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RALEIGH
BRYAN, WHAT OF
JIM CROW LAW?
I Think it Will Hold Good on
Local Lines
OWNERSHIP OF ROADS
Sir. Bryan-Is 'Not Prepared to Say
What the Effect of Federal Control
of Trunk Lines Would He With Re
gard to Separation of Raees This
Wus a Busy Day for the Nebras
kan, One of Speeches Winding Up
With a Big Dinner.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Sent. 1. William J.
Bryan arrived in this city from
Bridgeport this morning and went to
the Victoria Hotel. After remaining
there a short time Mr. Bryan left the
hotel to attend to some personal bus
iness. He was expected to return
about noon.
On his way from Bridgeport Mr.
Bryan was asked what he thought
about the argument of certain repub
licans that President Roosevelt will
be the next logical republican candi
date for president.
Mr. Bryan said that if it were trua,
as many republicans, had declared,
that he had completely destroyed the
democratic party, there ought to be
dozens of able republicans who would
be available as a candidate, as it
would appoar that almost any repub
lican could win with the democratic
party wiped out. There would then
be no necessity of giving President
Roosevelt what would be regarded by
many practically a third term. With
such an easy victory for the repub
licans ahead, why, he asked should
not somebody else be given a chance?
Federal Ownership of Roads.
When asked what he thought it
the criticism by democrats of his idea
of federal ownership of railroads,
Mr. Bryan said that he had never ad
vocated anything that was not op
posed in some quarters. He was told
that some of the southern democrats
seemed alarmed lest the jim-crow
cars should be eliminated by the
adoption of his ideas of federal own
ership. Mr. Bryan in reply to this said that
if the various states owned the lines
within their borders, the local laws
would continue to be enforced. He
was asked if he meant that negroes
and whites would be separated if the
state laws would naturally hold good
on local lines. He did not care at
this time to .discuss the details of"
how the plan would affect the car
riage of whites and negroes on the
through lines under federal control.
Ho had noticed that one citizen who
did not give his name was very much
worked up about the possible abolish
ment of the jim-crow cars, but he
never attempted to answer the argu
ments of men who did not give their
names and that ho hoped to talk In
various parts of the country and deal
with the subject more completely
than he could in a conversation.
Mr. Bryan expected to remain at
the Victoria Hotel until 2:30 p. m.
and then to attend an informal re
ception at the national democratic
club. After that he intended to go
to Newark, where he is scheduled to
make a speech at 4 p. m. Later he
will return to Jersey City, where he
is expected to deliver three speeches.
He will then return to New York in
time to attend the dinner given to
him by the newspaper men.
He is Endorsed Some More.
New York, Sept. 1. William J. Bryan
today received'from the American Anti
Trust League a letter endorsing his
speech on Thursday night at Madison
Square Garden, especially that portion
referring to a war on trusts and th
government ownership of railroads.
WHIFF FROM HARTJE CASE.
Rumor of Attempts to Settle Denied.
Threatening Letters.
(By the Associated Press.)
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. I. All ru
mors to the effect that attempts were
being made ot settle the Hartjo di
vorce case before it went to a de
cision by Judge Robert S. Frazer,
ware set as rest today by Attorney
J. Scott Ferguson of counsel for
Hartje.
"Before any suit was brought,"
Mr. Ferguson said, "and before any
publicity had been given to the
charges we would gladly have mada
any reasonable arrangement that
would have avoided the recent trial.
Now we have no propositions to
make. The case, with all its dis-
agreeable features has been public
ly tried and we have nothing further
to do or say. We are simply await
ing the decision."
More letters have been received in
connection with the case since the
close of the trial Attorney John M.
Freeman and detective Gilbert B.
Perkins being the recipients. All
are of a threatening character and
are said to be in a similar hand to
i that received
by Mrs. Slocum dur
No name is signed to
which contain many
ing the trial,
these letters,
vile epithets."
"Tom" Madine, the coachman co
respondent, is said to have also ra
ce! ved
within
of these threatening letters
the last week.
LONE WRECK FLOATING
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 1. Reports of a
noted derelict were brought to port
today by the steamer Indiana, from
Genoa. The wreck reported is the
waterlogged and abandoned schooner
Lizzie Chadwick of Thomaston,
Maine.
Captain Parodl, of the Indiana,
sighted the schooner on August 25
fin latitude 35.44, longitude 22.1'J.
"s is uie secona ume inai captain
j has reported the wreck. The
Chadwick was dismasted off the
L'nitod States coast and has drifted
to a'bout 500 miles of Lisbon, Portu
gal. HEARING SET FOR 11 TH
Bertha Brown is Expected
to Recover
Jefferson Coke Put Under $100 Bond
on Charge of Affray in Which
Metallic Knucks Were Used Fer
rcll Makes the Charge Against
Him.
Bertha Brown, the woman who
was shot at her house on East Davie
street, is still holding her own, and
Dr. Rowland expects that she will
recover, if no blood poisoning or
other unfavorable symptom should
appear within the next day or two.
Police Justice Badger has set
Tuesday of week after next for the
heading of the case, as it is believed
that by that time the woman will be
able to testify.
VVayland Ferrell is still In jail,
and will not be released unless he
gives a large bond, and the Bams
can be said of Irene Vallier, the wo
man in jail.
Yesterday evening at about 6
o'clock a warrant was issued for
Jefferson Coke charging him with
engaging in an affray with Way land
Ferrall in which metallic knucks
were used. He gave bond In the
sum of if 100 for his appearance. Fer
rell, it seems, accuses Coke of strik
ing him with knucks previous to the
struggle over the pistol. Coke says
he has abundant proof that no
knucks were used.
BRYAN MAY BE
HERE THIS MONTH
It does not appoar very likely now
that William Jennings Bryan will be
hero at the coming state fair.
The invitation wa sextended to
him in New York by Governor Glenn.
t ft) l t l
oenaior oimmons, coi. oenenan uani-
eron, Major E. J. Hale and Secretary
Jos. E. Pogue of the North Carolina
Agricultural Society.
Col. Bryan told them he would be
very glad to come to North Caro
Una, but it was necessary for him to
fix the time so as to make a visit to
other adjacent states in the same
week. He added that if he could not
come in October he would make the
visit in September and spend two or
tnree weeks in loading towns.
It is learned also that Senator
Bailey and Culberson have promised
to make two or three speeches In
North Carolina.
ROOT ON THE WAY
TO VALPARAISO,
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 1. The navy
department has been informed in a
dispatch from Lota, Chile, of the de
parture of the cruiser Charleston,
with Secretary of State Root and
family on board, for Valparaiso to
day. THOUSANDS OF MEN
PUT UNDER ARREST.
(By the Associated Press.)
Warsaw, Sept. 1. Over 2,000 ar
rests were made during last night's
police sweep of this city. Many com
plaints have been made by the pris
oners of police brutality.
KILLED BY HAND
OF AN UNKNOWN
A. P. flyman Shot Down at
Rocky Mount
BALI THROUGH WINDOW
A Passing Policeman Hearing Sounds
Within the Store, Entered and
Found Hynian Struggling in the
Agony of Dissolution Suspicion
Rests on a Tramp.
(Special to the Evening Times.)
Tarboro, N. C, Sept. 1. About 2
o'clock this morning, Mr. A. P. My
man, a highly esteemed citizen, who
has lived here for a number of years,
was shot at Rocky Mount by some un
known party.
Mr. Hyman recently accepted a po
sition as bookkeeper for Mathews &
Weeks at that place and was in the
store working on his books when
some one fired through the window,
killing him almost instantly. The
ball struck him in the breast.
A policeman in passing the store
heard a noise therein and proceeded
to investigate. He found Mr. Hy
man unconscious and in the agony of
death. Just a few minutes before
the policeman heard a shot fired in
the direction of a passing freight
train, and the supposition is, that a
tramp fired the fatal shot, as there
wore a number of hoboes on the cars.
Mr. Hyman, who was a prominent
mason, will be buried here tomorrow'
with Masonic honors.
His Head Crushed.
This morning a colored man whose
name is not known, was found on
the railroad track at the depot here
with his head badly crushed. It Is
believed that he was stealing a ride
on a train siiifl' jumped off, thus caus
ing his injury- He is still uncon
scious. LIEUT. GOV. WIXSTOX AT
MASONIC PICNIC
(Special to the Evening Times.)
Shelby, N. C, Sept. 1, A grant
gathering from Cleveland, Gaston
and Lincoln counties were here yes
terday to attend the Masonic picnic
and speaking. Tha crowd was so
immense that many could not get in
the court house to hear the speech.
At eleven o'clock the speaker of the
occaslon, Grand Muster F. JJ. Win
ston, appeared and was heartily
cheered. He made an elegant and
ofrceful speech, holding the rapt at
tention of his audience lor about an
hour. After the speaking the crowd
gathered on the court square where
an excellent dinner was served.
Aftar dinner the Masons hold a
meeting in the lodge room to trans
act some important business.
TO TRY LIEUT. BROCKMAN.
First Court Martial for No Answer
to Official Communication.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 1.
A court martial will sit here today
to try First Lieutenant J. A. Brock
man, Seventeenth infantry, a mem
ber of the infantry and cavalry
school, and a native of Georgia. Tho
war department recently has expe
rienced difficulty in obtaining from
army officers answers to official com
munications, and those who have
been dilatory have, it is stated, been
threatened with court martial. The
case of First Liautenant Brockman
is the first case of this kind to be
tried here.
TOTAL
OK LIVES LOST
BY 'FRISCO DISASTER.
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 1. In
all 452 persons lost their lives as
the result of the disaster of April
18 ,the local health department so
stated in a formal report sent yes
terday to the state board of health.
Of the victims, 266 were killed by
falling walls, 177 perished by fire,
seven were shot and two died as the
result of ptomaine poisoning due to
eating "emergency" canned goods of
poor quality, 4 20 are believed to
have been white, 18 Chinese and
four Japanese. Eleven were less than
a year old.
The figures given relate to the
deaths proved to have occurred.
Bryan in Fine Fettle.
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 1. W.
J. Bryan left for New York on a
morning train. He expressed him
self as being in excellent condition
for another busy day before his de
parture for the west.
if tEILLION
IS BROADENING
The Province of Puerto
Principe Involved
CANIZARES THE CHIEF
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives During the Liberal Ascend
djicjr His Men Arm Openly and
Leave Maron Oilier forces of
Insurgents Take the Field.
(By the Associated Press.)
Havana, Sept. 1. If th" government
officials here are seriously disturbed
over the new situation in ine imwiu
provinces they do not show It, The
long time which elapses before their
reports on the subject reach Havana,
and their unwillingness to view the mat
ter pessimistically, seemingly causes
them to believe that matters ale not as
bad as the newspapers represent.
The government officials ileiiytliut
uprisings have taken place In the prov
inces of Santiago and Puerto Principe,
and they say that Pino Gueri'a's force
is not nearly so large as lias been re
ported. The only report given out by the gov
ernment today was a long account of
the movements of Colonel Avalos, com
mander of the government forces In the
province of Plnar Del Kio, which on the
whole only confirmed the statements
already published.
The general public is considerably im
pressed with the news from the eastern
part of Cuba, and the prevalent opinion
appears to be that the chances are
against the government being able to
control the situation unless some com
promise is arrived at or a complete
change In public 'sentiment takes place
neither of which appears likely at pres
ent. Warlike preparations continue
here, but only a e:. men-we applying
for enlistment in the government
forces,
Insurrection in Puerto Principe.
Havana, Sept. 1. it became
known today that the insurrection
has spread to the province of Puerto
Principe. Seventy men have taken
up arms at Maron, that province,
led by Garcia Canizares, speaker of
the housa of representatives, during
the liberal ascendency in that body.
The members of the band openly
equipped themselves and left the
town in an orderly manner.
The mayor of Maron soon sum
moned the rural guards in the vicin
ity and followed the insurgents with
the purpose of engaging them.
All the members of the Cuban na
tional assembly who are in this city
will hold a meeting tomorrow which
will be the first meeting since the ad
journment on June 30.
SHE STRIKES UNSEEN
Submarine Torpedo Boat Cut
tlefish Launched
A Larger and Swifter Development
of the So-Called Holland Boats.
Now Building the Tarantula, the
Viper and the Octopus.
(By the Associated Press.)
Quincy, Mass., Sept. 1. The
United States submarine torpedo
boat Cuttlefish, built for the govern
ment at the yard of the Fore River
Shipbuilding Company under the di
rection of the Electric Boat Company,
was successfully launched here today
In the presence of several hundred
people, including many naval officers.
The Cuttlefish was christened b
Miss Eleanor Gow, daughter of Com
mander John L. Gow, U. S. N.
The Cuttlefish is a larger and
faster devolopment of the so-called
Holland boats which the government
owns. The dimensions and particu
lars of the craft are held as confi
dential by the navy department.
The Electric Boat Company and
the Fore River Company are build
ing in tho same yards, two sister
ships of the Cuttlefish type, the Viper
and the Tarantula, and an additional
vessel, the Octopus, which Is under
stood to be considerably larger than
the Cuttlefish class and as large as
any of the successful submarine
boats In commission in Great Brit
ain. These three boats are rapidly j
nearing completion. j
FEATURES OF
LABOR DAY HERE
Fiddlers and Bail Players
the Attraction
BIG TINE EXPECTED
Tno Games of Ball Between B. B
B's. ami Business Men ami Juniors
and Business Men Lots of Old
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Tunes for the Championship.
.
Monday, being the first Monday of!
September, will be Labor Day, a na-,
tional holiday.
In mariv nlac.es throughout the;
country there will be as always, elab-j
orate exercises with parades, speeches
and general jollification under the
auspices of the various labor organ! -
zations of the country.
In Raleigh, however, there will he
no exercises of that kind this year.
The day will have its features here,
however, none the less. There will
be two attractions in the afternoon j
the fiddlers' convention and a double
header baseball game.
l no Haulers convention win ue
called at 4 o'clock at the A. & M. Col
lege auditorium, and a high old time
is expected, for there are lots of en
tries of old time fiddlers from all over
the state.
This convention ,at which tho fid
dlers play for the championship of
the state, was inaugurated last year
by William J. Andrews, president of
the Raleigh Electric Company, and
the first meeting, held on Labor Day,
nroved one of the most popular af
fairs ever pulled off in Raleigh. The existing at tins time can ioi an m
hall was packed, and there was the crease in the pay of the army, says
utmost enthusiasm. A goodly num
ber of fiddlers contested, and tftere
was a tie for second prize.
The chances are that a still greater
crowd will attend this year, and that
the welkin will ring even louder with
the old tunes that are so dear to the
heart. It is a rule of the contest that
nothing shall be played that was com
posed within the last twenty-five
years.
At :! o'clock in the afternoon tho
baseball battle will begin at the fair
grounds, and two great games will
be played. It is expected that the
grand si and will be packed with a
rooting crowd of spectators, for the
Raleigh baseball clubs of the league
have been playing some monstrous;
good ball of late.
The first game will ye between the
B. B. B's. and the Business mn. it
will be called at 3 o'clock sharp.
The next game will be between the
Business men and the Juniors, and
will decide the tie which was played
between these two teams last Wed
nesday, when the score was ." to 5.
On Saturday, September 8th, there
will be a game between Savannah,
Georgia, baseball club, winners of the
eon nan I in the South Atlantic eLague
md a team picked from the three
cams composing the city league. Mr.
Harry Mace, an umpire of national
regulation, will umpire this game.
The Raleigh league deserves all
kinds of encouragement.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
STARTLING PRUSSIA
(By the Associated Press.)
Berlin, Sept. 1. A dispatch from
Eras, Prussia, says that an earth
quake shock, extending from south to
north, was felt there at 6: in this
morning. Three further shocks are
reported to have occurred in the Vi
cinity of Ems.
PASSENGERS FROM THE
STRANDED SHERIDAN.
(By the Associated Press.)
Honolulu, Sept. 1. The inter-island
steamer Helene arrived here last
night with a number of the passen
gers of tho stranded transport Sher
idan, including twenty women and
ten children.
Tugging has moved the vessel con
siderably and it is believed she will
be pulled off. Captain Heath today
was on deck when the Sheridan
struck. One engine of the ship is in
working order.
The Toyo Kisol Oriental Compani
es the steamer Hong Kong will
take sixty-two passengers of the Pa-
cilic Mall steamer Manchuria, strand
ed on the north end of Oahu to the
orient.
THIEVES MAKE OFF WITH
THE STAMPS AND CASH.
(Special to Tho Evening Times.)
Winston-Salem, N. C, Sept. 1. ;
The postollice at Bear Poplar,
i Kowan county, was robbed last
night. The thieves carried off all
the stamps In stock and eighteen
dollars in cash. The postmaster has
no clue to the guilty parties.
CELEBRATE 35TH
ANNIVERSARY.
Messrs. Edwards & Bronghton cel
ebrated the 35th anniversary of the
establishment of the business by giv-
j ing a dinner at 2:30 today to all
their employes in the big composing
'room on t
c second floor of the big
publishing house. It was a most en
joyable occasion, the utmost good
feeling and comradeship being evi
denced in every way.
The Races at Khcepshead.
(By the Associated Press.)
I Sheenshead Bav. N. V.. Sent. 1.
,,-irK, for 2-year-olds, selling
.- tv furlongs: Futurity course: Ta-
j niaceo, 0 to 1 and 10 to 1, first;
1 jionlort, 1 to 2, second; Endoru,
third. Time, 1:07.
CALLS FOR HIGHER PAY
General Williams Speaks of
Cost of Living
In His Annual Report He Says Pres
ent Conditions Work a Hardship
on Men of the Army and Recom
mends Increased Pay.
(By thcAssoeiated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 1. Conditions
Brigadier General Constant Wil-
Hams, commanding the department
of the Colorado, in his annual re
port, which was made public today.
He asserts that the Increased cost of
living since LS72 when the present
rate of pay was fixed; the frequent
changes of situations, sending offi
cers to Alaska and island possessions
necessitating the keeping of two sep
arate establishments in many cases,
Work a hardship especially on line
ofheers.
Years ago changes of stations were
not so frequent and officers had op
portunity to save. General Williams
says this is not now the case, and
changes come so often and with such
little warning that debts are caused
which might otherwise be avoided
by the careful officer in his effort
always to be ready for the demands
of the military service. He renews
his recommendation of last year
that officers' quarters be heated and
lighted without expense to occupants
as are oilier public buildings.
Deploring the fact that congress,
in its last army appropriation bill,
failed to grant an increase in com
mutation of quarters for officers,
General W illiams says that in com
mon justice action should lie taken
at an early date to remedy this situ
ation. Tho expense of living at all
places at which officers are now on
duty and at which public quarters
arc not furnished, he says, has so
Increased since the adoption of the
present allowance that it no longer
covers the amount that must be ex
pended in order to obtain suitable
quarters.
FLY 10 HILLS
FROM A FLOOD
(By the Associated Tress.)
El Paso, Texas, Sept. 1. Nasas river,
between Gomez Palaclo and Laredo,
Mexico, on the line of the Mexic&t) Cen
tral Railroad, has risen forty-two rect
In the last 24 hours, and the Inhabitants
of the two towns are fleeing to the hills
fearing that the cities will be swept
away.
A Word lo the Wise?
The Evening Times has been re
quested to announce that the Raleigh
dispensary will close at 12 o'clock
Monday, rain or shine, in honor of
Labor Day. The public will admit
that this will be at least satisfying
in a way to those who want it closed
all the time.
MANY VIEWS ON
BRYAN'S SPEECH
Democrats Shudder at Some
of His Planks
WHAT DANIELS THINKS
National Committeeman Surprises
Some Iiy Refusing to Swallow Every
thing Bryan's Coming Excites
Politicians Not Believed That Ho
Will Open Old Sore in North Car
olina Republicans Glad.
Mr. Bryan's New York speech seems
to have been generally read by demo
crats and republicans in Raleigh, and
all sorts of comments are heard. Tho
thing which brings most delight to re
publicans is his advocacy of govern
ment ownership of railroads, for therein
they claim to see overwhelming evi
dence of his defeat With that plau.t
in his platform and the hidden state
ment that while he is "not fighting for
free silver it still is an issue, leads re
publicans to say that the contest will
be close in North Carolina two years
hence.
"With Rooesvelt as the standard
bearer and Bryan's government owner
ship plank," said a republican of the
non-office seeking type, "it will be a
revolution it will mean that Roosevelt
will cany North Carolina." Democrats
are not so certain, however, that the
statement bears any evidence of value.
Some surprise was expressed over the
editorial in the News and Observer
telegraphed from New York by Jose
phus Daniels, national democratic com
mitteeman. Instead of gulping down
the plank Mr. Daniels says that owner
ship talk does not appeal to the south
ern delegation, that the press the dem
ocratic press has denounced it, and
that while Mr. Bryan is sincere the
conditions hardly demand so radical
nvsasnfpqn-maHh6umftn
national commjljteeman would blindly
follow, but the doctrine appeared 10 be
a trifle too strong for one of his ex
treme views.
The possibility that Mr. Bryan will
make a few speeches In North Caro
lina before the election In November
has excited the politicians and it has
been suggested that he be sent to Mr.
Blac kburn's district to do a little shout
ing for Hackett. That, however, does
not seem practical, as he would hardly
fancy tho idea of going into the moun
tain regions when he could stop in Ra
leigh, Charlotte or Greensboro and ad
dress the thousands. There is much
disappointment that he may not attend
the fair, although he is more anxious
to do good for the cause than to be
brought south for advertising purposes.
But it is not believed that he will have
much to say in North Carolina about
this state owning local railroads, inas
much as the story of the Atlantic and
North Carolina is something good dem
ocrats are determined to forget. They
want no more of it.
AS GUNS CRASH
(By tho Associated Press.)
Libau, Sept. 1. An organized at
tack was made last night upon a de
tachment of troops engaged in trans
porting a number of prisoners away
from this district. Desperate fight
ing followed and a general alarm
was sounded by the garrison.
When reinforcements arrived on
the scene of th? disturbance the
troops fired indiscriminately into tee
crowd killing eight and wounding
fifty persons. Among the killed was
a mother who had a babe at her
breast.
STORM-TORN SCHOONER
SIGHTED OFF HPATTEBAS.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 1. The Brit
ish stoamor Saltwell, Captain Patter
son, from Gulfport, Miss., for Ham
burg, which arrived here today, for
bunker coal, reported having sighted
twenty miles north of cape Hatteras
at 9 a. m. yesterday the schooner R.
T. Rundlett, Captain J. W. Foun
tain, of Bristol, R. I., sailing toward
Norfolk under small jury foremast
and a rag of a sail, her three masts
broken off close to the deck and her
jibboom and starboard anchor miss
ing. Assistance offered tjy the Salt
well was refused. From all appear
ances the Rundlett which sailed from
Norfolk from Jacksonville, FUL. this
week with coal, had met a severe
storm and suffered heavily.
WOMAN
DROPS