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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
Agricultural Bill Discussed.
(By the Associated Press }


Washington, Feb. 24.--The Senate spent
the greater part of today dicussng an
amendment to the Agricultural bill strik-
ing out the House provision giving au-
thorlty to the Secretary of Agriculture to
inspect imported food products when mis-
branded or suspected of impurity. The
amendment was suggested by Mr.. Aid
rich. He attacked the provision on the
ground that it opened the way for an
encroachment by the Secretary of Agricul-
ture upon the duties of the Secretary of
the Treasury and was calculated to cause
duplication In the service of the two
officials. Mr.. Aldrch was supported in
his contention by a number of Senators,
including Messrs. Lodge, Beveridge, and
Patterson. Mr.. Proctor, in charge of the
BILL defended the provision and had the aid
of Messrs. Dolliver, McComas, Bacon and
others. The discussion was closed by sub
stituting the provision of the act of 1900
bearing upon the same point
The consideration of the bill practically
was concluded but final action upon it
was postponed until tomorrow
During the discussion Mr. Tillman sug-
gested that the bill be amended in such
manner as would transfer the discretion
of passing upon impure foods from the
Secretary of Agriculture to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. 80 far as / am
he said, Il feel perfectly safe
so long as the two gentlemen from Iowa,
the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Secretary of Agriculture are looking af-
ter our stomachs by shutting out impure
foods, but ] am preparing for that time
when Iowa has not that matter in
charge"
Mr.. Perkins said that California was
much interested in the proper investiga-
ton into the purity of imported foods
Continued on Page Six)
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OFFICERS OF THE
JUNIORS
T. G. Cobb and z. P.
Smith the Highest
State Officers.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Charlotte, N c., Feb. 24.-The second
days session of the State Council ]. o..
u. A. M. convened this morning at 10
O'Clock in Pythian Castle with State
Councillor Hood, of Goldsboro, presiding
The session this morning was brief one
and very little business of importance was
transacted outside the adoption of the re-
port OF the committee on reports which
was appointed yesterday This commit
tee recommended the adoption of the re-
ports Of the State officers which were sub
mitted yeserday, and the reports were ac-
cordingly adopted as a whole by the
council
Other importan business before the
State Council today was the consideration
OF salaries of State officers, and after
some discussion the body adopted motions
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us, and that instead of capturing the
Yankees as he had anticipated. they had
captured him. A pleasant reference to
Southern Pines and her numerous visitors,
was thus: Nowhere else is the air as
good,' said the Governor, ''and. either
am in the Union or else they-the visit
ing Northerners, have gotten into the
Confederacy. Southern Pines is now
filed with large number of Northern
and Eastern people, and every one who
heard saw Governor Aycocl1 are ia
vorably impressed with him. And as the
educational Governor of North Carolina,
he further substantiated that fact by de-
hverlng a most appropriate address to the
school children at the station this morn
ing before leaving for Raleigh. A large
number of these having gathered to get
glimpse of the Tar Heel States CHIEF
Executive.
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Vengeance of the Retvizan.
(By the Associated press.)

Paris. Feb. 24.-The Russian Embassy
here has received a communication to the
effect that a japanese squadron, during
the night of February 90. tried to block
the entrance of Port Arthur harbor. at
the same time attacking Russian warships
there with torpedo boats and trying to
set them en- fire. The battleship Retvizan
supported by the coast batteries, repelled
this attack, forced the japanese to retire,
and succeeded in sinking four OF their
vessels
The news of this Russian victory was
posted in the lobbies OF the Chamber of
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
AT SOUTHERN PINES.
The Governor is Banqueted. Three
Addresses and a Reception.
Especial to News and Observer

Southern Pines, N. c., Feb. 24-The
banquet given at the Piney Woods Inn last
evening, was a most elaborate affair.
given in honor Of Governor Charles B.
Aycock, who arrived on the late train
from Raleigh. He was met at the Sea,
board station by Major r. NJ Ferguson
and Capt. A. NJ. Clarke and escorted to
the Inn, where a reception was rendered
him, about $50 shaking hands with him
in the Piney Woods Inn parlors.
At nine o'clock the large dining room
was thrown open and over 100 people as
sembled around the handsomely decorated
tables, where they feasted till 1880 and
then listened to a splendid speech from
Major Ferguson, who, in introducing the
Governor referred to him as a great Gov
ernor of great State.
Governor Aycock spoke for twenty-five
minutes and held his hearers in close at
tention, saying he was glad to be with
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
1.-TWO MURDEROUS ASSAULTS.
]. G. Doster of Monroe Files Petition
in Bankruptcy.
Special to News and Observer. J

(Spe0al TO News and ObSerVer1
Statesville, N. c., Feb. 24.-For mur-
derously assaulting John Banchay, the
ten-year-old son of Magistrate Adolphus
Banchay with knife and inflicting an
ugly cash in his back and robbing his
eighty year-old companion OF a watch and
one hundred dollars in Confederate bills.
Jess Poe, the son of Sue Poe, a notorious
woman, was arrested and locked up in
Jail this afternoon. Alex Roberts, anoth-
er negro, was jailed this afternoon and
later bound over to the Supreme Court
by Mayor Steele for attempting murder
ously to assault Louis Gwaltney, negro,
with a. razor.
j. q. Doster a merchant of Monroe,
through his attorneys filed petition in
voluntary bankruptcy with Clerk Cowles
of the Federal Court today. Liabilities
1876, assets 81 $50.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
DR. n. A. ROYSTER RON0RED.
One of the Three Vice-Presidents Tri-
State Medical Association.
(By the Associated Press. J

Danville, Va, Feb. 24.-The sixth annua
convention of the tri-State Medical Asso
citation of the Carolinas and Virginia ad-
journed this evening after two days ses
sion here. The officers elected are:
President DR.. W. l.. Robinson. Danville,
Va; presidents, DR.. Southgate Leigh,
Norfolk, Va; DR.. H. A. Royster, Raleigh,
N. c.. Dr. DeFox Wilson, Spartanburg,
S. c.; secretary and treasurer, DR.. R. E.
Hughes, Laurens. S. G.
The convention next year will be held
at Greensboro, N. c., during the month
of February.
The local Academy of Medicine rendered
the visiting physicians banquet tonight.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
BETTER RURAL SCHOOLS.
Supt. ]. Y. Joyner, President venabIe
and Others Speak.
By the Associated Press. J

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 24-Of the second
day of the annual meeting of the Depart
ment of Superintendent of the National
Educational Association the election, of
officers, the choice of the place for the
next annual meeting and the transaction
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with him and without warning struck
him crushing blow on the head making
cash an inch long. Mobley had seven
dollars in one of his pockets, but this the
hlghwayman failed to find.
Ed. Purviance, the well known young
BOY who went into the office of Hook &
Sawyer Saturday night with Mazel Gas
ton, the latter creating considerable dam
age IN the office while intoxicated, has
left town. and the police have no idea
whittier he has betaken himself.
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FeIled by a HighWayman
Especial to News and observer.)

Charlotte, N. c., Feb. 24.-Last night
while returning to his home, John Mobiey,
negro twenty years of age. was knocked
senseless by an unknown stranger and his
pockets searched, and when he regained
he was alone Mobley says
that he noticed man following him Tor
several blocks, but suspicioned nothing
until the unknown man came directly up
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To Enlarge virginia's Capitol.
fRv the Associated Press.)

Richmond, Va, Feb. 24-The State Sen
ate today passed bill appropriating $780,
COO for Improvement and extension of the
historic Capitol building here.
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Italian Colony for Alabama.
(Rv the Associated Press

Mobile, Ala, Feb. 4,-Preparations are
under way for the settlement of colony
of more than 1000 Italians from New
York at Palermo forty miles from Mo-
bile. on the line of the Southern Railway.
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Explosion in Starch Factory.
fpv the Associated Press.)

Chicago, Feb. 24.-An explosion in the
f.otor~ of tbe western Starch Company
throo men and injured eighteen others.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
WILD RUMORS ARE AFLOAT'
Up to Midnight Nothing Official Had
Reached St. Petersburg, Wait
ing With Nerves A-stretch.
FIRE SHIPS ATTACK

A Report Comes That -Four Explosive
Laden Steamers Having Been
Rushed Into Port Arthur Bay, Two
of Them Were Sent to the Bottom
by the Russian Cannon and the
Others Driven Ashore. Two Beats
Accompanying the Fire Ships Also
Were Destroyed by the Russian
Artillery.
(By the Associated Press.)
st. Petersburg, Feb. 25th, (Thursday),
2:45 a. ma telegram from viceroy Alex
Jeff to the Gar says:
ing of February % numerous japanese
torpedo boats attempted to attack the bat
tleship Retvizan and sink large steamers
loaded with intlamma ,es. The Retvizan
was the first to observe the torpedo boats
and opened a strong fire on them. She
was supported by the land batteries. She
destroyed two f:eamers near the entrance
of the harbor they were coming directly
towards her. One of them went down on
the rocks near the lighthouse on Tiger
Peninsula and tho other sank under Col
den Hill. The Retvizan observed four
steamers in a sinking condition, and eight
torpedo boats departing slowly to rejoin
the waiting Japanese warships. por
ton of the crews of the japanese vessels
was drowned. The grounded steamer is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
Confusing Reports OF Victory.
(By the Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg, Feb 25.-(Thursday,
2:l2 a. m.)-Reports of a Russian victory
at Port Arthur were current late yes.
tcrday afternoon and early in the even
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-25
JAPANESE MEET A
RUINOUS REPULSE>
Two Cruisers and Two Transports Reported
Lost in an Effort to Land the Mi
kadO'S Troops at Pigeon Bay.

Deputies and the Senate during the sit
ting today and caused great enthusiasm.
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07

STOESSEL TELLS STORY.
Makes Report Of Last Assault on Port
Arthur,

Makes Report Of Last Assault on Port
Arthur.
st. Petersburg, Oct. 6.-Emperor
Nicholas has at last received General
Stoessel's report Of the desperate
four days assault Of the besiegers W.
on Port Arthur from September 10 to
September %. from which it appears
that the unofficial report from Che
Foo was by no means exaggerated.
The Japanese displayed frenzied BRAY
cry, bat they lost 10000 men, and their
only success was the capture Of two
redoubts guarding the water works.
They prepared for the assault by q
general bomba rdment, and then
launched their attacks simultaneously
from the north and west. Night and
day they fought under a cover Of a
continual bombardment from their
siege guns, and finally reached the re-
doubts on the north side, but only A.
ter the defenses there we're complete
ly demolished by shell fire from the
west
The Japanese efforts were directed
CLl0uy 060luoC CuS SVAAAA0AuAAS3 PO0A
ton on High mountain, which faces
Pigeon bay, slightly south Of Fort
Else. The mountain Is 500 feet high
and il it had fallen, its possession
would have given the Japanese =
tremendous lever against the chain of
inner defenses. The carnage there
was terrible and eliminated Septem-
Der ~, when the japanese succeeded
in reaching and occupying the Rus
sian armored shelter trenches, whence
they expected about the next day to
storm the summit. During the night,
Lieutenant Poxgorsky of the navy, at
the head Of q detachment Of volun-
teers, descended upon the trenches
and blew them up with pyroxilin
bombs, prod icing q panic among the
besiegers, who fed. leaving the NOM
tain side strewn with dead.
The Japanese then abandoned fur
Their attempts, but after day or two
to recuperate, according to General
Stoessel's second dispatch, dated Sep
TENDER 80, they resumed the lombard
ment of the city and outer works, ani
began to construct zigzag approaches,
evidently getting nearer in order to
launch their next assault.
The loss of the water works is not
consid cred vital, as there is fresh
water lake and numerous wells. rs
we'll as a condensing apparatus, with.
in the defenses.'- ,.as
The complete character Of the re-
pulse of the Japanese has evidently
greatly inspired the garrison of Port
Arthur General Stoessel says the
gallantry of the Russian troops was
beyond praise, and adds that the gar
rison will hold out to the last drop Of
blood ."."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
RUSSIANS ABOUT
To LEAVE MUkOEN
Now Believed That This is
the Latest
Move.
EXPERT ADVICES DIFFERING
Serious Engagement May Result
From 1t - General kuropatkln is
Credited With Only Six Divisions
in His Army About the City.

Field Headquarters of the Second
Japanese Army, October S, 2 p. M.
via Fusan, Oct. 1.-THE Japanese
are bringing up enormous quantities
of supplies and ammunition for the
winter campaign, using the recon-
structed railway, carts and junks on
the Lao and Tai Use rivers. The
railroad traffic is uninterrupted, and
additional soldiers continue to ar
rive. Outpost skirmishes are con-
fined to the First and Fourth armies.
The troops are standing the climate
splendidly, few being reported sick.
Cold weather is just beginning.
st. Petersburg, Oct. THE war
commission sat until an unusually
late hour last night, but adjourned
without issuing additional news from
the front.
Expert opinion is divided as to
whether serious engagement is
likely to occur at Mukden, but the
dispatch from that city reporting al,
unusual activity there gives rise to
much speculation. 1t is impossible
TO say whether this condition pres
ages the evacuation of Mukden, but in
any case it is evident that something
IF unusual interest is pending. Some
even are bold enough to take it thar
General Kuropatkin is preparing to
assume the offensive; but in view of
he fact that most reliable advices
credit him with only about six d.
visions at Mukden, this is exceeding
" improbable. 1t is thought more
likely that the commotion had to do
with one or the other of the Japan
sse flanking columns, which the Rus
sian commander may have been pre-
pairing to check.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
DEATH SUMMONS
IS ANSWERED
Postmaster General Payne is
Dead in WASH
ington.
LONG ILLNESS FINALLY ENDS
Had Been in Failing Health for Past
Two Years-Present Head of Re-
publican National Committee Will
Take Vacant Place in the Cabinet,

Washington, Oct. 5.-Henry c.
Payne, postmaster general of the
United States. member of the ma
tional republican committee, stall
wart OF his party, with the history Of
which, both in his home state and ma
tionally, he has been identified for
many years, died at his apartments at
the Arlington hotel at 6:1O O'Clock
last night, aged sixty years. The
death was announced in the following
official bulletin issued by the attend
ing physicians:
The postmaster general died at
6:1O p m. He died peacefully, with
out struggle.
Up. M. Rixey,
&c. Lloyd Magruder,
&c. T. Grayson."
Mr.. Payne had been in poor heath
for at least two years, but his last
illness covered only seven days, an
attack of heart trouble last week pre-.
cipitating the end a, a time when af-
ter rest he seemed to have recover
paired by years of arduous labor.
Death yesterday afternoon came af-
ter nearly six hours of unconscious
ness.
The last official caller to inquire as
to Mr.. Payne'S condition was Presi-
dent Roosevelt. and he had been gone
only about ten minutes when the
stricken member Of his cabinet ex-
pired. Secretary Hay had called at
the Payne apartments a few minutes
before the president made his visit.
Neither entered the sick room. AS
Mr.. Roosevelt was leaving about 6
o'clock he spoke feelingly of Mr..
Payne to the newspaper men gathered
in front of the hotel, as "the sweetest,
most lovable and most trustful man
ever knew" Mrs. Roosevelt accom-
panied by Captain Cowles. also was
caller at the family apartments of the
Payne's during the late afternoon.
Funeral services will be held at St
Johns Episcopal church in this city,
next Friday morning, and at 3:15
that afternoon the body will be taken
to the Pennsylvania railroad station
and placed aboard the private car Of
President A. J. Earling of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, who
rendered the use of the car and an
nourced that it would be here by to-
morrow morning. The remains should
arrive at Milwaukee Saturday even
ing, and services will be held next
Sunday at the All Saints Eplscopa.
church there. A message has been
sent to the Rt Rev. Isaac L. Nichol-
son, the bishop of Milwaukee, who is
now at convention in Boston. asking
him if he can offlciate. lnIerment
will be at the Forest Home cemetery,
Milwaukee.
Mrs. Payne has expressed desire
that the services be as simple as pos
sible. Further plans for the funeral
will be decided on tomorrow.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
TUNNEL INTO
PORT ARTHUR
Said to Have Been Comp|et'
ed On September
24th.
WAS PUT TO IMMEDIATE USE
Terrible Artillery Colflicts Add to
Horror of Strife-After Sortie BY
Russians Only One Officer and
Eleven Men Lett Out Of 4, 900 Japs

London, Oct 1.-THE Daily Tele-
graphs Nagaskai correspondent, ca
bling under date of September rs,
says:
Terrible artillery conflicts are add
ing to the horrors of the situation at
Port Arthur. On September % and
% the Russians made sorties against
positions held by the Kanagawa regi-
ment, and desperate fighting ensued.
The Japanese force was practically
annihiIated, only one non-commission-
ed officer and eleven men remaining
alive out of the 1000 who went into
the engagement.
"The Japanese tunnel into Port Ar
thur wac completed on September "a
and was Immediately used. The re-
suit is unknown" .". z.
Che Foo, Oct. 4.-Chinese who left
Port Arthur October /, and who were
previously engaged in burylng the
dead, say the effect of the Russian
' shells and machine guns is terrific
, The slopes of high hill were Uttered
| with mangled bodies and severed
heads and limbs. In one trench the
Chinese buried 300 Japanese and 200
Russians.
While it Is true that the regular
water supply of Port Arthur has been
stopped by the Japanese, the fortress
has other supplies. which can be
taken only when the city falls.
The garrison Of Port Arthur now
has sufficient food, but the supplies
Of timed meats are nearly exhausted,
and the troops are now slaughterins
thirty donkeys daily for fresh meat,
which is worth $12O per pound. Eggs
cost 20 cents each.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
LARGEST IRRIGATION ENTER.
PRISE IN AMERICA.

-
PRISE IN AMERICA.
The Twin Falls Land and Wafer
Company; located on the Snake river.
twenty-four miles south of ShcshoNe
station. the largest irrigation enter.
prise in America, involving an expen.
diture of over two million dollars aud
retaining two hundred and seventy
five thousand acres of the richest
valley lands in the state of Idaho. is
now practically completed and will be
delivering water on. the lands within
the next sixty to ninety days. The
main canal, sixty-nine miles long. is
eighty feet wide at the bottom. one
hundred and twenty-four feet at the
top and carries ten feet Of water. The
project is being constructed under the
Carey act, and comes under tie i'm.
mediate supervision of the Idaho
State Land Board. Last fall the Land
Board authorized the opening Of 3d..
and notwithstanding the fact that no
water would be delivered this year,
all of this land has been absorbed.
The State Land Board now authorizes
the opening of an additional 100000
acres at noon, October Goth, at Twin
Falls City, and great rush IS expeC'.
ed. Mr.. Masqueray. chief of designs
of buildings and grounds at tho
Worlds Fair. St. Louis, has designed
hotel and townsite known as Twin
Falls City, in the heart of these lands.
and a $4,000 hotel is now under con-
struction, besides numerous business
blocks and residences. Over 100000
worth of town lots have been sold
within the past sixty days. The Ore
gon Short Line, at an early date, will
begin the construction OF ranch
line from Minidoka through the heart
of these lands to the new town OF
Twin Falls City.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
BURIED SKELETONS FOUND.

Search Reveals Eight, Each With Bull
let Hole in Skull.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Oct. A.
Much excitement has been created in
the village of Sparta, sixteen miles
north, by. the discovery of eight skel
etone near tho town.
The discovery was made by three
young men who were hunting. They
found one skeleton, and, upon invests
cation, found three more buried in
the ground, and an army of men be-
gan digging over the premises,
Yesterday four more were found
A bullet was found in each skull.
The region in which the bodies were
found was formerly wild one, and il
Is thought the bodies may be those OF
early settlers. Killed by highwaymen
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
Nj, Pelee Again Breaks Out.

Kinertown, st. Vincent, Oct. T.
The captain of the British steamer
Sibun. which arrived here yesterday
reporfe that when the steamer pass.
ed the island of Martinique, on Sep.
tembel 80. Mount Pelee was in full
eruption. The spectacle was at 2
o'clock in the morning Of the day
menticaed, the volcano emitting stu.
pendou' black clouds and balls Of
fire. T:'is accounts for the dust clouds
refor,e.l to have been seen yesterday
throughout the Windward islands.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
Will CONSTRUCT MEMORIAL.
Iowa Commission Has Signed Con
tract for 100000 Monument.

Iowa .SommtasIon has .S'0neo Con
tract for 100000 Monument.
Washington, Oct. 4.-The war de
partmeat has made public the report
of the Vicksburg National Military
Park commission consisting OF VIM
r. Rig.,y,. Stephen D.. Lee and James
6. Everest. The report says that the
Iowa N,cksburg Park commission has
signed contract for the construction
of it's itate memorial in the park al
a cost VI 100000. The Illinois Vicks
burg fark commission has arranged
for the construction of state me
mortal 20 cost s2O0,00O. An estimat,
of $15n,OO0 is made for the necessar;
expens' IS by the commission for nexs
fiscal year. .-,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1904-10-07
Many Thousands Starving.

London, Oct. 6.-At meeting OF the
Manchester city council yesterday It
was announced that, owing to the hard
times and depression in the cotton in
dustries, between 10000 and $4,000
people in the poorer parts of the city
we're practically on the verge of star
walton. Similar conditions prevail in
London and large cities Of the United
Kingdom, where the winter is expect
ed to be one Of the hardest in many
wears for the poorer classes.