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X THE WEATHER TCDAY f0r North Carolina : For Ralefgh : Fa;r. Temperature fottht past 24 Hearti Maximum, 93. Miplmam. 74. Vol. IX HALEIG-H. it. C.THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1905. No. 43 V, x T V J. HE JMtOiSiSING Post. m NEC LS THE AX jerion Removes the Equit- ables Comptroller OiTS TO BE BROUGHT , . ." he Attorney General Will "Proceed gainst the Old Board of Directors-Opportunity Will Be Given to i- Explain Some Things--New Plan of Organization Proposed Xew York, July 19. Thomas IX .Jor ,n, comptroller of the Equitable Life ss-.irn.nce Society, was summarily re- nul Morton) Decause ne reiusea to jirnfsh information regarding" mat S',000 loan standing: against the Equit- le Society on the books of the Mer- ntile Trust Company. The loan stood the names of Jordan and James W. loxanfler as trustees until a few days go when the state authorities ordered fiat ir be taken up. Jordan is to be iiccecded. temporarily at least, by i!l!nm A. Day, who was auditor or e United States treasury for years hen G rover Cleveland was president, who is at present assistant attor- ev pencrai oi ine united states. After Morton made his demand on e comptroller for. information Jordan :if.t to snow up at tne HiquixaDie fuiMinjr for three days, although Mor- tn was ( '".ting for him all the time. 'hen he did return Chairman Morton j!ed in his efforts to" get an interview 1th him for several days, and finally hen he did meet Jordan the latter re lied to give the desired information. Jordan has 'been in the service for a od many shears. He has been comp oser for almost ten years. He was eiving a salary of $35,000 a year. He one of the few directors in the old prd who qualified through actual tvnership of five shares of the capital ock. He is a member of the- execu te mmmittee board. -but will nn- mhTedly lose his place on that com mittee, if he remains on the directorate, fhich is thought unlikely, j Jordan left his office In the Equitable funding soon after he was notified of is removal, refusing to say anything pr publication. (Attorney General Mfiyer is going to ring ?uit against every member of the 'U board of directors to compel an f-Luunung ror their management of e society's funds. That was learned day from a man close to the attorney fneral. Each one of the forty-nine arectors. including those who have re pned', will be made a defendant in an f Hon by the state, and will probably ?ke the stand to testify. Not only ill Senator Depew have an oppor tunity to explain in court the loan hich the Equitable made to the De-f-w Improvement Company and the ervices which, he rendered to the so- lj m return for. the annual $20,000 diner, but E. H. Harriman, Jacob f c-hlff and others will have a pance to tell on the stand what they now about the $50,000,000 buildine nool nion Pacific stock and thn WniTitaWo'c Nations in it Mr. Harriman, it has been said,'re od whert asked by Superintendent ndricks to testify before him on the i ..a that he was not an officer of -equitable and was no lomrer in the r'CH ty's directorate. Thle it wa cai ... 11 u cai; use in ineNsuu 'rn the attorney general Is to bring. general suit against the board of "rnrs.is, it was said, probably the o one that will be brought by the Forney general at present. It will, 'ver, be possible, it was said, to re- v'"t moneys. 6u"!ns to compel the retirement of Suilty directors fmm vQ hnorri Fill be -held in abeyance until a decis- nas boen handed down in the suits 1 an accounting. Mr. Mayer was at worV on v,a rr-a f1 "ne suit at v. s 3 vmuu m xnis city to- He refused to fliSPllso f ho ron Plated fat he will be ready to file the papers mt a . OI tne week. He has decided definitely yet whether the -u 'ill be broueht in' th ro V" Inis county or in Albany. P-vpressinar the belief that the pres UStee arrangement for control of r - Suitable Life Assurance Society jay . only very temporarily satisfy L-r the Policy-holders or the public, lZt ,that a real solution "of the so t ; 'J 8 Acuities has not been reached, Lrr?e , Westlnghouse has suggested a i:; lan fi stock control- of the so W by 5,000 policy-holders. Mr. West Ke'pran is outlined in a letter lt . S . Cravath,. attorney of this iVv ' June 21 and made public to ay I Tne proposition outlined is that all arl i J lnved to place their & Vlt th08e of Mr.. Ryan in the btp t 6 trustees, with power to ixt an amen(Jment to the society's S !ln? the stock .shall . v yi chares of $20 each, in- stead of 1,000 shares of $100 each; that ' no person except a policy holder shall ! be a director; that only one share shall : be held by any single person who must.be a policy-holder; that at each annual election seven policy-holders who have not previously served shall be chosen. Going to District Con 'srence Greensboro, N. C., July 19. Special. All of the resident Methodist Episcopal pastors left this afternoon to attend the district conference, which will con vene tomorrow morn ins- at Ramwur Thos? who "went are Rev. Dr. i S. B. Turrentine, presiding: elder, and. Revs. G. H. Betwiler, Harold Turner, Ira Irwin J .A. Bowles. T?pv. w ' r TMoi,. editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate, and Rev." W. M. Curtis, secretary and treasurer of the board of trustees of Greensboro Female Col lege, and a number of lay delegates. OUTING CUT SHORT Young Xady Called Home on Account of Her Mother's Illness Scotland Neck, N. C. July !;. Spe cial. Yesterdav Miss Marv Whit re turned, from Virginia Beach in answer to a telegram which called her to her mother who was stricken with paraly sis the day before. Monday Mrs. White, wife tf Mr. H. A. White, a prominent farmer of -the community, carried her daughter to the station and bade her good-bye as- she left for Virginia Peach. Mrs. White returned home apparently ira good health. She was jpoon stricken with paralysis and has been in a seri ous condition ever sine?. Almost upon her arrival at Virginia Beach Miss Mary received a telegram, calling her back to her mother, and she came back home yesterdayv after staying at Virginia Bench only one night. Mr. W. H. Josey was seriously in ured in a runaway Monday evening and narrowly escaped death. He was bringing home a force of hands fromi his farm on Roanoke river and was driving "the wagon himself. The wagon pole dropped to the ground and fright ened the horses, and they dashed to run. All the hands leaped from the wagon and left Mr. Josey with the frightened horses. He was thrown out and the wagon ran over him, badly bruised him and slightly hurt his col lar bone. STILL TALK OF VICTORY Supposed Message From the Czar to Linievitch Tokio Advices Distrust Russia's Sin cerity as to Desiring PeaceKa mimura's Torpedo Destroyer Flo tilla Shelled Tokio, July 19. It Is believed that Emperor Nicholas recently sent an en couraging mesage to Gen. Linievitch, i.io a i promising him men, other necessaries for obtaining an ultimate"-victory. It is also reported that the Russian emperor has recently ordered the mobilization of four army corps. This fact, taken in connection with the reported limitation of M. Witte's power as peace chief plenipotentiary, fs deemed to be a sign that Russia is not sincere in her expressed desire for the conclusion 'of peace. 'Heavy seas are still raging off the coast of the Island .of Saghallen. Further reports of the Japanese oper ations' there are not expected in the near future. ' . . ! Vice Admiral Kamimura reports tnat j his flotilla of torpedo destroyers was J shelled bv the Russians at Tukiwan, the attacking' force-numbering about i 200. The flotilla replied and silenced the ; 4 Russians, after which cavalry was dis- covered retiring and was shelled. -The tzar Ili,c'' flolma .also discovered a Russian minister, and appointing the other min cavalry patrol at. Sunshine and turned latere according to the premier's se its fire upon it. .The cruiser Chihaya j lection. . v : chpnri thft Russian jruard and signal i On the other hand the national men posted " on a hill north of Geka, in the western extremity of Lashinpao, in northeastern Cora. ANARCHIST REFORMED Wants to Be Good After Getting Cut of Prison Pittsburg, July 19 Alexander Berk mann, the alleged"anarchist, who at tempted to kill H. 'C. Frick, the mil lionaire steel manufacturer, during the great Homestead strike of 1902, was released from the western penitentiary ; western yciuieimiij' immediately arrested .' again on a commitment to the Alle- ghany county workhouse to serve one year for carrying concealed weapons. ti -,no antanoflli fft w voora f nfltDnMflrv ht roori oAhavior earned for him a commutation of nine ; chamber, provision is made for a gen years, so that he served but 13 years. eral assembly , of both. There will bo riiTunr Hfc loner imnrisftnTnpnt " -Rprir- ; anuroximately one representative.:, for nmnn devoted Ws eisure time to stuay;eacn wu.wu ui. mC iU1umVvu. .- and writing. As he left for the work- house he said to Deputy Sheriff Hag- eerlv "I hone; there ..wont be anv notoriety about me. I wnt to do my little bit and then be a good man and live at peace with the world." Ri'SsHw mmw tt&QJU'Ai ill. IHfi Oi&lTi ? Large Attendance at the Zemstvo Assembly LICE CN THE SCENE Attempt to Disperse the Congress Meets With Opposition and the Officers Content Themselves With Drawing up a "Statement The Discussions Begin Moscow, July 20. The congress of zemstvoists and dumasists, on which theChopes and interests of all sympa thizers with reform are .centered, opened today at the mansion of Prince Paul Dolgorukoff, son of the grand chamberlain of the imperial court, with out the least display, ceremony or pqp ular demonstration. , Count .Meyden presided. Two hundred and eighty-four elected delegates attended, besides fifty prominent reformers and a half dozen reporters. ' The preliminaries of the proceedings had been completed when it was an nounced that the police were below with' an order to disperse the meeting. Prince Dolgoroukoff suggested that they be in vited to enter. Five police officers thereupon appeared. Their chief de manded that the assembly be closed in accordance with the previous order for bidding such meetings, on the ground: that they were calculated to produce disorder. This was greeted with : laughter. Count Heyden pointed out that the meeting was acting with the ! czar's authority, and he therefore re fused to obey the order. Some of the delegates shouted taunting remarks. Prince Dolgoroukoff interposed, saying: "The4 policemen are only doing their duty- Let us do ours and proceed to business without wasting time." . It was arranged that the police should draw up a, protocol reporting the cir cumstances; While they withdrew to another room to do this a discussion of M. Bouleyguine's scheme began, the criticism following the lines indicated. Some of the speeches were fiery. There was some disagreement on minor- points, but the meeting was unanimous on the main Issue. - '; Meanwhile the police had finished their report and returned and listened to the debate. At the conclusion of the session the chief of police read the protocol, which caused amusement owing to the officer's perplexity regard ing the legal aspect of his action. M. Golovin, president of the Moscow pro vincial zemstvo and chairman of the i organizing committee of the congress, read a counter statement, justifying the meeting, condemning the prefect's action as illegal, and adding that the- police, by entering a house where everything was orderly, had committed , a breach of the peace. The meeting ! then adjourned to meet again late ta1Ma u ul-ea!U the evening. The Proposed Constitution London, July 20. The Moscow cor respondent of the Standard gives the - details of the constitution which ne , The Capital Hose Company of Ral says will be discussed by th.e . zemstvo eigh . TaAe a magnificent run, .but the congress. . He says it is based mainly fman chSLTge of the hose fell, allow on the British constitution with oc- ; ing it to gQt way froni hIm. Con casional suggestions from the French.: niBo mot with an accident. The T Ipavm thp rrnr in command of the " " - r . armed torces, provides for the. right to vote without any expressed imita- "on. and concedes tne prerogative ox sovereign. It proposes the formation , '"Ir "Un finances are placed under the control of , chambers, wnose memDers win nuve uie ! right to impeach the ministers: It will also appear that the legislature is to Evans-rthe Maine, . Missouri, Iowa, fix the succession to the" throne, it de- j Kentucky, Kearsarge, Massachusetts clares that the right of legislation rests ' and Alabama left Newport shortly with the chambers alone and that all after one o'clock this afternoon bound men are equally, subject to' the law J3f : for Hampton Roads, where they will the land. Special paragraphs abolish ; meet the fleet of Rear Admiral Sigs the passport system, the scrutiny of bee and escort the body of J ohn Paul correspondence and the censorship, giv- Jones to Annapolis. The battleships ing the Russians all the freedon en- -will then go to New York and return joyed by the English. The trudget is to Newport some time in August, to be passed first in the national as-I This afternoon the. cruisers West sembiv. and then accepted by -the Virginia and Pennsylvania ' arrived zemsity sooer Deiore il isjjic&cuicu iu the czar. , f ; vioc!0 uiuci uupunani. ,a.u.3v . .. -- abolishing the autocracy, providing -.for fixing the civil list or tne soyeign ai the beginning of reign, and asserting ! the sanctity of judges. In the event of tV! rprsistent reiection or a Dm mm- ntefl in either chamber by the other ; clauses guara agumst memueis ing the slightest recognition ;rrorn ihe hands oi me sovcicigu. eveu uctuiuuiai or orders, wixnoui immeuiaiy . : re-election, and prevent the czar from arbitrarily dissolving parliament. ' iPHfEMEWGIVE Contests Witnessed by Very ? Large Crowds LIST 3 OF THE WINNERS NewBern and Elizabeth City Divjde Honors in Steamer Contests Dur ham Captures First Prize in Hose Wagon Races and Goldsboro Takes the Other Two Winston-Salem; N. C, July 19. Spe cial. The state firemen's parade thia morning, which was witnessed by thousands, was a magnificent display of the fire fighting force of the state. The parade formed in Trade street, and when it began, moving, about ten o'clock, the streets in that section were blocked with humanity. First came three mounted policemen, followed by Chief Marshal A. S. Hanes with his aides, Winston cornet band, Forsyth Riflemen, automobiles, in which were officers of the association, mayors and other visitors, delegates in carriages, Danville band. ; Then came the com panies in alphabetical order, headed by Ashevllle, " and Winston-Salem bringing up the rear. All the visaing 'companies showed up well, as did the local department. The parade waa a milk or more in length and was one of the best ever seen in this city. 1 The engine contests were held af the Salem square . in the presence of sev ej.al thousand . people. A long delay occurred before the contests besrun, and it was nearly one o'clock when the first engine went to work. The following were the judges: J. M. Gal lagher, J. F. Maddry, L. H. Lumsden, J. T. Yates. , , The Rocky Mount engine was the first ehtjy. - Steam was gotten up in 4 .rjoimiU-s and t5 3-5 seconds. Water was thrown a distance of 221 feet. Charlotte came next with steam' In 5 minutes and 35 2-5 seconds. Distance 208 feet and 9 Inches. New Bern ' got steam in 3 minutes and 17 3-5 seconds. The distance was clearly" Elizabeth City got steam in 3 min utes 8 4-5 seconds. The distance was 230 feet and one-half inch. ' Elizabeth City was declared winner of the first prize in- quick steaming contest and New Bern second. New Bern won first prize in long distance contest and Elizabeth. City was second. The horse hose wagon contests this afternoon were witnessed by an im mense crowd. Durham company No. 2 won the first prize, $125. Goldsboro No- 1 7n second money, $75. Eclipse 5 Goldsboro carried off third prize-. - . There were twelve entries, the teams u urn am ino. z t-o scwuus, Ajrtwu.T boro No. 1, 32 4-5 seconds; Eclipse, Goldsboro, 33 4-5; Rescue, Raleigh, 34; Fayetteville, 41 1-5; Rocky: Mount, 41 3-5; Elizabeth City, 36 4-5; Kinston, 42! New Bern. 42 1-5: Henderson, 40 45 , - v, v,,.i t. nose Diew on irom uw-ujruiiu Tne next state firemen's convention anfl tQUrnament wiU be held at Ashe- vills. GONE TO MEET SIGSBEE Battleship Ship Squadron Under Ad miral Evans Leaves Newport Newport, R. I., July 19. The- battle- , ehip squadron of Rear Admiral R- D. t nereirom uaruirus xw, me laui ioroceeding up the bay to the coaling I jstfl.tioo : at Bradford. The West VIr- .. . , "! g'nia will remain until August-2, anl jne xruyii - , the naval trial beard for the purposa ; of trying her eight-inch guns and tor . special iesis, uuu ucu wmi. . West Virginia is also to undergo her final acceptance trials here. Mormon Forger Fled to Canada : . . salt iaKe, juiy ia jonn y. uannon, iate brigadier general of the Utah Na- nonai liuaru ana son-ui utorge y Cannon, former ".leader in the Mormon Church, is .under arrest at Lethbridge, N. W.'T-on -a. charge of forgery pre - f erred, in Salt Lake . City! Cannon is accused of, forging the signature of Governor Wells and of issuing worth less checks while acting . as secretary of the Utah St. Louis fair commission last year. The appmmts of tho om I mission were investigated hv thp iP?fa- rjiaturev last February,.. Cannon fled to j the Mormon settlement in Canada j while the investigation was in progress. ie was arrested by . the mounted police. He has declined to waive ex tradition. It is bejieved that Governor Cutler, a Mormon, will refuse to issue a requisition because of the strong pressure being brought to bear to save Cannon's family from disgrace. A Prince Comes to His Own Gotha, July 19. Charles Edward, Duke of Saxon-Coburg, attained his majority -today.- He made a state en try into Gotha, the capital of the principality, and assumed authority. Prince Ernest of ; Hdhenlohe Langen berg has been regent since the death of Duke Ernest -II, .in 1900. . KNOT ON HIS HEAD What Brought .General Wood From Manila to Boston Boston July 19. Although the great est reticence has been shown regard-' ing the ; condition of General Leonard Wood ever since his arrival in Boston, it has been pretty well known that he has been at St. Margaret's Hospital. Although the people at St. .Margaret's deny air knowledge of General Wood, it is understood by his friends that the operation he underwent was for a trouble which technically Is exosteosis of the head, or art abnormal growth of bone or bony tumor-UDon the skull. The cause was a blow upon the crown of the head, sustained about a year ago, received from a chandelier. A few months ago he began to feel slight -pains and discovered that a bunch on the spot was forming. A doctor in Manila decided that an op erat'on would be the proper thing and General Wood decided to come here and have . the growth removed before it had time to affect the brain or be come otherwise serious. General Wood and his wife expect to go soon to Locasset, on Cape Cod, for a rest, where Mrs. Wood, Sr., now resides. HEAT'S AVFUL HARVEST Many: Deaths Result From Weather Conditions Temperature Is Severe and Humid ity Oppressive Atlantic City the Hottest Place Along the Seacoast New York, July 19. The hot weather did its worst today, causing many deaths and prostrations. The official thermometer, twentyrone stories above the surface of Broadway, .got up to 94 degrees at three O'clock this afternoon. That was. the best that it could do, and the worst from the standpoint of folks who are compelled to breathe to live. Other thermometers more inti mately associated with human habi tations and pursuits indicated higher figures. ' There were more heat prostrations than on any preceding day. The po lice reported 100 prostrations in 'Man hattan up to 11 pi ni., and 18 deaths. The Brooklyn police reported 22 deaths from the beat and 45 prostrations. ' At eight o'clock tonight Atlantic City was the , hottest place on the coast, with a temperature of 80 degrees. Pittsburg, July 19. The ' hot wave which has been sweeping over Pitts burg reaped an .awful harvest during the pas;. twenty-four hours. In that time 23 have succumbed to the great humidity, one person was drowned and a score of others were prostrated, many of them in a serious condition, j The heat wave waa broken this af-; ternoon by a terrific storm which swept over the city at one o'clock The temperature at that time was 87. Within an hour it had. dropped 20 de grees, and tonight it is coot and pleas ant. . V ! Americans Beat Australians London, July 19. The Americans won the singles scheduled today in the final round of the " Davis cup lawn tennis tournament, thus making a clean sweep of the five matches in which they were jopposed to the Australians., W. A. Larned beat ' Norman EX Brookes, Wrigh o-u, w-o, uiu . beat A. F. Wilding 6-3, 6-3. it has i been arranged to make the Wrlght- . . , . - . wilding niatch two out of three sets. "' ovh the meeting between .JJ1 er8 of the trophy and te American . cnauwifiwo, Bomb Fails to Kill Helslnfors, July 19. A bomb was thrown today at M. Detrich, vice gov ernor of ' Finland, as he was leaving the senate. His hands and legs were aevpfftlv ; burned ' when the bomb ex ploded- He is expected to recover, - . --. - 1 pursued but escaped, The man who threw the bomb wasJfer German-made umbrellas to British. TURN THINGS MOID New Deal Proposed in Crop Report Bureau GIVEN A FREE HAND Removals From Office Among the ProbabilitiesIncrease of Salary for Statistician Will Be Proposed. Government Reports Important Enough to Be Continued By THOMAS J. PENCE Washington, July 19. Special. The assistant secretary of agriculture, Wil let N. Hays, who has taken charge of the bureau of statistics, has been given unlimited authority to reorganize that branch of the government service. The instructions to cleanse the official abode of Holmes and the cotton leak grafters comes direct from the presi dent. There are some employes in the bureau of statistics who will have to go, and an entire reorganization it predicted. In the meantime 'Secretaj Hays is going ahpad with the object of devising such checks and safeguards as will insure the greatest accuracy and fairness in the general work of the crop statistical bureau. . Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has decided to ask congress at its next session to increase the salary of -the statistician from $3,500 "to $5,000 a year. ,Mr. Wilson does not believe that a competent man can be obtained at any less than the latter figure to take the place of Statistician Hyde. It is proposed that Secretary Hays shall continue in charge of the work of the bureau until congress assem bles, when the desired Increase can be secured. The statement is made that Mr. Wilson will look for a man whoso ability J has' Seen established, Tbut who has no connection with statistical bu reaus attached to stock brokerage offices. Assistant Secretary Hays "this morn ing began a study of the cotton acre age report of June 3, wjiich is now admittedly worthless. It is this report that President Jordan and Secretary Cheatham of the Southern Cotton As sociation and Colonel Hester, the New Orleans cotton expert, have urged Mr. Wilson to disregard. . 'I have had some experience with the work of this bureau In " some of Its general investigations," said Prof, Hays, the new head of the statistical bureau today, "and : have assisted somewhat in handling its business at times since coming to Washington. "My, predilections and experience make me favor a crop report by the government, which must of course, be the most complete and reliable pos sible. The government report Is some what of 'a guarantee to producers and consumers against manipulations of speculators. ' "It is plain enough that anybody who wants it and cares to pay the price can make a crop report of his own. But the government can best be relied upon for such a report as will represent at all times the facts without fear of in terest. "The government .report is the pro tection alike to producer and consumer. It must command the 7 confidence of both. When it does it will restrict greatly the opportunity of the specula tor to control prices fai the interest of his own particular schemes 'of proflt maklng." ' A rumor has been circulated that when congress assembles a movement will be. started to have the crop ffatowt ing bureau transferred to the depart ment of .commerce and labor. 'Senator. Dolliverf of Iowa, a worm pessonal friend of Secretary Wilnan, Is irtated for the chairmanship of the senate committee on agriculture. Ho is op posed unalterably to any ehange of the character suggested. After Elihu Boot took the oath of office as secretary of state this morn ing he was approached by a newspaper man, who in extending congratulations, remarked; "I want toTjave the pleasure of seeing you sworn in as prestflentn 1909.'" . Mr. Root was somewhat embarrass 1, deprecatingly waving his hand, but h did not fall out with this .newspaper friend. A number of reporters were present and witnessed the lncldwit. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Barrlnge? and Miss Barrtager of Greensboro "spent to day here, leaving this afternoon for ! Atlantic City. Other arrivals . include , W. A. Price of Dajridaea, Oecrge L. Morton of Wilmington, X5. J. Cox of Goldsboro and Mrs. Hall and Miss Hall of Wilmington. Charles H. 'Anderson is appointed rural delivery carrier on Route No. 3 from Cedar X5rove, with Robert W, , Anderson as substitute. ' The British consul for Samoa reports t to his government that the natives pre- i . . ... 1 because of their style and appearance HAYS TO . . . v
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