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ALL THE MARKET LAST EDITION. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1906. PRICE fic. FaB Leased Wire Service of the Associated Proa. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papons in Circulation BLAZE OF INCENDIARY FIRES DRIVES FORTH TERRIFIED THRONGS Five Fires are Kindled by Some Criminal Hand With in Three Honrs SCORES OF PEOPLE DDE RESCUED BY FIREMEN One Woman Dies of Terror A Man May Die 01 tin Result of Serious Hums Tim Fires Are Set in the Two Blocks Bounded by Sixtieth and Sixty-first. Streets and Colum- Ims and West Kud Avenues Tin Excitement Spreads Even to Kroatl way Thousands Spend a Xlght of Fear. (I!v the Associated Press. New York, Nov. 9. Ono woman is dead, a man is in a hospital suf fering from severe burns, two thou sand persona fled from their homes in panic, and thousands more passed a sleepless night, as a result of series of incendiary fires in the two blocks "bounded by Sixtieth and Sixty first streets and Columbus and West Bnd avenues, early today. Scores of persons whose lives were endangered by Me conflagration were rescued by flrsTnen. In all, there were five fires, overv nnfl nf th.m 1njonfltg.v ha twem nildninht and :! o'clock this mora!!;. - The woman who lost her life was Mrs. Caroline Swain,' 70 years old. S.be lived at 107 West Sixtieth street ndjoining one of the buildings which was fired. She diod of heart failure. induced by- fright. Adrian Tomp kins is in a hospital with his hands and feet severely burned. He is in a serious condition. Hours of Fear. The rapidly succeeding fires, the crowds of evicted tenants and the terrifying rumors spread through the neighborhood, with the constant ap paarancc and reappearance of the fire engines, and the big squads of police raised the people throughout the vicinity to a high pitch of excitement. which did not lessen until daylight brought a measure of assurance that the incendiarism was stopped for a while. The excitement spread even to Broadway, and in the Marie An toinette, Ansonla, Empire and other his? lintels in the neighborhood of Lincoln Square the guests were aroused bylhe commotion. In the St. Paul Hotel, at the southeast cor ner of Sixty-first street and Colum bus avenue, and the Hotel Hudson, at Sixty-second street, both close to Hie fires, all the guests were aroused .nd few slept any more. '. ,vAlthe houses where the fires oc- ctVid were flat houses. Three of v;haf. were occupied by whiles and tW'by negroes. Most of the tenants .w,jp in bod when the fires broke out, iii I escaped to the streets in the silV'iest clothing. . The Firslj Fire. VVie first fire was in a five-story tenement house at. 105 West Sixtieth street, occupied by five families, all of whom escaped. Mrs. Caroline Swain, the woman whose death was induced by fright, lived in the ad joir.fng house and had been taken by her daughter to a window in prepa ration for flight from the house, when she collapsed and died. The Second Fire. The firemen were still busy fight ing that fire when the second blaze began at 157 West Sixtieth street, in a lot of rubbish in the basement. All the tenants escaped. The Third Fire. At, the third fire, at 215 West Six tieth street, there wer'e several nar row escapes and daring rescues of the tenants. William . Murray, who lived on the third floor, carrjed out five of his children, and James Smith, a spectator, went into the house and brought the Murphy child down to the second floor and jumped with it in his arms to the b'dewalk. An other spectator caught .'hem both. 'The child was unhurt. An aged l gro was carried out by other spec tk ors. Tho Fourth Fire. An hour later the fourth fire was discovered a block north, at 249 West Sixty-first street. It was quickly ex tinguished. The Fifth and Worst. The fifth and worst of the fires was discovered at 110 West Sixty first street, at 3 o'clock, while the street was still thronged with fright ened and excited people. There were twenty apartments in tho building, and the escape of the occupants of the upper floors was cut off by a blaze" in the lower hall. The tenants were so dazed that they were in dan ger of losing their lives, when police men arid firemen went up on the fire escapes and brought them down. Adrian Tompkins, "who lived on the top floor, lingered so long that he was painfully burned while climbing down the fire escape. In each case the firemen quickly stopped the progress of the flames. The loss was about $20,000. An Arrest Made. Frank Morris, of Boston, a vaude ville performer, was arrested on sus picion of setting the fires. The police allege that in each of tho fires ten ants reported that, when they fled from their apartments Morris was the first person they met. When Morris, whose home Is In Bos ton, was arraigned in police court Fire Marshal Prlal expressed the opinion that he was mentally irresponsible and asked the magistrate to commit the boy to Bellevue Hospital for five days for oxainlnution. The magistrate, however, refused and held Morris in $2,000 bail for further examination on -Sunday. OF OLD V (By the Associated Press.) Johnstown, Pa., Nov. 9. Mrs. Cath erine Stauffer, a vvidoll was found murdered in her bed early today at Lrfmbertsvilie, a small village In Som rset county. There was a bullet hole In her head, and when discovered sh was lying in a pool of blood. It is be lleved Mrs. Stduffer was murdered toi money which she is supposed to havf possessed. A couple of grandchildren weie living with her, one of whom I girl, is almost grown up. The girl was awakened by the pr"S ence of a man in her room. He tried to choke her and chloroform her, but she made her escape and aroused the neighbors. When they arrived on the scene the man was gone, but they found his foot prints and Hro n scouring the country for him. Y IN THE RUINS (By the Associated Press.) Long Beach, Cal., Nov. 9. The new Blxby Hotel being erected on the beach here, caved In this morning, sup posedly from weak construction and possibly a score of men are burled In tho ruins. The building Is of rein forced concrete. The whole structure caved in without warning from the fourth floor to the basement leaving but one wing stand ing. Great confusion reigns and It is mpossible to obtain an accurate re port of the number of workmen burled in the debris. Estimates of the num ber dead range from ten to twenty five. The Injured were taken from the ulns as fast as they could be extri cated. Hundreds of persons flocked to the scene and dozens were pressed into service to aid In the work of rescue. So far nearly a dozen injured, many of them believed to be fatally hurt, have been removed from the wreck- ge. Others Imprisoned beneath the concrete nipd steel girders are heard rylng for neip. as many as a aozen are still buried in the ruins. The num ber of casualties is estimated now at twenty-five. Relatives and friends of workmen employed on the structure quickly flocked to the scene and rush ed frantlcallyoverthe ruins in searchof their loved ones, adding to the crnfus- !on. Wives wept hysterically when they were unable to find any trace of their husbands. Others fainted as they saw men dragged out from under debris. FOUL MURDER OMAK MAN BURIED pEATH SENTENCE FOR NEGRO ALMOST CERTAIN Walker, Who Shot Coi. Hoif, Indicted for First Degree Burglary STRONG EVIDENCE AT THE TRIAL TODAY Jury Sworn Within un Hour and Ex umination of Witnesses Began at 2 I. M. Tremendous Crowds in Court Boom and Intense Inter est is Felt Female Accomplices of Negro Under Arrest Convic tion for First Degree Burglary Means Capital Punishment. (By Southern Bell Telephone.) Graham, N. C, Nov. 9. Henry Walker, the negro who shot Col. L. '.tanks Holt in his home here Tues lay night, was placed on trial before fudge Moore in the superior court, charged with burglary in the first degree. He was indicted late yester day afternoon by the grand jury, and a special venire of twenty-five jurors was drawn. When court, assembled at 10 o'clock the twelve members of the jury were sworn in ki less than an hour, only three objections being made by the prosecution to the regu lar list. Twenty-five witnesses have been nimmoned by the state, including VIrs. Holt and other .members of tho amily. Mrs. Holt was the first per- ton to reach her husband after ho vas shot. The accomplices of Walker have een placed under arrest. They are he former cook and the present :ook. The evidence this afternoon vlll tend to show that the cook ad nitted Walker to the house. It will llso be proved that while secreted in the house Walker went to the tele phone and rang the bell by turning the crank, in order to call Colonel Holt to the hall. The operator at the central station says that she did not ring the Holt telephone. It was found this morning that the :ourt was without a stenographer, md a special train was chartered to bring that official, from Greensboro. Pending her arrival, a recess Was 'aken until 1:30 o'clock, at which lour Judge Moore said tho taking of testimony would begin. Walker was not indicted for as sault. He is charged with burglary n the first degree, and as the shot vas fired from the interior of the esidence, his crime comes clearly mder that head. If convicted, as he vill be undoubtedly, he will be sen enced to death on tho gallows. There was a tremendous crowd in he court house today, including nany ladies, and feeling is bitter, nit there is no ground whatever for '.he belief that the law will not be egarded. The public, confident that '.he evidence will convict, is waiting for the law to take its course, in which event Walker will be hanged. Colonel Holt Still Improves. Colonel Holt was considerably stronger today. He had another good night, and this morning he talked about the election and dis cuhsed other matters with members of his family and the physicians. His wound Is healing rapidly. No refer- jnce to the trial of his assailant was made to him. His temperature has not risen above normal and no dan ger whatever is feared. He has prac tically recovered from the shoe, . Taking Testimony Today. The stenographer from Greens boro arrived here on a special train a f6w minutes after 2 o clock this afternoon at which time the trial of Walker was begun. J. S. Cook, a local attorney, was appointed by Judge Moore to defend the prisoner. hi. B. Parker, Jr., is assisting So licitor Brooks In the prosecution. it was believed at this hour that all of the afternoon and a part of to morrow would be taken up in the presentation of testimony, although reached tomorrow noon or there it was thought that a verdict would be reached tomorrow noon or there about. Mrs. Holt Testifies. Mrs. L. Banks Holt was the first witness for the prosecution. She went on the'stand and related the circumstances of the shooting and explained how Col. Holt had gone j thejtnto the hall to answer a telephone I call, as he had supposed. ine otner ladies in the house had retired for the night. When she heard the shot Mrs. Holt rushed to the hall and saw her husband stagger for a mo ment, and then lean against the tele phone. She put her arms around him and led him into the room. Dr. Walker and Dr. (inlay were hur riedly summoned and .soon a large crowd gathered. A diagram was presented show ing the location of doors, and the place where tho negro was probably concealed. Mrs. Holt testified that all of the doors had been locked for the night, and that all of the serv ants had left about 7::i0 o'clock. After the shooting it wns found that the door leading to the north piazza had been unlocked from the outside, , and the key was in the lock. Mrs. j Holt explained about the discharge I of Walker, saying that 'lie cook had quit because he was dismissed. The cook subsequently applied tor her j old position, but was not civen work j again. Fastening (lie ("rime .:i W; Iker. Turner Muli'.e, waiie. ike foreman employed Oil Colonel Holt.':; ftirfri, was the next witness, lie t entitled that. Colonel Holt weal to him, told j him that be was going In discharge i Walker, ami asked him, Maize, to be present at the conversation. When i the foreman and Colonel Holt met Walker, he was carrying wood to the kitchen. Colonel Holt said to the defendant that, he had been employ ing about five hundred persons for vears. and that. Walker was the first 1 man to curse in his presence. He told Walker to go, that he did not want hirn on the place again. The negro received his wages and left. ' Tells oi Threats. Riley Schaefner, colored, who h worked for Colonel Holt for fourteen years, said that after Walker had been dismissed, he told the witness that he would get even with "old man Holt," and that he would fix him, and the witness, who he said was partly responsible for his (Jls mlfsal. ' " Col. Holt's coae was next swein. strong, showing tl negro had made employer. "Walk' witnesr, "that bo Mr. Holt, thai eh .! that they had to . and that be laid a man. He showed man, Jeff Mebane, jfis evidence was e i h reals which the i gainst his former told mo," said the ','duld gel even with s might fly high, but me down noma day. good a gun as any that be was bitter et oven, as he had and expected to t declared." K. D. WhitelO Burlington, saw dismissal, heard I. a snoeaiaker of Walker after his him abuse Col. Holt, and heard him say that he ex pected to lix "the old man" when ho got the Chance, When in Bur lington Walker was with two negro women. Arthur Graves testified to the same facts. He saw Walker at Bur lington with the women and heard him curse Col. Holt. At this hour. 4: :!() p. m., there are many other witnesses to bo exam ined. The jury has been listening with the closest attention as the (Continued on Sixth Page.) RANGERS POUR DEATH INTO MEXICAN FOES (By the Associated Press.) Brownsville, Texas, Nov. 9. A de tachment of Texas Rangers en route to Rio Grande city i" investigate the as sassination of Judge Welch, which occurred Monday night, were attacked of a body of tinned Mexicans and a bloody tight resulted. One Mexican was killed and many wounded. Gover nor I,anhani is rushing troops to the scene and the situation is regarded as critical. More fighting is expected before the troops arrive: The Mexicans are said to be aroused over the opposition to their voting In i the recent election. Houston. Texas, Nov. 9. A dispatch from Laredo, Texas, says: Texas Rangers were ambuscaded last night by armed Mexicans between Fordyce and Rio Grande City. Forty Mexicans were killed in the fight that, followed; one was wounded and two captured. The rangers suffered no casualties. A special train IS taking troops to the scene." Dallas, Tex., Nov. 9. A special to the Times-Herald from Brownsville, Texas, says: Texas rangers, under command of (Captain McDonald, were attacked last night near Rio Grande City by an armed body of men, with the r- suit that four of the attacking party were killed, one seriously wounded WHO'S ELECTED? ASKS NEW YORK Chanter's Majority Has Been Whittled Down AN OFFICIAL COUNT This in (' is .imv l onsldWd .Necessary Order to Determine Beyond doversy Whether ('hauler or Bruce Has l!i'e:i Chosen as Lieu tenant f 'ovcrnor of New Forte, ( ! lati I Press.) iOteat returns state Indicate I be necessary Lin iiriiee, re- No from I'tlons tie Chat in" official count w to determine whether M publican, or. Lewis Htuyvcsailt Clmnler, democrat and Independence league can didate, was elected lieutenant governor last Tuesday. With incomplete and virtually estimated returns from every county in the state, Chanter's possible plurality has been cut down to 071. The incompleteness of tin- figures upon which this calculation is based make it possible that the official returns will show a wide variance in either direc tion. Corrected returns from six coun ties on which yesterday's figures were based show' a gain of 6S2 votes in favor of the republican candidate, and ad ditional returns received reduce Chan ger's plurality to 671. Official returns from Erie county, which came in this afternoon, showed a net gain for Chanter of 35 over pre vious figures.' This increases bis pres ent apparent, fdurality to 1,020. ' ,.v The Lotet from California. Gun Francisco, Cal., Nov. 9 The returns at midnight from 2,217 pre cincts cut of a total of 2,417 give the vote on governor as follows: Gillett, republican, 120,004; Hell, democrat. 108,131; tjaflgdoh, independent, 41,- 117. auiqtts plurality, 12,44:;. No figures are at hand from Al )Ine, Merced, .Mariposa, Plumas, So lano and Tracy counties. Null CUtiinins Hoch's Flection. Tppefca, !u;v. Nov, !). Repribli aan State Chairman Crammer still claims the re-election of Governor E. W. Hoch by a plurality of 2,500 over W. A. Harris, democrat. Demo cratic Chairman Ryan does not con cede the election of Mr. Hoch, and declares it will take the official count to determine the matter. Returns from 100 counties out. of the 10!j in the state received by I he republican headquarters show a plu rality of 3,531 for Hoch. Tho official canvass began today. It probably will not be finished till tomorrow. and two were captured and lodged in jail. It is believed here that the at tacking parly belongs to the same element, who assassinated Judge Stanley Welch on election night. Welch was shot Tuesday night while in bed, and the assassination occa sioned much excitement in Browns ville. A dispatch has been sent to Urownsville asking that a, troop of state cavalry be sent to Rio Grande City, and it is understood that these troops will reach there early tomor row morning. TAKEN FROM JAIL, HANGED ON TREE. (By the Associated Press.) Vaidosta, Ga., Nov. 9. A mob of several hundred white citizens from the northern part of Madison county, Fla., went to Madison, the county seat, last night, and after disarming the jailer, secured a negro prisoner charged with assault . upon Miss Grambling, a young white woman, near Hanson. Tho crowd took the negro a short distance from the jail, where they hanged him to a tree and riddled his body with bullets. The negro had been identified and con fessed his crime. BUGLE SOUNDS, RIFLES CRASH, MEN DROP, OVER HALF A MILLION GONE HER HUSBAND SHOT HIM A Faithless Wife Paid a Fearful Penally Frederick Hornberger, Crying Out "Vou lulled My Wife and I'll Kill You" Fatally Wounds the De stroyer of His Home. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 9. Frederick Hchaffhau.se,', a civil engineer in the bureau of water of this city, was shot and probably fatally wounded while at work on the seventh lloor of City Hat) today by Frederick Hornberger, a lire man ut once of the city pumping sta lions. The shooting was sensational and at first was believed to have been (he result of politics but later It dc veloped (he attempted murder was the outcome of domestic affairs, ychaff hauser for the past year has been much In the public eye, principally as a star witness in the criminal proceeding? against John W. Hill, former head of the bureau of filtration. Sehaffhauser was called from his of fate to the corridor of the seventh floor today on the pretense that a friend wanted to see him. He was met by Hornberger, who shouted: "You have killed my wife, and I am going to kill you." The Peed is Done. He had not finished the sentence when he began tiring at Sehaffhauser. Hornberger shot five times and two of the bullets took effect. The victim fell and Hornberger started to walk away, but was intercepted and held by eve-witnesses to the shooting until placed under arrest. Iiv the central police station on the sixth floor of city hall. Hornberger told the. police that Sehaffhauser had been Intimate with his wife and that her re lations with him resulted in her death recently fiom disease. .Sehaffhauser was removed to a hos pital, where his condition was found to be so critical that the physicians sent for a magistrate to take his ante-mortem statement. The shooting created considerable ex citement In and about the great city building, and political lenders and others interested in the reform move ment in Philadelphia hurried to city hall when they heard of the shooting, expecting to hear of some political de velopment. SON KNOCKS UP PISTOL SAVES MOTHER'S LIFE O'yiecitl Winston J. Kevin's, to th Kvenlu:,- Times.) aU ni. N. C, Nov. 9. John if Cincinnati, attempted to kill his wife lure today and was prob ably prevented from committing the crime by the prompt arrival of their son. who jerked the pistol, out of his fathers hand and then knocked him down. The father, who was intoxicat ed, was arrested and locked up. Mr. arid Mrs. Nevins have been sep arated for some lime. The wife is now conducting a boarding house ut Asheville and came here at the earnest solicitation of the son. who was hoping to arrange reconciliation between fa ther and mother. Mrs. Nevins told the officer who made the arrest that this was not tho first time her husband had atempted to take her life. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NIGHT AT WILSON (By Southern Bell Telephone.) Wilson. N. C, Nov. 9. Fire which raged here at midnight entailed con siderable loss and destroyed the four story frame building used as a prize tobacco warehouse, belonging to Cor. Thomas KPhan of Raleigh. The building was valued at $5,000 and was Insured for $2,000. The fire started there from unknown origin, and destroyed tobacco owned by the Banner Warehouse Company, valued at $600. Perry & Williams sustained a tobacco loss of $600, with partial insurance. Elmore Walls' carpet cleaning and dye establishment was damaged. J. W. Shelly's machine shops, the foundry of George Wain wright and the skating rink wero partially destroyed. A Hundred Armed Revolu tionists Leap from Woods and Dynamite Mail Gar UT THE mini ooi Cars Torn to Splinters by the Ex ploding of Dynamite Which Kills Five Soldiers, Mortally Wounding Eleven More The Robbery of the Mail Carried Out With Military Precision Wires Were Cut, Sen tinels Posted and as Soon as the Money Was Secured the Revolu tionists Fled Cossacks Arrive. (By the Associated Press.) Rogow, Russian Poland, Nov. 9. file Cossacks have thus far been unsuccessful in their pursuit of the revolutionist train robbers, number ing a hundred well-armed men who at 9 o'clock last night surrounded the station, threw bombs at the mail car of a mail train while en gines were being changed, derailed the car, robbed it and fled with a sum of money now said to amount to $650,000. The station master declares the revolutionists hid in the neighbor ing forests and were excellently dis ciplined, their commander giving or ders through bugle signals. When the robbery was completed the rev olutionists transported their booty to two wagons and marched oft in military order singing sociallstc songs. The Dramatic Robbery. Eye-witnesses confirm the state ment that the revolutionists were hidden in the neighboring woods. When the train stopped men armed with rifles sprang upon all sldeB. They quickly executed the orders conveyed by the bugle, and the gen darmerie standing in front of the station were shot and killed and the revolutionists placed sentinels at all the approaches and cut the telegraph wires. While some of them over-, powered the trainmen others at tacked the escorts of the mail car. Of the three bombs thrown two exploded with terrific force, blowing the cars into matchwood, killing five soldiers and mortally wounding eleven others. The revolutionists then ransacked the mail car transferred the bank notes, gold and silver to their own bags, and, unfolding the red flag, formed tip In military order, march ed out the station, entered wagons which were in waiting in the forest and drove off. It was not until three hours later that a detachment of Cossacks, hur riedly sent for, appeared on the scene and started in pursuit of the revolutionists. Rogow is now occupied by troops. CRAZY BUTCHER STABS MOTHER. (Ry the Associated Press.) Appleton, Wis., Nov. 9. George Horner, a butcher, becoming sud denly insane today, cut his mother so severely that she will probably die. He first killed a number of chickens running In the yard back of his meat market. When his mother Inter fered he attacked her with a butcher knife, slashing her from head to foot. Horner was overpowered by police, after a hard fight. THREAT TO APPEAL TO OUR CONSUL PREVAILS. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. James M, James, of New York, who is studying trade unionism in Russia, was arrested yesterday during a po lice raid on a trades nnlon bureau nd was held in a police station for Pfive hours. He was released on threatening to appeal to the Ameri can consul. The bureau was closed on the ground that It was a center for revolutionary agitation.