-1 - all : ; r v . y )'.'. ' y , - - ' ' ' ' 1 B' :.EEEIGH 'EVENING TIMES, . : TOLTJIIE 27. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, APEIL 8, 1907. DEPOSEOHESE SEME BATTUE E(0:2 ; , ' f ,f 1 111 THAW'S UFE I DEG"Ji T; TH mm MEN URGES V 'flrcnsaWage a ' Desperate ' Ealtle, Steed by Roar : : :cL Explosions THEIR CHIEF KILLED JO j NUMBER INJURED lW IqjuriM of Ono of TlM8e Men ? Are Mortal A Hopples dlroggle o Save tho riant of Kie Mctro- - , polftan Strict Railway Company rj and a ' Dozen Large Apartment , uJldlBg Walla Bio An Out by a Series' of Terrific Explosions and , Sis Men Buried in the Debris , ' Employes of the riant Aroused by the Thunder of Falling U'ults, 1 Bv Leased Wire to The Times.) New Jfork, April 8. -In a desper ate and hopeless battle to save the big plant of tho Metropolitan Street Hallway Company and a dozen big apartment buildings In the neighbor hood early today, one fire captain! lost bis lire, a fireman was tataiiy maimed and thirteen men were In jured. - , A series of -terrlllc explosions ac companied the fire. Jn one of these walls of the building were blown out and six men were, burled beneath tons of brick, one of them losing hit life, ; The dead: ; John Ryan, captain of englde com pany No, go. crushed by falling wall and died as. last rites were being ad ministered to him by the Ref.' Father Charles Molloy. , Ryan was sixty years old,, a wld oweK He had been connected with the -flr dapBrtraBttX. fofi thlrtjevn- , years. " ' , Fatally injured: Ffederick J, Lett pold. of engine company No. 80 taken to the Washington Height; Hospital in a dying condition.; J. . The injured; John Connors, fire man of engine company No. 80, scalp wound; John Roxbury, of engine company No, 80, severely bruised; James K. Coakley, of engine com pany No. 80, cut about the head and severely bruised: John McCron, of engine company No. 80; Thonw Larkln, deputy flte chief, shocked b) coming in contact with third rail. lElght firemen shocked by coming In contact with third rail; O'Conner, battalion chief, struck gin head bj falling beanr, severe scalp wound, The big power plant and car barnc were almost completely demolished and two hundred and twenty-live cars were also burned, Involving r. loss of fully i,000,000. , -An Exciting Moment. A workman In the gauge house, first discovered the flames. It is be lieved that they were caused by a short circuit. ; An alarm was turned In, "but before a warning could be spread around the plant there wat an explosion In the . boiler room and a wall topDled over. Night Engineer James E. Hopkins and, three men narrowly escaped be Ing juried, .The crash of the - falling wallt aroused the. scores of 'employes In the plant and brought persons in the apartment houses along Seventh and Lennox avenue out of their beda. -' Engine Company No. 80 was the next to reach the scene. 4V W UO KU. f k a m n r - members, of, this company who mej with 'thoV'tatallt'earrend , 'injuries. They proceeded around to , I46th - street and made their way' tb the ''; iearof tho machine shops.,' While .. they were at work; from that point . V there was, an explosion and the wallt , o' the gauge housft'.coliapsecL hnry 1 v irfV", Captain, Ryan, and Leopold. "With' the first erash of th wallf Xihe'rewas a general, stampede of the . -v" firemen, Then a roll-call was hdlc and it yas found that, .CantaitwRyau . and Leopold wore, missing. Frreman JiqCron, and Connorg-hastened back v t;j(,Bceni of t,he wreckage am " hu'rryp calls wer,e, sent, for ambu-V--lodcesjto the'j. Hood Wright Hoa-ii-i pltal the Washington , Hatghts Hos- " :' pltaj and,' the Harlem TioupltaL ' - M'cCroh and Connor managed to drag Ryan' and .Leopoldv f rom ; bo ' neath the debris and as tUey reached the .street, the Rev. Father Malloy appeared. : While he was ndmlnls tcrlng the last rites of the church to '. 'Ryan, the brave captain died. . r Buried Under Walls. - ' : .-. Tony Mosla, a car inspector, wat . (Continued to Tag Two.) . MRS. STANFORD WHITE 1 1" ;'' - - I - - " :' '' .... i jm , This pictur Is from a pliotocraph of Mrs. Stanford White," wife of Hie Mrs. yhlt9 is U'lng quietly ItCam. bridgei Mastf.',. and avoids all reimrts . or trie-Taii)onH trial. - It ta said sh. will be compelled tp sacrifice" her Ml, tecfr may be paid ' ' - - ' ' BY-ROOSEVELT I Demand Made Upon Him for Retraction HAS NO FRIEND THERE The Slur Cast Tpon Moyer and Hay wood, Imprisoned In ion Officials, Stirs the Central Federated l"nin of New York to Violent and lu- . temperate Idinguage. ., (By Leased Wifis to The Times.) New Tork, April 8.-i-PresUlent Koose velt today will recetve a resolution, passed unanimously ; by tho Central Bederated Union ofi Now Tork, calling upon him to retract aj; "nee his slur and)- t vv limy vv Jij '" iL. I I ? .. .1 . i. ii'....t . the imprisoned nffifMla of tho S Fedecutlon of Mines are riot "desirable as citizens." s , : There , were pome. Vfolopt and Intem perate speeches- Iiytdogatos whli uero bitterly wrouglit up, and. thg discussion waxed worm,, although, trio president dld,not have a defender. , v, " officials confer In union station , . (Special to The Evening Times.) A Wilmington, NC.l' April S.-A num ber of ' Seaboard Air . Line . officials reached Wilmington last night to eon fer with th . Atlantic- -Coast Line men relative 'to the building hero of a union depot. ' V i The conference la nowUn progress; nothing definite could be ascertained up the hour of sending this, but with a number of interviews sought it la be llcved that an agreement will be reach-, ed, and that before many weeks have passed, work will; begin, on a magni ficent union station for this city. ' ."',' ANGERED A I I ' . ,i i in order that the dtbts of the arohi , TO UNFURL THE FLAG OF BRYAN Grand Banquet at Ghatta-l- oooga Wednesday THE PROGRAM GIVEN John Temple Graves and Ex-Mayor Van Wyck Are to be 'Among the Speakers Many Other Prominent .Men of the Democratic Party Will lie "'resent. ' (Uy Leased Wire, to The Imes.) Chattanooga,. Tenn., April S. The banquet of the Bryan Anniversary Club j which takes place Wednesday promises 1 to mark the opening of the real presi- ntfav cam,)flln Mr Cryan Is ex - pected - to strip the butnlng, from tho i Irving. 6ml open tho ncilon vth load iii lieds. ;Hon. E. W. ('armock, ex IVUvvor Van Wyck of NcvviYork, and (,'olon(l John Temple (Iraves- are cx pecled 'to bp. leadlnfi fentures of the - program; -. . " -. Kiu progitim follows: Hon. George W. .Chamlee, toast- niaBilen;..t.ri.;-. - ; j-'i:. ; -: lie,, HowafdJl Jones. D. D., Invo cation. 1 linn. John Templo GriiTCS,' Atlanta, C.ti., 'Prosiiects of Democracy;". - . . ( HouT O. Ck Manor. Montgomery, Ala., "Time Makes True Triumphant. " Hutu ,W.. . M. f 'olemon, Albortsville, Ala. V , v. - Hon, r.ldil Ortives, Montgomery, Ala, "The Citizen 8oldiory." : - Hon. John; Isaac Cos.. Bristol, Tenrt "Tenaesseo legislature." ; ' -'. Hon. F. A. Hood, president Bryan Club, "Great, Men." Hon.- John W. Tomlinson, nirmlng- hsm, Ala., "Law and Publlu Oiilnlon." Hon.: W. L; rriermn, mayor of Chat- Pasedena.- CaU, 4 April.-7 . When tauoogn, "A Word ot Weleomo.!T. ; George Ade was last; fn -PasSedena he ' Judge Augustus Van Wyck of New. wrote Wa Jayton,;,OK, nursery order York, VHarmony." , ' mg a carload of fruit trees.,' but failed -Hon Horace Hood,. Montgomery, Ala..' Hon.. E.i -W. Carmack. -..Columbia, Tenn.,;"Partle and Issues."; v . ' -Hon.IW. 3. Uryan, Lincoln,Neb. Wilfainaion Pasler Hakes I Drastic Rccammeridalion IT IS REV. FRED D. HALE The Say Tljiit;31is )!).jr;t in to Rid 'th? I-ist "of. fJvi'Dil i'i!.v itliy .Men. It in Also i Said That I. ..- !1;m Will Jlivi Wltl". Strong (is-isltiiiu 1'ror.i t!n- Consrrvctivi's. fPpCrlal to Th" Ev. iiIiik Times.) Witmingtoa. N. t'.. ,,r:l s. -fho anmiil busliicM meolhi!; or die con Krcgatioa of t'ac Klnit llirnisi Climcli to bo helff' toctglM (oi.iisi' i lo be of unusual taierost, Ti:e pastor. Rev. Fred D. Hiilcip. D., will le-ominend in a writtfin fopoh ih-it i:n entire o.Tlcial board c-f t'.ie i-'mreii .1. :oac1J and that new diiiier.: ! !.-;! oil. Tho executlvo .officers a: nliifi.v in num' bor. 11 is. tfald 'that (he ulij ct of the pastor ia io puv.'ve Hie i K.'vj!ral unvorl'ty men. II Is freely hlnled that n.-. Ilala.'s idea wfif meot.ltli ni'i.'isi! . (itioulii hits stippWturs lnsi;it on ihe ailopUdn of t'ao roj-.brt? Ills .woRiruendalioil is considore'd estren:. by the eoaHorva tive olemont In tht- church. Dr. Hale will not bo g resent, havinj; lel't' the city tills Hiorninj;. HOES HE SEEK TO IvMIUtoil. tTS WITH TH K I'ltKXt'H? (By Leased W iii- to The Times ) Kansas. ty,: Mo., April 8. The Rev. F- E. 3. Lloyd, of (TiIiuko in a speech here last night on "France and the i Vatican," said: "II I wero only h!. and strong enough, llr J Would lend a crusade. It would bo a prusadc In France, not to restore ' Qod,.' for He nevor needs re storing, butJtOijestorc what the people atoiat.Rfn w tut ve hn4'otbed of, "I am hoping that the people of America and the American govern ment; will be the first to, demand this restoration and aid In stopping the persecution. Let's sny to France that It will not be allowed to confiscate church property. Is not It the duty of Americans and lha American govern ment?" HOW K)i:S THIS STRIKE A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE? (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Joplln, Mo.. April 8. J. Kavanaugh has travelled all the way from Korea to secure a carina of "tiff," a mica like formation found. In large quantities in the lead and zincj fields of Missiouii and Kansas. Kavanaugh intends to use the "tiff" in making Idols for the Koreans. A few months ao ho was employed by the emperor of Japan to manage a big coal mine In Korea). While thus em ployed, lie noticed carried constantly lhat every Korean small glittering Idol to ward off disease and disaster of every kind. lie de ermined to supply the demand. Mr. Kavanaugh carload of "tiff" proposes to ship a tp Ping Tang and there establish n fac lory to manufacture idols. TO ANSWEEi THE BURGLAEY CHARGE (Special to The Evening Times.) Charlotte. N. C.I April 8.-J. A. of the Southern lives- in Amelia, Southall, an employte Railway, whose wiffc Va., will bo brough to Charlotte from Augusta tonight to answer the charge lot burglarizing a hardware store here, 'Becurjng several hundred ' dollars articles. worth of pistols arid other) Soilthall was in Charlotte "on the night of the robbery, ace meat of the oltieer rest. ding to the state- kvho made the ar- CRUISER TO SEEK LOSTOAI, BARGE fSpecial to Tho Evening Times.) Norfolk, Va.. AriHl g. Mechanics -worked all last nlc kWat the Norfolk Navy Yard and a dojible force is today at work getting the ieet cruiser CleveA jand jn readiness to iall at fuui; o'clock lnls afternoon lo Jolri In the-search for the naval coal barge 'with-' ten men aboard lost at sea f from the' towing, collier Caesar sine April first. ,! . , .-iht.i ni; .v.N' '- A CHANCE TO A1RW s '' VIGOROUS SUING . (By Leased Wire to The Tbncs.) to. specify that they Were to br shipped to hla Indiana fnf-m. The nursery -pee- , pie sent, them h re and, no there ( f a freight bill of to be ' SAVED AT NAGS !ILfl t s Two Women ond Eibt Men in Breeches Bujiy , Life Savers Shot a Line Over Hie Vessel ami Were Much Surprised to Find tho First Person Brought Ashore a Woman. rily teased vvii'R to The Times.) Norfolk, Va., April 8. Two wo men and eight men wero rescued in tho breeches buoy by Captain lOlher lde's life savors at Nags Head, N. C, when the four-masted schooner Louis Bossert, ot New York, was blown ashore. The women are Captain Fletcher's wile and daughter. The IWiHsort was hound from New York to a Houth Carolina port. The Bossert was driven ashore at midnight and great wuvom broke over her. It wan too rouh to launch a surf boat, but the life s-.averj shot a lino over tho vessel and were sur prised when the lirst p.-rson lo he pulled ashore proved to he a young woman. ASSASSINATION OF , BARRILLAS IN A CAR rty Leased Wire to The Times.) Clty.oi' Mexico, April 8.-r Genoal Manuel Llzandro Barillas, ' fOrnlffrly president ot Guatemala, was assassi nated at Calfezpiinarl- as, jbejwt to . a Ghadaloupb street ar. A youth about 17 years old climbed aboard, and, rushing to the general, stabbed him twice, tho first blow severing the jug ular vein and the second cutting his face. He died Instantly. Tho assassin was captured. He gavo his name as Joseph E. Estrada and his homo at Ocos, Guatemala. CAPTURE OF A BOY THIEF. HIS RETURN (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, April 8. R. L. Cray, night money clerk of the Southern Ex press Compnny wlio absconded last fall, was captured In Brooklyn Saturday and brought to Salisbury this morning by a Baldwin, detective. Gray is a boy of seventeen nnd was supposed to have stolen thirty thous and dollars. He had eluded arrest six months. His robbery developed to have been fifteen hundred added to a diamond ring. and a revolver. He will be tried here and will enter a- plea of guilty. A DOUBLE CRASH AND ONE MAN HURT (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chattanooga, Tenn., April 8. Freight train No. 71 on the Cincin nati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad crashed into freight train No. 51 on the road arly thia morn ing. A moment later , freight train No. 1 7 on tho Western & Atlantic crashed into a mass of Wreckage which had beoa thrown upon its tracks which run alongside. Fireman Tom Black of No. 71 had hia right log broken and 'was other wise injured. The tnreo engines were badly damaged and six cars loadod with merchandise wore totally de stroyed. The loss is estimated at about 75,000. ODESSA JEWS ARE IN FEAR FRESH OUTRAGES. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) St. Petersburg, April 8 The Odessa Jews dread fresh outrages 'and,' are certain' they will be attacked If the5. duma Is dissolved. ' . "; The-' Odessa municipal elections have resulted hi a tremendous victory far the leagae .iOt the. .Russian' - people. the most violent opponent ot all lib eralism. ... Of seventy-iwo members of th-- Qdessa towrj council' sltcty-seven, now ar$ 'members of the league. ff: -: en' '.; thbu'sarid ' 1 f atitory-" hands at Shuya, Vladimir government,'4'1 have quit work- arid tlemAnd the' release ' of Arsemus; a' noted rcvo-lutkmlm!, "wHem the police have arrestecr here. A''F-.''?;'3. ;i':?'' v'i!tt:.?:i THE A. 8 M. INSPECTION Public Invited to Witness Interesting Event Will Take Place on College Grounds Tomorrow Morning at 9 O'clock. Conducted by ('apt. Lenihan of the Vnited States War Department. The annual review and inspection of the military department of the Agri eultuinl and Mechanical College will lake pl::i-e tomorrow morning at 1 o'clock . Capt. Michael J. ivenihan of the general staff at Washington, has been detailed by the war department to conduct the examination, t'uptaln ! Lenihan arrived in the city at eleven o'clock today and Is the guest of Lieu tenant J. S. K. Young, commandant of llie A. & M. cadets. There wll be drill after the Inspection Is over; b:ittallon and company drill, In both close and extended formation. Fix companies and the hand will be 01 the fii-lil, witb about four hundred me:i in uniftinn. Tin- variouH nianouvrea are very interesting, and as a general in vitation is xti-ndi-d to the public, there will doubtless be present a large num ber of spectators. All of the events will occur on the athletic Held, between the college campus anil Pulleu Park if the weather be fair and within the auditorium in case of rain. MISTRIAL ORDERED IN THE SNIPES CASE (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilmington, N. C, April 8-Tlw jurors empanelled to try the Issues be tween the state and Lonnle Snipes charged .with the .Wiling sA .W, ; L. , Wil liams last September, have been dis charged by His Honor, Judge B. F. Long, and an order of mistrial entered upon the docket. Immediately this dis position of the case was made, Mr. Marsden Bellamy, of counsel for the defense, made application for bail for the prisoner, but the motion was contin ued and will be heard later. Although U was suggested to the jurors by Judge Long before they were discharged that their standing upon the conviction or acquittal of the de fendant be kept within themselves. It leaked out a few minutes after they left the box that they stood eleven to one for acquittal, Mr. D. L. Gore be ing the only one holding out for con viction. The same tedious, delicate task of trying the case all over ngix.j will have to be undertaken at the Ju?7 term. Judge Long will today, it Is thought, allow Snipes bail. Solicitor Duffy is asking for a heavy bond, and it is said that Snipes will not bo able to give it. The next term of criminal court Will bo held In July. Snipes is only 20 years of age. He Is a native ot Anderson, S. C. MOORE AND WILDER -' v : . ' . . .i, s SAID TQ gE AHEAD At throe o'clock this afternoon the "wise" ones said that Mr. T. R Moore was certain of nomination In the second division of the first ward and that he was leading Mr. Frank W. Kohler by about twenty-five votes. For police commission Mr. Lynn Wilder Is said to be In the lead with Mr. Andrew Syme not far behind. The second primary has been a quiet affair' and with the exception of a few people who take an Interest in every thing pertaining to polities, there has been no Interest shown, the public seem ing to ca-re but Very little how the tiling goes. The regular city election will be held in May, but is nothing more than form, the real election beftig the primary. Hoke Smith Hies to Europe. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, ApriT 8. Hoke Smith, former secretary of ths Interior, under. President Cleveland Is oh hlS 'waj! to Europe accompanied by a few friends, prior to assuming tje office of govej'nor. of Georgia. Governor Smlthveulled 9h festdenf HoAsirvelf today. When lie emerged from the white house he was asked for ah expression o& his views $n national pdlltlej.' 1 '. ; ' 'H have nothing o .v, 4isald. "ex cept that the ilext president of this Country Wlll' fco A man hij fepresent the "interests ''of thp niasses 'of '"tl(o peopled ':'"V' :' - H - T ' 'Ha would not discuss third term sug eefctlonft s to Prdicnr Rbosevelj of fy' 4hor of the" $resirt poUticaVslt- darlon.' - - - ' The Opening tip Er!:::r-; ary AWress Ia 3- ;r: ' half3clPrfs:erv s PWILL.F0L1017-: DELMAS UN T0M0.7 At the Morning Session of the Court, Despite Rumors Thafr , 'Evefyir Thaw Was Again to be Placed M the Stand, Tftta Time to Contro vert the Allegations of ' Hummel, Nothing Sensational Transpired, and Both the Defence " and ' the State Rested the Case At , he Opening of the Afternoosi Session, the Senior Counsel for Thaw Be gan His Summing Vp. ' . (By Leased Wire to The Times.) - ' .- iNew York, April 8. Lawyer Del-. . phin M. Delmas, senior counsel for Harry K. Thaw, began what-Is ej- ."i pected to prove one of the most re markable closing addresses ever de- livered in a criminal case In New ',.-, York at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The California lawyer has devoted a great , deal of time and care to the prepa- ' ration of his final efforts to save Thaw from the electric chair, w a ' term In prison. In this he has been . ably assisted by Thaw himself. The . prisoner has made copious notes of bis own views and feellnga' In the ' case and all of these he turned over . ' to Mr. Delmas io assist him In his .:' , summing up. ' ,1 - ' , n The Thaw Jury , had ' their last " three hours Qf freedom for perhaps 't several jBfl toeome.iriisHce Flt-,; gerald announced when he adjoufned court at 11 o'clock that he would (' cause the jurors to be locked up and ' -kept under guard from the time the case was resumed until they have rendered their verdict;1 Thejr were allowed to go to their homes, today. during the recess to prepare for their Incarceration. ' , s Mr. Jerome is expected to wind up " the case tomorrow afternoon, hnd if sufficient time remains Justice Fits- -gerald will charge the jury and glv) f the case Into their hands. , " , Should there be no disagreement 7 among the jury it Is possible a ver- diet may be had tomorrow night. This, however, is not expected either , by Thaw's lawyers or the prosecu tion. , ; A Crowded Court Room.'" . Despite the earlier announcement that the women would be excluded from the court room, the women. . members ot the Thaw family took . their seats' half an hour before that ' set for the beginning of H. Delmas' address. It was originally- planned ' not to have them present during Delmas' gumming up because It was feared they might break down. , t But this plan was changed, Th H mother of the prisoner sat between ; Mrs. Evelyn NesbU Thaw , and the Countess of Yarmouth, while '"Mrs. 11 George L. Carnegie and her husband ' occupied seats in. the row In front. ; Edward Thaw sat in the next seat , -to the Countess. ., Assistant District Attorney Gar van, Dan O'Reilly, apd all the law- -' yers for the defense hurried around Inside the room finding accommoda- '. trohs for . their friends. The scene -inside tho court room was one ot '. bustle and hurry tyr more- than half ::j an hour before the lawyer from the Pacific slope began. ' .1 . . 'the , friends ' of the prosecutlotl f. ; found chairs inside i the inner rail ' t while those luylteti hy the 'efense' -had' to take their , chances of securing seats on the outside. " ,T , Before Mr. pplmas began hJs tun- ' ming-uh' address at 3S p; 1,; Jus- ,? tlca Flttgerald begah M ordering ' counsef tai ekch hide (0, exchange the suggestions, tey wteh to bq efflbodled in. tte courts Charge. , ' Justice FltsV, geratd ordered he offlcer o( the court ' tA:':Bo,''i(it';tiifef. wa inalntalned, Mr. Jero'me waft not nretent, ' v ', iii"llv,i' j j ' ltl Ml 'tfelnas; said : , ' ,' j vIf y our honor please. . end you gentieme of he Jury, wOj have no fhoi'fVrlM'l'ithe' feat Cqc were khown.' ! to bo here todav irvlna- the prisoner aite fer thail U W Was pro ulultej by statule. Had you heard these 'words- from any irresponsible (Ceutlnned Fage Seven.) ,1 JEAOM II-