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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. , . ' 'V 7Vf '.' 'V ,; T'l Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. s ; j -, t j j H j s i LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. if THE' BALEIGH -.EVENING TIME VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. 0., THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1906. PRICE 5c. CONFUSION WITH LIKE OUR BAD INDIANS STORMS IN THE SOUTH DR. CHADWICK TODAY MITCHELL TO MINERS PRESIDENT AS ROOSEVELT 1! CROW BIBLE Aindng Incident in Wake Supreme Court Today JUDGE WAS MISTAKEN Thought Witness Was a White Man and Reprimanded Deputy Sheriff for; Handing Him J'Jim Crow" Bible to Bo SwornNegro Sen tenced for Stealing Corn from J. C. Drewry's Farm. An Illustration of the confusion that may arise from the use of "Jim Crow" , bibles in court occurred in Wake su perior court this morning and consti tutes a good joke on Judge Council and Solicitor Amistead Jones. E. A, Johnson, the well known col ored lawyer, who holds a clerkship in the office of tho United Stales district attorney, was a witness in a easo in Which Daniel Jeffreys, a negro school teacher, was arraigned for disposing of u mule on which there was a mort gage. Lawyer Johnson was a character witness for' Jeffreys and when the so licitor called him to tho stand, he call. ed out, "Mr. Johnson, take the stand." He had not been sworn and Deputy Sheriff Scars handed hi.n tho Bible kept in the court for administering oaths to negroes. Judge. Council, be ing under the Impression flint Johnson was a white man, said rather sharply from tho bench: "Mr. Sheriff, you have given the wit ness the 'wrong Bible. That one over there is the ore for Iho use nf white people," indicating another Testament on the table. "Not th:l I am a stickler about such matters, but if there are to be different Bibles kept for the races then you must not got 'them niixel that way. Have a different place for them, and keep them thero. Then suih mistakes as this will not bo made." Deputy Sheriff Sears changed the Bl blea.handing Johnson tho "white folks" Bible, no explanation being made by any one to tho court. However the clerk was so amused at the incident that he had difficulty In administering the oath to the witness. Tho colored school teacher, Jeffrey, who was on trial Was on his own state ment of the case adjudged at least technically guilty, and was fined tin and costs. He explained the ease by saying that ho had 'merely leased the Inule to a party who afterwards made way with fhe mulo without even pay ing him the money' agreed on in the lease. He testified that he had taught school In the-county up to last Fri ' day. William Bates, colored, was convict ed of stealing corn from Mr. John ('. Drewry at his farm near the ell. v.. and was sentenced to eight months on the county roads. Frank Abrams, a while man, was convicted of stealing a hammer, from the workmen who are repairing the court house, and was sent to the roads for six months, He slated to the court that this wast the first time lie had ever been guilty of any. crime, und he Uid not know what possessed him to do it unless It was a species of "klep tomania." Henry Sorrell and Bud Morgan were convicted of an affray, Sorrell being fined $10 and half tho rosts and Moi gan $15 and hhalf thgvosts. BLEW OUT GAS; - MANY WILL DIE. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., March 23. Ignor ant of the mechanism of a gas fixture a family of Austrian immigrants who arrived here three days ago, '' were overcome by ..illuminating gas last night 'In a tenlinent house. Schuye Wcistein, the father, died today at a hospital, and Rosa, his wife, and their daughters, Cella, aged 22; Sarah, age 19, and Anna, aged 14. are said to be dying at the same institution. The vic- tims were found unconscious today in their rooms by Rebecca, a fourth daughter, who had spent the night with relatives. In extinguishing the light last night some member of the ' family had accidentally turned on the gas again and the fumes had escap ed into the rooms during the entire night. ' The Oldest Man. (By the Associated Press.) Lem pater, N. H., March 29. Wil- Hani Welch, who is said to be the oldest surviving member of the union army in the civil war, and the oldest member of tht Masonic order in America, celebrated his 106th birth day here today. He was born in St. Andrew's, N. B., on March 29. 1800, but has spent the greater part of his life in this town. , .:'.. f .''. Pulijanes Are Dangerous People and Wild ' "' ' -.; i No Easy Task for Governor Curry to , Subdue the Outlaws AVho Are As sisted By Their Women 1 Killing and Robbing the People. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, March 29. "-Though the Philippine census fails to dis close the number of Pulijanes on the Island of Samar, who are now being pursued by constabulary under the leadership of Governor Curry in re taliation for the attack tfpon his party recently, it is estimated by of ficers in the war department who have been stationed on the island that there are not to exceed 2,500 of these people in the mountain fast nesses. They are not, as commonly supposed, a race of themselevs, but as explained by one of these army officers, tho Pulijanes are really Vis ayans who nave "gone wrong." They are people who were once under the Spanish religious influence but have retrograded into a state of barba rism; have taken to the mountains and live in large part by- preying upon the toilers in the agricultural sections. Thus they are like the Ladrones" in Luzon, and the bri gand Moros. The Spanish govern ment records mention them as "Tuli sanes," which is said to bo the vocal equivalent of the native word "Puli janes" while the church designates them "Reniontados," which means a people that have once practiced Christianity and lived by honest labor but have "backslid." In the opinion of army officers here it will he no easy task for Gov ernor Curry to subdue these "Puli janes" because they are like)' the American Indians in the bad lands and are very much assisted by their women, who travel back and forth into .(he towns, bringing out sup plies of rice and other necessaries despite the watchfulness of the American troops and native guards: Alexander is 111. (By the Associated Press.)... Greenfield, Mass., March 2n.-Jamea W. Alexander, former president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society ar rived here today and was driven to a private sanitarium at Deerfleld. where he expects to remain several weeks in recovering tiom the effects of two sur gical operations which 'wore performed in New York recently. Mr. Alexander is still In a weakened condition but he Is daily gaining strength. BELIEVES WOMAN HILLED HER HUSBAND (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal., March 29'. The Kxaminer says today: ' "The discovery has been made that Mrs. Kmma Le Doux bought a two ounce vial of cynnide of potassium in a drug store in this city on March it lest, and that a. clerk has .identified a photograph of the woman as that of the person to whom lie sold the poison. On the "poison record" of the. drug store is her name "Mrs. A; N. McVlear, Jamestown, California." The record says that the poison was to be used in developing photographs. There was some of tho poison found in her effects at the. time of her arrest on suspicion of murdering her divorced husband, Mc Vicar in Stockton, early in the week and whose cold body was subsequently found in a trunk. MORE ARGUMENT IN THE HEARST CASE Washington, March 29. Re-argument of the. case of William Randolph Hearst, of New York, against the an thracite coal carrying roads was be gun today before the interstate com merce commission. The case already has been discussed at length. Briefly, the action involves a complaint by Mr. Hearst that the rates for carrying, an thracite coal from the mines to tide water are too high. Today's proceed ings were instituted at the instance of the Interstate commerce commission, who desired further information in view' of the recent decision of the su preme court of the United States In the cases of the New York, New Haven & Hartford and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad companies, holding in effect that it is contrary to public policy for a common carrier to be a dealer in the commodities that it transports. Fire at Fort Worth. Fort Worth, Tex., March 29. The wholesale Wadsworth-Cameron drug house was totally destroyed by fire of unknown origin last night. , Serious Conditions Along Alabama River Cattle Dead and Starving and Farm Lands Ruined Railroads Crip pled, Million Dollar Trestle Being in Danger from the Flood. (By the Associated Press.) Mobile, Ala., March 29. Officers of tho si earner Mary, arriving here today bring news of serious conditions along the Alabama river. For a hundred miles low lands are under water from two to six feet, and crons are dam aged. Itain Is again falling over the upper water sheds. Carcasses of cat tle and other live stock by the hun dreds are strewn over the inundated district. Cattlemen begged officers of the steamer to render assistance in tho way of feed for the cattle, but there was no way of making landings. Lumber interests have also sustained seilous loss. . Memphis, Tenn., March HO. Advices from . Mispissippi and Arkansas state that ore of tho heaviest rainfalls in years occurred last night. Rivers and smaller streams are overflowed in many ncrcs and crops are partially damaged. Itailrunil schedules are irreg ular on many lines and several wash outs are reported. The million dollar steel bridge at Newport, Ark., owned by tho Gould system, Is reported in danger arid a largo force of workmen is protecting it with logs und other timber. TAMPA WANTS AN EXPOSITION. .(By the Associated Press.) ' Washington,'. March 2!). President Roosevelt was asked today to give bis interest and support to another inter national exposition... It is the desire of I lie people of Florida that such an i-xpiwition.be. held in Tampa in Jan aa'ry," February, .March, April and May, 1WX, to commemorate the begin ".Iii.tr of the digging of the Panama ca nal. .Representative Sparkman, of Florida, introduced J.. L. Brown, of Tampa, to tin- president,' and tliey dis cussed the exposition projret. The .irei'idcnt was not enthusiastic about the. . proposition..1 n he said he had '.bout all the work on hand concerning xpositioi's thtit he, well could stand. Killed in a Mine. Hnrrisburg, Pa., March 29. Jos. Lorick was instantly killed and Frank Kramer and an unknown Pole wore probably fatally injured by a fall of slate in Short Mountain col liery early today, Kramer had both legs and his left arm broken and the other man was injured internally. BOYCOTT CHURCH FOR REFUSAL TO PRAY (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco. Cal., March' 29. Be cause the Rev. Theodore Pashkovskyi priest of the Russian Orthodox church in tills city, has refused to oner np players for the repose of the soul rl Lieutenant Schmidt, leader of the Kniaz Potemkino mutiny, and to hold a. me morial service in honor of that officer, Russian revolutionists in Father Pash kovsky's congregation have, boycott-. 1 his church and written 'to". ihe pr.est threatening letters. These letters state that unless the priest accedes to the demands for a service in honor of Schmidt . tho writ ers will secede from the religious body. Father Pashkovsky declares he will not under any circumstances pray fo.' the man that armed himself against the czar. COTTON SPINNERS COME FROM ENGLAND (By the Associated Press.) Boston. Mass., March 29. A commit ,ee representing a federation of Eng ish cotton spinners and manufactur ers, arrived here today on board the steamer . Saxonia. The committee is ,'isiting this country for the purpose )f Investigating the growth of cotton and its use by the manufacturers, ind it will attend the annual ' conven tion of the New England Col ton Man jfaeturers' association here April f ind 26.. The visitors later will attend ihe conference of the growers and manufacturers of cotton to be held in Washington, D. C, and also propose to visit the cotton fields of the south. Postmaster at EnorltviUc. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 29. The fol lowing appointment as fourth-class postmaster was announced today: North -Carolina Enochvilie, -An drew McFroozp. IT That is Why Bellamy Storer Seat Resignation HE'S OUT NOW FOR GOOD Retiring American Ambassador to Austria-Hungary Declined to Dis cuss Reasons for the Change Will Kpend Fart of His Time Here and the Other Part in Kuropc. (By the Associated Press.) Vienna, March 29. The retiring American ambassador to Austria-Hungary, Bellamy Storer, returned here from Egypt today. In an interview with the correspondent of the Associat ed Press on the subject of his recall he said: "My resignation was requested March 6 in a telegram from the president and was sent in March 7. 1 have not seen what the newspapers have been saying as 1 have been ill and have not been allowed to receive newspapers or let ters. I am not going to resume charge of the embassy. Mr. Rives will remain is charge d'affaires." Mr. Storer when informed of the gist ol the reports in circulation concern ing the reasons for his recall declined to comment upon them or 'to say any thing about the grounds for his recall or Mrs. Storer's alleged actions in church matters. Mr. Storer, who is still hi poor health, lias been suffering from Egyptian fever, lie said: "I intend to return to America after having settled my personal affairs, but i think I shall not leave Vienna be frre the end of May 1. 1 intend to spend half the year in America and half in Europe." it is understood that tin-re will be no direct official transactions between the American embassy and the. foreign of fice here pending the presentation of Mr; Storer's letters of recall. All mat ters coming up In the meantime will be settled between the state department at Washington and the Austro-Hungar-ian ambassador there. Baron Von Heldelmuller. The foreign ofliee here approves of this plan, by which the American embassy at Vienna will prac tically by non existent during the re mainder of Mr. Storer's stay in Vienna, as being the best, means of avoiding possible embarrassing' situations relat ing to Mr. Storer's position. SENATOR CLAY . . . " . ; . IS Says it Should be so Stated in the Rate Bill BEATING AROUND BUSH Georgia Scutor Gives His Opinion of Pending Legislation and Says Court Should Xot Re Authorized to Go Into Whole Cusp What -.. Cattlemen Want. (By. the Associated Press.) Washriiigton, March 29. When tho senate met today Mr... Culberson pre sented and had the clerk read a me morial from the cattle raisers' asso ciation of Texas, urging the passage of the. railroad rale bill as it ca.-ne from the house. The senate agreed to adjourn from today until Monday. Mr. Lodge presented the conference report on-' the consular re-organization bill' and it was agreed to without dis cussion. When tile railroad rate bill was taken up, Mr. Clay addressed -the sen ate, saying that he did not consider the -principal point of controversy a serious one. lie discussed the question of a'court review of the orders of 'the interstate commerce commission, Bay lug' -that if under the house bill the regularity of the commission's orders only was contested the carrier would be deprived of the right of contesting a rate fixed. Mr. Clay declared that if it was the intention to admit a review of the commission's finding the, right should be conceded in the bill.- "Why not say so directly in the bill and get over the controversy?" he said. "I believe that review ouht to be per mitted, but I believe that tho review ought to be confined to the question as to whether the rate fixed is con stitutional. The court should not be authorized to go iiilo the whole ease." REQUESTED FOR REVIEW The Last Sermons of His leigh Mission This Morning at Central Methodist Church His Illustrations Were Babylon and the New Jerusalem, to Show the Xeed of God in the World. ' The great missionary of Leeds preached the last morning sermon of his Raleigh mission today at Central Methodist church to a congregation that filled the edifice despite the un favorable weather. Dr. Samuel Chadw ick took for his text this .morning' tho tenth verse of the twenty-first chapter of the book Revelation: "And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high moun tain, and showed me that great city,' 1 lie holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God." The preacher began by contrasting Babylon with Jerusalem, saying that Babylon represnted the consummation of man's resources without God, while Jerusalem was tho consummation of the work of Jesus Christ, for Jesus eame not only to save a few people, but to bring heaven to earth. That idea is expressed, said Dr. Chadwick, in this sentence of the prayer' he taught his disciples, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." A vivid picture of Babylon's great splendor, mighty wraith, wonderful commerce, great -distinction and facil ities for pleasure was given. Then swiftly across the face of the picture of glory was written the words of doom. "Babylon is fallen." Fallen be cause of inherent weakness. That was representative of all cities and em pires man has over built in which God has not been honored. Nations never perish save from nioriil rot. Armies have- never '.overthrown them. They have been prey to inward corruption. Thai, was tin- history of all the em pires of the world. With his own iiu gcv God hud 'written : the epitaph of In lien nations, "(i, Israel, thou hasl destroyed thyself.". No-man could have destroyed it. No combination of forc es could have, -overthrown' it. Dr. Chadwick beautifully explained the allegory of the New Jerusalem. He said there were a great many good people w ho really believed there were golden 'streets and crowns and all that literally, and he had heard a col ored preacher once tell his congrega tion In a V. seriousness that the princi pal business of the angels was going about '.' measuring the heads of the saints, so that their crowns of gold "night be 'prepared to lit tin in. Then using Babylon anil the New Jerusalem as forceful illustrations, he preached one of his greatest sermons on the need of God in men's enterpris es, and the glory of the consummation when' man calls on God to perfect w hat he is trying to accomplish, anil when God answers him, or when God, sum moning man to His work, is obeyed with unquestioning devotion. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Chad, wick conducts the Bible school at the Central .Methodist 'church, and tonight at-7:30 the last service of the mission wil lie hi Id. ELEVEN THOUSAND IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE (By the Associated Press.) Now York , March 2 9. Over ' 1 1,- 000 immigrants arrived in the har bor of New York today on board seven steamships from European ports,. This number is the record for it single day which lias been made thus fur during the annual spring in rush of immigration. Ellis Island, where these immigrants are exam ined and either rejected or admitted to the United States, can care for less than .halt' of today's arrivals, its limit being 5,000 daily. Those who cannot be landed today will be kept in the harbor on their steamers until later in the week. These Immigrants include the following nationalities: English, Irish, German, Swedes, Hun garians, Italians, Portuguese and Russians. . BUILDING AXD I-OAX COMPAXY ORGANIZED AT LOl'ISItl RG- (Special to Tho Evening Times.) Louisburg, N. C, March 2 . The stockholders of tho Franklin Perpet ual Building and Loan Company have elected the following directors: Dr. S. T. Burt, T. W. Bickett,. M. F. Houch, W. M. Boone, J. J. Barrow, J. R. Collie, J. A. Thomas, T.W. Watson, G. W.Fort, F. N. Edgerton, W. H. Waddell and F. B. Kinne. The directors elected Dr. Burt president, T. V. Watson vice presi dent, J. R. Collins secretary and treasurer, T. W. Bickott attorney. The first series of stock will be is iitied April 7. Tells Them to Settle Wage Question Action of The Committee Burned Foi This Afternoon. Operators Plan Defeated By Miners. (By ti e Associated Press.) Indianapolis, Ind., March 29. When the national convention of the United Mine Workers of America was called to order today President Mitchell said: "This convention is called that you may determine what action to take cn the wage question. In the cen tral competitive district the operators have offered the present scale. 'Phis was defeated by the miners. In the joint conference is pending my mo tion to restore the scale of 190 J, for two years. "in the southwest district the del egates have proposed a settlement on the basis of the scale of 190::, with an advance of three cents a ton in mining scale at the basing points. What is the pleasure of the conven tion?" - On motion, the action of the scale committee was endorsed. The miners adjourned to meet in joint conference with the operators at 2 p. m. today. President Mitchell today called a meeting of the anthracite committee for this evening at 7.u0 o'clock. This committee consists of executive boards of the three an thracite dis tricts and President Mitchell. The committee will discuss the anthracite situation. MRS. ROOSEVELT OFF FOR CUBA. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 29. Mrs. Roosevelt, accompanied by her child ren, Ethel, Archie. and Quentin, the children's governess and Mrs. Roose velt's maid, left Washington for Fernandina, Fla., . on the Florida Limited over the Southern Railway this morning. At Fernandina they will board the Mayflower tor a cruise of about ten days in West Indian wa ters. Mrs. Roosevelt is taking th trip for the purpose of securing a rest and does not expect to be entertained by the people in either Cuba or Porto Rico. - CARS CRASH ON BRIDGE Score Hurt in Collision Over the East River Woman Almost Trampled to Death When Crowds Rushed Out for Places of Safely Hard Work to Keep Passengers from Fail to De struction. (By Ihe Associated Press.) New York, March '. Two street cars collided today on the Williamsburg bridge over the Last river, injuring about a score of passengers. Miss Fan nie Ferguson of Brooklyn, was serious ly hurt, being trampled on by other passengers in their rush to leave the car. The collision occurred on the In cline on the Manhattan sill's of Ihe iver, one of the cars . runniu? away down this slope and striking the. rear end of a car ahead. The spot where the cars met is more than 100 e'ee.- above the street und during the panic-' following the collision the police had thch- hands full keeping frightened pasi-engers from being crowded off the briiq-r. Tho runaway car refuse 1 to respond to its brakes. During the runaway tiip those standing on the platform were able to jump, but the in.ei icr of ach car was still jammed with tne morning rush of papsengers when tlw ears nu t. The front plaform of Ihe runaway sir and the rear platform of the other car were completely crushed oft. Tne pas sengers inside the ears were -thrown down in -heaps, many jf th2m ut by glass and several so badlv bruised that they were attended by physicians. Miss Ferguson was found after the car in Which 1 e rode had bona empried of passengers. She was lying on the lloor, semi-conscious, her elot!i"u; town by tho shoes of those wiv had trampled on her und it was feared that she had been internally injured. Davis Before Committee, (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March 1:9. General Geo. W. Davis, formerly a member of the isthmian canal commission and gover nor of the canal zone, and later chair man of the board of consulting engi neers, appeared before the senate com mittee on Inlet-oceanic canals today in support of the majority report recom mending the construction of a sea level canal. STORM CENTRE Ml ' A ' ' m ' ' HQIIfPfl Q Mlfjt lllin HPflr. ing by Committee EXPERT ON FIRE ARMS Personal Letter from Mr. Roosevelt Read Today in Which He Asked That He Be Not Quoted Specific ally Question Has Reference to lTse of Guns in Territories Where Game is Slaughtered. , (By the Associated Press.) Washington, March : 29. President Roosevelt figured as the storm center in the house committee on territories today during a hearing on the Lacey bill prohibiting the use of all kinds of automatic shot guns in the territories of the United States in the Interest of the protection of game. Both sides to the conroversy who were heard endeav ored to put the president on their side. The result was Anally an effort to ex punge the whole reference to the presi dent from the hearings, but this the committee refused. This record will therefore contain lirst ,a -prepared article by President! G. O. Shields, of the League of Amer ican Sportsmen, which puts the pres ident squarely on record in favor of tho campaign against repeating guns. Then, when the opposition, represent ing the manufacturers of small arms, intimated that the president had re pudiated this statement, Mr. Shields admitted the president had refused to be placed in quotation marks, but ad mitted holding the views attributed to him. To substantiate this, he read the following letter signed by the presi dent, under date of January 22, 1906: "My Dear-Shields: "I am sorry to say that I must ask you under tto circumstances to put me in quotation marks; for though you give the sense of what I sad, you In no -case give the exact language used, so do not try to quote me in the first person,- or to use quotation marks. You can state that my views are substan tially as you have quoted them, but don't actually quote them. "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." When this letter was read .Attorney Bovee, representing the manufacturers of the guns in question, declared that this letter did not tell the whole story. That Mr. Shields had quoted the presi dent, notwithstanding the warning. Mr. Shields interjected that he had not, but that the statement sent to the papers by him had been "edited" by several papers and the president put in "quotes." "Weil, listen to this letter," ejaculated Mr. Bovee as he proceeded to read ano ther and later letter from the president to Mr. Shields, as follows: "White House, February 19, 1906. "Sir: It appears that you have pur ported to give an extended interview with ine in quotation marks, putting my expressions In the first person so as to make me responsible for both thought and language. This is inex cusable on your part. At the time you called upon ine and I talked over in formally with you the question of the preservation of game and of wild lite generally in its various aspects, I told you explicitly that while you could state that I was in hearty general ac cord with your efforts, you were not to try to quote my language, and I sub stantia wrote to you repeating this. As a matter of fact, in wnat appears to be these quotations you in no case gave the exact language that I used. But pretending thus to give it, and by what you omit as well as what you in sert which I had not said, you convey on certain points an entirely false Im pression, and you will leave me no al ternative, but to explicitly repudiate your statement, which I hereby do Had you been content to say that you gave the general sense of what I said you would have done what you were authorized to do. But when you at tempt to give my exact words, you not only do what I explicitly told you you should not do, but you used language which I explicitly told you was In no case accurate. Not one single sentence you quote is as I said it. Some of the sentences are sheer inventions, others are inventions in part and some of the things I said are omitted. "It 's unnecessary to characterize sueli conduct on your part. "Yours, etc. "THEODORH ROOSEVELT." After the reading of this letter Representative Cole of Ohio, a mem ber of the committee, remarked to Mr. Shields: "Do you think the president would trust himself in the woods without a repeating rifle?" Mr. Shields answered that ho thought he would. The president, ho said, was a thorough sportsman. The committee, after argument, ( (aid the bill on the table, thus mak ing future action impossible. '.4 't: 1
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