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LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING T VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1906. PRICE 5c. Fall Leased Wire Service of the Associated PrtBS. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papors in Circulation, IMES. TWO SCORE SINK TO THE FINAL SLUMBER UNDER CALM WATERS Collision Between the Steam or Dix and tiifc Steamship Jeanie Off Alki Point FORGE OF THE IMPACT SEEMED BUT SLIGHT Rut in a Minutes the Dix Went Down Thirly-Nine of Those on Ho. nil Were Saved, But Forty-One Are Missing, and All of Them Are Snp)osed to Have Been Lost. (By tin1 Associated Press ) .Seattle, Wash., Nov. 18. Tlic steamer Dix, Captain P. Lermon, bound from Seattle to Port Blakeley with passengers, sank two miles north oJL Alki Point, shortly after 7 o'clock las lideV wilt last night, after having col- th the steamship Jeanie, Captain P. H. Mason, of the Alaska Coast Company. Forty-one passengers and mem bers of the crew of the Dix are miss ing and oil were saved. The Dix is a total wreck. The Jeanie was not injured in the least and no member of her crew was lost. The master or the Dix was saved. The collision occurred while the sound was almost as smooth as a mill pond and after the boats had been steaming within sight of each other for a quarter of an hour. " The Impact Was Slight. The Jeanie was backing when she collided with the Dix and the Impact was very slight. The Dix was struck abaft of amidships on the starboard side. She listed heavily to port for a brief period, righted herself then sank stern first. There was hardly time to launch life-rafts or boats be fore the boat was almost entirely submerged. Passengers jumped from the decks into the water; women Ecreamed and officers and men call ed orders that could hardly be heard .above the din. The passengers from Itho Dix who could swim made their Way to the sides of the Jeanie and were dragged aboard. The Jeanie was not moved until after all who had reached her had been hauled aboard. Then she cruised about, picking up several who had managed to stay above water. It was after ten o'clock be fore the Jeanie left the scone of the catastrophe and steamed to the Vir ginia street dock, Seattle, with her 39 survivors. The Jeanie, of the Alaska Coast Company, had finished unloading at the Great Northern docks at Smith's Cove and had started for Tacoa shortly before 7 o'clock just about the same time the Dix left the Flyer dock for Port Blackeley. There were no passengers on the UJeanie. The Dix was making the tast trip of the night and was well luted with passengers. Contain Calls a Warning. When within about two miles north of Alki Point the two steam ers were within a short distance of each other steaming along converg ing lines. The captain of the Jeanie rhvs he sisrnalled for the Dix to pass him and his whistle was answered. The Dix was then within speaking distance of the Jeanie and to the port of her. Suddenly Mate Denni gon. who was at the wheel of tho Dix, put her hard over to starboard as if to cross in front of the other vessel. Captain Mason of the Jea nie, who was on the bridge, saw that an accident was imminent and called out a warning to the man at the wheel of the Dix. Captain Mason gave the signal to reverse his engines and his vessel was slowly backing away when tho two came together. There was but a slight crash at the force of the collision from the Dix coming against the side of the larger ves sel, and not that of the heavier craft against the smaller. Women Drown Like Bats. For a minute all was still, then a panic followed. When the Dix started to sink, stern tlrst, passengers and members of the crew leaped Into the sonnd. Some of the passengers huddled to gether in groups on the deck, while others knelt in prayer. The women who had little chance for their lives stayed with the sink ing steamer and were drowned as in ,a trap. ' Captain Lermon is a well known navigator and has th ' reputation of - being one of the ablest sound pilots leaving Seattle. He is a man of about 4 5 years of age and has been at sea since a boy. The Dix sank in 100 fathoms of water. The Jeanie, the government launch Scout and several tugs have gone to the scene of the wreck to search for bod ies. Of the seventy-nine or eighty per sons aboard the Dix more than half were on the lower deck when the col lision occurred. They were penned In there and had absolutely no chance Tor their lives. One fifteen year old girl, of all the survivors is known to have made her way from the lower dock and escaped. All the crew except Captain Lermon who happened to be above In his fare collecting round, and a deck hand, went down with their steamer. So far as known every one who managed to get free from mc wreck were saved. DANISH ROYALTIES ARE NCW IN BERLIN. (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, Nov. 19. King Frederick and Queen Louise of Denmark arrived here today from Copenhagen, paying their first official visit since their ascention to the throne. Their majesties were welcomed at the railroad station by Emperor and Empress Auguste Vic toria. The streets through which the royal party passed were guarded by the whole of the garrison of Berlin, a special act of courtesy on the part of the emperor. The burgomaster wel comed the visitors at the Brandenburg gate, the king replying to the civic ad dress with a speech of over Ave min utes. The third carriage of the royal pro cession contained the Danish minister for forejn affairs, Count Raben Le- vetxau and Countess E. Levetzau (lor- mcrlv Miss Moulton of Boston), who carried her right arm in a sling, tl - -bones of her right hand having been broken when she was thrown from her horse at Copenhagen Friday last. The eountess was specially included In tho emneror's invitation. The Danish kin? ind queen will leave Berlin Tuesday night. FIRST OVER THE BRIDGE President Gannon's Special Train Into Beaufort Large Numbers of People Witness the Arrival of the First Passenger Train Over the New Bridge Unit ing Morehead City and Beaufort. (Special to The Evening Times.) New Bern, N. C, Nov. 19. Frank Gannon, president of the Norfolk & Southern Railroad, his family and a few friends were in the city Sunday on his private car. The party went over the new Pamlico & Oriental and Western Railroad to Bayboro. Upon their return they went to Beaufort to inspect the new bridge between that city and Morehead. This was the first passenger train over the new bridge, and Its arrival was tho occasion of an unusual greet ing in Beaufort, it being the first rail road train in Beaufort. Fully 1.G0O people, residents of the city and coun ty witnessed the arrival. The party returned to Goldsboro and other points at 7 o'clock Sunday night. GILLETTE ON TRIAL FOR GIRL'S MURDER (By the Associated Press.) , Herkimer, N. Y., Nov. 19. Prank Brown, father of the girl Chester Gillette is accused of having mur dered, gave the first testimony for the prosecution today in Gillette's trial on a charge of murder. The court room was crowded. Gil lette watched the father closely as he stated that he had once met the accused in his daughter's room in Cortland. He gave no other import ant testimony. Mrs. Ada Hanley testified that her sister boarded with her at Cortland, and that the prisoner had visited her there. Miss Neva Wilcox, an operator in the factory operated by Gillette's uncle, testified that Gillette said he was going on a vacation to the Northwoods last July, and that ho was not sure whether he would be back in a week, two iweeks, a month or six months. Teresa Dillon, another employe of the factory, said that Gillette was so infatuated with Miss Brown that he would not keep away from her table. When warned by his uncle, Gillette defied the admonition, she said. PLEADS GUILTY TO A FORGERY CHARGE. (By the Associated Press.) Wllkesbarre, Pa., Nov. 19. Am brose Reese, justice of the peace of Parsonsborough and for twenty-five years prominent i.i politics and mer cantile affairs, pleaded guilty to forgery and conspiracy today in the criminal court before Judge Halsey, and was sentenced to four years' im prisonment in the penitentiary. Reese, it was charged, with a num ber of other men, issued fraudulent judgments against the townships of I Plains and Mercy, upon which they ! hoped to realise tllOUf lars. Tho tax-payers' mado nn investigation the scheme. ands of dol- association ' and exposed : NEW YORK HORSE SHOW HAS OPENED. (By the Associated Press,) New - York, Nov. lit. - At Madison Square Garden, resplendent In deco- j rations of orange and black, was ! thrown open today tho twojity-socond I annual exhibition of tho national i horse show association. About 1,700 horses, including tho thoroughbreds of the hunt and saddle and the hlgh steppsra of the coach and earl, an; numbered among the competitors for the blue ribbon. TEXAS SHIVERS A The Rio Grande Chill Under a "White Norther." HARD ON WIRE AND RAIL The Blizzard is Blinding in Its In tensity, and Pears Are Pelt for Livestock Exposed to lis Bitter Chill Reports of Snow Prom Other Western Points. (By the Associated Press.) El Paso, Texas, Nov. 19. Snow has been falling steadily since last night. It is very cold, and as the storm is general in this vicinity, heavy damage to livestock, and sheep in west Texas and New Mex ico Is feared. It is one of the most severe storms ever known in El Paso, and telephone and telegraph service is badly crippled. Street cars are running with difficulty, and trains are late. The snow is drift ing badly. People suiter severely going even a lew blocks in tne Bliz zard which is almost blinding. There is great suffering among poor Mexi can families in the lower portion of the city' who were unprepared for cold weather, ith the exception of two frosts, the weather has tyeen warm in El Paso up to the present time. SNOW FALLS IN TWO STATES OP Till WEST. (Ey the Associated Press.) Colorado Springs, Col., Nov. 19. Several Inches of snow has fallen here since Saturday and the ther mometer in Colorado Springs this morning registered two above zero. Bitter cold weather also is reported in the Cripple Creek district. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 19.- Western Missouri and Kansas are covered with several Inches of snow. In Kansas a high wind is blowing and the snowfall continues. Tern perature has fallen 15 degrees since last night. AN EARTHQUAKE IN AUSTRALIA. (By the Associated Press.) Perth, West Australia Nov. 19. An earthquake occurred at 3:20 o'clock this afternoon along the whole coast from Albany to Sharks Bay. The disturbance was very se vere at Perth, Busselton, Geraldton and Marblebar. BLIZZARD DEATH WOUND GIVFN BY THIEF Dying Officer Fires Shot Af ter Shot at His Slayer THE THIEF IS DYING j The Mortal Wound Was otyen by a Brother Officer of the Man the' ( rook Bad Killed Was Making nn cape. ie Murderer i(te up! (i) (By Chieagt the Associated I'i ;.) . 111., No-. i a. 'olicrj-.nari id Charley dying in lie result early to elevator :nd Sliidt- Lui Its latrlck is dei son, an ex-convict i.j St. Barnard's uospUul us th. of a lij;ht which took place e day on tho station of l road at Sixty-third sir.!- an I Boil avenue. ! Hanson and a companion la ir ii I. etit.uvd U grocery stop- i:i llii hsulauti, kept by a liaii imiiiond, mimed .Ufa and i dollars pa ev.-i Officers pursued 'ia'istgu, blow op.'ii eft a nod whii several 1 i In idr tn r.ioiuy and negolh.!i worth a considerable suiii of tho Hammond police ten them out of town., but the robber.! escaped after .exchanging several re volver shots with the policemen. Later tho robber.-, boarded tin elee- j trie car bound 1'or Chicago, and the conductor, who had hoard of the rob-1 eery, oeing suspicious oi tnem, as: soon a:i the car reached Chicago in- j formed Officer Pitapat;-!:, who was Standing near tho fool of the stair- way leading up to the elevated sla- j tion. Tho robbers had already mounted the stairs, and Pitzpatrick and the conductor followed them. Pitzpatrick ordered them to halt, and j they at once ioppnW. fire ipn him. ) Fitzpatrick was struck several times and fell down the stalrsr Raised Himself, I tying, to Fire. After reaching the bottom, how- j ever, he raised himself on his elbow j and emptied his revolver at Hanson, ' who ran down the stairs in an effort to escape. Hanson fire;! several more shots at; tho officer, and when Pitzpatrick was : taken to the hospital he was found j to be suffering from seven wounds. He died in a short time. Policemen Birch and Wilson, who had heard the firing between Hanson and Fltzpat- j Pick, hurried up as rlanson was run ning away, and Birch shot Hanson through the back, inflicting a fatal wound. After being taken to the hospital Hanson admitted that he had taken part in the robbery of the grocery store, and some of the papers and money were found on him. He said that he was born in Bloomington, III., in 18 72, and had served sentences in prisons at Port Madison, Iowa; Rusk, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.; Columbus, Ohio, and Michigan City, Ind. For several years Hanson was a member of a gang that terrorized the people in the neighborhood of Rusk, Texas. His last sentence was at Michigan City, and he was released from there on probation, August 30th last. GIVE BALLOT TO IH SAYS LABOR (By the Associated Press.) Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 19. The American Federation of Labor in con vention here, today declared for wo men's suffrage. With only ono dis senting vote they adopted a resolu tion calling upon the Judiciary com mittee of tne national house of rep- I resentatives to report to the house the joint resolution which provides for submitting to the legislatures of the various states an amendment to the constitution of the United States, al lowing women to vote. The American Federation of Labor is pledged, by the resolution, If adopted, today, to use Its efforts for women's suffrage. Other resolutions adopted were: Calling on congress to correct abuses In the postal clerk branch of the fed eral service. Indorsing and urging the passage of Representative Golden's bill In con gress to safeguard passengers on ocean steamers so as to prevent such disasters as the Slocum and Valencia horrors. 1 calling on the president of the United States to apply the Chinese exclusion act to the shipping of sea- men, cooks, etc., on vessels flying the American flag. . J Pledging the American Federation of Labor to use its best efforts to fur ther legislation which shall check the overloading of ocean and lake vessels. HE HACKED HER TO DEATH ON STREET. (Snecial to the Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 19. Bet tie Johnson, a negro woman 30 years of age, is dead as a result of a savage attack made upon her by Frank James, a young South Caro lina negro of bad police record. The Johnson woman was return ing to her home from a magistrate's office which she had visited to swear out a warrant against James for & ; simple assault. When within a hundred yards of her house the man i sprung upon the woman and hacked j her to death with a razor. After cutting her throat he gashed her body, penetrating tho abdominal cavity and otherwise mutilating her. i lhe woman bled to death within a ' " j. few moments, James escaped, but I was caught later while shooting in a rai game at the Capa Fear Lnm - ben Yard3. NEW ORLEANS HAS A SWELTERING DAY. (Bv tho Associated Press.) Now Orleans leans is today Nov. It). New Or- y Bve!terlrtg from an igli temperature and here. The warm wave abnormally humid anno city Saturday nfeht and, I I o' !: Sunday morning the mercury had fl8 decrees. ing the the degree:) and reached a maximum of At 7 o'clock this inorn uiometor registered S2 it noon N5. The meteorological conditions are of a character that usually portend serious storms. The local weather i areau does not anticipate local tns- l-urhr-nce .or tohij . (.';! d weather is predicted iit. WAS OVER 70 ALL LAST NIGHT Thermometer Reached Yesterday and Today 77 COLD WAVE ISu COMING ! Mercury Jumped Thirty Degrees in Tiventy-1'oiir Hours Here from Sat urday .Morning; $5, to Yesterday .Morning, 05 In Pun Handle this Morning 10 Degrees. "Well, summer,' zen to wo are back in the midst of remarked a perspiring clti Weather Bureau Director Thiessen today. "Yes," assented the weather man, "and we will bo In the midst of win ter again in a couple of days. A cold wave is on the way." Mr. Thiessen went on to say that it would rain tonight and tbmorrow in all probability, with constantly falling temperature. It will begin to grow colder after sundown this evening. It will probably clear off tomorrow- afternoon and be really cold for several days at least. The warm wave yesterday and to day has been over all the states along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, but a cold wave is approaching from the northwest, and at Amarilla, in the Pan Handle of Texas, which is almost exactly in our degree of lati tude, the thermometer was 16 this morning. At Abilene, Texas, it. was "0, and at Galveston it was 74, a difference of -4 4 degrees 111 about two hundred miles. Thero was a rise of thirty degrees from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. It was 35 at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, and at the same hour yesterday morning it was 65. In the afternoon yesterday it was 77, land it remained over 70 all night last night. Today the temperature is about the same as on yesterday. But no rec ords have been broken. A look back at the books disclose some Novem ber temperatures as follows: Last year, 74 on the 18th and 72 on the 24th; 1900, 82 on the 23d; 1899, 7.5 on tho 23d; 1896, 79 on the 12th; 1889. 80 on the 13th; 18SS, 79 on the 7th. IT IS FAVORABLE TO THE GREATER PITTSBURG. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19. The su perior court today handed down a de cision favorable to the greater Pitts- burg act, which provides for the- con jsolldatlon of Pittsburg and Allegheny City into one city. CALVE TO WED A RICH AMERICAN Her Face His Last Vision Ere "The Light Failed." ROMANCE AND MYSTERY Tlie Prima Donna Refuses to Give Even to Friends Her Betrothed'S Name Except Under Pledge of Secrecy Cruising in His Com pany on Tideless Seas. (By tho Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 19. The vague rumors which have been circulating here for several days to the effect that Mine. Calve was betrothed to a rich Ameri can and would never again appear on the operatic stage are apparently con firmed. Last night, having quietly let her apartment, the singer left Paris for a long period after confiding the hews to a few intimate friends, but demand ing a pledge of secrecy regarding the ! of her future husband, Mine. Calve's servants said she went away with her affianced, but they were un able to give either their destination or his name. It is believed that the couple are how aboard a yacht on the Medi terranean. The whole affair Is shrouded in mys tery and romance. The future husband of Mme. CalVe is described as a rich j American artist passionately fond of I music, who for a long time has never missed a performance of Mme. calve, but who until recently had not sought an introduction. Just at the time when tho American decided to ask for Mine. Calve's hand in .marriage an accident to an electric apparatus rendered him blind, the last vision before he lost bis sight being the face of the singer. Upon the return of the couple to France next spring it is said Mme. t'alve and her hucband will Install themselves in a chateau where a theatre similar to Adellna Patti's theatre at Cralg-y-Nos, Wales, will be built for Mme. Calve and hr friends. The news of Mme. Calve's marriage has created a sensation in musical cir cles, although there is still considerable scepticism on the question whether she has decided to end her operatic ca reer. The Gil Bias calls attention to the fact that she has signed a contract to create the leading role in "Mary Magdalcna" at the Opera Comique in March. ROADS SUFFERED MUCH Southern Storm in Which Eight Net Their Death Portions of Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas Were Swept by the Tempest Miles of Road Under Water in Tennessee. (By the Associated Press.) Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 19. No other fatalities have been added to the loss of eight lives, reported last night as a result of the storm Sat urday night and Sunday, which swept the greater portion of west Tennessee, north and central Missis sippi, north Alabama and eastern Arkansas. Telegraphic communica tion is gradually being restored, but railroad traffic is greatly impaired, and in many instances demoralized. The rain continues to fall, but tho volume is greatly diminished. Reports from the western section of Tennessee show that the railroads have suffered greater damage than fever before. The Nashville, Chatta nooga & St. Louis, the Mobile & Ohio, the Southern, and the Illinois Central arc unable to operate trains at all through Jackson, Tenn. Tracks are washed out for long stretches, bridges are down and In some places the water is standing over the tracks for miles, making It an utter impossibility to operate trains. Farmers have suffered great loss both In crops and livestock. The damage done by the wind and rain will amount well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. WAGES RAISED ON NORFOLK & WESTERN. By the Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., 'Nov. 19. The Norfolk & Western Railway, beginning Decem ber 1, will grant n Inorease of -10 per cent in wages to All employes now re ceiving less than $200 per month. CONDITION Of STATE FINANCES Publication as to $300,000 Surplus Misleading NEED FOR 1906 TAXES Treasury Will Be Called Upon to Pay $550,000 Obligations by January 1st Then the Heavy Expense of the General Assembly Will Follow for the Next Sixty Days. State Treasurer B. R. Lacy said today that a report published in some of the state papers to the effect that the state would carry over a sur plus of $300,000 at the end of the current fiscal year, November 30th, was, to say the least, unfortunate and misleading. He says that, asido from these fig ures, not representing the real con ditioiih, the publication will have the effect of causing sheriffs to be tardy in the settlement of taxes and may give the state serious financial trou ble. There is no way under the lav for him to force sheriffs to settle state taxes with the treasury until February; and even if there should be the $300,000 surplus November 30th, the state treasury will be facing the proposition of meeting ob ligations aggregating $550,000 by January 1st. To meet these obliga tions thero will be only the volun tary settlements of county sheriffs in the matter of taxes collected for the state. Some of the most notable items constituting the aggregate of $550, 000 that the treasurer must meet are $48,000 regular running expenses of state institutions, due December 1st; pensions to old Confederate soldiers, payable December 15th, $275,000; appropriation by state for exhibit at Jamestown Exposition, $30,000, pay able by January 1st; interest on state debt, $75,000; also the cur rent expense of the government for December and January, something like $40,000 each month, before there is any legal obligation for the sheriffs to pay in their state taxes collected. In the light of these figures the state treasurer says there is the greatest necessity, from a patriotic viewpoint, for the sheriffs to pay into the treasury the state taxes as fast as collected. In showing the great need the Btate will have for money the state treasurer did not take into account the additional fact that the general assembly, with Its attendant enormous running expense, will be on hand January and Feb ruary. Sheriff Powell of Henderson coun ty is the first to settle his taxes for the current year. He was here Sat urday for this purpose. The amount was $10,946.76. THE WAR IN FRANCE TWIXT CHURCH AND STATE. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Nov. 19. The taking of the inventories of the 3,500 churches which were not entered last spring owing to resistance and disorders was begun today. Troops every where were held in readiness to sup port the prefects, it being the inten tion of the government not to hesi tate before resistance, but no repe tition of disorders upon the scale of those of last spring is anticipated, although considerable trouble is ex peoted&, especially in the depart ments of Aveyron, Vendee and Pln isterre. The first resistance reported was at Villelongue-de-La-Salangue, in me western Pyrennees. The cleri cals there, after carrying away the sacred emblems, barricaded and locked themselves in the churches. COMES FOR BODY OF JAMES WILSON. (By the Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., Nov. 19. The United States gunboat Dubuque ar rived here today to await the arrival of the body of James Wilson, one of the signers of the Declaration of In dependence from Pennsylvania, which to be disinterred at Eden ton, N. C, tomorrow. The body Is to be brought to Norfolk by train and carried to Philadelphia by the Du buque for final interment.
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