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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

The American people are disguised be-
yond expression with the toadyism of
some college presidents toward trust mag
mates who endow their institutions. Mr..
Rockefeller in his home and family life is
doubtless kindly man, simple, un-
ostentatious, and free from the gross
vices. Let him have credit for it. But his
money was made by illegally crushing
independent dealers and by methods that
are inconsistent with fair and honorable
dealings. He has not dared to chal-
lenge the truthfulness of the revelations
of his buccaneering methods laid bare by
him
Miss Tarbll Until her evidence is dis
proved it is an insult to intelligent youth
to hold up Rockefeller's character to
them for study or emulation Those who
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

If the State authorities will probe deep
enough into the McBee-Finch affair they
will probably uncover the face of the pow
er behind the throne, and they would no
doubt look familiar in certain railroad
circles.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
ALL coNsPIRAroRs TOGETHER.

Charlotte News.
One of the worst things about it vas
the way Finch and McBee went back on
their personal and newspaper friends who
have been holding them up as the bene-
factors of the State
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

Better all be keerful
Bout de hilltops dat you climb;
De bird dat fly de highest,
Lookin' smaller all de time.
He gittin' out er sight,
En- dey amt no place ter light,
En- de stars is latin at him,
En- dey fool him. lef' en- right!
II.
Yonder, in de valley,
Is de flower dat is sweet;
Way up on de hilltop
De Thunder you must meet.
You FLYNN out er sight,
En- dey amt no place ter light,
En- de stars is latin at you.
En- dey fool you, lef' en- right!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

The Conspiracy organs continue TO
shoW their defeat and chagrin by trying
to find a safe place upon which they can
tail. 1t would be amusing if it did not ex-
pose their defense of gigantic fraud and
serious purpose to damn the Aycocll
administration. They keep on whistling
and talking in excited terms about
keeping cool while the people are
indignant and outraged-and justly So
at all who took part in the conspiracy,
sought to give character to the conspira-
tors, or defended their action in any way.
Mr.. Finch has made a cash payment of
$o,250 on the stock transaction with Mr..
F.. Chambers Smith," says the Morning
Post. This is not true. Mr.. Finch hash t
paid Mr.. Smith anything Mr.. Smith has
received that sum, but he has been care
full not to say that either Finch or Nc
Pee paid it. The public would like to
know the name of the man who paid the
money. Is some other CRATER or con-
srirator paying money TO get chance to
gst aRother receivership?
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20
Madison Record.

SMOKE OUT THE ARCH CON SPlfi a.
TOR
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-20

if they had bigger salaries they would be
as big and as latitudinarian as Kilgo On
Bassett! His patronizing air is shown to
these paragraphs
LAS to the pulpit, it is by some students
of Southern life upbraided and ridiculed
for an entirely unprogressive and even re-
dictionary influence. Such, in fact, it may
Tor the most part be, but 1 am unable 10
sympathize with either the bitterness or
the rldicule which has been displayed to-
ward the Southern clergy.
1T is true mo doubt, that all the
! churches are conservative in comparison
with those OF the North; that pulpit ora
tory is in most of them too emotional and
dogmatic; that in small places the priest
hood frequently exercises a sort of tyran.
NY and censorship no longer common. But
it is questionable if at present this state
OF affairs is to be deplored The moral
standards upheld by the preachers. unsat-
isfying as they may be, are higher than
those to which the people in general adj
here. The fight they wage for the plain
est moral rules is indispensable. More.
over, their lives are so hard, their onnor-
tunities for culture and for broaden;no
their own views are so limited that can
not consider them harshly. 1t is hard 10
believe that the majority of them are
guilty of conscious time-serving."
| The first Boston Transcript writer
charged all the evils to the preachars
lwho were the willing tools of unscru,,,,
Gus politicians! This writer says that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
HEAVY FOG PREVENTS
EFFECTIVE FIRING
Hut 81. Petersburg Tells of Minor
Victories OF Russians.

hut 81. Petersburg Tells of Minor
Victories OF Russians.
st. Petersburg. Oct. 2i.-The gem
cral staff to-day received the following
dispatch from Gen. Sakharoff. under
to-days date:
The Russian troops, Oct 10, made
a reconnaissance in force against the
enemy south of the village Of Sndiapu.
THE enemys outposts were driven
back.
"A Japanese battery which opened
fire was sllenced and compelled to re-
tire.
There was no fighting oct. 20.
This morning the Russian volunteer
sharpshooters, under cover of a fog,
closed up on the enemy and brought
in another gun and timber which were
left from Putiloff hill. formerly Lone
Tree hilD.
'The Japanese opened heavy fire.
but on account of the fog the firing
was Ineffective"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
is HUMILIATING
AND STARTLING
ASPECTS OF THE CAMPAIGN
REPUBLICAN APPEAL Is SATURAT-
ED WITH CONCETT.

Grover Cleveland, for First Time,
Turns His GUNS On Roosevelt and
His Party-FOrmer President
Cheered LIstiIy for seven Min
utes-SpeRl<s of the Rcpncity Ot
the Trusts-HuEe Combines Are
FlOurishing-Rcmar Claims
of Opposition.
New York, Oct. 21.--Attracted by the
presence of Grover Cleveland, thou
sands of people struggled to gain en-
trance to Carnegie Hall tonight, where
the former President of the United
States delivered his first and only
speech of the campaign.
John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the
Treasury under Cleveland, was also a
speaker and shared with Mr.. Cleveland
the great burst of enthusiasm at the
meeting. Every seat in the big audi
torium was taken while corridors and
aisles held their scores.
Still hundreds were unable to gain
entrnace. This big Democratic rally
was under the auspices OF the Business
Mems Parker aud Davis Association
and j. Hampden Robb, president Of
the organization, presided.
Grover Popular as Ever.
Mr.. Cleveland arrived at the hall
shortly after o'clock and Immediate
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
NEW PEACE CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD AT HAGUE.
Roosevelt VIII Issue Formal Invita-
tiOns to the Powers.

Roosevelt VIII Issue Formal Invita-
tIOns TO the Powers.
Washington, Oct. 21.-In the course
of two days the President win dis
patch formal invitations to the Pow
ers to name delegates to the new peace
conference to be held at The Hague.
The Powers are invited to suggest a
date or dates for the meeting Of the
conference. Secretary Hay submitted
a draft of the invitation to the cabinet
to-day. The date of the meeting was
left open, because II is stated that
any one of the Powers has as much
right TO suggest a date as the United
States.
Consequently there must be consider
able correspondence on this subject be-
fore an agreement is reached. IL is
not expected that the conference Will
meet during the continuance OF the
present war unless IL should be con-
tinued indefinitely. 1t cannot be
learned that any consideration has yet
been given to the personnel Of the dele
cation which will represent the United
states at the congress.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
CLEVELAND HITS REPUBLICANS:
PARKER'S THEME EXTRAVAGAN
BROTHER AND SISTER
MEET FATHERS LOVE.
She Attacks Them with Hat PIN
and Her Death Follows.


Peoria. III. Oct. 2l.-Mrs. Nellie
Thomason, wife of a former prominent
real estate dealer in this city, is dead
at her home in Lacon. as the result
of injuries received in a sensational
encounter with Richard and dennie
Higgins. son and daughter of John c..
Higgins, a prominent member of the
board of supervisors Of Peoria county
and prominent in Republican politics
on Saturday last.
Young Higgins is "a years old, and
his sister is 20 They intercepted a
letter written to Higgins. senior. by
Mrs. ThomasOn. in which she asked
the older Higgins To meet her in the
depot of the Rock Island Railroad In
this city Higgins was at st. Louis
and his son opened the letter. The
missive asked Higgins to be in the
waiting room.
When Mrs. Thomason arrived. she
was confronted by young Higgins and
his sister. Mrs. Thomason is said to
have attacked Higgins with a hat pin
whereupon Higgins struck her IN the
face. Later the woman asked the
ticket agent to assist her to the train.
He did so and when she was gone.
discovered the floor of the waiting
room covered with blood. The woman
fingered I'm great agony at her home
in Lacon until she died
Higgins Is under arrest on state
warrant charging him with murder.
The case has created a sensation.
That Detective William Il. Murphy,
who was murdered under such sensa-
tional circumstances in this city last
June, was connected with the Hig-
gins-Thomason case was a startling
development of the afternoon
1t appears that on the night Muir
ply was killed he was shadowing John
II. Higgins, at the instance of the
members Of the Higgins family. Young
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
CAPT. HITCH FOUND GUILTY:
TO LEAVE STATES SERVICE
DISBARRED FROM
HOLDING OFFICE
CAPT. HITCH'S SENTENCE.
DISCHARGE FROM SERVICE WITH
OUT QUALIFYING WORDS.

Neither He Nor Lieut.. Nell Has Any
thing to Say About Verdict at
PreSent-StHtesbOrO officers NOti-
fled by TelephOne-ERect On OgIc-
thOrpes Matter of Speculation.
General Opinion That Findings
Against Capt. Hitch Were Harsh.
Lacking the modifying words with
out disqualification" the sentence i'm
posed on Capt r. M. Hitch by the
court-martial, that he be dismissed
from the service, carries with 1t a dis
barment from the holding of any office
in the state. civil or military. The
prohibition covers state. county and
municipal offices.
In the case OF Lieut.. Nell, who was
ordered suspended from military serv-
ice for one year, there is no disquali-
fication from holding office, even dur
ing the period of the suspension. AS
he is at present holding an office un-
der the CITY, this was a very pertinent
question.
Nothing TO Soy.
Capt. Hitch was seen by a represen-
tative of the Morning News late yes
terday afternoon. and asked for a
statement on the findings. The news
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

boro last night by Mr.. II. r. Wilson,
counsel for Lieut.. Cone. Mr.. Grower,
associate counsel in the case. was
reached and the findings I'm the case
of Lieut.. Cone communicated to him,
as was also that I'm the case of Lieut.
Griner. IL was the first intimation
of the results received at Statesboro
There are rumors that an effort will
be made to bring the findings of the
court-martial, and the action thereon
before the civil courts. for the purpose
of having the findings reviewed.
Eject On OGIethorpes.
Just what effect the findings OF the
court-martial will have on the Ogle-
thorpe Light Infantry, Of which Capt.
Hitch was the commanding officer,
and Lieut. Nell is first lieutenant, re-
mains to be seen.
Some weeks ago there was a paper
IN circulation. IL is reported, in the
nature OF a round robin, the signers
Of which agreed TO withdraw from the
military service in the event that the
findings Of the court-martial was ad-
verse 70 Capt. Hitch. Cooler counsel
prevailed and the paper was with
drawn. II being urged that Capt.
Hitch would heartily disapprove OF
such a course. and that the company
could not show their loyalty more ef-
feciiveiy than by obeying his wishes.
conunuaa on Eifth Page,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

sity of loading and firing in order to
prevent. mob violence.
Upon the first charge as a whole
the court-martial found Capt. Hitch
guilty.
lie Did Not Misbehave.
The second charge against Capt.
Hitch was gross neglect Of duty and
ineficiency (and misbehavior before a
riotous mob in violation Of the sixty
second article Of war;"
Upon this charge as a whole the
court found Capt Hitch not guilty.
But It declared him guilty Of gross
neglect of duty and nehiciency In
violation Of the sixty-second Article of
War"
The court's hnding concludes with
these words: And sentences him,
capt. Robert NJ. Hitch, Company l.
First Infantry. G. s. T.. 10 be dis
missed from the service Of the state
sentence Of Lieut.. Nell.
First Lieut. George A. Nell com-
Continued on Fifth Page.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

after he had been surprised. captured,
and beaten by the mob.
He Had Taken Precautions.
But he was found not guilty of the
charge that he neglected to take prop
er precautions to prevent himself be-
ing surprised and captured.
Capt. Hitch was found guilty of the
fifth specification, under charge one,
which charged him with giving i'm
proper and misleading commands while
on riot duty, and failing to take prop
er precautions in regard to the neces-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
FOG NOW LIFTING
BOTH SIDES ARE READY.

Mukden, Oct. 81, 1 a. m.--Towards
evening yesterday the fog lifted and
some of the Russian guns at various
points opened ire against the Japa-
nese defenses, but they did not re-
spond either from scarcity of muni-
tions or the desire not to reveal the
location of their batteries.
The weather and the condition of
the roads have made extensive opeT-
ations impossible. but the roads are
now drying hard which forecasts
events in the near future.
The war correspondents in the field
are kept in the dark, and it is diff
cult to say when and how this dread
full slaughter will end.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
DRYING OF THE ROADS
WILL BE THE SIGNAL

BesultOry CanRonading and I'm
important SISirmishes in Nam
churia.
Military operations in Manchu-
ria are awaiting the drying of the
roads and plains, rendered impas-
sable for artillery and even for
infantry by the recent heavy
rains.
Meanwhile the correspondents at
the front have only desultory cam
nonading and unimportant skir-
mishes to record.
The report that the railway sta
tion at Shakhe has been retaken
by the Russians, and that railway
traffic between that place and
Mukden would be restored at once
was erroneous, the place still be-
ing in the hands of the japanese.
The Russian government is
Fastening the dispatch of troops
to the Far East to constitute the
second Manchurian army.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

had been telephoned to him from At
lanta.
Il must decline to make any state
ment whatsoever at the present time, "
was the only reply made. He did not
seem greatly disturbed.
Lieut.. G. A. Nell also declined to
make any statement.
II haven't anything to say now"
was his answer.
The finding in the case of DR.. A. A.
Morrison, who was acquitted, had al
ready been forecasted.
In the case of Lieut.. Chas. E. Cone
and Lieut.. Henry l.. Griner, the in
formation was telephoned to States
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
SOME OUTPOST FIRING
BUT NOTHING SERIOUS

Huansan. Manchuria. Thursday, Oct.
90, by Courier to Mukden, Oct. III
Wednesday passed quietly.
some desultory outpost firing but
nothing serious. Last night also was
without incident.
This morning the plain was covered
with a blanket of fog as thick as the
darkest night. In the afternoon the
weather cleared.
The chief obstacle to a resumption of
the advance continues to be the bad
state of the roads.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

Higgins says that either on that night,
or on the following night, Mrs. Thorn
ason called up the Higgins residence
by telephone and said
Murphy was a good friend Of yours
Well, he got bis tonight Keirans Ga
fellow detective OF Murphy is your
friend, too. He viii get his next"
Richard Higgins says that the fam
lily had made frequent efforts TO break
up the attachment between the elder
Higgins and Mrs. Thomson and had
In vain offered her large sums OF
money.
He declares that she frequently call
ed up the residence by telephone and
taunted the family upon the failure to
break off the relations between the
elder Higgins and herself
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
RUSSIANS ARE FIRING
BUT JAPS DON'T REPLY

Mukden, Oct. 21. 500 a. m.-The
Russians on Thursday opened an ar
tillery fire upon Shakhe station, where
there seemed to be a Japanese outpost
watching the Russian movements.
The guns were then trained upon the
village OF Lamatung, a little east Of
the station.
The japanese replied languidly.
The weather to-day is fine and sun
ny, with a cold, biting wind. There
was a severe frost last night.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

the third specification under the first
charge, which charged him with fail
ing to formulate any plans for the
protection of the prisoners, with fail
ing to consult with his junior officers
as to such plans and with failing to
take any steps to prevent being sur
prised by the mob.
On the fourth specification. under
charge one, he was found guilty of
failing to order up available rein
forcements, and failing to make fur
ther efforts to prevent mob violence
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
MOTHER KILLS MAN
FOR c0URTING DAUGHTER,
Warned Him 20 Keep Away ana
Shot when He DIdn't.

Warned Him 20 Keep Away ana
Shot when He DIdn't.
Tampa, Fla. Oct. 21.--Last night
Mrs. Loney. who lives near De Soto
Park, shot and killed Joe Wood. who,
1t is alleged, was paying too marked
attention to her young daughter, after
having been repeatedly warned to keep
away from the premises.
He was found there last night by
the mother Of the girl. and she put
an end 10 his life with revolver.
Wood was tried for bigamy some two
years ago. convicted and served part
of his time, when he was pardoned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
CUT THE THR0ATS OF
MOTHER AND YOUNG SON.
Half Brother of woman's Husband a
Prisoner aud LynchinE Feared.

Shreveport, La. oct. 21.--A special
to the Times from Athens. La, says:
Mrs. Ike A. McGee. wife Of farm
CT and her 1o-year-old son. Ham. were
killed to-day by an unknown person,
who cut their throats.
Posses are out hunting for a negro
who Is supposed to have committed the
crime.
The shorif has arrested a man named
craighead. the half-brother Of McGee.
who was on the place az the time.
craighead is Ia the parish jail az
Homer.
A lynehinK n feared.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
LIQUOR PROBLEM IN
INDIAN TERRITORY
Discussed Mt Lake Mohonk Indian
Conference.

Lake Mohonk. N. Y. oct 21-Con-
sideration of the liquor problem in
Indian territory and especially the
proposal 10 incorporate in the
enabling act admitting the territory
into the Union a. one or two state
a clause forever excluding the sale on
intoxicating drinks IN the new state
or states, was taken up az tO-day's
session Of the Indian conference,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

ly upon his entrance cheers burst
forth; the demonstration lasted seven
minutes; 1t died out and began again
with renewed vigor. Again and again
Mr.. Robb attempted to quiet the
crowd, but was forced to his seat.
When Mr. Cleveland saw that Mr..
Robb's efforts were fruitless in quiet
ing the demonstration, he arose and
held up his hand for silence, but the
people could not be quieted for two
full minutes afterward.
The former President was chairman
of the meeting In his address he said
in part:
Startling and HumiIiating.
'There are in my mind tonight,
some aspects and incidents of this
campaign which seem to me so star
tling, and so humiliating, that they
should arrest the attention Of ev-
cry thoughtful citizen and arouse the
anxious solicitude of every patriotic
American.
"In a country like ours, where par
ties contest for the direction OF the
government, we must, Of course, ex-
pect party advocacy and honorable
personal ambitions for political hon
ors; but who, among those indulging
in the farthest retrospect of political
campaigns, can recall one I'm which
the advantages Of present party con-
troll have been so palpably and un-
blushingly used for its perpetuatiOn,
or in which the functions belonging
to the entire American people have
been more insolently forced to do par
tisan service?
Claim All the virtues.
when before has It been so distinct
" claimed that all the virtues. all the
patriotism, and all the governing abil-
ity Of our citizenship are found among
the members Of one political party;
and when before have those of our cit
liens, not among the chosen. been so
boldly considered as aliens In their own
land. who should be cast into outer po-
litical darkness as unworthy 20 be en-
trusted with the power and response
bility Of q government established by
the people and for the people2
when In all our history has a party
SO presumptuously as now, claimed TO
be the donors Of the gifts Of God, or
when has one so persistently plumed
itself upon the creation Of all the pros
pcrity that has fallen 20 our cOuntrys
lott
Never before have our people been
80 belabored with party deliveances,
which IN every line and every word
from platform declarations 70 the last
appeal OF party advocacy, are 20 snt-
Continued on Fifth Page.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

Never before have our people been
80 belabored with party deliveances,
which IN every line and every word.
from platform declarations 10 the last
appeal OF party advocacy, are 10 snt-
urated with conceited and tiresomo
conilnnad on Fifth pnrs.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22
Whnt Monrne Doctrlne Do.

''Mr. Olney admirably stated the
purpose of the Monroe doctrine In his
address at Harvard College, March 2,
1898 The vital feature Of the Mon
roe doctrine is that no European Pow
or ehau forcibly possess itself OF
American sod and forcibly control the
political fortunes and destinies OF It's
people
''That Is the national position. and
Il VIII be maintained.
''But how South American states
shall behave toward each other or
r.,.tt..s,-a -. ntfsl. 49,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

Continued On E,fth aAGA
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-22

Continued On Fifth kage'
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-04
GENERAL sToEssEL REPORTS.
Russian Story of the Fighting at
kinchou

Russian Story of the Fighting at
kinchou.
st. Petersburg, June 4.-The Rus
sian losses in the fighting at Kinchou
are officially stated to be 30 officers
and 700 men killed or wounded. These
figures were given in General Stoes-.
sells report, which has reached the
war Office. 1t is dated May 70. The
method of it's transmission to Viceroy
Alexieff is not disclosed, but it is pre-
Bumed it was taken by a Chinese Junk
to Newchwang.
!, Evidently it was written under
stress, as it was hastily pencilled.
The account says the attack began
May 81 and eliminated on the evening
of May 26. The real fighting was prac-
tically confined to May rs and 26, the
Japanese remaining quiet the two pre-
vious days. General Stoessel reports
that, owing to the absence OF the sup
port of warships against the Japanese
artillery fire at the time of the final
assault on the Russian positions on
Nanshan hill during the evening of
May &c, he at S o'clock gave the order
to blow up the guns and retire. The
general explains that the order was
only partially executed, as the enemy's
flank movements necessitated prompt
ness in retreat which, he says, was
carried out with great GOODNESS, thus
accounting for the smallness of the
Russian losses.
General Stoessel also says the en-
emy's losses must have run far into
the thousands, the Japanese mortality
in storming Nanshan hill being fright
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