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JftiU Leased, Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1906. PRICE 5c. OVERMAN HAS AN AM No Injunction Without 5 Days -Notice FORTIFICATION BILL Discussion Over Amendment Prohib iting I'se At Suing Ray of Any of the Appropriation for Forttflror lions In the riiilippiup Islands. $600,000 Not Enough to Do flood Service At 'the Bay. By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 20. When the senate convened toda'y Mr. Over man presented an amendment to the railroad rate bill providing that in cases of review of the findings of the interstae commerce -commission by the courts "no writ o"f injunction or interlocutory order shall be granted by any district or circuit court with out first giving five days notice 10 ihe adverse party nor until petition and answer are filed and hearing thereon had." The fortification appropriation bill was then taken up for consideration. The first discussion in connection with the bill arose over the amend ment prohibiting the use nt Subig Bay of any of tho appropriation for fortifications in the Philippine is lands. Mr. Perkins, in charge of the bill, said : the only reason the committee had for eliminating Subig Bay was found in the fact that the appropria tion of $600,OPO for the Philippines was not sufficient to do appreciable service at the bay. He spoke of the drydock Dewey saying that, if it. had been built in California it would now be" at its destination. He declared the distance to be fiva thousand miles less and said the cost was in calculably greater by the route taken. One item of cost mentioned was that of $5,000 for toll through; Sues Canal. - . SCORES ROCKEFELLER Attorney General Moody Grows Sarcastic Much Laughter in Court Room, and Bailiffs Had Trouble in Restoring I Quiet. Moody Says There Was No Actual Compulsion in Acts of t Mr. Oarfleld. I (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, March 20. -Attorney General Moody resumed his argument in the packers case today. Concern ing the compulsion said by the pack ers to have been exercised by Com missioner Garfield, the attorney gen eral Bald: "There is no longer any contention here that there was any actual com pulsion In the acts of Mr. Garfield other than tho powers invested in him. The claims are made that the information furnished to a govern ment entitled to have It, was furnish ed under compulsion of Jaw, and un der the act of 1903 entitles the de fendants to immunity. That, and nothing else, is the issue in this case." "Theso people were not compelled by Commissioner Garfield," he de clared. "It was not that he com pelled them, but that his power in this case'forced them." General Moody referred sharply by name to Rockefeller and made allusion, to tb!e avoidance of sub poenas. . ', The sarcasm of the attorney gen eral brought out much laughter., Bailiffs had trouble in restoring quiet in the court room. SEVEN ITALIANS KILLED May '''. (By the Associated Press.) Bristol, Vena., March 20. In formation' received here tody from Marlon, N. C., is to the effect that in fight between a foreman and Italian laborers on the South & Western Railroad, the foreman lu defending himself Clubbed eeren of the men to death with a crow bar. ENDINT GEN AND NOW COMES IttlPATKIN His Opinion Like Unto that of Rojestvensky EXPOSURE OF DEFEATS Due To f-ark of IVeparnl ion and Equipment ami Oppression of Hurcuucrutic Rule, Which Dispir ited the Army and Drove Good Of ficers from Service. (Uy f'e Associated Presf ) St. PcteiTburg. '-'March 20. General Kuronatkin's lust order-of-the-duy to the first Maiichurian urmy. printed in the Russky Invalid (the military organ) today, Is n remarkable exposure of the Russian defeats, showing that they were due to iaek of preparation and equipment, and to the fact that there were no explosive shells for the moun tain artillery ,ete., In the early stages of the war. He does not shirk his own responsi bility as minister of war, (before the war broke out) but points out that the causes of the defeats were deeper. namely, the morals of the troops and of the officers, who did not display Initia tive, independence or enthusiasm. In spite of tho iron nerves ur.d hero e sp'r Its of the soldiers. All this tho general boldly announces Is utrributuble to the oppression of bu reaucratic rule during the last fifty years, which in the case of the officer drove men of independence from the service, leaving only worthless drones. He congratulates the troops on the ad vent of liberty and hope for the regent-ration of the people.'.. General Kuropatkin gives the entire losses of the first Manchurian army, whicli averaged a strength of 100,000 men and 0.200 officers, as 39a officers killed and 1,733 .wounded and 10.435 men killed and SB,350. wounded, and con cludes with expresnlns the opinion that the army should be so strengthened In time of peace that victory will be eer tnin in time of war. r THE 1905 COTTON CROP Census Bureau Puts it at 10,697,013 Bales Compared With lii.OOT.SlO For 1004 and 10,015,721 For 1003 Avei-'j age Gross Weight of Hales 503.8 Pounds. Estimated Not Ginned ! -aula. :;' (By the Associated Press.) -.' - Washington, March 20. A bulle tin Issued today by the census bureau shows the complete crop of cotton j for 1905, Including linters and count- Ing round bales as half bales, to be t 10,697,013, compared with 13,697, 310 for 1904 and 10,015,721. for 1903.. .. The average gross weight of the bales this season is shown to have been 503.8 pounds, and the equiva lent BOO pound bales to have been 10.777,510. The items entering the! totals for the crop of 1905 are 10,-' 214,059 square bales, 279,836 round ; bales, 112,39 sea island bales and j 230,497 linters. The number.-.' of ' bales estimated by the ginnerS as re- j main ing to be ginned and included in j (he report is 40,112. President Cox College. Brunswick, Ga., March 20. U'evJ A. J. Moncrlef, pastor of the Firsl I Baptist church of this city, has tit-' dered his resignation to the cong'v-: gallon, effective June 1, to accept the: presidency of the Southern Female College, better known as Cox Col lege, at College Park. Ga., made va cant by the death of Presiden: Charles A. Cox. TWO KILLED IN BAD ACCIDENT (By the Associated Press.) , Dayton", .. March 20. A Day to:) ard Troy car with snow-plow attached ran into a horse in a culvert at Chambers burg early todayi Tlu snow plow was hurled from the track and totaiy wrecked. William Humphrey, Bert Hoover and August Nlcoll, section men of Tippecanoe City, who were operating the plow, were killed Instant'y. SCHOOL BOYS STRUCK To Compel Offering of Prayer for Schmidt's Soul The Lieutenant Shot Yesterday as Leader of Naval' Itevolt Is Doing Made a Hero and a Martyr By the Revolutionists. , (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, March 20. Lieu tenant Schmidt, leader of the naval revolt at Sebastopol in November last, who was tried by court martial and shot, near Otchakoff, south Rus sia, yesterday, with three Sailors sen tenced to death for mutiny, is being made a hero and a martyr by the revolutionists. The boys of the St. Petersburg gymnasium struck today in order to compel the offering up of prayers in school for the repose of the soul of the lieutenant. The Kuss prints a detailed account of the execution from which it ap pears that when Schmidt, received the news that the authorities had re fused to commute the death penalty he wept for the three sailors, his com panions, saying they were so young and honest and he would prefer.' to die alone. .The condemned men were taken to the small deserted island of Borizan and were shot, at sunrise. Schmidt addressed his executioners, sixty sailors of the cruiser Terctz, saying: "I die for the Russian people and the fatherland and many of you doubtless will hereafter share, '.my death for (he same cause." Schmidt refused to accept the sac rament and asked not to be blind folded. He met his death with head up "and eyes open. The firing party was stationed at a distance of fifty paces. Two of the sailors wefe killed at. the first volley and one more at the third. Schmidt, did not fall until the fourth volley. IDE SAYS REPORTS ESSENTIALLY FALSE (By the Assocla'ed Press.) Washington. March 20 Secretary Taft has received the following cable- ... .1 T.I.-, nl gram grom uovernor unmw ' Manila, dated today relative to inn Mount Dajo fight. . 'Newspaper, reports from Manila an nouncing wanton slaughter of women and children at Mount Dajo extremely sensational and in all essentials details false. The situation occupied by the Morn outlaws on the crater of the vol cano 2.100 feet high was exceedingly difficult and required great display of heroism .on the part of the army, navy and Filipino and Moro constabulary, who rendered most valuable service, tome women and Children were killed or wounded by preliminary shelling at a distance. Moros were outlaws and fanatics and refused to surrender to the last, attempting repeatedly to murder our forces wfco were rescuing wounded Moros." '- NO SESSION AT " "":--'-:"': MOROCDD TObAY (By the Associated Press.) Algeciras, Spain, March 20. The Mo roccan conference did not hold a ses sion today, but the committee discuss ed the French and Austrian police pro jects. A conciliatory spirit prevailed, but no definite conclusion was reached, and the discussion went oyer until to morrow. The feeling among the delegates has Improved owing to the resumption of the deliberations, although no new, tan gible developments have occurred. THE STATEHOOD DILL TOMORROW (By the Associated Tress.) Washington, March 20. The state hood bill will be taken up In the house tomorrow under the protection of a special rule, the adoption of which will be the necessary step on the part of the house to get the bill into the hands of a conference committee of the sen ate and house. Forty minutes debate will be divided between the friends and opponents of the rule, when a vote will be taken. Dr. Grandreth Dead. (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C. March 20. There died in New York Sunday a great man who was known here. He was Dr. Wil liam Grandreth, who did an extensive business in the state and kapt money on deposit in Salisbury, where he em ployed many workmen. , :-'. "- - ' '"!' : WALLACE URGES SEA LfiVEL PLAN Straight, of; Ample and Depth Width $300,000,000 JUSTIFIED Reiterated That Increased K.fliciency Could Be Secured If the Work Were Handled By a Single Con tracting FlrnV Unhampered Ity oGvernment Methods. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 20. John' F. Wal lace, formerly chief engineer oi tne isthmus canal commission today testi fied before the senate committee con cerning, the. type'- of canal to he con structed across the isthmus of Pana ma. He was asked to state Ills views and prefaced his examination with a general statement, which in part fol lows: Mr. Wallace in advocating an approx imately straight sea level canal, of am ple width and depth as tit,- best type. urged that any other plan which places restrictions upon the probable perma nency of the canal lisoir as well as upon the speed and the size and num ber of vessels passing it. must render the canal far less valuable; that the only deterent factors .hi' this 'connec tion are relative time and cost und tinit In approaching the discussion the ques tion of how much money the American people supposedly are willing to Invest in the canal and how much time they are willing to wait for its proper ac complishment should be considered. He. said that Judged by the capitalization and dividends now paid upon the stock of the Suez Canal it is apparent that the rates charged fur transit through It are excessive and that thus a ma terial saving would be offered com merce by the Panama route. '.Assuming that the present tonnage through Suez of say 10,000,000 tons per year would pas sib rough the Panama Canal even at ii dollar a ton there would be," he said,' Van approximate income of $10,mi0,000 which is sufficient to justify an expenditure of $300,000,000." The latter figure he deemed ample to construct the sea level canal. As to the additional time involved Mr. Wal lace predicted that upon a basis "of reasonable energy and the use of prop er business methods of administration a sea 'level canal can be fully complet ed in ten, -or to be entirely safe, say twelve years and a lock canal, even if only sixty feet- above sea level would require only three years less." He re Iterated that increased efficiency could be sectored if the work were handled by a single contracting firm, unhamper ed by government methods and with every Incentive to early completion with possibly utilization of two shifts instead of one shift of ten hours. Mr. Wallace contended, If It was not too much to hope that the committee will decline to recommend any form of canal which, is not capable of being in the future transformed into a sea level canal without undue Interference with the world's traffic or undue' additional cost, that this fact alone should take the recommendations of the minority of the board of consulting engineers and the recommendations of the ma jority of the isthmian canal commission out of really serious consideration. Mr. Wallace questioned whether con gress would fed justified in endorsing i the construction of any dam of large dimensions, retaining a head of water of say eighty-five feet, the foundation of which does not extend to bed rock or to some equally impermeable and re liable strata. 'Is it cither safe or wise?" he asked, "to authorize the building of a dam one and one-Half miles long to retain a head of; water' of eighty-five feet across an alluvial Valley similar to the valley of the Chagres at Gatun. in which exists already two subgorges, one of which alone is a thousand feet across and SoO feet deep, which has evi dently been refilled, with a hetrogenous mass of f;ra vol, sand, etc., brought down by mountain streams?' With this situation in view, lie said, it is greatly to be feared that the dam of Gatun proposed by a' .minority of the board of consulting engineers and endorsed by a majority of the isthmian canal com mission might after Some years be found Incapable of withstanding the strain upon it. He pointed out-reasons for apprehension on this point and said his remarks on this subject applied, though in a lesser degree to the series of dams and barrages holding back a head of fifty-five feet .of water Vhich it Is proposed by the minority report to construct across tho ulluval valley of the Rio Grande on the Pacific side of the canal. If It is decided to build a lock canal, Mr. Wallace said, then it is to be1 earnestly hoped only such form of lock canal will be authorized as will be admissible in . connection with the construction of a dam at Gam boa, where It Is positively known that the primary rock foundation exists at no greater depth than sea level, rather (Continued on third page.) all five asphyxiated Enlir.8 hmi ta Father, Mother and Three Children Near Death from Fames of Escap ing Gas Took Two Honrs' Work to Restore Them to Consciousness. (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg. Pa.. March 20. The entire family of John H. Williamson, post ! master and station agent at Glen Os ! borne. Pa., on the Fort Wayne Rail road, were found unconscious from asphyxiation at about 8:30 o'clock this j morning. The family consisted of the father, mother and three children, and when found they were supposed to be in a moribund condition. The discovery was made by some persons who had gone to the station to take a train for Pittsburg. Owing to tho fact that the station was not open, they suspected something was wrong and made an In vestigation. Forcing the doors and go ing inside they found the entire family still in their beds unconscious. The air was filled with fumes of gas. After the windows had been thrown open the physicians were summoned and heroic efforts made to i.esusitute tho victims of the accident. I The physicians winked over the stricken family fur two hours, and finally succeeded in restoring them to consciousness..'- Mr. Williamson said the i entire family were sick during the night j from having partaken of canned I peac hes, and he had been up several I times. The last time was about 4 i o'cloc k tills morning, when lie thought he smelled sulphur or gas. but w as too sleepy and tired to bother much about it. He remembered nothing after that. Dr. DeWilt Nctthton, one of the nttcndlng physicians, said there np pearcd to be no. doubt that the family was overcome by gas fumes oris'ng fionl the furnace. All- will recover. MINERS FLEE FOR SAFETY FROM STORM (Rj'-'iho- Associated Press.) Donvrr, Colo., ; March 20.' Owing : the fear of snow slid- s all irin -s i 'ho neighborhood .of KHvr rtYi"", Colo , h;ne been c os d a'.'d tiir c Cousin ' hnirers hive tk'd t" s:-yr:nn for sif -I 'y.V .Vixicen mciv have- lf" n c'li h i suffocated ' d a h l y iie v. 'Jlllf't- s in tins (iisti'ici in in? insi ie aiiy-''ho- propsrty .ot s n w es imu d , ,:, f.i rt. .T'.:e i ii ; ; i ond ' v. c n SI '.ertan iit:;l ');!i';in;:n is Mo kail d : rd -Tverto" is now f cirg a f i inc. : . A trill whS'-h has- be- 'i fo'.i" on thy road, reached C'.""'t j Bui he torn Inns of . the 'Inn ' of t D-Vver and Tt'o Graido rurin n:r. no'"!'- i-o 'i fjini-.is'o'i bi-t "h hi. A ! "no boni'd passengers' it is s lid hav: b C : "'rscnei "ith-i i ' und-r. oi- g unu-ini! 'V'Hrhirs.': Travel .on t!-c .rm!n line if the D,iivvr n;vl t'io ? n l - thro... h the state has not been 'Piterrupled. . BATTLEFIELD PARK FOR PETERSBURG, VA. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 20. The house committee on military affairs decided today to report favoiably a joint reso lution authorizing a commission to cxt amine the battlefields around Peters burg, Va., and report whether it Is ad visable to establish a battlefield park there. Representative Hay of Virginia, will make tin- report. PILLAGED MOSCOW BANK FOR $425,000 (By the Associated Press.) Moscow, March 20. As the officials were dosing the Mutual Credit Socie ties Bank this afternoon twenty armed men surrounded the building., which is near the Bourse, and, covering the em ployes of the bank with pistols, they pillaged the" place, getting way with $425,000, and made good their escape in spite of the efforts of the bank guards to arrest them. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO TRUCKING FEARED (Special to Tho Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C. March 20. Freez ing woafher In the trucking b.it is forecasted for tonight. Tit? truckers fear that serious damage wlli be dona. DEMANDED THAT 1 HE PAY $2,000 For Alleged Malpractice Norfolk Woman on: TRIAL OF DR. MORGAN Mrs. Josephine Davis on Stand This Alornoon Admits Writing Letter Deniuiidins $2,000 of Dr. Morgan or She Would Sue for 910,01)0 Case l-'ouglit Hard on Roth Sides. (I',v the Associated Press.) Norfolh, Va., March 20. The trial of Dr. Francis M. Morgan of Berkley for alleged criminal malpractice on Mrs. Josephine Davis of Norfolk was begun here today. Dr. Morgan, when arraigned, entered a plea of not guil ty, and counsel - for the defense, in milking an opening statement to the court, declared that blackmail or an effort to extort money from Dr. Mor gan by l lie prosecutrix would be al leged. The case is being vigorously pros ecuted for the state, and a defense equally as vigorous is being conduct ed for the accused. The punishment in the event of conviction Is from two to ten years in the penitentiary. j Mrs. Josephine Davis, the. prose-! cutrix, while on the stand as a wit-1 ness for the state this afternoon, ad-: milled having written a letter to Dr. Morgan demanding that he pay to j her $2,000 or slje would sue him fori $10,000. The letter was produced and read to the jury. It said tne writer had suffered greatly as the re sult of Dr. Morgan's alleged practice on her, and that she had been put to heavy expense by reason of the em ployment of other physicians and hospital bills. She declared that sev eral persons had demanded to know who the guilty physician was, but. that up to that time she held the name secret... . The letter created a sensation. Mrs. Davis was on the witness stand for some time, and was under severe cross examination by counsel for the defense. She maintained most re markable composure, and answered every question put to her without hesitation. .. . - 154 WORDS A MINUTE ON THE TYPEWR1TLR '-';' IV,' il'C '' O-i .'.. d Pr.! .) ' Chicago, March 20. In the speed con tests on typewriters at the National Business Show last night, a woman made the record for the smallest num ber of mistakes in her copy. She was , Miss Elizabeth Thac kcr, and in half an i hour she wfote 4,0S." words, making! mistakes in only fifty-two of them, j This was sufficient to place her in fourth place, the first prize being car- ried off by Charles H. McCurrin, ot j Kalamazoo. Mich., who defends his title i of champion "typist-' of America by writing 4,627 words in thirty minutes, an average of 1M words a winute. ; H. Otis Ulaisdell of Chicago won sec ond place .with a record of 4.23S words, j Third place went to Emil A. Trefzger, ; of Peoria, who last year won the cham- ; pionship of Illinois. ' i KILLED HIS DIVORCED WIFE AND HIMSELF Memphis, Tonn., March 20. Leon Croft, a night watchman, shot and mortally wounded his divorced wife, Mrs. Lena Croft, late last night at the residence , of his brother-in-law, G. E. Xurray, and then committed suicide. Croft had called to see his little daughter. Mrs. Croft died at the city hospital today. TWO OVERCOME BY ESCAPING GAS Loraine, O., March 20. William Tellsrow of Cleveland and Raymond Westley of this city were overcome by gas in the office of the J. M. Baso den livery last night. When found early today Tellsrow was dead. West ley is in a dying condition at a hos pital. Tellsrow came here from Cleveland a short time ago. ;CLARK SKIPS; CAUGHT TODAY His lannre Was Kenortr.n This Afternoon CUT THROUGH A FLOOR Sensational Escape of Prisoner Who Tried Recently to Bribe Guard. Old Sleuths On the Trail and Coun ty Authorities Hint at Startling Farts Which May Come Out Later. 4 ft It is learned at 4 o'clock this afternoon that Clark has been arrested ut Voungsville and will be brought here this evening. He was identified at Youngsvlllc by the witness Shadrirk who tes- titled against him in the trial. When arrested he had on citizens clothes over bis convict stripes. C: e Harry Clark, who was sentenced to eighteen months on the county roads for participating in the shooting in the union depot 'iSit- October which resulted in the killing of Chas. G. Smith of Petersburg, and who figured in a sensational unearthing a few weeks ago of a plot to bring about his escape from the convict camp through the , paying of a bribe to Guard Howard A. Griffin, succeeded in getting away from tne camp about midnight last night, and the best ef forts of the county officials have not as yet brought to light any trace o the fugitive. Superintendent Holding came to the city this morning and had a con ference with County Attorney H. E. . Xorrls who made the statement later that it had been decided that it was wisest not to give out any of the de tails regarding Clark's escape, at least for the t. present. Superintendent Holding is of the opinion that there are several matters connected with 'he escape which need to be investi gated closely but quietly. Mr. Morris said that all he felt warranted in saying to the public at this time was that the escape was made along the lines Indicated in the sensational letter which was inter cepted some weeks ago and first brought to the attention of the offi cials to the fact that there was a scheme on foot to affect Clark's cape, Clark's exit from the stochmle. in which he was confined was throw;!1 the floor. Other than this the conm attorney and Superintendent Holilitrj will not talk. They say they are using every effort possible to recap ture Clark. Thus far, however, there Is not the slightest degree of success. Mr. Xorrls, in discussing the sit uation, said that It is a fact that this county is now, and has been for some time, burdened with what seems to be a systematic organized force of some sort for aiding in the escape of any prisoner who may be sent to the roads and who can raise the money. He says Clark's is not the first case which has come td the attention of the authorities. He intimated, too, that something is going to be done to put an end to such conditions, but that about the only way to do this was to expose and bring under the power of the law prominent parties whom investigation might show to be interested one way and another. No Seamen Drowned. j (Rv the Assccinted Press.) I Norfolk, Va., March 20. A special j to the Public Ledger from Old Point j Comfort today says: The report that three seamen j aboard the cruiser Denver were I drowned yesterday is erroneous. The report originated from the fact j that one of the cutters suspended j from the davits slipped and fell about I three feet. No one was in the cutter land there was no damage. The Bank of Spencer. (Special to The Evening Times.) Sallbury, N. C March 20. The Bark of Spencer at Its third annual meeting recently declared an r.nnual dividend of 12 per cent. This Is gratifying in crease over the former two years, though the rats has been e. steady . growth. John K. Dorsett Is cashcr ard B. F. Lively is president. Thr bmk is contemplating an early increase of stock. Sugar Up 10 Per Cent. CP- the Asso"'aten Precs.) New York, March 80.- All grades of refined sugars were advanced 10 cents a hundred pounds today.
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