North Carolina Newspapers

Rather today, c.r North Carolina : . for Raleigh 'T Nll 1 1 1 1 .nrrriirC1 BIT A nir Plosion, : . . , - - JNO. 104 ILL 5 WB-iiBl llra E.IBI .11 IS H IS H H v,,a"Se, COrtsiof i 1 'I ; i f r- 1 LLUllLiU l&LHU i gocii Interest in ivnaiiiie President Will Say Hi TALK IN RALEIGH ge Is Expected to Make Some Im portant Deliverance Regarding Tariff Revision andRailway Rate ' i Legiclation Good Crops Out West Promise Cheaper Living Ey THOMAS J. PENCE TF.?hir,cion. Sept. -S. Special, -Pres. j !.-. Tj.i.w.ii-lt 15 s-ii i '. .1 H o ,i- 3 i ut.-i iv naic aucauy i via in the speeches that he will de- I on he. occasion of his southern nonth. There is much popu . next in what Mr. Iloosevelt will ,-svo to pay and the speeches promise i) hi in a national way a notable fea ..'i the trip.- ri generally iriert'? party recognized that the is not with him on ?t;.nJ that he has taken in favor : av rate legislation and tariiT i and naturally much interest I ' : s to what he is going to sa.v ::. eve of the assembling of wha s.r-r.uied as the most important ses a' congress -within a decade. It to be expected that the president ' have many nice things to say of -.e ?ourh. 'for one of his objects in ih.e trip is to deveTop a closer ri-n.Jp with the people of that Mr. Roosevelt will be mt:t : ,.-rt than half way, for all reports c ri e l here are to the effect that the : r in all sections of the south are ,:r;ir.?i.ng to give him a reception such .s hv h:: never known before." vrh k the chief executive will make great .raany speeches before, he re tho most of his efforts will.be : f Raleigh is to be favored with c of hi? important speeches, which i tpe ted will set forth the presi : t s views on public questions that attracting the attention of the peo - of the south. Atlanta and Birm rhim, where state fairs will be in T -:t?5, will, in all probabilitv be 1 with speeches containing im- t ,lttornnrp I miivtritA o!r.-mnr xT-n . v, t :a:t:nent of agriculture there is hope . . . .. . . - : for the man who keeps houso. M- .Wilson has just returned from the t: h snVving section of the west, and v a result of the normal conditions I availing for the first time in three :r r the secretary thinks that meat, 'ny products, poultry and other,,nec- of life may be chaper ttys titan they have been for somj; Heavy crops," the secretary said, ive resulted in the return of normal '! icultural rnnfliMnrq iri tVi crpflf Tirri- f!J('-ng states. The meat producers lave been losing money for the past three years. The grain cost too much. Therp was no profit in feeding, as F as this may seem to people v ' '- lay such prices as we do for (, r rneat. But the heavy grass crop" r-' 'his year, in -addition to the heavy lni crop and the heavy oat crop, v -l all combine to bring about normal f 'hnir conditions. And -this means a ( : t influence on, horses, beef, pork. ' woducts and poultry." president has accepted the re&Ig n of First Lieutenant John W. vood. Twenty-third infantry, to effect October 4. Lieutenant 'od is from North Carolina and -'jv in the state on leave of ab-:- He was appointed in the Firsc h Tarolina Volunteer Infantrv. T!. Iti.- Xo-. "'.rir.'- the Spanish war and became ' ,1r'f tral musician of the band of that :''?!mT.t. In September, 1899, Norwood ;,a-a appointed second lieutenant of the 1 nty-third Infantry of the regular 2!".v and in 1C01 became first licuten- i.'.t. - T-i!rh Mott, son of Jtfarshall L. Mott, " ho is here, having just completed a fr, n--years' service in the navy, hopes l enter, the government service In " ahington. He has an application ' re the district authorities which Is Tlcrsed by Captain Cowles, brpther- -law to President Roosevelt, who Is Gantry related to Mr. Mott. " .mes H. Curtis is appointed rural Irrter on route No. 4 from Hayesville, !'h,HUgh L. Robinson as substitute. he servibe begins October 2nd. r,day's arrivals Include R. S. Parker Y "Vilmlngton, C. E. Whitney of Bes- r mer City. Av. W. McNair and Mrs. r'- H. McNair of Tarboro and P. F. battery of Rocky Mount. - EXPLOSION AT SUEZ wolumn of Water Rose 2.000 Feet. Noise Was Very Slight Port Said, Sept. 28. The ship Chat- jfam was blown up at 9:53 o'clock this Tiorning. The Suez Canal is blocked n consequence. i Tbe world's record in planned ex- Plosions -ray smoke shootfn COlUmn f sound was hSotlnS skyward. The nd. No tremo f faintest chPnw'l WOr Was felt at. the ex- of the cL:rVSnthere "rbanSa done to the canll damaas be cleared or thi' probablV will The rani? df.bris in days. canal are Intact. "CCL wate me sweet s J-.& clock this mornW -r. : been dpsprt Ti , f . ri tv.o : --v-u. Xl is beliexrirl Z T nt of feet, and in four H.o ondsmnn..... ' w,u 111 1Qur sec t,V "'v'0-'las. nearly 2,000 feet hie-h S ?eet ThTt TTi" alft hund he total duration of the as cent was'thirty-five seconds. StanSf .Sept- 29-A dispatch to the .t.. . xun oam states thot tons to lT ?pieces iron eight t,-115 m weight half a vm ui-i. -eight half a hile high. t . , Colored Preacher's Accusation Branch J?C, - 28-Hurricane Branch left this evening for Newport bIlng baCk Rev' William Waddill, colored, an allee-ed san.tifl Preacher, accused of breaking into a church anrl n-f n ii "deling seniiments pre JudicIaI to race' harmony. He declared whit rlr , l"eir aaugnters to wnite men and . so enrajred hi rpnnio that they vlosed the h IS him, but Waddell forced entrance through a window and held .meetings LIGHT IN DARK PLACES More Information Regarding r Big Life Companies A Director Explains How He Repre sented Buyer and Seller in Big Transactions Pensions and Ani nuities in Lieu of Commissions New York, Sept. 28 The Equitable and the New York Life Insurance Company shared honors today before the comrnittee. George W. Perkins, testifying for the New York Life, ex plained in further detail transactions questioned by the committee which the company had entered into on the days Pie( - cuul6 i a.iiiiuti icpuu iu uic bwio - . TT - 1 a. ii v 3 Doara OI insurance, xie a1Su leMiu.u further in regard to his dual relations with the Arm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and the New York Life, explaining how he had represented both the buyer and the seller in a transaction involv ing. $4,000,000. A ' statement was sub mitted showing that the report to which counsel for the committee had! called his attention several days ago was correct that the New York Life, in 1901, charged against the profits which it had received for the year one sale, of securities, $1,919,734.29, repre senting advances to agents, and $4,- S43.9S8 losses" on real estate. The New York Life's statement to the state in surance department gave the "net profit" on sales of securities for the veal AO v v. w , " - - - x i on the sales being $5,839,087.15, wh fh I amount, it was shown, was reported to the state of Massachusetts. Mr. Perkins contended' that there was noth ing improper in the item in the report to the New York state, department, as it was set down clearly as the "net profit." Interesting facts In ; regard to the agreement which the Equitable entered into to pay Mrs Henry B. Hyde, widow ; of the founder of the society, $25,000 nr, n, nan a nn after TVTr TTvrle'S ! deaS "and a fusion of ' aeain, ctnu Tnrac, w 8: ner nusoanu uect-m, 1,116 ,uu6'" lisrht today It was shown that - thepe agreements were entered into as far back as 1888, and that at the time ar rangements were made for the pensions Henry B. Hyde had his salary in creased from $30,000 to $75,000. The in crease in the president's salary and the provision for an annuity to his widow were made, according to a special min ute of the finance committee, in lieu of commissions which Mr. Hyde was en titled to receive ort premiums. What the nature of the society's obligations was to pay Mr. Hyde a commission on premiums and the surplus was not dis- rlnsprl todav. but it is known that this ! matter will receive the most searching nes(jay.:; Mr. Rockefeller left Chamou attention of the committee." ! nix for' Martigny, not knowing that .Tnmps TT. Hvde. in a statement rnada j l t hilas -r,-ere prohibited. He was by him when the jqmiaDie cunuuu . sy was at its height, denied emphati cally that his fathoer had ever re ceived any money from the society for this sort of thing. It would appear also from the minutes of the finance committee meeting that James W. Al exander was also in a position to col lect premiums. The minutes say that the agreement between the society and the elder Hyde for .commissions was signed "many years ago," the minute itself dating back to 1888. Moscow, Sept. 28. Gen. Stoessel, who commanded the Russian iorces ai run. Arthur, is suffering irom a paralysis which affects his entire left ide. Recovery is hoped for. LANETTHIEVES 1 Verdict of Conviction Their Third Trial RESULT A SURPRIS Two Live Stock Men and a Lawyer Conspired to Secure Government -Lands by Means of Fraudulent Entry by Pretended Settlers. Case Will Be Taken Up on Appeal " Portland; Ore., Sept. 28. After being out less than six hours the third jury which has heard the testimony of the government against Representative John N. Williamston, Dr. "Van Gess ner, Mr.Williamson's partner in the live stock business, and Marion R. Biggs, a Prinville attorney, at one time Uni ted States commissioner at that place, last night fouild all three guilty of having entered into a r.. r , i conspiracy to, upon suborn perjury by inducing loafers j , bta'uon fraudulently to file on government ff ree11' was public demon- land, providing them with money so Oration whatever. Today there were to do, under agreement that these per- ! seven or eight times as many officials, sons would convey title to Williamson ! despite the very early hour of the and Van Gessner when patent was train's, arrival. The crowd had collect secured from the government. Shortly i e1 near where M. Witte would descend before 11 o'clock notice was sent to J from the train- and when he appeared the marshal that an agreement hai been reached and United States Dis trict Judge Hunt was summoned to the court room. Judge Hunt ordered the jury brought into court and received its verdict from the foreman. He opened it and handed it to the clerk of the court, who read: "We, the jury, find the defendants guilty as charged." When the jury had been discharged Judge A: S. Bennett, attorney for the defendants, moved that the defendants be given a new trial. Judge Hunt put the question of hearing the motion over, and the fcourt was adjourned. The case, of which this was the third was commenced September' 5. Little testimony was introduced differing from that at the two previous trials and in the main the arguments of the j attorneys were the same. The verdict, in view of the two pr yious disagreements, was generally a surprise except to Mr. Henry, .who has maintained throughout thai .' the case became stronger with each pre sentation to the jury. - H. S. Wilson, of counsel for the de fense, said that trie case would be ear - !ried to the United States circuit court of appeals, but he did not! think it would go further, for no constitutional question is involved. THE BUDAPEST RIOT Some 8,000 Engaged in Affray Hos tility of Socialists and Coalitionists Budapest, Sept. 28. The riot here yesterday between Socialists and Coali- -. tlOIllStS 1I1VU1VCU tuuaiuciauic ages. Scores or lamps ana snoy win dows were smashed, and streets were torn up to provide missiles for, the riot ers. A number of cafes were wrecked during the pursuit of the fugitives. About forty persons received sword wounds and hundreds were hurt less seriously, inc uding many of the police. Probably 8,000 persons were engaged in It IS nOLtiYYUI my Ulictl. LUC iiui uiu iiww ! arise from the burning question of the king's action in the Hungarian par- liamentary congress, but from the hoJnity of the SoCaH.t, aga.nSt Coalitionists because the latter oppose universal, suffrage, although they are willing to extend it. Baron Fejervary, the acting prime minister, returned here this evening from Vienna. The result of his audi ence with the king is not known. The crisis remains unsolved. An Automobile Joke London, Sept. 28 The Geneva corre spondent of the Daily Mail says that a magnificent automobile drawn by eight horses and twelve men, contain ing John D. Rockefeller, Jr., his wife finri' twn friends, a chauffeur and a -arme arriVed at Martigny Wed- arrested at the village of Chatelard, where the gendarme who made the ar rest refused to let any one drive. Young Rockefeller entered into the joke and the above strange procession was the result. Heavy fines were paid by Mr. Rockefeller, who afterwards treated the gendarmes and the other men to a sumptuous dinner. . (Mistaken for Wi'd Cat Mobile, Ala., Sept. 28 Perched in thft ton of a tree where he awaited the approach of game, John Norwood, iand a large part of the population, to ft sred fourteen years, .son of. prominent jeluding several hundred school chil- pnnie of Gmson. Miss., was snot ami , William Richards, who mis- fc w f wild cat. Rlchards is OK n t i under arrest. ERS GREET v. - E'SRETU Hearty Bepeption i Upon k Arrival at Home WARM WELCOME GIVEN Throngs oj Officials and Citizens Con trast Strongly With the Few Who Gave Expression to Good Wishes When He Took His Leave for the Conference St. Petersburg, Sept. 28. M. Witte arrived here today and was accorded a very hearty reception by a large crowd of officials and others. In a ! j -" brief speech, replying to a welcoming address, M. Witte showed clearly that he was deeply touched by the welcome with which he 4 was received. When he left St. Petersburg in July a small delegation of officials accompanied him j... . they broke out into long and loud cheers, to which M. Witte bowed. The spokesman then advanced and read the address of. welcome, all in the mean while standing bareheaded. The address read: V "You have accomplished? your diffi cult task and the "nation is gratef ul to you. You have given the credit for success to - Emperor Nicholas, Presi dent Roosevelt, Emperor William of Germany and to the press. ; You have forgotten only yourself. We, however, fully appreciate your services to your country. The tree you planted at the Washington homestead at Mt. Vernon will serve as. a token of the union be- between the 'two nations. You -have. done much." 1 - -"For yourself and for those -who are absent we will once more shout a hearty hurrah." When the cheer had died away M. Witte, who seemed deeply moved by the sincerity of the welcome, advanced a few steps and' delivered his reply. He said: r ;- "I was so little prepared for this kind of a reception that I must ask your pardon for the incoherence of my words. I have performed my duty well because I have strictly obeyed his majesty's instructions, because circunv stances favored me, because the world is weary of this bloody war, because all classes of American society, from President Roosevelt down, were in sympathy with my and your cause, because I was true to my country and her and our interests." M. Witte's last word was followed b3 further loud and hearty cheering. WAS JUROR QUALIFIED? Qualification of One of Grand Jury that Indicted Packers Questioned Chicago, n Sept. 28. John Murray of Kankee, a member of the federal grand jury which indicted the packers, is the pivot on which hangs the chief hope of the defense that the indicts ments may be quashed. Several hours were devoted today to efforts design ed to convince Judge Humphrey that Murray was not properly qualified ta act as a juror in the beef cases, and that therefore all the acts of the jury were invalid. Murray was not the only member of the grand jury affected by the fed oral law passed last March altering the boundaries of the northern district of Illinois and creating the eastern district. The law provided that prose cutions begun prior to the passage of the law should be continued as if the law had not been passed, but the pack er's attorneys aver that the acts of the grand jury were not in the na ture of a prosecution. The grand jury had been created prior to the enact ment of the new law. Moritz Rosen thal and John S. Miller made exhaus tive arguments for the defense and W. C. Hynes briefly argued and Mr. Mor rison closed the case. When Judge Humphreys took the matter under ad visement Murray appeared to be - the whole case and the packers were quite forgotten. " ! The President's Departure Oyster Bay, Sept. 28. This city is preparing to do full honor to the de parture of President Roosevelt and his family at 10 o'clock Saturday for Wash ington. The principal buildings will be decorated with flags and buntings, ( aren wiin nags, win ue ai me siauou ' to bid the president good-bye. Th president's train will leave at 10 o'clock sharp, arriving at Long Island at 11 o'clock. The special train, to Washing, ton over the Pennsylvania Bailroad will leave Jersey City at 1:30 p. m. In Washington it is said thepresident has asked the commissioners to avoid the use of firecrackers and the like and to do no more than cheer when he passes to the White House. The presi dent desires a quiet reception in Wash ington. , Spanish Consulate Burned Panama, Sept. 2S. Among the build ings burned' by the fire at Colon Tues day night was the Spanish consulate, together wth all the archives. The consul's family lost all their valuables. In spite of the efforts of the postmaster the rapid spread 6f the flames prevent ed the saving of the archives, and luck ily there was not much mail matter in the building. . . Little could be done to fight the fire owing to lack of water and extinguishing facilities. The tele graph wires of the Panama Railroad have been working , badly for some time, and the news of the Are did not reach Panama for two hours after its outbreak. The situation at Colon is now normal. Postmaster General Boyd took imme diate steps for the resumption of the postal service in provisional quarters. Druggists Tried for Liquor Selling Charlotte, N. C, Sept. , 28. Special Mr. R. S. Gray, Sr., a prominent drug--gist of this city, was tried in superior court today for violating the Watts law by illegally selling whiskey, and was acquitted. R. S. Gray, Jr., and J. C. Palmer, clerks, were found guilty of the same offense in seven out of eleven cases. - ALABAMA IN REVOLT Cold Water Thrown on the President's Visit Proposal to Pay Expenses Defeated in Montgomery City CouncilPar tiality for Booker Washington's School Excites Jealousy j J ami Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 28. "I unalterably opposed; to an appropna- tion of even one dollar for the enter - tainment of the president." This state- i -- . -- ment was made , by Aldermen James J. , estimabIe boon of intelligent manhood Sullivan before a special meeting of i suffrage "and secure to us-the price the city council today, when reso-j less benefit of the politiop.1 supremacy ution was offered to appropriate money ; of the white people of this state, for the entertainment of President I "Nothing in the proposed amend Roosevelt when he comes to Montgom- : ment discriminates against any race ery October 23. Acting Mayor Mc-1 or class. The poor as welPas the rich, Intyre, who is president of the council, ; the humble as well as the mighty, the walked out of the council chamber be- j naturalized as well as the native-born fore a vote was taken, which left the j citizen, all can exercise their privilege council without a quorum, and the res- ; cf sovereignty and on .perfectly equal olution Is dead until next meeting. The terms under the operations of this re'solution was Gunter. who is offered by Alderman on .the committee to i arrange for the entertainment of the president. He said that as the council had invited the president to visit the .city he thought the city should pay some of the expenses. The only thing Acting, Mayor Mcln ty re said was that he understood the .Commercial and Industrial Association was to raise funds for the entertain ment. For some time past there have been frequent expressions of dissatis faction over the president's visit. From Tuskeegee comes another com plaint that the president has given Washington's school most of his time. Recently the president's secretary wired Mayor Lewis at jTuskeegee to see Booker Washington and arrange for a program for his entertainment. This nettled the Tuskeegee mayor and he wired back that the city of Tus keegee wanted to entertain him sepa rate and distinct from Washington's school. It was some time before an, answer was received to this wire, but 1 it came. saying the president would eee-ee about one-half hour of give Tuskeegee about one-half hour his time. This is the first open oppo sition to Mr. Roosevelt's trip south. The resolution will be passed at the next meeting, but not without strenu ous opposition. UNION LABOR BANK Chicago Labor Organization Promo-j ting a New Enterprise Chicago. Sept. 28.-Organized labor is nlanninsr again to have a Chicago bank. The "Commonwealth Trust ani Savings Bank" has been chartered by the state and directors are to be elect ed next week. The formation of the institution is the result of the assist ance given the Chicago employers as- sociations by some cnicago DanKs aur ing the teamsters' strike. At that time labor leaders determined to establish a financial institution that would handle union funds and the savings of union men. ' The bank proposed for Chicago is the beginning of a chain of union labor j banks, which labor leaders hope will cover the country some day. , "This is made necessary," says the representative of the Federation com- mittee, "because union money is oiten used to oppose the struggle for higher wages and justice." , The par value of shares I will be $3 each. The capitalization- is to be $2, 000,000. - I WHITE MAN RULE NLY ISSUE Maryland Democrats Meet the Questions Boldly AKE JT A BATTLE CRY They -Declare That the Restriction of Suffrage on the Color Line Is All Tnat Is Involved in the Elec tion Nothing Else Appears in the State Convention's Platform Baltimore, Sept. 28. The Democratic state convention here today, which was enthusiastic and largely attended. unanimously endorsed the disfranchis ing amendment which is to be voted upon and declared that it "is the only issue of the compaign." The conven tion met at Ford's Opera House. Sen ator Gorman and other Maryland lead- i ers were present, but Governor War- field and Senator Rayner were con spicuous by their ' absence. Dr. Geo. T. Atkinson was renominated for state comptroller. The platform as adonted bv the con. ! vention declares: !L "By common consent the only issue In this campaign is whether negro suffrage, put upon us against our will by. force, shall be restricted and its power for evil destroyed. "Our Democratic legislature of 1904 ;to frftme an amendment .which, while a elding all conflict with the 14th and 15ih amendments of the constitution of the United States, will, If adopted, r?scuc us in Maryland from the blight of ignorant and debased negro suf frage. "It will keep from our registration books the names of thousands of ignorant and venal negroes totally un- fit to rote, and will thus go far to j lessen the evils of absolute and unre- it- will 'Sriveus--the.-ereat- and- in-- amendment. To say 'that it violates the organic law of the nation is to in dulge in mere idle; vaunt. Those who make the accusation know that it is intended only for the wigwam and the stump. "Believing, therefore, that the amend ment will operate as an effsctive remedy for the interests of the state without prejudice or Injury to any race; regarding it moreover as a com plete response to the clearly expressed mandate of the people, we unreserved ly commend and approve it. "We make it the single issue of the campaign. "We declare It to be our battle cry. . "The negro vote as it stands toda3. Is a perpetual menace to the prosperity d e e of Marvlandi a menace to our very clvmzatIon, for It is Ignorant and corrupt, the blind Instrument of unscrupulous and selfish leaders." A STRANGE STORY , Qirl g ays she as Drugged by Her J Mother and Forced to Mary Burlington, N. J., Sept. 28: Mary Reuhiter, a beautiful New York girl who has taken refuge here with the family of- Alfred Franke, to whom she 'is engaged to be married, tells a strange story. She says that on Sep- drugged her with wine and she was forced to go with a man named Arthur Schleinlnger, who is supposed to Jje rich, was taken In a cab and compelled j tojnarry him before a Catholic priest The girl, who has been engaged to Franke four yearfs, fled to this city and next morning took j-efuge with . , 11 111 w nis parents. Jjegai proceeumgH vvm u taken to have the marriage anulled, loct SatiiTvlAv Srhlftinlncftr was served with court papers in New York. Yesterday while the girl and Frank were at the Trenton state fair, Schlein inger and her parents came here an when the r girl returned attempted t drag her away, hut were uncessful Then Schleininger tried to get warran against Franke for harboring his wif.v i He was unsuccessful in this also, anc he and the girl s parents were com pelled to return to New York. i Saratoga, i. x., oepu. x.o. xc - woa of Frederick A. Peckham of New York, i who was arrested in connection with ; the cotton reports scandal, was today indefinitely postponed. Peckham is still i under $10,000 balk