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fiH Leasee! Wire Service of the Associated I n ss. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papors in Circulation. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MAEKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1906. PRICE 5c. AN EXPLOSION LOCKS TWO HUNDRED IN THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH Twenty-Seven nr Perhaps More Lives Blown Out by Fire Damp ENTOMBED MAY BE FREED -BEFORE NOT One Hundred and Thirty-one Con fined in ii Lower Main of the Win gate Colliery, Signal That They Are Safe Numbers of Others Who Were in the Mine at the Time of the Explosion Have Been Brought Up Alive, While Many Lifeless Bodies also Have Been Drawn to the Surface. (By the Associated Press.) Durham, England, Oct. 15, An explosion occurred in the Wingate colliery here at about midnight, re sulting in some two hundred men being entombed. About one hundred of these are believed to be safe in a lower part of the colliery, but there were between sixty and eighty men in the eam where the disaster oc-i curred. Up to 10 o'clock this morn ing ten bodies had been recovered and every effort was being made to ascertain the fate ol the remainder. Up to 2 o'clock this afternoon twenty-four bodies had been recov ered from the Wingate colliery and thirty miners had been brought out alive from one portion of the col liery, while forty-four were liberated from another. It is reported that the 1.11 men who, it is now an nounced, are confined in a lower main will be safely brought out be fore night. They have signalled that they are all right and are not con sidered to be in danger. The total number of deaths from the explosion, which apparently was caused by lire damp, Is twenty-seven. CHARGE OF CONTEMPT Answer of Sheriff Ship Filed in Supreme Court In the Case of the Lynching of Ed. Johnson the Supreme Court's Jurisdiction is Denied Sheriff Says He's Not Guilty Anyway. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 15. In the su preme court of the United States to day Hon. Judson Harmon filed the answer of Sheriff Shipp, of Hamil ton county. Tenn. and nine deputies to the charge of contempt laid by the supreme court in connection with the lynchin'g, in Chattanooga, last March, of a negro named Ed. John son, after the court had granted an appeal in his case. He takes the position that Johnson's case was not appealable and that therefore the supreme court was without jurisdic tion, but that if the court had juris diction, Shipp and his subordinates were not guilty, as they exercised due diligence to prevent the lynch ing. Shipp was in the court room, but none of his deputies was pres ent. The seventeen other defendants in the case, charged with participa tion in the lynching, also filed their answers through attorneys denying the act charged and asking to be discharged from custody. None of the alleged lynchers was present in person. The court took the matter under advisement. CURFEW LAW TO PUT STOP TO ROWDYISM. 1 Iff (By the Associated Press.) Haverhill, Mass., Oct. 15. In an ef fort to suppress recent acts of rowdy ism, City Marshal McLaughlin today decided to enforce the "curfew" law which was adopted many years ugo and has since been allowed to lie idle. Boys under twenty-one years old who are found on the streets wltliout good rea son after 9 o'clock at night will be arrested. SAM JONES DIES IN BERTH ON CAR The Evangelist Passes Away on a Journey BOUND FOR MEMPHIS Thp Body found in the Sleeper Near Little Bock, at Which Point it was Taken Off Died About 4 O'clock This Morning The Last Work of the Evangelist. (By the Associated Press.) Memphis, Term., Oct. 15. "Sam" Jones, the noted evangelist, was found dead this morning in an Okla homa, Choctaw and Gulf train near Little Rock. Mr. Jones' home is at Cartersville, Ga. Mr. Jones was traveling from some noint west of Little Rock and his des- tinHft ,, Momnhia Th. twtv was found in his berth in the sleeping car and was taken off the train at Little Rock. II is believed Mr. Jones died about 1 o'clock this morning. Oklahoma City, Okla.', Oct. 15. "Sam" Jones, the evangelist, had been holding revival services in the Tabernacle in this city for the past two weeks. He was to have ad dressed audiences yesterday, but it developed early in the day that he had disappeared. Although vigorous search was made for him, nothing was learned as to his whereabouts until news was received today of his death on- a train near Liltle Rock. Later it developed that Mr. .To':e left the city hurriedly last evening, going front his hotel to the railway station while a carriage waited to con vex- him to the evening services. No reason for his sudden departure was given nor did ho state his destination. Mi-. Jones' meeting here had been held in nn unfinished building. H -has spoken to large audiences and I Is believed that he had become sudden ly ill as a result of sneaking in tie Unfinished building and had started home for this reason. A RUNAWAY ON RAILS Dashes into a Freight and Injures Six Men Engineer Left Engine in Charge Fireman for .- Pew Minutcs Wonldn'l Stand He Threw verse Lever Engine Bolted. of It Be- (Special to the Evening Times) Ashevllle, X. C, Oct. 15. A runaway engine and caboose on the Ashevllle di vision of the Southern last night struck a freight train standing on the west end of the trestle across the French Broad River, injuring six men and demolish ing a caboose and one ear filled witn cows. Conductor MCHarge and Flagman Fulbright are the worst injured. Mc Harge is hurt in back and head. Flag man Homer Vinson sustained a frac tured arm. The engineer had left the engine In charge of the fireman while the engineer went into the office for or ders. The engine would not stand, and the fireman, a new man, threw the re verse lever, starting the engine back ward at a rapid speed. The fireman then jumped and the engine plunged down the track and Into the freight. BERTHA KRUPP MARRIED TODAY. (By the Associated Press.) Essen, Prussia, Oct. 15. in the presence of Emperor William and one hundred and forty guests, Frauleln Bertha Krupp and Lieutenant Gus tav Von Bohlcn Und Halbach were married today in a little improvised chapel adjoining l he bride's birth place, the Villa Huegel. The cere mony was performed by the pastor of the neighboring village church where Ihe Krupp family has long j worshipped. FINAL TOUCHES ARE BEING LAID ON TODAY Scenes on the Midway and In the Main Exhibition Hall BLEACHER SEATS AT THE RACE TRACK People Beginning to Pour in by Every Train Today One of Big gest Crowds at Grounds Yesterday Ever Seen on a Sunday Before Fair Estimated There Are From 400 to J50 Fakirs in the City Special Police and Justice of the Peace on the Grounds. ' The fair grounds present a very busy scene today. The final touches are be ing put on to the exhibits and show's and apparatus for the free open air at tractions, and when the procession to morrow morning reaches the famous en closure just west of the A. & M. Col lege the great state fair of 1906 will bt ready to begin business at the old stand. Governor Glenn will deliver the open ing address from the same speaker's stand in front of the grandstand from which President Roosevelt spoke las' year. The rostrum has stood there all the year and will probably remain per manently. The crowd at the grounds yesterday afternoon was one of the largoat ever seen there on a Sunday preceding fall week. It looked not unlike a Friday at the fair as far as the crowd was con cerned. Of course nothing ws open and there was no music. The management did not even allow any refreshments tc be sold except to the people who aic staying on the grounds, who have m.'a: tickets. Only such work as was aps-3 lutely necessary was permitted. There was lots of fun for the young folks and some of the older oner,, too even If it was Sunday and nothing Wfit doing in the show line. At one time a crowd of bad boy? perched themselves on the high bank surrounding the race track, overlook ing the midway, and passed all sort of remarks on the promenaders, espe ciallly the girls that passed under thei ken. Of course none of the girls fliriei back, because it was Sunday, and then too, Raleigh girls and those that are ii Raleigh fair times don't do that sort o thing at all, not even on week days. A large force of special police ha been engaged for the week for constan services at the fair grounds, with a viev to the protection of the fair's patrons Deputy Sheriff C. M. Walters is 11 charge of this force. Mr. Walters' Ion- experience with criminals makes hln peculiarly fitted for this work. The there is a night force, too, under A. H Yearby, who has acted in this capacity before during fair week and has a fim record. This morning Justice of the Peace C A. Separk went out to the grounds an. established his office there for the week so that in case of any arrests by the special police there may be preliminary hearings at once without the necessir; of carrying persons arrested to the city Up to this writing no trouble of an kind has been reported. Bverythinf moved smoothly yesterday and this morning. The only instance of any (lis orderly conduct heard of was a littli colored boy yesterday afternoon whi was heard by Treasurer Claude B. Den son of the state fair assocjatioi using foul language and had put off tin grounds at or.ce. One of the greatest Improvement? this year in the line of providing com fort to the crowds is the erection ot bleacher seats around the near end o' the. race track. There are enough ol these seats to accommodate as man? people as the grandstand itself. There will be a charge of 10c for ad mission to the grandstand on Wetlnes day, Thursday and Friday, but th bleachers mentioned will be free. Visitors are pouting Into the city b all the trains todav. The weather if perfect, and altogether the outlook i splendid. It is estimated that there are some thing like four hundred and fifty fakir: of all kinds in the city today. The Sea board brought In about seven! y-fivi from Bloomsburg, Pa., last night, ovei one hundred from Hagerstown Sutldaj morning, about one hundred last nigh with Ferarl's animal show, about lif! from Richmond Saturday night, aboui one hundred with the Smith parhlyai company that got In the middle of lasi week. Then the Southern Railway brought in a number from Greensboro and a few other points. Several shows of the Hoochee Cooche variety came, bujt wine not allowed per mission to set up their tents on tin grounds and left yesterday morning foi Lexington, S. ('., near Columbia, am probably about fifty with gambling de vices, all of which are barred this year will leave tonight for Charlotte. At the union station and at the fai grounds the track of the shuttle tmir (Continued on Page Three.) NEGRO KILLED STREET CAR Jordan Gfaaves Forcot There: Was Double Track SKULL FRACTURE Bled Within Mai." Haul Hurry to Beach Stahl Off .Moving Car and R. il to Cross and Met Was in Jumped Back of Jordan Ciur, a negro who drives Jordan Chav3, a ttogro who drives j ti red yesterday about ii o'clock by being struck by a strew car at the orner of Hillsboro and Dawson j chemists, which since his death has be strects. come the PpwerSrWelghtman-Roaen- Chaves was on a car moving lo-' garten Company. He was known to ward the state house, and asked t he i have acquired a vast fortune and when conductor to let him off a I Dawson1 he died the public generally was sur strcet. The conductor says that ej Prised to find that it was left entirelj negro jumped off witliou: wai'.ing for to hls 'lighter, Mrs. Anne Welghtman the car to ston. and ran around he- Walker- , . , ,, ., ,. ,. ... I umu inc.- cm, evmtriiiiv lurgoiuiig II... n rl,,l.l,, I- 'PI,,...., """" """"" ' SWI'U daughter-in-law of Mr. Welghtman, was a westbound car passing at thejbut wl0 rvmaVt.M at Uu, death of hei time and Chaves ran into it. His , huabarid. John Welghtman. Mrs. Wis- head struck the car and he fell. His lolhing caught and li som distance before tl was dragged could he stopped. Whan picked up, the negro was unconscious and carried by Dr. Rogers to the hospital, where he died within a half hour. The injury which evidently caused death was a fracture, cji' the skull just at the base af the brahl, received most probably in the fall. There were- also several gashes if not fractures on the fore head and jus: above the eye. These were probably inilh-ted by his col lision with the passing car as he .lashed around ba of the car from which he had just jumped. Chaves mid said ne was in a groat mrrv to get olt ( no car ana get to i. .1 t- t 'eed hi IIUIM . i i in puuyvau uku rhis account I'or his jumping off the ar before it stopped and running back of the car a id across the street. He evidently lost sight of the fact that there was a double track The remains of Chaves were turned' witness and was tnreaieneu " ver to Strickland, the undertaker, tempt of court for refus!, to answer , . , , I certa n duestlons. He had been a wit- ,y whom the funeral was conducted wm and Mr, slmpSon ask6d :his afternoon. He was about 38,Wm wna, slims of money he had re ears old and was a highly respected ; celveu fl.om Mrs. Walker after the nd industrious negro. '.jiy-s SAWYER DEATH , f . n X n looscveit Refuses to wiin- mule tlie Sentence ONVICTED OF MUTINY! " 'hesc Are the Negroes Who Together With a Third .tamed Scott Mur- ! ... .... ,, . , dered tie Captain. Mate, Steward " 1 ' and I'll);; infer of the Steamer Her- wind. , issoclated Press) : Asso rated Piess.) , (By the Washington. Oct. 15-The president has refused to commute the sentences if deiilh imnosed on Arthur Adams and! Robert Sawyer, two rsortn Carolina ' . negroes convicted ot mumenng fcptatn Pummel. the mate, the , he steward and the engineer of the learner Bcrwlnd Vlober 12. 1906, o nn the morning of . , , , , ,, ! the high seas while: he vessel Was on her way from Mobil - 0 Philadelphia. Scott, a negro w ho was a member he crew already lias been banged foi lis participation In the crime. FOR ADAMS AND HARD STRUGGLE 10 BREAK ILL Weigiilman's Estate Valued al UN ALL III UAUUH i LK a- artm a a nn.ni si. a rifin nn r itiit to s -t Aside the Will Brought By Weight man's Daughter-iii-LaW. Some Evidence (liven in Hearing Mqkes the Hearers Sit Up and ' Stare. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia. Pa., Oct. 15. The great contest Inaugurated to liay.f declared I invalid the will of William VVeightman, the millionaire chemist who died, leav ing ftp estate valued at about $46,'OO0;CO ! was called lor a hearing today before 'Judge Ashman in the orphans court. ! William Weight man was lie1 foundei of the Powers & Weight mar firm The suit to set aside tli will was in- : stituted by Mr? Jones Wlster, w ho was ter on behalf of her minor d nier, Martha Weight? seeks ti prove that Mr. Weisrhtman left a codicil to his will ampiy providing for his grand-daughter and the other heirs to the estate. Mrs. Walker denies that any such codlcjl ex ists and says the will probated was le-r ! father's last and full expression of his desires In the matter. An Interesting Story. If the will is broken, five granddaugh ters and a grandson of Mr. Welghtman will be benefitted. The case has at tracted considerable attention because of the social prominence of those con cerned. A sensation was created b Mrs. WIster's declaration that Mr. WelKhtman. who was past eighty years 1 of age when he died, made a proposal . of marriage to her after the death ot her husband, but that she rejected him and married Mr. Wlster. The conte-ft has caused the family to split into fac tions. One of Mrs. WIster's rtaugtuers. ; jjrB Richard Wain Mcirs formerly enly sid- Miss Annie v. vein'iiii.ni. in with her aunt. She will prohamy i m a witnr: m Mrs. ki'l s ht'n.Ui, rim t witness called liv the l-Oll- testant wa A. w. Hodpes, 76 years old. who was manager of accounts and credits for Powers & Welghtman, of which concern Mr. Welghtman was sole member. At first he was an unwilling I death of her father. His first answer was that he received bis salary up to the time the firm was taken over bj another company. Then he admitted receiving $L'n for each year he was with the firm, or a total of $860. Other em ployes received gifts at the same rate. Pig Gifts From Mrs. Walker. Following this, after much coaxing by 1 ttnrnra he admitted receiving a I I present of $5,000 from Mrs. Walker. j "What else did you get?" asked Mr. ! Simpson. "That is a private matter." ho replied. lAt this juncture the witness was threat-1 w m onterat,t of caurt t6r evao" ing answers. Finally the judge intormed him tnatj he was. in the hands of the court aud i he was instructed to answer. Mr. Hoopes thereupon said: "Well. If I am compelled to answer, , I received from Mrs. Walker $100,000." This answer caused a sensation and j much loud conversation ensued. After j quiet had been restored the witness 'said he received the $100,000 about Ue- (vmbcr ?7, 1904. Having estaDtisneii uie uu-l ui.u had received gifts from Mrs. Wal " , . ... .,, the lawvers examined the witness Walker. ! the lawvers examined the witness re. garding the circumstances of the sign ing of the last will of Mr. W eigntman on August 1. 1896. He had witnessed the s!S"l"g of two other papers priori ..ninr of the last will. These he beliPvoa wer0 a will and codicil bui j ne was not sure. When court reconvened at 2 p. m. ... ,lirti-i nf nttornpvs for '" "'" . , Mrs. Wisier. was postponed. This action caused surprise and there! wna a rumor that there had been a! compromise. Attorney General Car-j s" f vvataer. aemec, cms em- phatieally. ,..,,.. eoihrie up again tot same week". The withdrawn - great glee in 111 of the case caused Walker camp, Mrs. jwisier a 1 1 ci ner aiioriieM uirscipi-ie n.-.i Immediately and no explanation was given of the sudden change of front. BALL CHAMPIONSHIP OF WORLD LAURELS BROWS OF AMERICANS TWO MERCHANTS ! n fill S. C. Pool and Herbert Rosenthal Fiiiht I! Ir. Rosenthal Pushed Mr. Pool l)owii .-:i One line; Trouble Arose Over M r, Rosenthal's Re fusal to Remove Letter in His Window Regarding Vacating the Store. This morning abdul i"n o'cloe!; litere was a personal encounter be tween Messrs: S. c. Pool and Her bert Rosenthal on Kayelievillo street in from of Mr. Rosenthal's shoe store, Which is next door to the shoe store of .Mr. ijooi. No Bprtous injury resulted to either pan;., other than a slight abrasion on Mr. Pool's knee. The trouble arose from a copy of a letter posted In Mr. Rosenthal's window. The stoic occupied by Mr. Pool is part of the Rosenthal estate, and it appears that Mr. Pool has been unable to secure a renewal of his lease and has been advertising that he is selling oul on account of being obliged to move. The inference Mr. Pool drew from the letter posted in Mr. Rosenthal's window was that it gave the impres sion that he was not obliged to move, i He therefore requested Mr. Rosenthal to remove the letter. This Mr. Rosenthal refused to do. Upon Mr. Polbi advancing toward him, Mr. Hoseutjlial grabbed bin) by the coat lapel and pushed him to the ground on his knee. The affair was reported to Police Justice Badger, and he set the hear ing for noon today, but at that time it was agreed to postpone it until to morrow at twelve o'clock. A reporter for The livening Times called on botii gentlemen for state ments. Herbert Rosenthal said: "Mr. Pool called me out of my store this morning and requested that I remove from my window the letter tfom the trustees of the Ros enthal esiu , explaining thai the property would be divided about the liist of January. I refused to do so, when Mr. Pool advanced on me and I pushed him down." Mr. Pool said: "Mr. Rosehtha! had made threats that he was going to take the store now occupied by mysolf, and t h.n: gone to see the trustees of th. es tate and also Mr. Rosenthal about hi'j obtaining another, lease, but could noi get any promise o! il on account of the division of the prop erty to be made about January 1st. 'Ihe letter in Mr. Rosenthal's win dow seemed to Show thai I had a chance to obtain a lease on the stoiv. which 1 (iii'. not have, and upon ni going to him and asking him to re move same from the window he re fused, and I look a Step or two to ward him, when he pushed me down. I had no intention of striking Mr. Rosenthal when I advanced towari him:" THOUSAND BALES 07 COTTON BURNED. (By Ihe Associated Press.) ( I rcv-nsbo-.-o. Ala., Oct. l"v. Th (Ireensboro warehouse, containing more than a thousand bales of cotton burn ed today. Loss $100,000. partially covered by In surance. GOVERNOR tj'LEMi WILL 1 RETURN TOMORROW. Governor Glenn made canpnign speeches a l China drove mis after noon and will speak at, Salisbury to night, returning lo Raleigh tomorrow morning to deliver the address for the opening of the state fair. He will resume his work in the campaign on Ihe day following. Eft Fourth Victory of the League Team in the Sixth of the Series DEFEAT NATIONALS HI EIGHT TD THREE Amidst l. Scene of Almost Indescrib able Enthusiasm, Charles W. Mur phy, President of the Losing Team, When Called on for a Speech, Declares That the Rest Team Won and Himself Leads the Cheering for Comiskey, Chief of the Victorious Americans Two Pastors in Chicago Pulpits Take Baseball as a Topic for Their Ser mons. (Ey the Assoc ated Press.) Chicago, Oct. 15 The Chicago Amer ican League team yesterday, before 20, 000 enthusiastic fans, won the baseball championship of the world by defeating the Nationals 8 to 3. The game was sixth of the scries and the fourth vic tory for the Americans. When the last National batsman had gone out and the stunning fact tba'i new champions had been freshly creat ed burned its impress on thousands of excited minds, and a crowd surged around the box, wherein sat Charles W. Murphy, president of the losing club, he smiled gamely at the request for a speech, and said: "The best team won. They won be cause they played the better ball. Too much praise cannot be given to Presi dent Comiskey and Captain Jones, and the team which by unprecedented pluck, climbed in mid-season from sev enth place to the top of their own league, and then topped off that great accomplishment by winning the world's championship from the team that made a runaway race of the National League contest. I call for three cheers for Com iskey and his great team." Cheer after cheer followed this Speech, but they were lost to the hearing of most of the crowd which was busily cheering other things the individual players, the players collectively, and thumping said players on the back with such enthusiasm that every one of them had to fight a way out to the wailing carriages. And cheers for the losers were not lacking. They had lost the greatest distinction which baseball offers to its votaries, but are still a great team, and the? crowd which fol lowed their carriages through crowded blocks did not spare their throats in saying so. Comiskey's round, rosy face was wreathed in smiles long before the game was over, for the Americans put the victory in storage in the first two in nings. Score: R.H.K. Americans . . . .3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 14 3 Nationals 1 00 0 1 0 0 0 13 7 0 Batteries: Americans. White and Sullivan: Nationals, Brown, Overall and Kling. Umpires, O'Loughlln and Johnstone. MINISTERS PREACH ON AMERICAN SPORT. CBv the Associated Press.) Chicago, Oct. in. Two pastors used the championship baseball series as a topic for pulpit discourses last night. Both agreed that the game is the clean est of all sports, but they deplored the fact that gambling was permitted on the grounds and that one of the contests was played on Sunday. They appealed to the managers to take a stand against these two evils in the future. Rev. Johnston Myers preached on "A Home Run" at Immanttcl Baptist j Church and declared among other j things, that "if the same spirit which sets men wild at such baseball gamer as have been witnessed the last weeek in Chicago were manifested in the church there would not be a skeptic left in Chicago." "Winning the pennant' was the sub ject chosen by Rev. John Roach Strat on, pastor of Second Baptist Church, "Baseball is the greatest, grandest and noblest of all sports,' he said. "It is clean, manly and safe. There are but two strong criticisms that the beat ele ments of a community ought to make on the game. First, the amount of gambling attendant on the big league games. "The second criticism that of the al most general custom of playing the gamp on the Sabbath."
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