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DELEGATES
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On Petition v of i rasf
; Company
WAS UNABLE TO MEET INTEREST
Tliejr
Hare. Incurred a Debt of $15,-
000,000, Floated by tht Trust Com-
, panjr of America. A Reorganization
Committee Formed. ' , .
: By fireto The Sun.v v ,
Norfolk, Va.C July 2. On the petl.
tlon of the Trust Company of Amerl
ca, joined- in by th railroad, the Nor
folk and Southern Railway was placed
in the hands of receivers today by or
der of Judge Edmund Waddill in the
Federal court.
; The receivers named are Thomas
Fitzgerald, Henry. K. Walcott and
Haghl. Kerr. George Rttblee, of Ne
Vork bmV Edward R. Baird, of Nor.
folk, are named as counsel for the
receivers. Mr. Fitzgerald is desig
nated as general manager for the re
ceivers., -.v A reorganization committee has also
been formed, consisting of Geo. C.
Clark, of Clark, Dodge & Company;
Rathbone Gardner, president of the
Trust Company, Providence; Trust
Company of America; John I. Water
burg, president of the Manhattan
Trust Company and S. L. Schoon.
maker, for the adjustment of the fin
ances of the property. '
. In the petition for .receivers the pe-
: titktners set forh that the road re-
, cently Dougnt in the SunTqlk and Car.
, ontlp'-tallroad the jPamrlco Oriental
and" Western Railroad,' the Raleigh and
-Pamlico Sound Railroad and the At-
lantlo and North Carolina) for 'which
a debt of $15,000,000 was incurred and
floated by the Trust. Company of
v America, of New York city, taking Urst
; mortgage and' refunding bonds. Ex
: tensive ImDrovements iwera alao in.
. augnrated. The company offldialB ad
mit their inability ; to meet .interest,
debts, etc.
- It Is further shown that. many of
: the larger stock holders have contrib
: nted ... during the past eight months
in the hope of tiding over the situation
;and keeping the property, out of the
" hands of receivers. .
The Norfolk and Southern Railway
owns and operates six hundred miles
of trackage, with . principal points at
Beaufort, N. C., and, Edenton, N. C,
. Raleigh, N.'C,, and Norfolk Va. ; They
also own the electric line, v double
route of about' 20 'miles each, from
Norfolk to Cape Henry and Virginia
Beach.
v . The officials, receivers and bond-
- holders declare the company's embar
. ra8sment temporary and predict a
.aolld reorganisation. , - -
t JFKINLEY GUARD DEAD.
- fialttlier Who Wrenched the Weapon
, i x . From Murderer, r
By .Wire to The Sun. - - . '
:', Chicago, July '2.Albert. Gallaher,
lor many, years in the secret service
.,! of the United States and one of those
detailed as personal guard of the late
President. MnKlnlnv at tho tlia nf tv.
.'!.')ater'f assassination, 'died here' today.
' .V, It was Gallaher who seized the wrist
, , w vuibub mier me miai snot was,
i,flred, and wrneched the weapon from
.::. the hand of the alayer.; Gallaher was
I at first - mistaken , bjr; the Crowd as
the assassin, and was Bet upon , and
. beaten. To thU Jactaccording to the
' . attending physicians, Galiaher's death
vas indirectlv due. An aftta'tlnn nt tha
. I-liver developed from injuries received
': at that time. 1 ; yt f -f'-''"
w After his experience at Buffalo Gal
""V later was under a physician's care for
time) but the extent of his injuries
". t;oa nnt Di.n'naK. 'iUa 1.1.-
. , transferred from Chicago to'SL'Paul,
.'" i:inB.,, where he became flj and unfit
?, ..'.tor duty last October. . H was atT
, u tended -la, Chicago Tecently -. by r two
, gpeclallsu, one of whom said -today
... that the 'immediate cause of death was
, ' .cancer ot the liver", ind In all proba
, tlllty it waa . k result of the rough
' handling received at the hands of the
crowd tollowlng the bootfng at Buf-
lalo, ,
So Says Jury in : Case
of Hunter Smith
FOB KILLING ENGINEER STUTLZ
Smltli tWll be Given a Preliminary
Hckring Before Police Justice To.
morrow Bat Will Likely Not be Held
as Public Sentiment Is With Him.
By Wire to The Sun. ;
Raleigh, N. C, July 2. The" coro
ner's Jury this afternoon .rendered a
verdict ot justifiable homicide in the
case against Turner .Smith, the young
white boy ,for killing Engineer B. M.
Stultz early yesterday morning. It
developed at the inquest that Stultz,
alter he had been shot at the first
time, went to his engine secured a
pistol and 'this w&s found on him
yesterday Smith will be given a pre
liminary hearing before, police justice
tomorrow for the murder, but will not
likely be held as public sentiment is
all with the . boy. and sister and is
against the engineer.
Smith is nineteen years old and shot
Stultz, who was prowling around Mrs.
"Smith's home at two o'clock Wednes
day morning, earlier in the night
Smith's seventeen year old sister hav.
ing seen a man peep in through a
broken blind af'lier 'as-'she waa' un
dressing.. : 1 ' . " v !; '
The man came again at one o'clock
and young Smith shot at him, the.thtrd
visit wen about two o'clock and then
Smith shot four times.1 A few min
utes later StuMa lsW; into"the engin
eer's wash room at vthe Seaboard Sta
tion four hundred yards away and died
in a few minutes.. Refusing to tell
how 'or by whom he was 'shot
Stultz's home is at Roanoke, Va, and
his body has been shipped there, where
his wife and nine children live,, The
Smith girls who occupied the room in
which Stultz peeped work In a ho
slery mill here. ,
MB. B. HARBT JONES DEAD.
He Was a Member of Norfolk's Board
of Control. .
By Wire to The Sun.
Norfolk, Va., July 1. R. Harry Jones
a member of the board of control of
Norfolk, died last midnight from
Brlght's disease, of which he had been
a sufferer for some time. He returned
from Mecklenburg . Springs .where he
went "for. his health last Friday. He
was 64 years old and a native of Nor-
folk.. - ,'.;' -,'..' -J
He had served the city in both
branches of its council, as superintend
ent of the water department, and as
a member of several school boards,
was a member of several secret orders
and a vestryman of St Luke's church.
Two children survive him.
.The vacancy on 'the board" of contro)
caused br his death, will be filled by.
the councils until the next city elec
tion, two years hence. Mr. . Jones had
tour years to serve. : .
BAPTIZED IN FIGHTER'S POOL.
Mormons. In Bathing Suits Cndergo
, Rite at Gymnasium. '
By.Wlre'to The Sun. '
k St Louis, July 2. Rev. Dr. Ross, of
the Church of Latter Day Saints, today
baptized five converts to Mormonism
In bathing suits at the natatprlum of
Prof,' Bill .Clark, former . prize fighter,
"mown as the "Belfast Chicken.". The
pugilist was a spectator of the cere
mony. Ross, entering the shallow end
?f .the tank, gently. but firmly led each
candidate, who had brought his .own
bathing sult'and immersed him in four
feet of water.
Libels' ihe ' Schooner : Sprague.
By Wire to The Sun.'
Nortolk, Va.', July -i-Franfc Seeley,
master of the Cuban steamer Yumurl,
on . behalf ; of. the owners and crew
today filed a libel suit li the federal
court against the schooner Charles H,
Sprague, picked up at aea dismasted.
The value" of the damaged Vessel, cargo
and freight Is placed at $18,500,' but
no- specified 'Amount ' of . salvage Is
asked. ' " , " -
Speaker Cannon Calls
on Taft
FIRST OF DEFEATED CANDIDATES
For Nomination to Congratulate the
Candidate of the Republican Party,
He Talked An Hour and a Half.
By Wire to The Sun. '
.Washington, July 2. Speaker Joe
Cannon, called on William H. Taft the
nominee of the republican party for
president, today. Mr. Cannon is the
first of the defeated candidates for
the nomination to congratulate the
candidate of his party.
The conversation last more than an
hour and a half, talking over the sit
uation, giving their views as to the
prospects,. for the republican party in
the future and its congressional paw.-
er. A rumor got out that Speaker
Cannon was here to oppose the se
lection of Frank H. Hitchcock, for the
National Chairman, but Uncle Joe only
puffed and. said:
"Republicans are going to win. We
have the best army and the best prin
ciples. I'll fight as colonel, captain or
private." "
CALVIN PLAYED ON SUNDAY.'
Judge Cites Incident and Decides for
' Sunday Shows.
By Wire to. The Sun. .
New York, July 2. John Calvin's
Indulgence in bowling on Sunday was
cited as the basis for a decision by
the appellate division of the supreme
court in Brooklyn today that the ope
ration of moving picture shows oh Sun
day was not a violation' of the law.
Judge Gay nor, who wrote the decis
ion, cited the visit of John Knox to
Calvin one Sunday at Geneva, when
he discovered the founder of Puritan
ism playing bowls on the green back
of his home.
BLAME BLACK HAND FOR FIRE.
Franclscians Ignore Threats and Col
lege Building is Destroyed.
By Wire to The Sun.
(Means, N. Y., July 2. The main
building of St Bonaventura College
was destroyed by fire today. The
Franclscians fathers, who conduct the
institution, cannot account, for the ori
gin of the fire, bout a month ago
Father . Joseph Butler received threat
ening letter signed Black Hand. It
is said that unless $10,000 was placed
lna certain spot the college building
would be destroyed. No attention was
paid to this. Belief exists today that
It may have had something to do with
the. fire. '
v The school year being over, the main
building was unoccupied.
The Kinston base ball players came
down to New Bern this morning on the
east bound Norfolk and Southern train
and left, on- the Atlantic Coast Line
train for Wilmington, where they will
play 4 games of ball. "
The Wyandott, arrived this morning
from. Adams Creek with a cargo of
produce- for the local market. The
craft landed at Taylors dock.
The presentation of the silver ser
vice to the U. S. cruiser North Caro
lina by Jthe state will take place to
morrow off Cape Lookout". The pres
entation speech on part of the state
will be made by Lieutenant-Governor
Francis Winston. Mr. 'Charles U. Har
ris, of Raleigh, N. 'C., will introduce
the speaker. .'He pased through New
Bern this1 morning on the east bound
Norfolk and Southern train for More-
head City to be on hand for the big
celebration. ' ' '
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. Mr. W. B. Blades and family, Mr.
J. B. Blades and .family, and. a few
invited friends are preparing to leave
tonight on the house boat Comfort, for
Morehead City.1 They will witness the
presentation of the silver service to
the U. B. cruiser North Carolina and
expect to spend part of the summer
on this . comfortable boat, '-cruising
about the sound. ;
ARf LEAVING
For Te Denver NaU
i6nalConvention
ALL INSTRUCTED FOB BRYAN.
The Florida Alulmnui and North Caro
lina DeWatfs Will Eat Saturday
Dinner tjTUli Bryan at Lincoln,
hra&tn
By Wire to Sjhe Sun.
Columbia,. S. C, July 2. The South
Carolina delegation of eighteen men,
all instructed for Bryan, leave tomor
row via A8heville, St. Louis, Kansas
City route for the Denver convention,
due there late Sunday. The Florida
delegates were today joined at Mont
gomery by the Alabama delegates. Flo
rida, Alabama and North Carolina del
egates eat Saturday dinner with Bryan
at Lincoln, iieb.
KILLED vBY FALLING ROOF.
Two Men Crushed to Death and Others
Injured at Minneapolis.
By Wire to the Sun.
. Mineapolis, Minn., July 2. Two
men were killed and three injured this
afternoon ,fn the collapse of a livery
stable at . 40 j Seventh street south,
which was bjfeing torn down to make
room for a theatre. -
C. W. Hardy ot this city and Geo.
Johnson, of jwilmar, Minn., are the
men who w4re killed. The-three in
jured were;'Wled Under the debris
and are" at -AfiSty. hospital.
The accident occurred shortly be
fore 3 o'clock when fourteen men
were working on the building. So
far as can be learned, bricks that were
being removed were thrown on the
front part of the roof, making the
weight greater than the walls could
bear. The front part of the roof caved
in, hurling Hardy and Johnson to the
pavement outside the walls. Hardy
was killed instantly and Johnson died
on the way to the hospital.
AMBASSADOR RIDDLE BETTER.
Recovering from Illness In Which
Pneumonia Mag Feared.
By Wir to The Sun. .
St. , Petersburg July "2. John W.
Riddle the American ambasador who
has been threatened with pneumonia, is
continuing to gain strength, although
slowly. . '
Today he received Irwin B. Laughlin,
second secretary of the embassy, who
will leave tomorow on a two months'
vacation.
BULLETS END LAW SUIT.
Prosecutor Kills Defendant in Quarrel
Just Before TriaL
By Wire to The Sun.
Branford, Fla., July 2. N. H. Green
shot and killed L. W. Tldwell this
morning while they were on their way
to Live Oak to attend court. Green
was the prosecutor and' Tidwell the de
fendant in a case which was up for
trial. They Quarreled, and Green shot
Tidwell twice.
The coroner's Jury acquitted Green
the evidence showing that he acted
In self defense.
Mrs. Blimps' Condition Critical.
By Wire to The Sun.
; Norfolk, Va., July 2. Mrs. C. E
Cecil Billups, daughter of Mr. Carroll
H. Smith, of Baltimore, who was acci
dentally shot with a revolver at her
summer home Edgewater, last week
continues in a critical condition at the
Norfolk Protestant Hospital, although
Iter physicians are still hoping for her
recovery.
It has been found that the bullet
which - tore -through her left breast
penetrated the lwer , portion of the
lung.- - , . t -
' Joel Chandler Harris IIL
By' Wire -to The Sun.
- Atlanta, July 2. Joel Chandler
Harris,- known' the world ; over
Upcle Remus, is seriously ill. His
physicians at the bedside today hold
out but little hope of his recovery.
Cannot Get it on first
Ballot
NOT .GET OVER SIX HUNDRED.
Many States Instructed for Him Will
Break Away and Vote for Johnson,
Who According to Claims of Lynch
Will have 300 Votes on 1st Ballot.
By Wire to The Sun.
Denver, Col., July 2. Fred B. Lynch
for Governor Johnson, and Josiah W.
Marvell for Judge Gray, are out with
tresh statements today claiming that
whereas Bryan csuinot possibly get
over six hundred onlthe first ballot or
sixty-eight less than number needed
to nominate the Nesbraska man will
not, for all confident predictions of
friends, be named by next weeks con
vention. They claim, as even many
ardent Bryan men secretly realize,
that if Bryan docs not land on the first
La.ioi he will not land at all and on
subsequent balots many states instruc
ted for him will break away from in
structions and vote for Johnson, who
according to claims of Lynch, will
show 250 to 300 votes on the first
ballot. The statement yesterday by
Judge Gray that he would not permit
the use of his name for president or
vice president is not taken seriously
here today and the most interesting of
late reports is that New York so far
is unable to get together on vice
president, will strongly favor Gray for
second place with Johnson. State
Chairman Connors. One of the most
active men here is spreading the state
ment everywhere that Bryan cannot
possibly carry New York though John
son and Gray could carry that state,
New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and
possibly Connecticut "Johnson" said
Lynch "would carry all the Atlantic
Seaboard outside New .England and
Pennsylvania.
FALLS HEIR TO $8,000,000
Arthur L. Carson Richmond Clerk, to
Get Big Fortune.
By Wire to The Sun.
Richmond, Va., July 2. Arthur L,
Carson clerk In a clothing store in
Richmond received word from New
York yesterday that he wuld fall heir
to $8,000,000 left by his uncle, Chas.
L. Carson a salon proprietor, who died
four months ago.
Young Carson had made application
to enter the Richmond Fire Depart,
ment apd was notified to appear before
the Board of Commissioners tomorrow
night. In view of the startling news
of an enormous fortune said to be
awaiting him, he will not Join the
fire department, but will leave for New
York next week to confer with his
lawyers.
He appears to have no doubt of get
ting the money..
Charters Granted.
By Cable to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 2. Charters Is
sued today to Carolina Renovating Co.,
of Wilmington to clean buildings and
furniture, capital twenty-five thousand
with twelve thousand five hundred sub
scribed by B. H. Stephen, L. F. Home,
and J. G. Young and to Wilson Live
Stock Company, of Wilson, with hun
dred thousand authorized and twenty-
six thousand subscribed by John Y.
Moore, John L. Wiggins, J. O. Farmer,
T. M. Washington, T. W. Williams and
E, L Hanklns.
MARKET REPORT.
Cotton
By Wire to The Sun.
' New York, July 2. Coton easy, de
cline 7 to 13, active selling near the
months at Liverpool. Rains In Texas,
showers In eastern belt July opened
9.72 and 3.
' V- Stocks--,
New York,. July 2. Smelting Refin
Ing; Southern Pacific, Steel Common
unchanged, copper down 1-8, Locomo-
tlve 1-2 lower, Erie Common down 1-8,1
Union Pacific and Reading 3-8 higher,
Brooklyn and Bteel Preferred UP 1-4,
Northern Pacific 1-8.
News of Interest From
Raleigh
JURY IS NOW INVESTIGATING.
The Death of Engineer Stultz Here
Under Sensational Circumstances
Body of Stultz Has Been Shipped to
Roanoke, Va.
Special to The Sun.
Raleigh, N. C, July 2. Coroner Se
parks and his jury are investigating
the death of Engineer Stultz here
funder such sensational circumstances
yesterday morning. There was a short
session of the jury last evening during
which the mother and three sisters of
Turner Smith told of the coming of
some man to the bed room window of
Alice Smith to "peep" and of Turner
Smith having "waited" for his return
and fired at a fleeing man four times.
Engineer Stultz having appeared a
few minutes later at the Seaboard
round house fatally wounded. There
are a number of other witnesses to
be examined tomorrow, the jury having
taken a recess to 11 o'clock this morn
ing. The body of Stultz was shipped this
morning to Roanoke, Va., where his
wife and children reside for interment
Turner Smith remains in the city Jail
pending the result of the coroner's
Investigation.
The electric contracting and supply
offices of Ruth, Doyle and Ball on Har-
get street here was' closed by the
sheriff here this afternoon and it is
announced that the stock will be closed
out at auction later ' for the benefit'
of creditors ,
Revenue officers report two seizures
yesterday and last night. One was in
Johnston county near Four Oaks where
a forty gallon still was destroyed. The
other was In the lower section of Wake
county near Eno. Fifty gallons of
whiskey was seized in addition to de
stroying the still and equipment
A petition in involuntary bankrupt
cy is filed with the United States dis- '
trict court here against the Jonesboro
Sash and Blind Company, of Jones
boro, A. C. Holloway and W. H. Hoyle
being counsel for petitioning creditrs.
Abut $10,000 is involved.
At the rural free delivery mail car
riers in North Carolina are paid each
month through the postmaster at Ral
eigh, Willis G. Briggs, the aggregate
being more than $85,000. There is
constant effort on the part of the office
here to see to it that checks in payment
of salaries are not held over long by
any of the carriers.' Recently a num
ber of inquiries were sent out to car
riers who had not cashed their checks.
or at least whose checks had not come
to the paying bank, asking them what
disposition had been made of the
checks. One carrier' sent a remark
able answer in which he gave the exact
amounts he had paid for groceries
for a suit of clothes, a shirt and a va
riety of odds and ends, leaving 65
cents In hand. It was clear to the nay-
master that this carrier did not have
his check still In hand. In one case
recently a carrier was found to have
"put away" six monthly checks of $75
each. He said he preferred to hold the
checks to getting the money. Only the
insistence of the department that the
checks must be cashed made the car
rier change his practice and cash the
checks as he received them.
The silver service, to be presented
to the Cruiser North Carolina off the
Beaufort Inlet Friday morning through
the legislative . committee from the
state of North Carolina, was shlped
from Ralelgli this morning by H. Mah
ler's .Sons, the contracting Jewelers,
and the presentation is to be between''
11 and 12 o'clock after the arrival of
the morning train at Beaufort. There
will be three revenue cutters at More
head to carry the official party and clt
lzens generally out to the battleship
which will be at anchor fourteen miles
out at sea. The address for the pres
entation will be by IJettiSll Gover
nor Francis D. Winston anT accep-
tanee will be by Commander Victor
Blue of the cruiser. -
There will be a ball at Atlantic Hotel
Morehead. ThursdaV evening In honor
of the officers bf tV crulser and the
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