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LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. H THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1906. PRICE 5c. FttH Leased Wire Service of the Associated Pr jss. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papors in Circulation. SEABOARD'S NEWF UTES SPllT p .rr nnr-o.n. Vlbt rntolUtlil W. A. Garrett Will Also be General Manager HE GOMES EAST TODAY The New Vico-Pivsident Has Been General Malinger of the Queen ami Crescent Route His Ap pointment Something of a Bomb in General Offices in Portsmouth. (By the Associated Press.) Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 1. ' a of ficial announcement was given out here today that W. A. Garrett, gen eral manager of the Queen & Cres cent route, has accepted the position of first vice-president of the Sea board Air Line. Norfolk Carrel t is dent and Va -Nov. 1. Mr. V. A. to be both first vice-presi-general manager of the Seaboard Air Line. His resignation as general manager of the Queen in crescent took effect yesterday and i: is reported here that he leaves Cincinnati for the east today. It is also reported here that Mr. Gar rett 8 salary will noi he less than1 20,000 per annum, lie will have! full charge of the operation of t tie I Seaboard system with headquarters here. He succeeds N. S. Maid rum, j of New York, as first vice-president. The position of general manager of the Seaboard Air Line was com bined with that of president when .!. M. Hair became head of the Sea board system, succeeding John Skel 1on Williams of Richmond, Va., sev eral years ago. Mr. Ban- was suc c.eded as president by Alfred Wal ter, former president of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and Mr, Walter as sisled by Alfred W. Towsley, assist ant to the president and general manager, has been performing the duties of both ofliccs for six months or more. The appointment of Mr. Garrett canje aS a bomb in tho general of fices of the Seaboard. It has placed all officials on the anxious bench ami there is tin air of uncertainty and uneasiness everywhere in Sea hoard circles, with the expectation of many changes along the entire system. With the appointment of Mr. Gar rett comes the announcement also p the appointment of T. O. Cole, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, at South Bethlehem, Pa., as chief of car ser vice of the Seaboard with head quarters in Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Cole succeeds Edward .1. Cunning ham, who becomes trainmaster of the sixth division of the Seaboard with headotiarters in Jacksonville, Kla. Mr. Cunningham before be coming chief of the car service here by appointment of former President j. M. Barf was trainmaster of the fourth division of the Seaboard at Savannah. Ga. Mr. Garrett is about 45 years of age and from Mississippi originally, but in later years has been with the Wabash Railroad as superintend ent; the Pennsylvania aud Reading as general superintendent, and with the Queen & Crescent for the past three years as general maanger. E. F. Cost, formerly of Cincin nati and now second vice-president and traffic, manager of the Seaboard here, will remain in that office. (THAN HEYOIATIOX INJURED IMPORTS. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. I. The disas trous effect of the Cuban revolution on the imports of sugar from that island to the United Slates is treated in a bulletin issued today by the de partment of commerce and labor. The Imports fell in September to OH, 000, 000 pounds, against 230,000, 000 pounds in the immediately pre ceding month, and 172,000,000 pounds in September of last year. Ordinarily, Cuba supplies about two thirds of the sugar coming into the United States from foreign countries, buy for the month of September she supplied a little over one-third. Hoar is Steadily Sinking. (By the Associated Press.) Worcester, Mass., Nov. 1. Con gressman Rock wood Hoar early to day was unconscious and steadily sinking It was -considered doufct f nl whether he could live through the day. CHEYENNES VANISH (By the Associated Press.) Sheridan, v"yo., Nov. 1 The Utes evi dently have split into two bands. Tel ephone reports say that one band is on Bear Creek, twenty miles southeast of Birney, Mont., and that the other band is camped along- Ranging Woman Creek in the Powder Valley. Two offi cers and sixteen troops arrived from Birney today. They report that the main command from Fort Keogh is at Ashland and has seen no Cheyenne Colonel Auger today broke camp at Sherives Ranch, forty miles north of Sheridan. He was expected to reach Birney early this morning. Captain William and signal corps left Sheridan this morning for Birney, taking wire to connect the field forces with the tele phone from Birney to Sheridan. CHAUFFEUR POUND Gllnl'Y OF MANSLAUGHTER. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa.. Nov. 1 Frank Lefleur, a chauffeur, whose automo bile ran down and killed a pedestrian on Old York road was convicted of manslaughter in the criminal court here today. The jury recommended I.efleur to the mercy of the court. He will be sentenced later. BENEFITED THE STATE Results of Boston Food Fair Are Gratifying North Carolina's Exhibit Attracted More Attention Than Any Other Feature Fair Closed Yesterduy. Take Fifteen Hays to Get Exhibit Hack to Raleigh. The 'Boston Food Fair at which North Carolina had an exhibit during October has closed after scoring a marked desree of success and Messrs, T. K, Brunei- and H. H. Brlmley of the state department of agriculture who have been in charge of the exhib it write that it will require until about Nov. 16 to pack iir the material of the exhibit and get the shipments started on the way back to North Car olina. Mr. Brunei1 writes that the success of North Carolina's exhibit at the Boston Fair is far greater than he had hoped for and there is every prospect for a vast amount of good to the state to come from the representation the state board of agriculture pro vided. ' The attendance at, the fair was, be writes, very large and represented many of the most important sections of the north and northwest and the North Carolina exhibit was of such exceptional merit, compared with the other exhibits, that it attracted an exceptionally large share of atten tion. The thousands of inquiries an to the industries end resources and advantages offered by the state to home seekers and investors Indicated a gratifying interest in tho state and the existence of a sentiment favora ble to North Carolina In the general movement of immigration and tapi tal. .Mr. Brunei' will probably attend the American Congress of .Immigration. In session at Cebattanooga Nov. 13 and 14 before he returns to Raleigh. THESTKAMEB WHICH SVXK THE HERMANN. - (By the Associated Press.) Ostend, Belgium. Nov. 1. The Vessel which collided with the German steam er Hermann in the channel October 2S, sinking the Hermann and drowning twenty-three of her crew, was the Ger man ship Peter Ktckmers which arriv ed at Flushing today damaged and leading. The Hermann was bound for Antwerp for the Mediterranean when she was sunk by the Ickmers which was on her way from Rangoon for Bremen. THE METHODISTS IN MISSION WORK . CBy the Associated Press.) Buffalo, N. V.. Nov. 1. Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church from all parts of the civilized world met here this morning with the ministers and laymen constituting the general mis sionary committee of their church. The committee is made up of eighty mem bers. One of the most Important ac tions will be the appropriation of $1,- ron.coo for missionary work. The Public Huildlng Site. (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 1. The post master has received word from Act ing Secretary Keep, of the treasury, that final consideration of the site for the public building in Salisbury will be closed November 28th. Bids will be received until that time. HEARTS QUAKE AT THIS NEWS Escape in a Cask Siberian Exile From A FAMOUS TERRORIST Gcrscluinin, the Former Head of the Fighting Organization, is at Large, and Threatened Men Grow Pale at Thought of What May Follow. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Nov. 1. Gersehunlnji ime ill" thC most famous terrorists aiuljj head of their fighting organisation due ! Ing the Sipiaguihc has escaped from a water cask. Ill: serii'us menace t lives tlic terrorists he is a skilled orgs and Pli in Liberia, ci ; diaappeu persona; are now : niaer and e regimes, ncealrd in iek!ni of tli most remarkable men the organization has produced. (lerschunin, who is a Jew. was con demned to perpetual imprisonment for complicity in the assassination of Min ister of the Interior Slpiaguihe and the attempt on the life of M. Jobedonost seff. late procurator-general of the holy synod. He wits sent to the silver mines at Akatui. on the Mongolian frontier of Siberia, when the . SchlUBseluurg For tress was closed as a prison for politi cal Offenders February Pi. One of Oci schutiin's comrades, n man .lamed Melnikoff. escaped from the mines two months ago. and the gover nor of Akatui says he cannot guarantee the safe-keeping of Sassanoff and Sik orlfsky, the other terrorists implicated In tho assassination of M. Plehve be cause the revolutionary agents who ar ranged the escape of Gerschunin and Melnikoff are lavishly supplied with money and have the sympathy of the whole population. Lieutenant Dalgeiff of the fTushka regiment, has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment in the. mines for or ganizing a mutiny at the fortress of Kushka. Thousand Laborers to Push Willi Hill on the North and the Gould Line Advancing Toward the l'a cilic, He is Hushing Work on the Southern Pacific. (By the Associated Press.) San Francisco, Cal.. Nov. 1. The Southern Pacific wants 5,000 labor ers. This is the statement of one of the local officials. Orders have just come from Harriman to hasten the development of the Pacific slope lines. Within the next two years over $25,000,000 will be spent in con struction of lines on the Pacific coast by the Harriman system. It is the preparation for the great struggle in railroad competition that is coming. With Hill on the north and the Gould line creeping across the continent, Harriman realizes that the life of the big systems will depend on the com pleteness with which they are equip ped with feeders. Hence, at every available point, small roads are be ing absorbed, others are being built, and the Southern Pacific is develop ing all territory possible to get ready for what Harriman calls the "age of railroad competition.'' DIVIDEND DECLARED BY PENNSYLVANIA (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Nov. 1. The board of directors of the Pennsylvania Rail road today declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent. This Is an Increase of half of one per cent and places the stock on a 7 per cent basis. TOBACCONIST GOKS INTO BANKRUPTCY. (By tho Associated Press.) Louisville, Ky., Nov. 1. Edgar D. Martin, of the tobacco firm of P. M. Martin & Co., filed a petition in bank ruptcy today, listing liabilities of $101,701 and assets of $90, on which exemption is claimed. BRYAN ANO IE MONSTER TRUST Moody Inclined to Think the Nenraskan Right THE PARAMOUNT ISSUE These Combinations Which Kill Competition, Says Moody. Should Not lie Allowed to Exist Ho le chtres That He Means to Make it Hot' for Them. (By the Associati Huston. Mars., Niv. peechos at i epublieaii r and jfelrth last Bight I erul ViHtaitt it. Men..:, investigating "the. eoul and f be found jil .. a evid.ehi in hi: ill I. '11. he would "ini ce ut g.ird to perstfn.tl Or q-.K nees." Mr. Moody said: "A few weeks ago, Mr, that the u usts w..-1'e the pi : SUi . I am not quite :m. right. Ho expressly : President Roosevelt on Ul taken in the euforeciee:.: ii: laws. "We are In the midst of tii.il activities and ptojslci evils are arising out of i i . . and President Itoosevelt i to remedy It, If a remedy ,i lilOUi' iH id it .on found. "The great industries ai e an longer conducted by the individual l.n: by or ganised capital. Organization of labor and the organization of Capital uri here to stay, but we have the right to ask both that they shall pbej laws of the land. Foe to the Government'. "When the combinutii tains great power as It the individual tnlttativ) normal growth of comtr times the government "1 myself have wtftte paper the price of killb titlon. I have seen the out of business th I" and the division ;. long crates. It la hot -wisv let any combination ilk ' Tho attorney gi i era! "Mr. Haveme; ' e tie 8 that the tariff Is the re It Isn't the tariff that i. l of wealth ob ril! it destroys disturbs thi ree and some- Sn a sheet of ; off a compe cpst of driving d Independent ill the c.onfed aat the people ihis exist." o'Uinu d: igar man. say's thor of trusts, the mother Of i ebate that is all of its rol- tru the it is other ir lateral Al'tc would Hi .ho results tl lion of a den ney general sa f; cratic house, tin "Can any san loubt, under such circumstances tha he whole power of the house of i exerted to thwai ! measures Which h cntatlves will be president fa the poses and to ren- der the rest of his term of tirely Insignificant?" office en- AUTHORITY 13 DENIED Roads' Attorneys Oppose the Two Cents Rate :lnd They .Assert That the Virginia State Corporation Commission Has Xo Power to Impose Any New or Modified Hales. (Bv the Asso, iated Press.) Richmond, Va.. Nov. 1. Attorneys representing the Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western. Chesapeake Wes tern Norfolk & Southern, Seaboard ir Line and Southern Kailway com panies appeared betore tne Virginia state corporation commission this morning and filed answers opposing the two cent passenger rate, submit ted by the commission July SI, 190C. and presenting reasons why It should not be enforced. The roads attempted to show that they could not afford any reduction In their rates, and that even If they cjilld the commission has no authori ty in imposing any new or modified tes. CHI BCHII.L WILL STl'BV JXBIAN RRSOVRCKS. WKST (By the Associated Press.) London, Nov. 1. Winston Spencer Churchill, the parliamentary secre tary of the colonial office, Is going to the West Indies about Christmas to study the resources of the islands, especially the prospects of extending cotton growing, with a viewpoint of possible government aid. The Dukle of Marlborough and Sir Alfred Jones, president of l he Liverpool chamber of commerce, aud others interested in the Islands will accompany Mr. Churchill. EARLE REBUILT HIPPLE'S WRECK Men Look on it as a Miracle in Finance iEARLE IS PRESIDENT The Heal Efttite Trust Company Has Reopened for Business Under a tcurganissatiou Plan Perfected hy Knrif While He Was Hcceivor of the Concern. (By the Associated Pie: PhJiAtlit I'M. 1. tin P li'dpfft it Gei it. t; Heal Kstai Ti ust i 'oinpaiV; nf ihi i city; I which failed eiv Au.usi :s. re-opened. ! for bustne.'ie today. The tiuivipiniy failed Im cause of financial Srteifula) ilii-s en the pur( of Finnic K . Hippie, its pro'sjik'jjt, who befoiv '.he failure coin ;p( tied sui cide. Mr. Bu.rle was appointed reeeiv-u' Enid liie concern opened tinder a re-ur-p-.ar.izaliou plan perfected by bitu. More than $8W.i an v.-as deposited in the lirsi h.our ff business. .Mi. Bal'ie has an ompiisltcil ychiil men of long experience consider almost a miracle in Ahancv; it being 'tiie first ease on reeoid in Ihis 8th.tc where u big lnnki:Ui concern Uiuttid of lis assets was rehabilitated in as slum n line .tin! with the unanimous consent of its creditors. It is also the first time tliat the assent of a re-organization propo sition has been received from nil the stockholders and depositors, all other rehabilitations of banking concerns having been compelled to take re course to the sixty day legal notice, and subsequently depending on the consent of a majority in' ' I"'. t'"f'" In this ease, however, every depositor and stockholder signed a proxy to have Re ceiver Karle act for him. To this unique feature more than any other Is credited tho speedy resumption of the bank. IN OIL, GAS AND POWER k M liivolvino Many Ml Hons Under Way A West Virginia Holding Company With a Capital of Seventy-five Millions Negotiating for Control of Enormous Properties. (By the Associated Press.) Cincinnati. O., Nov. 1. Negotlal ion in a deal involving millions of dollars have progressed so far that terms for the leasing of the Cincinnati. Covington and Newport Light & Traction Com pany have been practically agreed upon, and that property will probably soon pass into the control of the Colum bian Company, a holding eorporatioi formed under the laws of West Vir ginia. This contapny. which will have a cap ital of $lj,00O.O00 will also purchase tin control of the tnlon (las & Electric Company of Cincinnati, the two Cleve land lias and Electric properties , and own outright ninny thousands of aer of oil anil natural gas hearing lands West Virginia, a pipe line to this t il The aggregate capitalization of the subsidiary companies will amount t between $160,000,000 and $17.1.0110.000. DIDLE LEAGUE AND HIGHER CRITICISM (By the Associated Press.) I'hicago. Nov. 1. "Higher criticism had the center of the slage at the clos ing session of the Chicago branch of the American Bible League yesterday, Af ter reaching the general conclusion that the universities and colleges of the country are insidiously spreading the blight of higher criticism throughout the nation, and that the sons ami daughters of believers are having then- ideas of authenticity of the Bible dis torted through those agencies, the dele gates discussed the best method of bat tling the "peril" as they termed it. Publicity was declared by many peakers to be the strongest weapons of defense in the conflict. One speaker, who characterised the uuestlOn as "the greatest religious upheave! ol tne 'pres ent day." says Unit. "upon what is to be done by Christian men and women :n combating this steadily growing thing depends the victory of the prime doc trines of Christianity." SGULLY'S DAUGHTERS ARE DISINHERITED (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Nov. 1. The w ill of Wil liam Scully, otherwise known as "Lord" Scully, suid to he the largest owner of real estali America, was totday hied here today for probate. The document ' was executed April -l. 1901. Ail his I lands, none of which are outside of the United States, are devised absolutely to ! his wife. E. Angela Scully. Mr. Scully totally disinherits his three daughters. .Mary. Julia and Kathleen, in language as follows: "I leave thy three daughters by my fll'Si wife. Mary and Julia (both of whom, as I hear, have been married) and Kathleen, and their children and their descendants aud each of them. ; nothing whatever, my will and mean j ing being absolutely and entirely to disinherit till and each of the three of them ami their descendants, I do this for Superabundant reasons which I for I bear to pa rtlcularl.e b,-ie." A Chinese Warship Ashore. (By the Associated Press.) Shanghai, Nov. 1. The Chinese j warship Chin-Wa is ashore at the I entrance of the river. Assistance (.litis been sen I to her. HEARST -HUGHES FIGHT The Former Has Closed His liilgbes Closes His Tonight It Has Been Given Out That Hoot, Who Speaks at I'tica, Brings a Mes sage From Washington. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. 1. The principal topic of conversation in political cir cles today was the cablegram of con gratulation front Richard Croker former leader of Tammany Hall, giv en out by State Senator McCarren, democratic leader of Brooklyn yester day. Doubt as to the genuineness of the dispatch was expressed by Charles F. Murphy, the present leader of Tam many Hall, who said the cablegram was contrary to the attitude of Mr. Croker all his life. Mr. Croker had always taught regularity, declared Mr Murphy. William H. Hearst who closed his up-state tour last night with six Speeches in Buffalo, returned to New York today. From now until election day Mr. Hearst will do his campaign ing in or near New York. By this evening he will address sixteen meet ings in the borough of Manhattan and the Bronx. Charles Hughes will close his canvass of the up-state countries to morrow. Today he spoke at EarlS Ville, Norwich and Hamilton. To night he ifnd Secretary of State Hoot will speak at Utlca. William It. Hearst arrived today on return from his final up-state trip of the campaign. He came through di rect from Buffalo where lie ei.ckj last night. , Mr. Hearst left his ear, in company with Mrs. Hearst, Clarence J. Shearn. Judge Samuel Sea bury and Patrick K. MeCabe. of Albany. He was very hoarse, but said that otherwise he felt very well. When informed Vice reform assoei that they sent and Mr. Hughes both were asked tions in reli'lion thai the civil ser ation had announced o both Mr. Hearst a letter, in which In define their pnsi to civil service re- form. Mr. Hearst said ho had never seen lite letter. .Mr. Hughes, reply to thi' association's eommunicatiou was lubllshed today. Norwich. X. V. Hughes and his here shortly befdl at the station hy who cheered him his cur to go In where for nenriy Nov. 1. Charles K party arrived today p noon. He was met a throng of people as he stepped from the Norwich Club, an hour he held a reception. Special excursions from Bainliridge. Smyrna and Shorbunii' brought hun dreds of people from the tow lis and vilages of (he surrounding counties to hear Mr. Hughes. He spoke first at Clark's Opera House and the second meeting "was in the Academy of .Mus ic. Both meetings were well attend ed. From here Mr. Hughes will go to Hamilton where Colgate University Is located. He will reach Utlca late in the afternoon. Secretary of State Elihu Boot will be one of the speak ers at Cliea meeting, and It has been given out that be "brings a message from Washington." CROKER DECLARER THE DISPATCH IS GENUINE. (By the Associated Press.) London, Nov. 1. In reply to an inquiry from the London office of the Associated Press, Richard Croker. from his home al Dundrum, Ireland, has stated that (he McCarren dis patch is genuine. FOUND DEAD IN HIS CHAIR Mr. I C. Crow Died Sudden ly In the Night. HEART FAILURE CAUSE Mr. Crow Had Suffered Prom Asthma for Some Time His Son Discov ered Him at JJ.30 This Morning Funeral Will Be Tomorrow Morn ing Prom Presbyterian Church. Air. Clinton C. Crow was found dead a i tin early hour this morning In his room a his home on Halifax street. His death occurred probably some lime between midnight and three o'clock this morning. Mr. Crow has been greatly troubled with ashma for l ntny months, and felt unusually bad ly last night after ten o'clock and walked up and down Halifax street to get a little air. When he retired to ji in room he was unable to lie down on account of the Increased difficulty o; breathing in that position, and sat up in his chair. Members of the fam Py remained with him until nearly midnight, when he persuaded them to r.'tii i , saying he would try and get S' me sleep in bis chair, as he had often done before. This morning one of his sons went lo his father's room and found him dead sitting in his chair. It is thought death was the result of heart failure folloging a severe spell of the asthmat ic trouble. Mr. Crow was born in Chester Held county, Va., near Petersburg, in 1843. Hence he was 63 years old. He had lived in Baleigh nearly all of his adult life, his father having been for many years general agent here for the Aetna Life Insurance Corn pan. Mr. Crow married Miss KIrkland of Orange county near Hlllsboro, a sis ter of the well known General Kirk land of the Confederate army. She survives Mr. Crow, together with sev en children as follows; Misses Elisa beth, Marguerite and Suzanne and Mrs. Ceorgc Bose of Nashville, Tenn., Messrs. C. C. Jr., John E. and Wil liam H. Crow of this city. He leaves also a brother, Mr. John E. Crow of Wilmington, and two half brothers, Mr. E. B. Crow of this city and Mr. D. H. Crow of Wilmington, and a half sister Mrs. J. T. Alderman of Baleigh. The funeral will, take place tomor row morning at half past ten o'clock from the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Crow was a member. OIL WAREHOUSE EATEN BY FIRE. (Bv the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 1. Fire was dis covered on the crude oil docks of the Standard Oil Company at Bayonne, N. J., about 10:30 o'clock today, and in a short time one big new ware house, 200 by 150 feet, was de stroyed and another appeared to be going fast. The docks are located on the Kill Von KuII and form an im portant section of the company's huge plant. There are dozens of oil tanks, big and little, in the company's yards, but as the wind was carrying the sparks away from these yards, it was thought that the tanks would escape destruction. VIOLENT STORM AND TIDAL WAVE ( Bv the Associated T ress.) Paris, Nov. I. A violent storm has swept over the south of France, accom panied hy heavy falls of snow on the coast, and n tidal wave at Toulon, which prevents Admiral Touchard's squadron from coaling. Many small craft were torn from their anchorages and wrecked, and the quays were flood- d. Nice suffered most severely, the fa mous promenade lies Anglalse. and the neighboring streets being under water a foot deep. The shops were so badly Hooded that the contents of some of I hem Were totally destroyed. It is es timated that the damage done will amount to an enormous sum. Saint Raphael. France, Nqv. 1. The storm which swept over the south !of ranee today destroyed the jetties here and carried away a bridge, the waves breaking about 150 yards In land. Three small steamers and many fishing vessels were wrecked but there was no loss of life.
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