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THE . RALEIGH EVENING TIMES.
RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1906.
PRICE 5c.
VOLUME 27.
MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THE DEFEATED
AUTOCRATS OF
POST OFFICE
HASTY TRIAL
COLLEGE BUILD- DOLLIVER FOR
1 SPRINGFIELD ROWDIES
BANTAM DEAD
BEGAN TODAY
ING WIPED OUT
THE RATE BILL
Whole Gangs Arrested by
Police and Military Before
ATTACKS ON NEGROES
Twenty-Five ArrjiiKncd Four Who
Wore Charged With Cui-ryiiiK Con
cealed Weapons llesides lllotiiigj
Were Fined $300 Kaeli anil Oosls
um Kent to Work House Till Jiotli
Am Paid Those Charged With
Disorderly Conduct Were
$50 and Costs.
'Ined
(lly the A;soei.-ilod Pros.
Springfield, 0 March 1. Oua
1 bv
two companies of the Third regiment
the primmer!), Kdward Dean and Prea
nn I,ndd, were' brought, here from
Pay Inn fit lJ.tyt p. in. unlay ami taken
to the city hospital to lie Idc 'in Iliad hy
Marin Davis. tn wounded brakoman.
The prisoners were la charge of Slier. d!
Almony and Deputy Lawrence of tlilii
eiiy nnd Sheriff Wright of Dayton.
The joiirnev was .made In fi spe
I
iul
ear over the Dnvioil. Springfield Ar I'r
hfinn Traction line. Tin pris mors wcie
taken from the ear a" North and I'luni
streets and iiuii'ched to-the lion p! i ;i i tvii
blocks away. Thero was no disturb
ance on the way Co the hospital, in
their coming was not generally knowr.
Davis, the wounded hrakemnn. idin
tifiod Edward Dean, 1ml f.iiled to ido:i.
tifv Dadd. :.'-".,.
Twenty-five rioters were ai T.'iixiu-d i.i
police court this mosniug. .Sixteen
were charged wl; h ' rioting, fojr i f
w hom hud the : aiklilioivil charge .o:'
carrying concealed weapon.- . -'.I hes
four vvre e:ich lined t'iM and costs ami
sent to'-ilie enla workhouse uniil ibe
fine nnd corns are paid. -Tims? c! in "wed
with disorderly-conduct were lined V'
and costs, ....
Springfield. O., March 1. When ilie
sun rose this morning this cily was at
peace, and aside-from the presence of
. militiamen - there was no visible evi
dence of the dlsord'-ny seonos of -.n
night.
Afier playing n game nr tag wliii
Various bands of youthful rowdies, w ho
for four or live hours last night cans-ii
iiiost of the disorder, .he militia at an
early hour settled down to rest in ap
parently complete- (oatiol of tlie i.
luition. Ii was noi, however, until
Colonel Cliarles Ainnnl. commanding
the -eight -companies of soidicrs. issued
orders to arrest whole pat tics of men
Who were found congregated at one
place, and who in some instances re
fused nt first to disperse, tint Iho dis
order was brought in,o check."- .'I la
plan adopted by the military .was to
surround a group of men and youths,
mid if they did not lininedhtiely dis
perse, place litem under nrres. ami
conduct them to JieaiUitiarters.
The first result, of this plan was -the
arrest of a gang of font leen row dies by
a squad of police commanded by Ser-Kcanl-Johiiftntl.
Within half nn hour
Major Matsha'U of iho Fourth regi
ment, commanding a detachment of the
troops, .rounded tip another phrty- m
nine and took thorn to hemUiuarters.
from this time forward the crowds oi
the streets began to disappear and the'
disorder ceased.
In the meantime there was int ent-e
excitement, -whieh was augmented -every
little While during the night by I
the news of-a fresh m;;hie:iK some
where. Wildly exaggerated reports of
burning and shooting were circulated
during the earlier hours of the night.-
Few people slept until long afler mid
night.' The net results of the night's
troubles, however, were not" so serious
ns the riotous Heenes might naittrally
have been expected to produce.
Three 'houses occupied ly colored
families were burned and several oTheiM
were stoned. One of the burned IioUses
was in York street, another in "Harii
mm and life' third in Sycamore. All
three, in-different localities, hut in col
ored districts. '
Two persons were injured' during the
night.: Sarah 'Thornton, - 'colored, sus
tained a broken leg by jumping front. u
window, and a 15-yeaV-oTd-W'hite boy,
Oria Wlllisreeetved a load of buckshot
In his leg vVldle a crowd wan 'atoning a
house in the rear ftf St. Joseph's" church.
At an early hour this morning Mayor
James M, Todd. Chief of Po fee Richard
E. O'Brien and the commanding ihitit'a
officer, Colonel C. S. Ammel, united in
the following statement: ; r.'.
'It rests with Police Judge J. J.
Miller to end the rlols this Inorning or
to encourage their rnnt in uancc. Th
men and' boys who were taughC red
handed by thc; police and militia last
night will be arraigned before Judge
Miller this morning. If he deals with
them with all the severity the case
nierlts the rioters who arc sent anced
(Continued on page eight.)
BACK FROM CHINA BLIND;
Public School Efforts ass
Cause of Trouble
Baptist Missionary Who Has Spent j
Thirty-Five Years nt Canton, Says ,
Foreign Itesidents .Ire Living in
("onsliint Fear of n Violent Out-j
hrenk.
(TSy the Assm ialod Press.)
Seattle, Wash., .March 1. After!
spending iliirly-five of Iho best years!
of his life tit, On num. China, ns Bap- !
list, missionary, Itov.- 10. Z. Simmons
returned io America on the Dakota,
totally blind.
With his wife Mr. Simmons left,
last nlht. for Nashville. He is del or--mined
to ret urn to China, whether
his sighi is restored or noi.
'Dr. Simmons says iho recent ef
forts of l lie government to estahlisli
;i public school system, In which Iho
people are opposed, particularly in
the teaching of the ICnglish language
: schools, is responsible for the unrest
j.'ind the anil-foreign fooling. Kor
I riiin residents: of ('anion, lie says.
I !i re 1 i v t n ir
in constant, fear ol a vio
jlenl
outhrenk. lie declares the
strength of the lioyeoit al Canton is
due to ihn fact that ii. is being cn-
l,ourn
ed hy I he Chinese in America,
the groat or pari, of whom came from
Canton province.
HEARST PLEA DENIED
Attorney General Won't Break :
Traction Merger '
Admits Hint Plan Is a Monopoly
Hi,t
Holds (hat It Is Permissible I'll
dcr the Laws of New York State.
Kigllts of Stockholders.
U'.v the- Associated Press.)
Albany. X.-Y.. .March I. --Attorney
(oiierul Mayor today 'announced thttt.
ho had denied the implication of Wil
liam l. Hearst, demanding that- the
aijorney general begin proceedings to
r.mitil the charier of the . Iniorho-lough-Moii'opolli.'tii
Holding Com
pany. usidei' which iho merger of iho
New York Tract ion .companies is in
tended to be offerrunied.
The attorney jS'iieral holds that
the proposed merger will constitute
a monopoly of the present elevated
surface and subway syKteins in Man
hattan and the JSronx, but that such
monopoly in si root transportation is
permissible -under the laws of the
si me. As to the claim that under the
proposed merger full value will not
bo received hy those exchanging
slocks in t lie existing companies for
the stock of the Interborotigh-Motro-politan
company, the ittiorney gen-,
oral says, that, no stockholder can be
compelled to exchange his stock in
voluntarily. U" stockholders objee',
to the proposed merger the courts are
open to them.
BANK FAILED TODAY
Concern at Fort Smith, Ark.
. ,
is Forced to Close
Southern Hank and Trust Company
Sold Its Interests to Attorney Who
"Will Kndeavor to Make Settlement
.With Depositors. Asseta '; Equal
Liabilities. '
- '.,
(By- tS Associated Iiw)
Fort Smith, Ark., March 1.- The
.Southern Bank and Trust Company, a
recent corporation with an author
l;:t?d capital of $fi00,000, failed to
open its doors tod:iv. A notice was
posted to the effect that the bank in
terests had been sold to Thomas Xeal,
an attorney of Fort Smith, who it was
stated, would liny all depositors in
lull. - :..':
The deposits aiuount to $S0"f.
The assets'; consisting of notes, loans,
discounts and office fixtures,
to about a like sum.
. The Southern Dank
and
'
Company was a branch of the South-1
crn Bank & Trust -Company of Pal-!
jlus, Texas. . j
Knocked Out Last Night, le
Dies Today
PUGILIST HARRY TENNEY
ankle Xeil, ilie Bantam Champioii,
Bested Tenney in San Francisco,
Knocking Him Down and Out in
Fourteenth Hound, After Severe
Punishment.
-(Hy the AswK-laled
Press.)
March I.
knocked out
nstn l nfneisoo, ( al..
Harry Tenney, who was
1 i,, , ))V Frankie Xeil. the b
i ,iinl ( hampion pugilist, died today.
n-
Death undoubtedly was the resu!: of
'tin' brnting Tendey iveelved in Iho ring.
! From .the time lie was c:irried I'ln-ii
j his conicr lust, inirht. - limp and a',1 bill.
( lift less, Tenney Mink rupidiy. .
l'liysK-iatiH who reniaini'd at the he !
, Fltle realised his il"sper,iie cond Co i
find g:i ve Vai-nlng that de:uh mlghl i'
expected , if
i icsnsciiaied.
: Some line
by iiiomot -
necleil with
the .fighter- .eou'ld not-" b.:
it bin !i sh rt 1 i,,,'-.
siiu ss v.as fe i last nigf.i
!. s;i-onils( and others, cmr-
.1:0 Colltost. v-licn I liO crl.,-
dit ion of Tenney a
was noted. ! le w cut
.hard ! ft hand blosv
:r . (!ij knockout
own bef'.-re Xoi 'r;
lim ing : In four- '
teenlh
of. ill'
him o:i
I tcl'ei i-i
pletiou
round,
i iog.
;. bin.
Uoch
of the
falling rear the center
The timekeeper counted
iiv ilie no'se of . shouting
' - did. ii 1 1 1 henr tlr.r mm-
count.' and when I enn
.1
staggered to
to proceed.
hi ' feet
red the lis
-Man Francisco, 11 arch l.i Frank to)
Noil, American baniain weight chain-'
pion, liisi nigh! successfully defended I
his title by knocking out. Harrv Ten-I
ney in iho fnuriccnih round at- .le-i
haniou Pavilion, At. no time - was :
Neil in danger of losing. He oui--lottgm.
Tenney from siari. to finish.!,
Neil played !n,.,c v. nil j onney's lai
r
: J'lsl1-
early in the eontesl. and in ilie
round almost closed 'I'ennv
i eye with a terrific left hook. Noil
main reliance wtis his left, which he
placed witlt wonderful accuracy and
seldom failed to connect with eillter
lentioy s ,i;iw or .body when ho cut
x
loose. Tie seldom used his tight.
As early as the fourth round
; had his man groggy. He played for
. Teimey's tiic:' nnd body, at
the gong fling Tcnnev went
u w uenj
wobblv i
to his. corner. It was the same storv
... . . i
all through mo Inglii. Neil coiitin
eed to boat Tenney about al will, his
body blows being especially powerful.
Only once did -Tenney -appear m have
a chance.-. This was in the -seventh
.round when afier a furious rally in
. which he was being badly worsled.
; Tenney caught Neil on the jaw with
: a right swing ihnl sent him almost to
i lie ropes. -He took l ho count, bin
on regaining his feel his head cleared
i and he succeeded in evening matters.
The eleventh saw the beginning ot
the end. Xeil kept, constantly al'tei;
Iciinoy plaining his loft to the-body-and
jaw with men-ileus precision. In
the fourteenth it nil last round, Ten
ney suffered such punishment, us has
seldom boon adiiiiiiistenid to it pugi
list in i he local ring. .."Xeil sinned
the round , with a terrific left body
smash that, sent Tenney reeling
against, the ropes. -Another, blow
similarly applied,-, sent Tenney to the
floor for the count of nine. .He got
up groggy and Neil, mining blow af
ler blow on his helpless antagonist,
finally sent Tenney io the Moor from
a succession of loft, body and face
Referee Hoche .counted him out. He
. was in bad shape and presented a pit-,
; iiihle sight as lie was carried to his j
j corner, where ins- Handlers woi-kcci
ion him for several minules-io round
; him info shape. .
! Xeil escaped without a mark. He
announced that, he would at: once
! challenge- Jim Bowker, the English;
j champion, who got a decision over
Neil in London a year ago.
- - Xeil was favorite in the bet ling
'at odds of 10 to S. The dads fought
at .120 pounds ringside. '
ARMOUR PLANT IN
PHILADELPHIA BURNED
. Ry ibe 'Associated Press.)
Philadelphia,; March '. Fire- caused
imounth-v the. explosion of a gas stove today
! destroyed the storage and distributing
!..!..... 4 ........... S. .... ,!,-. nnrt ht-iiMt
. m-iici .f A i.-i.;-!fMi ii onri "Vori'ts streets.
TUo llSSI ilf cst1a(e,,"nt $ir,n.'too. The
buUdintf was. fllie'l with drensed meats
and provisions.
Congress Wants to Know
A CASE FROM GEORGIA
t iiion N'cvts of Thomnsloii Wiih De
nied the Highf- of Second Class
Mail Kate and John sharp Wiiiinms
.lumps on the . "Auiocraiie Bu
reau" Other diallers.
I
(l!v the Associated 1'rcs.-.)
'il.ingiuii, '.March l.-Tirj hou -:e. on
iig todny agreed to n sfnalc joint
iiio-.i wblcli eoiuir.iu's the y ibid
Wa
in eel I
I'rSMLi
govciiinien: of the five ci lli.i'd li'ilies
nl" Imlians in the Indian 'ler.ion v ii-iin
the nroocrtv of the Iud..i:is siial. be
! disclosed o". ' '
.'I'll1' passage, .Of a- r:
iHIMiii ilie tiostmastev v
jloiniailoM and reasons
News of Tliomastoiii, i
1 1 -ii
for
tii.1
t'lilHii
:!" 'a-
1 'nioa
had
lii-fi
nd -
rx"
elodcil I'roni lhe.mai's it'i,-j-nialthpr
1'uralnlied tile iexi. I'ui
ehes
.Ml';.
th:1
hy : Mr. I'Mytlott -(orf(,tit)
ilbiims (.Mississippi i, -i .;i.
"a ciioi-i a tit- bureau i iiii " of
ottice dclial I lllent.
- .The .ii niy npprop; iahjii'.'.i .
taken ii(i for further "-oii-iik.
l'r..vi:Mons4 for a. . Jr.it.i.; i' e
and - V; -$i:i.'!iirt 'irpeslo 'p'ni!
iii-1'Cii Oil in Ilie hill on :i i-. -iai
1"
bill w as I
tini). .
lie fillip
r ei o
it" order.
held that ilie t i:i:
0 y
iitiaus
. o-t-i:.
committer-, hud no jmisdi;
cit her 'aiibj'cet,:': - ' -: .
THE JAPANESE
RAVE
A Second Apnea! is Issued
I , . - ' , -., :
for Relief
iiiSTORIES OF
Women Are t ovcring Their I'abics
Willi Their Own Clothing. I lag
ged and Hungry Men Face Snow
and lor 111 :M Itiinging Wood
I coin .Mountains.
ll-.v the A :'' .
.: Seattle. Wa ii..
steamship I . t K . . . ; i
from Nagasaki that
.1 Pic-..)
March' I .-The
brings advices
the famine sii-
tint ton
in t hty iiori ln-rn provinces of,
s steadily growing, graver. " A
iippeal has boon issued bv
Lainno, chairman of the fir-
Japan
I second
W. V..
eign committee of relief, in which ho
says: . :.' .'. -. .
"When we issued .our tirsl appeal
to I lie inreiun cc.miiiiinities in .lapau
in IV'ii'iohi r wo esiimaied that (iMt,
O.lil persons .out ol a. populat ioir of
2,S21.0iili, wore on the vi'i'ge of star
vation. Since ihcu-mcmhcra of our
committee have personally visited 2ti
counties and as nninv towns in the
provinces- oi.'.Miyagi -and Fnkushima 1
and have (list vilniicrl it, 000 yen,: Our. :
first figures estimating those .affected!!
hy the f ami tie are too weak to do-i
scribe the -actual suffering. !
"Able bodied nn n, ragged .audi
hungry, ate facing the snow and icy
winds to bring woodi from the inotin-
tains in Ilie hope of earning enough j
through ils sale to keep their, starv
ing families.';."- Women are covering -Mieir
babies with 'their pw.i) clothing
to keep iheni warm 'and such condi-j
tionri as these can mean only ilealh j
iin the end. Families' once proud and j
c.onl fort a hie are now reduced to
want."
FIGHTING FIRE
I
, '(Special to The Kvciiing Times.)
.-Wilmington. March I. Since noon lite
entire fire di'pai iinenl of Hie city lias
been busy lighting' flames in four lo
calities. . - -
The greatest, d.iin.iere will be at the
Cape Fear lumber mills in the northern
section of the city. The flames there
are nft yet ex.t Ingulshed, and., 'at 2
o'idock are eaiing thrlr way through
the lumber yards.
FAMINE
SUFFER
IN WILMINGTON A goldsboro man
Actor's Slayer Seeks Belay
from Gaffney Court
A JURY WAS SELECTED'
Motion to Sijuasb liioictmi nl I'nilcd
and Motion for iiecess Likewise
Dcnii'd. Filibustering- Tactics !
soiled to, lint the Taking; of Tes
timony Was Begun this Afternoon.
special to The Kvi ning Times.)
ialTney, S. C.,-March I . -The trial
of (ieorge i lusty, t he-inn-keeper, who j
was ai ratKiien ror iho inurder ol
Milan li"tnieti, Docemljer l,i, liegnn I
today. A lot of utibustering was ni
ii'iniiled by-tin- defense. The motion
to quash the indictment failed after a
lentvi ny --argument, hy Col. ' Oeorge
j .lohiisioin
i inii,,,.,,,,,,
tor
has
Iho defense. Colonel
been iil over since I i
! coming hero, and asked for a recess
lor at , leasi imll a day, but Hits was
nol. allowed him by ' M'udgo-. Memmin
iri'i'. who is pre-sidnig. in a manner:
winch has evened admiration.'
1
A motion to cotiiinui' was niaile on
iccoutit of absi nee of ('. S. llei'Vey
I of A n gust a,, (in,, - and t wo
! men who had ' boon sworn
I iiossw. - The lo ga ve iln
1 lion siflitlavits io iho etl'ei-i
tra veling
as wil-
prosecu-
Ihat
I hev
had been sworn as witnesses, by
defense for the sole purpose of
ting a. continuance. The jury
drawn, hut -no .-testimony will
iho
was
be
la ken until late? this afternoon.
History of the Case.
On December 1,1 last the. "Noihing
lint Money.", company came to (laff-
Iney to give a performance on that
i.k-lii, slopping :it Iho i'iodiuont Inn.
! conducted by llasiv lli'os: f)n -the
I inorning. (if the.-' .1 "ith, when Xloorge
Abbott. -Davison, tin', star: Mjl.tn Iten
nett. luusiciii'. director; .Miss . Verne
iS '!;'"
dining r
Sheridiiii and iiss May Hishop, ntem-
t ho company, wore in the
dining room -taking nroainasi , ueo.
Hasty enierod, and - Miss Sheridan
told Mr. lSeniu'ti -thai lltistv was the
nian w)io had tried to get. into her
room the night- before and had
looked "ovor her ifansom tuidMhen
tried io got in ai a window which
opened out onio a balcony.
.Miss llishop -also told Mr. Davison,
that: the same man had instilled her
while she was in. her. room on the
afternoon before. Miss Itishop and
Miss -Sheridan testified at the inquest
that Mr. Itennoil walked over -to
wlim-o Hasty was sitting and told
lit uf that "he owed Miss Sheridan ;m !
apology, that no .gem Ionian
would
look over a lady's I ransom." - Hasty,
i hey said,-.denied having- done so.
and asked -Mr. Hennetl to come o'ttl
sido. Mr. tienneti followed .him out
of the dining room." and Mr. Davison
also went-along. -'While Hasty and
r.onneii wore talking, -Mr. Davison
said; ;'That: is Ilie follow," and struck
j Hasty; who immediately.' shot -twice
at -Davison. -one hall Inking effect in
his side. V
1 Davison grapnled with him, trying
'to gel t'ne weapon., Inil : llasly. .iorked
' loos' and shot lSonneit through the
'heart. Will Hasty, a hrolher of Geo.
I llasly, test Hied that he-saw the shoot
ing, iind that his brother shot fton
'neir and Davison in self-defense,
when they -had. aifackod him. tic
said that lionneii had hold of his
brother'- and that Davison had a
knife.
SEEMCN ON
STUDENT LIFE.
I iy Tho . Associa ted , Press. V.
X-tshvi'ie. Tcnn.: .March l.-:rThe three
thousand college juen anil Wiiiien f om
six hundred colleges, universities and
theological sc'iiini lies of tha I'.dted
s'tnluH -nut ('iiiiad.i. who a're r,ow 'n
Nashville, attending tlie fifth quadiVii-)
nial convention of the student, volun
teer movement for foreign missions, to
day listened Io a survey, of student l:fe
throughout, the world, as related t i the
mission.'iiry l'ca and enterprise. .
AUDITOR OF N. I S.
(Hy the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va. .'March h-W. U Bird
of Goldsboro. N. C, has been appoint
ed auditor of the Norfolk '&.' Southern
Railroad to succeed George M. Glaxier,
resigned to go to the Nijiv York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad at New-York.
j Old North College of Wes -
leyan University Burned
150 STUDENTS ESCAPED
1827, rorined
liiiilding Krcclcd in
-V Helens of Present College (Jcoup
and of tii'cut Historic Interest
Many Mail to Leave Dormitory in
Night Clothes.
Iliy lis:-- Assoi'iaici! 1'ivss.)
M idiilmowii. Conn., .M.ii'ch l.-W'es-yan
iinivcrsily. sustained a severe
I joss by fii
c eiiny today, I
mai'nijjg 130 rori:
m o!d Norih
is, whs prae-
I college.
I.ticiilly destioycd.
I TlieMirj. whieh
i
I burned so rupldl'y
-sta rted
that lilt
in the
attic
e w
s saved,
The loss is
:laeed at. ?s.ft,ii"n, covered by
insurance.
creeled in
ens (f the
The burned buiiilirg w.-,
1S"7, and formed . .the inn
present ' college group, and-was of gieat
historic interest at Wesley in. Abotii
all that was saved from the fire were
the valuable .college records .of Pi esi-
I dent I
niond and Prof. X'iihblson.
I Mi" secretary of the f.'ljuhy.. AJ1 of
tile K,; :audenis .iil tlie building made
their cseat.e. and mane left the dor.ni
orry in 'their night, clothes, .
OFFICE BUILDING SOLD
Said to be the Handsomest
in the State
Trust Duilding of liarloin- Sold ly
Piedmont lieally t'oinpany to
Charles (irosballl for SLtO.OOtl,
All !bil $10,000 in Cash A Lot
for Hie liciuaiiidei'.
'(.pecliil to' The Kycning Times.) .
Chariot to, X. C., "March' 1.--The
Trust (tuilding. Charlotte's liatidsom
est si ruei tiro. h;ifi been sold by the
lJio'dmoni Itoalty Company to Charles
Cicshani The' consideration was
? 1 :ii), otio, of which S 1 20,000 is to be
I'aid in "ash, and the vacant lot on
West Trade si reef, between Mrs.
Slonewall Jackson's residence and
the corner lot, known as the Fwx
! 1" open v. will represent the remain
ing' $10.(1110.
The Trust liuilding is the hand
somest, oflice- building in Xorth Caro
lina, and is 'Occupied by some of the
largest corporations and- business
loncerns in the Stale.
Mr. (iroshniu has for ten years
been a dealer in Charlotte real es
tate. Ii is understood that he will
HOW' retire from aclivo business du
ties. ','
I roops
the. A
for Manila.
sociated Press.)
of Jialta, March
(1
-ihlta
Pi".
Mill I
V
The
rick
It
cd
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mil
1.
States trauspoi'is- Kilpat
('lellin. having the First
infantry on 'board, arrived hei") today
from tiibi-altiy. o:i "their w'ay: in M.tnihi.
FATAL THEATRE FIRE
Body of (lid Lady Found in
Ruins
Voting Woman Seriously Injured
.lumping From Window. Gaso
line; I'sed with Moving Piclure Ma
chine Kxploded During Perform"
aiK-e.-r-Wild IJhsIi for Street.
V ' .- :-
(V-y the Associated Press.) :
Williamsburg, Pa., March 1 .The
body of Mrs. William Homan, aged
CO years, was -found -today in the
itins of the. local opera house, which
r
was destroyed by fire last night. El
sie BakQi- of Hollidaysburg was se
riously injured by jumping from a
window.
During tho entertiiinment a quan
tity of gasoline, used in connection:
with a" moving picture machine ex-1
ploded. There was a wild rush for!
the 'exit, and it was supposed that;
every person had gained the streets
in safety, until Mrs. Homan's body'
was found today. The monetary loss
is about $10,000.
, Speaks in Senate for Roose
veil Measure
NOT PARTISAN, HE SAYS
! Crowds Throng Galleries and Heard
Kinging Address in VVbJelt - th
Statement Was .Made That the Bill
Kortihes the Law Had Not Beea
Treated With the Uevcrcnce It-De
served.
' (By the Associated Press.)
j Washington, March 1. That inter
'est In the railroad rale question con
: Unties unabated was made manifest
j again today by the large audience
which greeted Mr. Dolliver from the
senate galleries when he rose to
speak on the Dolli ver-Hepburn bill.
: His was the first speech made in stip-
port of the hill,
i He congratulated the country that
; the measure was not partisan . and
said it was fortunate that mock ar
mies were not 'Io be marched forth to
be set; against each other by the
pany leaders. , 4
The senator then outlined the bill
pointing out wherein it amends the
exisi ing interstate law, saying that
after till, the charges were compara
tively : few. "Instead of undermin
ing the law the bill fortifies It," he
said, and he declared that if the pres
ent, law had been treated with the
reverence and sanctity it deserved the
American people would have ap
proached the subject in a frame of
mind different from that which now
prevails. ;
He said that the railroad compa
nies, were unable io, protect them
selves against the. "flagrant abuses"
of the .private car companies under
section 1 of the present law. He had.
"not" favored the abolition of these
cars, but. he did believe that thd car
companies should be' regulated by
making responsible the railroad com- '
panics employing them. ;.
Speaking of the. interstate "'com
merce commission he discussed
Judge Grosscup's recommendation
for a specific 'court, but he did not
accept.' the theory advanced for the
reason , that he considered the pres
ent machinery sufficient for all pur
poses. He recognized the fact that
it had become fashionable to speak
slightingly of the interstate commis
sion and defended that body against
such attacks. He expressed the
opinion that if the lawyers had dealt
as fairly with the: commission as
with the courts the result would have
been belter.
Mr. Dolliver declared that he did
not; expect a protracted vendetta be
tween the railroads and the business
community, believing that when the
law was enacted it would be oh-,
served by carrier and shipper alike,
lie predicted that wilhin five years
i here would be boards of arbitration
in eevry traffic center of the country,
so . i hat appeals to the commission
would be the rule rather ' than the
exception. .. .--
He recognized ; the fact that tho
finest ion of appeal to the courts from
the orders of the commission was the
battle ground and declared that as
iho bill stands it leaves the door to
the courts open for the protection of
all constitutional rights.
LIVES IN DANGER
IN BROOKLYN FIRE.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. March 1. The lives of
more than thinty persons were endan
gered and property valued at $40,000
was destroyed by a fire in the Will
iamsburg section of Brooklyn today.
The fire started in a three-story fur
nished room house at 36 Thorpe avenue,
tiiul quickly communicated to a similar
structure adjoining and to the six-story
brick factory building of the Wagner
Manufacturing company in Lorlmer
street. The occupants of the lodging
house were forced to flee in scanty
attire from the flames. WWh the ex
ception of one woman all escaped un
injured. She was overcome- by smoke,
jbqt was rescued. Both house? and the
factory building were badly damaged.
THE EMPRESS
IS NOT DEAD.
(By the Associated Press.)
London, March V.--TheArurnored dpath
of the Dowager Empress of China, la
regarded as :wholly improbable. It or
iginated in a vague rumor from Hong
Kong, and neither the BrMUh govern
ment nor the Chinese legation here has
thad any Intimation of it.