, and the general tone of commendatton seems to us quite significant at this juncture. Judge Jones in his charge squarely faced the most difficult and delicate feature of the lynching prob lem in this section--the possibility Of federal interference and racial discrlml- nation in dealing with crime. TO touch on either of these subjects has always reused an instant and intense antagonism among Southerners, based partly on the memories of the recon struction period and partly on their own knowledge and appreciation of the racial perils peculiar to their section Judge Jones. however, has met ooth issues fairly, and his words are listened to respectfully and tolerantly. He has invoked federal intervention in the lynching evil of the Souths and he has hinged the whole criminal question in- volved in the lynching of the negro Naples, on the racial discrimination which visited this punishment on him because of his color. All this. too, be it remembered, at time Of political stress and strain which rendered such utterance doubly significant and dam gerous.
 The remarkable reception accorded the charge of Judge Jones is signtt- icant of several things--frst and fore- most. perhaps, the honor and conn dence with which Judge Jones Is re- garded among his own people. Even those who disagree with his ideas do not impugn his motives. Then 1t shows how the evil has increased and indicates the growing seriousness or the situation. Those who regard federal interference with State matters as a dangerous and evil thing have to acknowledge that the State has not dealt adequately or effectively with lynching so far, and they are forced to view with federation the possibility or interference by federal tribunals. Finally, we think. this expression or the Southern press represents the sober and thoughtful sentiment of the, South . ern people, in the realization of great evil and in the study of a great prob lem. The evil of mob law has pro- duced its own remedy-a qickened con science a broader thought, and calmer judgment.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
SHEPARD ON THE REAL ISSUE.
Tells Broadway Meeting That It Is Whether Partnership Between Government and Trusts
 Shall Continue.

New York Post.
 Edward M. Shepard was the speaker at today's monday meeting of the Democratic Commercial travellers League. at No. 597 Broadway. After an enthusiastic reception he said in 1 part:
 'The battle of this campaign is the battle of the laboring man and the bat tie of the middle classes of laboring men. Underneath all is the one far reaching principle for our considera- ton.
 | The campaign involves the Republi- can side in two things: first. the real campaign, the real issues, and then the | show campaign, which presents the at tractive personality of the Republican candidate. But far and away, larger than Mr. RooseveltS larger than any | President, is the tendency of the peo-
 ':In our State campaign there is great significance in the governor-chalrman shameiessiy and in the face of the peo- | ple this Governor linked the office which should distribute justice and government to the people with that of
 MT, shepard, in long. exhaustive ar gument, then bitterly attacked Pres1- | dent Roosevelts use or the powers | given to him by the organization oL the | Department of Commerce and Laoor, py l selecting It's secretary and head, MT. s.orteiVou. as chairman of the Republi- can National Committee and collector of campaign funds. .So c.ovo-oor-
 Tt is the principle of the GoYern3lTT- lT | chairman carried into natlohal pol'- l tics" declared MT. Shepard. ,,. | Il admit that we are pLosPeIo9s nation. We ought to ,pe & nrosnsritv' O
 what good does it do me that the country is prosperous if do not snare | in 1t? The money paid in salaries an d d | to fhe wealth of this country, as rep, 1 resented by our great capitaiistS and ] miIIionaires, although this wealth has been the result of the work ana DIains Tbe TI 'HH HistrihutioIl has not been fair.
 .srhe cause of these conditions is the iniquitous robbery or the ;N his Trusts. Thus the real issue h nert. e,ts l camnaign is whether or not the part t- nership between these great monopo- listic corporations and the STsl, SoTsrn, ment as now supported oF c1drI siT,al | with his great store or coFpoi
 crets. shall continue. o oon-
 Shall we stand pat shall we con tlnue the policy of the presep' gun eu,ti'u i
 stration. that Is the questIoHi quei,, e"" Srbe other side of the campaign Is' as have said. the show side as represehteo l in the personality of Theodore koose welt He Is man 9' aarrssnnslitv arst and erv very "St attractive to look upon in his picturesque politics. But we pNi naye seen the complete surrender oy tresi- s,sr | dent Roosevelt of his original tariH views Was that courageousE
 ''He has talked against bossesI1hao bosses for him. But there was M Ae dicks; did he defy him7 Ana there as Mas Ouav. He declared him to be his close political friend. Then there ts our own es beloved Platt. Has he had any uiI . ferences with him? Like the tarln, ne has surrendered there. He has surrsn- tdered on reciprocity. on civil seFElss alao. Has he then political eouFaSss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
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You can d. . lot of good, practical work If you will convince yourself of the merits of Rcxsl Mucu-Tonc, and then Recommend 1t to . few of your friends who are dangerously near the line o1 ~chronic invalidism."
 Are there not many persons of youS acquaintance whose constitutions are 60 feeble that they catch cold every time they are exposed to drafta Then how quickly the little cold runs into bad cold that hangs on for weeks and some. times months, keeping the victim weak and half sick all the time; out-of-sorts and extremely. melancholy most of tho time.
 We venture the assertion you have in your own family or circle of close friends several who are afflicted in just this way,
 They have catarrh.
 In the head and nose and throat ss first, but later the bronchial passases. then the lungs, the stomach or bowels.
 Catarrh, as you know, is inflammation of the mucous membrane, the delicate inner skin of the entire body. If you close the pores of the outer skin death results. Likewise when inflammation closes the pores of Q portion of the inner membrane disease follows, growing moro and more serious as the inflammation extends.
 :" do not much like the idea of having my name used in advertising . patent medicine, but want all catarrh sufferers to know about this splendid remedy Rcxall Mucu-Tone.
 After suffering with nasal catarrh for i've years after spending hundreds of dollars on salyes, sprays and snuffs without beneht--T obtained my first relief through Mucu-Tone. ! am now finishing my fourth bottle and do not think will have to take any more. believe ! am entirely cured. You may therefore refer te me if you wish.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
Renewing the Capitol.

l@SQ8cI.
 The authorities are at work in Mont gomery getting ready to begin the en- largement and reconstruction of the capitol. The preliminary work of talk ing private property for public uses will be completed this week and then the work of renewal can begin. The commission having charge of the ad quod damnum proceedings was an ex- cellent one and the State is acquiring valuable property.
 The whole people of Alabama are in- terested in the renewal of the historic capitol. It is a. grand old building with an imposing front. and 1t is to be kept as it Is now so far as architecture is concerned. but it will be enlarged to meet the present needs of the State.
 The old building has been endeared to the people by it's historic events and they did not want a new capitol. They wanted the old one with its his- tory and traditions brought up to date. It will be the old capitol with all of Its history and new capitol with all the room, necessities and comforts of a new capitol It will be a happy day when work actually begins on the re- construction and when we can point with pride to our new-old capitol.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
AurAueA DEMOCRATS, DON'T,

AUTAUGA DEMOCRATb, DON'It
 The Advertiser is in receipt of the following signed communication from q leading citizen of Autauga County: Kingston, Ala, Oct. 1sth, 1so4. Editor The Advertiser:
 A number of Autauga County Demo. crats. who are unwilling to endorse tne Tuskegee speech of Hon. J. T. Hefiin ther yStss hsss asDss'dt sDssr the ts asafnst him. Caldwell is an old line Democrat competent to i'll the place and will reflect tho sentiments of his sSad.s to snter an' the race @ Hein sna Walker will know he has been there.
 s. D. Dantsier. The Advertiser is also in receipt of a private communication from Rev. Mir. Caldwell. which indicates his willing ness to enter the race under certain conditions. He also requests The Ad- vertiser to use it's influence to secure an endorsement of his candidacy.
 MT. Caldwell is an excellent citizen and man of fine character. He is also a lifelong Democrat whose loyalty to the Party caused him not long ago to refuse the Prohibitionist nomination for Congress in the Fifth District. Un. der proper conditions he would be an acceptable candidate to any Democrat in his District.
 to advise Mir. Caldwell. Mir. Dantzler and the other good Democrats of Au- tauga that they will make . biunder and . failure, if they attempt at this late day to oppose the regu- lar Democratic nominee in their District. They might take away a considerable vote from Mir. Hehin. but the practical effect of their effort would be merely to help Walker. the Republi- can nominee. This. we are sure. would not be their purpose. While evidently they do not admire the Democratic nominee. they must have far less pa- tience with. or tolerance for, his Re- publican opponent. They do not want to see a man elected who would be bound to support a Crumpacker bill and every other form of Roosevelt ism.
 4uVbe 1tO tue AVtCmoeI anu etfou8s est reasons why an independent Dem ocratic candidacy would be a serious blunder. There are other minor rea- sons. For instance, yesterday was the last day on which 1t was possible to have a name printed on the official ticket. If Mir. Caldwell were to enter the field now. his supporters would have to write his name on their tickets at the election. That itself would be serious handicap to an independent candidacy.
 MT. Hefiin's nomination was a mis- take, and he has of late marked his campaign with serious blunders. There was only one way that these errors could have been corrected, viz: by the action of the District Committee. The Advertiser realised two weeks ago that 1t was too late to attempt the righting of these errors in the only legitimate way. Hence it has steadily advised Democrats in the Fifth Dis- trict to stand by the nominee: 1t is the only thing to do. It is to be earnestly hoped that the independent movement started in Autauga will be promptly dropped. It can accomplish nothing now, save harm to the Democratic cause.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
BLAMING MIR. CLEVELAND.

The esteemed Virginian- Pilot cannot possibly break itself of the habit of looking two ways at once. Here is an example:
 The virginian-Pilot will hardly be accused of undue fondness for Hon. Grover Cleveland. The method of his bond issue was beyond pardon. The fact remains. however, that neither he sible for the bond Issue. He found the Government virtually bankrupt when he took office. He found unpaid obli- gations and no money in the Treasury graved by the Republican administra- ton to issue the bonds that were af- terward issued by him.
 This language was called forth by a virulent. unjust and untruthful at- tack made by Secretary Shaw on Cleve- lands last administration. The Virgin ian-Pilot admits that the previous Re- publican administration was responsi- ble for the alarming conditions which confronted Mir. Cleveland. and yet 'the method of the bond issue was beyond pardon" There's logic for you.
 The whole truth of the matter has been more than once shown by those perfectly competent to bring out all the facts. and all the evidence goes to show that Mir Cleveland did the very best that could be done at the time and under all the circumstances. and much better than almost any other man could or would have done. It has become so common in certain quarters to abuse and malign Mir. Cleveland that appar- ently no effort Is made to get at the facts. We do not expect fairness from Shaw and his sort, but we do have right to expect 1t from some others.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
HOLLOWAY CASE CONTINUED.
Not Believed Impartial Jury Could b
 Secured.

Gainesville, Fla, Oct 20.--When the case of the State against William Hol- loway, charged with criminal libel, was called today, Congressman Robert w. Davis. one of the attorneys for the de- fense. read in court a paper signed by all the attorneys for the defense and bv State Attorney Calhoun, stating that in their opinion 1t would be difficult if not impossible to obtain an impartial iury at this term of the court and agreeing to a continuance.
 Judge Willis continued the case till the next term. As this is the last term of the court before the election the voters will not have an opportunity of hearing the evidence before voting for or againstHolloway who was nominated in the Democratic primary for State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
DAVIS IS RIGHT.

Nothing more effectually shows how hard-up the Republicans are for cam paign issues than does their attempt to make capital out of the statement of oar vice-Presidential candidate that he "d0ss not object to little incidental protection" That was merely in line with the genuine Democratic doctrine. "A tariff for revenue, with incidental protection" has been good Democratic doctrine for years. It is not only Dem ocratic. but correct. It is impossible, of course, to carry on such a govern ment as ours without a large revenue, and it is practically impossible to pro- cure that revenue without some tariff on imports. These are facts which need no argument and 1t Is almost equally plain that any tariff on any imported article that can be manufactured in this country must to a certain extent be a protective tariff.
 There are a number of things used in this country which cannot be produced here. They must be imported if we get them at ali, and whatever tax is laid on them is not protective. If they come in free no one is injured except the Government which falls to set the revenue. It is different with the many articles of daily use which are pro- duced or manufactured here, or which oan also be imported. Any tariff on this class of goods necessarily affords some protection to our own makers or growers. That is not only unavoidable, but is proper. for the Government must have revenue and 1t must get part of 1t from a tariff on imports If that af- lords some protection to our own peo- pie 1t cannot be helped and is not a burden to purchasers. That is inci- dental protection
 As we have said. this kind of proteo- ton is unavoidable and should not be complained of. It Is the high duties laid on certain imports for the purpose of keeping them out of the country, or of making their cost so great that we will purchase the home article at slightly reduced prices. that Is Justly complained of. It Is a duty levied for In9 S1PICSo PuAPOSO oL cer- tain favored citizens at the expense of the many. It Is a duty which enables American manufacturers to send their wares to Europe and sell them at lower prices than the foreign makers can sell them at home. and at lower prices than our own people have to pay here.
 That is the kind of protection that the Republicans maintain. and 1t Is the kind that Democrats will correct, if they have an opportunity. The plea of our opponents that the tariff should be revised only by its friends is the plea of the robber. The friends of that kind of revision are the friends of the trusts who are growing rich by extor- tionate tarifr duties laid for no other purpose than favoritism. The Demo- crats would revise and equalize the tariff in the interests of the many; the Republicans would do 1t for the good of few. That Is the difference.
 aIncidental protection Is good Dem peratic doctrine.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
A Gnnd Ending.

Savannah NeWs.
 Spellbinders in Delaware are making the campaign in that State one of gin- ger and spice. In New Castle the other day a speaker told his crowd that he wanted to say a word to them about Addicks, the Republican boss. You all know him" he said. He IS big-hearted, ad-minded, generous and warm-hearted." It was an anti Addicks crowd, and there was open mouthed astonishment at this tribute. ''Yes, my friends the speaker went on. He is as btg-hearted as q mouse, hroa d-mfnded as a chicken, as generous as hog and cold enough to run a refriRerating plant machine in hell In summer time" The shout that greeted this peroration could not have been careful exposure of the inquiries of the fariY
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
TT WAS BOUND TO COME.

The Advertiser prints elsewhere on this page an editorial from The Nash vile News as an example of what a conservative and unprejudiced newspa- per in another State thinks of the charge of Judge Jones to the grand jury at Huntsville. We can say in all sincerity and candor that we have been both astonished and paIned at the crit icisms indulged in by some of our Ala bama contemporaries when speaking of the affair. In many cases 1t must be attributed to ignorance of the real points involved, in others to some local or personal prejudice. while others are apparently governed by no other req son than desire to stand we'll with the lawlessness of those who indulge in mob law.
 When we say that we have been astonished, 1t Is putting 1t mildly. There Is not a newspaper in Alabama, or in the entire South. that Is and has ever been a greater stickler for the rights of the States than The Advertiser. We have stood for the State and the South when 1t was unpopular and unprof,t. able, and when we had little company To stand up for and defend the reserv. ed rights of the States has been al. most a mania, and we challenge tb, world to produce a newspaper which has been more steadfast in that respect s1.o Rbla ia and has haap
 While we hold, as we have alway, done. that Federal interference in oul State affairs is dangerous and not tc be desired or endorsed. we also den, that Judge Jones counselied any suel lntsrfsrence except as last l9rt. IT
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21
BRYAN SAVES VOTES.
Prevents LsndsIIde to Watson in the
 State of Indiana.

A staff correspondent of The Chicag Tribune telegraphs from Indianapolis:
 "Brvan is saving thousands of votes He has been Tn the State since the middle of the week. and has had ex- traordinary receptions everywhere His crowds have been the only ones of any magnitude during this campaign He is doing tho work for which he W s brought to Indiana. and doing it vel That is to say. Bryan has stopped the landslide against Parker among the old Silver Democrats. He will, in all probability, hold the Democratic vote about to the normal figures, and has put an end to the intended slump to Watson.
 '"The wisdom of Tom Taggart in bringing Bryan to Indiana has been fully juatiied. because enormous audi ences all over the country have dem onstrated that the Nebraska leader still possesses all his old-time magnet ism. He has argued with the people with his usual cleverness that while
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-21

We would remlnd Secretary Shaw that eggs are exceedingly high, but we are certain that his reply would be that apples are so cheap in parts of New England that they are practically unstable. Then, according to his way of splitting the. difference. if we aver age the price of eggs and apples. we must see that the cost of living is very low. That is the way he reasons, and it shows what great head he carries with him.