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VOLUME 27.
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1906.
PRICE 5c.
RMAMTS FOR BLISS,
NO
DOUBT AS TO
SAM RAY KILLED IN HONOR OF
FIVE STEAMERS
G)1CTELY)1U, PERKINS
I ME 8.
N ATI
Tillman
ONAL BANKS
AT WAYNESVILLE
WERE
GEN
WHEELER
BURNED
Wi Probably be Sworn Out
Tomorrow by District At
torney Jerome
TO
MAGISTaATE MOSS
Mr. Jerome Applied Today for Sev
eral Warrants, but the Magistrate
Took Ground It Would Be 'Neces
sary for Evidence to Be Presented
That a Crime Had Been Commit
ted Jerome Agreed to Present
Depositions.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 27. District
Attorney Jerome today applied to
Magistrate Moss forwarranls against
several persons in connection with
the recent life Insurance investiga
tion. The warrants were not issued, the
magistrate taking the ground that it
; would be necessary first for the dis
trict attorney to present evidence
that a crime had been committed.
Mr. Jerome thereupon agreed to
present depositions upon the ques
tions to the magistrate later, and it
was reported late this afternoon that
this would be done tomorrow.
.When news that the warrants had
been asked for became public it was
recalled that the names of Postmas
ter General Cortelyou, chief of the
republican national committee; Cor
nelius N. Bliss, treasurer of that or
ganization, and George VY Perkins,
formerly vice president of the Naw
York Life Insurance Company, had
been mentioned by Mr. Jorome be
fore Judge O'Sullivan in connection
with the warrants. Magistrate Moss,
however, said that no names what
ever were mentioned during his con
versation with the district attorney.
As a result of Mr. Jerome's con
versation with the magistrate, sub
poenas In blank were issued, and it
was announced that John Doe pro
ceedings would be begnn at once in
an effort-to' procure evidence upon
which the warrants might be issued.
A few weeks ago Mr. Jerome present
ed to the grand jury certain evidence
bearing upon such contributions which
was brought out in the legislative in
surance investigation. Following this
the grand jury presented to Judge
O'Sullivan a long series of hypothet
ical questions as to whether under cer
tain circimstances the Insurance offi
cials had committed larceny in making
the political contributions. Several
days later Mr. Jefome informed the
Jury thai the officers were not guilty of
larceny unless intent to defraud were
Shown and expressed the opinion that it
was not shown in these cases.
Last week, however, Judge O'Sullivan
notified the jury that it was for the
Jury to say whether or not intent to de
fraud were shown by the insurance
men, and that if the jury found that
It was shown the crime of larceny
would have been committed.
When Judge O'Sullivan so charged
the jury Mr. Jerome declared that the
judge had misconceived the case and
that If his ruling was correct warrants
should issue for Messrs. Cortelyou.
Bliss and Perkins. Mr. Jerome offered
to ask for the warrants If Judge O'Sul
livan would grant them and hear the
cases. Judge O'Sullivan declined to go
about the case in that way and in
structed the Jury later to secure the
evidence from the district attorney's of
fice and Investigate fearlessly the en
tire matter of political contributions bj
Insurance officials. The'foreman of the
grand Jury yesterday made application
at Mr. Jerome's office for the evidence
but the assistant district attorney de
clined to give It to hira.
Mr. Jerome was not then at his office.
Assistant District Attorney Kresel,
accompanied by Vice President Darwin
TJ. Kinsley of the New York Life Insur
eKce Company appeared before Magis
trate Moss today and Mr.' Kinsley made
a deposition. Several subpoenas' in
blank were then Issued by the magis
trate for John Doe proceedings. None
of the court officials concerned In the
proceedings would say what the pro
ceedings were-.
Afterward Mr. Kinsley and Edward
X. Randolph, treasurer ot the New York
Life Insurance Company, went to Mr.
Jerome's office at his request to make
an affidavit. It was reported as to the
payment of political contributions bjc
the officers of that company.
Up to 2:30 o'clock this afternoon no
official statement as 'to the Insurance
warrants could be obtained. At that
time It was reported 'that a dec'slon
had been reached to make a test of
the case against George W. Perkins.
(Continued on t page.)
VERDICT ON THE
COLORADO WRECK
Operator Asleep When Train
Passed Station
ORDER BLOCK SIGNALS
Either That or Denver and Rio
Grande Double Track Its Hoad
wuy 'o Criminal Prosecution
Should Lie Against Lively or Kail
road. '
(Hy the Associated Pr.ss.)
Canyon City, Colo., March 27. A cor
oner's jury which has been investigat
ing the Denver and Rio Grande wreck
at Adobe on March 14 today re
turned a verdict as follows:
"The collision was due to the careless
ness and negligence of S. F. Lively,
operator at Swallows; that said negli
gence was not wilful or malicious; that
said Lively was asleep when No. 3
passed his station and failed to so re
port when asked by the chief dispatch
er; that night operator - Vandiisen
should have not deserted his post of
duty; that no criminal prosecution
should lie against Lively or the railroad
by reason of said collision: that a
change of signals methods should be
Adopted to" require trains to remain at
message stations until stop signals are
changed and the engineer has ascertain
ed from the agent that there are no or
ders for him; that a block signal sys
tem be installed or that the Denver &
Itio Grande system double track its
roadway."
OVERDOSE SAVED HER
Mrs. Ritchie of New London
Tried to End Life
Young Wife of Prominent Citizen
Left Letter Saying Domestic Infe
licity. Was "Too Great for. Her -Requested
to He Ituried at Her
Father's Feet.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Salisbury, N. C, March 27. From ti
private letter of a friend, who is a
prominent citizen of New London, your
correspondent has learned of an al tempt
at suicide in that town wnicn -surrcii
the whole village greatly.
Mrs.-' John Ritchie, one of the best
known women of the town, made a des
perate effort to end her life, swallowing
fifty cents worth of morphine. The
very excessive overdose seems to h ive
been nil that saved her.
Mrs. Ritchie is the rather young wife i
of an old gentleman prominent in thc
church and generally esteemed through
out the country.
The cause of Mrs. Ritchie's rash act
was given by her In a letter, which said
domestic Infelicity was too great for
her. She left word with her friends to
bury her at her father's feet, and closed
with "farewell."
Notwithstanding the unsuccessful .'it
tempt to abbreviate her ills here, Mrs.
Ritchie has declared that she may try
it again. The matter has been kept a
secret. '
IS
(By the Associated Press.)
Indianapolis, Ind.; March 27 The
joint scale committee of the bitumi
nous coal operators and miners of the
ocntral competitive district, after be
ing in session one week, decided today
to report a disagreement to a session
of a Joint conference of miners and
operators to b held at 2 o'clock,
miners came from the committee room
there were Indications that each man
was laboring under a nervous strain.
President John Mitchell of the United
Mine-Workers, said it would be deter
mined by the action of the conference
when he would go east to take up con
sideration of the anthracite situation.
The miners national convention will be
held Immediately following the ad
journment of the Joint conference.
SAGREEMENT
REPORTED
THE EVIDENCE
T CASE
Defense Concludes and Argu
ments Begin Soon
OVER THREE SESSIONS
Testimony Before Senate Committee
Today Bad Reference to 'Mormon
Church' Part in Salt and Kugur
Business in Utah Apostles Had
to Deal With the Trust Companies
at Suit Lake.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 27. The. introduc
tion of testimony in proceedings
against Senator Smoot was concluded
at 11: GO o'clock today. The arguments
will be made some day next week to be
agreed upon by counsel. The hearings
have extended over three sessions of!
congress.
Joseph Geoghegnn, a manufacturer
broker of Salt Luke,. Utah, was on the ;
stand today. He was examined by A. !
S. Worthington, counsel for Mr. Smoot,
concerning the interest of the Mormon j
church, in sugar factories in Utah and ;
Idaho,-.-The witness testified that the j
church hud financed those concerns
before it appeared that sugar factories
would succeed, but that neither the j
church nor the Mormons control the
stock. It was shown, however, that the j
two largest concerns have Mormon of
ficers and a majority of .Mormon di
rectors. He spoke at length concerning
the active participation o church offi
cials in business and showed that gen
( Continued on Page Two.)
SEVERE STREET RIOT
2 Killed, Over 300 Wounded
at Bucharest
j Trouble Arose Over the Dcnionstra
lion of Roumanian Nationalists
j Against use of French Language
I in National Theatre.
(By the Associated Press.)
Vienna, March 27. Severe street,
riolint; occurred at Bucharest last
nighl, and cttlminaled in a Conflict
between tin?, riolers and (ho troops,
dtiritiK which (wo men were killed
and over throe hundred wore wotind-
The trouble arose over a demon
stration of Roumanian '.nationalists
against the use of the French ian-
gauge
in a performance at. the na-
lional Iheatro. The Ladies. Chari
ly Society, which is under the patron
age of the Princess Marie,-advertised
the production of a play in French,
and thousands of nationalists gath
ered about the theatre and became
so threatening that troops were
summoned and fired twice before
the demonstrators were dispersed.
Over a hundred persons were ar
rested. ;
SPRIGGS SENT UP
FOR 20 YEARS
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 27. Robert H.
Spriggs, the negro recently convicted
of abduction In detaining white wo
men against their will In a resort
frequented only by negroes, today
was sentenced to serve twenty years
In state prison.
Sallie " . Bennett, who assisted
Spriggs in conducting the resort, an i
who pleaded guilty to abduction, was
sentenced to ten years in state prison.
- Will Hang June the First.
Los Angeles, Cal., March 27. Morris
Buck, who shot and killed Mrs! Can
field, the wife of the oil millionaire,
was yesterday sentenced to be hanged .
June 1. I
SMOO
Refers t& Larceny
Question
SOME CONTRIBUTIONS
Knows of One Case in Which $17,0011
Was Given to Caiiipuioa4'iind in
1H0, and Believes $ J .Olio.OOO
Was Contributed to Republican
Fund by National Ranks ...That
Year.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, March 27. In the
senate today Mr. Lodge presented an
amendment to the railroad rate bill
prohibiting rebates nnd discrimina
tions and providing penalties for vio
lations of the law.
The joint resolutions regulating
(he allotment of documents in the
government printing office and in
tended to prevent unnecessary print
ing and binding, passed yesterday by
the house, were adopted without dis
cussion. Mr .Tillman then presented the daily
.'communication on the question of rnil-
road discrimination to meet the request
I of Mi. Scott, as he explained. The let
! ter in this case was from Samuel Kin
i sey of Carrlck, Pa., president of the
' Pittsburg Standard Coal Company, who
! made complaint that the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis Rail
! road refuses to afford accommodations
to his company's mines thirty-one miles
west ot Pittsburgh
'-In. the same connection Mr. Tillman
referred to his resolution concerning
the contributions of national banks to
(campaign committees, and made it the
! basis for a reference to the differences
j between District Attorney Jerome an'T
Judge O'Sullivan as to the applicability
! of existing law to 1' e liability of in
i'surance .companies for the same ofJ
j ftnse. Whatever doubt might exist as
i to insurance companies there could, he
! said, be none as to national banks,
j These he believed constitute malfeas
! ance in office and call for punishment
: under the law.. .
j He knew of one case in .which $17,000
'had been contributed to (lie republican
i campaign fund in ..ISM, and he had
; reason to believe Hint no less than $1,
j 000,000 had been so given by the na-
1 tional banks that year. He also spoke
i of Judge Humphrey's recent decis.o i
! In Hie beef puckers r ase, and declare I
that the tendency was to punish a man
: of straw, the corporations, without p:iy
! ing attention to the 'individual.-,.
KILLED HIMSELF
IN HOTEL TODAY.
(By ill.' ' Arsocialed Press.)
New .York-. Man h 27. A man who
registered a.: William Malier.of Michi
gan, commilleil suicide ;tl the' Chelsea
Square Hotel -ai, IX', Tvnth avenue .1
day by hanging.' A penciled nolo left
on a table in his room by the 'suicide
requested 'thai tlx- finders of 111 body
notify (lus Mailer, care of Kulzman,
Cadillas Square,' IMriiit, Midi. Malier
bad been living nl the hot.'l since
Mi'.ivh '(I. He said (li lt Ji WU'J a
printer and Hint lie came to litis city
to search for employment.
GOV. PATTISON
GAINS TODAY.
(By the Associated Pies:'. )
Columbus, O., March 27. Governor
r-attison continues to gain strength.
His friends are greatly encouraged and
some declare he will recover. The doc
tors continue to be reticent and will
give out nothing in addition to the bul
letins. The doctors issued the follow
ing bulletin this forenoon:
"Governor Pattison has had a good
night and made a steady gain In
strength. Pulse M; respiration 22; tem
perature normal.
BIG THEATRE
BURNED TODAY.
(By the Associated Press.)
Mcrid:n, Conn., March 27. The Mer
Iden theatre, a wooden structure, and
a four story brick building adjoining
It wer burned today, entailing a loss
of about $115,000. Both buildings werj
owned by the Wilcox Realty Company.
Two firemen w re injured by falling
timbers.
DOUGLASS OLDS
IN EXTREMIS.
Friends throughout hs state wi'l
leirn with deep regret of a telegram
that was received tills afternoon from
Col. F. A.' Olds who is at Southern
Pines with his son Douglass, to the
effect that Douglass had a sudden co!.
lapse this afternoon and that the at
tending .physicians say that the end is
near
Went After Policeman With
a Winchester
BATTLE AT THE DEPOT
I'oliconinii Henry Able Had Arrested
Bay's Brother for Trying to At
tack u Merchant With a Knife and
Hud Handled Him Bat her Rough
ly Kay Swore He Would Kill
Able or Get Killed.
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Asheville, N. C, March 27. A long
distance telephone message from
Waynesvllle today tells of the killing at
that place between S and 9 o'clock this
morning of Samuel Ray by one of the
three men, Policeman Henry Able, Dr.
Able nnd Policeman Davenport. The
message stated that current report was
that Policeman Able fired the fatal
shot. The message says:"-.' . ,
"Last night .Wiley Ray, brother of
Sum Ray, was arrested by Policeman
Able. Ray was arrested while at
tempting to attack a merchant named
Bennett with a knife. In order to ef
fect the arrest Ray was handled rough-
lr Vnr tlia ,iK... Ttlio mm nillir U- 111
"
Ray sallied forth with a. Winchester
l file, purchased cartridges and declared
that he would kill Able or get killed.
He went to Abie's house and fired sev
eral shots. He then went toward the
depot, followed by the two Abies and 1
Davenport. At the depot Ray shot at
the men twice, clipping a piece from the
officer's gun. The three men then op
ened fire. Ray was killed by a pistol
shot fired ut a distance of sixty yards.
Ray was a dangerous man and one of
the best shots in Haywood county. The
opinion is that the killing was justi
fied." '
32 HORSES CREMATED
Large Part of a Pennsylvania
Town Destroyed
i:plosion of Gasoline F.ngine Start
ed Blu.e in Livery . .Stable A
Dozen Buildings liiirncd Down,
Including City Hall and Baptist
Church.
(By the Associated Press.)
Bradford. Pa.. March 27. The explos
ion of a gasolene enuine caused a fire
which .destroyed a - large part of the
town of Kane, near here, entailing a
ioss of $S4,nuo. Willi very lit t It nisur- I
ance. The blaze stalled in (lie lively
stable of Wickm.'in & Johnston and cre
mated thirty-two horses in their stalls.
A dozen buildings were destroyed be
fore the fire was controlled. Among the
structures burned were the city hall
and the Baptist church. ' Twenty room
ers in Mrs. Jaeobson's boarding bous;
lest al! their --belongings.-."
TWO KILLED IN
FENCE ROW!
A
(By the Associated Press.)
Chickasa, I. T March 27. As the
result of a shooting which took place
twenty-five miles from here, a man
named Mullens and G. W. Dean were
killed, and Martin Anderson and
another man named Meeks were se
verely wounded. James Martin and
his two sons were arrested shortly
after the trouble charged with hav
ing done the shooting. The trouble
arose over a division fence.
Big Paper Fire.
(By the Associated Press )
Butte, Mont., March 27. Fire in
the Olsen block resulted in approxi
mately $100,000 damage to the
wholesale stock of the Passntore Pam
per Company through the warehouse
being flooded with water. The dam
age to the building was about
$20,000.
Memorial Exercises in At-
Ianta Today
RAIN PREVENTS PARADE
Camp A, Wheeler's Confederate Cav
alry, the Hosts Veteruns of Civil
War, Union and Confederate, and
the Spuiiish-Amcriouii War, United
to Speak of His Deeds.
(By the Associated Press.)
Atlanta. On.,' March. 27. The memor
ial exercises in honor of General Joseph
Wheeler,' prepnied by Camp A, Wheel
er's Confederate Cavalry, were held
here today, Representatives of the vet
erans of the civil war and the Spanish
American war, in both of which Gen
eral Wheeler took a large part, united
to do him honor and to speak tenderly
I and reverently of his deeds.
A splendid .military parade was
planned to precede the addresses, but
a drenching ruin, which continued from
early morning, made it necessary to
omit this part of the program. The
Grand Opera House, where the exercises
were held, was decorated appropriately
with the national colors. The boxes
were occupied by the daughters of Gen
eral Wheeler, the honored guests of the
day, Misses Annie Wheeler, Lucy
Wheeler and Carrie Wheeler and Mrs.
Julia Wheeler Harris, a sister of the
lamented general. Other boxes were
! filled with prominent members of the
Daughlcl.s ot tne Confederacy and other
' similar organizations,
! 'Colonel" Thompson H.. Jones, chair
man of the local committee or the
Wheeler Cavalry, introduced Governor
Joseph M. Terrell, who made an address
0f welcome and introduced the first
speakers, Hon. John D. Muttox, repre
senting -Wheeler's cavalry; General
Clement A. Evuns, representing the
United Confederate Veterans, in the ab
sence of General Stephen D. Lee, commander-in-chief:
of the organization.
"Corporal" James Tanner, commander-in-chief
of the Grand Army of the Re
public, and Major General Charles R.
Miller of Cleveland, O., speaking for
the Spanish war veterans.
THE NAVY PROGRAM
One Battleship, 3 Destroyers
and Submarines
Bill Carries Total of $,75,000
Battleship to Be of Largest Type,
to Cost $6,000,000 Kxclusive of
Armor and Armament.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington,- Mar. 27.--Thc house
committee on naval affairs decided
today to report a building program
for new ships in the navy as follows:
One battleship to cost, exclusive of
armor and armament, $(5,000,000,
ihe ship to be of the largest type,
the tonnage to be determined by the
secretary of tJie navy; three torpedo
bout destroyers to cost $750,000
each, and $1,000,000 to be expended
by the secretary of the navy for sub
marine boats in his discretion. ;
The naval bill will carry a total of
$9f,"r0,00). The current law ag
gregates $10:i. 000, 000.
WON'T OPPOSE
B. L. DUKE'S SUIT
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, March 27. Counsel for
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke, in the supreme
court today, announced that in ac
cordance with his agreement he would
not oppose the taking of an Inquest
and the granting of a decree in the
suit for divorce brought against her
by Riodie L. Duke. He said, however,
:hat at a later date he might move to
re-onen the eas .
Charles Francis Approved.
(By the Associated Press.)
Vienna, March 27. The foreign office
today informed the Associated Press
that Emperor Francis Joseph today ap
proved the appointment of Charles
Francis to be ambassador of the United
States to Huijgary.
Fail River Liner Plymouth to
Water's Edge
ONE DEATH RESULTED
Caretakers on Plymouth Hud a Nar
row Kcapc Steamers Were Un
dergoing Regular Spring Over
hauling at the Repairing riant at
. Xewport.
(By the Associated Press.)
Newport,- R. I., March 27. The Full
River lines big side-wheel steamer Ply
mouth was burned to the waters edge,
ihe' freight steamer City of Lowell was
damaged, a long pier shed, hoisting
shears, paint shop and old railroad sta
tion were destroyed and the paint was
searched off three other steamers, the
Puritan, the Priscilla and the Nauga
tuck by a fire early today. At one time
the blaze threatened to wipe out the
entire repairing plant of the owners of
the line, the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad Company. The loss
is estimated at more than a million dol
lars. .
No lives were lost, but thirteen care
takers, watchmen and firemen on board
the Plymouth were nearly hemmed In,
so rapid was the rush of the flames
through the vessel.
The five steamers were air undergo
ing the regular spring overhauling
preparatory to the summer season and
the burned pier shed contained consid
erable quantities of material for the
work. The Company's plant here cov
ered several acres and includes a, long
wharf which Is used as a landing place
for the boats from New York, two large
docks with piers and nearly a score of
machine shops and smaller buildings.
The fire broke out in the Plymouth
shortly before 2 o'clock this morning.
The watchman discovered flames burst
ing from the saloon" in the after part
of the boat. He quickly aroused the
men sleeping in trfe lower hull. As the
men tumbled out of their bunks and
sought the stairs', the flames were al
ready sweeping1 toward them and
scarcely one of them had time to seize
his clothes in the rush for the upper
deck.
Wilhin a few minutes the entire city
fire fighting force had been summoned
to the scene before the first effective
stream had been turned on, the Ply
mouth was doomed and the entire plant .
was threatened. The steamer City of
Lowell, which had caught fire was tow
ed out into the harbor by the tugs C.
V. Morse and Solicitor and the flames
on her were extinguished by the crew
of one of the tugs.
In the meantime the flames bad en
veloped the Plymouth from stem to
stern and had jumped to the tall wood
en hoisting shears overhanging the
vessel and to the pier shed. By half
past two the firemen gave up hopes ol
saving the shears and the shed. The
fire by that time had attacked Ihe paint
shops and the oil railroad station at 111"
head of the pier and they were quickly
destroyed. The Morse and Solicitor
steamer in again through the smoke
and burning brands and towed the re
maining steamers to safety. The Puri
tan and Priscilla were scorched but ex
cept for the smoke, their interior fit
tings were not damaged. The Nauga
tuek was undamaged. The firemen
were able to prevent a further spread
of the flames. The steamer Plymouth
was a sidewheel vessel of 2,250 tons net
burden. She was built at Chester, Pa.,
In 1X90. Her hull was constructed of
steel and her interior and fittings were
nearly all wood. She was 367 feet long
and was valued at nearly a million dol
lars. The other losses aggregate about
$50,000. '
Later in the day the body of Louis
Lemon t, a fireman about twenty-five
years of age, was found on board the
Plymouth.
Oil Hearing. '
(Ry the Associated Press.)
New York, March 27. When the pro
ceedings by which Attorney General
Hadley of Missouri seeks to oust from
that state companies controlled by the
Standard Gil Company were lvsumed
today H. M. Tllford of New York
took the stand. He said he is presi
dent of the Continental Oil Company,
which does business in Colorado and
the west, and also connected with a
second company engaged In the oil
business in the Pacific states, a cor
poration incorpoi"iKted ii,n Iowa. He
said that he had an office at 26 Broad
way. SET FIRE TO CELL
4 CONVICTS PERISH.
(By the Associated Press.)
Corsicana, Texas, March 27. A, negro
prisoner at the county farm, two miles
north of here, set fire to his cell today
In an effort to escape. The flames
spread and before the prisoner could
be removed four were burned to death
and a fifth was fatally burned. The
man who started the fire was among1
those burned to death,