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Pull Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. , Leads all-North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION: ALL THE MARKETS. 1 THE 'RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. , RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1906. PRICE 5c. WILL PURCHASE GOODS ABROAD Tatt's Plan for Canal Supplies is Approved ROOSEVELT SATISFIED President Transmits to .:' Congress Letter From Secretary of Wur and indorses Plan for Buying in the .Markets of the World What Rec ord Shows. (By the Assocloted Press.) Washington, Miiy 15. The president today transmitted to congress a letter from Secretary Taft, accompanied by numerous appendices, bearing on the controverted question of the. right of the Isthmian canal commission to pur chase supplies abroad if they can be secured cheaper than in America. The president, simply states that the views expressed by Secretary .Taft In the affirmative have his full approval. The letter of Secretary Taft to the president relates to the purchase of dredges for use in the construction of the Panama ci.ual. i ii this particular ease, says Secre tary Taft, there were nine bid for the construction of two sea going suction lrwltriu mio to tie used nt colon and the other at. La Bora on the Pacific side of the Isthmus. The lowest two bids were submitted by, first, the Maryland Steel Company of Sparrow Point. .Mil., at $724,850, and the second by the Scotch Arm of William Simons & Company of Renfrew at , $654,000. The Maryland dredges were to be de livered at Sparrows Pont and the Scotch on the Clyde, but the Scotch 'firm offered to deliver them at Crls lobul and LaBoca at an advance on the contract price of $17,980 for the first, and $34,020 for the second. Having in mind certain arguments advanced by the Maryland Steel Com pany in favor of their bids, the se:;- 'The result of these comments seetm to be that there Is, under any circum stances, a difference in favor of the bid of Simons & Company of about g per cent, of the total expenditure. There is noquestlon of the high stand ing of both bidders, and no doubt that If the bid of either is accepted it will be satisfactorily performed. The exact question.' now presented is whether, on the 'sole grounu inai one bidder is an American manufacturing corporation and the other Is Scotch, the isthmian canal commission shall pay to the Maryland company from $60,000 to $70,000 more for two steel dredges than the price at which It may buy those dredges from Simons & Company. "In my letter of January 12, 1903, In which 1 transmitted to you the first report of the isthmian canal commis sion, I invited your attention to the general policy to be pursued in cases like this." In the letter referred to the 'secretary apj ealed to congress to specifically direct him whether or not he should continue this policy of purchasing in tin. .heiinosl market, but he remarks that no action has since been taken- by congress on this subject. He then briefly review the law as it stands bearing on the procurement of sup plies under government contract bo ginning with the appropriation act of 1875, giving preference to American material which act he points out ap plies only to the United States and not to the isthmus. Coming down to the experience of the army in the Phil ippines the' secretary shows that large amounts of meat have been purchased from Australia Instead of from the United States because its cost was about one half of that brought from the Pacific coast. "Therefore," says the secretary, "the result of a consideration of general principles of the law and the practice of the government. In the absence of specific direction to the contrary, is that In the construction of .the Pan ama canal in the canal zone on the isthmus, which is outside the tariff wall surrounding the United States, proper, and into which, by virtue of the Hay-Varilia treaty with the re public of Panama, material, supplies and machinery of al! kinds for the construction of the canal are to be instructed free from tariff or imports, it is your duty to buy where you can obtain the material, supplies and ma chinery at the cheapest , price, other conditions with respect to ' quality, prompt delivery, etc., J'ljelnjr ' equal. This view it seems' to me is confirmed by the failure of congress to direct any different course on ,yOur parti although the matter was brought to., its: atten tion more than a , year ago, and your view 'of your duty in the premises, if congress took no further .action,- was clearly indicated. "I ought to add that, while of coursa a very large proportion of all the pur dieses made for the construction of the canal have been from American mechants and manufacturers, some purchases have already been made abroad, and a saving effected In the purchase of comparatively small quan tities of cement. In the construction of the canal, an enormous quantity if cement will have to be purchased, and the question will soon recur again as to the acceptance of foreign bids for this material. "Members of congress have mani fested an Interest in this matter, and Senators Dick and Ankeny have ap plied to me to know the situation. I append correspondence that I have had with both of these gentlemen, to gether with a form of resolution which, at Senator Ankeny's request I had drafted to carry out his velws. The resolution has been Introduced the senate by Senator Dick. "As I pointed out lo Senator into An- keny, if this resolution Is to control the acceptance of bids for the con struction of these- dredges, then it should bo promptly considered and passed by congress, for It is of great Importance lo secure their early con struction. If there is no prospect of early action by congress I shall direct Mr. Shontn, unless ordered by you to take a different course, that he accept the bid "of William Simons & Company of Renfrew, Scotland." CHILDREN AND THEIR DEFECTS DISCUSSED (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., May 15 Children nd their defects were again discus sed at today's session of the national conference of charltlts and correction. The subjects Included the work of pro bation officers for dependent and de linquent children; their work before the trial and like matters. .Those who took part in the discussion included Mis. Annie Ramsay, senior probation officer if the juvenile court In this city; Miss Lucy Friday, a. probation officer of Baltimore, Md.: Mrs. Martha Falconer, superintendent of the girl's house of refuge, this city; Hastings if. Hart, superintendent of the Illinois Childrcns' Home and Aid Society; Homer Folks, secretary of the New York State Charities Aid Association; Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, president of the Association Of Day Nurseries; Mrs. Lelian B. Pinagree of Iloston, and Mrs. E. C. Dudley, Chicago. Mrs. Ramsey emphasized the Im portance of thorough preliminary in vestigation of every case that Is to come before the court. In this con nection she spoke of the power ac quired by forming friendly relations with the family and with the child. With a thorough knowledge of the needs of the child and the desires of the parents, ' Mrs. Ramsay snld thnt the probation officer is in a position to oSfer facts and suggestions to the Judge and possibly present a plan for further action. , AFTER LYNCHING EVIL Governor of Louisiana Wants it Minimized In Message to General Assembly He Deals With Subject and Urges a ' Compulsory Primary Law Kail- road and Insurance Suggestions. (Hy the Associated Press.) Baton Rogue, La., May 15, The Louisiana general assembly convened today. Many important matters are to come before the assembly, among them the curtailment of the execu tive powers that assessors, school boards and practically all other offi cers may be elected by the people and the question of submitting a consti tutional amendment to enable the is sue of between $8,000,000 and $10, 000,000 additional bonds for the completion of the sewerage, water and drainage system in New Orleans of which $16,000,000 is now being spent. There is a promise of many bills designed to protect resident policy-holders In life insurance compa-' nies. In his message to the legisla ture Governor Blanchard announced that there can safely be made a re duction in state taxation of from three quarters to a mill and n half and of two mills In parish, municipal and levee taxation. The state rate ir. now six mills and the maximum of the other ten mills. He faiVrs the passage of a compulsory primary law, minimizing the lynching evil and au thority for the railroad, commislson to put out of commission railroad lnes which refuse to improve their road beds, equipment and schedules. TRAIN ROBBERS TAKEN AFTER A BATTLE (By the Associated Press.) Vancouver, B. C, May 15. A dis patch from Kamloopa says that the train robbers who held up the Cana dian Pacific train last week were cap-1 tured last night. One man was wounded in a fight with: the mounted police. The latter surrounded the ban dits and compelled their surrender. SENATE GALLERY . WAS CROWDED Tillman Corrects a Printed Statement THE LODGE AMENDMENT Providing for Increase of Conimis ' sion and One From Each Judicial Circuit Opposed by Hopkins and Endorsed by Martin, Who Com mended Proposition lo Increase Salaries. - (lly the Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. There was general expectation about the senate that today would witness some revi val of the discussion of the presi dent's relation to the railroad rate hill, and the galleries were early filled in expectation of the event. There was no immediate reference to the president, but the business had not proceeded for more than ten min utes, when Senator Tillman took the Hoop to correct, a statement, concern ing his conferences with Senator Aldrich. He called attention to an article printed in a Washington pa per yesterday, the purport of which was that the South Carolina senator had said That Mr. Aldrich had sought to make an alliance with him rather than with the president. Mr. Tillman said: "It is not my habit to give out for publication private conversations with other senators, but I talk very freely with newspaper men. In this statement there are errors of fact and of statement, and I desire to say that I never gave out any such state ment." Mr. Aldrich contented himself with expressing his satisfaction over the fact that the correction had bean made. "I never saw so many mis- stialemejitsj gathered iij one small paragraph as are made in this short article," he said. Senator Tillman presented to the senate a statement, a, memorandum from ex-Senator William K. Chandler regarding the court review amendment to the railroad rate bill. It was the same' statement made by Senator Till man on Saturday. Mr. Tillman then referred to the letter:'. addressed by the president to Senator Allison, lie said ho." hoped that Senator ..'Allison .would put the letter In the record and that some thing '.'would be said in reference to the question of veracity. Mr, Tillman said that the president was ingenious and rot ingenuous. Mr.- Tillman declared emphatically that 'he had never made any overtures to the- president. "This is Tillman speaking now," he said, and a wave of laughter went over the senate and galleries. "The charge I make," he said, "Is that the president is guilty of bad faith." - Mr. Tillman stated that he had never sought an Interview or any communi cation with the president. : Senator Allison then said he had re ceived a letter from the president and said Jie thought it ought to bo placed on the records of the senate. He had been waiting patiently for an oppor tunity to present It, but had not had an opportunity. The letter was read. When the words "I saw the news paper men In a mass" were read there was a roar of laughter In the senate and in the galleries. Mr. Tillman's statement In th6 sen ate la as follows: "There are only two points In the president's letter which I deem worthy of notice. His attempted explanation Is Ingenious, but not ingenious. He calls in question the integrity of pur pose and utterance of Mr. Chandler by declaring: "'He was asked to see ex-Senator Chandler as .representing Mr. Tillman who was in charge of the bill. He stated to me the views of Mr. Tillman with seeming authority,' "Mr. Chandler has declared most pos itively in a written statement that the president sent for him for the purpose of getting into eommiinication with Senator Bailey and myself and he has produced the letter of Mr. Loeb. "1 now declare most emphatically that to no human being have I ever given -authority or even expressed a wish to have any conference with Theodore Roosevelt in regard to the bill now under consideration. On the contrary I have expressed the opinion In more than one published interview that lie had nothing to do with it and that it was the business of the senate, and while I did, at; his re quest, enter into negotiations with the attorney general, It is well known to every senator on this floor what my attitude and feelings have been, and it Is most remarkable with the (Concluded on Third Page.) A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR rreight Car Burned and Pos sible Murder Car Contained Household Goods and Two Horses of Col. S. W. Taylor, Commandant at. Fort Worden, Wash. Soldier in Charge Tells Strange Story. (By the Associated Press.) Portland, Ore., May in. A dis patch to the Oregonian from Pendle ton, Ore,, gives the account of the mysterious burning of a freight cur near Foster, Ore., and the death of two persons, one of whom is thought to have been murdered and the body consumed in the flames. The other was shot by a member of a. sheriff's posse under the belief that ho was the murderer. The car was one of an Oregon rail road and navigation railroad's west bound freight train and contained the household goods and two horses of Colonel W. S. Taylor, command ant at. Fort Worden, Wash. It was in charge of Private William Wil son, ar.lh battery, roust-artillery, and was en route from Fori. Riley, Kas., lo Port Townsend, Wash. Accord ing to Wilson's statement, while he was carrying one of I he horses about 7 o'clock this morning I ho animal kicked him in the breast, causing insensibility. Winn Wilson came to, he says that ho found the car on fin. He turned the horses out of the mov ing car and they weie killed in fall ing to the ground. Wilson says he (hen made his way over to the; ca boose, where he notified the- train men, who cut the car out at. Foster Riding. After th:! car had Leen cut out a body, which it is stared may have oe-311 either that, of a man or woman, fell out of the end of the car. A physician say this body shows indications of foul play. While the train was still standing at Foster, a man who had been on the train, declared that there were two . tramps riding in it, and that both had been burned to death. This man hurriedly made his escape. A sheriff's posse followed him and ran down a man near Pine City, a few miles west W Foster, who was thoucht to be the fugitive. When ordered to surrender he made a mo tion as if to draw a revolver and was shot and fatally wounded by. Posse-man-Otis McCarthy. This man be fore he died gave the name of John Condley of Pendleton, Ore. It is said he Is not. the man tor whom the posse was hunting. Wilson, who had preceded with the train, was arrested at Umatilla and taken back to Foster. Wilson in his statement declared that he was alone in the car. PROTECTS ARE HEARD Against Action Regarding Doctrinal Faith It Is Asserted That Members of Gen eral Conference Hid Not Under stand Purport of Motion, and That the Paper Adopted Is Too Sweep, ing. ' (By the Associated Press.) Birmingham.' Ala., May 15 Protests against f.ll Hie action of the general conference of the Methodist Kplcopnl Church. South, yesterday in voting to appoint a committee to draw up a 4iew statement of faith. . were heard today Immediately upon the opening of the session. W. K. Williams of northwest Texas objected to Hie action of the confer ence, and Charles M. Armstrong or Baltimore presented a wiitten protest. In thu Armstrong protest It is as serted that members of the conference did, not understand the purport of the motion, and that the paper adopted "authorizes the-committee to draw up any statement of faith whatsoever -and to' frame without limitation an expres sion of doctrinal system which they may deem called for in our duty." The committee of episcopacy report ed in the matter of a complaint of Rev. Cole D. Mann of South Caro lina concerning a decision made by Bishop Wilson, saying that the com mittee had ro Jurisdiction nnd that the complainant had come beforo the wrong tribunal. .'' ' 'The committee recommended non- concurrence on the petition for a bishop in the foreign field and also non-concurrence in a petition seeking the division of territory into episcopal districts. Non-concurrence was re ported on memorials to Increase the lay representation- in annual confer ence. A non-concurrence report wa made In the request looking to the removal of the . headquarters of the church extension board from Louis ville, Ky., to Oklahoma City, tind not a concurrence report as stated yesterday. A TELEGRAPHER RUN AMUCK Killed One Man and Shot Four More ESCAPED TO THE WOODS Relieved to lw Mentally l iibalanced, He Aggravated His Condition by Jlrink Was Night Operator al Chainhlce, Near Atlanta Set Fire to Kitchen. (By the Associated Press.) Atlanta, (la., May .15. James II. Clark, night, telegraph operator at Chamblee, twelve miles from here, late yesterday afternoon killed Will J. Cheek of Dunwoody, dangerously wounded S. Purcell and his son, W. S. Purcell, and W. S. Mark, the day operator at. Chamblee, and escaped to tho woods of DeKalb or Fulton coun- y, where today he is being sought by officers and volunteers. Clark, who is believed to he men ially unbalanced, aggravated his con dition yesterday by drinking. Lale in the afternoon he went, to the home of tj. Purcell, with whom he hoarded, and demanded admittance. Being refused he broke down a door, set fire to the kitchen and encountered the Purcels, father and son, and .Mark. Clark then began firing, first, with a revolver and then with a shot gun, seriously wounding each of the three. He dashed from the house to the railroad station, where he compelled the station agent to go to his own home and get a revolver for the in sane man. Then Clark started down the track toward Dunwoody, about five miles distant. Reaching there he went to the store of Nash & Clark and demanded car tridges. Cheek, the clerk, refused lo sell them, having been warned by telephone, whereupon Clark shot Cheek through the heart. He also fired at Nash, who dodged nnd es caped from the building. Clark then helped himself to ammunition and disappeared into the woods. SAY HE IS NOT WIGGINS' SLAYER. (Special to The Evening Times.) Winston-Salem, N. C. May 15. Solicitor Hammer came here this morn ing from Salisbury with a white deaf mute who was on the street car when Conductor W. A. Wiggins was killed at Salisbury, and a colored woman who conducts a boarding bouse in Salis bury with whom the negro who shot Mr. Wiggins stopped the night before the crime. Both asserted positively that Clnis. Whltt, the negro in jail here, was not the right man. ..Whltt will be held here for his father, who lives at Reidsvillc, to come here and Identify. . NEW HANOVER'S CO. CONVENTION. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C, May 15. The New Hanover county convention which met today at noon was practi cally in Ihe hands of representative business men from the start. G. J. Boney was made chairman. An ad visory board to consist, of one dele gale from each city ward and coun ty . precinct was appointed to name representatives to the congressional senatorial and judicial conventions. The friends of J. A. Brown of Co lumbus county claim that he Came out on top in today's convention, and that the majority of New Hanover dele gates to the congressional convention will be Brown men. BARN BURNED; NEGRO KILLED. (Special to The Evening Times.) Tarbnro, N. C, May 15. Last night the barn and stables on one of ex-Sheriff Knight's farms were de stroyed by fire, one of the mules was badly burned, all of the corn and fod der was destroyed. The origin of the fire is not known. A colored man near here, while stretching a wire fence, was accident ly struck by a piece of the machin ery used for stretching purposes' and Instantly killed. FIRE ON STEAMER KEPT IN CONTROL. (By the Associated Press.) Havana, May 15. The Ward Line steamer Vigilancia, which was re ported from Cape Lookout May 12 to i be on fire, reached this port from New York today one day late. The delay in her arrival was caused by the precaution in keeping her near the shore during the fire, which was under control on Saturday evening, ail dwhich appears was chiefly con fined to the ship's stores in the for ward part of the vessel, all of which were practically consumed. Her cargo also was badly damaged by flooding the holds with water. The loss is not. known and will not be as certained until the report of the board of survey appointed by the American vice consul Is made public. Mrs. Fanny ,1. Runs Dead. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. ('., May 15. Mrs. Fanny .1. Russ, aged 50 years, wife of Mr. J. P. Russ, is dead at her home in Cronly. Besides her husband Mrs. tills leaves eigni children. VERDICT SUSPENDS CRAPSEY 30 DAYS (By the Associated Press.) Rochester, N. Y., May 15. The ver -diet in the heresy trial of Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey today was deliv ered lo the accused ml.iister. Four of the Judges state that In their opinion sentence should be passed as follows: "That, the respondent should be sus pended from exercising the functions of the church until such time as shall satisfy the ecclesiastical authorities of the diocese that his belief and teaching conform to the doctrines of the apos tles' creed and the nicene creed as this church hath received the same. How ever, we express the earnest hope and desire that the respondent may see his way clearly during the thirty days that under the canons of the church must Intervene before sentence can be pro nounced to the full satisfaction of the ecclesiastical authorities of -such con formity on his part. (Signed). "W: C ROBERTS, "C. H. BOYNTON, "G. S. BI'RROITGHS, "JOHN MILLS GILBERT." Report Favorably. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May 15. Senator Bur rows, chairman of the sub-committee of the committee. On finance, which In vestigated charges against William T. Vernon of Kansas, who was nomi nated to be register of the treasury, will make a favorable report on the nomination at the next meeting of the finance committee. ROBBED SELLS' CIRCUS Will be Taken to Tarboro for Trial Arrested at Cleveland, Ohio, While Acting as Auditor of the Hagen buck Circus Charged With Tak ing .$30,00(1 From Ticket Wagon at Tarboro, N. C. (By the Associated Press.) ..'Cleveland,- O., May 15. William T. Spaith, auditor of the Carl Hagen beck circus, was arrested here last night charged with the theft of thirty thousand dollars from the ticket wagon of the Forepaugh-Sells Show ln' Octo ber. 1904, while be was treasurer of that enterprise. The robbery, it is al- leged, occurred at. Tarboro, N. C. The arrest was made by Sheriff Karb and Deputy Phelau of Columbus. Spalth was seized while at work in the ticket wagon, handcuffed and hustled into a waiting automobile and taken to a railroad station 30 miles away. From there he was taken to Columbus. Extradition papers have been prepared and he will be laken to North Caro lina for trial. CATHOLIC KXUJHTS AM LA1HF.S OP AMERICA. (By the Associated Press.) Detroit, Mich., May 15. One hun dred and fifty delegates from fifteen states are attending the eighth bien nial convention of the Catholic Knights and Ladies of America, which will be in session in this city for three days. It was stated before the opening session today that no radical legislation was anticipated, although there was much important 'business to be transacted. Appoint ment of committees and routine busi ness occupied the opening session, which was preceded by mass at St. Peter and Pauls cathedral. President Dennis Kelley of Memphis, Tenn., is presiding over the convention. THE TRAVELS OP THE TIMES' TAGGED DOLLAR. The tagged dollar today visited the following merchants and at the hour of going to press is at J. Schwartz's: King-Crowell Drug Co., W. B. Mann, M. Rosenthal, Heller "Bros. FATAL MINE EXPLOSION Five Miners Torn to Pieces at Shenandoah TWELVE BADLY BURNED A Box of Dynamite Pell From the Shoulder of a Workman and Kx ploded, Igniting the Mine Gas The Killed Mutilated Beyond Rec ognition Foce of Concussion Ter rific. (By the Associated Press.) Shenandoah, Pa.. May 15. Five miners were torn to pieces and twelve badly burned by' an explosion of dy namite In the Shenandoah CTlty colliery of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company today. A box of dynamite which a workman was carrying fen from his shoulder and caused the explosion which Ignltrd the mine gas. There were bout fifty men at work in the east gangway cf the shaft when the explosion occur red, but so far as known al! escaped except those working on the first lift. In this part of the shaft not one eser.pd either death or injury. All who were killed were mutilated be yond recognition. The force of the concussion was ter rific. Doors were torn off and bratices wrecked, every section of the mine feeling the effect of the shock. The work of rescue was begun at once under the supervision of Mine Inspectors Lamb and Fenton, Division Superintendent Pollard and all the dis trict superintendents. The absence of the deadly Mick damp made the work of "rescue less hazardous than in accidents of this character. The force of tho explosion was felt a great, distance from the shaft and friends and relatives of the entombed miners rushed to the mouth of the shaft. So great was tho crush that it was necessary to call on the coal and iron police to keep 1 the crowds back. The work of rescue was neces sarily slow because of the great dis jance the rescuers had to travel in the shaft. It was several hours be fore the last miner was brought to the surface. The injured men who were at work on the lift when the accident occurred were first taken from the shaft and hurried to a hospi tal. As soon as this was accomplished the rescuers directed their attention to those who were near the bottom of the colliery, All of the killed anil injured were foreigners. But little damage was done to the mine. GOLDEX Jl'HILEK AT ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., May 15. The golden anniversary of St. Vincent's Hospital here was begun this morning with a i pontifical mass at St. Mary's Catholic. church, presided over by Cardinal Gib bons, with Bishop Van De Vver of Richmond as celebrant, There were in the sanctuary many priests from all parts of Virginia and visiting clergy lronl Washington, Baltimore, Raleigh. I Wilmington, N. ft, and other places. The main celebration occurs tonight at a public demonstration, when ad- dresses will be made by Cardinal Gib bons, Dr.-' V.-P. Glbney of New York, ex-Governor Montague of Virginia and Dr. J. Allison Hodges of Richmond, Virginia. ' GAPON'S BODY IS IDENTIFIED. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, May 15. At (he inquest on the body of Father Gapon, which was found May 13 In the up per chamber of a lonely villa in the summer suburb of Ozerkl, Finland. M. Margolin, the former priest's law yer, positively Identified the body. The autopsy showed that he received a blow on the head, and the theory Is that revolutionists were listening in an adjoining room and heard Gapon betray his connection with the government, and that Putenberg, the terrorist leader who is said to have lured Gapon to his death, rushed in, felled him to the floor and afterwards hanged him. Rhode Island Grounding. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., May 15. The board of inquiry Investigating the recent ground ing of the battleship Rhode Island off York Spit resumed its hearing today. Rear Admiral Dickens, president of tho board, expects to conclude the hearing1 this afternoon. The findings will be sent to the navy department for approval.
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