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MOIKTOfO trtST. FRIDAY, 6cTOBEl THE WHAT 1HE RATE BB11 18 I i OIL DILL WILL DC A , -- BepresenlativeTownsendCon suits With President NOT LAST YEAR'S BILL That Was If Anything Too Conser vativeNo Proposition That Com mission Shall Make Whole Sced ules of Rates, but That it Shall Have Power to Cure Evil Washington, 'Oct. 5. The first of a series, of conferences on the proposed legislation to "regulate railway rates was held at the ,White House today between President Roosevelt and Mr. Townsend. Mr. Townsend is a. member of the house committee onj commerce and oint author with Representative Esch 3f Wisconsin of the rate bill which was passed by the house at the last . . .. . session. He visited the White House on Tuesday last for a few minutes, and the president asked him to come again today for the purpose of talking at length about the railway rate legis lation program. If Mr. Townsend fulfills the hopes which he. entertains at present his bill next winter will be known as the ad ministration measure. It will " not be last year's bill, however, but a new bill essentially like the one which met wi,th the approval of the house ma Jority last winter, and somewhat amended and substantially broadened In its scope. Two days ago Representative Town send said that if his first bill wag subject to criticism at all it was on the ground that it was too conserva tive. After an extended conference with the president this afternoon he is still of the same opinion, and he will set to work on a new measure which shall leave no doubt of the gov ernment's intention to include the reg ulation of private car, and terminal charges in its general scheme. "During the summer,"- said Mr. Townsend this afternoon, "I have spent a good deal of time in sftudying the various bills "which were presented at the last sessions, the laws already passed by the several states affecting railroad rates and the opinions ex pressed by railroad men and others who testified before the senate com mittee. I am confident; that; , the bill which I shall introduce at the very beginning of the coming session will answer all intelligent criticisms' put upon the old bill and I think will meet the wishes of the president. I do not know whether it will be called th Townsend bill, the administration bill or what it will be called, and that doss not matter. There is no doubt In my mind that we shall have legis lation by both branches of congress on the railroad rate question the next session." In regard to the proposition to em power the interstate; commerce com mission with the rate-fixing power, Mr. Townsend had this to say: "That ""provision is of course the crux of the whole matter. There is no proposition that the commission cr, other federal body shall make whole schedules of rates; we simply ask that the commission have the power to cure an evil when an evil is found to exist. Some of the states have made laws more radical than anything whteh we propose. For example, in Illinois the railroad commission is proposing to make whole schedules from the ground up; that is not' only unwise, but unnecessary. If the inter state commerce commission be given the power to substitute a -reasonable rate for a rate which is found to be unreasonable there will be fewer- rates needing correction. If you know now that I have the power to undo a thing which you do, you will be a good deal less likely to do that thing. The rail roads will be in the same situation; there will be fewer offenses if the in terstate commerce commission has the power which we propose to give them, and there will be no occasion for them to go wholesale into the business of fixing freight rates." , Mr. Townsend said he ,' expected to have a further conference with the president in the near future. He said also thai he found that the president and himself were thoroughly in ac cord. ' Illicit Still Raided Chapel Hill, N. C... Oct. 5. Special. An illicit distillery was raided this morning about 9 o'clock by Revenue Officer Benson of Greensboro and about thirty gallons of beer were captured. This still was on the Raleigh road,, about four miles from this town and was very well concealed in a thick grove of trees. Officer Benson arrived last night from Greensboro accom panied by another government officer and both were instrumental in re vealing the operation of the moon shiners. The officers did not succeed in Capturing the operators of , the still,, but have the names of. the parties, so it will be only a short time before tho criminals are apprehended. The beer was the only form of .liquor found at the still. The officers have been aware of the operation of this still only a 1 'short time. - Berlin News Berlin. Oct. 5. It is stated here that tbe leading .English,, French and Ger man Insurance companies are planning, to esablish branches in the United States as the result -of the insurance , revelations in. New Yorkv ; I ' If the metal workers go" out on striK'3 on October 14, as they threaten, 130 i factories employing 46,000 men will ."be closed. Twenty-five public meetings ave been announced for tonight. The New Berlin theatre has postponed its opening because of the failure to se cure electricity. The Hamburg American Steamship Company has christened the decks "of ts new steamships America, Kaiser. Roosevelt, Washington, Cleveland and Franklin, instead of Main, Lower, etc. Kidnapped Boy Found New York, Oct. 5 Antonio Mareani- ena, six years old, the Italian boy who was kidnapped from the front of his home in Brooklyn a week ago last Sunday, was found here late tonight. The boy was abandoned on a inira avenue car by an Italian, and as he could not tell the conductor where he was going he was turned over to an inspector at Sixty-fifth street. The boy was taken to the Sixty-seventh street police stath-5, where he said he was Antonio Mareaniena. ACCUSED OF THEFT White Man Charged With Robbing Traveling Man on Train Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 5. Special. Shortly after the arrival of the train from Raleigh last evening a traveling man reported to the police that some one had stolen his overcoat contain ing $600 in money and checks and a small package from his seat in the train. He said he suspected a white man named Dave Wilkerson from Dur ham. , He described Wilkerson min utely, saying that he wore a badge of the Durham Traction Company. Po licemen Oliver and Causey began a search for Wilkerson and learned that he had gone to White Oak Mills, but he could not be found last night, though Deputy Sheriff Jeffreys arrested him there this morning and brought him into the city. The prisoner denied the charge, but admitted that he arrived on the train mentioned. The traveling man stated that Wilkerson jumped off the train before it . reached the station. Wilker son also denied this and declared that he could prove by a gentleman at the Gullford-Benbow that he got off at the station. This man was called up over the 'phone and said he knew Wilkerson, though he did not see him at all last night. Officer Jeffreys says that the accused man has made sev eral contradictory statements, one be ing that he spent last night with friends named Cole at White Oak, the Coles having moved away from that place last week. Wilkerson is a well dressed and in telligent looking man. He had about $18 on hid person when arrested, but no large amount of money or checks were found. Capt. Fowler, the conduc tor on the train, said that Wilkerson jumped off the train near the Davie street crossing and that he Was carry ing an overcoat and small, package at the time.- ' MAY LIQUIDATE LIABILITIES All Day Session of Directors of Union and Buffalo Cotton Mills. Columbia, S. C, Oct. 5. The directors of the Union and Buffalo Cotton Mills t)f Union, which have just undergone a complete reorganization, at an all day session today considered the mat ter of liquidating the liabilities of the corporations, which jointly amount to something like $5,000,000, with plants worth at least $3,500,000. Just what steps will be taken have not definitely been decided. The matter is left in the hands of the executive committee composed of C, H. Flletman, New York; William Nichester, Balti more; John A. Law, Spartanburg; B. W. Robertson, president and treasurer and ex-ofticio chairman of Columbia, s. a St. Paul on the Rocks San Francisco, Oct. 5. The steamer St. Paul, from San Francisco to Port land, Ore., went on the rocks at Point Gora, Humboldt county, early this morning, and is now a total wreck. Seventy-five passengers and the crew were safely landed. The vessel during the Spanish war was used as a gov ernment transport and carried troops and supplies to the Philippines. Reduced to $10,000 Asheville, N. C, Oct. 5.t Special. Judge Prltchard today reduced to $10,- ! 000 the $25,000 verdict recently rendered in favor of the plaintiff in the suit of Thomason vs. The Southern Railway Company. The action of Judge Pritch ard will be accepted by the plaintiff. The defendant company, it is said, will take an appeal. ' The verdict at: first was set aside. - , Changes in Freight Depot Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 5.-SpeciaV. Mr. H. H. Tray wick, who came here from Raleigh several months ago, ha3 resigned his position as cashier in the freight depot of the, Southern Railway here, and Mr. W. A. Smith is promoted from assistant cashier to succeed him, while Mr. Irving Eldridge takes Mr. Smith's place. Tried to See Roosevelt Washington, Oct. 5! John S. Kelly, 38 years old, formerly a drug clerk in this city,'-was arrested while on his way to the. White House tonight He said the president had tried three times to poison him and. he wanted to see him about it. Kelly is a cocaine vic tim. He was locked up pending an ex amination as to his sanity. A 'phone message from Sanford last evening stated that Mr. Clarence Camp- Vill S VAllTlff man rf AlorVif ann iron T-a was in a dying condition with typhoid i lever. His sister. jmiss Aima .uamp- - ibell of. Raleigh, is at his bedside. PRAISE OF DEMOCRATS Tammany Commends Rose- velt's Peace McClellan Renominated for Mayor. Metz for Comptroller and McGow . . , an tnr MrooirtAnt KOflrn or Aiuci- ' w i men- Monicipal Ownership New York, Oct. 5. The Democratic city convention nominated George . i McClellan for mayor, Herman A. Metz ; of Brooklyn for comptroller and Pat- ; rick A. McGowan of Manhattan for j " , ' M , president of the board of aldermen. There was one happening at the con- vention which had not been announced 1 by the . Tammany leaders. Senator Grady, chairman of the committee on j resolutions, reported a-resolution, which was adopted, declaring that the suc cessful labors of President Roosevelt in the peace negotiations were such a pre-eminently humane service as to de mand the grateful commendation of every American, and "we who have been and are now his determined politi cal opponents unhesitatingly accord to him our hearty praise for the surpass ing courage, remarkable tact, distin guished ability and commanding influ ence displayed by him' in the greatest peace triumph of the age." When the resolution was read there was silence for a few seconds, then a tremendous outburst of cheering, which lasted two or three minutes, as. the delegates realized that the Democrats' were taking the wind but of the sails of the r Republicans,: who .. intended to adopt a similar resolution" tomorrow night. The platform is particularly strong on the question of municipal ownership. McClellan got a great re ception when he mounted the platform and accepted the nomination. ; V : DOCTOR ON TRIAL j Charged With Advertising Device for Criminal Operations Richmond, Va., Oct. 5. Special. United States District Attorney Talley is hot after Dr. J. Sylls Daniels, keeper of a sanitarium in this city ' who is now on trial in the United States dis trict court, charged . with sending - ad vertising matter through the malt" ex tolling the virtues vof a certain me chanical deviceL to be used. inr.crimi nal operations. 1 J Daniels answered a decoy letter sent him by an agent of the government containing the necessary mofifey, who in answer received one of the devices in question. A woman, Dora Gladden, a former nurse at the Daniels sanitarium, whose maiden name was Joiner, it appears, is there to take the -blame. On the stand Doctor Daniels said that she was the inventor and the sole mem ber of the company advertising the de vice. She left him to marry and go to South Carolina from, where- she wrote to him to sell the devices and keep half the proceeds. Dr. Daniels admitted that he had no staff, as advertised, but said that he consulted various surgeons?' when occasion required.- He , acknowledged that his sanitarium contains :a Special department for women" and . stated that he could give the names of his female patients if necessary:" Dr. Daniels has been in chargei of the sanitarium for twelve years and has been practicing for' flfteeii years. The woman, Dora Gladden, will -be put on the stand by the defense. HURT AT FOOTBALL Hampden Sydney Player's Spine Injured Partially Paralyzed Richmond, Va., Oct. 5. C. H. Mont gomery of Montgomery, w, va a member of the junior class at . Hamp- den-Sydney College and a well known athlete, suffered a serious injury to his back and spine In a football game this afternoon. Physicians announce tonight that the young man is par tially paralyzed. His relatives have been notified. The game which is scheduled for Saturday between "Washington . and Lee and Hampden-Sydney will be seriously handicapped by the absence of Montgomery from the Hampden - syaney eleven. Montgomery is one of the brightest members of the junior class and one of the strongest players on, the team Enemy of Race Suicide Cleveland,' O., Oct. 5. John D. Rocke feller has decided to erect a home for foundlings and to install therein in fant incubators, according to a state ment made today' by officers of the Cleveland Humane Society. The build ing will cost about $50,0OQ and will take care of the children now v at Infant's Rest on Cedar avenue. ' "I want the world to know that I am an enemy of rade suicide," Mr. Rockefeller is said to have said to the officers of the institution. "It will be a great thing; for Cleve land." said General James' Barnett, a close friend of the oil king and presi dent of the Humane Society, tonie-ht The society has been doing great work and tMr. Rockefeller is intensely inter ested. He has contributed large sums annually towards its work.' , - ! Plan to Steal Rockefeller . Butte, Mont., Oct. 5.-Pat Crowe, who is in Jail awaiting: officers Nvho are expected in pt a , ... 7 , . -t-i-o -ojnorrow. is putting in his time confessing To escapades of his life. He eivp -Z 1 j.new one each day. . Today toM. " Triumph plan he had. formea -steal John D. Rockefeller and ge ; , fmm VOUng rlOCK.c feller. The plan was f.11 was hiding in Chicago after the aflai It Omaha He took in a partner and they went to Cleveland to rtudy toe snuon and concluded that Uould be "dead easy" to steal old man Rooke feller from Forest Hill. It was Plan ned to hold up the hman. gag and then enter the house. The,, time was fixed, but Crowe's partner weak ened at the last moment, and the aa venture was put off for In the end the partner it altogether Crowe ' then feared that- his partner ..-Imight "peach" on him ana -,. f-mrn mere wwu w South Africa, where he jo.ned the Boer now v nrK. aitu. i arm;T. 1 Demurrers by Packers Chicago, Oct, 5.Pleas of not guilty ' . 'n nd flve corporations in- to be entered next mviwaj - 0O Witv. dicted on charges of conspiracy to mo- nopolize the meat business ana restraint of trade and commerce beiore rTes,,0i,T.AV nn the fir8t count of the indictment returned last July. v - vo v . To- morrow voluminous demurrers to the other nine .COUnts in the process will flled- ln the United States district court. The demurrers are general and charge ambiguity, vagueness, uncertainty and Indeflniteness against seven of the counts, and In connection there will be allegations that double charges are con tained In two of the remaining counts. The demurrers will be filed separately. The demurrers for the five corporations will be separately divided for each, and the officials of these companies will de mur as a unit only according to their affiliations with the corporations, while the persons charged with being agents of the others will file separate demur rers. All' the processes are, in sub stance, similar, setting up almost ex actly the ' same fact. Tournament in Rome Some, Oct. " 5. The ' tournament of the Catholic Sports Clubs -under the auspices of the pope opened today with a mass at the church of Santa Anna, after .which the competitors, to the number of about 500, gave a combined exhibition in . the churchyard of St. Damascus. Afterward the program be gan in the Vatican riding school. Over the entrance of the riding school Is inscribed the following: "Here is where the greatest moral power has obtained the ''most glorious .victories. The Italian Catholic youth proves that he who has a pure mind has a healthy body." ... Cardinal Merry del Val, papal secre tary of state, who is the chief pro moter of the tournament, was enthusi astically, acclaimed. . , Other Cardinals, many prelates, nobles and diplomats attended the games. j . Fatal Burglar Hunt Vandergrift, Pa., Oct. 5. A frightful tragedy' occurred shortly after mid night this morning in the village of Mateer, eight miles from this place, in which one persdir was shot dead and another mortally wounded. The trag edy happened at the home of Jacob Knappenberger, a wealthy farmer, Whose- grandson, Lloyd Remanlay, aged 17, was shot and killed by his uncle, Murray Knappenberger. In his dying convulsions the boy discharged his own weapon, the bullet striking his aunt, Miss Lottie Knappenberger, inflicting a wound from which she cannot re cover. The tragedy was the result of a hunt for burglars. - ; . Gaynor and Greene Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 5. In all probar bility Gaynor and Greene will leave Canada tomorrow night. It is under stood that they will go to New York and thence to Savannah. The govern ment has taken its final steps and the rest devolves upon the United States marshal who will be sent after the celebrated prisoners. Operation on August Belmont New York, Oct. ( 5. August Belmont was operated on for; appednicitls at the Memorial Hospital this morning by Drs. ;W. B. Coley and Polk. The op eration was entirely successful and Mr. Belmont is reported to be out of danger....- TELEGRAPH TERSITIES London, Oct. 6. The Express says that plans are being discussed for the bringing to England of the fleet of Admiral Togo. Nothing is yet settled. Many of the ships are repairing and refitting, and cannot leave Japan for some time. 1 a London, Oct. 5. A dispatch to the , rapmc from Sebastonol savs that na.- val officials state that two battleships are likely to be ordered from the Cramh yard at Philadelphia and four other warships of an unknown class will possibly be built In Great Britain. It is understood that the construction of all these battleships will be entrusted to foreign builders of repute. It is stated that the . naval staff is opposed to ordering, any ships in Germany Tokio, Oct. 5.-The Kokumin says it is stated in well informed circles that Secretary of War Taft on his recent visit here reached an important under standing with the government as to Ja pan explicit disavowal of any desien isorfolk, Va., Oct. 5.The TtnHar, steamer Citta di Palermo, which went ashore Tuesday night near Cape Hat Paris, Oct. 5.The St. Petersbure cor respondent of the TAmJl v. 'g r count msethTe8S.t r A Sad Death verr8Sern'-,N- C- '0ct' 5-Spec!al.-A ery . sad -and sudden death occurred (7 In addition to the Crockery, Glassware, have Mens Hats, we the price of Cambric Insertions. Also and M U. Ln I Torchon Laces have been reduced. . You will find very interesting prices on Rugs, Table Linen and M apkins, Comfor U and Blankets, We have a $40,000.00 new, that will he sold February 1st, 1906. . M ENT is ready a 14 EAST "MARTIN STREET. i in our city this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Miss Nellie MVHill, the daugh ter of Mr. R. R. Hill, was taken sick Monday with ever. Her condition was not considered dangerous 'Until today at 12 o'clock, when she was taken with a congestive chill. After partial recbv- ery she told her father she was go ing to die, and in a short time death came. Miss Nellie was twenty-four years of age, a lovely character and a devout Christian. The funeral service will be announced later. Special Rates via Seaboard Air Line Washington, I. C. American Bankers' Association, October 10th-13th. C e first-class fare plus 25 cents from all points for round trip. Selling dates October 8th-9th, final limit October 15 th. Richmond, Va. Richmond Horse Show October lQth-14th.r One first-class fare plus 50 cents for admission to horse show (minimum rate includ ing .admission coupon .$1.00). Sell ing dates October 9th-14th, final? limit. October 16th. Tickets sold from , Raleigh, Durham and intermediate stations. , Chicago, 111. National Baptist Conven tion (colored), October 25th-31st Tickets on sale October 23rd-24th, final' limit November 6th. Norfolk, Va. Norfolk Horse Show, Oc tober 17th-21st. Rate- of one first class fare plus 50 cents for admis sion to horse show. Tickets sold October 16th-21st, final limit Oc tober 23rd. Minimum rate including admission fee $1.00. For further information call on near est asent or address, . C. H. GATTIS, Traveling Passenger Agent, i Raleigh, N. c. Special Ratas via Southern Railway $3.15.-rRalelgh to Greensboro, N. C, and return account Central Car olina'' Fair. Tickets on sale October 9, id, 11, 12, and morn ing trains 13, final limit October 16, 1905. Rate includes one ad mission to the fair. $4.10. Raleigh to. Winston-Salem, N. C., and return account of For syth; County Fair. , Tickets on sale October 2nd to 4th, inclu sive, and for morning trains I October 5th, final return limit October 7, 1&0S. . Rate includes one admission to. the fair. $5.30. Raleigh to Richmond, Va,;x and return account Richmond Horse Show. Tickets on sale October 9th to 14th, inclusive, with - final return limit October 16th, 1905. Rate includes one admission Ho .the show. -. For full particulars call on any agent or address ' , . . , T. E. GREEN, C. T. A., " , Raleigh, N, c. Sptclal Ratttto Richmond Htras Show, Oc tobrJ0.1th . RaLh6? Sel1 tkets from intermediate fiS !, tchm,?nd return for one first class fare, plus 50 cents; Ihcludih one admission to the Horse Show Tick e s wm be sola October 9th io9& elusive, with final limit OctobV ith For further-information,?-' C. H. GATlSi ' ' cut prices on Trunka, Boy's Clothmcj and put the kmie deep into and Nainsook, Edgings the whole stock of stock r Ol goods, all now and between take orders. "HIS NAME IS 51)1 Employed on Legislature Iij Mutual Lite No Representative in North Carolina. But an Attorney Whenever Need edPaid Lawyer Named Pou Out Fee of $250 -; New Tork bet. 5orth Carolina figured before the jnsufance investi gating committee-at the hearing to day. Warren F. Thummel of the legal department of the Mutual Life testi fied that the company spent $15,000 for "watching legislation and taxxatlon" in 1904, and he was asked about rep resentatives in the various states. When Charles E. Hughes, the commit tee's counsel, asked him about ' North Carolina, Mr. Thummel said: "Well in North Carolina we have .c representative. We have an attorney there that we employ whenever th occasion arises. I never had occasi r to see him but once and it was a very small matter and I think - the fee he charged was $250. However, if I -hai occasion to go there I would go to see him. His name is Pou." Rollins' Recommendations Asheville, N. C., Oct. . 5. Special Thomas S. Rollins, chairman of the Republican state executive committed this afternoon recommended the ar-, pointment of J. Will Roberts of Mar shall for a clerkship in the officf of H.- S. Harklns. Mr. Roberts will as sume his duties November 1 ani succeed M. A. Chandling, resigiu i Mr. - Rollins has also recomnic nded for appointment t as postmistref 'a Sylva Mrs. Sadie J. Ixmg to svetrl her husband, J. R. Long, recently de ceased. Seyeral other applicant t r the place : withdrew in favor cf Long.? r -? Week-End and Sunday Excursion R:'e ' . s . -: ; .' ; ' . The .Seaboard announces comme; ' June 1st they Will sell week-end ti fro mall points to Mountain resor ? Western North Carolina inciv -i' Lincoln, Shelby, Rutherfordton, HiQ' ory, Lenoir, Bloiwg Rock and Ch ie' Rock. ' From points in North Carolina k-'3-Will Re sold for all trains Saturdi ari for S,unday forenoon trains .goc : re turning Monday following date of sa;e' except tickets to ; Blowing Roc k ar l J Chimney Rock, which will be Friday and Saturday trains goo. 1 re turning" tip to and; including Tucj-? following (".ate of sale. T "Tickets 'from Wilmington,; IN. C. lfl' Cliffs,' Hickory, Lenoir and tjuncolntf will be Sold Friday arid. Saturday fo0i retuniing following Monday, nn ruu