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Prffl Leased Wire Service of the Associated Pr ess. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1906. PRICE 5c. THRONGED GALLERIES WATCH REASSEMBLING OF CONGRESS AT NOON Dismissal of Negro Troops Because of Brownsville Af fair Brought Up RESOLUTION OFFERED BY SENATOR PENROSE It is Introduced in the Senate and Calls Cpon the President for In formation Regarding His Action und the Causes Leading Thereto. Kuilicr in the Day it was Under stood That Senator Foraker Would, Enrly in the Week, Offer a Reso lution to I lie Same Effect. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Dec. I!. The Tact that both houses of congress met today for the short session had the effect early in the day of giving the capitol an appearance of activity such as it has not presented since the adjourn ment last Jjtne. Both visitors and members found the great building in excellent shape to receive them. Vast as is the struc ture, it has been thoroughly reno vated, both inside and out, during the recess, and it looked as clean and inviting as many a newer build ing. All ol the committee rooms have received a thorough overhaul ing, tho pictures have been rejuve nated und the two chambers com pletely cleaned up. Senators and members of the house began to arrive early in the day, aim there were many cordial greetings it the corridors and on The floors. The experiences of the late cam paign were a fruitful source of re mark; but, although many of the meetings were between republicans and democrats, there was no evident" of any but the best, feeling. The new comers generally expressed the opin ion that the short session would wit ness little legislation beyond the pass age of the appropriation bills. "But if any one thinks we will not find something to talk about, he hut; another guess," said one of them, and here was general acquiescence. Belli Houses Convene at Xoon. Both the senate and house con vened promptly at 12 o'clock today. No effort was made to transact business even in the committee rooms. The day was given over ab solutely to receptions and the formal business of opening the session. Practically all of the veterans of the senate were on baud. Senator Pet itts. tin' oldest member, who was not well at the close of last session, was one of the first to arrive at the capi tol. He sticks to his pet phrase of telling his colleagues how "young" he is when reference is made to his advanced years. Senator Foraker, It is understood, has decided to offer in tho senate early this week a resolution of in quiry Into the dismissal from the army of a battalion of the Twenty filth United States infantry (colored) as n result of the "shooting up" of Brownsville, Texas, ou the night of August I ;; last. The senator's resolution will re quest the president or the war de partment to furnish the senate with al) the facts In the case, including especially tha evidence upon which the order of difinissal was based. The purpose of asking for the data is to permit a clear judgment whether an injustice has been done any of the members of the disgraced organiza tion. The question has been raised whether the dismissal "without honor" which the colored infantry men suffered does not deprive them illegally of military- rights, such as pensions, admission to soldiers' homes, etc. t'AXXOX WIKIiBS GAVEL. GALLERIES ALL AGLOW. Washington, Dec. 3. Victors and vanquished foregathered in the house today to congratulate and sympathize with one another on the results of the November ballot. There was lit tle in the greetings of friends to show heartaches of those who failed in election, and the warmth of the salu tations reminded one of an old fashioned party convention before the days of the new primary system. Crowds camp early, and when Hit" schooners entering the port for shel ter or supplies, the tax has been placed at nine cents per ton instead of 25 cents, as heretofore; for vessels en tering for the purpose of securing bait, 25 cents instead of 55 cents, as previously; for trading craft the old rate of 56 cents per ton remains. For the past two months the popu lation of Miquelon, the last remain ing possession of France in America, has been steadily decreasing by emi gration 4j tho Canadian west and northwest. SUIT HAS BEEN BEGUX INVOLVING $5,000,000, speaker's gavel fell at. 12 o'clock the galleries were jammed with gaily dressed women, who added much to the plcturesqueness of the scene. The appearance of Speaker Cannon was the signal for a hearty round c ap plause from both members and' gal lery, which lasted until lie brought tho gavel down with the resounding whack convening the last session of the fifty-ninth congress. Immediately following the prayer of the chaplain the roll was called by states. THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE UPPER HOUSE. Washington, Dec. 3. Three raps with the traditional little ivory gavel in the hand of Vice President Fair banks brought sudden stillness over the thronged galleries surrounding the senate chamber and ushered in the first minute of the senate's last session of the fifty-ninth congress at noon today. The scene in the chamber had been one of increasing animation during the preceding hour and a half. eBfore 10 o'clock the galler ies began to till, and occasionally a senator would stroll Into the cham ber which bore none of the usur floral signs of the beginning of the session. As the hour of noon ap- began to be the gathering place of i ; , . ,, worfc ion farms. m arriving in Mexico, how I ever, the Japanese declare that they I are put to work in coal mines on little wages and insufficient food and are watched by guards, making a condition little better than enforced servitude. (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia. Pa.. Dee. 3. The equity suit of the city ut' Philadelphia, invilv Ing $5,000,000 against the contracting firm of D. J. McNichol of this city and others. In connection with the construc tion of the $25,000,000 municipal filtra tion plant was called for trial before Judge Beltiee in common pleas court today. The' city charges that the money It seeks to recover was obtain ed by the contractors by fraud and col lusion. The defendants In the case are State Senator James P. McNichol. Dan iel J. McNichol, the senator's brother. Israel Durham, former republican lead er of Philadelphia; John M. Mack, for merly prominent In the counsels of the republican organisation; John W. Hill of Cincinnati, ex-chief of the bureau of filtration und Peter E. t'ostello and William C Haddock, former directors of the department of public works. JAPANESE FLEEING FROM LIFE OF SLAVERY, (By the Associated Press.) El Paso. Texas. Dee. 3. Three hun dred Japanese have entered the United States from Mexico through Eagle Pass since November 1. They are leaving Mexico because of alleged ill treatment at the hands of Mexican em ployers. The Japanese contend that ZION CITY TO BE ABANDONED Restoration Jlost to be Left to Creditors VOLIVA FOR NEW CITY Autocratic .Socialism to be the Gov ernment of tjio Cumins Commu nity A "Condition of Itiotherly Love and Primitive Christianity to Prevail." ArOli a. However, to Be Supreme. J TRIBUTE PAID TO 1. SPENCER Col. Andrews and J. P. Mor gan Prepare a Statement THE DIRECTORS ATTEND (Continued on Page Seven. ) THE NEW BOARD MEETING TODAY D. T. Johnson of Raleigh Elected Chairman SCHOOL CALLS FOR AID TURNED DOWN, B. ill. GATLING ATTORNEY Members Met at Noon Today in Court Room Sworn In by Clerk of the Court Russ Affairs of County Formally Turned Over by Retir ing Hoard. The newly elected Board of County Commissioners met at noon today in the court room, as the commissioners' room is being renovated. All the members were present, D. T. Johnson of Raleigh, W. C. Brewer of Wake Forest, D. U. Harrison of Marks Creek. A. Turner Smith of Panther Branch .and W. M. Yates of White Oak. The members were duly sworn into office by Clerk of the Court W. M. RU8S, and the affairs of the county wrp formally received from the bands of the retiring board, which met today for the purpose. On motion of Mr. Brewer. Mr. John son was unanimously elected chairman of tile board. Mr. Brewer nominated Bart M. Gat- jins for county attorney. 1 lu re was no other nomination, and Mr. Uatnng was elected unanimously. (By the Associated Press.) ' Pittsburg. Pa., Dec. 3. Forty-two educational institutions of the south and west, which had been endeavor ing to secure financial assistance from one of Pittsburg's wealthiest churches have been refused aid because of the vast number of applications. Five representatives of colleges and other Institutions of education visited the First Presbyterian Church of this city yesterday, but the officials de cided it was time to shut down. The calls, it was said, have been coming faster than the days upon which to present them. The First Presbyterian Church has been very active in extending assist ance, especially of a financial nature, to institutions of all kinas. The church is one of the largest in the city and records among its members most of the wealthy families of the city. LIFE OF THE KING WAS THREATENED. JAMES BISSETT IS DEAD OF INJURIES. (By Southern Bell Telephone.) Wilmington. X. C, Dec. 3. The remains of Engineer James Bissett, who died yesterday at Bowden as a result of injuries received in the wreck of a logging train a few days since, were brought to Wilmington today. Al the time of the wreck he was caught tincter tne overturned en gine and fearfully scalded. He was forty-two years old. The funeral will not take place until after the arrival of Mr. Bissett's father, who is en route today from his home in Iowa. Mr. Bissett for a number of years was. with the At lantic Coast Line, but went with the Rowland Company to operate its log ging trains. He left several relatives, Mr. J. R. Bissett, of Raleigh, being his cousin. (By the Associated Press.) Milan, Italy, Dec. 3, A careful search has been made at Pergamo, about forty miles from here, with the view of discovering the sender of a threatening letter to King Victor Em manuel, referring to a plot formed by what the writer termed "the holy alliance" to assassinate the king; but up to the present the efforts of the police have been fruitless. (liy the Associated Press.) Chicago, Dec. 8. The Chronicle today says : Ziori City is to be abandoned. The "restoration l.uoi" which was liuilt up by John Alexander Dow ie ,.,. years of strenuous effort, will shortly be left to its creditors by Overseer Wilbui Glenn Yoliya. Announcement of the approaching hegira was made yester day by Overseer Vollva .i the same time Vollva outlined his plans for a new city to be conducted along socialistic lines, with himself as supreme spiritual and temporal head. Coupled with the announcement of his plans were vehem ent denunciations of unworthy mem bers of the church Who he declared were responsible for Its fall. Autocratic socialism is in he the government of the new corivnumitv. No more debts, no more house rent, no more holding of land or property by ln dllvduals, but "a sublime condition of brotherly love and primitive Chris tianity to prevail." At the same time Vollva is to be supreme. The nucleus of the new Zion is to con sist of ten chosen families which will be selected by Vollva. Attention Called to Magnificent Work and Record of Late Presi dent of the Southern Railway How the System Prospered and Developed I'nder His Wise and Aide Management1 Grief for Dead Man. . A TEST USE TO SUPREME COURT Treaty With Japan Doesn't Cover Points at Issue FRISCO SCHOOLS CASE Met calf, It Is Stated, Told the School Hoard of That City That' They Were Within Their Rights in Separating Caucasian and Japan ese Pupils. Yssoeiated Press.) i, Cal Dec. 3. The Call MR. HOLT ALMOST ENTIRELY WELL, Mr. John C. Drewry returned to the city this morning from a trip to New York. On his way back he stopped at Graham to see Mr. L. Banks Holt. He says Mr. Holt has almost entirely recovered from the effects of the bul let wound inflicted by the negro Wal ker. There is just a slight scar on the left cheek, where the ball went out. Mr. Holt has been out. driving and is feeling splendidly. Mrs. Drewry, who accompanied Mr. Drewry to New York, arrived home this' evening with Master John C. and Thomas, who have been at Graham. FRANCE STRIVES AGAINST EXODUS. (By the Associated Press. Sydney, N. S., Dec. 3. Alarmed by the rapid decrease in the popula tion of St. Pierre, Miquelon, the French government has revised the customs tariff for the island in order lo stimulate business iuloresls. For VIOLENCE TO THE PRINCESS (By the Associated Press.) Tlflis, Trans-Caucasifi, Dec. 3. A band of twelve robbers yesterday at tacked the estate of Princess Ava lova, plundered her residence and as saulted the princess. They were cap tured later and will be tried today by drum-head court-martial. (By the San Francis today says: School Director D. H. Oliver stated yesterday that Secretary Metcalf be fore bis departure for Washington told the school directors that he believed they were clearly within their rights in establishing a separate school for Jap anese pupils. This would tend to cor rect the impression that Secretary Met calf bad decided to favor the Japa nese in his report to the president. Tho secretary's report it may be assumed, will conform to this assurances to the school board. Attorneys vi rsed in international law believe that, the treaty between Japan and America in no way covers the points at issue, and the best that the United .Stales can do for the island empire is to institute a test case in the federal courts as has already been done. That the mailer will be taken to the Supreme court for tinal decision is now quite evident, and if it is decided there that the Japanese are not Mongolians, a contention that has been made to di vert the enforcement of the law requir ing that race to be kept in schools sep arate from white children. It Is quite certain that the state legislature at its next session will pass a new law to keep the Japanese out of the schools in which Caucasians are taught. In an interview yesterday Dr. Walsh expressed sentiments similar to those of Mr. Oliver. ESTABLISH LIFE SAVING STATIONS. (By the Associated Press.) Charlottestown. P. E. I., Dec. 3. As the result of the many disastrous wrecks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Strait of Northumberland this fail, the federal government has decided to es tablish life saving stations along the Prince F.dward Island coast. Tho majority of the stations will be located on the gulf side of the island. At a joint meeting of the voting trustees and the board of directors of the Southern Railway Company, held at its office in Washington, D. ('., on Sunday, December 2, 1900, immedi ately alter the funeral services of Samuel Silencer, laie president of the company, there were present Alexan der B. Andrews, first vice-president, presiding: J. Pierpont Morgan, voting trustee; George F. Baker, voting trus tee, and Directors Joseph Bryan, Samuel M. Inman, Adrian Iselin, Jr., Edmund D. Randolph, James T. Woodward, William W. Finley, Charles Steel. The following minutes were adopt ed and were ordered to be entered on the records and published at length in the press upon the lines of the Southern Railway: Samuel Spencer, born in Colum bus, Ga., March 2, 1S47, died No vember 29, 1906, near Lawyers Sta tion, Va., upon the railroad of the Southern Railway Company, of which he was the first and only president. The personal qualities of Mr. Spen cer, his integrity in heart and mind, his affectionate and genial disposi tion, his loyal and courageous spirit, his untiring devotion to duty, his per sistent achievement of worthy ends, and his comradeship on the fields of i battle, of affairs and of manly sport, combined to establish him in the lov ing regard of hearts of friends in every section of his country, and no where more securely than in the af fection of his fellow-workers in the Service of the Southern Railway Com pany. The importance of his service to this company is matter of common knowledge throughout the railroad world, but the character, the extent and the consequence of that service are and can be appreciated at their lull worth only by his associates now gathered here to attest their regard for him and to recall their high esti mate of his life and work. Upon June IS, 1894 on the com pletion of the Richmond Terminal re organization conceived by J. Pierpont Morgan and conducted by his partner, Charles H. Coster, the first meeting of the Southern Railway Company was called to order at Richmond by Samuel Spencer as president. In that calendar year the Southern Railway system embraced 4,;! 91 miles of road, with 623 locomotives and 19,694 cars, which carried 3,427,858 passengers and 6,673,750 tons of freight, and earned $16,643,298. In the last fis cal year the Southern Railway sys tem embraced 7,515 miles of road, with 1,429 locomotives and 42,110 cars, which carried 11,663,550 pas sengers and 27,339,337 tons of freight and earned $53,641,438. The number of employes had increased from 16,718, June 30, 1895, to 37, 008, June 30, 1906, and the wages paid from $6,712,796 to $21,198,020. The full details and the impressive character of this remarkable advance, too, extended for present recital, are exhibited in the masterly communi cation, which upon February 1, 1906, Mr. Spencer addressed to Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. as the basis of the development and general mortgages. In this progress every step had been. initiated and conducted by Mr. Spen cer with the cordial concurrence of the voting trustees and the board of directors, and it is significant of the conservative and continuous position of Mr. Spencer and his supporters that this phenomenal enlargement of the system and the business was not made the basis of any increase of stock or even of any increase of divi dends beyond the amount contem plated and stated in the plan of 1893. With reference to the properties originally reorganized: Every dollar that could be borrowed under Presi dent Spencer's management was put into the property in the effort to en able it to meet the ever-increasing demands of the vigorous and won derful growth of the south and Its industries. The mighty fabric which for twelve years he had been mould ing must continue under others to I develop and improve the service that jit shall render to the public, but never I can it cease to bear the impression, I to reveal the continuing impulse of the master mind of its first president. In the height of his usefulness and his powers he has been called away, but the inspiration of his shining ex ample and his lofty stands must ever animate his successors. To many other corporations conducting the commerce of the country as well as to the Southern Railway did Mr. Spencer render invaluable service, and all of them will share in our sense of loss and personal grief. As their chosen spokesman in the tremendous agitation culminating in the congressional action of 1906, his mastery of his subject, his dignity of bearing and h!s integrity of charac ter commanded the confidence and approval of the vast interests whose constitutional rights it became his duty to assert and to protect. To the great public not less than to the com mercial interests did he recognize his obligation. How well he conceived, how admirably he performed that duty was indicated in the last of his public addresses, his last message to his friends in the south, delivered at Montgomery on October 25, 1906, an address which deserves wide circu lation and close consideration, not only in his own south that he loved so well, but throughout the whole country which he had learned to know far better than most of its citi zens, wherever born. His chosen ca reen has closed, but the wisdom and the virtues that characterized that career will abide as long as they shall be regarded for duty bravely done and for high service gallantly rendered. To his family we extend our deep and most respectful sym pathy and every assurance that for them as well as for his associates honor and happiness will ever result from their relation to Samuel Spen cer, that just and upright man and officer. THE LAST WORD TO THE TWELVE Judge Determined it Shall be Spoken Today ARGUMENT HAS BEGUN Attorney for the State Takes the Ground That Gillette Deliberately Murdered Miss Brown Counsel for Defence I urges That the Case is One of Suicide. THE SATURDAY NIGHT TRAGEDY Detailed Story of Killing of Goss at Durham AS TOLD AT INQUEST A Graphic Report of a Dramatic Scene in the Store of B. W. Hob gootl When the Pistol of Harris Suddenly Flashed and Goss Reeled and Fell. (Speciul to The Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, Dec. 3. There has been shed very little new light on the causes that brought about the tragedy Saturday night, when J. B. Harris shot and instantly killed MaynarJ F. Goss, the shooting oc curring in the store of B. W. Hob good, where Harris clerks at odd times, including Saturday afternoon and night. The autopsy was held Saturday night and pending the service of witnesses the coroner's jury ad journed until Sunday afternoon, when the inquest was held. The facts surrounding the shooting were brought out and a large number of witnesses sent to the solicitor this morning, when be will investigate the case and send a bill to the grand jury now in session. It seems that there was not a word spoken, that is so far as any one heard in the store. Harris, the slayer, employed counsel within a few minutes after the shooting: they waived preliminary hearing for their client, and he was at once com mitted without bail. The lawyers closed his mouth, and he has not made one word of statement, one way or the other. Story of Witnesses. The witnesses say that Goss en tered the store Saturday night and went to where Harris was behind the counter, Goss standing in front of the counter. He did not attract any special attention. Then the shot rang out. This caused all to look up. and Harris was seen stand ing with the smoking revolver in his hand, and Goss had his right hand in his right hip pocket. Goss said: "I did not intend shooting you." Harris replied: "Yes you did, and if you take your hand from your pocket I will shoot." Goss then fell to the floor, the bullet having passed directly through his heart, left lung and lodged just under the skin of his back. Harris then tendered his pistol to (Continue-', on Page Seven.) (By the Associated Press.) Herkimer, N. Y., Dec. 3. Chester E. Gillettte .the young factory foreman of Cortland, on trial here for the alleged murder of Grace Brown, his sweet heart, probably will know his fate within the next twenty-four hours. District Attorney Ward summed up for the state today, taking the ground that Gillette deliberately planned to murder Miss Brown, and did kill her or render Insensible, with blows on the head with a tennis racket, her body being then thrown into Big Moose Lake, in the Adirondacks. Counsel for Gillette urged the theory of suicide. The opening of court was delayed some time. The judge, however, is de termined that the last word shall be said to jury today, if it be necessary to hold a night session. A stream of people from surrounding places early flowed into Herkimer, and the court room was tilled to Its ca pacity when the trial was resumed. The Last Witnesses. Silas D. Feeter of Little Falls, a civil engineer, was called by the defence. He said he had been to South Bay, Big Moose Lake, within a few days and made measurements at the point where the overturned boat was found. "At that place the water is seven and a half feet deep," he said. It had been testified by witnesses for the prosecution that the water was four and a half feet deep where the boat was found, and on cross examination Mr. Feeter admitted that "the summer shrubbery that was growing last July is now covered with water." District Attorney Ward called Julian A. Van Wie as his witness. Mr. Van Wle lives in Cortland and is manager of a cycling company there. Objec tion was taken and allowed to the line of questioning-, whereupon the district attorney announced that the case for the people was closed. The defense had no further testimony to offer, and Justice Devendorf asked if counsel wanted to be limited In time for their addresses. "I do not propose to limit you unless you desire it," he said. There was no request for time limitation. NOMINATIONS . BY PRESIDENT. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 3. The presi dent today sent the following nomination- to the senate: Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou. Attorney General Charles J. Bon aparte. Postmaster General George Von L. Meyer. Secretary of the Navy Victor H. Metcalf. Secretary of the Interior James R. Garfield. Secretary of Commerce and Labor Oscar S. Straus. Associate Justice Supreme Court William H. Moody. In addition some recess appoint ments were sent, to the senate in cluding Interstate Commerce Com missioners Clark, Iowa, and Harlan, Illinois, and Collector of CustomB D. O. Newberry. Albemarle, N. C. SHOW WRECKED A MAN KILLED (Special to The Evening Times.) High Point, N. C, Dec. 3. Parties coming in on the Asheboro train re port a wreck of John H. Spurks' cir cus at Roberdel, twenty miles below Troy, this morning. One show man was killed and two badly injured and two horses and a pony smashed In the cars. Cause tluknown. So infu riated were the showmen that they turned on Conductor Slack and beat him into insensibility and ran others away as if tcrattach the blame to the conductor. The sheriff and posse were on the way to the scene when the train left.
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