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TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N 0, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1907. CUMAXOF THE VOLTJIZ! 27, IN CCLLiuiON ir '"' " """ "" "" H d rvt rnnr RUSSIA ILLLUIVC XJ 4 I, ;Ai:::::ltek,HeYi!, ; f"iecNle Reb;- to : r-TKEtSTARTLlKG STORY pnnrc ronii'f nnnnpj v uui.xj niui.i luiiuuii . 4.-'-:. ,. ' ', J It is. Added Tliat Daring the Infancy ( of the Caarevitcti we u"",'" ' Michael yVM Reign M Regent That f 'the National Assembly of tho Peo ple WUI Be Abbllshed, and That a MlllUiTjjttlCUtorsWp Will Be Es- : tabllshed to.Crnsh Revolution' and SUiup Put Spirit ot Anarchy from ' Russian Boil Negotiating Mar riage That Will , Draw Closer the Honda of Friendship Between Rus sia and Oreat Britain. " V. i '' (i!v muA Wire to The Tlme.y . , -; , London April 6. Tne Daily Mlr ,Mr, one of the Harmsworth publlca- " "tioiis, announces on what It claims to ; - jba excellent authority that the csar of . ' Russia will resign within month Jimi'thab the Qrand Duke Michael . iwill be appointed regent during. the Infancy of the csarevitch. f - It adds that the duma will be abol- - (sued and a military dictatorship will be formed with the object of stamp '; lug out revolution -and ending the ,' present anarchy la Russia. " ' ; The paper -further say that tho ' czar's mind has completely given way ; lately and that he has shown-bim-. " A self to be Incapable of performing the ' . amallest BOttes of his rank; t ' - ' H1 Th Mirror, submitted this, report "'to the Russian embassy, where ft, wa ' 4ett& ---Nevertheless It Insists thai ' Its Information Is correct and that ' the details of the scheme, -which Is s now definitely settled, have been de cided in outline for a months t The I Mlrrar says the ctar Is at times un able to sign his name, and' whenever " any state matter is broached to him lie trembles like a child- Something Hke a panic has reigned of late In the royal household. The Marina Is al most heartbroken at the pitiable plight of her husband. ' ' The certainty of his forced abdica tion, which has long been dawning npon htm, has-been hastened by the drift of -circumstances and his own ' breakdown. Now, tired of It all, he Is willing enough to sink Into obscurity and yield the reins of office to a stronger man. . The Grand Duke Michael is grlef , stricken at his brother's condition. He has shrunk from the responsibil ity of taking over the control of the great empire, -but as the result of a aeries of. family conclaves, In which , the dowager czaring took a -leading part, bo has been convinced " of the necessity bf Sacrificing himself. To Negotiate Marriage " The- Mirror also asserts that- the visit of the dowager ctarlna to Eng land, which ended oft Friday, When she started for BlarrlU in, company '- with her sister, Qtfeen Alexandra,, was ; due to the Russian political situation. ;.Bhe came -here for the purpose of negotiating a marriage between the Grand Duke Michael - and Princess Victoria of Schleswlg-Holstoin. one of the, most popular of .the English roy alties, .who was a great iavorlte of - the late Queen Victoria. The princess accopted the proposal, . . . ... i. . . i .. t anu me marnuK. uiujr vanu jji.hjd mi April or the first week In May, It F nothing happens to pse( the arrange- meat. , r ' ' ' , r ' ' .The wedding will possibly take place in England, but tooro likely on the Riviera ' ft will be entirely wlth oiit nonin,. although possibly . there will be a grander function at St. Pe urg later;- fJ - - ?-v-r tersb As the laws of the' Russian court - rpmpeL the, wlyesr,o members of the , 111. .liil 1 tt.UArf . tr IhA' llUli-eelt-OrtliodJJ Church,; It waa .es-,1 sentlai that Princess Victoria, who is anoara im ..y ...iv .j 1 108 persons reached .Ardley-on-ther . a Protostant should Join that com- J early toU.y after an excltiBt mi.nlon. - Thb dowager czarina, who m raca aea,t flery MCm-.uC 'xrM reared 'a ProtestanV had some I : VThfc. blt ia , totai joss, but Its dtfltcnlty in porsuadlng tbe princess, brave Crew succeeded lu making-the to change her religion, but she finally I private ..dock on- Kdwln II. Gould's prevailed. - . : - (state before th biasing hall plunged The courtship will be very brief, . beneath; the water.' . Little tematn lor thus far the Grand Duke Michael visible now orthe City ,of Troy; save hni not personally proposed marriage, .l?bJ?Jil the matter having been entirely ar- ranged by others. Princess Victoria, however,.is well;. acquainted with Grand Duke Michael. She Is a frequent correspondent with the RusBlan imperial family, and Is' one of the dowager carina's political friends. - " ' ' ' ' Edward Holds ; Aloof,. . King Kdward's position, says The Mirror, has -been one of strict aloof ness throughout tho negotiations: When ho was approached on the sub ject he positively declined to have anything to -do with It, leaving the matter entirely' to the Princess Vic toria herself. The king will -not even listen to any reference to the matter although he may possibly attend the wedding. , -.v ' i Immediately the . regency is de clared, somo important diplomatic changes will bo mads, the story says. Count Benckendorff will bo promoted from tho embassy hero to one of tho highest appointments In St. Peters burg. Ho is a groat favorite of the dowager czarina, who considers that his knowledge and experience are In dispensable, to the1 Russian govern ment in this crisis.- yv: ' i. j Ruftso-British Entente.' Much more-important there will bo a complete alteration In the Euro pean situation. .The resulting change will primarily mean a great step to ward a.complote-Russo-Britlsh en tente, to which France will be a party. Great Britain,; Franco and Russia Will thon rorm the most powerful combination In Europe. Germany s influence as a consequence will wane considerably. . .. : Tho dowager czarina, like all true Danes, hates Germany, and the fact that the czarina Is a German has been responsible for frequent quarrels be tween them. - : :- ; Regarding Russia's future The Mirror says that Grand Duke Michael bos already laid down - bis policy. which has beeri discussed . and - ap proved at family conclaves .Ho will summarily end- the duma and all other attempts at representative gov ernment - ' . Blood and Iran. ' , - A lMtary dictatorship will he es tablished under General Count Igna tleS The-, world will- acclaim 1t -s a reign of blood .and Iron,, but that will not be theeftse; 'The grand duke is a man Id whom great severity, Is blended with kindness, and' he Is a statesman of high order.. . He says, in effect, .that In Russia the only thing respected is brnte strength. "It would be better," he adds, "for Russia to i have , a hundred thousand persons slain in one day and then tran quility . than .that ...month after montli the sacrifice of blood should be pour ed out without any progress. Seventy flee percent of the Russians are Illiter ate. - "I wilt establish schools all over the empire. We will break down the stu pendous ignorance of the people first and then step by step we will crnan out ' tha ' spirit of rebellion by which at the behest of . a few1 fanatics the Ignorant peasants are made sacrlflce." , The Grand - Duke .Is .an Intense ad mirer of England and England's insti tutions. With, the help of an English wife he wll lhold England up as an example to, be copied. . , ., s . " . Enthusiasm at Court. - ' i In Russian court circles the utmost enthusiasm prevails.' A new spirit, has permeated things and succeeding to the blank -dismay of the' last few months theer is bright . anticipation. qualified however, by the knowledge that the first days of the "new regime may be days almost of terror. No .direct' hint comes from St. Pe tersburg to support the Mirror's story. Illngllsh ' correspondents there, how ever, take m gloomy view of the state of the country and re-amrm their con. vlctlon that the dumas end Is In sight The Telegraph' . correspondents ; say that the center of the gravity is be yond the walls ,of the Taurlda palace, where the duma is sitting. It Is 1n thj cities and rural districts, where fierce -1.. human belnrs into wild beasts. . STEAflEHS RACE AGAINST DEATH (By teased Wire to The Times.) V New Tovk, April . Menaced 'on everv -side by r flames -which ' raged flUriBCt) VI urc nimi ".'-'-"-' of twisted iron which formed the upper works of the vessel. None of the sixty passengers or of the crew 0f 4$ were Injured, but many are suffering. the effects of a nervous shock Incidental to the traglo affair. U - VI ' '4 ,1' . i i r ' i . i s i if v , . i if . ' ilk 4 j f I This picture shows Miss Llllie I)a vis," the , Bristol, Tennessee,' girl. Who was killed, It . is qlleged, by , yonnjt matt ' whom she refused ,. to marry.' The kHUng occurred sor m-af the state Mn between Tennessee and Virginia that it-, was necessary 'for I surveyors td re-run the line m oraer to aeiermiuv jihwkiiou s AI lFfiUNf.F IS Ready tV Aid Roosevelt Against tha Cabal . POINTG TO PENROSE In Suite of Debial That He Talked of r. Rich Men's Conspiracy, It Is - Again Charged That the Senator ni.1 ; Tell the Story at af Certain Dinner. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) - Washington, D. C, April 6.-Pre ident Roosevelt Is already getting re turns on his pronouncement . that there" Is n cabal of big interests to fight, the petpetuation of his policies in congreBS and in the national con vention' He is receiving assurances from great numbers of - puhlio men that they will stand with htm; in tho fight to which he is summoning the tiountfTrnd they express general ap- nroval of the course he has taken It is true that thore ate ; exceptions In some cases. Including some officials -who are cpnnected with. the ndmlnis- trationc-'and" who believe tne . presi dent, has started his fight about a vear-too. enrli. ' , - ' - But- among the people wno navo heard most of the Intimate detnil5or his blans from tho president, tho gen eral opinion. Is that Mr. Roosevelt playing the game right, and mat hi likelv to win. ' 1 iv- . In Bplte b the denial ot Senator Penrose, tho story that It waff he fho first ,'talked of .therleh men's .con spiracy : Was repeated .(today, - troio- a now huthority that Df s maft who la said to feavo hoard the president toll it as it waa brought to him. It. la said positively that at tho dinner atty and' Wake, a mai( named Vui which tho matter came out there were, ier entered the store of W. Henry Per. three Other aonators. v.;That ; tho re.' ry, and shot Perry, kllllnghtm Instant port was-of such denlte character and -considered by', politicians deserv - ingol serious attention. Is apparently shown by the fact that each of those, ..... : .j . .1 ..la . 1 uireo,-,uiner"Buiiawiii uu.i.cu w- ward to tho president toielt him what had passed. . , - , , . f ' . Mil... .,111 a aw nt J... mirttlnAf I Ul?ru 19 blfM cuiiomci aula f as to tho whereabout and Urn of the ,.L . . i, . of s sertes of email "feeds" given by. - . . . . . a. Senator Bourne or uregon ai uiw Ahnroiiam-IfAtel In the.1attei : unrt of February: , Senator Bourne declines lO UIBCUBS IIJO 11IULIU1, null mo jiiuni flillepnt Inaulrv at the Shoreham falls to Ox the dale. One Man ia Hospital at the ' vPokt of Dealli ANOTHER IW MAY DIE Ucollisio BQtawn-jspalioard Pnssen- jferjn,aim So. 133 from Monroe -nd a "Street Car Wiley Howard of Ilflckittgham, This Statt, and Lee Martin 4f Charl.tte Most Seri- onsly Hurt'. V (Special to The Evening Times.) Chnrlo'tte,' N, C. April 6,-Wlley Howard of Jtoekitigham. was perhaps fatally injured! . and Conductor Lse Martin ' of . Charlotte, serloualy hurt In a bad collision between a street car 'and Seaboard passenger train No. 181 ' from Monroe at ten o'clock .morn IllC -The accident happened where both tracks pass -throuuh dt ep cuts in the anViiivhn of ihie t ltv. and the car was on 'tha -track'" before the passenger engine was. seen.-...;!'f ... W. ,H. ' Phtilhy and Frank Jones of Clfarlotta, were painfully Injured, also 11 enlorrd tvoman. ltosa Chestnut. The Slroet -car was smashed 'and the windows shattered. The; accident attracted n large crowd of the curious. V5"he blame" for the collision will have to be determined by n investigation. CHARGE OF ARSON .AGAINST A NEGRO YRnm-lal to Tllo Evening Times.) Salisbury N, C, April 6. -Charles McCormick, A nosro of some standing In the .town, wis given a' hearing In tho jnivglslrato's, court thls morning upoii 4 grave, charge. ? Da'Thntsday alKk.tho bowtSlng ;ina!ht vMri. M. -Crtjulnn Vas discovered rpn BrsT and when- tho spot was reachedv-Mo Cbtmick was found in" f he room from whloh the blazo wasVeen'.-It de veloped that ho had been trying to gain -entrance into thai rOom of tho colorod woman .tnersana, anaing a visitor, became jealous ind mado an attempt upon tho house. Tho tire Was discovered about midnight and was extinguished bofore-any damage was done. He was slater caught in the western portion ot the town and Jailed. The case came up this morn Ing at 10 o'clock and all tho evidence in the matter was taken. The Southern Railway had a squad .of men here yesterday looking over tho site of tho new station and mak ing preparations to begin the work of 6xca"vatin The contract calls for tho beginning of the work before tho mlddlo of tho month.-'. r LYING ALIVE IN ARMS OF DEATH ' . ' " i Bv Leased Wire to The Times.) Mllllneton, Alich.. April: .T-Though pronounced, dead by. physicians, .Ern est Cobb, the 16 year old son or M. T. Cobb, of Vila city, : has shown sign of life, since his supposed . demise 1 few-days ago. Young Cobb shows ap parently lhaX he Is in a' deep sleep. His tace Is flushed and bis body not com nor rigid. - .- -ly?:-!- .. '"v.-.- " v:-'- :). -.r,- i-'i -"m-i : IUN SIIOT,DprN JT HALL'S CROSS ROADS " Loulsburg, N C " April .-Iews reached here last night, that at Hall's 1 irrm mftds. on tne Dorder. or tnis ly. : The auBe of the trouble was t a v dispute about porno machlnory,, beputy Kearney has gb.w to Investigate r- -v- : A J: t- u 111 "'' ' ' 11 1 . tamlfi; wfzftKfi t - JneaCSSStxtvrk ,.;A.T. 'ABhRNACLh. tHtKCf t . - , ,i V .. T e8. r VJ I Z will beam af the Tabernacle Banttst church tomorrow, nnd ?rll otmj , tnM ikrautlrn Thft ttfkiV10Pa will BA " m.m -'il eonductied ;M tev.i. r. Martin, an, evangelist or , nauonai, Tepninuonv - , . , . .WucH power. He from Blue Moults,, talti,' Misa. ' ( ,1 Mi Thaw Now talc's if - proacijini" Fast JEROME IS BEATEN He Can' Find No Basis Upon Which to Rest an Appeal from the Lunacy Board's leclHlon Wa XUaw Sane When He Killed While? is tie Question. Viv leased Wire tn The Times.) Now York. April 6. With a defi nite announcement by tho district attorney that he would make no fur ther attempt to upset the finding of the lunacy commission who declared Harry K, Thaw sane, the famous case today swept toward tho climax of froodom or death for the prisoner. Tho district attorney acknowl edged himself beaten, llo could And no basis for an appeal from the de cision of the lunacy board to a high- court as he declared ho would when that decision was nrst mauu public. Consultation with the most eminent legal authorities in New York City Anally convinced him that tho board's flat must stana. uom sides today, therefore, pressed on with the preparations for tie last chapter of the trial the summing up. From what could be gatnerea from sb much of these preparations as become knownj this summing up promise to be one of the greatest 01 legal arguments ever heard in tne courts of New York, or, indeed, any where in the country. . V It was conceded today that ne trial has now resolved itself lnid the Question : V. "Was Harry K. Thaw jane wnen -he1 hiefraaforr;WM! That question pelpbin M. Delmas, the eloquent attorney of California, will answer in thahegatlve. He will review the defence's case. Infusing its hard facts and wearisome reitera tions with tb warmth of living argu ment as he is permitted to do only in this jmase of the case. Dchiins May Argue All Hay. It. was stated today that Delmas wilf take up a whole session of the court with his final work. That will occur on Monday when the jury will re-assemble.- Both Delmas and Je rome have agreed to call no more witnesses. By Monday night all that can be done for Thaw will have been ended. On Tuesday the district attorney will sum up for the prosecution. It was said in the criminal court build ing today that Jerome will take less time han Delmas plans to take. Four hours was stated as the limit for the district attorney's last appeal for a verdict of murder in the first degree. Jerome after ajl his shifting of ground is now jfrepared ; to declare that Thaw was sane when he killed White. Again will come the review of the trial, but this time from the point of view ot the prosecution. Jerome will interpret every fact brought to light as evidence ot de liberate murder. The Judge's Charge. Justice Fitzgerald may or may not deliver his charge to -the jury on Tuesday. It was generally believed today that this charge will be. brief. In that case he may -choose to turn over the case to the jury on the same afternoon, i That the district attor ney will have finished his closing ad- dress. He may, however, choose to wait . until .Wednesday morning. Thursday, undoubtedly, It was said today, will see, the end of the great trial, -v.t ""' .'t .,''1' Sirs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was an early caller at the Tombs today. She tbld her chabtfbue not to call for her until the hour, when all visitors are excluded from the prison. Mrs. Thaw looked brightTand cheerful.. . LOOKS LIKE k OUNG. mm SNIPES CASE (Special te The Kvnlng Time:) Wilmington. N. U, April .'At. one b'cloclt Ma there was apparently n : Iiosslbllttj Jiof ibn i agreement' ot he, twelve jurors In the ,ease. -of LObie wAiHh rihnr. tHh illlinir In tbe ,eas. -or. Lojirye -wnllam4 m jraveltiig1 manO Ch . IH!0 ifcii, wl .i'v . was -shot to death. In a bawdy His home was in Covington., ifcy. 1 c Tl. -Tr . ! .. . Frank A. Bnsse, whose ( picture here appears, has been elected Mayor of Chicago after one of the bitterest political fights in the history of the Western Metropolis. Mr. Ilusse was at'Vlie time of his election Postmas- ter of Chicago. PEOPLE BITTED BY RAILROADS Seoutor Thomas of Lpcbborg Makes tbe Charge HEP0SES DANIELS nomas F. . Ryan and Four . Railroad Attorneys are ou the ; Virginia Democratic Stale Committee, and pan Run Things as -They Please, la' Assertion of Thomas, -f- (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Richmond, Va:, April . State Sena tor a. w. Thomas of Lynchburg, who has' attracted considerable attention throughout the state of account of his avowed opposition to the re-nomlnation of Malor John W. Daniel for the Dnited States senate, has issued ' a protest against existing political conditions in Vlrclnia. He says, in part: "The democratic executive committee of the state is appointed by the state chairman. It consists or ten members, chief of whom is Thomas P. Ryan who, with four railroad attorneys, two of whom are chief counsel for two of the trunk lines traversing the State, form half of the committee. "It Is patent that with the aid of the chairman they can dominate the organization and would subtle, though Dowerful intluencc upon politics. Senator Thomas further charges that the people have been quietly sleeping and the railroads have been quietly governing. In this collection,, he says "For my part, I am unalterably op- Dosed to organized control of the deru ocratlc party by the railroads of any other special interest. I believe the democratic party of tho state should reorganize upon a better and more dem ocratic basis and place In the party of fles men who believe in government by the people rather than government by corporations." TWO J1ICN ASPHYXIATKD RY ILLUMINATING OAS. Baltimore, April 6. Two men, Charles W. Taylor and Henry (gen erally known an "Hatch") Burch, met death early yesterday morning by be ing asphyxiated by Illuminating gas In a room at tho Saratoga Hotel, con ducted by Albert . Taylor, 105 East Saratoga struet. Charles W. Taylor was a brother of tho proprietor of the place. Taylor and Burch had been together all tho evening, and were somewhat tho worse for drink when they arrived at tho house, shortly be fore 2 o'clock yesterday morning, and asked for a room. . The coroner found a vordlct of ac cidental death. ' ', JAPAN TO HAVE THE BIGGEST BATTLESHIP lndon. April 6.--It Is announced !,her that 'the larcsl battleship of the wrld,,to have ,a dlsplaoeinont, ot ."-5 l.UOO.tops. is to oe ,ouui ,jn jsbs' land for tha Japanese government, and tha,a (jommlsslen is ajeaajj oa way nere f,0m japan tor the pur- pose of placing the, contract wito .- ' ' Britain shipbuilder- vThe- cbst' Kh'oC'the new .battleshlp wllb b.abodt 77 TU.W.M(fc f.. .ft - is 1 1 v .tL3 Its E-s MERESCXlL'ITCi 'Wft-S., i .! ,;:;;?;.: 4. i'-urn - A a Official Attending tbe Interstate - Coinmeree , ConjmlsskwV Invest. ; gallon ot tbe AltoM Deal Say That I tha Community' Wfll be Olve That Spectacle' if possible, ' -'r i "" I i il -i ir'Ji r'-'i i'.'"' "3 -'.' '1 (Special to The JByening Times) Vashlngtoa, pi April .--,'The spectacle of Mff, tjrrlmut la 1 only fof five mliiiU.tes', would be more helpful to the moral npim aow in progress, la thl country ; than any thing else Just at present,'! aftid au official at the interstate eommerce commission following the conclusion of the arguments by counsel la the Harrlman luvstlgatlotft ,"ntf that li what is going to be presented to the community. If - ponlble,'? L Continuing thia official aald: "It seems plain enough now - Why the- Harrlman lawyers wanted to present arguments to the commission about the legality and regularity of the Alton deal in favor of the theory that the consolidation of the .Union and Sou hern Pacific ra not viola Hon of the Sherman act.' They hoped by doing this to" "make tb . gooJ case, and to so far impress the conn mission with the earnestness of their protestations of Intention to beood in future, as to Indue the! icdmmiar sion te give op lu, plan, of sending theldaaoe ta-tha- Aefiartmeal, bf justiceWelt. the plt'U. not suc ceed. The evidence- which the com-' mission has taken Will go to the de partment Of Justice and there is e-: eellent ground for say tog that .delay ;. In starting prosecution will bb Just as brief as. possible." ' v';.1 '' t , Government's Strong Pomt. The trend of the argument pre sented by the HarHman lawyera. and of the replies by: the attorneys fer ; the commission ' Indicated ' plainly that : both aides believe the etrong , point for the government , and j the weak 6ne for Harrlman IB In tb contract between the Harrlman yr tern and the Ban , Pedro road,; by which the latter bound Itself, to an cV ordinate Itself In all traffle and ope rating matters to the Harrlman trafr fic department, the government's lawyers riddle this contract and In sisted that it was an especially, ranH arraignment In restraint of trade. ' ft is rumored that tbe publication of the Sydney Websten letter of Mr. Harrlman was the most unfortunate thing that has happened.! fori the Union Pacific magnate since his feud with the president, ibegan. - But for that Harriman'a promises to be good, taken together with . the tact that some members of -the. interstate oomi merce commission, .are -opposed ott principle - to 1 criminal prosecution under the Sherman act,. might have availed to induce the commission to give up prosecution.- But such an outcome waa Impossible , after the Webster letter-' and:, Bueeeedlng d- velopments had aroused the admin istration to determination o employ every possible resource" against Har- riman. wo quarter. wur,w ii . and the government representatives are more confident sine tbe . argufy menu of yesterday; en than were before, that a criminal pwsceed- ihg will win. -' !,', THE liAHAGEttt: on wase r::v:::i - y . r ( (By Leased ?lre to .The. Times,) , Norfolk. .Va.vr.AprU a.t ,the. . Whittetsey of the Seaboardi Air Line Railway Jt was today Jdeclared; that Mr. Whlttelsey had no statement to,, malce either way on the aemands be-lh-gniade br theuengin5eri of ' the " . 1t. ... j ul . Deaoo '" . v, for. BWltch-Bglneera.-, Aa to whether, the - Seaboard .--expects, to take any action oil the subject on way or .the ' otbferd atatement could be heard t MrWhlttelaey's omce,
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