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Pull Leasedf Wire Service of the Associated Press. .-' ' Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDTTIOltf. ALL THE MARKETS. THE EALEIGH .-EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1906. PRICE 6c. COUNTY PRIMARY ON JUNE 2 Convention Will be Held Saturday June 9 FOR CANDIDATES LATER Convention Will Elect Delegates To State, Judicial and Congressional Conventions. Primary June 2 Will Fleet Precinct Committee men Also, Five From Each Pre . eiiK t. : .The Wake county democratic 'execu tive committee snei at. noon today in Metropolitan hull nnd decided to hold the primaries In u!T the precincts o the county June 2, for the purpose ot electing delegates to the county con venilon to he held June !. for the pur pose of electing ilflcgjll.es to. the stale, jinlh iaj mid congressional conventions and also for tlx- elect ion, at. said primary, of precinct coiiimlltcenien consisting; of-live members from each : precinct. The mcllng was .culled to order by chairman W, R, Snow, the ro:i ca.l showing 2!t out of 36 members of the committee present. Mr. Snow spoke of the pleasure he hnd in greeting tho committee, this being the first time the committee has been called together .since he. was elected to the chairman ship. He appealed for harmony dur ing the deliberations, lie stated the purpose of the meeting to lie the selec tion of u day for the county conven tion to be held and any other matters that might come up. F. I!. Arendell moved that the county convention be. held Thursday, June (!, and that a" primary be held in the various precincts on Saturday, June 2. W. D. Sunderllng offered an amend ment that the county officers be nomi nated at the convention June K. .Mr, Arendell said if there is danger in the county that required a long campaign then he would consent to an curly '..campaign but he saw no need for it, . Mr. Sanricrling said the one conven tion Idea would be especially advan tageous to the farming class of people. Mr. Hart Ontllng said the practice has been all along to have two con ventions and he doubted the right of the committee to order the holding of two conventions at once. Mr. 'Arendell said he had no doubt of the light of the committee to call 'one or two conventions. He only questioned the advisability of such ac tion. He saw no reason of .departing from a custom which has been fol lowed satisfactorily. Mr. W. C. Brewer endorsed the posi tion taken by Mr. Arendell. He said lie was a farmer, and it was a fact 1 hi. t June T was a very busy time with farmers and he felt sure that the vote for the nomination of county officers .should be us full as possible. There fore a primary luter in the fall would be far better. ' W. II. Chappell of New Light fav ored the Arendell resolution. W. N. Jones said the plan of two conventions would give any und all county candidates an opportunity to get their plutforms fully and squarely before the people. He thought it would be dangerous for office-seekers to call on farmers during May or June. Mr. Arendell amended his motion so ns to hove it rend that "The primaries be held Juno 2 for the purpose of elect ing delegates to the county convention to be held June 9 for the purpose of electing delegates to the state, Judi cial and congressional conventions and also for the election at said primary of precinct executive committee con sisting five members from each pre cinct." ' .. This precipitated a , long discussion ns to whether the Jtolelgh primary law must be used in the county primary In the city, whether it was expected for the county or not. The general expression from the county committeemen was that they did not want the- city primary law. 11. C. Ileckwlth, as author . of the Raleigh act, declared that Raleigh was obliged to use this act in the primary. Finally .a motion by Mr. Arendell prevailed providing-' that the city piimary regulations be used for the June 8 primary n the city and that the prlmnries in the country be held from 2 p. m. until sundown. The committee adjourned at 2 o'clock. ' Tile following precincts were repre sented: ' ."' '. ,' fiuckhorn J. J. Edwards, New Hilt Oary K: F. Uprhurch. : , Cedar Fork (MorHsvlIlp) not repre sented. ' V ' ' ' '.;.'. . '., Cedar Fork (Pollard's) , not repre- i i. . . - scntcd Barton's Creek J. T. Allen! iii Holly Springs Walter Morris: v House Creek (Edward's Store) W. F. Smith, Cary It. F. D. No. 1. House -Crock ( Harris' Store) T. II. Pleasants. Little River (Wakefield) not repre sented. (Continued on page eight.) raise insurance rates On All Less Desirable Risks in Chicago Twty-flvp Per Cent. Increase to Reimburse Companies That Have Suffered in San Francisco Disas ter May Extend From Pennsyl vania to Rocky Mountains. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, May . The Tiihune today says : Fire insurance rates in Chicago on all less desirable risks will be advanced 25 per cent or more to reimburse com panies that have Buffered loss in the San Fianelsco Cues. This action practically was decided y sterday at a meeting of twenty west ern managers in the rooms of the Western Union in the American Trust & Savings Rank building. At the name litre there will be o' large reduction in broker:.' commissions. The raise in rates will not he a "flat advance." It, win .affect what are known as the unprofitable hazards, and it will be confined chiefly to the. con gested district bounded by Harrison si reel, the river anil the lake. The stock yards also will be consid ered as congested tciritorv in the ad vance of rales, and likewise certain manufacturing sections. Fire proof buildings will he exempt from Ihe lucre:. Me. It is probable (but Ihe advance in rates will lie made throughout the en tire district controlled bv the Western Union," extending from Pennsylvania to the Rocky mountains. . Highly - companies in Chicago and tile west belong to Ihe Western Union. Ffly companies arc in the independent el:..'. The meeting was called for tho pur pose of hearing iv rep.ii t from a rnm, mlttee of five insurance managers who went to New York to attend a general conference of insurance men. This committee reported that there was n general sentiment for advanc ing rates on unprofitable business and In congested districts and for cutting down the amount of commissions paid to brokers. . GERMAN VESSEL WAS SEIZED BY TURKEY (P.v the Associated Tress.) Constantinople, May 9. Tho arbi trary detention of the German sail ing ship Odysseus by the Turkish authorities recently threatened fric tion between Turkey and another European power, but the energetic action of the German ambassador, Baron von Biebersteln quickly solved the difficulty.- The Odysseus was discharging her cargo at Chibuklu when she was boarded by the authorities and re moved to Kavak where she was an chored beneath the batteries, the Turks falsely claiming that the ves sel had explosives on board. The ambassador protested urgently, but unavailingly, whereupon he took a few sailors from the German guard- ship here, the Doreley, boarded thejHe has not been in his seat in the Oydsseus, hoisted the diplomatic flag and took the ship from under the guns of Kavak to her dock at Chibuklu, where a watch was kept over her while she completed the discharge of her cargo. On return ing to the embassy the ambassador found a state councillor awaiting him with apologies and explanations. The records available do not refer to a Germain sailing ship named Odysseus, but there is a German steamer of that name and she was in the Mediterranean recently. BIG BANK IN PITTSBURG FAILS. (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa,. May 9. Shortly be fore the time for the Columbia Savings & Trust Company of this city to open its doors for business todav, word was received from the state commissioner ot banking. J. C. Barky, ordering tho bank closed. William J. Dlehl, former mayor of till sclty, was president and J. L. Voltan ossistant secretary and treasurer. E. W. Rolfa, the treasurer, resigned some time ago. The Inst statement pub lished gave the capital paid In $143,816: deposits 1S4.1I6 and loans $161,033. The cause of the closing of the bank Is not known. New Hanover Republicans. (Special to Tho Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C May . The sec ond meeting of the New Hanover coun ty Republican Club was well attended and much enthusiasm was displayed. Fifteen new members were enrolled, bringing the membership up to seven- ty-flvo. Among the resolutions adopt ed was embodied an Invitation to every white citizen of the county for co-op era tlbn. , LAST SURVIVOR- DIED TODAY Rev. J. G. Rerrpan of Con ference of 1844 WHEN CHURCH DIVIDED Yesterday He Sent n Greeting Statement of .Methodist Doctrine to lie Undertaken Only When Such Co-operation Shall Have Been Sc. i-nred n.s Shall Make it World Wide Imposition. (liy tho Associated Press.) ; Birmingham. "Ala., Ma 0. The gen eral conference of the Methodist Epis copal Church, South, today adopted that portion of the report of the com mittee on boundaries giving the north (Icorgia conference four years more in which to clear Ihe matter of changing its boundaries. The request of the pas tors of Knoxvllle that ill.' boundaries ol the llolslou conference bo belter de fined was concurred in. The committee on Itinerary'' reported by non coiicur r nco in memorials from various con ferences asking thai the authority to license local .preachers be transferred from the district to the iiuarterly con ference. The special committee named to con sider concerning the new -statement nf Methodist faith and doctrine recom mended the' passage of tho ' resolution proposed, with the understanding that the preparation of the statement shall be undertaken by the commission only when such co-operation of other repre sensntive bodies of Methodists shall have been secured as shall make it an expression of world-wide Methodism. A telegram from Farmington, Mo., announcing the death of .Rev. J. O. Ber- ryman, the last survivor of the general conference of 1X44, at which tho nnrth l ern and. southern churches separated, was read. Only yesterday Dr. Borry- man sent a telegraphic greeting to the i conference here. The conference adopt ed suitable resolutions. $500,000 MORE FOR SUFFERERS. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 9 Senator Flint to day introduced a joint resolution mak ing an additional appropriation of JfiOO. 000 for the purchase of commissary stores for destitute at San Francisco. SENATOR GORMAN IS CRITICALLY ILL (By tho Associated Press.) Washington, May 9. Senator Ar thur P. Gorman of Maryland is crit ically ill at his home in this city senate . chumbur '"for many months Within the last few days he had a severe sinking spell and his life was despaired of. liis sickness began several months ago with every indication that it would culminate in pneumonia, but this 'was averted, and now it is learned he is suffering from a com plication of ailments which give no promise of his recovery. WILSIIXGTOX SI AY BUY THK WATF.lt' WORKS. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C, May !). For the third time the city council goes on re cord us favoring municipal ownership of waterworks. It is believed that the plan will be favorably acted oa by the board of audit and finance, The pur chase of the plant of the ' Clarendon Waterworks Is contemplated in the scheme. Where property owners fail or refuse to lay sidewalks within the limits do elded on by the aldermen the city will do the work, assessing the owivrs the cost. Two thousand and five hundred square yards of granolithic puvemer. have been contracted for, ana ne'cu." will begin at once to carry out its plan for modern sidewalks. ':' .'':',' Rig Swindle Charged. (By the Associated Press ) Chicago, May O.Jackson M. Evans was arrested here today in connection with tho alleged swind ling of Mrs. E. Moody of this city out of Jia.000. A brother of Evans and Victor E. Fraeman were arrested yesterday in New York on a charge of being Implicated in the same al leged operation. It Is claimed by Mrs. Moody that she was Induced to invest . In "Vir ginia lands by fraudulent representa tions. SENATE ADOPTS COAL PROVISION Interstate Railroads Can't be Producers IN EFFECT JULY, 1909! Mr. Hopkins Moves To liefer Whole Subject To Committee, Rut Sir. llailcy Slade Point of Order There Was Xo Authority For Commit ting An Amendment. (liy the Associated Press.) Washington, May it. The senate was prompt today in resuming con sideration of the Elkins coal amend ment lo t ho railroad rate bill prohib iting inlerslale railroads front en gaging' in Hie production, of coal or ol her eoniniodil i:s. The vice president :i 1 1 n i n i -1 ilie amendment of Scuiilnr I)ryd"ii In Hie Klkins provision In he in order. .Thai iinieiiiliiieni extends lo .Inly, l!MI, Ihe lime 'when Ihe provision shall go into effect.,' Several senators ".made object ion t hat. tho time .suggested was loo it-mole, and Mr. Diyden al tered the' date to July, 190!). A roll call was promptly ordered anil re snlled in the adoption of Hie amend ment. -14 lo 29. Most of the negative votes were cast by democrats, but, they were supported by Senators Burkett, Clapp, Dolliveiy Gamble, I.aFollelte, Lodge, republicans." Senators Clark of Montana and Clarke of Arkansas, democrats, voted with' the-, republi cans. ,--.'.- . ' '.; Tho action of tile -scuttle' in :ic cepting the Dryden provision was promptly followed by u motion by Mr, Hopkins to refer the-entire coal production subjects --the Elkins amendment, and the amendments to it to the commit tee or( interstate commerce. He supported the mo tion with a brief sporrn, saying that it was evident (hat -congress was not prepared to deal wilh the subject in connection with the rale bill und that it. was not proper to do so. Senator Hailey made the point of order that there was no authority for commuting an amendment to a committee, and that therefore the motion was out or order. He was ant.'ignized by Senator Aldrich, and for a time the senate's consideration was given exclusively to - tho-.' parlia mentary question. Additional speeches on the point were made by Messrs. Hopkins, Ba con, Lodge, Gallinger, Beveridge, McLnurin and Teller. At the close of the discussion the chair submit ted the question of order to the sen ate, with the resiih mat Mr, Hop kins' motion was declared out of or der.' The vote was 2o to 4 S. OUT AFTER THE (By the Associated Press.) .'Washington, .May 9. The attor ney general today made public the following statement: "The .government has today filed in the circuit, court of the United States for the district of Indiana a petition for. ..an-' injunction -against certain.' unsocial ions, corporal ions and individuals, comprising what is commonly known us the drug trust of the United Slates. The" parties ; defendant specifically named in the bill have.'-voluntarily' combined to gether to control the prices at which proprietary", 'medicines and drugs shall be sold to the consumer through the retail druggists In vio lation of Ihe Sherman anti-trust law. ' "The parlies to the combination include the proprietary Association of America, the National Wholesale Druggists Association, and the Na tional Association of Retail Drug gists." Indianapolis, lnd.. May 0. Acting under instructions from Attorney General Moody Joseph B. Kealing, United States district attorney, today filed in the United Slates court be fore Judge A. B. Anderson a peti tion for an injunction against sev eral corporal ions and individuals comprising whot Is alleged to lie a, drug trust. DRUGTRUST NO SCHOONER SANK OFF CLEVELAND Three Men Relieved to Have Reen Drowned 2 MILES FROM HARBOR A not her Schooner in Sinking; Condi- lion Outside the Breakwater, and Crew Rescued by Life Stivers. Fierce Storm on Lake n Menace lo Shipping. (By the Associated Press.) Cleveland, '(.,. .May !l.--The' schooner Algeria sank ahoul two miles ofT tin harbor of Cleveland this morning, and possibly three men lost their lives. The schooner ,. Iron Queen is ill i sinking condition outside the brer.k walcr, and ihe crew of eight was lukiii off by the members of tjie life saving crew. . The st i irii i ol' last night and early today, wilh the. heiisy sea It kicked up. .was a ..menace lo shipping out side the harbor. The big steamers that had been tied Up there by the strike' calm' insul Ihe hrei.kwuler, bin Hie small schoon- ir. could . nut gel in. Signals of dis tress came to Ihe life saving station and Cuptuln Motjey of .the. life saving crew went out to Ihe Iron Queen, res cuing the eight members of the crew with liitllculiy. Tiny could not roach the Algeria, which went down ahoul two miles i .HI. Captain Motley thinks there were at least three men on the Algeria, but docs not know whether that is the actual number. Neither are the names known. The schooiiDf Algeria was owned by Captain James Davidson of Port Huron, Michigan. She was built, in 1S9C and was of 2,000 tons burden. She -was loaded with iron ore. : The schooner Iron Queen is slow ly sinking. She sprang a leak dur ing the height of the storm and rap idly filled with water. The Iron Queen was built at Detroit in 1SS7, and has a gross tonnage of 1.3S4 tons. The schooner generally cur ried a crew of seven men. It is known that three or four of these came ashore last niglu. It is be lieved that at; least three of the crew went down wilh the schooner. The present storm is said by ves sel men to be the most, violent expe rienced during the month of May on the lakes in many years. ' EXAMINE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (By the Associated Press.) -Washington; May 9: The agricultural department is to be investigated. The house today vv vote empowered the committee on expenditures in the agri cultural department, of which Repre sentative Liltletield of Maine is chair man, to conduct such an examination. Mr. Williams of Mississippi, the mi nority leader, said that this in vestigation was a step in the right direction, and he hoped the other com mittees of the house, dealing with the expenditures in the several departments would follow suit. He believed that such investigations would tend to economy in the departments, and if. this be ac complished even in a small degree, the cost of the investigation would be mon ey well expended.; 33 HORSES WERE BURNED TO DEATH. (By the Associated Press.) ; riviladelphia. Pa., May. !). The soft coal and wood yards of A. L. Thomas. Beach street and California Avenue, were destroyed by fire today. The Humes also 'damaged a. dozen small dwellings and the Cramer Iron Works. Two men were sleeping,- in the stable ot the coal yard are missing. Thirty three horses were burned to dedal h. The origin of the lire is unknown. The monetary loss is about $15,000. Rebuild University. (By the Associated Press.) Ni.shvilie. Tenn., May 9. The Amer ican Baptist Home Missionary Society of New York, it was announced today, has decided to rebuild Roger Williams ITnlversily which was burned here in lltli.-., . ' Unitarian Conference. (By the Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky May 0. The South ern Conference' of Unitarian churches met here today. Rev. C. M. Gray nf Charleston, S. C, was elected secre tary protem. Reports on the condi tion of churches were read. $60,000 AS INDEMNITY For Attack on Missions at Lienchow aid (o Consul Lay by Viceroy of Canton Five American Mission aricK .Murdered us Result of Dis pute Over Apparently Trivial Inci dent at Chinese Festival. (By the Associated Press.) Hong Kong, .May . The Viceroy of Canton has paid to the American on sul at Canton. Julius (i. Lay, the sum of sixty thousand dollars us indemnity for the mission buildings, the personal property of Hie missionaries and the claims of converts, us a result of the dcstiuction of property during the riot ing at Lienchow ill October last. The money will he transferred to the Pres byterian mission settlement ;,t Lien chow. Five Americans 'belonging- to the Presbyterian mission at Lienchow in the western part of the province of Kwang Tung, were murdered October 2X. and the mission buildings destroyed as the result of a dispute between the missionaries and natives oyer an ap parently trivial incident at a Chinese festival. The. persons who lost their lives were Airs. K. '. Mi.chle and her daughter Amy. the Rev. and Mrs. John Rogers Peale and Dr. Eleanor Chest nut. Dr. Meachle and Miss Elda O. Paieison. also of the American mis sion, succeeded hi escaping. J.oon after 111 ' occurrence the Amer ican minister at I'ekin cabled to Wash ington that he had been requested by the Chinese .'minister for foreign af fairs to inform the United States gov ernment that 'China, was profoundly humiliated and distressed over the af fair at Lienchow, and had promised that prompt and vigorous action would bo taken to punish those responsible for tile disturbance and to prevent a repetition of - such outrages at Lien chow in' elsewhere. Later the three actual -murderers weiy .decapitated. four men wire imprisoned for five years, two for three years, two for one year and one ror six months, others of those jnplicuted were sen tenced to minor punishments. N.Y. CENTRAL OFFICERS PLEAD NOT GUILTY (By the Associated Press.) New York. May X Nathan Guilford and F. L. Pomeroy, respective! v vice president and general traffic manager of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, today pleaded not guilty to indictments found under the Klkins law governing rebating. They were admitted to bail in $10,000 each,-which thev furnished. C. C.oodloe, Krgur and Edwin Earle, wholesale sugar merchants of Detroit, Mich., who were not in attendance at court, were given until May 15 to ap pear in answer to similar indictments. The pleadings were held before Judge Thomas in the criminal branch of the United States circuit court. Pleas' of not guilty were also made by ounsel representing the New York Cen tral and Hudson River Railroad Com pany, the New York Central Railway, the American Sugar Refining Company and the American Sugar Refining Com pany of New York, which corporations were also indicted by the grand jury under the Elkins law. The court al lowed until May 21 for any of those indicted, who so wished to withdraw their pleas of not guilty or to enter any other motions. MILES DEFEATED YOUNG GOULD. . (By the Associated Press.) London, May 0 At the Queens Club today after a splendid series of victories igainst the 1 ending British covered ourl tennis, Jay fiould of Lakewood, N. J., today went down before the world's champion, Eustace Miles in the baniplonship round, the latter winning the match by three sets to one. The American champion started splendidly and won the first set by fi-4, but thereafter Miles' perfect, condition seemed to tell. " The champion set a tremendous pace and Gould was palpably tired. The second set fell easily to Miles by 6-1. ' v In the third set Gould made a. great fight and though the set fell ultimately to Miles by 6-4. some of the best tennis seen here in years was played in it. The fourth set also went to Miles by 6-3. ; The result was largely due to the su perior condition of Miles. Was No Plot. (By the Associated Press.) San Domingo, May 9. investiga tion shows that the authorities were mistaken in believing that they dis covered a plot on May 6 to assassi nate President Caceres as he was leaving the theatre. The persons ar rested in connection with the alleged conspiracy have been released. Quiet reigns In this clly and its vicinity and business is Improvng. I " - JQ PRAYERS UNDERED God Always Hears His Children MISSION'S LAST DAY Archdeacon Webber Conducts Final Service in Church of Good Shep herd Tonight An Earnest Dis course on Prayer Delivered by th Archdeacon This Morning. The mission, which Archdeacon Web ber has been conducting for the past ten days in the Church of the Good Shepheid, will close with the service at 8 o'clock this evening. The sermons of this missioner have aroused deep Interest among Christians, awakened many who are without the fold of Christ and have, it is believed, accom plished much good in this city. The. archdeacon has held four ser vices dully and each time has ex pounded the truths of God with a sim ple earnest directness 'Which reminded many of the great Philip Brooks. In appearance, manner find delivery the archdeacon Is not unlike that eminent divine. The great earnestness of the man, his thorough consecration, his except ionul knowledge of human naturo and his ability to clarify and expound the Christian teachings with illustra tions from every day affairs of life are factors which aid him m no small measure as an effective messenger of God. "Answers to Prayer" was the sub ject taken by Archdeacon Webber at the 11 o'clock service today. In the first place he declared tht.t God never failed to answer the Christian's prayer made unselfishly and with faith, though often the Christian muy not realize that his petition was answered. Some have contended that the benefit from .iruyer was the reflex notion on the" prayer, that it simply brought the soul Into harmony with God, that prayer was spiritual gymnastics. While this was in a measure true prayer means infinitely more than this, so the arch deacon declared, as he forcibly pointed out that in prayer the Christian was i speaking to the great heart of God, more than a mother's heart. The child never speaks to the parent with out receiving an answer. With ten der illustrations drawn from the re aXions between the little child and the -itrthly parent the minister showed that God would never fall to answer '.he petition, mad" unselfish'y and with faith, ot his children. Sometimes God '.ays yes and sometimes He says no, but he always answers. Though we, his earthly children, cannot know as He does, and cannot understand the circumstances and conditions that sur round our lives and our future as He does, still we can und do know that our Heavenly Father bestows those things that are best for us in his an swers to our prayer Just as an earthly loving parent gives what is best to his child, though he may not let the i'hi!d have its way. The archdeacon elaborated and urged upon his hearers to put their cases absolutely in the hands of God with love and faith, to pour out to Him all the cravings and desires of their souls' then leave the matter to God as n 'oving father who will do that which is best for His beloved children. In passing the archdeacon declared that the common belief that God sent sickness, disease and death into human lives was a blasphemous slander. Such v belief has arisen partly through long continued thoughtlessness and Is partly the fault of the English language. God does not send small pox and pestilence. Disease may be the result of heredity, the work of the devil or the conse quence of our weakness . God may often not withhold from us the con sequence of disease but he Is not the author of disease. By man camo death into the world, not by God. But God looks behind the veil which hides from us the future that we cannot scan and knows that it is best that the disease should take Us course and our loved one be removed. ..Christ took cway, by his atonement, the sting of death aiid so his beloved fall asleep In Him. In discussing how God answers prayer the minister said that God used means for doing his work. Christ when upon ?arth could have by a mere word fed the multitude but he preferred to use the loaf and fishes. Those who think that God should answer prayer with out the use of means are voicing un belief, selfishness and laziness. They want everything done for them and ire doing nothing for themselves. This point was elaborated at length by medicine, the physician and the nurse being the means In God's hands for' restoring the sick. So the ordinances of the church are God's means unto salvation. However, God can and does save men without these means. If a man Is truly converted that man is saved, but if he (hen has the oppor tunity of embracing the ordinances of his faith and does not doso he Is a backslider, he has failed to follow tho , example of his Saviour. Baptism, con firmation and the holy sacrament were (Continued on Page Two.)