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Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION. - ' ALL THE MARKETS. THE BALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. 0., MONDAY, MAY 14, 1906. PBICE 5c. COMMANDER OF PORT OF ST. PETERSBURG ASSASSINATED TODAY Daggered at New Admiralty Works by One of the Workmen WAS LOST HIS FELLOWS Men Wanted to March Out In a llody and CeU'bratc the Kussan May Day, and Vice Admiral Kuymicli Had Suid He Could Not Agree to Tholr Leaving Work He Was Regarded As Hard 'and I)esmtic Dagger Concealed in a Round Stick. (L'y the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, May 14.- Vice Ad iniral Kuznlch, commander of this port, who was very. 'unpopular.' -with the workmen, was assassinated here today by workmen whose May Day demonstration he had attempted to ' stop. The admiral was killed at the new admiralty works, ' a government Insti tution whel e most of tho 2,000 men ompkiycd there reported for duty at C o'clock this morning. They wanted immediately to march out In a body and celebrate tho Russian May Day but finally agreed to work till 2 o'clock in tho afternoon. The admiral, how ever, made a speech to the man, say ing that he could not agree to their leaving work at 2 o'clock, and the mat ter was left open. At about 9:JU a. m., i.eeording to an officer who was at the gate of the works, the admiral was emerging from a small ijhop In tho works when a workman who had been concealed around the corner of the building leaped on Kuznich from behind and drove u long dagger into his back The admiral fell forward on hls face, which was badly cut by stones, and died immediately. Tho assassin fled into ii large forge, where he was lost among the men employed there. Tin works were promptly surrounded by troops and police, but the search fo tho murderer was unavailing, his com rades professing ignorance of his identity. The police wiy it is ovldent thai tho assassination of the admiral hud been planned in advance. Tho dagger, which whh found on tho spot was con cealed in a round stick, like a sword cane. . Among Iho workmen arc many sail ors and revolutionists. Kuznich had a bad reputation among the workmen, being reguriw-d us hard and despotic. Admiral Kuzmich participated in the U8so-Turklsh war and la VJ02 was second Hug officer of tho Port Arthur licet. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1903 and was appointed commander ot tho port. Politically he was a reac tionlst. District Duy in the House. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 14. In the house today leader Williams of the minority remarked that the constitu tion was explicit in its provisions for a quorum of the house being present to legislate, and his demand for a quorum followed on the approval of the journal. The roll call on the approval of the journal developed a quorum, 199 members voting in favor of the ap proval, present 15. The house then proceeded to consider legislation for the District of Columbia, known in the house parlance as District Day. DEALING IN COTTON FUTURES GAMBLING : (By the Associated Press.) ' Washington, May .-14. Represen tative Heflln of Alabama today intro- duced a bill making it a misdemeanor for any person to keep an estab lishment for the purpose of dealing In cotton futures. It provides that any person or persons who buys .or sells cotton for the purpose of specu lation under the plan commonly known as "cotton futures" shall he deemed guilty of keeping and run ning a gambling house and shall be fined not less than $5,000 and shall also be imprisoned for a period of ten years. ITALIAN GIRL'S TRIAL BEGUN Killed Her Uncle and Aunt for Wrong Done EXTRAORDINARY CASE Claims Her I'nclc Ruined Her While She Was His Ward and Then Told Her Husband, Who Abandoned Her Defense Will He Derange incut Due to Excitement. (By the Associated Press.) Nov.' York, May 14. The (trial of Mrs. Josephine Terranova, an Italian girl 17 years old for the murder of her uncle, Gaetano Keggio, and his wife in their home in this city last February began before Justice Scott today. The case is one of the most extra ordinary to come before a New York jury In a long time. Mis. Terranova has confessed that she stabbed her uncle and aunt to death, but declares thut she was impelled to do so by a great wrong done her by her uncle In which she declared, he was aided by her aunt. . Mrs. Terranova, had been taken into the home of her" uncle, a well-to-do baker, as a sort of a ward ar.d repaid him by doing housework. After her marriage she asserts Keggio hinted to her. husband that her char&cter was not spotless. Terranova demanded an explanation, she told him the story of her uncle's conduct, and Terranova with reproaches abandoned her at once. Several days later Mrs. Terran ova wont to the home of her uncle and aunt, and whilo pretending friend liness to her uncle slabbed him. Her aunt defended him and was killed ulso. The trial began with the drawing of the jury, during which the girl's coun sel, former Justice John Palinieri, re peatedly asked the talesmen how they would be prepared to receive evidence showing that the defendant was men tally '.deranged because of Intense ex citement when she killed her uncle ami mint. Assistant District Attorney Ely represented the prosecution, and it was announced that the charge of urdcr would be pressed only in the caso of the aunt, and that no attempt would be 'made to convict Mrs. Ter ranova of the .murder of her undo. MOLTON MKTAL 15URNS FIFTEEN MINUTES. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, May 14. Fifteen men were injured two of then fatally, b,y the bursting of a ladle holding fifty tons' of molten metal in the convert ing mill of the Illinois Steel Works at South Chaciga today. . MUST PUNISH THE RAILROAD DUKES (Uy tho Associated Press.) Washington, May 14. Henator Nel son tod.iv had read In tho senate the following telegram from the president of the Chicago and Great WcsU'rn Hallway: ".St. Paul. Minn., May 12, 'Hon. Knlte Nelson, "United States Senate, . "Washington. V. vm. c. "As you know, I am in full sympathy with the main features of tho amend ment proposed to the interstate com merce net. but J desire i to proMWt against the injustice of the propound amendment Imposing fine and I uprts- onmont on officers ana agdnts oi rtiti way companies for ullowijng vena tea Such penalties can never jbe infected upon presidents and high off.' Isis of one hundred and sixty thousand mile of railways of this country fio live in Now York and do not uunljKllrcclly with rates, while their d 't tint's for more revenuo will induce sbrif freight agent on a salary of th"jof four thousand dollars a year fo (grant a rebate. Make the penalty uf high as you please against tho ray com pany. This is tho only to reach tho railway csars and sc'fid dukes. The penalty of Impiisor' ut was in existence for many ye in mi only one man, a poor frel&hi ttwnt tryii g to support liia family oti a. meagi e sal ary, was Imprisoned. (Signed) "A. B. FTlCKNEY." AMENDMENTS VOTED DOWN Senate Won't Have Anything Tacked On MR. MORGAN GOT MAD Senulor La Follctte Proposes a New Section Providing for An Investi gation by the Commission to As certain Value of Property of Every Itailroud Tabled. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 14. The rate bill consideration in the senate be gan today with a request from Sen ator Daniel to modify his amendment which was under consideration when the senate adjourned Saturday. Mr. Daniel said he simply wished to per fect his amendment to provide that evidence properly before the commis sion shall not be duplicated before a court. The amendment, Mr. Daniel said, was intended to meet an evil pointed out by the supreme court of the United States, and prevent the rail road from withholding its case from the commission with the purpose of presenting its evidence subsequently to tho court. Senator LaKolIette offered a- substi tute which made additional evidence produced before a court available for ten days to the commission, that tho commission might if desired modify its order. On motion "of Senator Hale tho substitute was laid on the table 41 to 30. Mr. Hale then moved to lay the-Daniel amendment on the table, which was done without a roll call. Another amendment was offered by Mr. Daniel, making it necessary to bring suits on appeal within thirty days ufter ruling ot the commission. . Senator Morgan presented a substi tute, w hich included besides the thirty day requirement a provision for a jury trial in certain contingencies. This, he said, would restore to the bill a con stitutional provision which the commit-. tee had eliminated. Mr. Daniel appealed to Mr. Morgan to withdraw his substi tute which he did temporarily. On Senator Aklrich's motion the Dan iel amendment was laid on the table and Mr. Morgan's amendment was de feated. Mr. Morgan gave notice that in the senate lie should demand art" aye and no vote upon his amendment "which has Just been voted down by. a vote, of 4 to 7." ' .- - .- A new section to the bill was pro posed by Senator LuFolletle, providing lor an investigation by the commission to uncertain the fair value of the prop erly of every railroad, etc. The amendment was tabled. EVIDENCES OF NEGRO'S MURDER. (Special to The Evening Times.) Washington, N. C, May 14. Sev eral nights ago a tight took place on the dock immediately behind Mayo's cotton gin, and the city police had reason to believe that one of the par ties had been a victim of foul play: An investigation was started, which resulted in the finding of the dead body of a colored man in Pamlico River, close to where the fight took place. The colored man's name is un known and he appears to be about 40 years of age; hailing fromVHyde county and employed on one of the river boats plying between that place and this city. Warrants were imme diately sworn out for the suspected parties. An inquest was held and the coroner's jury returned a verdict that the unknown came to his death at the hands of one Daniel Litch field. Litchfield was apprehended in Kins ton. Supreme Court Recess. ' (By the Associated Press.) . Washington, May 14. The supreme court ot the United States today took a recessHmtil next Monday, when after delivering opinions and hearing motions there will be another adjournment for a week until the 28th instant, when the fln.il adjournment for the term will tio place. ..... V , - ; . ' A lUiieurlng Denied. (By the Associated Press.) '.Washington. May 14. The supremo court of the United States has denied che petition for a rehearing in the Chicago Traction cases. . TRADERS INSURANCE - , - WILL PAY EVEHV DOLLAR. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, ,111., May 14. At a meeting today of the directors of the Traders Insurance Company which passed into the hands of a receiver recently because of jthe losses of the company in the fire sat Shn Francisco, it was decided to pay the losses dol lar for dollar. As- soon as the di rector show the court that the losses have been paid, thej receiver is to bo dismissed, and the company will then continue business. BIG SUMMER HOTEL BURNED, -4- f f!y the Associated Press.) , Sharon, Mass., May 14. The Massa piag Lake Hotel, said to be the largest summer hotel in Massachusetts, was burned yesterday. The loss is esti mated at $75,000, with partial insur ance. The house was owned by Mi's. Sarah A. Boyce, of Boston. The llames spread to adjoining property and de stroyed a house, two barns and tan nery owned by Mrs. Frank P, Kberly, of Milton, and about GOO acres of wood land. . WAGES OF THE . COAL MINERS. (By the Associated Press.) Tamaquu, Penn., May 14. Commis sioner Neil, who was appointed by the anthracite strike commission to com pute the rate of wages for anthracite miners, has notifled the coal operators that the miners will bo paid eight per cent of the $4.50 basis for the month of May, the average price of coal at tide water last month being $4.(13 per ton. This is the highest rate at which the miners have been paid since the com mission made its award. MARRIAGE LAWS BAD Charity Worker Even Con demns Elopements Air. Johnstone Says That This, With Marriage While- Persons Are In toxicated, Fills Country Willi An Inferior RaceMust Amend the LllW S. . (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa,, May 14. Among the many topics discussed at today's ses sions of the national, conference on charities and correction - were needy families, defective and difficult boys, I industrial training for children, immi gration and training for social work ers. The principal speaker on. the. subject of defectives w as Edward R. ' John stone, superintendent of the New Jersey Training School at Vineland, N. J., and chairman of the committee on defect ives. . '., In speaking of the laws for the pre vention of the Increase of defectives Mr. Johnstone said: "A careful revision of the marriage laws in the various states is needed. Elopements, nianiages under age, con sanguineous marriages, the marriage of people while intoxicu'.cd, all need legal restriction and enforcement of the laws. Laws requiring the permanent custody of feeble-minded women at least are needed. We need it to be mandatory to send the defectives to the institutions, and the capacity of insti tutions must be sufficient to work in harmony with compulsory education laws." IS STILL SILENT (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 14. Attorney General Moody and Senator Allison conferred with the president today on the situation that has arisen con cerning the railroad rate bill in the senate. On leaving the executive of fice Mr. Moody said that he would make no statement in answer to that made by Mr. Tillman in the senate Saturday; that if any statement is made it will come from the presi dent. He would not say, however, that such a statement is to be made. HUMMEL MUST BE TRIED FOR PERJURY (By tho Associated Press.)' New York, May 11. Abraham Humuiol, the lawyer, must stand trial on two Indictments charging subordina tion of perjury In the Dodge-Morse divorce caso, and next Monday has been set as the date for his trial. Justice Scott today, handed down a decision denying tho motion of Hum mers counsel, to quash the indict ments on the ground that Hummel was compelled, in vlolatiou of his constitutional rights, to give evidence before the grand jury which indicted him. ROOSEVELT 'DIED TODAY The End Came Early This Morning WAS 76 YEARS OF AGE Minister to Spain, Brigadier General in Army, United States Senator, Member of Cabinet X'ndcr Hayes and Editor Resisted Coercive Measures Aguinst South. (By the Associated Press.) New York, May 14. Carl Schurz, widely known as a publicist and former cabinet member, died at his home In this city at 4:34 o'clock this morning. Death was due to a complication of diseases following an attack of stom ach trouble, which became acute on Thursday last. In spite of brief periods of seeming improvement Mr. Schurz slowly failed and yesterday afternoon sank Into a state of coma which continued until the end. At the bedside were a son, Carl L., and two daughters, Marianne and Agatha; Ed ward L. Pretorius, Mr. Schurz's busi ness partner, and Drs. Jacobi and .Strauss. Mr. Schurz was 7G years old. having been born March 2, 1829. His residence here was at 24 east Ninety-first street. Sketch of Carl Schurz. Born in Liblar, near Cologne, March 2. 1829, Carl Schurz entered the Uni versity of Bonn at the age of 17. His devotion to the principles of republican government was manifested at a'n early age, for upon ' the rise of the revolu tionary movement in Germany in 1848, Schurz, then a youth of 19 and' still a student, at the university, assisted Gott fried Kinkel, a professor at? Bonn and a writer of note, in the publication of a. liberal newspaper, and. was 'for a time its sole conductor. Both he and Kinkel fought in tho Baden revolution ary army, and upon the collapse of the insurrectionary movement in Germany. Kinkel was confined in the fortress of Spandau, being condemned to 20 years' imprisonment, while Schurz succeeded in making his escape to Switzerland. While there he devised a scheme for effecting the escape of his former teacher which he carried out with ad mirable skill and heroism, returning to Germany in disguise for the purpose. After a short stay in England Schurz camo to this country in 1852. In the momentous history which has been made in the United States since that time he has borne a conspicuous and most honorable part. In the first cam paign of the republican party, that of Fremont in 1856, he took an active part, delivering speeches in German, which at once made him a man of mark among the German-American popula tion of the western states. Ever since that time he lias exercised a powerful intluence over German-American citi zens throughout the country. But it was not long before his power as a speaker in the English language was equally recognized, and before the second national campaign of the repub lican party was begun he was promi nent in the councils of that party. President Lincoln appointed him min ister to Spain, but he resigned that post in December, 18(11, in order to enter the Union army. He served through the war, being commissioned brigadier general in April, 1862, and made mi jor-general in March, 1S63. After the war he conducted important newspa pers, first in Detroit and afterward in St. Louis; and in 1869 ho was chosen United States senator from Missouri. Throughout his six-year term he was one of. the. leading members of that body, and his voice was always heard on the side of honest government and broad 'statesmanship. He was one of the ablest upholders of financial sound ness, and, like Charles Sumner be tween whom and himself there was a remarkably close friendship he was a strenuous opponent of General Grant's scheme' for the annexation of Santo Domingo. Nor was this the only thing in which he felt it his duty to oppose tho administration which he had worked so ardently to put in power; and, by the time the campaign of 1872 came on, his divei-gence from the re publican party had become so great that he threw himself into the liberal republican movement which held its convention in 1872 and nominated Hor ace Greeley for the presidency. A most conspicuous feature of Schurz's position in tho senato was his earnest and powerful resistance to the coercive measures employed ugainst the southern states by the federal govern ment, especially in Grant's second ad ministration. In 1877 President Hayes appointed him secretary of the interior, and in this office he did most valuable service to the cause of right government. Upon the close of President Hayes' administration Mr. Schurz joined Mr. Godktn and Mr. Horace White in the editorship of the Now York Evening Post, which then entered upon a new and brilliant career as what may best be described as a daily edition of the nation. Honest government, civil ser vice reform, opposition to coercion of the south, sound money and tariff re form were the causes with which the nation had been identified, and it was these of which the Post became the foremost champion. Mr. Schurz's con nection with the Post did not extend, however, beyond a few years, the dis solution of his connection with it tak ing place iu 1884. DECISION AGAINST INSURANCE COMPANY', (liy the Associated Press.) Washington, May 14. Justice Peckham today delivered the opin ion of the supreme court of the United S):ates in the case of the Trav elers Life Insurance Company vs. the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Kentucky in favor of the state. The case involved the constitutional ity of the state law authorizing the revocation of permits given to for eign insurance companies to do busi ness in the state when such compa nies remove to the federal courts cases brought against them in the state courts. : The court held that such a law covers a right which states may properly exercise. Justice Peck ham said that a state may refuse to permit an outside company to do any business whatever within its borders. He therefore held that the state law is not in conflict with the federal con stitution. Justice Day read a dis senting opinion, in which Justice Harlan concurred. CZAR CONFRONTS CRISIS Must Yield to Popular Cry for Amnesty Wide His Aligned Himself With Liberals, but He Declares It Would I5e Folly to Open Prison Doors to Political Robbers or Murderers. (By the 'Associated Press.) St, Petersburg. .-May 14. A crisis over the question of granting amnesty al ready confronts the emperor, who will be compelled to yield or have to accept the gage of battle. Almost every fam ily in Russia contains a member or relative who has suffered or is now suf fering for his political opinions, and the demand for the release of all political offenders has fired the imagination of the country. The radicals in the lower house of parliament insist that a demand for amnesty should be presented to the em peror as an ultimatum. This is what the moderate leaders of the constitu tional democrats have thus far suc ceeded in preventing, but if the tide continues to rise they. must bow to tho will of the radicals or their leadership will be swept away. Count Witte has aligned, himself with tho liberals. In a speech which made a deep impression he advocated the justice and necessity of amnesty for political prisoners. He favored, how ever, a compromise, declaring it would be folly to open the doors of the prisons to all. Amnesty should be restricted to those who are not uilty of political murder or robbery. "If the prisons are opened." he ob served sententiously. "my advice to people with property is to gather up what they can and get out of the 'coun try s soon as possible." Count Witte's attitude indicate that he intends to make a bold bid for the liberal leadership in the upper house. For Derelict Destroyer. "'(By the Associated Press.) : Washington. May 14. Secretary Shaw today submitted to the house an esti mate -for an .- opprnprlation of $250,000 for the construction of a steamer for the revenue cutter service to be used for the removal of derelicts and other floating dangers to navigation. The secretary says it is desirable to com mence work on the vessel at once. BAPTISTS DISCUSS FOREIGN MISSIONS Chattanooga, Tenn.. May", 14. The morning session of the Southern- Bap tist Convention was devoted to the sub ject of foreign missions under the leadership of lie v. It. J. Wlllingham of Richmond, Vu., secretary of the board. The speakers included Rev. W. L. Packard of Lynchburg, Va., and Rev. Len G. Broughton of Atlanta, Ga. Tho Womcns Missionary Union held a special .session lo discuss the work abroad. . MORTGAGE RECORDED FOR $31,000,000. In the register of deeds office here today an instrument of 246 printed pages is being recorded. It is the mortgage of the Southern' Railway Company to the Standard Trust Com pany of New York to secure an Issue of $31,0011,000 made In bonds. This paper will bo recorded at the county seat of every North Carolina county travorsed by the Southern Railway. EXPLOSION OF BIG MAGAZINES Blowup at Bridgeport Felt all Over Section PANIC IN THE TOWN The Magazines in Testing Grounds of Union Metallic Cartridge Company Exploded Early This Morning No One Hurt -Shock Felt in Many Parts of State. (By the Associated Press.) Bridgeport, Conn., May 14. The ex plosion of four magazines containing about 100,000 pounds of powder, sit uated orr Success Hill in the northern section of Bridgeport early today, shook up this section as if by an earth quake, but remarkable as It may seem no person is thought to have been injured, and the property damage is chiefly ''limited to the demolition of windows in houses and business build ings ir. the city and suburban sec tions. The magazines were in. the storage grounds of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company and were owned by the company. They wore of frail construction and were four of ten such buildings used for tho storage of black and smokeless powder. Two magazines which were destroyed con tained smokeless and the other two black powder. A fifth magazino was practically demolished,' but the cans of powder in it were not disturbed. The cause of the explosion is not yet determined by the company. Tin- demolition of the magazines came in two separate explosions, tho first and heavier one at 4:30 a. m.. and lasting about thirty seconds, and the second one about a minute later, which was not as pronounced, but which '.seemed to luivc completed the shattering of windows which had been broken by the first concussion. The storage grounds of the Union Metallic Cartridge' Company are quite remote, the nearest house being the town farm, a third of a mile away. No o-e is known to' have been in tho vicinity of the magazines this morn ing. When the explosion came a panic seized tho 250 inmates of the alms house and many of them ran scream ing into the field, and several Insane patients escaped. The chimney on tho building was thrown down, and air the glass jn the windows blown out, but as heavy as the shock was it was not felt quite as severely there as in the City proper, where people, in belief that an earthquake had come, were seized with a desire to get out into the open. The excitement in the alms house was ended ill a few min utes, and. the frightened people called back, and the insane patients rounded up by the attendants. The full force of the explosion was ful'.: pi' the city proper, and apparently there is not a single large pane of plate ' glass left in business buildings. As for private residences few escaped w'lhout broken windows. The damage seems to lie confined entirely to broken glass, and already the Union Metallic Cartridge Company has given notice that property owners will be compen 8a ted for damage of this nature. Im mediately after the explosion the peo ple of Bridgeport seemed certain that, an earthquake had visited them, and the scenes on the street were quite ex citing, for hundreds of residents fled out of doors In -their night clothes, car rying a few belongings. Mothers car ried their crying infants and men ran frantically about making enquiries. The pandemonium, however, lasted but a short time, as word quickly went about that there had been an explos ion. The people, however, continued in a nervous stale for several hours, being in fear of further explosions. Trie city was early flooded with In quiries from other places for particu lars of. tho disturbance which had even more resemblance to an earthquake than locally. From all part of the statu came word that the shocks were felt with force enough to awaken people from sound slumber. New Haven, Conn.. May 14. Two shocks from the Bridgeport powder ex plosion were felt in this city very dis tinctly. Windows rattled, and in some houses dishes were shaken from shelves. It was first thought here that the shocks were caused by an earth quake. The force of the explosion was felt in many partB of the state. East port, L. I., May 14.-Two distinct shocks coinciding in tlmo with the Bridgeport explosions and so violent as to send almost the entire population of this village into the streets In their night clothing were felt here today. Houses were jarred dishes rattled, beds shook and almost instantly every sort of domestic animal and fowls Bet up ti racket -which lastod half an hour. Mrs. Davis Still Improves. (By the Associated Press.) New York. May 14. Mrs. Jefferson Davis who bus been lit for several days at the' Hotel Glrard, was report ed to be showing continued improvement.
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