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RALEIGH, N. C., r::iUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1907.
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Yet it Is fclated Hint tlio I.nulry
' K.to Thaw's Mental Condition May
Not be Concluded Under Several
'Weeks O'Brien Has Withdrawn
from tlio Lunacy Board.
(By Leased Wire to The Tlmea.)
: Now Ynrlt. Vnri-h SB Tho fact
that Harry K. Thaw and Evelyn Nas
rftblt Tliaw were today nearer; com
WiloU ' nervous collapae than t any
' ;timo since tbe trial began, more tban
"two months ago, led the lunacy com-;
ni isslon to announce ' that their in
, qulry . as to his ' mental 'condition
;would be; rushed with, all possible
. Thaw waa anxious to be called as
the first 'Witness In his own behalf
. at tha finotitna bahbIaii 4ntuv fhn
members of the commission an
nounced 'that they ; would , probably
grant the accused man's request and
permit him ' to take the stand t
once. - It has been planned that any
- 'of the lawyers, for either side and
t any of the alienists for either side
can question Thaw at any. time and
on. any subject" so long as the quof
- tidfc does, not In any way Involve the
Mlling Of Stanford White. '
. Both Ready to Collapse.
The physical condition of Thaw
; was uuuii iuuuj cuui 11 was vuusm-
; tared doubtful If bo would be able to
stand continuously the' long mental
' 'examination . which had bean plan
ned. , tils Keepers in tne Tombs saia
, batvhe was. in highly nervous
state, that he had spant a, res tl en
nlijht nd wns -exceptionally ' trrlta;
mo.. Aiii'a.iy uio oruoai Tiiropgn-T'
whlch he is pas Ins bus h..'J a terri
ble effect on him.
. At the Hotel Lorraine it was an
nounced today that EveU'n NeoMt
Thaw was on the verge oa'heryous
breakdown'. .- Seldom i. has : a much
stronger woman stood tbe strain un
der which this frail young woman
has boon for ten weeks, ?. v.:
. Heroically she bore herself
through the trying times of tho or
fdeal but' the interruption of the trial
by a lunacy commission so disap
pointed hor that her friends fear
that she will now be unable to give
her prisoner-husband the moral sup-
port which did so much to aid him,
. It was said at the hotel today that
' young Mrs. Thaw's condition . was
pitiful. In the last few days she has
become pale and emaciated.- . She is
exceptionally nervous ana rest less
and does not sleep welK : Her appe
tite is gone, and so fearful is the
- . elder Mrs. Thaw that tbe young wo
man will completely collapse that she
has bad a doctor to-sea Evelyn dally.
Inquiry May Last Weeks.
.While the commission has ex
, pressed a willingness to .rush, the
matter through because of the con
dition of Thaw and his wife It, is gen
; erally believed that the Inquiry may
.last several , weeks. When Morgan
' X O'Brien, former presiding judge
of the appellate division, consented
to serve on the commission he was
under the Impression that the In
quiry would last only; a few dayB,
On being informed, it is understood,,
that the inquiry might .require many
weeks. Judge O'Brien decided, that
his health and his business arrange'
ments would not permit him to serve I
and ho withdrew. The substitution
"of DavM McClure, a lawyer with a
r, ".inal'. reputation- to take,' Judge
(i rs I'lnce is said to have by,-n
t l y y.r. O'Brien himself. ?
j i irnoy Jerome has had
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This plctre is from a plmtogroph of
name to a letft.1, Below is a siiniple
m 001 IfilOlOAO; HINTED
PUIS?
UULUU DHL
J Less cf the Steam-
Erccnl3Cd . ; :
OFF M, FOUNDLAND
Tho Last Seen , of the Vessel' She
i Was Being Driven Helplessly Sea
ward, Her 'Main Shaft Hroken
v One .Hundred- ''and, Klghty-threo
Persons Were On Board."
" (By - Leased Wire t The Times.) , v
St. Johns, JJ. p., . March 28. Tlc
steamship Greenland, with 1S3 persons
On board. It is feared is lost off the
coast of New Foundlnnd. After Urenk
ing the main shaft in a battle agtflnst
the. raging storm the vessel was blown
helplessly out to sea.' . s; -
.; Information brought here today by the
steamship X3rand Iiake, Indicates that
the Greenland Is lost, with her the 183
persons she, was know to have aboard.
The Grand Lake was unable to assist
the Greenland . because two blades of
her own nronller hnfl hmrt hrnkpn In
the storm and the ship had all she could .
do to find her way Into port. , , -'
The Greenland- had signalled to the
steamsliip Diana which passed to take j terday morning; between Turtle creek
aboard 10Q of the Greenland's passenVand Wllinerdt&k 4'racks NojL 2 and
gersi but that the Dlanalad refused., L .4i ,,. ., - ,.
Aoeerdlngo Cantab, Knee, of tl 4 this" jmrpose. the
Orand Laku, the Greenland... was last point eelscted heing where the trains
see, on Sunday being helplessly blown
Bt'uwaru. Ail ptttH'Hig on ouaia wciu '
years.
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Kingston, Jamaica, March IS. The
anuma Canal Comniis.sion has filed a
"n for ?10,UK against the local gov
:it for tents and food supplied to
' (" I'.iuake sufferers. The com
will be asked to waive Its
nmkes are recurring. There
Ax sharp shocks since Frl-
then 'slgnallying frantically for help. ; i"w"s ft fow Wlnnt6s late,iasslng Pit
The fleet of sealing vessels has, had cainn two miles east.'at the time tlio
the worst season jver experienced ao-. Keystone'-dSxprees ran Into the trap.
Cording to tlie word brought In by Cap- .v f,4 - . . j x. , ...
tain Knee. Besides, being -continually , Warniag was givon and the LJmltod
buffeted by the severe sUirm, he' said was saved from (llsastcr. J "
that the at-h had been, exceptionally j T, - Ponl)Bjlvan,a UaUroatl com-
. According to the sealer It has been puny., has rushed Into the JPIttsburg
the worst season, in moro than forty - .district all lis boat detectivos, besides
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Harry K. Thatv lislje nS slirni)g hlh
of the young lirlsouer'g handwriting .
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The Pennsylvania Has Offered
;"$5,500 Eewardr
A DISASTER averted
After the FaHlal TuUure of the At
' tempt Against the Clilcngo Idmitd
at Stewart, Another. and More Oi-
. gontle Crime Was Discovered'oiul
. i Th wnrUd on Yesterday.-
By-i Leu ted Wire to TheiTlmes.Vt"
VittsbUrg, 4 Pa., March 28Re-
wards aggregating $5,600 have heen
offered hy the Pennsylvania .Railway
Companyjijor Information, that, will
lead. to thi apprehension" and convic
tion of ttlie fiends who attempted to
Wreck.' the Chicago "Limited at Stew
art" Station last Friday hignt 'and tho
Keystone Express i ,at " WHmerdlng
l$nriy
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yesterday - morning, i Having
VXy failed at Stewartthe wreckers
attempted to have those two- trains
run together in a 'gigantic wreck yes-
usua.!ly paB8i
Tho Chicago Limited
i eali;tmg the aid of the city and roun
j ty ant Uorlties, in trying to protect its
i trains.. -''...:-. .-.
i Not tho least sinister effect of these
t attempts hy train wreckers Is the fact
Hint engineers on, the fast; specials
are liiglunlng to ,' lose their nerve,"
which practically unfits them for fur
ther service. Engineers going through
the Pittsburg district seem to bo con
st; in fear of their trains being
wr. 1 i .d. Railroad o.iiclals are con
v t : ; . -. 1 that tue attempted wrecks are
the work of some persons who have
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a pnovauee against the company, 1
Tin y are convinced also that tho per-1
fo! s live within a few miles of the '
scene of the two derailments.
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TU Cii!:2 of Assistant Get
ercl Jtcrney Affeclud
ACT EFFECTIVE IN 1909
b Force as to Members of Coriiora
; Hon Comugiim and Bank Exiil
iiers After JiiofvItiUIfl4't Ion.
Omission ,ef' Wr4ht,t i T"t
' age UAI Cliiinges Meaaiiitf of Sec
tion, j " j ?
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' Errors continue, to lw found 'In liflja
passed by thii lusf (etlwlatui and sotnu
of them may result in law Bults.. It
has now tjeert ; founil tliftt the bill
which is supposed to equullze the Sal
ailes of the stsu efllclnls. not the clerks,
fur there anr 4; mimher-of a la I'y bills,
Ih baiHy mixed Ui, but oiily ona State
offlcci- is afttetiitl and It . Is 'probable
that the-matter Jm passed over,;.,.;"!!
. In naming Oic Lilftrle that the differ
cut state sfflnikii shall rccerys, thil ln on BUch eeLgae m Mother a
ntter, pan 1rtin I rads as ..1; Upreoontativo from this my could
"That the 'httn'ney tenral r.dw in of. f meeting, to he hold 'at an
flco shall nave t.n assistant; t) ap-i aerood date and t some central point
poiited ,by (silo, lo ieeIvo a Wlary at
ens thousand , 'five, hmulied 1 dollaia
($1,500.00) per milium,-.for tne remainder
ot his present tecl of olflce,'
Section J'rad( as follows: s- "i..:
"The provisions of this act shall be
In force t roTiy and nfter . Juuuary first,
one thousand Hire hundred' nUd pine,
except that as i to the salaries herein
provided tot corporation commissioners,
txi& the hank Sxnmlnei-s, the same shall
go into affect fudm and after the date
ol the ratification of this net." ' '
It ran be seen l)y thts tltat only the
members : of Ui- corpjratlon commis
sion and the bahk examiners are af
fected at this tiite by the bill, the other
provisions of. thq act hot becoming, er
feetiVe ntlt Jifnuary 1st,' m. The
Assistant Attorney Oehhral. 'Mr.-' Hay
den Clement), ef JBaltstiury, - has already
been tappointedjhnrt has entered .Upon
," Another en or la rfl the p!lotago Wit
the word "not"-having heen omitted
and thangid the meaning of the sec
tion entirely. The error .was made when
the' bill was originally drawif. ' It Is an
act to. require all "vessels coming into
Southport to taka pilot
sThs section Id which tho mistake was
made reads as follows:
.Section 15 Any J vessel 'coming, Into
Southport from sea without the assist'
ance of a pilot; the wind and- weather
being : such, that ; such assistance
service ' could have .heen ssenably
given, shall not be liable tor pfletage
Inward from sea, and shall be at lib
erty to depart without payment of any
pilotage, unless Jhe. servtoeS ot a pilot
be secured. . ; ,
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(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, 'March SS. Most of the
40.000 employes of the Southern- Railway
have 'm xde contributions toward the
erection of a monument to- 'Samuel
Spencer,, who, 'Was killed on his own
road early on the . morning of last
Thanksgiving Pay. As was stated sev
eral weeks ago, the monument Js to be
erected at Atlanta, ::Ga., at a cost of
something over $50,000. Contributions
are . heing made In the shape of slips,
which are. turned In to the time-keep
ers of the respective divisions. The
papers, in turn; gd to the treasurer of
the Speticer . memorial fund.. Reports
from, all of the divisions of the roaet
which cover more than 8,000 miles, arc
to the effect that nearly every one ts
taking an Interest- In -lit movement
Practically all of the 1,600 employes of
tjte Southern Railway in Washington,
have made out their slips. i "fj,
ISTHEVCULDDE
won
. X Special to The Evening Times.) "
Charlotte, N. C March 28. A ru
mor has reached here through rail
road men that a passenger thought
by some to be Franc Jones, the nbt
scondlng teller of the Charlotte Na
tional Hank, 'nttrmpted suicide : on
train No.35, near Danville, by cut
Jting his throat with a knife. The
.man was carried to a hospital. An
CIDE
investigation of the
mndo, although it J :
that Jones is in tbi'i
try, ,
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.utter is being
. ' Jly prolialile
t of the ronn-
Eastern NcriliCsrcliriLdcue
AN JiNVITAflON. CO'IES
City 'Asked to Send lb'jiresentatire to
' Meeting it Jle Held Sooa in Order
to allc 'Mattei")vp' rrojwwitioti
' (or Stock Company at $2VJ Share.
Balclfih. has a chance to get In to a
baseball league this summer, . ; ,o
i, Mr.jCobura Harris is ,in receipt of
a'Jettor from Mr.. Harry Ho well,. su
peVintcndeni of tho Washington pub
lic sclwols, at Woshlngtoni N..C, In
which he states that he lias 1een re
qucstod to write to u numbor pf, east
ern towns in regard to organizing a
league in, this state,' and would like
to know if Raleigh would be counted
lu ordor. to talk tho matter over,
Jlaleigli has always been a big sup
porter of the . baseball leagues,' and
now is a pood time, far a puiuber of
enthusiasts to get together and try
(tad place a team from i his city in tbe
field and become a oiember . of the
Caatern North ' Carolina Ijeaguo.
There are a ntimber. of people In the
city -ot Raleigh who would he willing
to subscribe) for a team for this sum
mer.' JA number of business men who
love to witness n game of ball would
ho doubt be glad to help support a
80odam, . ,t ,, . , ..; .
i There .are to be several teams in
this league, and Jt is understood that
the Btnnller towns' in' the eastora sec
tion of "the 'state ..are', to snnnbrt
team; 'Why should Raleigh not come
4wt wrth toqgtiaio.tticms'ln'the
foaguot I,-' (Several people have boon
heard to remark Tihat they would con
tribute to the support of ft team. One
business man suggests that stock.be
Issuod, each party Investing 1 2 6, and
run tho amount up tof $500.'
; If the sports aroung Raleigh could
get together and raise enough money
to enter this league, they could , al
most get a team from tho city, add
a fine. one at that, then get a couple
of good pitchers and A catcher, and
they would put a splendid team in
the field. , " , . - n ,i
Mr. Howell did not state In his bat
ter-what towns were thinking of en
tering the league, but if the people of
Raleigh get together they can put a
team in the field that would, do Jus
iwo lu uia puJliui luia, ...i,:i, ..,i . ., y
SERIOUS ILLNESS OP
. 1 'j, . GOVERNOR HANIiY.
... f (By. Leased Wire to The Times.)
Indianapolis, Ind., March ; 88.-
Governor Hanly is seriously 111 at
his -home in this city . which he
reached today from the -east, where
ho had gone for rest. His physician.
says ho is suffering from nervous
breakdown and that he may be con
fined to his home for several days.
The governors' condition 1 IS due to
worry over legislation which, he rec
ommended but which the legislature
refused , to enact, . Three days ago
he went east, but when he started to
return Monday night, he was so ill
that he had . to leave' the strain . at
Pittsburg. v
SPKNCEK BLACKBCRX 1 - .
f IS LULy I3KEKNSBOKO.
(Special o Tits Evening Times.) i
Greensboro; N. CU; March 28.-For-
mer Congressman Spencer, Blackburn
is In St. Leo's Hospital "here on ac
count of a . bad attack 1 of nervous
prostration. ' Mr. BlacKhurn had been
doing some' (Work, . upon tho lawn., at
his home In- Summit avenue, when
upon returning to Ahe house he fell
unconscious at ,thl 4oor ateps. 'Hla
condition (s now- favorable. - Mr.
Blackburn had been 111 for some time
previous to his Returning to Greens
boro: ' 1 . , , ' , . f
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ALPIIONSO nAS ' k J
" ; ; . TUBERCULOSIS
' Ry licased Wirt to The Times;) t
. Paris, March 2 8. A dispatch from
Roma to The Journal ays It is stated
that news has arrived'at the Qulrlna)
to the effect that KIng Alphonso. of
Spain is suffering from tuberculosis',
and, (t hat the Spanish court Ex
tremely uneasy regarding lis condl
Uon. ,
so asserts-mm
5,;, -' '; .i . iii y. ',Xi
Declares That the' Time Has' Come
Whom tbe JovernuK-nt lkould As
' ftumh Control of Railroads Through,
y Uie Interstate' Commerce Commis
sion Has Talked With Roosevelt.
tey Leased Wire to The, Times.) ,
"New York,, March 28. -"Wall
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Street prices ara no . prices ajt all.
They are fictitious Bgnres which hkve
nothing, to do with tho real valuo'of
stocks and bonds." These were th-3
words of Andrew Carnegie; ss be
alighted fflom a train in Jersey City
less than half a day , after he had
taken dinner with President Roose
velt at Wbito House. Ha said also the
time had .coma when some restraint
should be placed on the questionable
methods of the railroads in- this
country. "
"If a man loses his all at gambling
I' ' have no sympathy ; for nfia," said
Hr.i Carnegie. "I've no synipaihy
for Wall Btreat gamblers. . Men who
possess standard securities have po
cause to. worry about their rata bo-
cause of what Wall Street gamblers
say 'they are worth. 1 There is one
good thing ' about these' so-called
panics' they tell me hbout. 'vTbe
serve to Btlr up the, patients enough
to let the doctors kafTw what is the
matter' with them. V '' 1 "J. ,' ' f, 1
- - Wl root ' Alrahsi xa ,nf Hn-
aJj fl
quotations, fictitious figures which
have ho more to do with the real
value of stocks and bonds than has
day to do with night. I don't know
anything about Wall 'Btreet quota
tions., 1 only hear of them. , I hevor
read 'them in . tho hewspapers : be
cause they do not mean anything to
me. ! , " - - . ,
'Supervision of Railroads. ,
"President Roosevelt's Ideas are
most commendable declared Mr.
Carnegie with pronounced enthusl-'
asm. - "He deserves tho support .of
etery ' business man whose - finances,
are Involved In the proper manage-;
ment of the railroads. . Government
supervision now Is the rule in Eu
rope and Canada, and the time has
come when home restraint should be
placed on the questionable practices
of railroads in this country.'" '
' ''What do you mean by the time
hasicomeT;'.'..-,-, v ,,a -, n
"When' stocks and bonds are issued
without regard to the best interest,!
of tho Investor at large, when the
proceeds of such issues go into the
pockets of the officials who author-1
lze them, it is time for tho govern
ment to say when and for what pur-'
poses such issues shall be made."
How should the "government as
sume 'control?"'; Mr. Carnegie was
asked. , 1 1 - N '
"Through the Interstate commerce:
commission J' .he replied With an em
phasis and quick look which seemed
to mean .that'tn way waa pertectiy
apparent, ' , ; . , ' i
The interstate commerce commis
sion should bo on the plane like that
of the supreme court of tha United
States; so far as the relations of the
former, to tho railroads are concern
ed, Congress should enact a law
that would glv tho commission this
power, 'j. ,' . . - -
I have ovary confidence In tho
world in the present personnel of the
commission. r It ,ls composed . of a
hjg'liiy nUlligent .and; Hrreora;naDle '
lot of men and thsy have .only to be
given ppwer 'in -order , to - atop the
gtocjt. Jobbery, nhat calls for rogula-.
tlon'". , - ' ' 1
Will the . railroads presidents be-
in trccord" with tho president on the--question,
do you thlnkf 1 1 - I
"Well,", he -replied, slowly and '
theugU fully, , "I have every coil B-
flence vn,.tthe wortd, In the . Integrity "
or stnea men as tmgnin,,;oi tne un
cag &j Nctrj.h'westrp ; Mr.,Menen,of
the 'Jvlew York. Is'ew Haven Hart-
foTd, 'nud'"Mr. Wndrei qi the: Penn-
the'presiaant's idehs were right and
that I had ooufulenco' fa the railroad
heads vBientlond ybu ought , tdt ,'be
able to drtw your -pfn conclusions."
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Thes Decision of the .Highest f , t
Of , JUnneots ' Gives Orent f. :s
faction to the , Great , Kui.. - t,
' Which Will Now Proceed Wi..i 1
00,000,000 Stock Issue. I
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) :'
8t. Paul, Minn., March 28. The
supremo - court of ' Minnesota this
morning overruled tho lower court
In tbe suit brought by the state w
restrain the Great Northern Raih o 1
from issuing $60,000,000 of & f
stock, i The state claimed the If ii-ie
of stock should have the approval cf
the ' state j railway commission, and
secured i an injunction .against the
stock Issue, '
" t, t The Opinion. - '
The aylalbus of the opinion hand., J
down in the -Great Northern case I
as follows: 4 " 1 "
l'-The terms and conditions upon
which corporations may bo create!,
the powers and capital stock they
have, the purposes for which they may
Increase their capital stock and - ttfft
conditions and limitations' of this '
'ff
exclusively matters for legislative
tion which cannot be delegated.'"
: X "The state having created-railroad
corporations for public purposes
the legislature has the right to enact
statutes -regulating . the ' increase of
their 'capital stock, such .regulation
tend to prevent secrecy of operation
and accounts by such public agenclt.a ,
and the issue and sale of fictitious or
watered stock which is a felony In this
state. ; - - ; . ; f"- ''
l.-In the 'exercise .of this right the
legislature may enact a statute pro
viding generally . for ' what purpose
and upon what terms, conditions and
!,ll.n)ittion ja,j,lcreaM 'o i capiiut
bUk-Ic may be mad and confer ron a
(oqtmisslon the duty of 'supervising
any proposed increase. - , -,,''
f. 4. It -may also delegate to the com
mission the duty of flndlng the facts
Is each particular case and authorize
and require if .It finds the existence of
facta that brings the case, within the
statute to allow the proposed Increase,
otherwise to refuse tt .
S. Any- statute, however, "which at
tempts to authorise the : commission
in its Judgment to allow an lncreasd
ot capital stock for such purposes and
on such terms as it may deem advise
able or in its discretion to refuse,
would, be unconstitutional, ! as an -attempt
'to delegate distinctive power. :
, . -Section mt R. 8., 1905, relating tn
the -Increase of capital stock of rail
road corporations does not violate ar
ticle 1, section t of the state constitu
tion of the United States, which for
bids the enactment of any law Impair
ing the obligation of contracts. It
does, . however, violate section ' 1. ar
ticle 1 of the state oonstltutlon tn that
It delegates to the commission legis
lative, power. . .
The. -order of the county court is
therefore- reversed." - -
( WIU Issue the Stock. '
j Representatives of the Great North
ern Railroad Company In this city are
naturally -gratified over the sweeping
character of the decision handed down
today by the supreme court of Mlnne.
sota. ' 4 . J
Unless present plans are changed thq
company proposes to proceed with the
Issuing of the $60,000,000 .additional
stock upon the terms as originally an
nounced., A part of the prooeeds of
the new issue will be used to pay for
extensive construction work, some of
which is completed . and a part of
Which, la still: in progress. ' ." - ' '
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Oonrt Martial of Snlft and Yarneil,
(By Leased Wire te The Times.) t
.. Newport News, Va-, ilarch Thf
court martial of Captain William Swift
and Lieutenant E. H. Yarneil bf tha
battleship Connecticut ,was resumed
today. It Is stated, 'unofficially, that
Captalrt Swiff as one of the witnesses
at the hearing, but the line of 'defense
was not made known; '" 1 ' : ?
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