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VOLUME 27.
RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14,' 1906.
PEICE 5c.
BEGS
RAILROADS
TO SUBMIT NOW
Senator Rayner Says Worse
Laws May be Framed
MAKE A TRUCE, HE ADDS
Addressing the Senate On the Bate
Bill He Shows Wherein Changes
Are . Needed . and Predicts That
Powerful Party Will Arise if Pres
ent Bill is Defeats.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, , March 14. :At the
beginning of Its session today the
seriate passed a bill authorizing Rear
Admiral C.-H. Davis. U. S. N., to ac
cept gifts tendered him by the Brit
ish and Russian governments.
Mr. Raynor addressed the senate
In support of the railroad rate bill.
Mr. Rayner announced his adherence
to the rate bill as it 'passed the house.
After stating' that the power to regulate
commerce among the states Is the great
est power conferred upon congress by
the constitution, Mr. Rayner entered
immediately upon the consideration of
the various branches of his subject.
Discussing what he declared to be
the impotency of the Interstate com
merce commission under the present
law to enforce rate making decrees, Mr.
Itayner said:
''We may scheme and forge and fash
ion," he said, 'but it Is not within the
realm of human Ingenuity to formu
late -any plan ejfeept the rate making
power that will remedy the defect and
supply the omission."
He contended that there Is no doubt
ot the power of congress to vet a com-
mission with the power to establish
rates, basing his conclusion upon decis
ions of the supreme court. 'We settle
the standard here that .the rates are
to be reasonable and not discriminat
ive, and a commission In pursuance of
an authority, which we confer upon It I
In each case decides ."the proper rate to;
be established. In accordance With the
legislative standard that , we here en
act." He said: '-.. '
Referring- to Mr. Foraker's conten
tions that the holdings of the courts
are against this power, he declares the
contrary to be true.
In reply to the contention that con
gress has not the power to blend the
Judicial and legislative powers In a
body like the Interstate commerce com
mission, Mr. Rayner argued that there
Is no such blending. He continued:
"I will not for a moment admit, as
the senator from Ohio claims that the
commission Is fixing rates Is either ex
ercising a judicial or a legislative pow
er. I will admit that when upon com
plaint and answer and testimony taken
it declares a rate to be unreasonable
it is in the exercise of a judicial f unc
tlon; but this is by no means investing representing the national association of
It with the powers of a court, because . manufacturers, said his association had
it Can pass no order and execute no J no desire to admit Chinese coolies. He
process that is effective to .'carry 'its 8aid class : distinctions, were made in
ruling into execution. So far as the China and must be recognized by the
exercise of a. legislative function Is con- United States. The coolie wa so eas
cerned, when it fixes a new rate In place Hy recognized that It was desirable for
of the rate that has been challenged. In j this country to say that all Chinese but
every case that 'i have examined upon the coolies may enter our ports. He
the subject, including each of the cases ( urged that there was no desire among
cited by the " senator from Ohio, this manufacturers to bring Chinese labor-
function Is spoken of as an adminls-
trative and not a legislative function."
Ml'. Rayner. replied to Mr. Foraker's
argument that the rate-making power
applies to differentials under the con
stitutional provision that no prefeienca
shall be given to the ports of one state
over those of another. Asserting that
the terms "discriminations" and "differ
entials" have been confused, he added
"I know that the senator from Ohio
claims and had afgued that this bill
confers the right upon the commission
to adjust differentials. I ray that it
gives the commission no such power.
. . I deny that upon any construc
tion that can be put this language there
Is any power whatever in the commis
sion to adjust relative rates and strike
the proper proportions, between them.
The ports of the United States, there
fore, are not within the Jurisdiction of
111(3 XlipUUI II Ot'l, Ik 1. 11 I U la n. u.nv.
tntial between different ports upon dif
ferent lines of railroads, there Is no
provision of this measure that invests
the commission with the right to
change it." '. ''-' ' '.
- He declared his satisfaction with the
bill as It passed the' house, and added:
"it may require some slight changes
In Its phraseology, but its substantial
provlsons meet with my approval. 1
have no fear or anxiety, not the slight
est', that the commission will perpet
uate any act of injustice under this
measure, and I believe that the power
nf the courts under the1 fifth amend
ment is ample to protect the property of
the carriers.': If the senate, however,
should take a different view and invest
the .courts, in addition to the inherent
power that they now possess to protect
the railroads from confiscation, with
the further power to review the pro
ceedings of the commission as to the
reasonableness or justness of Its orders,
then 1 shall in proper . time offer an
(Continued on Page Two.)
MASS MEETING CALLED
Salisbury Discusses N. & W.
Proposition
To Extend Line from Winston to Sal-
isbary and Beyond Salisbury
Will Propose 9100,000 Bonds
for the Road Through the Town-
ship..
(Special to Th 3 Evening Times.)
Salisbury, N. C, March 14. Tomor
row night a mass meeting will be held
for the purpose o:! discussing a propo
sition to the Noriolk & Western Rail
way to extend it!i line from WlnstOn
to Salisbury and btyond. The South
ern Is now the only company doing bus
iness In this sectloi .and the Norfolk &
Western does not Beem hostile to the
proposed coming. Salisbury is going to
make a proposition of $100,000 in bonds
for the road through this township,
and It is almost certain that the rail
way people will" fook favorably upon
the matter. Hon. John S. Henderson,
K. C, Gregory, Esq., and others will be
present at this meeting and speak for
the proposed line.
The Southern h.'is had Its engineers
here laying off the sidetracks for the
Fred Bronner Lumber Company of
Knoxvillc, Tenn. This company Is pre
paring to erect Its latgest branch house
here and expects to be ready for busi
ness April 1. It has leased a site of ten
acres for ten years, purposes the erec
tion of two mills, whose capacity Is
large enoughfor all Piedmont furniture
factories. This company will have a
pay roll of $120,000 yearly and will re
quire six cars dally to do its shipping.
The site is on the, Western road .about
one mile from the station.
TOMPKINS ON CHINESE
Questioned by Committee on
Foreign Affairs
Charlotte Man, Representing National
Association of Manufacturers, Ap
peared With Men of Other Com
mercial Interests in Support of
Amendment to Let High Class Chi-
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. John Foord,
secretary of the American Association
and representatives of commercial in
terests in prominent cities of the United
States appeared before the house com
mittee on foreign affairs In support of
the Foster bill to amend the Chinese
exclusion act in such a manner that
high class , Chinese may be admitted
with less Inconvenience.
D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, N. C,
ers here to compete with American la
bor, for he said intelligent labor using
improved machinery excels cheap labor.
. In response to questions as to the ef
fect of the Chinese boycott on the ma
chinery and cotton trade, in which he
is interested, Mr. Tompkins said the ef
fect has been very injurious and threat
ens to grow If conditions are not re
lieved at once.
PLOT TO KILL
DR. PARKHURST
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 14. The report of
an alleged plot to kill Rev. Dr. Charles
II. Parkhurst, was made public today.
Dr. Parkhurst haa been prominent for
years as a police reformer. It is un
derstood that-tha district attorneys
office' has prepared to sumirton several
Witnesses in connection with ;this plot
which Is said to have origin! ted be
cause of a raid made upon a disorderly
house by agents of the Parkhurst So
ciety soma time ago.
District Attorney Jerome, when ask
ed about this report today i ef used to
discuss it. Police Magistrate . Wahle
said that Assistant District Attorney
Hart yesterday obtained from him S3V
eral blank subpoenas, which, hj added,
might have been for use In uncovering
the alleged plot. According to the' re
port a mun has been, hird ta club
pjv Pai khurstot the first opportunity
presenting ItMctf. Dr. Parkhurst. to
day refused cither to confirm or deny.
1 ths report. .'..-.
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TRAGIC DEATH
.KlllPfl WD IIP fll WnPK fill Hfl-
. iti - . f m -mm
tel Raleigh- Today
THREE OTHERS HURT
Derrick Fell from High Point in the
Air and Went Crashing to the
Earth, Wrecking Scaffold Before it
Hit the Street Another Death
: Later.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 14. By the' fall
ing of a derrick used in the construc
tion of an addition which is being made
to the Raleigh Hotel, David Hammond
was killed outright, W. Schlob, died
later and two other men were Injured.
Schlob later died at the hospital.
The boom of the derrick which was
suspended from the side of the main
building at a distance of about seventy-five
feet from the . ground, broke
loose from its fastenings in some man
ner, and in Us descent struck a scaf
folding suspended from the side of the
building about fifty-five feet from the
ground, wrecking it and precipitating
Hammond and a man named W.
Schlob, who were at work on it to the
pavement below. Hammond was in
stantly killed. Schlob was taken to the
hospital, where it was found that his
back, collur bone ami a number of ribs
Were broken.
Thomrfs Ridock,-' who was working on
another scaffold about twenty-five feet
from the ground, jumped into the exca
vation below. At the hospital it was
found that he received a broken leg.
A young man by the name of Newell
who was passing at the moment the
boom fell was struck on the' head, but
received only a scalp wound. He went
to his home after the wound was
dressed at the hospital.
A number of men were working In
the excavation but the boom did not
go below the street level.
KIDS FIGHT TONIGHT
Battling Nelson and Terry
McGovern to Meet
Tremendous Demand for Scats,
Which Indicates That Philadcl
phla -Bout. Will 15c a Ileal Contest
for Honors Both Youngsters in
I'i.'ik t.f Condition.
(By the Associated Press.)
.'Philadelphia','' 'Pa., March 14. "Bat
tling" Welson and Terry McGovern will
meet tonight in a six round bout before
the National Athletic Club, this city.
Not in the history of the prize ring, it
Is said, has the receipts for a sis round
fight equalled the sum which has been
received for the privilege of witnessing
tonight's bout. President Edwards, of
the club, said today that more than
$20,000 had been realized and not a seat
remained to be disposed of. A few in
tho hands of scalpers are commanding
t'i'j each.
The boys are to weigh in at 133 ponds
ringside ,but both arc well within the
weight limit. Nelson tipped the beam
at. 131 pounds yesterday . and said he
would probably enter the 'ring at 130'6
pounds. The Dane Is in the pink or
cmdltion. He can see nothing but vic-
t ry, and reports from MeOovern's
ruarters aie to the effect that he is
equally confident of success." The fight
si's are to receive 75 per cent, of the
?ross receipts. Nelson's share wiU be
forty-five pet cent, of this sum, win or
lose. ' ' . ,
Th-; fight Is scheduled to commence at
'.0 oVlock.
"Jck" McGiiigan, of the National
'Hub, will act as referee.
MAYOR BOYDEN
IS PRESIDENT.
Salisbury, N. C., March 14. Tho
chamber of commerce took tangible f
ana permanent iorm nere lasi iiigiu, j
when it was1 organized with the city's j
best -men. behind it. Mayor Boyden
was made president By a unanimous j.
vote,: and a well-paid secretary is to
be ' chosen." The large membership
hitherto pledged, was supplemented
last night by 40 enterprising mer
chants and citizens, who will pay
the yearly dues of $50. The whole
organisation has not been completed,
but the secretary is to be given- a
good compensation for his services,
and Salisbury Is to be well adver
tised. " -. ;
HAMMOND
MET
HOUSE AGA
Babcock of Wisconsin Spoke
for Senate Amendment
CIVIL SERVICE WASTE
Grosveiior Did Not Wish to Say "I
Told You So," but One Half What
is Squandered Annually Would
Support Needed Buildings and Ship
Subsidy and Put More in Treasury.
(By the Associated Press.) '
Washington, March 14. The leg
islative bill was laid before the house
today, and Mr. Babcock (Wis.) took
the floor for a speech on statehood.
He said the house bill was one of the
greatest legislative outrages ever en
acted; that the senate had properly
amended the hilj and he favored the
senate amendment,
Announcing that he. wished to dis
cuss the civil service of the govern
ment, Mr. : Grosvcnor (Ohio) re
marked that he did not. wish to say
"I told you so.' Ono half the money
that is squandered annually-to sup
port the civil service of the govern
ment, he said, would, supply needed
public buildings and provide for a
ship subsidy, which after two years,
he maintained, would put more
money into the treasury than It took
out. While the efforts of the com
mittee were '.honest, ho thought they
were on the wrong track. He re
viewed the history of the merit sys
tem, enacted in a crude way in -18S3.
Since then a hundred bills had been
Introduced to perfect ,that law, but
not one bill has evt-ioaie from ths
committee, he said. It had not dared
entrust the American congress to leg
islate on that question.
DEADLOCK ON DETAILS
Moroccan Conference in Pe
culiar Stage
Sessions Arc Temporarily Kuspended
-Without Knowledge When They
I Will Hi- Iit'snmcd. French and
! German .Delegates Bound By In
j ((ructions, Can't Make Further
Concessions, :
(Ry (lit- Assitciaied Press.)
Algociras, .Spain, March 14. Tlu'
Moroccan conference has reached a
peculiar siage. It is completely help
less to si lve, the deadlock which has
arisen over the remaining details of
the ' piliec and bank questions. The
sessions are temporarily suspended
without knowing when they will be
resumed.
The French and Gorman delegates
are bovnd by their instructions and
therefoie are uuablo to make any
further concessions and the confer
ence n of. having judicial or legisla
tive' powers cannot sel.Ue the differ
ences by a ina.i'oril.-'. Therefore the
neutral delegates who have hereto
fore sought to seeisre an agreement
between the parties which the con
ference could unanimously confirm
now recognize that if the conference
is left to Itself it is incapable of get
ting out of the present difficulty and
that . therefore it remains for the
governmets themselves to Intervene
for the purpose of reaching an agree
ment.. SEA DISASTER
(By the Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., March 14. Tho
Phoenix lino steamer British King
foundered at sea h&t Sunday and
only twenty-eight out of the fifty-six
on board are known to have been
saved. News of the disaster was
brought to this port today , by the
Iievland line steamer Bostonian from
Manchester. The British Kin wur
bound from Antwerp to New York.
ANOTHER
BAD
PECK HELD
FOR HIGH COURT
He Hust Answer for Itie kil
ling of Henry Kobre
PRELIMINARY IS OVER
Stewart Girl Went On the Stand and
Said that Whit beck Had Planned
Murder. Defense Seeks to Shake
Her Evidence On Account of Her
Bad Character.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Winston-Salem, N. C, March 14.
Upon the conclusion of the taking of
evidence for the state this morning
in the preliminary hearing of J. E.
Whitbeck, charged with being impli
cated In the murder of Henry Kobre,
the defendant was committed to jail
without bull to await the May term
of the superior court. Counsel for
the defense did not introduce any
testimony.
The hearing, which was begun at
5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was
adjourned last night at. 10.20 o'clock.
Sallie Stewart, the girl who up to
this time has refused to make a
statement under oath, went on the
stand and told a story that was not
shaken during a rigid cross exami
nation. She said she was told by
Whitbeck that he planned the crime
and Sam Kobre, half brother of Hen
ry, Kobre, admitted to her a day or
two afterwards, that ho and William
Plean killed and robbed Henry In
his room; that a man who gave' his
name as "Finger," stood guard at
one of the saloon doors down stairs
during .the perpetration of the crime
and that the money taken from Hen
ry Kobre was divided between the
three men named and Whitbeck. On
account of the girl's alleged bad
character, tuany who heart her tes
tify refuse to believe her story. On
the other hand, there are others who
say that her deportment on the stand
proved that she told the truth.
SUICIDE IN HIS CELL
Louis Brown, Who Threw
Lamp at Woman
Cut His Throat With Sharp Pen-
knife Prisoner Below Spattered
With Blood Brown Had Been
Prominent, But Became Victim
to Morphine and Cocaine.
. .(By '.the 'Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., March 14. Louis
Brown, 29 years old, awaiting trial
Friday for the murder of Flossie
Reese, at whom he threw a lighted
lamp which exploded, fatally burn
ing the woman, committed" suicide In
his cell in the Norfolk jail early this
morning by cutting his throat from
ear to ear with a sharp penknife
which he had in some unknown man
ner smuggled into the jail. Brown's
act was not discovered until a pris
oner occupying a cell .below heard a
gurgling noise above and jumping
from his cot found himself bespat
tered with blood which had run
through the floor of the cell above.
When Brawn's cell was opened
the suicide was lifeless with the
lmife clinched tightly in his hand.
Brown was formerly prominent in
Portsmouth, Va,
Brown was without friends or
money, his family having abandoned
him, and grew despondent as the day
of his trial approached.
During the recent jail fire here he
escaped, but surrendered a few hours
later. . , '
DEVELOP GOLD
KNOB & ROCKWELL.
(Special to The Kvenini; Times.)
. Salisbury, N. C, March 14.- The
Sapphire Mining Company, a cor
poration of gentlemen coming from
.loliet and Chicago, have taken hold
of the Gold Knob and Rockwell
mines, put $75,000 behind it and
are going to develop something. of
it. This mining property has always
encouraged capitalists and with the
new organization, it will go If there
is go to it.
New' Postmaster. '
Bv the Associated Press.)
Washington. March H. Nojrh M.
McPherson has been appointed fourth
class postmaster at Gertie, Va.
TRIAL OF BLACKBURN
Special Term at Greensboro
;.' ' Called for April 15
-
J int Oi'der Signed Today by Judges
Pritchard and Boyd Judge Ooff
Will Preside and if He Cannot
Morris of Baltimore Will be Desig
nated. :
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Ashevllle. N. C, March 14. Judge
I'lltchard and Judge Boyd have signed
a loint order for the holding of a
special term ot couit at Greensboro on
April 17 for the trial of Congressman
B.ackburn, indicted by the grand jury
of a recent term of court here. Judge
Goit has been t'esigiiatcd as the trial
judge. In the event that Judge Goff
cannot preside Judge Morris of Balti
moie will be naried.
ADJl'STIXG THK ODKLL
HAKDWAKE CO. FIRE LOSS.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Greensboro, N. C, March 14. A
large number of prominent fire in
surance representaives spent yester
day and last night here in conference
over the estimated damage to the
Odell Hardware Company stock by
the fire in the office building last
week. Among those who were here
were Messrs. W. S. Prlmrlse of Ra
leigh, George C. McGilvery, Char
lotte: Walter A. Holland and B. A.
Hamlin, Danville; H. M. Murphy, At
lanta; Col. h, R... Warren and J. M.
Syrick of Richmond. It is now said
that the loss will be much greater
than was at first estimated and will
possibly reach $25,000. .
LOTS OF COOL NERVE
Operation on Woman With
Hospital Afire
Umbrellas Held Over Table Kept Off
Water That Leaked Into Operating
Room from Upper Part of Build
ing T.'ie Patient Successfully Re-
," moved.
(By the Associated Press.)
Biddleford, Mass., March 14.
Seventeen patients at Trull Hospital
in this city were removed from their
beds today during a fire which de
stroyed a portion of the building,
and the surgeons at the hospital
completed nr operation upon a fe
male patient while the firemen were
at work and while umbrellas were
held over the operating table to ward
off the water which was leaking into
the operating room from the upper
part of the lailding.
When the surgeons, who had he
gun the operation before the fire was
discovered, hid completed their work
successfully, the patient was removed
to another pirt of the building. No
ill effects vlere expected to follow to
any of the patients.. The fire loss was
fifteen thou .and dollars.
Lexington Public Building. (Special to The Evening Times.)
(Special to The Evening Times.) ; Wilson, N. C, March 14. The
Lexington, N. C. March 14.-Lcxing..; bri masons', strike, caused by tho
ton people are enthusiastically talk- contractors demanding a ten hour
ing public building now and their com- j day work instead of nine, as insisted
mit tee, Messrs. H. is. Var'uer a id Z. i " by the union, seems to amount to
V. Walser. Is in the capital city, pray-! little consequence. The contractors
ing an apprupiialirm f 57",0OU for 'a: owning to the large amount of work
federal building. There I strong hope j on hand held out for a ten hour day
of securing it. and th3 town undoubt- j and many from other cities are ex
edly has strong claims. I pected this week. It is thought that
WANT REPORT ON
FEAT OF ARMS
(My the. Associated Press.)
Washington. March 11. The senate
passed a resolution calling upon the
secretary of war to send to the senate
copies of all reports on the recent at
tack by fulled Stales troops on Mount
Dajo. '"in Is'ands.
W. L. RANKIN
- PASSED AWAY.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Salisbury, N. C. March 14. W. L.
Rankin, whose relatives were sum
moned to Morganton yesterday, died
this morning at 2.30. He was 55
years old and leaves a wife and four
children. The funeral services will
be held tomorrow at the Episcopal
church. The body will be shipped
tonight. He was one of the city's
most popular business men and
prominent ' socially. His death was
long expected.
DENOUNCE MI
INJUNCTION DILL
i :. : ' :
Gompers and Furuseth Caus
ed a Furor
PRESIDENT'S POSITION
"If He Understands It and Gives It
Endorsement He .Is An Enemy To
Honest Labor Struggling for Bet
ter Life, Would Be An Enemy to
Human Liberty."
(By the Associated Press.
Washington, March 14. --President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor and A. Furuseth, president
of the Seamens Union, . caused a
furor today before the house com
mittee on judiciary 'during the hear
ing on anti-injunction bills by de
nouncing the Gilbert anti-injunction
bill, which is said to have been
drawn by Mr. Carfield, chief of the
bureau of corporations, and to have
the endorsement of President Roose
velt.;' ;;-::''' ' ..
Of the president's . reported en
dorsement of the Gilbert bill Mr.
Furuseth said:
"If he undet stands this bill and
then gives it his endorsement, he is
an enemy to honest labor struggling
under adverse conditions for a better
life, nay, he would be an enemy to
human liberty. We do not believe,
will not believe it."
The Gilbert bill grants courts sit
ting in equity absolute jurisdiction
in all cases growing out ot labor
troubles, 'the equity process in
labor suits is violently opposed 'by
the labor ..leaders: . V. . '
LUMBERMEN
IN NORFOLK.
(By the Associated Press,
Norfolk. Va., March 14. The North
Carolina Pine Association, embracing
inteiests in Virginia, North andSouth
Carolina that represent $20,OC0,00O and
have an output of 1,200,000,000 feet an
nually, opened its annual convention
this morning at the Montlcello Hotel,
with about 200 operators and a number
of lumber men from distant states liv
attendance.
The morning session was devoted to
reports .of. officers, and this afternoon
the regular and special committees
met. Tonight there will be a banquet
I at the hotel. Tomorrow business Will
I take up the inornlns session, and in
i the afternoon a trip around the harbor
i will be made. .
Among the speakers at the conven
! tion win be- Gifford Pinchot, head for
j ester of the national ' department of
forestry, who will arrive from Wash
ington in the morning.
STRIKE AT WILSON
NOT IMPORTANT.
the union men will try to induce the
non-union men to quit work.
OFFICERS RESIGN
IN A BODY.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, March 14. The
rumor that the officers of a regiment
of the guards had met and resigned
in a body upon receiving orders re
cently to go to the Baltic provinces
and participate in the pacification
of the country was confirmed today.
Tho officers belonged to the first reg
iment of artillery of the guard.
World's Christian Endeavor Societies
(By the Associated Press.)
Boston, Mass., March 14. The
total number of Christian Endeavor
Societies throughout the world Is
67,512, according to reports of offi
cers of the World's Christian Endeav
or Union, made public here today.
Of those, 45,250 ae'ln the United
.'Stales, 10,772 iu Great Britain and
Ireland, 4,295 In Canada, 613 In In
dia, and lesser numbers In. other
countries.
...The . total receipts of the world's
union for the year were $9,241. and
balanct In tht treasury- Is one hun
dred and forty-six dollars.