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HE WEATHER TODAY
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Vol. IX
FOUR EMINENT
.'ranhi irtuiuo-
UMUUNlANd'
Invited By the President to
Be His Guests
rn
OMPANY ROOSEVELT
Will Join President In Raleigh and
Go as Far as Charlotte The Two
Senators, the Governor and Col. A.
E. Andrews the Honored Men.
Attorney to Help Holtcn -'
V By THOMAS J. PENCE
TVr.shirJpton, Oct. 13. Special. Presi
v t Roosevelt has invited four distin
L.,:::hed .orth Carolinians to be his
sis aboard his train when he makes
win fltlf rough the state next Thurs
y. Thevj are Governor Glenn, Sena-
s Simmons and Overman and Col.
. B. Andrews, vice-president of the
' it hern Raikjway. They have each
:i asked 'to Join the presidential
a in as it leaves Raleigh, and will
ake the trip, to ' Charlotte with Mr.
l - se ejt. " ' .
I: - is very likely that Mr, Roosevelt
' spend two minutes at Lexington,
penile at that point are very anx
:'.. to have the president make a stop.
,:' : !y a brief one, and it is understood
t Secretary Loeb has given his" as
- ' i tf a change in the schedule as
angt'il, which makes provision for
is very brief halt in the movement of
i presidential special through the
' te.
Govm't Lawyer to Assist Holton
;;his afternoon the information was
.'tained that the department of jus
h a has decided to have a Topi-esenta-ve
at the trial of the cases involving
' revenue officers in Greensboro next
uary? who . will assist District At-
: r.ey Holton in the prosecutions.
V. ;hur B. Haj-Bs, the solicitor general
f the department of internal revenue,
" ho made the trip to Greensboro last
-k when Mr. Holton was taken ill,
: 1 pi'obably be given the assignment.
:'. 'iepaitment of justice has' no doubt
Mr. -Ho'Iton's ability to handle the
tuition, but from the standpoint "of
precaution it is desired that some one
id be mpnared to - takfi eharee of '
ie. prosecution in the event that the!ia"u JUI -. ,,1!"u"siuu w.
i-trict-attorney is unable to do so.
' . Hayes will familiariz ehimself with
ases that are to be tried, so that
M ill stand ready to give Mr. Holton
i the assistance in his power.
H -publican State v Chairman Rollins
J National Committeeman Duncan
rived here today, and this afternoon
;! an 'audience with Postmaster-Genii!
Cortelyou. Their visit relates,
i ' ig other things, to the appointment
' a postmaster at Morehead City,
" ich has bcjen. held up temporarily.
. !:.- chairman land the state comniittee
a endorsed Willis for the office, but
1 department thought that th2 in
:'ient should be named, and so the
! aination of J. C. B. Morton was an-
;n.-od. Nodecision has been reached
' h reference to this case, though it
- possible that an announcement will
made before Messrs. Rollins and
! n an leave here tomorrow.
The state chairman and the national
" "itnitteeman expect to call at the
"White House tomorrow. Rollins will
take up any important patronage
" :" ;'ier at this time, his present ar-
merit hpine- a. disnosition of the
urns in theearly part of the new j
About North Carolina
'1 "h re were fully fifty North Carolina
' i-. !H at the meeting of the Ameri
a - Bankers' Association in session
! i this week and it was a fine rep
i " ntation' of men as made by any
-'a'e in the union. The Tar Heels
in evidence everywhere, and it
i
o exasreeration to sav that thev
- w - v ...
ted credit on their state. More
ii anything else, they take pride in
fact that one of their number, Mr.
! erh G. Brown, the president of the
ix.tns National Bank of Raleigh,
elected a member of the execu
i .founcil for a term of three years.
Th. election! in itself, which was
i t ;i mously made ' today, was a very
-h honor, but in Mr. Brown's case
' i i c edent was broken, which is in
- -tive of the high rank that he has
ii among the leading financiers
America, a fact which North
i M'inians justly take pride in. The
' i-titution of the association pro-
! s that a man shall not be a mem
' of the executive council for two
U' -csive terms, but so strongly has
P.rown impressed himself on the
ankers of the country that he has
1 a r.ia'le a member of the council
.i'vc 'different times. There was an in
' i im h t.eeii each term, which did
p", iy with the constitutional obstruc
t i. Fov North Carolinians have im-pM-s-d
themselves so strongly in a
national Way and nonoinllv in such
P'-A.Mfiii and important circles as has
Mr
r-roun. t was mv nleasure to
"r -bankers from other states speak
of him in this appreciative way today.
" is predicted by many of his friends
that he will be the president of
the Bankers' , Association some1 day.
A. G. Bremizer of Charlotte was
elected f vice president of the associa
tion for North Carolina at the meet
ing today. Mr. Brown wa selected a
meinuer or me executive council at
the same time.
The postmaster - at Sar Creek ha
j offered $75 to the postofflce department
: in settlement of a claim against him.
I X-T r inrtnn 1 V. A. 1 t . -I
i-u'iicuus umi ms losses is the re
sult of a burglary. .-
-Representative Gudger of the Tenth
district is here and visited several of
the departments today.
Col. J. C. Li. Harris of Raleigh was
here yesterday.
Rural delivery carriers and substi
tutes - were appointed today as fol
lows: Route No. 2, Mount Gilead, R.
A. and Oscar R. Scarborough; route
No. 3, from Mount Gilead. Oscar R.
Scarborough and Robert A. Scarbor
ough; route No. 3, from Tobacco
ville, John H. Tangier and Julius C.
Long. ,
Fourth-class postmasters appointed
today at Creil, Haywood county. El
bert P. Haynes; at Roseman, Transyl
vania county, Liza L. Glazener; at
Sylva, Jackson county, Sadie J. Long.
Olney Murder Developments
Middletown, N. , Y., Oct. 13. All the
men who were held as witnesses in
the Olney case were dismissed from
custody toay. They are Milton Cud
deback, James and Arthur Conklin and
Martin Sigler. The authorities appear
to be starting back anew under the
direction of another Pinkerton detec
tive from New York.
Mrs.. IngericW's condition improves,
but. she has not been able to tell any
thing about the murders.
HELD ON OTHER CHARG
Peckham and Haas of Cotton
Leak Scandal
Charged With Conspiracy This Time
With Statistician Holmes Hear
ing Adjourned for One Week and
$19,000 Bonds Exacted.
New York, Oct. 13. Moses Haas and
F. A. Peckham, of the cotton leak inr
vestigation, were surrendered to Mar
shal Henkel this morning by Marx and
Miller, their counsel," on a complaint
sworn to by the assistant United States
attorney, C. S. Houghton, and based
on the new indictment found by the
3, charging them and former Associate
Statistician Holmes with conspiracy to
commit an offense against the govern
ment. The two men were arraigned before
United States Commissioner Ridgeway
on the bench warrant, issued by Chief
Justice Harry M. Clabaugh of the su
preme court of the District of Colum
bia on October 9.
Mr. Miller moved for their discharge
on the ground that the facts as stated
in the indictment failed to constitute
an offense against the government.
With the consent of United States
District Attorney Burnett and First
Assistant Clarence "S.. Houghton, the
hearing was adjourned until a week
from tomorrow, pending the submit -ting
of briefs on the point. The men
were released in $1 0,000 each.
On August 6 Peckham telegraphed
Haas to come Jo Washington, where
he met Holmes, say3 the indictment,
and afterward began a . long corre
sppndence with him. In this Holmes is
alleged to have furnished information
to Van Riper which the latter used on
the cotton market. The profits were
divided up among the four men, says
The commission lasted from August
to December, 1904, it is charged, and
operated principally in cotton to be
delivered in March, 1504. Over $250,
000 "was. made and divided by the
quartet, besides which, information ac
cording to the indictment was appar
ently furnished to other cotton brokers
The new indictment against the thrfe
'ft loaU" men contains two counts.
tlVJll v.
rpne fjrst charges conspiracy to com
mit an offense against the government
through procuring and divulging ad
vance information. The second count
charges conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment through the alleged scheme
between the three men and L. C. Va.4
Riper of New York to make large sum'f
of money by playing the cotton mar
ket according to Holmes' information.
On June 2, 1904, charges the indictment,
a certified copy of which accompanies
the warrant, Holmes, Peckham and
Haas entered into the conspiracy.
Holmes was to furnish the advance In
formation. Haas and Ptckham " ere
to act as go-betweens and furnish the
man with the money. On August He
was procured, as is alleged, in the er
son of L. C. Van Riper of New Tt rk.
This Ought to Settle It
London, Oct. 13. Inquiries in govern
ment quarters here elicited the infor
mation that England has informally
assured Germany that the question of
aiding France never, arose. fanc3
did not ask for neip, ana ureal uni-
ain did not offer to help her.
RALEIG-H.
GIANTS TAKE ,
New Yorfe Defeats Phila. by
Score ot I to 0
M'GINTY AT HIS BEST
Again a Pitcher's Battle Eddie
Plank for the Quakers Did Well
But McGinty of New Yorks Out
classed Him At Polo Grounds
Witnessed by 13,000 People
New York, Oct. 13. Three-fourtha of
the world's championship at baseball
,is now within the grasp of the New
j Yorks. They defeated the Philadelphia
Americans one to nothing at the Polo
grounds today in the fourth game of
the series.
McGinnity was at his best today. His
mind was concentrated on his worfi, he
studied every attitude of the opposing
batsman and rushed the ball through
with a studied purpose in every pitch
and with results that showed that he
knew what to give the different Phila
delphia batters. His arm worked free
ly, and he pitched a good many balls,
but the more he used the less the visi
tors were able to get hold of them.
The game was a pitchers' battle and
the one run that the New Yorks made
in the fourth inning was a storm-proof
barrier in the, way of the Athletics.
Eddie Plank, of Philadelphia, pitched
high grade ball himself. He had good
control of his fast, wide curves, and
I the scope of base hits was five for each
side. It was the most stubborn, hard
fought game of the four and a good
measure of the difference between the
two teams was the fact that the New
Yorks' game was errorless and the
Phillies made one error. That one er
ror eventually resulted in a run. But
whereas the Phillies had no man who
could make a hit when there was a
man within striking1 distance of tha
plate. ,-Tfre New Yorks did have such
a one and the player who made the
hit that drove in the run was Gilbert,
whose hits are less frequent " than
timely.
Plank showed his gameness by the
! way he fielded his position and broke
i up New York's bunting game and he
was stout of heart, too, with men on
bases. Plank had more assists on
ground balls than all the rest of his
team put together, the New York bat
ters hitting in the air a good deal or
striking out. The slim scoring, to the
contrary notwithstanding there was a,
good deal of action in the game, men:
on bases often and the Phillies had
more snap and aggressiveness in their
! play than before.
The attendance was not what it
would have been had the day -been
warmer,- the official count being 13,
000. The score :
Score by innings:
Philadelphia 00000000 00
New York 0 0 01 0 0 0 0 1
PHILADELPHIA.
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Hartzel, If. ..
Lord, cf
1
4
...Y 4
.... 4
..... 3
3
..... 4
..... 3
1
..... 3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
2 0
2 0
8 10
1 1
! Davis, lb. ...
L. Cross, 3b. .
Seybold, rf. .
Murphy, 2b. .
M. Cross, ss.
Powers, c.
Hoffman (X)
Plank, p.
4
0
0
6
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
5
Totals
.30 0
24 8
NEW YORK.
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Bresnahan, c. ..
DonHn, cf.
McGan, lb. .
Morles, If. ......
Dahlen, ss. '.....
Devlin, 3b. .....
Gilbert, 2b. .....
McGinnity, p. ..
2
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
6
0
0
2
2
2
4
0
10
1
1
4
0
0
Totals . 27 1 5 27 10 0
Hoffman : batted for Plank in the
ninth inning.
Summary. Left on bases, New York
7, Philadelphia-8; first base on balls, off
McGinnity 3, off Plank 2; struck out,
by McGinnity 4, by Plank 6; two-base
hit, Devlin; sacrifice hits, Donlin, Mc
Gann, Devlin, Hartzel, Murphy; stolen
bases, Hartzel; passed ball. Powers.
Umpires, O'Day and Sheridan. Time
of game, one hour and fifty-five min
utes. Attendance 13,598.
Exhibition Games
At Boston
Boston (N) .
Boston (A)
Batteries:
nehill and
R.H.E.
......0 00 00 0 0 2 0 2 8 3
.......40 1000 10 6 6 0
Willis and Moran; Tan
Armbruster. Umpires,
O'Loughlin and Emslie.
At Chicago: R.H.E
Chicago (N) ......0 3 000 00 003 3 2
Qhicago (A) ......00100 00102 6 2
Batteries: Weimer and Kling; White
and Sullivan. Umpires, Connolly and
Johnsone.
At St. Louis: R.H.E.
St. Louis (N) ....000000100 1 6 0
N. C. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1905
St. Louis (A) .....00000011 2 '5 0
Batteries: Taylor and Grady; Pow
ell and Spencer. Umpire, Klem.
SIR HENRY IRVING DEAD
Greatest of English Actors and Well
Known in America
London, Oct. 13. Sir Henry Irving,
the greatest of English actors, is dead
from a sudden stroke" of syncope.
Physicians were summoned immedi
ately the seizure occurred, but appar
ently they could have done nothing
to save him even if they had been
present when he was attacked.
All the performances " billed during'
Sir Henry's stay had I been carried out
punctually. He had acted the exhaust
ing part of Mathias iit "The Bells," the
previous night with all the vigor of his
best da vs.
Sir Henry was giving a series of
farewell performances at Bradford
where he died. He appeared at the
Theatre Royal, and was apparently en
joying his customary; health. He re
turned to his hotel, where he was sud
denly attacked by syncope at 11:30
o'clock and he died in a few minutes
without speaking.
Advance in Mill Wages
Fall River, Mass., Oct. 13. Although
no omcial action has been taken yet
in the wage matter by the Cotton
...x " is unaer-
eluuu amuug mm men toaay mat an
advance will soon be granted. It will
be either a 5 or 7 per cent and will be
given with the understanding that iz
shall hold for a definite time, at the
end of which another increase will be
if the trade conditions will warrant it.
INNOCENT MEN KILLED
First Convicted and Tnen Shot
While Escaping
.
Real Murderer Confesses and Then
. . .
Kills Himself Notable Case in
'
Which Jailer's Wife Figured Four
Years Ago Recalled
Pittsburg, Oct. 13. -The local police
bureau today recAi-ec a letter from
James B. Smith, warden of , the South
ern Indiana penitentiary at Menard in
which is a confession made by a
prisoner named James' M. Brown, in
which he states that he and two com
panions murdered Thomas D. Kahney,
tne Mount Washington. Pa., grocei, for
which crime Ed. and Jack Biddle and
Wa 1 for- TlArmon morn nnnvitoil in 1001
" "-. ...
Brown committed suicide after mak-
Ing the confession October 9. It will
be remembered that the authorities in
capturing the Biddies had a fight, in
which Fitzgerald of Pittsburg was
killed.
The Biddies and Dorman were con
victed of the murder and sentenced
to hang. The Biddlest, through help
from Mrs. Kate Sorrel, the jail war
den's wife, escaped and were be '.'a
killed in a fight with a possee in But-,
ler counts. Mrs. Soffel, Avho was cap- i By resolution the convention resented
tured with them, was sent to the peni- frequent alleged reports that the asso
tentiary. i ciatlon placed noted criminals on salary
In the confession received by the to prevent their' continued fraudulent
police department today Brown said
he and two companions murdered
Kahney in 1901. After robbing the
i body it was thrown into the river. He
went west from Pittsburg. At Terre
Haute Brown got in trouble and was
sent to the Indiana peniteitary. In his
confession he said a picture of him
would be found in the public safety
building.
The Pittsburg police were inclined
to jest oyer the confession until they
examined the "gallery," as directed!
and found Brown's photograph as he
said. There are many persons here:
who have ever maintained that
Biddies did not murder Kahney.
the
U. S. SOLDIERS KILLED
Result of a Deplorable Accident Du-
iaiB -
Junction City, Kas., Oct. 13. During ' them heartily to JapanJ General Bur
target practice by the twenty-ninth net of the British army and other
battery of field artillery today, forty-. military attaches, who have arrived
eight horse, some with soldiers on their here from the front, were received in
backs, others with riders ; dragging, j the audience simultaneously,
tangled in the harness plunged over a All the visitors subsequently- had
cliff with eight .gun limbers. Horses, ; lunch with the Imperial family. Prince
riders and equipment landed' in a con- Arisugawa, the elder statesman and
fused mass at the botom. the cabinet officers also were present.
Private Laste was instantly killed The emperor has placed the Shiba
and two privates were so severely in-- palace at the disposal of Admiral Noel
jured they " are expected to die. Four j and his party.
others are in hospital with broken! The city today is again filled with
limbs and internal injuries. A large British sailors "and marines, engaged
nnmViPv- of other artillerymen were ; in sightseeing. All classes are most
painfully hurt.
Cotton Field Agent Appointed
Houston, Oct. 13. F. N. Gray has
been appointed special field agent in
the cotton Investigation by Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson. For the pres
ent his headquarters will be at Hous
ton. Mr. Gray will he one of the
: ' v. r
of conditions. He has been editqr and
proprietor of the Rice Industry pub-
lished here.
CHARGE
Bankers Do Not Pension
Smart Criminals
CONVENTION ADJOURNS
After Most Successful Meeting in Its
History Handsome Presents for
Retiring Officers Committee on
Banking Legislation Appointed.
The New Officers
"Washington, Oct. 13. The most suc
cessful convention in the thirty year3
history of the American Bankers' As-
socIation came to a close today
If for
no other reason, the pronounced and
almost unanimous stand taken; by the
representative financiers of the coun
try upon the .subject of ship subsidy,
through the Lowry resolutions adopted
: yesterday, would carry the emphasis
; necessary to make the present' conven
' tion the most noteworthy evh held.
The following officers were elected:
j President Mr. John L. Hamilton,
! vice-president Hamilton & Cunning
i ham, Hoopeston, 111. '
First Vice-President C. C. Whitsan,'
ice-president National Bank, New
ork City.
j Members of the executive council for
three years Henry B. Wilcox, cashier
i of the First National Bank, Baltimore;
! George. M. Reynolds, vice-president
Contine-tal National Bank, Chicago;
! Milton E- Eaiies, vice-president Riggs
I National Bank, Washington; J, L. Ed-
' wards, president Merchants National
j Bank, Burlington, Iowa; J. J. Sullivan,
President Cential National Bank, Cleve-
president Northwestern National Bank,
Minneapolis, Minn.; A. C. Lupton,
Hartford City, Ind.; H. P. Hillier, Me
chanics American National Bank, St.
Louis, "Mo.; L- A. Pierson, National
Exchange Bank,.-New York City; J. G.
Brown, president Citizens National
Bank, Raleigh, N. C.
Mr. C P. Allis of the Second National
Bank of Erie, Pa., advocated a system
of insurance for national bank deposits.
He said that an annual assessment of
$100 paid by national banks would have
paid all losses to depositors from bank
failures in the last five vears. besides
t s js an nnn n ii...
leaving a surplus 01 .uuu.uw, ana tua.t
an annual assessment of 8225 for the
iast forty years would haVe paid all
sch losses durine that Period. Mr.
Allis said the fact must be recognized
;
ipd
that there is an underlying current of
mistrust of banks pervading every
community. This is augmented by the
weekly report of bank failures. Mr.
Allis indicated that the best way .-'was
to have the government supervise this
insurance. The discussion ended with-
, out action.
operations. No such, arrangements
were ever made with wrong-doers, it
was declared.
Handsome silver punch bowls were
presented to Mr. Swinney, the retiring
president, and to Mr. Branch, the sec
retary of the association, upon the com
pletion of his ten years' service in that
position.
A committee of five on banking legis
lation was authorized, on motion of
G. M. Reynolds of Chicago.
-"
EMPEROR WELCOMES ADMIRAL
'
' v t'
Mikado Receives British Army and
- -
Navy Representatives
Tokio, Oct. 13. The emperor , of
Japan received Vice Admiral Sir
Noel, commander of the British squad
ron now at Yokohama, and his staff
captains in the Phoenix hall of the'
,iar(, this mnrnine. and welcomed
hospitable. Yesterday's program
athletic games, etc., was repeated.
of
MISS ALICE'S SHIl SAILS
Presidents Daughter and Traveling
Companions On Way Home
votoVinmn not. 13 The Pacific mail
.r.tMm.hin fiihori. saii for San Fran-
cisco this afternoon with Miss Alice
. Roosevelt and her traveling compan-
I ions and E. H.fi Harriman, president
FALSE
IS RESENTED
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany and his party on board.
The distinguished Americans were
given a great send-off by the Japa
nese, the resident foreigners and the
city officials.
Before his departure Mr. Harriman
said: -
"We have been treated with the. ut
most courtesy and consideration by all
classes of the Japanese people and
largely because we are Americans. We
had no disagreeable experiences. At
Tokio Dr. 'Lyle was accidentally
with a stone when not with
party, he being unknown to his
hit
the
as-
sailants.
"I believe there is a market here
for American goods, but they should
be handled by Americans directly rep
resenting the shippers, who should
closely follow the styles and quality (
of goods demanded in this market.
Then there will be a gradually increas
ing trade between the two countries,
but it cannot be developed suddenly."
Fatal Mine Fire
Washington, Pa., Oct., 13. A bad mine
disaster occurred today at Fredericks
town, a mining village on the north
side of Washington county. A crossed
wii-e in the shaft of one of the five
mines of the Clyde Coal Company there
set fire to some woodwork and a dis
astrous fire resulted and is still rag
ing, xne nve mines communicate ana
all reported as being in a bad state
tion reaching the county seat at mid-
night there were 100 men in the mines
,t tm(j the flre broke Qut and
there was some difficulty in rescuing
them. Two are dead and six miners,
five of them Americans, are reported
still in the mine out of reach of assist
ance. '
JEROME IN THE COLD
Republicans Also Refuse to
Nominate Him
New York County Republicans Name
Judge Flammer for Dist. Attorney.
Candidate for Mayor Wanted Je
rome, But Leaders Did Not
' - '
New York, Oct. 13. The. Republicans
held their boroueh and countv conven-
tlons tonight. They refused to
re
nominate Jerome for district attorney
and Judge Gildersleeve for supreme
comt justice. Fights were made for;
Gildersleeve and Jerome on the floor ;
of the convention. j
After ex-Justice Flammer, who was
nominated for district attorney, was !
nrnnnl for tVinf nfFlpft St. dfilftSTfltft rose I
- r , "
and proposed Jerome. His name was
cheered wildly. It was a spontaneous
i and impulsive outbreak of enthusiasm,
i . . -t .
i When tne vote was counted tnere were
only nine for Jerome while Flammer
received 237.
Ivans, the candidate for mayor, want-
ed Jerome on the ticket, but the district
leaders all opposed Jerome
ATf-5r?
Ingraham, Addons and Newburger were
nominated on the county ticket for
justices of the supreme court and
Charles A. Flammer fr district attor
ney. '
JEROME TALKS
He Does Not Seem tO Be Certain Of
i a "Rp-PlPrtion
do the same." .
New York, Oct. 13. District Attorney j Senator Foraker says he has drawn'
William T. Jerome, speaking of his & bm wnl(,h will be presented Novem
independent campaign for re-election . ber Avh;en the interstate commerce
and the fact that Tammany Hall nomi- ! commtee meets in which the "erriei.s
nated a candidate to oppose him at j can bg jqujrect to make not only rea
last night's Democratic county con- j sonable through but reasonable1 local
vention, said today: j rates. Whether the carriers can be
-I am in this fight to stay, and will .'onjoined from reducing rates below a
make it over the heads of the bosseV minimum named will be a- question
directly between the people and myself. fQr thQ ccurts to determine. When a
I predict now that nominations of Par COrnplaint is mada it shall be the duty
ty candidates have been made by one . ... -i1irt ln nrn,P summarilv to
man ,and sometimes by a coterie of
i men. These men are usuany semsn,
I T 1 1 T a A w i tr rAN110H T"
wnoiiy iirebpoiisiuie inu uu .
Iv corrupt. Ldo not say, of course, tnat
all are corrupt. From what I have
heard, I believe that John Kelly, the
former Tammany Hr.ll leader, was , an
honest man.
"I have spoken about certain men In
the Republican organization in the past
and what I said then was true. I do
not see why they should be any too
favorable to me now. It makes no dif-
ference to me, whether I am elected or
not. I can make a living at any time,
but at the, same time I shall put up
a strong fight."
' '
SHOCKLEY RELEASED
Barkeeper Who Clubbed a Man to
Death Admitted to Bail
Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 13. Special.
M. W. Shockley, charged with the mur
der of Frank Talbert, a stone cutter,
was released today under a J7.S00 bond.
Hib Dona was signea Dy uapt. jonn w.
tl&rper. snocetiey iormeny , owiiea a
barber shop and also conducted a f-a-
, loon. Frank Talbert and a clerk in the
' saloon got in a fight in front of the!
saloon and Shockley clubbed Talbert,
causing hideath on he following day
The assault occurred on the night of
July 29th.
No. 117
OPEN LETTER
FROM FORMER
A Severe Criticism of Escti
Townsend Measure
BILL A FATAL FALLACY
Quotes Judge Cooley Against the Pro
prosed Railroad Rate Legislation.
Dose Not Want One Section to Bar
Out Another Section '. Foraker
Will Introduce a Bill
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 13. Senator
Foraker tonight, in an open letter of
about 5' words replies to criticisms
of the receivers and shippers' associa
tion of this city, which were made, in
a 'long open letter on his Bellfontaine
speech and other railroad rate utter
, ances. The association's attention was
called to its j intimation, that he might
"straddle" the question, as "not being
respectful,"1 ; and says it is the first
time he has ever been so charged,
i He reiterates his j objectiona to plac
J ing rate-making pqfwer with the inter
state commission and expresses hisi
I belief that such procedure "would not
! be effective or wise 'or, in short, be
anything but disastrous."
He says: "Your statement develops
what, to my mind, is the fatal fallacy
of the Esch-Townsend bill and any
I other similar proposition to confer the
power it proposed on the interstate
commerce commission. It proceeded,
as your association in its letter to me,
upon the theory that it is possible to
challenge a single rate as unreason-
j able, have it -condemned and substitute
therefor one single rate."
He savs that rates so overlap each
other and are so independent that
j such tinkering is clearly impossible,.
j "We do not want as a community the
rates so adjusted that one section will
bar'out the cither. We want thecom-
modifies of both."
The senator quotes Judge Cooley as
saying that the exercise of such, power
by the commission in a
country-
so
a
larsre as ours and with -s vast
mileage of roads would be assuming
a . "superhuman" task.
The senator continues: "It is be
cause the exercise of this power can-
not be limited to a single rate, but
; mii'tt pmhrapp pvprv case hundreds and
;
. P088 rltef of
j mately ,al1 tn.!S, ' , '
Tnor i nn nnr i nin k ii vv -. ki in irr
; - - .--
the power on the .interstate commerca
commission or in any . other political
agency appointed by . President Roose-
tyelt or any other president unless it
t Can De snOWll Uia.L uieic in.inf uuici
way to remedy the evils that are com
plained of, and I do not think any
such thing can be shown. Your talk
of a contest between the president
and the senate is likewise gratituous.
I do not think the president -desires a
test with the senate and I krw the
senate does not desire a contest 'wjjth
the president. At the same time " I
thinlj- thft nresident will do his duty
j according to his best judgment with-
I out fear and I think the senate will
enact it to do so, postponing all other
desire.
EQUITABLE'S DIRECTORS
Trustees Recommend Two New Men
for the Directorate
New York. Oct. 13. John D. Kenan
of Eureka, Nv Y., and Willio m C. Ref -field
of Brooklyn were recommended
for election to the "board of directors
; of the Equitable at a meeting of the
j trustees of that society today.
Mr. Kenan is a member of the rsew
York state railroad commission and
Mr. Rediiicld is a manufacturer.
The trustees also prepared a circulai
which he said would be sent to al'
policy-holders, "inviting an expressior
of their wishes touching the selection
from the number of persons to be voted
for tke trustees for directors of the so
ciety at-the annual meeting to be heW
: on December 6"
The board of trustees is composed o'.
fnrTT,r -president Grover
Cleveland
, Justce Morgan, J. O'Brien and Georg
-yy-ggtinghouse.
Bingham Defeats Oak Ridge
Asheville, N. C, Oct. 13. Special.
' Eingham school defeated Oak. Ridge in
a game of h re J13 a"cr7'
by the score of 2D to 0. The game