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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
San Domingo Treaty May
Be Reported Today.
WORK ON IT'S PUSHED
Strong Efforts to Keep the Matter From
Becoming a Party Question. The
Protocol Will Be Fought Out
in Executive Ses-

(By the Assooiated Press. }


Washington. March Without de-
termining any question of policy in
regard to the Santo Domingo treaty,
the Senate decided today that the
treaty should be reported rs soon as
possible from the committee On For
eign Relations and the entire question
fought out in executive session. This
was the sentiment of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee as we'll as the SEN
ate and in two sessions of the COM
mittee the proceedings were with
view to reporting the treaty tomorrow
If possible.
The amendments offered in the
committee were confined to a reduc-
ton of an alleged surplusage of
words. They were offered verbally
and taken down by a stenographer.
when the committee meets tomorrow
BY a tacit understanding the policy
involved in the treaty was not taken
up by the committee, and it was un-
derstood that the action in submitting
amendments in this manner did not
commit any Senator to the support of
the treaty. The program was merely
to facilitate action and remove all
chance of it's being made party
question in the committee.
The prompt action of the Foreign
Relations Committee will result in
much earlier decision in the Senate.
Nearly every Senator who discussed
the treaty today expressed a desire
that the measure be kept from be-
coming party question, To prevent
this Senator Bacon offered 70 with
draw his resolution concerning the
protocol of an agreement entered into
between the United States in January
Il ENaa~a4 Tn
mingo Improvement Company's claim
and modify it. When he again offers
it the resolution will be general IN
character and ask that the Foreign
Relations Committee inquire and re-
port whether the executive has the
authority to make an agreement by
which the United States takes charge
of the customs of another country.
1t will not mention any particular
case, but it will ask that the Senate
committee inquire if there is any form
of convention, treaty. protocol or
agreement by which the President
might proceed to the collection OF
claims of a citizen of the United
States against a foreign power. lie
took the position that the executive
could look after the interests of citi-
zens of the United States through dip
lomatic channels but that to take
charge of customs houses might be
charged AS an act of war. he de~
clared that the procedure was uncon-
stitutional unless it was submitted
first to the Senate.
SLUG FOUR
A new proposition was suggested
nv Senator Morgan, which was that
the United States should make an in
yestigation of the debts of Santo Do
mingo before entering upon any plan
for their payment. He said it would
be dangerous for this country to en-
gage in the business Of debt paying
until the obligations of Santo Domingo
had been investigated and sifted.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
SHR|EKED IN Vain
In the Morning They
Found Her Dead.
And Beside Her the COrpses Of Two
Men Who We're With Her in the
Boat When II Went to the
Bottom.
(By the Associated Press )

Sanford, Fla, March 7.-While boat
riding on Lake Monroe Sunday night
Miss Maggie Looney. Of Thomasville,
Ga, Otto McElroy and Reese Boyd.
of this place, were drowned. The
young. people left the dock at 1890
D. m. in a small row boat. Screams
were heard on the lake soon after.
but their friends en- the dock supposed
the young men were simply trying to
frighten the young lady and never
dreamed of the true condition.
Alarmed by the long absence of the
party, boat was secured and a
searching party went out but found
nothing. At daylight Monday morning
the boat was found upturned not a
hundred yards from shallow water
and the three dead bodies were drag
ged from beneath the boat.
Miss Looney leaves a family at
Thomasville. Young McElroy's people
live in Birmingham, Ala. Reese Boyd
leaves a mother here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
The Strategy of oyama.
(By the Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg. March 6.-2.50 D.
m.-The result of the greatest battle
of modern times is expected to be
determined today or tomorrow. AL
though General Kuropatkin has evil
IDENTIFY made every preparation to
cover his retreat by removing his ac-
cumulated stores and munitions north~
ward it is now the opinion of military
men here that one side or the other
cannot escape an overwhelming dis
aSter.
Field Marshal Oyama's strategy in
this battle is now clear. He startled
and amazed the War Office by the
marvellous daring of General Kuroki's S
advance against the extreme Russian
left and the series of blows delivered
at the center where no less than thir-
teen separate attacks have been
launched by the imperial guards ten
miles east of Poutiloff Hill. But ii
is now realized that the heavy blows
at the left were intended to mask the
real turning movement which came
like a bolt from a clear sky out OF
the west. Kuropatkin fell into the
trap. The situation seemed an exact
duplicate of that at Liao Yang and
the Russian commander-1n-ch -chlet
hastened to mass forces to meet Ku-
roki.
Friday the whole situation was sud
denly reversed when with lightning
rapidity the Japanese turning opera
ton began on the plain between the
Hun and Lao rivers. In order to
succeed Oyama threw the neutrality
Of China to the winds. General Nog1
with his Port Arthur veterans moved
up the right bank of the Hun and fell
like an avalanche upon the weakened
Russian right doubling it back in con-
fusion. The Japanese advance being
cordiated with the advance straight
from the west of a Japanese column
of 10000 men which circled around
or through Chinese neutral territory.
Kuropatkin evidently was taken by
surprise It was not until Saturday
night that he was able to shift suffi-
cient reinforcements west to stem the
tide of the Japanese who were within
sight of Mukden. But the latest ad-
vices are to the effect that the Japan
ese exhausted by their tremendous eff
forts have everywhere stopped and
now if ever Kuropatkin's hour has
come. Military critics declare Oyama
has not enough superiority to take
risks. According to the War Ofiice
Ovanna mas not over 10000 men in eX-
cess of Kuropatkln, whose forces total
about $4,000. Kuropatkin's chance,
thc War Office says, is an opportune
offensive, as passive resistance would
be fatal
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
Dispatches From Kuropatkin.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated HfeSS.J
St. Petersburg, March 7.-General
Kurooatkin in a dispatch dated
March G, says he counted thirty dead
Japanese officers and two thousand
men in front of the Gaotu Pass posi-
ton. The Russians buried many
bodies.
Another dispatch from General
Kuropatkin dated March G, says:
'"The centre is quiet. The Russian
flank west of Mukden continues its
offensive. The Japanese attempted
to occupy q village, name unknown
but were reoulsed.
1.-THE Russian artillery is still main
tanning its position on Fontiloff Hill.
The japanese attack on Kandoli-
san was repulsed after three hours
fighting.
1.-The Japanese have again attacked
the Russian positions at Oubenepusa
and were repulsed there and also at
Tomaguchen with enormous losses.
"a Russian detachment on the ex-
treme left has occupied a. defile ten
miles east of Kondiatse, driving back
a squadron and half a company of
japanese who left their dead and
threw away their arms in their
flight"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
SHE LAUGHS FIRST
Government Beaten in
Tilt With Woman.
Proved After Hard Fight BY Mrs. Chad
wick's Counsel That She Had
Money in 0berIin
Bank,
Bank.
lBv the Associated Press.)

Cleveland, Ohio, March 7.-Nine
witnesses were examined in the Chad
wick trial and the defense established
the fact that the claim of the govern
ment that Mrs. Chadwick had nc
money in the Oberlin bank at the time
of drawing checks which were ceru-
fed by Spear and BeclIwith was IN
correct in two instances at least.
1t was shown by the general jour
nal of the bank that on November 5,
1903, when Mrs. Chadwick received
a certified check for $4,000, an entry
creditfng her with that amount was
made on the journal of the bank and
a deposit slip for $4,000 was made
out in her name. The entry and the
slip were in the handwriting of Cash
ier Spear. Another entry OF similar
nature amounting to $4,000 was also
found. These facts were Brought out
on cross examination by Judge Wing,
counsel for Mrs. Chadwick, after long
and tedious questioning of n. II.
Avery. assistant cashier of the Oberlln
bank. Avery at first testified that Mrs.
Chadwick at no time had either money
in or credit at the bank.
Several directors of the Oberlin
bank testified that they knew nothing
Of the transactions with Mrs. Chad-
wick.
one of them said none of the Chad
wick deals were ever reported by MI
Spear to the directors.
An official of the Euclid Avenue
Trust Company testified that Mrs.
Chadwick had $92,500 on deposit in
his bank.
Horace G. White, book-keeper of the
Oberlin bank testified that the entry
giving credit to Mrs. Chadwick for
$4,000 was in the handwriting OF
Cashier Spear and that the deposit slip
for the amount was also in Spear
handwriting. Robert Lyons, receiver
for the Citizens National Bank or
Oberlin said that the books did not
show that any account had ever exist
ed by which Mrs Chadwick could
draw checks on the bank.
Mrs. Chadwick came into court to-
day apparently none the worse for her
illness which caused the adjournment
yesterday She wore the same gown
of black and white as on her first ap-
pearance but had added a long grey
veil which covered her face and was
wound in repeated folds about her
neck. Shortly after taking her seat
in the rear of her counsel she re-
moved the veil and took the position
she occupied during most of yesterday,
her elbow on the table and her chin
in the palm of her hand.
1t is doubtful if Andrew Carnegie
will take the stand. District Attorney
Sullivan said today:
1T is not my present intention to
put Mr.. Carnegie on the stand, and
don't think that he will be called
upon to testify unless his evidence
should be needed in rebuttal of some
thing introduced by the defense.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08

The regular ticket chopper was miss
ing, but in his place stood an unshaven
man, clad in dirty overalls, on whose
slouch hat was a band indicating that
he was an employe of the system. He
looked neither to right nor to left but
monotonously pumped the handle of
the chopper. The tickets rained into
the box, and he pumped, unheeding
the chaff of passengers and the sar-
casm of strike sympathiZers.
A few minutes after the collision
at 23rd street the danger signals were
flashed along the whole tunnel and
simultaneously a fresh squad of police
appeared at the Brooklyn bridge sta
tion. Under command of a captain
they We're stationed at all the exits
and entrances, the ticket sellers win
dows were shut down and the crowds
who had not gained entrance to the
train platforms were turned away At
ter wait of quarter of an hour one
train came from uptown, rounded
the loop under City Hall Square and
as it drew into the station northbound
a man with a megaphone shouted from
the gallery:
Broadway local, last train up town
tonight"
He went from place to place shout
ing his warning and there was a wild
IuSlI 1OI pldCeS. GOllCe cleared the
platforms and upstairs the announce
ment that no more trains would be
run was made to the crowds This
turned them to the surface lines and
a tremendous Jam resulted.
When the Savage Peaps Out.
Every car bound uptown was filed
to its capacity when it left it's ter
minal Men fought for a foothold
on step or platform as they would
for a place in the last boat from a
sinking ship. Women were mauled
and roughly handled in the jam and
hats were lost, coats were torn and
bundles heedlessly dropped in the
mud.
On the elevated roads the condi-
tions were pretty much the same
The trains were irregular, slow speed
Continued on Page Five.l
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Ran on Business Principles.

Among the many complimentary
things which are being said of Lieut.
Governor Winston in connection with
the able amer in which he presided
over the Senate, attention has been
called to several characteristics of his
management of that body which are
truly remarkable.
During the sixty days he presided,
the work of the Senate was completed
without a single night session, or two
sessions held on any one day. There
was no appeal during the session from
a ruling of the chair and the days call
endar was concluded each day before
adjournment, facts which show a gen
ius for presiding and indicate that the
Lieutenant applied to the Senate the
principles of careful business.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
CoRTELYoU TAKES THE OATH.
And ct Once Assumes the Duties of
Postmaster General.
(Bv the Associated Press. )

Washington, March George 5.
Cortelyou took the oath as postmaster
general today. He at once assumed
the duties of his office. Mr.. Cortelyou
announced that in q few days, as soon
as be can arrange some minor details
he will retire from the craftsmanship
of the Republican National Commit
tee. He will be succeeded by Vice
Chairman Harry c. New, of Indianap-
oils, who will become the acting chair
man of the committee
1t was announced that Frank H.
Hitchcock, of Massachusetts,, would
be appointed first assistant postmaster
general.
H. o. Weaver, of Ohio, was ap-
pointed Mr.. Cortelyou's private secre-
tary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
CAMPAIGN FOR EXHIBITS.
Now That North Carolina Has Led the
Way, the jamestown Exposition
People Look for Other States
to Fall in Line.
(By the Associated Press.)

Norfolk, Va, March THE Board
of Governors of the Jamestown Ex-
position Company will begin at once a
campaign among the States with a
view of securing an early and sub
stantial appropriation for exhibits on
Hampton Roads in 1907.
General Fitzhugh Lee, president of
the company, will travel in the in
terest of the exposition and the gov
ernors will keep him supplied with
engagements.
Now that North Carolina has taken
favorable action on the bill to make
an appropriation for q State exhibit,
it is expected that other States in the
South will be brought into line with
out delay. General Lee is waiting to
hear from the West Virginia, Penn
sylvania and Illinois Legislatures and
when he is notified of the time they
will hear him he will leave imme-
diately to fill the appointments.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
A BAPTISM BUILDING.
Minister'S Conference to Consider
Placing One i'll jamestown Ex-
position.
(By the Associated Press.

Norfolk Va, March THE Bap-
list Minister'S Conference of south
eastern Virginia. has called a special
meeting for Monday next to consider
the subject of a Baptist building"
for the Jamestown Exposition in 1907.
the building to be devoted exclusively
to exhibits going to show the great
advancement made by this denomina-
ton in America in educational. mis-
sionery and literary enterprises, the
exhibits to bring out prominently the
claims of the Baptists as pioneer pro-
moters of religious liberty in Vir-
ginia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
EorgcPY at Wilson.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wilson, n. c., March IA tailor
by the name of John Coningham,
hailing from Norfolk. and who has
for several weeks been working for
S. j. Walls, merchant tailor on
Goldsboro street, forged check on
Mr.. Walls for ten dollars. This
check he gave to Mrs. Josh West, in
payment of two weeks board. Mrs.
West gave him two dollars in change.
1t is supposed that he has either
gone to Norfolk or Wilmington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
BRoDIE DUKES SPECULATION.
An Attachment Served Against Him
For $4,000 at the Instance Of
Cotton Brokers.
On the Agsociated PICS. }

New York. March IA few days
ago Deputy Sheriff Porges received an
attachment for $4,000 against Brodie
L. Duke, which was obtained by
Blandy, Mooney & Shipman, attorneys
for A. Norden & Company, cotton
brokers, on a claim growing out of a
cotton speculative transaction. On
December %, 1903, they sold 1000
bales of cotton short on the cotton ex-
change here for his account at 1896,
which was covered on the same day
at 1874, resulting in a loss of $4,000.
Mr.. Duke has entered a denial in the
case, alleging that the brokers misin-
terpreted his orders, which were by
telegraph. The attachment was serv-
ed on the superintendent of Bellevue
Hospital and also at the district at
torney's Office, where Mr.. Duke, it is
said, has had bonds in storage.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
Story of the Day.

New York, March 7.-Down- town
New York quit business early this af-
ternoon and put it's mind and effort
to the single purpose of getting home.
The mornings spectacle of Lower
Broadway and its tributary streets
crowded with private equipages, cabs
and automobiles was repeated, but
the procession flowed north. 1t be-
gan by o'clock and from then until
dusk the narrow thoroughfare was a
slow moving mass of vehicles. Auto
mobiles broke the long line of car
riages, chugging slowly forward or
halting with jerks as the procession
was jammed by a blockade.
While nothing like the customary
number of persons sought the subway
and elevated railways, neNArtheless
the crowd was large enough to fill the
stations as early as clock. The in
frequent trains We're rushed, the
crowds in their eagerness blocking the
narrow doors, SO that it frequently re-
quired the efforts of the police on duty
to push them inside and keep the way
clear. Grasping the projecting door
edges men would surge forward with
the moving train, pushing their neigh
bors back, until some bad nature was
engendered. But on the whole the
people were orderly. Police in plenty
were on hand and the situation in the
downtown stations was admirably
handled.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
Retake it At Any Cost!
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the ASSOcIdItu TIeSS'I
General Rennenkampff's Headquar-
ters. Oubenepusa, Monday, March g.
(Midnight) Events took an unfavor-
able turn for the Russians this evening.
After a day of marked succession OF
determined attacks the japanese GUST
ed the Russians from an important
position on the left center of the east
ern army. The Japanese are also press
ing the right center hard. The Rus
slams have been ordered to re-take the
position at any cost.
There were heavy losses today on
both sides.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
work in The Committee.
(Rv the Asgociated Pregg. J

Washington, March 1.-THE Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations form
ally took up the Santo Domingo pro-
tocol today The treaty was read
carefully and amendments were Of
fered for the purpose of correcting
the phraseology but not directed at
the policy involved in the document.
It was proposed to strike out the
words in the protocol which seemed
to define the Monroe Doctrine this be-
ing regarded by number of Senators
to be superfluous. Other amendments
were offered changing words here and
there, but not at all affecting the pur-
pose of the treaty.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
THEY FIND sTRYCHNINE.
And Color Indicating Poisoning by
Strychnine.
(Rv the Associated press. )

Honolulu, March Thigh Sheriff
Henry told the correspondent of the
Associated Press today that the chem
ist in a test of the contents of Mrs.
Stanford's stomach had found color
which indicated strychnine poisoning
inquest. He added that the chemist
had found strychnine in the bicarbon-
ate of soda of which Mrs. Stanford
partook on the night of her death and
that they would SO declare to the cor
onerss jury.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
BREACHES IN THE
RUSSIAN CENTER
ST. Petersburg Hears That the Living Wall is
Broken and That the Japanese Have Captured
Thirteen Heavy Siege Guns.

progressing now are so near that the
whole of them are accessible from
Mukden in a days tour
The losses already exceed those in
the battle of Lao Yang on the Rus
sian side and the Japanese are sup
posed to have suffered much more.
though this does not seem to shake the
Japanese tenacity. for at noon today
they attacked Yenhsitun. advancing
their infantry and provoking a coun-
ter-attack, which was first reported to
have resulted in Russian infantry oc-
cupying Yenhsitun about two o'clock
in the afternoon when the artillery
battle increased furiously. shells set
ting fire to many buildings. the smoke
from which joining a dust storm
shrouded the vast plain in clouds in
which the battle roared and the sun
sank.
The Scars of Conflict.
The appearance of this region.
which has now been two days under
fire, begins to resemble siege. Graves
are increasing in number. while dead
animals strew the ground. Tns
rest and their powers of resistance
are declining. They plainly show the
strain of the terrible week. The
ground is deeply frozen.
The Japanese continue to flank the
Russian position. One Japanese di-
vision is known to have extended to
Beling.
The Japanese maintain a frontal
attack Sunday night having attacked
Shakhe, Erdagou and Huantai and
the extreme east, where they are
again advancing.
The centre remains Russian, but on
the southwest the Russians are falling
back on their second position. The
army ON the right wing is now thrown
back on the Russian settlement. con-
verting the settlement into a great
metropolis. At night long trains Of
lighted cars are to be seen extending
in all directions on impfoyised rail-
ways to camps where three days ago
there was nothing but bare fields. In
magnitude the present battle promises
to about equal the battle of the Shak-
he river
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Wonderful Work of Nogi.
fRv the Associated Press. }

New Chwang. March 6.-There is
every indication that the great Japa--
nese movement for the development
of Mukden has so far met with over
whelning success. and that that
stronghold of the Russians will prove
another Sedan.
In the last few days little has been
heard from the fighting along the
strongly fortified central positions,
and it is believed that the Japanese
centre is only required to hold its
ground while the wings stretch far to
the northward to circle the Russian
tanks or threaten the railway.
General Nogis third army from
Port Arthur has advanced far on the
left wing and swept all before it..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
BattleA of the Sixth Day.
tBv the Associated Press.

(By the Associated Press.)
Mukden, March 6.-(Delayed in
transmission )-rhe sixth day of the
battle on the Russian right flank
ragged with undiminished vigor from
dawn till dark. The Japanese made
good their position at Tacha, and
pushed the contest north to Sinmintin
the same as on Sunday four miles
from the main battery line though ap~
parently no nearer. AS was the case
in the battle of Lao Yang. the semi
circular positions where the battle is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-08
THE BATTLE is LOST

ST. Petersburg Admits That This Fol-
lows if the Report That Reaches
There is True, and Other Advices
From the Theatre of Action Are Part
tally Confirmatory of the Report.
Every Dispatch From Mukden and
It's Envirous Pulses With the Mad
Uproar of Desperate and Involved
Conflict. Itis Significant That the
Booming of Cannon Now Not Only
Rolls Over Mukden From South East
and West, But Bursts On the Start
led Earin Ever Increasing Volume
From the Northward, Indicating That
the Iron Coils of 0yama Have Been
Wrapped Completely Around the
Russian Host.