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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
THE AIR VIBRANT
WITH WAR SONGS
Russians Moving Into Combat to the Beat Of Battle
HYMNS Shadow of Titanic
Conflict Lowers.

General Oku's army has passed the
mountain barrier. protecting the right
flank and rear of Kuropatkin'S forces,
in the passes between kai Chou and
Molten pass. The Russian position
has thus been been rendered strategt-
cally untenable and it is eX-
pected it will be made actually un-
tenable in the course of operations of
the coming week, unless the Russians
resist the advance of the Japanese
more successfully than heretofore. Ia
that event General Kuroki will be re-
lieVed of the necessity of attacking
frontally the main strongholds of the
Muscovites between Feng Wang
Cheng and the railway.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
A COTTON BLOOM.
And Struggle That Made One of q
Swat

"When young Rory O'Moore courted
Kathleen Ba%n' and drank heaven
from the rosy goblet of her lips, kath-
leen complained that ne was too greedy
by half as he had kissed her twice
within that many minutes; whereupon
this gay young 'thafe" insisted upon a
third kiss, giving as his reason, For
there's luck in odd numbers quoth
Rory O'Moore.'
The above thoughts are suggested
by the "odd" conjunction upon the
telegraph editors desk of a third cot
ton bloom and a note from Il fellow
scribe saying:
Cotton Bloom Poet: Kindly write
sonnet on this"
Now. the cotton bloom, is as rosy as
Kathleen's lips and the scribe's re-
quest is odder than Rosy's third kiss;
wherefore the mind flew TO Kathleen
and Rory. The T .E. then satisfied
himself that the bloom came from
James Williams. Swift Creek township,
sent in through the kindness of j. A.
Higgs. and also that at was the
finest bloom seen here yet. Then the
r. E. swat copiously (isn't that the
past tense of sweat" or the past
''swot?") in an effort to write a sonnet,
but finding that impossible, concluded
TO Kill space with this stuff instead.
May / beg in conclusion. however,
that the next cotton bloom may be sent
to the Religious Editor? Luck goes
with the third, and the T. e. fears that
the fourth may knock 'the bloom off
the rye"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
MOVING AGAINST OKU'
WhiIe-a Portion of kuropatkins' Vast
Muscovite Machine is Wheeling in
a Blaze of Fire and Steel Upon This
Oriental Commander, it is Reported
That General Kuroki's Columns Are
Rolling Along the Russians Left
Flank Against Hal Cheng.
(By the Associated Press.)

Ia Tche Kiao (between Kai Chou
and Hal Cheng, Lao Tung Peninsu-
la), June 27.-2:45 a. ma great
battle seems to be impending. a por-
tion of the Russian army has assum-
ed the offensive against the Japanese
forces, commanded by General Oku,
and it is reported that General Kuroki
is moving along the Russian left flank
against Hal Cheng. According to a
high placed parsonage, General
Kurokis army is strong enough to
take the offensive and he presumably
is anxious for a decisive action be-
fore the rains begin.
Sharp firing was heard in the hills
yesterday at day break and severe
lighting is reported to be in progress
near the village of Ton Chen. An
officer who galloped in yesterday re-
ported that the Russians were gaining
the upperhand and driving back the
enemy. This, however. has not yet
been confirmed.
All day yesterday Russian troops
were hurrying southward from Ia
Tche Kiao and as night fell battalions
were continuously moving out briskly
to the accompaniment of battle songs.
Clouds of dust hung over the march
ing columns and the chorus of the in
fantry singers was occasionally inter-
rupted by the rattle and clang of
guns drawn at smart trot and fol-
lowed by galloping squadrons of cav
airy. 1t was Il stirring spectacle to
see the Russian army eagerly hasten
ing. singing into battle. The old bat
tie hymns last heard in the Balkans
resounded among the hills and valleys,
as with bayonets glittering in the set
ting sun the regimental colors We're
borne manfully forward. For hours
after darkness fell over the scene one
could still hear the rattle of moving
guns. the creaking of commisSary
wagons and the tread of marching
while occasionally. in place of the war
songs of the soldiers, homely melodies
recounting the joys of village life.
which carried the minds of the men
back to their distant homes in Russia,
echoed through the air
AS this dispatch is fled news has
reached here that General Kuroki is
marching upon Hai Cheng.
There are very many military at
taches and newspaper correspondents
here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
Leads all North Carolina Daes i'm News and Circulation

a much larger number of white men
would be allowed to do SO. AS mat
ter of fact, experience has shown
that of the comparatively limited
number of white men who have avail
ed themselves of this provision of the
law, a large per cent. are men who
can read and write but who have reg
istered to induce others to do so.
These provisions make no distinction
of race or color and the conditions
of the States under them are such as
TO give promise that the next ten
years under the new Constitution will
develop better condition of affairs
and more industrial progress than
has any period since 1865. and it will
be largely due to the new order OF
things brought about by new suffrage
laws.
Until quite recently these three
States-Louisiana, North Carolina and
MiSSiSsiDpi-were the only ones OF
the South where there had been
changes made in the Constitution af-
fecting suffrage. In South Carolina
the fourth State whose representation
Mr.. Crumpacker and his party pro-
poses to reduce-complaint is made OF
the registration and election laws, that
they are so administered as not to al
low full expression of the negro vote
There is of course no way of ascer-
tanning definitely under such a law
just how many are prevented from
voting. but Mr.. Crumpacker would
have three of South Cardinals Repre-
sentatives taken away because of it
The whole scheme is Lodges Force
Bill in another shape and the natura
outcome of Roosevelt's policy toward
the South and the negro.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
WHAT HE SAID.
Mr.. c. j. Cooper Remarks at the
Democratic State Convention.

To the Editor: The reports of the
convention proceedings created an err
roneouS idea of what | said. and as
| dislike TO be misunderstood. you will
confer a favor by giving the facts as
follows:
The platform and resolution COM
mittee's report contained an endorse
ment of Judge Parker for president
and Hon. John d. Bellamy spoke in
favor of its adoption. Being satis-
fed in my own mind that the con-
vention did not wish TO send a hamp-
cred delegation. / followed Mr.. Bella
my with the following remarks:
''To honorable men an endorsement
by this convention is almost as bind
ing as instructions and we want to
send a free and unfettered delegation
to St. Louis for the purpose of nomi-
mating the man who can defeat Theo-
dore Roosevelt, whether that man be
Judge Parker. Grover Cleveland or
any other strong Democrat who is
worthy" This is all l said and all
that l intalded to say. Senator Sim
mons. an advocate of Parkers cam
didacy. next spoke as follows:
approve what the gentleman
from Granville thinking 1 still lived
at Oxford) has just said, that the
main thing that we want TO do is to
defeat Theodore Roosevelt, and asked
in the interst of harmony that the
committee withdraw the resolution.
Hon. j. A. Lockhart, chairman of
the committee. then withdrew that
part of the resolution asking for en-
dorsement. What | said was simply
TO oppose any instructions. The last
seven words of my remarks We're
never heard by my own ears, because
OF the commingled shouts of approval
and disapproval at even the mention
of Cleveland'S name. But i believe
every good Democrat approves my po-
sition Yours. etc,
C. ]. COOPER.
Fayetteville, \. c., June %. 1904.
1.-THE reporter who handled the con-
yention proceedings was, of course,
unable to hear Mr.. CooDer's conclud-
ing words, as Mr.. Cooper states that
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With kuroki in tie Field.
fRv the Associated Press.l }

With General Kuroki in the field.
Fene Wang Cheng. June &c. via
Seoul Korea.-(Delayed in transmits
sion. "A party of eighteen corporals
and military attaches has been con-
Quoted on tour of the main Japanese
works beyond headquarters 1t was
seen that the greatest care had been
taken in building these works, and
that the attaches remarked that the
temporary defenses had been con-
structed with more pains than most
European armies would take under
similar circumstances. At Lao Yang.
where il was hitherto thought the first
meeting between the two armies in
force would occur, the Russians have
guns i'm position mounted on the city
wall and trenches on the plain south
Of the city extending over an area of
$50 degrees. These trenches are so
constructed that they can be flooded
during the rainy season.
The japanese are completing ar
rangements for transportation where
by facilities for the supply of the
army will be assured regardless of
weather conditions
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
Drawing Kuropatkin South?
fRv the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press.)
St Petersburg, June 27.-5:41 p. m.
The Japanese have evacuated Senu
Chen, apparently with the object OF
enticing General Kuropatkin south. IN
the meanwhile General Kuroki is ad-
vancing on Hal Cheng, ready to at
tack the Russian left, and is again
moving troops north from Feng Wang
Cheng.
ments, it is believed by the general
staff will defer the prospects of a big
battle.
The Russians lost eighty-one men
in the recent fight north of Ai-Yang-
Pien- Men, about sixty miles northeast
Of Feng Wang-Cheng, on the Mukden
road.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28

DR.. BROUGHTON IS
ATTACKED
Chief of Police Springs
Upon Him in Bar
ber Shop.
(By the Associated Press.)


Albany. Ga, June 27.-Rev. DR..
Len c.. Broughton, of Atlanta, and
Chief of Police r.. w. Westbrook were
the central figures in a sensational
fight which occurred about 6 O'Clock
this afternoon in the barber shop OF
Levi Dawson, on Broad street. The
fight was the outcome of charges pre-
ferred against Westbrook in a sermon
by Broughton Sunday afternoon in
the Chautauqua Auditorium. Brough-
ton charged that Westbrook was a
drunkard and that he could be found
at all hours in the lowest dives i'm the
ely. He claimed to have affidavits
in his possession TO prove his charges
and said he was ready for an invest
CATION if one was desired by West
brook.
The sensation of Broughton and
Westbrook has been the sole talk ol
the people on the streets of Albany
today and a fight was freely expect
ed should Westbrook and Broughton
meet.
When Westbrook entered Dawson S
shop this afternoon Broughton was in
a chair being shaved. AS soon as
Westbrook saw him he went for him
Broughton interferred and hauled
Westbrook off him.
our or five hundred people quickly
collected in front of the shop and fol
awhile it appeared that a general mix
up was imminent. The affair has
caused a great sensation and it is
freely predicted that more trouble will
reach from Broughton's charges.
Cruger Westbrook. a son of Chief
Westbrook and the Senator from this
district in the present assembly, had q
fight with Mr.. r. w. Jordan, it being
believed that Jordan is the man who
furnished Broughton with his evidence
Jordan was knocked down but suffered
no serious damage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
Mayors Court Yesterday.

Arthur Mclean (colored) of Har-
nett county, was before Mayor Powell
yesterday for being found in a box
car on the Southern Railway yards
SuRy morning. There were two
cases( hund against him, one for
DANA gin kSouthern Railway property
and one Nnspt to steal. He was
bound overN court under S100
bond, which for not being able TO give
now resides in Wake county jail.
Chas. Faucet (coloreO. of Cary.
was given 80 days on the roads for
being drunk and disorderly in the
market Saturday night.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
Japanese oats Damaged.
(By the Associated Press.) }

(BN The ASSOclated PreSS.)
Che Foo, June 27.-7 D. m.-Chi-
neSe arriving i'm iunks from the vi
cinity of Port Arthur report that the
Russians have ordered all Chinese To
leave the place. A number of shells
fell i'm the town of Port Arthur during
the bombardment by the Japanese on
June %. but no damage was done,
many of the shells falling to explode.
A Japanese officer who went on board
one of the junks off the Miao-Tao Is
lands seventy-five miles south OF
Port Arthurs told the Chinese that one
japanese torpedo boat was damaged
during the engagement of Port Ar
thur on June 23rd. ard sank in the
Gulf of Pe1Chi-Li. The officer stated
that two other japanese torpedo boats
were badly damaged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
He shifted SMOKE
How a Reporter Sought a
Fire and Got the
"HaW! HaW'

The reporter who writes thus smell
ed smoke on Fayetteville street sun
day afternoon, and the latter end of
the story furnished the ungodly who
were thereabouts chance to give
him the "braw-how'' in great shape,
The man of the pencil had dined.
and had just lighted his after-dinner
cigar. Crossing the street from Bob
bitt & Wynne's drug store so as TO get
out o fthe sun, with umbrella on
arm, he sought the shady side, and
as he reached the 'front.' of John X.
Fer~ & Co.'S grocery he smelled
smoke. He shifted it again, and
again. Certainly it was smoked
"Aha," thought he, where there
is smoke there is fire, as Sherlock
Holmes would remark if somebody
else had not said it before Sherlock.
Here is chance for me to discover
the fire and have a great big news
naner scoop. So he investigated.
But first he shifted again, and as he
did so Mr.. John r. Ferrall Joined
him. Mr. Ferrall shifted, and he
agreed that something was burning.
Hence he joined in the investigation,
he and the reporter peering around.
looking pat windows and disporting
themselves as became men in reach
of something.
This sight attracted Mr.. James Pol
lard, and as he joined in he also
shifted the smoke. "Thres fire here,
said he, and with the other searchers
he searched, and looked and the three
now united in one cause shifted at
frequent intervals, and shifted smoke.
Three men looking and peering and
shifting naturally attracted a fourth
man, and Mr.. John Cross came along.
He too shifted. Four were now
shifting. All said it was smoke and
felt certain there was fire. Mr.. Fer
rail- hurried into his store, but found
no fire. The trio of sniffers outside
ooked into Briggs hardware store but
again no fire.
Still they shifted smoke, and cram
ing their necks they ooked up at the
windows of the armory, at the win
dows of John c. Drewry's office, at
the windows of the ailor shop, but
no smoke could they see.
"Call Assistant Fire Chief Crocker, =
one said and the cry was passed
along to Mr.. Crocker. But ere he ap-
peared there was a loud laugh from
Mr.. Pollard.
Here's the fire." he exclaimed,
reaching down and grasping the re-
porters umbrella, from which smoke
was issuing in good fashion. The re-
porter was dazed, so Mr.. Pollard put
out the fire.
And the sniffers? Well, the sniff
fers quit shifting and aughed. They
chuckled, and they laughed out loud
and strong. They gave the reporter
the horse laugh after this fashion:
Ha, Ha! Hal and Ho! Ho, Ho! Hei
He. He, and Hoo, Hoo. Hoo Aha!
and Ohoi and Ohio, and Ahal
The reporter was quiet; very quiet
had a far-away look in his eyes,
and he was searching for a knot hole.
The next time he lights a cigar he
will keep on the sunny side of the
street and hoist his umbrella. Not the
one with a hole as big as hot crown
in it, however. He's hidden that one.
1t is foolish to waste advice on peo-
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he could not even hear himself talk.
He understood, as Mr.. Cooper writes,
that Mr.. Cooqer was opposing instruc-
tions, and the article was written with
that in view. After Mr.. Cooper spoke
Mr.. f. l.. Travis spoke then Mr.. Jo-
sephus Daniels, who opposed instruc-
tions or endorsement, and asked that
the resolution be withdrawn, and then
Senator Simmons The resolution
was after this withdrawn by Mr..
Lockhart. The reporter understood
Mr.. Simmons TO say 'the gentleman
from Halifax" though in the con-
fusion he may have been mistaken.l
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
CALL TO ELECT CAPTAIN.
Company +, Second ". c. n. G.--Capt.
HoIlingsworth's Career.

Especial to the News and Ob3erver.)
Fayetteville, ~ c., June 27.--An
election for captain of Company Il,
Second n. G. n. c., to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Captain
]. G.. Hollingsworth, is called to be
held In the f. L. l.. /. Armory next
Monday night. Due to press of per-
sonal business Captain Hollingsworth
sent in his resignation after an active
military service of sixteen years, dur
ing the last five of which he has been
in command. Messrs. McGeachy,
Watson. McKethan, all long-tern
members and the next respectively I'm
line of promotion. are all spoken Of
II is said, however, that the latter, due
TO his conflicting views as to the
present status eff the Guard, which
may cause some embarrassment. may
decline to stand for an election.
Captain Hollingsworth's loss, after
a long and devoted service, will be
sadly felt by the company. He Joined
as a private in 1883, and has heen
advanced from time TO time until he
reached the highest office in the COM
mand. When the company was mus
tered into the United States service
in the Spanish war, he
went in as first lieutenant. On re-
turn home he was elected, upon the
resignation of Major Huske, major of
the old command. In 1901 on mus
ter of the company into the State
Guard he was commissioned captain
Of Company A, First Regiment In
fantry n. c. n. G., and for a year had
the unusual honor Of holding under
the State both a majors and cap
tain's commission. Later, upon re-
organization Of the Veteran or Gray
division of the command, he resigned
as major, being succeeded by former
Major j. c. Vann, who is now the
senior officer of the old organization.
During membership of sixteen
years, for the last five years of which
he has held highest command, Cap
tain Hollingsworth has held his COM
naand and it's duties first in all his
efforts; and to see the high esteem
and close friendship held for him by
all. it is only necessary to approach
any of our MANY young men who have
been connected with the company
during his term of service.
He who serves his friends is busy
man -
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
OPINION IN CONTEMPT CASE.
Judge PPitchard Returns Papers of
Record to Federal Clerk.

The papers of record in the matter
of the contempt proceedings brought
by Judge Purnell againE Mr.. Josephus
Daniels, editor of the News and OBJ
server, hove teen returned to the
crte of the Clerk of the Federal
Court mere.
Judge Pritchard had these sent to
him and has had them while he has
heen preparing mis- written opinion
in the case in which he reversed Judge
Purneu and liberated Mr.. Daniels.
They came from Asheville yesterday,
and it is judged by this that the opin-
ion will be filed very shortly. 1t is
supposed that a copy of it viii be filed
in Richmond and another in Raleigh.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
Retail Clerks Union Excursion.

The Retail Clerks Union will run
their second excursion to Chalybeate
Springs on Thursday evening, June
30th. We predict for all that go on
this excursion a delightful time. Tht
committee has secured for this occa-
sion an excellent band of five musi-
clans. and sweet music will be dis
pensed in the spacious pavilion during
the entire evening.
All remember the delightful time
spent at this spring last Thursday ey-
ening and we are glad the committee
has decided to give those that did not
attend an opportunity to go. The
fare 70 rthe round trip is only sixty
(60) cents. Train leaves the Union
station promptly at 7:45.
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A Second Report.
(Bv the Associated press.l

New York, June 27.-George Over
baugh, about fifty years old, a retired
stock broker of Goldsboro. n. c., COM
mitted suicide by drinking a large
quantity of carbolic acid and was
found dead in his bed today by his sis
ter, Mrs. William Jessup. Mr.. Over
baugh came to New York several
weeks ago from his home I'm Goldsboro,
to be treated for nervous insomnia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-28
Suicide of Geo. A. Over
baugh, GoIdsboro.
HE WAS In NEW YORK
Had Gone There TO be Treated For
Nervous lnsomnia---He Had Tried
Christian Science, it is Said,
and Found 1t a
Failure.
especial to News and observer.


New York. June 27.-George A.
Oyerbaugh, sixty-four years old.
wealthy broker of Goldsboro, n. c.,
ended his life today by drinking car
bolic acid in the room he occupied in
the boarding house at No. 13S West
Forty-eighth street. At the house a
mysterious silence is maintained as to
the circumstances preceding the sui
eide and the police have been able to
learn nothing but the bare facts
Mr.. Overbaugh came to New York
at the solicitation of his friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Jefful and their son, William
Jefful, who live in the Forty-eighth
street boarding house. The broker
had been suffering from nervous af-
Fiction for a number of years, and
Mrs. Jefful endeavored To convert him
to Christian Science. He had tried
Christian Science, however, and got no
relief through ii.
He was sitting on the front stoop of
the house last night discussing Chris
tian Science and suicide with young
Jefful. He made the remark that he
thought any one who killed himself
by aid of carbolic acid was a fool.
Then he went to bed. He was found
today dead on his bed, a small bottle
that had contained carbolic acid be-
side him.
The police say that stains of what
seemed to be carbolic acid have been
found on the stoop of the house. In7
quiries, ho'. .ver, failed TO account for
the stains kir. Overbaugh was q
bachelor and seid TO be very wealthy.
A telv -. message from Colds
boro states that Mr.. Overbough is rot
.aF
York special to the News aid ObSer-
yer, but of Fayetteville. this State
The message says further that Mr.
Overbough is brother-in-law of
Rev. j. T. Gibbs, of the Methodist
Church. Presiding Elder of the Dur
ham District. A sister of the de-
ceased married Mr.. viii Jessup, one
time manager of the Benbow Hotel in
Greensboro AS indicated i'm the tele-
grams Mr.. Oyerbough was a man Of
wealth. having retired from actie5
business life some time since.