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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Af ternoon Papers in Circulation.' LAST EDITION". ALL THE MARKETS. THE 'RALEIGH-' EVE IMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1906. PRICE 5c. FIRE IN THE TUNNEL BLOCK SYSTEM 1SH0T DEAD BY THE STATE LINE BARS III DEATH FROM THIS MORNING Could Not Fight Flames Un der East River Richmond County Going Mter A Blind Tigers NING T KILLED HIMSELF ENGINEER MUSE MOUNTAINS DESPERADOES WA INJURED FERRYBOAT on AT BENNETTSVILLE, S. C. Rome Sechrest, Accused of Carrying Off a Horse of Mrs. Clins. Ingram. Went to Houth Carolina to Sii His Sweetheart ami Committed Sui cide. " (Special to The Evening Times.) High Point, N. C.. March 19. Rome Sechrest, wanted here for car - drying off a horse of Mr. Chas. Ingram and various' other charges, shot him self with a pistol through the lungs this mortiing at Bennettsvllle, S. C, will and It is helieved the wound prove fatal. Sechrest was arrested in Bennetts- ville Friday at the instance of Chief of Police Gray of this place and later let. out on bond by the South Carolina authorities for trial this morning. Mr.- Ingram had gone yeRterday to Wanted at High Point Various Charges Bennettsvile to get his horse and ap-!five hours. .The superintendent in pear nt the trial. 1 jcharge of the construction work said Sechrest left hore Wednesday i that one death had been caused by morning. He had a sweetheart at J the 'fire.".'-The- victim was a negro Bennettsvllle, and it is thought the! watchman- who had been on duty humiliation of an arrest and impend- alone at. the time the Are started. The ing imprisonment caused the rash act. ... j A NEGRO STABBED TO DEATH IX .WASHINGTON'. (Sue'clal to The Kvenlng Times.) ;i Washington, X. C, March 19. Saturday afternoon about 5. o'clock m on water street. Hehry Dugg'in iiiu - i a. in iiiuui j f uviii ti t living in this city, became involved In ! a quarrel and. .in .the difficulty rc-. i suiting Duggan drew a knife and j stabbed Moore in the left breast a lit- tie above the heart, cutting an art-j ery. Moore immediately started on' a run for the doctor, but when about half way up Market, si reel collapsed from loss of blood. He was then ! taken into a nearby store, where lie ! expired in a few minutes before a' doctor could reach him. ! . D,,Bgan maie break,1for lil,erty; j DHL WUN UUUgilL il HJtruiilll uuu snfety landed in jail. TOWN WIPED OUT BY FOREST FIRE. (By the Associated Press.) .... Seattle, Wash., March 19. A spe cial to the Post-Intelligencer from Lyndon, Wash., today says: Northwood, four miles north of Lyndon in Wharton county, has been destroyed by forest fires. The North wood Lumber and Shingle Mill was totally destroyed, and many" families are homeless. The fire is within a ' mile of Lyndon, ana grave lears ara , ni tisr that tnwn Hundreds are: fighting the fire, and the Bellingham department was sent by special train to aid the threatened city of Lyndon i and the surrounding farmers to sub- j due the conflagration. THE NEW CHURCH : IN GREENSBORO (Special to The Evening Times ) Greensboro, N. C, March 19. Af a largely attended congregational meet ing of the First Baptist church yes terday morning, the building commit tee was unanimously 'arborised 'to close the option on the Lindsay prop erty on West Market stree at $6,000, and instructed to proceed at once to wards' the erection of church there to cost S35.0C0 according to plans furnished by Foulk & Son. architects. A strenu ous effort will be made to have th3 new edifice completed n time for the session of the State Baptist Conveh vention, which meets here this fall. The property on which thr present church stands, corner -Ashe1 and West Washington strests, will bs-' soil. -v. Daylight Is Safe. t ' ' (Pv the Associated Press'.) New York, March .19.4 cable gram received by ' the. .Standard OH Company today announced . the ar rival at Yokkaichl, Japan, of the long overdue British bark . Daylight. She sailed from New York for the Orient more than 200 days ago. She was . .... SDOKen wnen imny-one aays uuimi - . - New York, but no word of any kind jforiner American minister to Greece, had since been received from her j will he sent to the senate as ambas-1 ni tnHav Tho rinviiffht is one of i sador to Austria-Hungary to succeed i the largest sailing vessels afloat. Her ! registered tonnage fa 3,756. I Rags of Hay and Sawdust Burned and Filled Section of -Tube. With Smoked Keiorted One or Two Overcome and Dead. ' . New York, March 19. Fire among several hundred bags of hay and saw dust far down in the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the East Jllver today filled a section of the tube with suffocating smoke, and it was report ed that one or two men had been overcome and lost 'their lives. Firemen were unable to combat the flames, as it was found impossi ble to carry hose to the scene of the Are without shutting oft the com pressed air pressure at the air locks. After several of the occupants of the tunnel had reached the surfaco one of them remembered that sev eral boxes of dynamite had been left in it. Tljpre was sufficient of the ex nlosive to have destroyed the work of months, not only in that tubs, but I iri ol hers adjoining it which are to carry several railroad tracks under the river. George Burr, one of I he tunnel i company's employes, volunteered to bring out the dynamite and did so, but became unconscious after reach ing the surface. The fire was extin guished after having burned about uve Parted just after the night shift had left the tunnel and before the day crew had gone down the shaft. THF flPFRATflR RfifiWF 1IIL Ul L.1U11 Ull IU UUilli Police of Denver Asked to Find Lively Was Wanted a Coroner's Inquest To- Sheriff. Harris of Concord for the Sec day. Reported He- Joined His! oul Time. Brings Ernest Seelf Brother At. Portland and Botli Here to Serve it Ten Year Term. Left on East, Bound Train. j Sheriff James Y. Harris id' Cabarrus (By the Associated Press.) I county, today brought loathe state Denver, Col., March 19. The po- l lice of . Denver this morninir were asked by the sheriff of Fremont conn- lly to find Prank Lively, a telegraph operator to whose alleged negligence : is attributed the disastrous collision on the Denver & Rio. Grande Hail- road at Adobe. Col., Friday. ! It is .reported that Lively left I Swallow yesterday and joined his brother, also an operator at Port land, Col. Later both left Portland on an esatbound train, it is said. A subpoena had been issued for Frank Lively to appear today at "a corner's inquest into the wreck. . sALISRCRY MAY GET MADAME NORDICA. - .,,,, 19 .,,. Js"c 'V Salls wanUNord!ca. she has written Manager Marcn tnat she win give this city one j of her two state dates if he says the i word ar.d n'anks down $1,CO0. It Is lulieyed that she will come. At any j rate Salisbury Is In a posiiion now to ! accept or reject attractions that hith ! erto passed by. BROCK MAKES DENIAL OF ALL ALLEGATIONS Philadelphia, Pa., March 19. George i P. Brock, formerly cashier of the ! Doyleston, Pa., National Bank, who is I on trial in the United States court jUst bee- learned th'.t a second at charged with the embezzlement and the I tempt to wreck the Pennsylvania Ral. misappllcation of funds of the institu- j r0ad eastbound tlyer was made at the tion, today went on the witness stand ! switch near "O. lT." tover Saturday in his own behalf. ' , Brock denied all of the allegations of the government and said that the trans actions, by which he secured over 80,000 of the funds 'of the bank were purely, of a business nature. The government charges that Brock used the directors of the bank as "dummies" and secured his various loans without their knowl edge or consent. Ambassador to. Austria, ' Washington, March 19.-r-The name f ci,nri s rrotinia nf Tmv V Y I Bellamy Storer. ' Mr. Francis' father was formerly ambassador to Austria. Fact for Asheville Division of Southern AT EVERY FOUR MILES Day and Night and Night Operator at Each Block Between Asheville and Morristown, Asheville and Salisbury and Asheville and Spar tanburg Will : TaKe Fully KIO More Operators. , (Special to The Evening Times.) Asheville. N. (.'., March 10. The block system for the Asheville division of the Southern Hallway Is now an assured fact. It was learned from' a high au thority this morning' that the necessary wire and other equipment to install the system has been ordered and will prob ably be here within thirty days. The system will . be. placed between Asheville and Morrisl own, bet ween Asheville and Salisbury and between Asheville and Spartanburg. There will lie a block every four miles, and u day and night operator for each bioek. The installing of the system will en tall a considerable expenditure of mon ey, and will require for It's operation i fully a hundred additional telegraph operators; It is said that the system I will be Installed as rapidly as possible . ,mnn thB nf fhp material' and ' - that it will probably be In. operation ir mid-summer. SfllTT IR RFfAPTIIRFIl UUU I I 1U IUHMI i Escaped When Almost in the Prison Gate prison Ernest Scott, an' eighteen year old negro, to serve a term of ten years for a criminal assault. This is the second time Scott has been brought to Italelgh to begin this sentence. Last I ictober Sheriff Harris arrived here one afternoon about dark with his prisoner and started walkng the railroad track from the depot to the prison. The negro was handcuffed and the sheriff held the end of the chain. Suddenly the prisoner made u, jerk, pulled the chain from the officer's hand and ran. Sheriff Harris had -left his gun. and although he pursued, the ne gro made his escape. Sheriff Harris of fered a reward of $.ri0 for the negro's capture and has been keeping a look out for him ever since. A few days since Scott appeared within a few mles of his old home In Cabarrus and Sheriff Harris went to the place and arrested him. He made sure of his man this time and brought him safely to the prison. ' Scott, when questioned about his escape, says that he ran to Oberlln, where he got a negro to cut the irons from his wrists. He walked to Durham that nighf on the ralroad track and from there made his way to Bluefleld, W. Va.. where he w orked a few weeks. Scott says he has not had a moment's rest, for all the while be has i.nagined that the officers of the law were close upon his heels. SECOND ATTEMPT TO WRECK PENN. TRAIN (By the Associated Press.) OrcfnsVmrg. Pa.. March 19It has night, but the spiKed switch was dis covered In time to prevent r. disaster. Efforts to . locate the perpetrators have thus far been fruitless. ATLANTIC CITY OFFICIALS SEE ASHEVILI.E'S PAVING. . (Spechl to The Evening Times.) Asheville, N. C. March 19. Officials from Atlantic City spent a portion of yesterday in Asheville inspecting the Davcd streets of this city. The Atlan- tic city men nave visueu T.ouis snrt Nnshvllle and before re-'. ., . .. " . . " to thome HI Zd a''"1 a '"?MMe bt" Ume In Tmln.h.m. The object I ".n?na"" lttA' " I : pavInB material for the streets of Iwntlc City. ; Policemen Victim of Suspect- ed'Postoflice Robbers GANG OF 3 ESCAPED Postoflire At Brooklyn, Michigan, Xear Jackson, Was Bobber of $200 In .Money and , 9400 In Stumps. Policemen With Three ''Officers Tried To Arrest Suspicious Tank ing Men. (liy the Associated Press.) .Jackson, Mich., -March 19. Police man Fred Booth,agod 33 years, was ! shot, dead today 'while tt parly of offi cers wore trying to place under arrest three men who are suspected of hav ing robbed, the safe in Hie postoffice at. Brooklyn, five miles west from here lust night. Word was received here early to- day that the postoffice had been robbed at Brooklyn, and $200 in j money and $400 In stamps stolen. Three hours after tin; robbery oc curred word reached the officers that three suspicious looking men were in the neighborhood' of Hie Michigan Central shops. Sheriff Parrish, Po liceman Booth and two o(Jier officers i went to the scene, and Booth was shot dead by one of the trio when the offl cers tried to arrust them. The men then escaped. Officers are pursuing I them. . : L. N. GRANT TALKS TO ROOSEVELT. A recent issue nl' ihe 'Washington Post bus th? foiimving lnteres ing item roheei nlnsr IW; political situation "President Bin conclusion that dimo to brini;' ranks- of tin-' North ("aialiun. a. long conlVrc:'.. i evt lt nas come to i e 'something, shou'd ba ilinur. .'harmony, in the republican pn.rty In This morning he had i- with Lt:uls N. Gran-, recently ' appi.lnf.vl '.' p 3!m:i.ster at Goldshoro, uhuiil conditio-.is in the T.'r-heel- st-tr. - "We thhik il is. about time," said Mr. (Irani, 'io k-..1 together and put a slop to the li;'.!iing. The thing to do is to gei to;;. ! down in Nortb Caro lina -and si-Ltli "'our differences there, instfail of lirin.'ting them' to the presi dent. Mr. Koosewli- usr;en tu tliis, and I t hlnk-. before ..lonjf . we . may. i able to cta'i-l -.the work of r.-cone'lini tiie faetlonv. 1 imvever, 'the. task. .looks pretty hard at "present, as neither side show;! tin- sl'u, litest ..inclination to Kive 'in." J. H. WINDER ELECTED CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN (I!y th:- Associated Press.) Indianapolis, Tin.. March 10. Four hundred bituminous coal operators rep resenting the central competitive field, consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania, met today at the Claypool Hotel. F. L. Bobbins, who has long been a leader of the bitum inous operators, called the meetln; to order and announced that while he had been misunderstood and misrepresent ed, he believed it best that he retire as chairman' of the operators and he asked to be relieved. Some of the op erators opposed Mr. liobbins, it is said, because of bis views on settlement with the miners. On motion of Frank S. Pea body of Chicago, J. H. Winder was elected chairman, and will be the lead er of the operators in the joint confer ence with the miners., ' Mr. Winder Is president of the Sandy Creek Coal Com pany, the second largest bituminous producing concerns in the country. The opening session was behind "v closed doors. - BYCOlllTTEf -. ,-' . . t ' (Rv the As -ccl'ied Prcl Washington, March 10. The sen- I ,,. committee on the iudiciarV or- i HOLTON PASSED At-'"' h western district of, North .Carolina. Slightly, the Official state - ment Says 66 RAN INTO FREIGHT Kiileigh Engineer Is Said To Be Only Bruised. Colored Fireman's Wrist Hurt. Freight Engine Hud Stop ped Below Hamlet For Repairs to Water (.lass. Flagman Failed To Go Bark. Engineer- Edward A. Muse of 515 North Person street, this city, was painfully but not. seriously injured, and Fireman E. Crawford, colored, proimmy more seriously injured tnis morning in a collision between north- i hnnn.l onucinn-wr tfnln Kn flft mul northbound freight No. . 8, Seabord Air Line, at Osbtirn, eight miles south of Hanihi. : The accident was about. !) o'clock, 't he official report is Itiut the water glass on the No. S freight engine broke, and the train was stopped in nvriov thnr inn nenn L- m i (h t na ro- paired. The flagman failea to go far enough back to warn any train that might be approaching so that No. 66, fast passenger train, dashed up and could hot. slow down in time to avert . . - a collision. The engine of the passenger tram was nut. very uau.y ii.jureo, unu threo passenger coaches and two freignt cars were derailed. None of J the passengers were injured although j they were badly- shaKeu up .and lnghtened. i ' The injuries to Engineer Muse i consisted principally of bruises about ' the head. (The character of the in- j juries to the colored fireman have ; not yet. been reported. i The track was cleared today by j noon and travel resumed normal con- i ditions. No.- 66 passing Raleigh on the regular run to Richmond about four hours Into. I'epiu t From Norfolk. An Associated Press dispatch from : Norfolk says that the following offl - cial statement was given out at Sea- board headquarters there this after - noon: .' "Passenger train No. .60' north-'sides bound struck the rear of a freight train just south of Osborn, N. C, ! about 15 miles south of Hamlet, N. C, at !) :t. in. today, slightly injuring! Engineer Muse and his fireman, a colored man, The injuries to both j men are only slight. The accident: ... .1 I......... ..rtw flninrimr t Vt II f part of the flagman of the. freight I rain. Three freight cars with con tents were considerably damaged. There was very little damge to the engine hauling the passenger train or any of the passenger cars. There wM. no iiiiKsensrers hurt, and I ho track was cleared and trains began ; pers Hie executive council of the Amer moving about 12.30 p. "-TUe freight ; S." The train was stand.ng on the maia track ure executive. All the mem wifh something wrong with Us en--. erB t;f thp (,,)Un(,. exoept Pl.esiden' gine. A man had been sent out. to J(ihn .riU.,uil, of ln ,Tllted Mno. flag down 1 he passenger t$ain, but 'f-vVorkers , are present. His absence is did not flag properly. The exact . explained 'by tho deman Is upon his cause of the flagman's failure to per- time in consequence of the miners' con form his work properly is not known ; as yet.' BIG PULP .MILLS FOR CANTON. (Special to The Evening Times.) Asheville, X. t, March 19.-The de termination of the Champion Fibre Company, with Peter G. Thompson at its head, to locate its pulp mills at Canton, on the Murphy branch of the Southern, has ended ' the -.efforts of other places in this section to secure the big mills. Active work is now in progress at- Canto, and thousands - of dollars will be spent-in the construc tion of the company's p'ant, The Southern Railway will a'.so spend something like $75,000 in aid n?ar Can ton, reducing grades, ' building new trackage and Improving th? tracks al ready down. The pulp mill pe p'.e will have to spend a large sum of money in preparing the foundations tor Its plan). HORACE EMERSON'S CONDITION CRITICAL. (Sii-cial to Th.-. Evot.lnjt Tinv) Wilmington, N C, March 19. 1 Horace Emerson, general traffic man-! ager of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail-1 road, Is still critically 111. He is suf fering from organic heart disease. Mr. Emerson was taken to Baltimore ! last night for an examination by, specialists. Should his condition! permit he wlil later be taken to a " sanitarium, either In this country or J abroad. is""":,s H":r Aua n Who are Supposed to Have Bought Liquor Since County Went Dry. (Special to The Kvenlng Times.) Rockingham, X. C, March 1 9.- There has iieen a movement, by the j citizojis of Richmond county to start a wholesale investigation into the liquor selling in this county, and looking towards that end there have been subpoenas issued for some two hundred of the parties who are sup i posed to have bought whiskey since !the county went dry -by an act of the legislature of IftOa. ' There will, be an investigation started at Hamlet on Wednesday, March 21, and it will be continued at ""'-'""s.u ...... uty ...e There seems to be a concerted ac- tion of tile llVOlli hit ifln fnrpftR nf th( county to stop the sale of liquor in j the county, and hence this investiga-! tion was started, as evidence could : not be procured by any other means. ! The ministers of all denominations i have been preaching prohibition from their pulpits for some time, and . v. : : i v i .r v.j efforts to stop such traffic. Your cor - resll0ndent. understands that it will ; be continued until every vestige of tne sa!e will have been wiped out. of , : me connu. . I Tnis 00ks like the bars on the - tate Une between NorUl and south .Carolina will have to go. THE M KELWAY (Special to The Evening Times.) Charlotte, N. C, March 19. The SUIT BEGUN isnit of A. J. McKehvay against the:martual training school in this city iObserer Company for $50,000 for an is in flames, and the fire is spreading alleged libelous article appearing in ; the Charlotte Observer and Evening j Chronicle was called this morning, ! Judge Henry It. Bryan presiding. J ' A great crowd was present. Both signified their readiness to be - ; .n trial. The jury was drawn at the moraine session and testimony will .sjn ,, convening at :l o'clork. . .: ; . EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF FEDERATION OF LABOR (l!y the . Associated Press.) .Washington.-. March 19. In .response to -the Call of President Samuel (Jo.n- vention I". Indianapolis. Altivouyh no authorit've announce ment has been made of the subjects to be discussed by the. executive coun cil it Is understood that among them will .be the .-controversy between the union printers and th v Typothetae of the several cities. Wh'.ther or not the council will take up the questions now being considered In Indianapolis could not be "ascertained.-'' BABCOCK CANNOT SERVE AS CHAIRMAN (liy th? Associated Press.) 'Washington; March 10. Representa tive Rabcock of Wisconsin has again made- it .'clear' to republican leaders that he will net serve in another cam paign 'as 'chairman -of Vh5 r pub ican congrcsfiv,ial committee. H; has urg d ' Seivtor Allison and Repr sentativ i Heplu'i n to ncrco upon a riat : an i ca 1 a in v Jo t nicus 10 se ect :i chairman, our h'-s '.efu-a'' to s rvu agam :, .-.ai-.i- . . . j rt!h ' i'i. no- . iv ritiii m.-L t 1 1 til . o:o,-,;:t'C ' n.'c In .v ( m- it.!:! I have ie iip my ' ' . ,vlP' ,1 I tb: 'Ccssjia, to Mr, Eabcock. Unknown Man Disappears' in the Hudson HE WAS WELL DRESSED 'of Mirl.lle a vi,.,i i. v... Action Emptied Pocket of Change in Response to Plea of . Beggar Opened Gate of Pennsylvania Boat and JunijH'd Off Bow. (By the Associated Press.) New York, March 19. An unknown man jumped from a Pennsylvania Rail- ! road ferry boat early today and was ; drowned A derby hat which he threw unon tne deck 1ust aa he tB hl. death bore no marks which might as- slst ln ident"ving its owner. Persons who noticed the man while waiting for the boat, and who also saw him leap into the river, described him as amout middle age and well dress- ed. Their attention was first drawn to hlm whelli ln response t0 a Iea from a . ' cnange' he emptied his pocket of He appeared to be extremely ncrV0U8 and paced the deck of the boat " . "ream. Then, wlth a hurried glance to either side he rushed toward the bow and opening the iron gates, sprang directly in front of the boat. He was carried down and was not seen asain. MANY CHILDREN T IN FIRE (By th ' As-oc! it' d PrVs ) Haverhill, Mass., March 19. The to the Whlttier annex of the high . school. It is reported that many ; children were hurt. . j The fire also spread to nearby dwelling houses . Some of the chil- ;dren received injuries by jumping and others in escaping down the stairways. ; It was stated that none was fatally hurt. PROMINENT NEWSPAPER MAN DIED TODAY (By the Associated Press.) Grand Rapids,. Mich.; March 19. Wil lis Hall Turner, general manager of the Grand Rapids Herald, died early today from paralysis, with which he was stricken several days ago. He was born in 1S3! In South Bend, Ind., became editor of the Jackson, Mich., Patriot, and in ISM became the man ager of the Grand Rapids Evening Press. In .1897 Mr.-. Turner assumed the management of the Chicago Journal, and became thn president of th Chi cago City Publishers' Association. Later he published the St. Joseph 'Press and the Memphis Scimiter. Ab;ut a year ago he returned to Grand Rapids. Mr. Turner is survived by a widjw and one son. CITY WARRANT CLERK KILLED HIMSELF (By the Associated Press.) Buffalo, N. Y March. 19. Charles P. Lyttle, warrant clerk in the city comp troller's office, shot and killed himself today. Worry over a recent Investiga tion of his accounts by Mayor Adam is said to have prompted the act. "I am positive there is nothing wrong with Mr. Lyttle's accounts," said Dep uty Comptroller Seecrieter.ln discussing the tragedy. "What caused him to take his life I cannot understand, but 1 am sure that his honesty was beyond ques tion." . . t j Damage to Fruit. Asheville. N. C, March l:'. ! lit-.'iiv m,,i ..old 'm;.;,,, ; :-'i!i l able dfu li.- and - (:h. cspicr - iartt v lie t'.-ar lat flit cc to fruit lii Kim- un juiuras- cOiiiKioj;. uhm.-'.t . 'In biossom ariil tin: fi'o.ii wni.'. .) bu :t'c,l t.i be iTl'.' ' ' I aged. WE
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