- - . . -- - , - - .. - - - - - . . "VOL. XIX NO.3 75, WILMINGTON. N. C., WEDNESDAY" AUGUST I, 1906. FIVE CENTS 3 D PARTY IN Bryan Asks national Commit- i man to Resign. . T 15 Democratic Leader Says Sullivan Holds Office bya Fraud. Ills Presence on the Committee, He Says, Contradicts All That Can be Said iii the Party's Behalf His Re fusal to Resign Makes it Necessary to Repudiate Him or Abandon Dem ocratic' Principles Mr. Sullivan Makes a Public Statement in Which He Replies to tlie Letter From Mr. Bryan He Defends His Election and Stands by Those Who Voted for Him - Chicago, July 31.- Judge Owen P Thompson;, of Jackson, Ills., announc ed this afternoon th'at in a letter dated July 17, J William .J. Bryan requested that Judge Thompson call upon Mr. Roger Sullivan, with a message from Mr. Bryan requesting that Mr. Sulli van, in bie interest of harmony, at once resign as National committeeman from Illinois. Judge Thompson says he saw Mr. Sullivan today, and deliver ed Mr. Bryan's message. Mr. Sullivan declined to resign as requested. Judge Thompson thereupon made public a letter from Mr. Bryan declaring that National Committeeman Sullivan holds the office by a fraud and that it is im possible for honest democrats to as- sociate With Mr. "Sullivan; as a mem ber of the national committee. Mr. Brian's letter is as follows: .: "We are, approaching another na tional campaign, and our party's cllances depend upon, its ability to convince the public of its good inten tions. 'Mr. Sullivan's presence on the committee contradicts all that we can say in the party's behalf. His corpor ate connections would harm the party far boyond his power to aid the organ ization, but this could be left for some future convention to deal with if he were actually the choice of the demo crats. The fact however, that he holds his office by a. fraud, and against1 the expressed washes of a majority of the delegates to the state convention, make it impossible for honest democrats to associate 'with him as a member of the committee. If we do not maintain the right of the majority to control party, policy, and select ; the party's representatives, for what can we con tend. I jam sorry that your convent tion meets before I return, for I would be glad to come to Illinois to give you . any assistance within my power. I have . avoided taking part in personal contests jwithin the party but when ! any one who calls himself a democrat assaults the rights of the party I do not bestitate to take part in the fight. I had hoped that he would resign in the interests of harmony, but his re . fusai leaves us no choice but to repu diate him or abandon democratic prin ciple." .. r . . . Mr. Sulllyan in replying to Mr. Bry an's letter gave out the following state ment tonight: ; "Mr. Bryan says I hold my seat on . the democratic national committee by fraud. That seat came to me by virtue of a votej of 49 to 5 in my favor. It is pne to which a democratic national committee declared I Was entitled. If I am unfit to associate with honest democrats, as Mr. Bryan says, .then men. who stood by me are also, and surely Mr. Bryan cannot accept a nom ination which must come, if come it does, from the men who decided that I was fit and that Dunlap Thompson and the Jacksonville convention were not only ! unfit,, but had lied, slandered and villified, not myself alone, but the majority of the delegates who sat in the Springfield , convention of 1904, and by virtue of whose votes I hold' my office. j . '-' ' -' . "If even I were willing to resign as requested, I could not so under present conditions. If I did after the charges which Mr? Bryan makes, I would be declaring not only that I was guilty of fraud,; but that three-fourths of tlo democratic leaders in the country were equally guilty." ( Lumina Tonight Mid-week danwi Trains every, half - hour. . i Appeal in the Green and Gaynor Oases. Aucrusta. Ga...Mv 31. A special from Savannah, Ga., to Chronicle says: all through fares from, the south and "The Greene arid Gaynor case has owing to the vast amount of "work ch been appealed to the United States tailed by reason of the changes the new circuit court. The transcript was for- rate of fare will not become operative warded today to Charles H. Ledrun, for some time, -probably November 1. of New ; Orleans, clerk of the court. . It assumed that the competing lines The main ground named therein was whicll ifew York by way of Cin- the modus procendl of the drawing of LopisviUe will meet the the jury. Thereare .numbers ofother p&ans n vania raliroa company's re grounds upon which the appeal . i-ductoi- y readjustment of fares so maq j, that all southern' passenger, trade r T,iin Tonight ! whether by way of Washington, Cin- Mid-week . dance. Trains every lialf bour. HUES ENEMIES OF liEGHO RACE Tillman, Vardaman, Tom Dixon and John Temple Graves. r ' AX ADDRESS BY BISHOP GAINES Christian and Educational Congress in Session in Washington First Days Session Devoted to Speech Making. Secretary Bonaparte Speaks on the Future of the Negro Race in Amer ica Bookor Washington Expected Thursday or Friday. g Washington, July 31. The negro Young Peoples Christian and Educa tional congress, having for its object the educational and moral uplifting of the race began a five days session in this cjty today. Several thousand del egates are in j attendance, representing every state in the union, and some have come from foreign lands. The first day's session was devoted to ad dress of welcome and "speech-making, Bishop Wesley J. Gaines, D. D., of At lanta, and Secretary of the Navy Bon aparte being the principal speakers. . Booker T. Washington is expected Thursday or. Friday. The meeting opened voices singing, and was prayer by Rev. M. W. with 1,00Q followed by Waldron of Jacksonville, Fla. ; In his quadren nial address Bishop Gaines, who pre sided over the congress, spoke of the fact that the Unegro race had been brought through many difficulties and trials since .the last meeting in Atlan ta four years ago. ! "We have stood almost on the brink of despair,", he said, "but I thank God that in the darkest hour we have been able to gather courage and stand firm in the hope of a : future of better un derstandings and better days." In spite jpf obstacles, he said, the race had tnaue progress even in four short years. "In forty one years of freedom our people have accumulated about two billion dollars worth of property and we have advanced so that more than 50 per cent of our people can read end write." Taking up he question of the attitude of the whites toward the negroes Bishop Gaines said: . - "We have had to subnui to the awful humiliation arising from separate car laws on both railroads and trolley lines, but we must not be discouraged. The mob laws, hangings and the burning at .the stake of negroes in many southern states, though most terrible to reflect upon, must not dark en our minds so that we despair. I have said we have made great pro gress, though wetiave still a great bur- den of ignorance, of lawlessness to carry and to endeavor to destroy as we move forward. Yet I find f can thank God that though we have so many enemies, we are not without friends. 1 must say , that we could not stay in this country if it were not for our white friends and their strength of charac ter." ; .;- ' I : Bishop Gaines then ' specifically named as avowed enemies of the negro Senator Tillman of South Carolina; Govenor Vardaman of Mississippi; Governor Jefferson Davis, of Arkansas, and Thomas Dixon. He .added that John Temple Graves could be counted among them "as the most dangerous of the group, because he is the most highly educated." He said that in an editorial in the Atlanta Georgian of May 10, Mr. Graves had referred to the African negro as a helpless barbarian. Secretarv Bonaparte was then intro- rduced and spoke on the future' of the negro race in America. He said tnai the part the negro would play in civi lization was a question no less difficult than interesting. He did not intend to be a prophet and doubted very much whether anybody could now give more than a crude. conjecture aboutwhat the "fates" have in store for the race and for the country through it. The man who spoke with assurance about such a matter, he said, is probably not worth listening to. "The very fact that he thinks he knows all about it is proof thaV he knows nothing,'" added. Secretary Bonaparte declared that the negro race was the only one which ever has been able to live with white people, v ... '.' - .' i I NEW PASSENGER RATE Pennsylvania Announces Reduction of Fares Other Roads Will Probably Follow. . --- Philadelphia, Pa., July 31. The Penn sylvania railroad company, today an nounced a reduction of its maximum ( one way passenger fare from 3 jl-2 and 3 cents to 2 1-2 cents. At the same time it was announced that hereof tsr thousand mile books will be sold for $20 each, the cash, deposit heretofore required being done away with. This action will involve a re-adjustment of 5 oinnati, or. Louisville will be on an ' basis. s limn Subject oil Conference Sagamore Hill. at -4 S y State Platform Will Heartily En dorse Roosevelt. Senator Dick Says the President is Greatly Interested in the Result of the Congressional Election and He Will Do All He Can to Bring About a Republic Victory Work of Con gress Will be Endorsed in the Ohio Platform and There will be a "Stand Pat" Declaration Regard in; Tariff. the Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 31.-Senator Charles Dick, of Ohio, and Elmer Do ver, secretary of the republican nation al committee, made a joint, pilgrimage to Sagamore Hill today. President Roosevelt discussed with them for two hoursthe political situation in Ohio. Aside from the advantages of the dis cussion the simple fact that Dick was a guest at Sagamore mil and came away with a desire for harmony in the coming congressional campaign is re gardedas encouraging. It has been said in Ohio that Senators Foraker and Dick did not stand for the Roosevelt administration and this report bid fair to cause at least a degree of trouble. It has now been "nailed to the mast" if these words from Senator Dick have meaning. "It is safe to make one pre diction that President Roosevelt's ad-4 ministration and the work of con gress will receive sincere and'Pnthnsi astic endorsement in4Qirftyeblf-iT: can platform." "as indicating the part President Roosevelt took in the con ference. Senator Dick said: "The president is very greatly inter ested in the result of the congressional election and he does not hesitate to say so, rightfully, he feels that he has in augurated policies which he is hopeful of concluding successfully. This can only be accomplished with the help of a republican majority mthe sixtieth congress. The president is ready to "do all he can to bring about a republican victory in the coming campaign. This does not mean that he is going on the stujnp, he could not do that, it does jiot necessarily mean that he is to mingle in local conferences but he will have a keen general interest in the re sult and will aid in all. possible ways." Besides this strong endorsement of the president with which the Ohio platform is to, be featured there is to be a "stand pat" declaration regarding the tariff.' General Dick expressed himself freely on this point. "It would be practically impossible for the six tieth congress to reverse the tariff," he remarked, "besides, it; would be decidv edly mad political sense. There haf never been an exception to the occur rence that when a political party in control of congress undertook to re verse the tariff two years preceding a national election it failed to elect its candidates in that election. The re publican party, he said, would go be fore" the people pointing to its record with pride. Young Thomason Bound Over to Court (Special to The Messenger.) Fayetteville, N. C, July 31. Goria Thomason, . the young, white boy 'who was yesterday arrested on a warrant which had been sworn out by Sheriff Marsh was given a preliminary hearing today before Trial Judge Overby and bound over to superior court Jn bond of two hundred dollarsYoung .Thoma son is charged - with ; furnishing his brother, Robert, with hack saws by J "which Robert made his escape from jail Sunday. : SHOT IN SIGHT OF VICTIM Young Negro Killed for Assault on a . .15 Year Old White Girl Arrival of Police Prevented Burning of Ills Body. , Atlanta, Ga., July 31. Floyd Car michael, a negro about 22 years old, who was identified by Miss Annie Poole of Lakewood, a suburb of Atlanta, as the man who had assaulted her early today, was shot in front of the Poole residence in sight of his victim this afternoon by a posse which had cap tured him. After the shooting there were more cries of "burn ,him" but the county police arrived at . this time and prevented such action. , : About 10 o'clock this morning, while returning from a visit to her brother. Miss Annie Poole. 15 year old daughter of J. K- L. Poole, was attacked by the negro . and choked Into unconsciousness, j When . the alarm was given a posse ! quickly formed, but it was not until late In the afternoon that the negro I was captured and brought into Miss Poole's presence who . immediately j identified him crying' "That's him." A J volley rang out and the negro fell dead. DESIRE 10 BATTLESHIPS Iff R CQLUSIDII Side of the Illinois Scraped by Bow of the Alabama. DENSE FOG CAUSE OF ACCIDENT Collision Occurred About Eight Mile Southeast of Brenton's Reef Light ship Several Plates of the Forward Part of the Alabama Were Dented. Neither Ship Injured Below the Wa ter Line Excellent Discipline Main tained. . Newport, R. I., Jury 31. Rear Ad miral Robley D. Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet received reports in detail of the collision which occurred during a ,fog lasc night between the battleships Alabama and Illinois about eight miles southeast , of Brenton's reef lightship. The side of the Illinois was scraped by the bow of the Ala bama, and several plates of the for ward part of the Alabama were dented. It is thought also that one err more of the six; inch guns on the two battle ships were damaged. Rear Admiral Evans said tonighj that he .'was satis fied that neither ship was injured be low the! water line. Both the first and second divisions' of the battleship fleet left Rockport, Mass., Monday morning for Newport. The fleet was making about 8 knots an hour on the run to Newport when the weather turned foggy, and orders were signalled to reduce the speed to five knots, and keep the ships 400 v&ds apart. When the collision oc curred, the first division ships were well into Newport harbor, while the second was southeast of the light ship. In the thick fog, the Alabama and Illi nois came together at an angle, with the .Alabama to starboard. The Ala bama hit the Illinois just abreast the forward turret, and the bow ; of the Alabama scraped the side of the Illi noiscrushing in the rail for some dis tance. Seaman Corbett of tBe Illinois was seriously injured. On the Illinois, the gunwhale 6 nthe starboard side for ward was dented in. tiath ships, .went .to col- lision drill as soon as the accident happened. Officers of both ships say the discipline was of the highest order, although every one feared that some thing serious had occurred. The Iowa and Indiana stood by the damaged ships ready to give assistance in case it was needed. Rear A"dmiral Evans was informed of the accident by wireless message. Admiral Evans ordered the division to anchor for the night in the vicinity of Brenton's reef lightship. . FROM BOSTON TO JAMESTOWN Dong Automobile Trip Planned for Next Year End of the Meet In the White Mountains. Bretton Woods, N. H., July ai. The motor vehicle meeting in the White mountains closed today xwith the hill climbing' contest, in which thirty cars completed in. eight events. Some fast times were made but there were many hair-breadth escapes in the 3 1-4 mile run up. the narrow road of the Craw ford Notch from the .Willey House to the Crawford House lawn. The best time was made by Guy Vaughn's 30 horse power gasoline car, which cov ered the distance in two minutes and 48 seconds. While waiting for the Uill cimbing contest to finish, there was considerable discussion among the au tomobilists regarding next year's tour of the American Automobile Associa tion, and the proposed run from Bos ton to Jamestown,Va., in order to bring the tourists to the southern city in time for the exposition, seemed to meet with general favor. It Is generally under stood that a committee will look over Ithe Boston-Jamestown route. It i planned to send the cars from Boston through Worcester, Springfield, New- York, Philadelphia, the Battlefield ot Gettysburg, Baltimore, Washington, DioT,mAoT,i with two or three side .cers who were at sveaborg and in me H-SR the! Skattudden barracks. According to finish at Jamestown. The side trip3 in Virginia are planned to bring the tour up to 1,200 miles. The southern members of the assc irinTi nro very anxious to have the tour in that direction and it is expect- ed that the Glidden contest will be tirt no-.-- rPiir in either May or June, : Dividend Declared by Steel Corpora tion Directors. New York July 31. The directors of the United States Steel Corporation to- Jn .r J 1 Jt ! TT-l an i Pnlial td 1 DPT ?t rfnrk of the com- finds T. M. Campbell, the Union Labor cent, on the f0?0!. i Candidate in the lead in the primary pany. This is the jSM ' vte- M- M Brooks, and O. B. Cloquitt, common stock since DecemDer ioi, other candidates for governor will according to the company sr announce- tQ th& convention in the order ment the dividend is for two quarters najned. jfo candidate has as yet receiv at 1-2 of i per cent each". The regular ed enough votes to make him the quarterly dividend of 1 3-4 per cent, primary nominee, and the contest for was declared on the preferred stock, the nomination will have to be fought The company gave out a statement in the state convention, which meets showing net earnings for the quarter In Dallas on August 14. W. D. Wll ended June 30 to be $40, 125,033. An llam?. the Granger candidate, for rall f.5o,nl rPd with road commissioner at this time seems AJJ-VA aOT Ul d J.017v-L -""-Jt the same quarter last year, unfilled orders on hand June 30 were 6,809,589 tons against 7,018,712 tons on March 31. 1906, and 4,829,655 tons June 30, 1905. TO SEIZE SEA FORTS Gigantic Conspiracy Breaks Out at Sveaborg. S Renewal of the Battle Expected at Any Time. Revolutionary League's Conspiracy Is to Capture the Fortresses at Cron stadt, Sebastopol and Sveaborg. Garrison at Sveaborg Breaks Out in Revolt and Only Four Companies of Infantrymen Remained Loyal Ma rino Barrack on Skattudden Island Seized by Civilian Revolutionaries. Helsingford, August 1. 1:40 a. m Sveaborg is entirely in the hands of the mutineers, who now have in their possession every kind of armament. Horrible scenes occurred during last night when the fierce fighting was continued. The heaviest artillery was used during the conflict. Helsingford, July 31. A gigantic military conspiracy aiming at the sim ultaneous capture of Russia's three great sea fortresses, Cronstandt, Sea- bastopol and Sveaborg, arranged by the revolutionary military league, was prematurely sprung here last night in an attempt to arrest members of a company of Sappers who had mutinied on account of the death of one of their comrades, alleged to have been due to ill-treatment. The entire garrison of the fortress at Sveaborg flamed out nstantly In revolt. All the artillery-1 men and. Sappers garrisoning the place were involved. Onlv four companies of infantrymen remained loyal. The mutineers seized forty machine guns, and practically all the quick firers and light artillery in the fortress, but even with this aid they were unable to hold the main fort against the loyal Infan try. The fighting continued all night ong., The heaviest firing was heard from ten o'clock in the evening until one in the morning. This morning, a detachment of civil- an revolutionaries seized the marine barracks on Skattudden Island, hoist ed the red flag, and were Joined by all the marines. Nine cruisers, torpedo boats and destroyers lying in the har bor opened fire on the barracks. This fire was answered from the third story windows of the barracks with machine guns and rifles; . The torpedo boats and destroyers, which were lying closer to the shore were subjected to such a hot fire from the barracks that their crews were driven below decks. They finally steamed out and joined in the bom bardment with the cruisers. This sea attack was in co-operation wrlth attacks by Cossacks and infantry from the land side which began at 9 o clock In the mprning and continued through the whole day. Finally towards evening the firing ceased and the. authorities announced that the barracks had been captured. At once the Cossacks, cleared the square in front of the palace racing Sveaborg, and then drove the public from the entire water front for the purpose of preventing the sending of assistance f rom the city to Sveaborg. The exact situation at Sveaborg Is not known. Rumors are In - circulation that the entire fortress has now fallen into the hands of the Insurgents, but they lack confirmation. It" is believed that this 'cessation of fighting Is but a prelude to the renewal of the battle between the mutineers and the gov ernment forces. An authoritative estimate of the kill ed and wounded can not be obtained but the casualties on both sides, must be heavy. There are various rumors to be heard regarding the fate of the4offi- one rumor almdst all the officers, and according to another almost all the junior officers, side with the mutineers. The marines at Skattudden are said to hdve convened an elective court ; martial which condemned several offi- cers to instant execution, ' Democratic Primaries in Texas for State Officials. Austin. Texas., July 31. Three days after the primary election in the dem ocratic ranks of Texas to decide the race for party nominee for governor and other state officials; the results to have defeated L. Storey, tlie present incumbent. . Lumlna Tonight Mid-week dance. Trains every half hour. . A Ir.lfWD FIGHT RAGED FOR GQflFER Orr THE HEW RATE LfllV Interstate Commission Meets With Railroad Official. - WILL CARRY OUT TERMS OF ACT Rallroad Men Desired to Arrive at Some Understanding as to the Rest Way to 3Ieet the Requirements. They Ask for a Broad Construction on Parts of the Act Three General Requests Made of the Commission. Washington, July 31. An important informal conference between the Inter state Commerce Commission and rep resentatives of the Western Trunk Line Association and the traffic officials of various southern and southeastern rail roads took place here today. Jt related to the construction to be placed by the commission on tne recently enacted rail road rate law. While no conclusions were reached both the railroad, men and the commission regard the. con ference as profitable because it has brought them into touch, as to the various phases of the law and will' enable each the . 'better to understand the uosition of the other. Chairman Knapp and Commissioners Clements and Cockrell were in attendance on the conference, while the railroads were represented by sixty four of the most important freight and passenger traffic officials of the lines interested. Among them 'being J. M, Gulp, of the Southern railway and Darins Miller, of the Chic ago, Burlington and Qulncy. At the outset the railroad officials made clear their intention to comply with the hew law -without unnecessary bickering. They desired, however, to arrive at some understanding with the interstate commerce commission as to thm best way to meet the requirements of the law and of the commission. They pointed out that in some instances the technical compliance with the law - would be futile and they asked the commission , to assist them by placing a broad construction on parts of the , act. In brief the railroads made three general requests of the commission. Firsts that a reasonable extension of time be given them to prepare and publish and file with the commission their new , tariff schedules under the law. In this connection they asked also that the book containing the rates might 'be left with each station agent instead of being posted at the .station. iSecond, that the requirements of a notice of 2b days in changes be elimi nated, particularly as to import and export traffic. It was pointed, out that often these Tates had to be changed within a few hours to meet the exigen cies of occasion . transportation and that it practically would be impossible . to anticipate these changes even by one day, not to mention thirty days. Third, that the railroads be relieved -from the publication of terminal rates at points of destination and allowed to publish' them only at the point where the changes originate. This would make no difference in the rates themselves but would be a matter of convenience to the roads. The passenger traffic of ficials requested the commission! not to insist upon the filing of new rates at this time, as their rates under the new law would be precisely the same, for a time at least, as they are now and the present rates on file with the commis sion. The conference will be continued tomorrow. ' PROGRESS OF HARTJE TRIAJj Attorneys for Hartje Unexpectedly Close Their Case Vigorous"lle marks From -the Bencli Otlier Witnesses on the Stand. Pittsburg, Pa., July 31. Attorneys for Augustus Hartje who is seeking a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Mary Scott Hartje, somewhat unexpectedly closed their case today. Attorneys for Mrs. Hartje asked for and obtained an adjournment until to morrow morning to prepare their pleas for putting evidence for rebuttal. The trial was marked today by some vigorous remarks from the bench to attorneys for Augustus Hartje when they sought to explain through detec tives some discrepancies between the detective's evidence and that of Andrew Fisher who became confused yesterday 1 on cross-examination. Judge Robert S. Frazer allowed the testimony to be given, but said that it was irregular and declared that the irregularity that had been permitted . throughout - the case would have weight when the court made its decision. Members of the city police were call- . ed to prove that "Tom" Madine had reported the rifling of his trunk. Augustus Hartje then took the stand and denied the charges made by Ma dine regarding the blonde woman epi sode, and that he had offered Madine money to testify that a man was at the Hartje home alone with Mrs. Hartje, while Hartje was away. ,Hart je ad mitted owning a house at which he was said to "have visited Josephine Wright. He swore that he did not know the woman. ' ..- - Tfie much-disputed Helen Scott let ters were today- admitted as evidence. A lengthy and heated argument pre-' ceded their admission which is regard ed as a signal victory for the libelant. These are the letters purporting to be from Helen Scott to her sister, Mrs. Hartje which counsel for the libelant assert prove that Helen was a go-between for "Tom" Madine, the coach man co-respondent and Mrs. Hartje.

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