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Fall Leased Wire Serviee of the Associated Pruss. t.adf all North Carolina Afternoon Papors in Circulation LAST EDITION, LLL THE MARKETS. 4 iter THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES i VOLUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1906. PRICE 5c. AN INVESTIGATION OF WRECK AT LAWYERS BEGUN BY SOUTHERN 'PHONE PETITION DAY DEFERRED (THE SOUTHERN SIXTY BORNE TO DEATH IS DISMISSED Mattox Asserts That He Was Given a Clear Track at Lawyers OPERATOR JACOBS ENTERS HIS DENIAL The to of is Object of Hie Investigation Determine Officially the Cause the Wreck Ackert and Coup- nuui Are Directing the Diquiry, the Sessions Deing Secret All Employes of the Two Trains Or dered to Appear in Washington. FINLEY Corporation Commission on Toll Rates BY THE SENATE! AND FAST MAIL1 Consideration of the Pen . rose! Resolution Little Surprise Felt Here Over Railroad's Request N RUSH OF FLOOD THAT OVERWHELMS CLIFTON NO REflUCLl ORDERED PENROSE IS ABSENT NO. 97 US AN EXPENSE (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 5. C. H. Ack ert, general manager of the road, and E. H. Coapman, superintendent of the Danville division of the Southern Railway, began an inves tigation today to determine officially the cause of the wreck last Thurs day, in which President Spencer and seven others lost their lives. Ope rator G. T. Mattox, who has been held responsible for the disaster, is present, as is Operator Jacobs at Lawyers. The hearing is private, and is held in the general manager's office, and a force of stenographers are taking the testimony. All the employes of the Southern who had anything to do with the handling of the two trains .have been ordered to be in Wash ington today to testify. Mattox asserts he did not let train No. 37 Into the block until he had been given a clear track by the ope rator at Lawyers, the next signal tower beyond. Operator Jacobs of Lawyers de nies statements of Mattox and de clares that he received no report of the movements of train No. 33, which was struck by the Atlanta Express. Practicably Impossible to Take the Varying Conditions All Over the State and Fix Bate That Would 15c Fair itcll Telephone Company Making But a Very Small Profit On Capital Invcstcd- Tiie 'case bird tight by J. Bryan Grimes vs. thu Southern Bell Tele phone and Telegraph Company for 6 reduction in the toll rates of said company was dismissed by the Cor poration commission In an order handed down today. The original eoutnern railway company, succeed- complaint was fi!c-d last April and !ng the late Samuel Spencer. Mr. a supplemental complaint was filed in .liny al about the time there was (By the Associated Tress.) New York, Dec. 5. W. W. Pit was today elected president of tidy. the The Resolution Asfc'n About the Dismissal ol Troops Goes Over, Thi i Tomorrow The Moraii Heavy in the tipper K. lnlortivation f the Negro fore, t'ntil !. Business Large Portion of People it Served Did Not Appear to Want It Offi cials Have Considered for Some Time Asking Government to Re lievo Road of Contract1. Finley has been of the company. Dcond v&e-prestdont SHERIFF SHIPP'S CASE CONCLUDED. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, D. C, Die. 5 The su preme court of the United States today concluded its hearing in regard to the legal aspect of the cases of Sheriff Shipp and others under prosecution for contempt of that court in connection with the lynching at Chattanooga. Tenn. Mr. Harmon for the defendants contended that as Johnson's case was not one which involved the construction of the constitution of the United States there was no right of appeal to the fed eral courts and that consequently the supreme com t did not acquire jurisdic tion and should not proceed to inflict punishment for contempt but should leave the lynching offense to be dealt with by tiie state courts as a crime un der the state laws. hearing in the case; It was alleged in the complaint that, I ths defendant charged 25 cents per minute for conversation from Raleigh to Washington and from Raleigh to Grimesland, and especially for one seven-minute conversation on March 14, 190G. Several other conversa tions were specified in the complaint. It was further alleged that the rates were unjust, unreasonable, ex orbitant and an outrage upon the peo pie of the state, and it was asked that the toll rates be reduced to live cents per minute for first five min utes and two and one-half cents per minute afterwards. in the answer it was set forth that the defendant owned only a portion of the line between Raleigh and Grimealand and also Washington, and therefore was responsible for only their proportion share of the toll. It was further alleged that the rates tBv the Associated Press! "c,c auu St. Petersburg. Dee. r The trial of 11 ws round Dy tne commiss.on Rear Admiral Nebagn toff und seventy-! that defendant's property in North eight officers of his squadron for sur-1 Carolina is assessed for taxes at rendering to the Japanese at the Battle $4 04,864, and net earnings for the of the Sea of Japan. May 28, 1905, be-; five years ending December 31st ren- resent an average profit of less than TWO KILLED IN A TRAIN WRECK (By the Associated Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. 5. Four men were sereiously injured, two fatally, early today in a freight train wreck on the Monongahela and Washington di vision of the Pittsburg, Virginia and Charleston Kallroad at Stokesdaletown, fe few miles east of this city. TRIAL OF NEBAGATOFP AND MANY OFFICERS. (By Ahe Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 5. Aft : debate today tho senate postponed until to morrow tho consideration 6.1' the rcso-J lutlon calling for information relit-1 tivo to the discharge of the negro : i.roopa of the ywenty-titih infantry; formerly stationed at Browhsylllo, Texas. Tho delay we - ciinsed ly the t absence from tho city of Senator Pen-1 Tiie report from Washln the isoutiicru Railway has government to terminate tract for the operation of mail train between VYashiii Atlanta is received here v interest, am not ver Southern Railway ton that sked the its eoli th:' fast ton and ih great much surprise, officials in this runn t r n m n as tArtutu mn THE MINISTRY (By the Associated Press.) I Columbia, S. (.'., Die. 5. IJev. C, W. - Greigllton has been dismissed from the South Carolina conference and expelled i from the Methodist ministry. The trial lasted sixty-three hours, prolonging th st ssion of the conference two days. H lias annealed to tbe general Conference. 1 Private Railroad Dispatches to the Denver News from Piioenix, Arizona the ilea raeU irs have had memorials, gan before a special court martial this morning. The accused are divided into three categories. First. Admiral Nebagatoff and the commanders of the battleships. Second. The officers who advocated lie surrender. Third, The officers who did not en deavor to prevent the surrender. The trial probably will last three days. FRANCE HITS COTTON Almost Prohibitory Duties on its Products Proposed PRESIDENT ASKS MOEE AUTHORITY. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, p. C, Dee. 5. The pres ident today sent a special message to congress, urging legislation giving the executive authority upon his own ini tiative, and responsibility to dismiss any offlcer whom lie thinks unworthy to re main in the service. Illustrating the necessity for the legislation desired, the president cites the case of a naval officer whose name j is not given, but who was accused of "indecent and disgusting behavior. If the Party in Parliament Favorable to This High Tariff Wins, Cotton Seed and Oil "Will Re Driven Out French Market. one-halt per cent upon money act ually invested and S-10 per cent of present tax assessed value. It was found that it was impossi ble to ascertain exact accuracy of the cost of maintaining separate toll lines and exchanges; that defendant had paid only two dividends since they began business, these being of one-half per cent each on capital in vested. The commission state that it is impracticable to establish a Hat toll rate for telephonic, communica tion, regardless of distance, cost of supplying and value of defending service to be required in the various parts of the state. The commission concludes that a flat rate of five cents per minute for the first five minutes and two and one-half cents thereafter, toll for fur nishing long-distance telephonic com munication, regardless of distance, is not reasonable o- just; and that a uniform rate for telephone exchange service applicable to all exchanges in North Carolina, regardless of the value of the same to patrons or of the amount invested by defendant in crvice, would Morning business wa senate today. It was i first opportunity senat to Introduce petition- bills and resolutions, ami many such were presented. Preceding this order the vice-president laid before the sen ate a number of eonimunications from the executive departments, which were ordered printed as documents. A BILL TO PREVENT LABOR BY CHILDREN. Washington, Dec. Senator j the Lodge today introduced a bill de- it the city hayo frequently stated that the proposition was not a paying one, that the road received from the gov ernment about $80,000 for the run ning of the famous Xo. 97, the fast ;i In the mail, that it cost practically that. much to operate it, that tho penal ties for delays, regardless of cause, were large, that delays were neces sarily frequent in long runs on fast, schedules, and consequently the train was operated for the most part at an actual expense to the road. For some time the Southern offi cials have had under consideration the matter of requesting to be re lieved of the contract, as besides be ing an express, the running of this train at the speed required has often congested travel over that part of line, it being necessary to give bill de- it the right of way over passenger is editor of th Greenwood and barges of politic! Conference, also a siding elders- wei Appeal ; repeatt i ;hrlsl ian OS made tnd ring rule in ill egtng that the pn Self-seek ling. Til charge against him was "falsehood anil Slander," A committee of thirteen ia secret session found him guilty. MONEY ON CALL WENT TO THIRTY. (By the Associated Press.) Paris, Dec. 5. Cotton seed and cotton seed on, ot which there is an order to render the enormous importation from America, j not bo reasonable. are threatened with almost prohib- It was therefore ordered that this Story duties. This is not included in Kproceedlng be dismissed. the budget estimates, but is being The commission has under investi-1 and ordered th pressed for consideration not only as ' gation and comparison tbe e-istin ported to the ja now source of revenue, but on the j rates, toll and exchange, of the de- demand of the oiive oii industry for fondant with all other companies do j protection against cotton seed oil, j Ing business in North Carolina, with Tfuti.il m cAtcuoftcy icjiliu(; waw n vitjw ui cuauging sucii or inem a: j oil. The customs commission and j may Be found unreasonable and tin , chamber of deputies has decided to t just. propose a rider to the budget increas- THE LAKE ERIE AM) WESTERN DIVIDEND signed to prevent the employment of child labor by prohibiting interstate commerce in any article in the pro duction of which 'a child under 14 years of age has been employed, and the prohibition extends to children under 16 years of age who cannot read and write. Tho violation of the law is made a misdemeanor pun ishable by fine of five hundred dol lars and imprisonment for one year. Speaking of the Ml! Senator Lodge said: f . "There is gn at interest in the question in my own state where we have had for a long time excellent laws on the statute book forbidding the employment of child labor, and in the last three or four years the matter has been very much discus sed in Massachusetts, especially by Governor Guild, who has been most earnest in advocating some national . regulation." DEMOCRATS AND THE TREATY OF ALGECIRAS. Washington, Dee. 5. Whether democratic senators shall support the j Algeciras treat? in relation to Moroc cans affairs, when it is voted upon in tbe senate on December 12 will de-: pend upon the late of a resolution to be presented disclaiming the respon sibility of tlic I'nited States for the' convention and declaring that the ' participation of this government is only in furtherance of its general I policy of promoting peace and in the interest of its commercial relations, with Morocco. The senate committee on foreign , relations toda considered the treaty it be favorably re aate. This action was ta.en, however, after a commit tee consisting of Senators Spooner, Lodge and Bacon had been named to trains. Then, in adition to all this, it has become apparent that a large por tion of the people served by this mail train do not want it. This was evidenced especially in the last ses: 1 sion of congress, and has been shown j in that body again and again in re ! cnt years. Altogether, the operation of No. 97 has become not only burdensome I but almost a reproach to the road j in certain quarters, and so little sur- prise is felt here at the news that it desires to terminate the contract, or that it has asked that it be ended January ., six months before it ex pires. (By tbe Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 5. Money on call was loaned at IS per cent in the stock market at 11 o'clock today. Some loans were made as high as SI percent shortly after 1;80 o'clock but this rate was maintained only a few minutes, faling back to 20 percent. Just before the closoof the mar ket the eill money rate rose to 32 per cel. i. While loans were being made at this figure one large na tional bank was offering money at ti per cent. FEW DETAILS OF TOE CATASTROPHE GIVEN It Is Stated That the Flood Which Burst Through Clifton Destroyed Many Business Buildings, Wreck ed the Smelting Plant of the Ari zona Copper Company and Tore Out Miles of the Tracks of the Arizona and Mexico Railroad. in LORD CCRZON LEAVES t'S ON THE OCEANIC. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 5. Lord Curzon of Kodleston, former viceroy of India, who came here several weeks ago, sailed for Europe today on the steam er Oceanic. Other passengers on the steamer included Charles Frobman, the theatrical manager, and Haddon Chambers, the dramatist. Mr. Cham bers expects to write a play for Mrs. Leslie Carter during his stay in Eu rope. Mrs. .Marshall Field, Jr., also was a passenger on the Oceanic. FIGHT OVER OIL LINE ESTIMATE ON COTTON 'By Hie Associated Press) Denver, Col., Dec. 5. A special the News from Phoenix. Ariz.. says : Private railroad dispatches re ceived here says that sixty lives were lost at Clifton yesterday in the great iiood that swept through the camp, destroying many business buildings, wrecking the smelting plant of the Arizona Copper Company and tear ing out miles of track of the Ari zona & Mexico Railroad. Clifton, which has about 3,500 people, lies in a narrow valley near the eastern line of Arizona. The less prosperous of the inhabi tants live in Chase Creek canon, a peculiarly dangerous situation in times of high water. Two years ago twelve lives were lost in, the canon and immense damage was done by the rise of the San Francisco river. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 5. A special to the Herald from Morenci, Ariz., says: First reports about the Clifton, Ariz.., flood are fully confirmed. Fourteen lives are known to have been lost. The Vila Valley Bank was seriously damaged. Forty-Eight Men Arrested on That of Season's Crop to tie Complaint of Farmer fen Out Tuesday Claimed That They Were Laying a Line Across His Ground Without His Permission He is Arrested for Shooting at Them. The Census Bureau Will Not Publish It- UepOrl of C.itton Ginned I'p to heremhri' 1st Until Monday, the Uth ;ii: taut. Globe, Ariz., Dec, 5. All railroad communication with this city ig cut off for a week at least by the carry ing away of the bridge over the Gila river near San Carlos. Passengers and mail may be transferred in a few days, but it may.be much longer be fore freight can arrive here. The Old Dominion Company has a three-weeks supply of fuel, but other companies operating here may have to close on account of the suortage of oil. It is believed that there is enough fuel and provisions in the city to prevent any famine. HEARING CASE AGAINST MAJOR RELM Alt'S OWNER. esult i APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 5.-The presi dent today sent to the senate the fol lowing nominations: Members of the Philippine com mission and secretary of public in struction in the Philippine Islands W. Morgan-Sinister, District of Columbia. CARNEGIE TO GIVE TO HIGH POINT. (Special to The Evening Times.) High Point, N. C, Dec. 5. The committee hr.vingin charge the estab lishing of a public library here has heard from Andrew Carnegie, who says he will give $15,000 towards the same, with the usual agreement. ing the tariff on cotton seed to six francs and the duty on cotton seed oil to twelve francs per 100 kilo grams. The commerce commission of the chamber has protested against the inclusion of the proposed new du ties in the budget, and, having a reciprocity agreement in view, pro poses to bring up the question in parliament as a separate matter. The foreign office has received from Am bassador McCormick strong repre sentations against the suggested in creases in duties. The most favor able feature of the situation from the American standpoint lies in the dit feiences between the two commis siens. New York, Dec. 5. The directors of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad today declared a semi-annual divi dend of 2 per cent on the preferred stock. This is an increase of half of one per cent in the semi-annual rate. m whieh'would de- FOUR WOOD DEALERS ARE INDICTED BY JFRY. (By the Associated Press.) Danville, Va., Dec. 5. Tho grand jury prices for these commodities, phrase a rcsoli claro that the i'nited States had no intention of int rfering in the regu lation of European affairs. Senator Bacon insisted i hat a resolution of that character should be submitted to the senate, and in his statement to the committee said that such a declaration would be the only way in which we could consistently defend our right to be considered supreme in the western hemisphere. Rill By Maynard. Washington. 1). C.j December 5. Representative Maynard of Virginia Wilmington. N. C. Dee. 5. Gilbert ! ioan of one million dollars by the gov Mosley, a nineteen-year-old negro, was ernment to tho Jamestown Exposition uuuum iiisiunuy Kinea yesterday after noon by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in a combination liquor and (By the Associated Press.) ashiviKton. pa., Dec. ;.- As a n of information made by James King, a wealthy farmer, forty-eight men em ployed by the Southwestern Pennsyl vania Pipe Lines Company who were engaged i:i laying an oil line across King's farm in Charles township were arrested last night and held in ball each for the action of the, gran i jury. Bail was furnished by the com pany.. : ' While the men were working on King's farm he fired two charges Of DUcltstiot at them, none of the men til ing injured, however. King was ar rested on complaint of the men and I furnished $800 ball for a grand jury bearing. It is said the oil line is beimr installed without King's permission. i the Press. 1 .it ; lent, of an-agri- ive estimate rop will in u , a agn o consic d in thy de: sd froii Killed by Accident. THREE MANIACS ESCAPE CELLS SAVES AOAMS Ai SAWYER (By the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 5. The board of review of the National Trotting As sociation today began a hearing of the case against E. E. Smathers, former owners of Major Delmar. which is alleged to have won the $6,000 gold champion challenge cup the M'amphiS Trotting As in 1901 because Lou Dil lon, owned by C. K. G. Billings, had been drugged. An affidavit from Millard Sanders, a former trainer of l.ou Dillon, was submitted. In it Sanders said that Edwar 1 Sanders had proposed to de. him that Lou Dillon bo "doped" and ji the :n-1 had told him he thought $5,000 to .ensus re-1 ? 10.000 could be obtained from Mr. formation SmatherSi Millard Sanders declared that he refused to do so. I Kdward Malloy, a stable man, swore that he saw Millard Sanders administer something to Lou Dillon out of a bottle. An affidavit made by George Spear, trainer for Mr. Smathers at the time of the race, was also read. In it Mr. Spear declared that he had instruc tions from Mr. Smathers to under take such negotiations as would in sure the race to Major Delmar. I eceiftber 1 lth,loni'''t;1 11 -ad nf nn Mnrfj i SOCiation ounce ensus has; de heir report of ginned up to nday, the 10th id the bureau alt u i'ii (By the Associated Press.) Clarksburg, W. Va., Dec. 5. Three Company, with gate receipts as secur ity. He also introduced a bill chang- , ing the dates for the exposition so it patients escaped from the state hos- ! will continue from April 26 to Novem-lpital for tho insane at Weston last bar 30. 1907. j night and are believed to be in hiding ' Representative Mondell of Wyoming near this citv. They are said to be Introduced a resolution designed to I dangeroiis and violent, and much' make public Information which raiy Lui,. i., ,ir,.j j I bear on alleged coal and mineral land i . t , , . , ? Washington, D. C. Dec. 5.-In a let-' frauds. dents in the suburbs. Bloodnounds tor from Liberty. N. Y.. Renresentative i Tho l.ill nern.lttlna- national hnnWlno-! that were put on the trail at. Weston I today indicted four leading coul and John F. Rlxey of the eighth Virginia ' associations to make loans on rpal es-! shortly after thescape followed the wood dealers of Danville for criminal jistrlet, notifies his constituents that on tate as security and limiting the scent to this placW Where it. was lose. ; conspiracy to control and regrulate account of 111 health he will be unable amount of sieh loans rva.aon ho 1 Several erouns of officers are se.irch-; j to attend this session of congress. house today by a vote of 111 to 51. j ing for the fugitives. j (By Washihi i In ton, grocery store at Market and Thirteenth streets. CONGRESSMAN RIXEY IS TOO ILL TO ATTEND. Associated Press.) V. V., Dec. 5. The presi dent has commuted to life Imprison mnent the sentence of deatli Imposed upon Arthur Adams and Robert Saw yer, negro members of the crew of the schooner Henry A. Berwind, who were convicted of mutiny and murder aboard that vessel about a year ago, who were tried at Wilmington. N. C, and are now in Jail at that place. EIGHT HURT BY MATCH EXPLOSION. (Bv the Associated Press.? ' Indianapolis, lnd., Dr. 5. In a fire that started from an eptp'oslbn of thousands of paper matches at the factory of G. A. Rathbun & Co., West Indianapolis, today, eight young wo men were hurt, four of them seri ously. The others were painfully burned, and injuredfiff; their frantic, efforts to escape from the building.
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