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t 5 m1 1mmmJ mmJ V... -' rf Weather Toddy Showers "Wednesday and probably Thurs day; . variable -winds.' T7car7;cr Tb::;: Showers Wetlnf !..' and probably Thur--day; variable wind.-. w 1 1 VOIiTTME liXXXIV KO. 96 RALEIGH, N. C, TVEDKESDAY 3IORXnSTG, SEPTEMBER J4, 1907 pricI: c ci:kt.; il ! Leads all North and Me gjjo Cf CaroOp 4 Daffies in News r , s, - i v i i- Clrciuilatfi":v 1IESVILLEWILL PAY PAVING BILL greement Made With Contracting Company fHE SUIT WITHDRAWN Prohibition Managers Intend to Se cure Some Heavyweight Speak ers for the Campaign Xe jrrees.Get up n Xew Bit of Excitement (Special to The News and Observer.) Ashevllie. ! N. C. Sept. 3.-The suit brought against Jbe city j of Waynes-' rille and Mayor H. B. Ferguson, in lividually. by the Southern Paving: tnd. Construction Company; has been latisfactorily adjusted. -The paving lompany claimed about $16,000 from IVaynesville for paving;. The first note, t is alleged, became due some time igo and fhe city did not "pay. The sompany brought suit for all the noney. It is alleged In the complaint I hat the money, collected by the - Vaynesvllle authorities from paving assessments levied against property tad been expended for other purposes. Waynesville today paid the paving i jompahy the first note due. about (5,000, and agrees to pay the other two notes when they become due, one text month and the other next yeart. the suit has been withdrawn. Prohibition Big Guns. The, prohibition committee is mak ing1 preparations to bring i to Ashevllle luring the . campaign 4 number of prominent men In public 'life. While 3ie commfttee has not yet anounceu ts list of speakers. It is understood ShatNamong those who will be heard iere will be Governor Glenn of North Carolina, former United States Sena br Carmack of Tennessee, George IV ttuart. themoted. evansrelist. and" Mr. fiamm, a prohibition speaker of note , tnd Influence.-- I Perspiration On Brow of Corpse. ; ! The negroes here are greatly ; brought up over the report widely j Hreulated among-the- race that Jira,j Rucker, the negro hanged here Au4 ) hist. 20th, Is not dead, but thatfhe Is it an undertaking establishment un conscious but with" beating- heart ahj erspiratlon standing on his face. It seems that the rumor that Ruck tr Is not dead started in a peculiar . banner. After the execution tne buuy ras removed to an undertaking es tablishment and embalmed. During ihe afternoon of the hanging or per xaps the -next day some negroes de ilred to see the corpse. Some of the smbalmlng fluid had ooied through Jhe- pores of the skin and when the risitors viewed the remains they be- . . . . . . . iu wnn consiernauon awnat thev srmed "beads of perspiration" on i i.ucaer s -roxeneaa. , xney were not ng in making their exit from th nn- tertaklng establishment, and subse luently the rumor was started that Rucker was still alivet SCHOOL OPENiS. Scotland Neck Sends a .Number of Students to the Baptist University. (Special to News and Observer ) Scotland Neck, N. C, Sept. 3. The Halifax county branch of the Southern Cotton Association held -a regular meeting in Halifav yesterday. The re ports from the various townships rep resented showed that the present esti fnate of the cotton crop in the county Is 61 3-7 per cent. The. graded school opened here ye lerday with the fololwing teachers In Jharge: Prof. C- W. Wilson, superin tendent; Miss Alice Ferrell. of Raleigh, principal and teacher for the eighth tnd -ninth grades; Miss Minnie Dunn, teacher for the seventh grade; Mi3s anna Clark, teacher for the sistV p-ade; Miss Annie Dunn, teacher tor He fifth grade; Miss Ethel Webb, leacher' foi the fourth grille; Mivi Rattle Thome, of Leslie, teacher for i oie tnird grade; Miss Rebecca Knight. !f Conetr e. teacher for the second grade, antl Miss Mary Hertert Smith, teacher for the first grade. Mrs. W. R. Bond has charge of the music derrt nent, with Miss Lizzie Hyman assist ant. The opening yesterday wen the largest in the history of the school and Superintendent Wilson says that it was the best opening day in all respects he has had since the school was estab lished four years ago. Miss Mary Applewhite has gone to Raleigh to be present at the opening of the Baptist University as ma; ,ner f the normal department. ;Mis Ells iheth Futrell left yesterday' to become mus e teacher in the Umvers ty. an J 31e following young ladles left for Raleigh to enter that institution:, Misses Annie Josey. Helen Hilliard, Undine Futrell. Sallie Baker. Ann Kitchen, Eula Showlosa. Hattie Leg-J fen. Hon. Claude Kitchin and Mr. Albion Ounn have gone to Raleigh to attend SLUG FIVE RD.dasc) 7890$.. 123 U FXC03IE TO PASTOR. Dr. H. w. Rattle Gets thc;Glad Hand IVom Kins ton People. Klnston. N. C.,1 Sept. 3; lous denominations of ! The var the city. through their pastors, the mayor, the otners united Sunday afternoon in a Bttle. the new pastor of the First Baptist church of this city; Those who .eT:.John H. Griffith, Jr.. rector of fw : "rtev- 1 B- Hall, pastor of the Christian church; Rev. J. D. Bun ay, Pastor of the Methodist church: R;.5' Dal. Ptor of . the Presby- V1 hUxrCh; Mayr W .D. CRoque, Jr.. L. R. Vari-er, J. A. McDanlel. B F. COX. and W T. Edwards. Dr R H Lewis was unable to preside' at 'the meeting as announced and his place was taken by Pref. L, c. Brogden Vo aal polos were rendered by Mrs. Ogles- AY t by and Mrs. Brown, and music was furnished by an. Interdenominational choir. The day was a fine one and the beautiful September afternoon wa an ideal one for the service. A large crowd was present and an appreciative hearing was given to the speakers as they welcomed the distinguished preacher and to his response. SCHOLAR OX HIS UPPERS Former Secretary of Jndah p. Benja min Finds Refuge In a poor House. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 3. In an Inmate of the Montgomery, poor house is found one of the great scholars of .the South, R. R. Grant,; who was the Secretary of Judah P, Benjamin, Attorney-General of the Confederate States, while the latter was in Eng land, and later traveled all over the! as his daily recreation and has testa rrers prlrte in French, Spanish, Greek and Italian. He came into the office of the Mayor a few years ago and asked for money enough to buy a Greek testament, .which was given him. He was borrt in New Bern, N. C, in 1835, and is an honor graduate of the university of that State. DITCH LONG AXD DEEP. Illffh Point Water Department Beats the Panama CanaL (Special to News and Observer.) High Point, N. C, Sept. 3. The work of ditching from ; the water works station to Deen River has been accomplished and the pipe will .be laid this week, thus safeguarding the city against any further water famine for the nrecnti A ditch 15 feet deep was cut for a distance of nearl haly a smile. It was a big undertaking, and Superintendent of Water Works Alex- ander remarked that it was a little Panama canal Job. BS KILL JEWS Rioters Shoot Promiscu , ously in Streets .Ifm-I: y::Co on ireH'css Peo- p'c . 1Tl:r YlVre I ': :l In Devo tions in r. Cemetery Three Dead rxul Fifty Wounded. Odeis-Sept. Z. Three Jews were killed ana some nrty woupaed py we i Klack Huid;eds here vestbrday. The rioters ran through .the streets inhab- x . ,kmi-tivi lted by Ji--. firing prpinUcupuxly i r;ght. and left. i - The excuse for the attack .was the allegation thflt.the Jews weie respon- s'.ble for the explosion of the tomb in the courtyard of th cen;ral poilce istaiion here Saturday mo. ning, remlt- r.g ;ne cerTii ai an a-.tuery oin.er and foir pcliccm n. It was dc-c-are I ; at the tin:c t'int the bomb was acci dentally (Iron el ty t :e ;H: Ihe met inuugcJ n otjhor brutal excesrej ana oeai uown jnny v.c.inii h cemetery, where thousands of Jews were praying at the grave jie o. he.. r oad, wa" the scene of a fi.rco on Blaught h- members of the Clack Hun dred, who shot down many of tne mournetH with revolver?; A panic I rrcke oul in the oemetery ana man) , j persons were injured in the wildl r.sn to escape the vengeance of the organ ize:1, mob. i Among the killed are a Jewish actor and a gi 1, aged 15. while the wounded Include two little children, each about 4 years o age. and a man of 70. A majority of the wounded refused to be taken to the hospital in ambulances. They feared that the Black Hundreds 'wc-uld invade the hospital and attack them there. Dur'ng the attack, which lasted for several hours, the police were impas sive speculators and made no ,arr?ts. The Union of Ru?sls.n People passed a rerlution this evening to annlihHte with thu assistance of Cosstckis. the member of th3 Jew'sh Sslf-Defense Organizatfon. TOOK FATAL LEAP. Attempt to Alight From a Moving Train Results In Fracture of of Skull. (Special to News and Observer.) Milton. N. C Sept. 3.-N. A. Holt, son of Henry Holt, was killed at .Blanch Sunday night by Jumping from the passenger train from Dan ville to Norfolk. He thought the train would stop at B!anch, and on finding out his mistake he gave his i ticket, which had not been taken up, to a friend to hand In. and made the r t 4 vw -v T la stlrilll nr Aa sa Atn tA m L 7 . and neck broken. He lived near Blanch. He thought he could safely; make the attempt to leave the train there, but was against a sill. thrown violently The Norfolk Races. (Special to News and Observer.) Norfolk. Va.. Sept. 3. Ideal weath er and unusual attractions took a great crowd to the superb race track of the Jamestown Jockey Club, at Nor MO folk Monday, the opening day, and tne control of State and county officers another yesterday. hut ah thev operate without li-en-' Every afternoon this month, except from the Government and In fraud Sundays, rain or shine, fast track or of Its revenue, thev should be prose mud there will be a full program i uted and ru" hd when convicted In pulled off and lovers of the "unort of i kings" will see the highest class of horses ever shows In the South. Among these horses are those that have pulled down big purses at Mor- H8 Park. Empire, Saratoga, Sheeps nvau, uoney uiina, tsennings, ram !Ico end other "swell" tracks Four hundred "crack" horses , are stabled there, and great sport is In progress. The location Is ideal, right on ithe Elizabeth river, in view of Hampton Roads, and close to the Atlantic Terminal electric line, the park is all that money and skill could f de vise; the -one mile . track In perfect condition,,-all the buildings modern, and the splendid club house for ithe entertainment of guests, make this track more attractive than any other in tne soutn. GATE CITY W BIGGEST IF ALL City Directory Shows a Large Population. ADAMS THE BIG INJUN All Republican Factions Recognize That the State Chairman Is Dis penser of Federal Patronage Judge Boyd on Moon Moonshine Stills. BY ANDREW JOINER. Greensboro, N. C, Sept. 3. The Hill Directory Company of Richmond, which has Just completed the direct ory of Greensboro, writes to Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce Kuy kendall, that Greensboro and its en vidons has the largest population of any city in North Carolina, and tak ing the white population, a much larger white population than any of the other larger cities. The company States that Greensboro's directdVy ia so large' and bulky and the population Is increasing so fast it will be neces sary in future to issue a yearly sup plementary edition of the directory. The figures of population as per the directory census of the' cities recently thoroughly canvassed Is given as foK lows: . Greensboro Three mile limit, 42, 179. Inside corporate limits, 22.100. Charlotte Within limit of 9 by 5 miles, 40,000. Wilmington Including all suburbs, 35.000. J Raleigh Including suburbs, 25.000. Durham Including East and West Durham and other suburbs. 23.554. The report on Winston-Salem and Ashevile has not yet been completed. The Chamber of Commerce is con templating giving a banquet In the latter part of next month at which one or more men of national reputa tion are expected to speak. Weston & Rose, contractors and architects of this city, have been awarded the contract to build a JO- room dormitory for Wake Forest Col- i Travel yesterday - on the street cari nf Y .ceptloiny u" lv lajt night on the Undley Park dvli,lon. Car No. 15 with a seating capacltv of 40 had 101 passengers on one outbound trln. and two others carrie5 between them 175. Everything rnoved smdothlv and the traffic was handled by Supt. W. K. Jrailer with out anv unnecessary waitlnsr or de lav". The cars were run from the nt,j R late hour and brought In some very heavy loads. District Deputy of Elks. Vpyor Ieon J. Brandt has received not ire of his appointment as a dis trict deouty grand exalted ruler of tVp n. P. O. Elks for North Ca-o-lint, west. The appointment was made Kv Grand Exalted Ruler John K. Tener of Charleroi. Pa., who was chosen grand exalted ruled at the PMiftdelrhia meetinr of the grand lodre In July. Mayor Brandt Is a past exalted ruler of Greensboro Lodge No. 602 B. ;P. O. Elks, and Is one of the most enthusiastic member of the order. In the district over-which he will have supervision during the en suing year ;U a lodge of Elk In the following cities: Ashevllle, Charlotte, Concord. Greensboro. Winston-Salem. Durham and Salisbury, and during the next twelve cmonths a lodge will most likely be organized at High Point. Ex-Congressman Blackburn, as at torney for the heirs of Christopher Hyatt, has brought suit In the Supe rior Court for the recovery of a tract of land. located near the Fair Orornds. estimated to be worth $25. 000. Parties to the suit either as plaintiffs or defendants are widely scattered, some living In Texa. some in the State of Washington, some In Indipn Territory, besides the Guilford county contingent. Moonshine tlll an Unmixed Evil At the opening of the -neclfl term of the Federal Court this morning. Mr. Robert P. Pr'e. Rockingham county, was made Foreman of the Grand Jury. Judge Boyd delivered a brief but very Interesting and Instructive charge to the Grand Jury in calling their at tention to the various offenses against the United States Government.., He whs particularly clear in showing the distinction between the state and Fed- aso 1 4nH aHAllAn An uiv 4 1 . . 0 . UltlTl an(1 the necersUy for complete jty bet ween the two. He also said fHat fhtt nmt s,mnra,,, . mr,rn rlviiimHnn w th. utti .mh house in the mountain cove, or on a ------- - - - . - mm rv m, 9 r avvaw PVI I I soring branch back of the house. He declared this Institution to be the one great Impediment to efforts on all side to lift up the educational, agricultural and moral standards ofrural com munities. The operation of these Illicit distil leries was aralnst the State law. and their suppreslon was primarily within eaerai uoun. As this special court was called to dispose exclusively of the cases against twelve moonshiners caught In the cele brated Smlthtown raid, two months ago. all of whom are in Jail, it is not supposed that the court will be in session longer than this week. Some of the lawyers this morning called un some, other cases but Judge Boyd said cnlv tvee pecl cpses would be tried at this term.) There being no further business to claim the attention of the 'court an adjournment was taken until three o'clock; District Attorney Holton stating that by that hour he would have some true bills of i indictment against the Stokes now In Jail. RenubUcan Family All -Harmonious.; There was 1 a big gathering of ! Re-' publicans here yesterlay ; and last night from all parts of the State In attendance upon the semi-annual ses sion of. the Republican executive com mittee.- Another Republican contin gent was composed of the stockhold era and directors of the Industrial News, and still another was the small coterie representing the; Other Repub lican paper, the Weekly Tar Heel These, s together with the ; revenue 'of ficers attendant upon Federal court as well as upon the various meetings. made the city look almost like a Re publican State convention was in Ses slon. But all was calm and serene this time. ; Everybody recognizes that Chairman Adams has the undoubted call at Washington, as distributor; of Federal positions for tne state, ana there was none to make trouble. What members of the executive committee were formerly, opposed to Adams for chairman have laid down their arms and Joined heart and soul in jhls cause. ; Marlon Butler was not even presents to make trouble for the :In dustxiaL News meeting. At the execu tive committee meeting there was but little discussion- and no ? dissension, a motion to allow Chairman Adams l to have complete control of ' recommen dations for postmaster ships and oth er Federal appointments being adopt ed without protest. j Rivals for Postmastershlps. i It was wondered at by outsiders what was the occasion of such a long session -of the committee, ' it being known that all was peace. It turned out that most of the tune was taken up with speeches In regard to the claims of rival candidates for the Ox ford post office. The Oxford delega tlon interested In presenting claims of; two 'candidates were J. I. Cozart. J. W. Brown. W. I Peae-e, W. Peace. W. N. iCritcher, C. P. Hester. H. G Hill and D. A. Moore, and they all spoke. :, The other vacant post offices of any : Importance having candidates were ijaviason jouege,j mocksvuib, Graham and Monroe. Small delega tions briefly presented claims of rival anniicants. As related above. the whole push was practically placed; at the disposal of Chairman Adams, j The next regular meeting of the committee will be March 1st. 1908. The sessions of the stockholders;'; of the Industrial News, as well as that of; the 'directors, were strictly execu tive, ana latea until tnis ' morning. Members present declare that nothing but routine business, such as hearing reports,; etc, discussing the financial status, and . the future policy of the party organ, was transacted. ' It had been rumored that Edito Postmaster Douglass would send in his resigna tion, and another be placed in that position, . but this was denied, and; it was stated that no material change was made in any of the departments. j" Get - Contract for4Silverl 1 : Service for the North f 'Carolina ? The award of the contract for the furnishing of the silver service to the battleship "North Carolina" was made last night and this is to the firm of F. ; W. Mahler's Sons, Jewellers, Of Raleighii S The committee which selected the extremely handsome design the firing presented, in competition consisted Of Lieutenant-Governor Winston, Speak er; E. J. Justice. Senator .John C. Drewry, Representatives Charles V. Harris and G. F. Hankiris. Meeting with-the committee was Lieutenant Commander Victor Blue, the execu tive officer of the battleship North Caroliha. ! The State has voted JOvO for the silver service, and Lieutenant-Governor Winston, the cnairman of the committee, authorized to act In th matter, : proposes to lac $10,000. his plan being to get $150 each from many towns in ;North Car olina, the name of each contributing to be placed on a piece of the silver, and also to raise $2,500 from 250 pa triotic North Carolinians - who will contribute H0 each so .as to make the. gift a really great one, worthy in the highest degree of the State after which the battleship ts named. HER BALLOON CAUGHT FIRE. Young Woman Falls 300 U Feet, But Inds in the Thick Foliage of ; a Tree, Unhurt, ; f Mlddletown, N. Y., Sept 3. Mrs. Myrtle Rysdlke, 17 years of age. of this cltyj narrowly escaped death In making -a balloon ascension at Midi way Park this afternoon, i With the desire of emulating Miss Maggie Dalj ley,: a young woman wio became famous by making a balloon ascen sion on a dare some time; ago. Mrs. Rysdlke on Sunday made her first as cension. Today she tried to repeat hei performance, but the balloon caught fire when 300 feet In hi air. The hot : air quickly escaped and the ball loon and the young woman fell rapf odly toward the earth. Seyeral thou sand persons expected the young wo man would be dashed to ' death but she ; fell Jnfb fhe thick foliage 'of a large tree ' with the balloon covering her.; She was quickly rescuel from her perilous position, and save for a few: scratches Was none the; worse fot the experience. s COURT IN ALAMANCE ! 1 : State Docket Is Long, Rat There Are No Capital fjasesi (Special to News and Observer.) Graham. N. C, Sept. 3.4-The Sep! tember term of Alamance court con Vrned yesterday with Judge Council on the benth. I The docket is rather long; for several cases were left over from the special term In. July. There are no capital cases. ; 4 s The Graham Puplic Schdols began the year's work on Monday. Supt A. T. Allen, ? of Charlotte, comes td us highly recommended. He is a man of large; experience, and is inobly as-3 slsted by a corps of well ! equipped? teachers. Graham is. proud of her? building, - The census shows some-! thing more than eight hundred chil-l aren; or f school age. j uome or tne ousiness men or Ora-5 ji h,am and surrounding country are considering the advisability of forming' a company for the manufacture of; furniture, , i . : - DUTY ON SHORE FOR OLD SEA DIGS Youna Officers! to Com- mand Battleships NOW FOR A SHAKE-UP ivuunevtriv opriHsa ""V" " Commanders Four Qut of Elgli tcen Will Be Retained In . the Fleet Destined ' , for Long Voyage. Washington. Sept. t The United States Nay is about to undergo the biggest shake-up In Its history, for thr President and Secretary of the Navy have agreed to execute the long- de sired plan of svanckis; the young men to the fighting line and sending their temors to the rear.! Accordingly five at most, and probably only four, of the 18 captains at present in com- mand i of the warships- which are to sail to the Pacific will make the trip, and upon the young officers will fall the responsibility of taking the $100, - 000.000 worth of armament and equip ment through the Straitof Magellan, The: captains now tn commana wno will make the trip are potter, or tne Vermont: Vreeland. of the Kansas: Ostherhaus, of the Connecticut, and Wainrlght. of the Louisiana.. Wain- wr-ia-ht was found to be well on to ward retirement, but his services dur ing the Spanish War advanced him In rank po rapidly that he Js one of the first In line for a rear admiralshipL and I will be spared ithe indignity of. being shelved during his later years of active service and when the flower of the navy is to be tested m such a manner that thj eyes of every (naval power of the world will be upon his flag. Among naval officers of high rank it I was said yesterday that Captain Mc- Crea, commanding the Georgia, might &iso tQ Kepi in n v comiwuia, miypLiu.i& five of the present captains to stay aboard ship for this cruise. But his date of retirement is 1318. only six years hence, and It is ald that his case is m doubt iH ' 41 Slated For the Shelf The captains who will be sent ashore to make froonr-f or vounger -offlcers the same rankraret Seaton Schroeder. of the Virginia? William IW. Kimball, i t,l?t.New7?ry; i4 r.'?raSLc VM or me Aiaoama; uoiuneo ; DioKinser, of the lllllnols; i Herbert Wlnslow, of the Kearsarge; : Ed ward SB. Barry, of the Kentucky: Lewis C. Hellner, of the unto; ones u. Haroer, or, me Maine; John Hubbard, of the Minnesota; Q. A, Merrlam, of the Missouri, and prob- ably Captains Albert G. Berry and Theodore Porter, or tne armorea cruxs- ers Tennessee and Washington re- spectiveiy. j The Intention? of the Navy Depart- i ment to relegate the older! captains to the rear and put! younger c&ies in com- mand of the great, new battleships or the fleet became known through an official communlcatino to the first of the captains to prepare for land duty, This communication was delicately j notice to the commission, it being un ph rased; it informed the .particular derstood that, the Commission will captain that his relief from sea duty hold for a continuance of the previous at this -time was in no way a criticism or the department on his capacity as the commander of a first-class battle- ship of;the United States Navy. It ,vi P18 sa,J to have also contained by way and only in the day when It Is com rease thlsto, of cof fort the Information that the pelled to do so. The general opinion other captains, save those given above, would also be put ashore.' An effort to secure the name of this, the first of the captains of the fleet to be put aside, was unsuccessful. Details Are Knowp. The plana for the change In the commanders of the ships at this time has so far advanced and so much of detail lias become known in the navy that there is no other topic of con versation among the officers of the fleet which Admiral Evans will take from the Atlantic to the . Pacific. The shake-up will occur wholesale Just after the finish of the target practice and manoeuvres off Cape Cod this month. 5 The work of the hattieshtrm in thAse mnnMr win h hA df.t tm kind ever ordered by the department. Naval officers are waiting for this practice with the keenest interest. New range-finding apparatus has been invented or recent years, And. while only recently the target practice of I the United States battleships at 4.0 00 yards was considered almost without equal on j;the part of the ships of any oiner navy, uncie earn s present prop osition la to make world records at 6.000 yards under full sped and un der conditions that promise to test the very I limit of capacity of mapo euvring iand gunnership. Target work has already been done at 6,000 yards, but without speed.'- The pro blem that Is now to confront-the new navy Is target work at speed at 6,000 yards and at angles bringing only cer tain batteries into use and; at disad vantage to ships of certain classes supposed ?io d unaer aiiaoK. Tne present captains of the big? new ships will engage In these manoeuvres and will then be relieved to make way for the younger ones. , Just who will ;be placed In com mand or the captains to be sent ashore no one knows outside of the department. NEW CHARGES OF REBATING. I i . : Interstate Commerce Commeslon an Investigation In the Mldle and Far ' :- ' West. -. Ji ' ! i : ,' 40 Washington, Sept J.--An exhaustive Inquiry into charges into which it Is alleged that railroads in the middle and far West have been guilty of pay ing rebates to favored i shippers Is about to be completed by officials rep resenting; the Interstate Commerce Commission. Franklin ; K,1 Lane,- a member of the comm'sstion, will leave tomorrow for Chicago, where he will confer with those who have been : in- I ;-:; -I 1-1 m-J v - : restlgatlng these alleged violations of the Elkms anti-rebate act and section 2 of the railway rate law. Just what roads are Involved or the extent of the supposed Illegal prao Uces cannot be learned. All that Com mlaaoner Lane could be Induced to say on. the subject today was I that charges of rebate paying - had been made against certain roads In the West and that they had been made the subject of investigation. , Commissioner Lane will go as far as the Pacific coast on this Journey. It Is his purpose to look Into the oper ations ot the rate act, which 1 little more than a year old. He will report to the commission, and the data, he collects will . be Incorporated In the commlssonn annual report. The Hepburn rate act became eff ective on August 29, 1901. During the year that has elapsed since that date nearly 40C formal complaints of alleg ed violation of the law on the part of raltmaa Iiiva K.,n 'fll4 'XT&avIw ninety orders have been made. In several Instances the rate making power ecu f erred upon the commission has been -Invoiced. It Is expected that the constitutionality of this feature of the act will be passed upon by the United States Supreme Court durkng the cominr vear. ' SANFORD BROKEN CONNECTION. Southern and id Allan rpogatio tlo Ooasti line Be fore Co: tJon Comralselon . i Today. j ... There will be a hearing oday be fore the North Carolina Corporation Commission in the matter of the complaints made of the often i times broken connection of the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line Railways at Sanford. m Officials of the two roads have been 1 called to appear before the commls slon today to get at the trouble, which the Corporation Commission will en- i aeavor to nave corrected. HG PHONE TALK Commission' Cant Hear From Bell People J Public Awaits To See If It Is To Be Saueexed for High ' Night Kates." There was no news available at the office of the North Carolina Corpora tion Comlmssion yesterday as tp the I -.. vn. , ofrvviu. by the , Southern : Bell Telephone. The Commission had been JLrylcg Jo talk with Mr. W. It. Gentry, the ; - ' - the general counsel at Atlanta. Mr. Gentry had gone to New York and Mr chlplay was not in Atlanta, and .hence there wa no talk over the telephone, Mr: A. B. Andrews. Jr.. of Raleigh. the local counsel, was seen and he said I he would endeavor to Put the Commls- gion In touch with Mr. Gentry, but was -unable to do so yesterday so the matter hangs fire. The Commission will not attempt to I have anything to oay concerning in ter-State rates, but will, " it Is under- stood, call a halt In the Intranstate business, and will have some officials of the Southern Bell before It to tell why the rates were doubled without J night rate. . " - j l in the meantime the public, llwltn prices Just doubled for night rates Is not talking much nowadays at night. is htat the increase, Is simply a .grab for more money, a purpose to squeeze the people, and those who use the tel- ephone long distance are indignant at the Increase. DIED IN CANADA. R. A. Williams Will Be Burled. In Baltimore Today, j I (Special to News and Observe.) Wilson, N. C.; Sept. S. The I sad news reached Wilson yesterday of the death of Mr. R. A. Williams, of Baltl- more. He died in Toronto, Canada, where he had been on a business trip for the insurance company with which he held a position. Mrs. Margaret Nadal and Miss Blanch Fentress, i who 8X6 aunts of the wife of deceased, left rr, saiumore tasx nignc -. : rne runerai H1" tak,e Jla5ein hat cit?!?Jrclw- Lrt' "l 3 . nA a nT R,t,n ." .,1"; .: " lf runnlne freight trains through Wilson en Sundays In violation, of the State laws. ; . . - :. ; LIEUT. BLUE ENTERTAINED. Guest of Honor at a Delightful Bar- i becue.;-; .. J Lieutenant Commander '. Blue, of the U. 1 S. Navy, executive officer; of the armored cruiser North Carolina, who ia here to aid in the se lection; of a silver service, by the Leg islative ) committee, was handsomely entertained at a ebarbecue .given In his honor yesterday afternoon by; Ool. Charles E. Johnson, who had asl,i guests a number of his friends. STROKE Power House at Buck Horn Hit by Lightning ' " Twenty-fivo Reported Injured "' - ' "''!"' (Special to The; Ne Sanford, N. C.,' Sept. S. Lightning struck the power-house at Buck' this evening, killing five men and Injuring twenty-five others. All v - . -1 -. . i ' i- . j are now down and further particular s are not obtainable. Have not able to learn the estimate of damage to 'property, i - " , LIGHTS v IIS DK Structuro Lit up Ly l-r taotic Dicpl--' a TimjLLir.'G r:o::i:v Graphlo Description of .Quc!ca I aster Written by a Constrcr. Forcman--Sccnc3 of Terror t!:. I jPUlful Cries of tLo Doomed Workmen, j. Phoenlrvlllew Pa, Sept. 3 Thri: details of the collapse of the c : canUlever bridge, tho first to to ; by an eye witness, were receive I : today by relatives of Thorn: j Norton, a foreman In tho err.; '. , the Phoenix Bridge Company, v. 1 ; held the fall of tho structure Thursday, when 75 men were 1.. . I : : to their; death In the Ct. Law. River. Norton was amonsr tlio f r ; to the -rescue of the few surviv;. workmen, and he remained at t: scene until ihe collapsed from, i h; : i exertion nearly 24 hours later. Norton's story of the disaster la t : I In a letter to his sisters. It v. written after he had recovere 1 fr ; i the shock which ho sustained S.i f v- ing nearly a score of Injured f : . workmen. ; According to the letter. Norton 1 1 been working on the south end cf r bridge, the; partwhich collar r ', ' ' . a few days' before the accidcr.t. ; he was ordered to take cliar r f r prenaratory work on the n urt't i of the river, where arranromen ? being completed to begin tieci c structlon i work. ' Tolls Of Collapse of Cri J 'There had been some tall; r the men that the section of tho i was unsafe." wrote Norton, "l t tie attention was paid to it. The i Jn our gang were getting rf ; ';- shut down for the nisht ana I looking towards the south Feet! tending to signal one ; of my f: that I would see. him after y Suddenly there came acro---s the i a regular vouey oi souna iiint r like pistol shots. In an ii?f ;:,t : the" big bridge Faction i "i forward into the river. -''At ithe same instant, ti er - wonderful electric di?;lay, ..i caused by the disconnected ... the comcany'8 llprhtinT an d plant rubbing against the heavy and "drders. . I saw fe 1oc-j: and its train plunge forward the rains on the bridge and tho v thing sink into the water. I I. timbers were set afire by the i wires and a great cloud of smoke 1 dust arose, shutting off from view l terrible sight for a few minute.-. I could hear the pitiful cries of ! wounded men in- the river who h to piece3s of the bridge. The Lri when it. fell, went istralght forv, and then aeemed to turn on lta t : . . The water-was churned Into a veri table' whirlpool. A steamer had j . passed the tbrldge, narrowly eeaT i : being caught and crushed to i i Above all the cries of the won:: I ? men, I could distinguish the voieo o my friend Le Farge, who luckily r - caped with a broken leg and sor.n other minor injuries. Scene Beggared Dcscrtptior:. ."It is Impossible to tell you of scene of the fifteen men. more or 1 r Injured, as they clung for their live t the pieces of the bridge Etlll file - up out of the water. Great waves v ; i caused by the tons of steel f .::. Into the rlver and It was impa- t get near! them for some time. V hurried out with boats, however, t - s eventually reached them and to . them ashore and sent them to tha 2 .: pltals. j "We worked all Thursday nlsrht r.r up until late dTrlday afternoon I cTcj . I had to quit, J being completely ex hausted. We succeeded ;in getting i r . bodies out of the debris. We could c several others, some of them tcrri crushed, pinned down many feet , the surface of the river. Try r z v. did. It wa9 Impossible to get them. : far, there are 67 men -unaccounted r ., and I am sure they all are dead, tl bodies being held down by tho ft: . sections. . jj j I "No on liable to explain 'the car; of the accident Ibelieve the noim v heard like- plstolfehots was the hr- -ng of rivets as some big pieces. of t structure gave vay. It la imro: ;; to describe the electric display. It seemed like a, terrific lightning-'storra., ;We are still working to get tho. otht r bodies out, but it seems almost hor e leea" . i THE WEATHER. For North Carolina: Showei hesday and probably Thursds, liable winds. Tho Weather Yesterday. Maximum temperature, 89 c minimum : temperature, 6 7 dere total precipitation for 24 hours end 8 p. m., 1.59 inches. KILLS; ME -O: ' : ws and Observer. ) : : X. i J 1 A i
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