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" v j r-. - 'VVr V. y-? v.l v. '-"v. . ' S 1E ' f S:- VOLUME 30. RALEIGH N.tO PEIDAYf MAY 3, imr- PEIC3 Cc. THIS LETTER DOES THE J-ii" TTtTa fimiimniM mih TES FOR Fora NOT CLEAR ESTES KilBilliflilH r CARROLINA BALLOT L05T.IN FLAMES ' '"V- : i. ' ' '! -:' . :" - ' :; ' S Julian Garr's Handsome Hotel STATE OFFICES IS IDENTIFIED I hi It Is Cue Long Cry of i " ... IT18 A VEBBATiH'COPy Such Is the Claim Made (or the Let ter Which Was Haid to Contain ' Satemenvi Exonerating Estes from AH - Blame Tender; Words for 'Mother and Father. (By Leased Wim to The Times.) Lynchburg, Va., 'May 3. Regarding the dlapatofc sent out from Charlottos 'vllle several days ago. In which it was said that Miss Elizabeth Loving, daughter of Judge' Loving, who shot Theodore Estes, at Oak Ridge, April 23, for an alleged insult to his daugh ter after drugging her, , fully ex onerated and expressed amazement at the unwarranted action of her father, comes a statement from Aubrey, A. EBtrode, of this city, counsel for Judge Loving;, that Miss Loving did hot write such a letter. The following is a verbatim copy of Miss Loving's letter to her Char lottesville friend: . "John, thank you; Louise,' thank you, more than I can tell, for writing. Oh. , Louise, I am so much troubled, ft seems that my life is one dark, dark blank. I am trying to- bear up; try ing to stand it for father's sake, for you know It will all nearly rest on me. "bod and the truth alone can help me. Oh, Louise, will you pray for me; 'will you get down on your knees and ask God to help us? At times I think I can't stand It. That it can't be true. I wish I could see you you would be such a comfort to me, but I am believing that your heart is with me anyway. My brave, brave little mother Is bearing up wonderfully; there never -was another" such woman on earth as she 1s. r ,"Let(erf and jtelegrims ihaYe"" been rojrrtpg infor thre days,, they "are such comfort. 7 SuiJh -comfort to know that in this, -the dkrkest time of our Jivji, there. are friends who are true and lwho will stand by us through the trouble, but,' Oh, Louise, just think of iti ......has been since ' the V first, you know, and I lont see hew we could have stood it without her.. Then 'is here to manage everything. He is a comfort beyond words. "We are so thankful he is out on ball, and now if we can just get his smoke, and, fearing that escape. would nerves straightened out. I hadn't seen jbe cut 0g entirely, few of them made him until yesterday. He came up hereany effort to don tne,r ci0thlng, and and put his poor weak arms aroum ; ,,,,, th ,rMt , ,u ma "and told me to be brave. Oh, Louise, Isn't it . awful T Sometimes when li feel can I will write you more. If v it's nof much trouble, will h you write me occasionally? It will , help me so much to know that you are praying for me, and think about us. Oh, Louise, Louise, think of it; think of ki "ELIZABETH." TEN THOUSAND ACRES OF TIMBER IiANI) SOLD. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilkesboro, N, C, May 3. Mr. T. B. Flnley Has sold to the Giant Lum ber Company, over. JO, 000 acres of 'fins i jtlmber lands. . This land haa very fine white pine, oak, poplar and . chestnut tin It, and lies, at the foot and in the Cores of the Blue Ridge tnoantalns on Reddle's river, y The Giant Lumbar,,Cpmpany is gq . V Ins tfl construct!) jK .flume from the railroad, at North Wilkesboro op Reddle's river; through, the nnetlm ber, " at ft cost of over $30,000, and when vth lumber" is sawed 'at the :s mill It Fill be floated to the railroad in this, flumesome of . it for a dls- . tance of 18 rnilea -and also pnt. a J like sum how and more later' In lum-, ber yard, planing fliiH, box factortee, -etc. tin the next- few weeks this com pany,wlll expend more than $150. 000. tt la going to 'brliig northerners in this section before It can complete the' cutting,' logging, Tflumlng, manu' - facturing and s"ale of ihe, finest body .buildings ' on 'Main street, Another j of timber. ever sold in the western.' stream afl placed on th roof of jMtt Otjtb atate." y . 5 - jT Ji-Lambe, Sons & ,C6,'s building, ' , Thaf -Giant Lumber Company' Is .and two others were placedon the composed of j. M. Barnhardt and south side of the burning .structure, '. ,W. J. Palmer of Lenoir, F. G.- Har- while still others were being played pef of Patterson, and E. P. Wharton of Greensboro. BREAKS INTO ROOM W . .TO KILL THE GIRL i " (By Leased Wire to The Tunes.) - St. Louis. Mo., May 3. After . Climbing a two-story porch and break-' lug open a Window. Albert Koenle. a lineman, secured nntrsnen Into thd room of Nettie Woods early thla - .,. ,,, t. :fc i 1 f,r,"L ?: u 7 ..rhlmseir twice. It is believed they v - Will both die. , The two Quarreled re-r cently. - k . i, v ' 1 - is CAUGHT; 'IN THE MGIjT Firemen Fought the Flames Desper ately, and Raleigh's Fire Depart ment Went to the Scene, Hut Got There Too fcate -to Render Material Aid Vo One Seriously Injured (Special to The Kvenlng Times.) Durham, N. C., May 3.-Tho Jlot.ol Carrotlna was discovered In flamea about midnight last night, and, al though fire engines from Raleigh came to the assistance of the local companies, the hotel was practically destroyed before they reached here. Several flromen were slightly Injured The hotel covered almoRt an entire block. It was within a few hundred yards of the American Tobacco Com pany's plant, the largest tobacco fac tory in the world, and war. in the heart of the business section, which at one Unio was threatened with de struction. Tho Carrollna was owned by Col. Julian S. Carr, the tobacco magnate, and for about a dorado has been the principal hotel in Durham. Tho loss is $175,000, covered by insurance. All of the guests escaped without in jury. , The building was a frame struc ture and situated in tho very heart of the business center, thus menacing the entire city; and, seeing that a dangerous blaze was in its Inclpiency, Fire Chief Maddry, with Foreman Mabry, ran a line of hose through the building up to the third floor and attempted to quench the flre before It had gained headway. In tho mean time the alarm had been sounded in tBe hotel ' and " tire . pankH&riokon gnests rushed from their rooms, scantily Mad. ' ' Fortunately, tho flames were on the upper : floor, and those occupying apartments on the second and lower floors were able to secure their be longings without difficulty. Those on the third floor were not so fortunate, I however-. . When they were aroused the halls were rapidly filling with me'nts, leaving tho valuables, jewelry and money in their apartments. De spite the valiant work of the firemen, the flames gained steadily. Chief Maddry thought his best point of van tage wag on the third floor, and kept his men there. Suddenly and With out warning, the plastering of the room In which the fire started crashed down, and a moment later flames burst out in every side. The firemen were forced to drop their hose Und flee for. their lives, several of them falling over the stairs in the dark ness and smoke, and but for the prompt assistance rendered by the more fortunate ones, would have met death. Chief Maddry rallied his men, however, and again took up the fight on the Inside of the building, 'the third floor of which was by this time .practically a roaring furnace. Step by step, the firemen' were forced back, and, seeing that it was Impossible to quell the ' flames, from the interior, the men were ordered out of , the building' and placed; so as to protect the adjoining property. Adjoining the hotel on -the north was the. First JJatlonal . Bank, and. this. Was con nected with a block of the most rep- resentatlve business houses in Dur ham. !vifT? V , u .. ' .... ,.Flva streams were'1 'placed in the narrow aUayway.' Which separated the hotel on the "north aide from the from the east and west sides. For , a time the water; seemed only to add fuel to the flames; and, hissing aBd roaring, they swept through the building.. It was seen then that the hotel was doomed, and many thought W c'ty 7U,dI1bf - Chief Maddry wired to Raleigh for help. Rnd ftI engine and hose was started iof thls clty- ' ' ' - The Carrollna was built tn 1893 at a( ???L,nc,!ldi? rni"hJn88' ot bet7, 180,000 and 1100,000, and was one of the" nn "0'lrles of HS kind In the south. The InterloP 9woratl(ing ware the finest money could provide and the hotel was . (Continued on Page Seven.) - " l 1 a r - 1 ?.r 'i !',fe.j"i'.' , 4imiiMB tow f : The uliove photo shows one of ll e Hie present time Mis. ltothn, wife Premier f ' Transvaal Colony. I ! j', -'A. J' 1 ;::::im'!ihi;ii im Mra. Botha la a srandiiiere of Roltert limim-r, me irat f:n i.,,;u,sr. who wns liaised for his political views From left to right the picture shows Emmet Rothn. In front are the little COAST STREWN Cj Thiriy-Pmoisvar&SKW and Many Injured WORK OF HURRICANE The Property Loss Amounts to Sev eral -Million Dollars Many Vil lages Were Destroyed -Tlw Storm-T Swept Across the Gulf, Coming from the South. , ' (Special Cable to Tho Times.) Mexico City. May 3. The gulf coast of the state of Campeche has been swept by a hurricane according to telegrams reelved here from San Juan Batista and Progresso. Thirty persons were killed and many others injured. The property loss amounts to several million dollars. Many small villages were razed. The storm came from the south and crossed "the gulf inflicting heavy losses to ship ping interests. . ' MRS. YERKES-MIZNER .' MAY MARRY AGAIN r- ' (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . New York, May 3. Society Is greatly interested in a rumor that Mrs. Yerkes-Mizner is. to be married a third time should her suit for di vorce be successful. There- Is con siderable speculation as to tho third husband', but no 'one seems-to. be suro of his identity. , . sThe nttorheyi in he ponding . suit say r it is for, absolute divorce and that the charge Is flip only one Upon which a divorce can' bo granted In this state. The Identity of the co respondent has as yet not been dis closed, but it Is not believed Jbat Bhe Is well known In this city... , SCARFJV OFF BVKGLAlt . WITH MANICVRB BliUSH. (By Leased Wire to The. Times.) Atlanta City, N.; J, May ,3.-Mrs. William Cochran,' wife "of the cashier of a local bank, saved her valuables rest night by scaring away a negro burglar wlth ; her 3 silver-mounted manicure brush,' which the man toon for a pistol. ' t . Mrs. Cochran was alono : in her home and. had retired, when she was awaened by footsteps, and saw the negro standing at the Aoot ot her bed. She reached to-a toilet tubfo and then grasped the brush ; As tho shining' mounting gleamed the in truder dashed out the door. WITH THE DEAD Li' i ' ii..wi.wi'i.mail "ost nonular numcn',1 mmhiui i of t:e i mums v U n i I, now lot years ago. ' .. .Mifs KmiMW, Mi iiotim noys, - LemWhgatJon Will Da SO DECLARES HARRIS He Adds That the Republicans He sent (he Suii'slioii That Marion Itutlcr Has Kern IK-signnted ius the Adiiiiiiislmlion's Chief Lieu tenaul1 in the Smith. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington. May 3.-"Notwlth-standins t ho opposition of fedoral ofllce-holdi'rs in North Carolina, the republiran.s of Hie state will send a solid Tail delegation to the next re publican na'oional convention," !( dared Charles J. Harris of Hillsboro, a wealthy manufacturer, who four years ago was a candidate for gov emor. "Tho men who aro working to build up a strong republican party In the stale will ignore the federal office-holders, indorse the Roosevelt administration and send a delegation to the convention pledged to the sec retary of war. We resent, however, the suggestion that former Senator Marion Butler has been designated as tho-adininislrallou'fl chief lieuton nnt in the south, and' I was pleased to note lliat the president's friends were not slow to give a denial to this report. Butler is discredited by both parties, and is practically an exile from tlie state politically. His sup port of Senviaiy Tart will not do the Ohioan s candidacy any good. Butler will he able next year to con trol only his own. vote.- The senti ment generally ill the south is al most overwhelmingly' for Taft." Mr. Harris is considered one of tho wealthiest men In the south. He was a schoolmate of Mr.' Taft at Yale and has for years been 'a jiersonal friend of the secretary of war. . Ton n of Shore Again,.! (Special to Tho Evening .Times.) Yadkinvillo, N. C, May S.-X-A law suit which has heeu pending tor years in Tad kin county has been termin ated by the civil court granting the Hauscr heirs ,a,tf9(A . Judgment against W. H. Realgar and others. TbQ bono of conientioh was soveral hundred , acres of land fiurrounding and Including a' part' of the t lllaga CAROLINAfRADS lF;TAfT m '4 " .MrsAiuli-ew Slmouds, lii8 plct uiv here uppears, is a lienutilMl pouthrrit woumn. who Mon :(s t4 jnorry Sir. 1'nrkiT (iunimeie of New ijjrrsey. The matcli is tlie result of Ai.M Nrotiwnce whirl; had its Inception 1 duriii'f" the ttln of Xttenker Cuniiou . to tl West llHTb'8. ltoth parties passengers with Sir. Caution. of Shore. The. land, which is now in the- pnmos.".ioii of the. defendants, was transferred more th.ir. fifty years ago by an ancestor of the liausers, and tho plea of the plaintiffs heforo tho court was in regard to some techni cality of tho will In which the laud was given to that ancestor whereby it had to descend to tho heirs. ATTORNEYS WERE IxiisiTRY Contlnnai.ee of Damage Suit Came as a Surprise SENT FOR THE LAWYERS Hut While Were Trying to Decide on Case Attorney Holding Was Taken ''i'y 111 He Apioarel in Cases I lider Consideration and Court Was Adjourned for the Day. When court convened this morning it was expected that the case of J. M. Blake vs. the Southern and the North Carolina Hallway Company would be tried, but on account of it bcliiR impossible for the attorneys representing the defendant company to Ret a very Important paper that Is in the possesion of a trust company in the north, the case was continued. jury had been empaneled and a Juror was withdrawn and a mistrial ordered. The sudden endinfi of the case caused somewhat of a flurry among the law yers, as they had figured on the trial of this case consuming several days, and thought they could rest easy until the first of the week. Case after case was called and each time the attorney appearing In the case was not In court. Presently, Judge Jones told the sheriff tp send for every lawyer that had a case on the calendar. Mr. J. N. Hold ing was one of the attorneys In the next three cases on the docket, and while endeavoring to decide on some case he was taken very 111 and court adjourned for the day. Blake Was a car inspector for the Southern Railway In this city and was badly mashed between two cars a year ago laRt March. For the injuries sustained he wants $12,000 damage's. Major Ryan and Mrv 3. , N. Holding, attorneys for the plaintiff,' were very anxious to try, but when the case was called Judge Jones told the attorneys for the . railroad company thA he would hot compel them to try If the paper? In e,uestlon were not received, and when he was told the. paper had not been received It ended the mat ter and the case went over. ' The Jury In tho case entitled J. T. Edwards Vs. Robert Rrtesom was un able to agree after being out for Ave' hours. laiwords made a contract to sell Grlssom. a certain tract nf tad. for a given consideration and the suit was brought by Edwards to get possescion ot Ihe property, his contention being that Jrlsoirt had not lived up to his .contract. The case consumed jiraetK cally the entire day yesterday aa&was I Continued on Pan Fir:) - Number of Entries io Race for Governor AflE WRITING LETTERS First Move in Approaching Campaign. CJubernatoriul 8etette and Attor nejr Ocjicral Quartette Expected to Mate Things Lively Memliers of Lust Legislature Aftsr Jobs. tn -he olden days it was not cus tomary for candidates to get in the field tiritU a very short . tim before tho contention was held,' but things have changed, and now it is nothing unusual for candidates to be out at least two years before the election comes off, and many who have not got tho nerve to announce the fact begin work niucn longer beforehand than this. It is now something over a year before the democratic state convention to make nominations for tho various state officers, and the candidates are beginning to come Into the open. Those who were members of the last legislature and aspire to political honors are said to have put in some good. work in a round-about way. Tho time for going upon the stump has not yet arrived, but it is said that some of them are sending lettqrs to their friends over the state requesting their support. It will soon bo time for things to warm up in earnest, but a campaign of more than a year means a lot of hard work and the expenditure of no little' amount of money. There' are but few state offices that candidates are not spoken of, but so far there are sev eral vacancies. It is generally understood that there Is going to be a clean sweep as to practically all ot the state offices, for "this ATalreB-their second ternr, with the exception of governor, and the governor of North Carolina can not bo elected two terms In succes sion. This will be Insurance Com missioner Young's first appearance before the convention, and there Is no doubt that he will be a candidate. He has served about as long as the other officials, but heretofore it has been an appointive office. Tho principal plum, of course. Is governor, and so far there are some thing like a half-dozen candidates, with the probability of others drop ping Into the race out of habit. It Is very hard for a race horse to stand quietly by the track and see the squad dash by without joining in. Several months since. Congress man W. W. KItchin of Roxboro, Per son county, announced that he would be in the race for governor. It had been understood for some tlmo that Mr. Kitchln' would run for governor, and the announcement, or at least the admission of the fact, came as no surprise. Mr. Kitchin Is neither what could bo termed an eastern or western man, for Person county is very near the middle of the state -termed by many In the extreme west as an eastern county, and by those in the extreme east a western county. Mr. Kitchin gave out a few days since that he expected to make nn extended canvass, and hoped to speak In every county in the state before the next state convention, so as to get in di rect touch with the people. Mr. Locke Craig of Asheville, who was a prominent candidate for United States senator at the time that Sena tor Overman was elected. Is also a candidate for governor, and In some respects is ahead of the other can didates, as ho is sending out letters asking the support of his friends. As far as can be learned, none of tho other candidates have actually begun their campaign. Mr. Craig is a west ern man, a fact that causes some to "believe will injure his chances to some extent, as Governor Glenn is a western man, and in recent years the eastern and western sections of the state have become rather jealous of where the candidates hall from. Ex-Congressman Fred A. Woodard Is one of the eastern candidates, and his friends express tbomselves as be lieving that he will give some one a good race. During the paBt few years Mr. Woodard has not taken a very active part In politics, and there fore is not as widely known over the state as some of the other candidates. Another . eastern ,maa is ex-Con gressman John D. Bellamy of Wll mington. It baa been a 0ng time since tho democrats had a governor from tho extreme .- east, . and- -, the friends of Mr, Bellamy ar going to . (Continued on Page Seven.) ; diaries SHrrap Says a Ltucr Authorized Him- SEEKING TBE IETTEP Jerome. Soeaklng of the Arreet of mTrugiiMiit J. t vww: wit Always Stand Eager to Arrest Any Man from Ohio, and Refers, to Hahn'g Cnw. i t. (By Leased Wire to The Times. New York, May i. The Identity of the forger of a large number of bal lots, which, it Is alleged, were; Toted at the recent election In the New York Life office, has been learned ia the dis trict attorney's investigations Into the affairs of the International ' Bollevw holders Committee. i t . Thirteen women, former clerk ot the International . Committee,, were brought -to the office of actlnr Dis trict Attorney Smyth In the custody of ' county detective. These Witnesses '', . . were all questioned about" the alleged ' - ' forged ballots and a to what they " . knew about the niacin of . flotlous ' 1 names as witnesses on - the bailout. ( "V Amongf other witnesses examined were Jay B. Lawshe. AlphonM B. ' ' Koenle and Robert Seldenhousa. thre ' -' of the five inspectors of, election who Y were appointed to take charge of the " New York Life election. These wit , l - nesses contradicted In detail the state- ment of George R. Scrugham as to flU . ' ing an affidavit with U00 ballots. . ,' ) Anumer witness . wno comraoietea , Mr. Scrugham was the stenographer of the board of Inspectors who exam- ' Ined every ballot box as ft" was bMn. ed, and alleges no affidavit was In any of the boies., . . " 1 When examined fn the district at torney'a office. Charles StlmiD a ce defendant with Mr. Scrugham, H is al- - leged. admitted he r had signed many fictitious names witnesses on bal lots In. the office Of the International . monsea to qo so ny a letter. Which la ' said to be In extateno and' bi being searched for by the district attorney's '. agents. No one has yet been found to testify to the actual forgery of bal lots. Comment Is being made hi the criminal courts building on the speedy arrests In the cases of Scrugham, Car- ' t - nngion ana stirrup, coupled wlth ln- activity in the district attorney's office in the case of Charles 8. Fairchild. t who. when In Europe, was Jointly, in dicted with George W. Perkins last v December for forgery. He returned publicly to this city about six weeks : ago. A Remarkable Statement. ' In a remarkable statement bearing'' upon the arrest of George R. Scrug ham, manager of the International , Policyholders Committee. District At-1 torney Jerome upholds the arrest mads' by his assistants. He also declares that his office win always stand eager to arrest anyone from Ohio. Mr. Scrug ham Is from that state. In his state ment Mr. Jerome say: "So far as the form of arrest of Scrugham is concerned, tt may be said ' that whenever there is sufficient evl- r t , .' dence against any one from Ohio upon ' which to order an arrest, there will v never be( any delay nor any chances . ; taken. ' 1 t ,f 4 "I make this statement In view of ' the very extraordinary treatment that ' ,r this county has received in extradl- ' ' Hon matters at the hands of the state of Ohio. In the case of the; people ' , against Willis H. Hahh, a man prom- - inent in republican political circles In Z Ohio, Hahn was Indicted for the lar- ceny of 40,000 from the Manhattan -I ,l Fire Insurance Company. The gover- , j nor of the state of New York made ' requisition upon the governor of the ' state of Ohio for his extradition. The . . governor of the state of Ohio Issued ' 1 ' his warrant for the arrest of Hah"N! i and his extradition after a hearing, -v .t and immediately a writ of habeas cor- f , pus was sued out In the courts, ot' " Ohio. ; i uS T . "For two years Hahn fought extra- vi, )- di Ion In the courts ot Ohio and the ' .&'t expense to the county waa very. .gteat. '- 1 1 The supreme court of Ohio, finally dls-' f 4 missed the writ, remanded , Hahn td - ' ' c astody to be extradited to ihe state ot V"? New York, and Immedlkte'ly thereaf-1 ' " ter. and within a day of the-exdra-' tlon of his term of office the governor of Ohio revoked his warrantvWhlca he ; had previously Issued and, the State of New York has never been; able., to, ar raign and try W. Wr! Hahn, , C- " While I am district attorney ofihls county I will never take a chanca on the return of a fugitive rotn justlca ' from the state of Ohio as long 4i there -lr any evidence to. bold jam within the . county of New York,. , ' rtAt tri RfcrnsR r7". . cLITERARir SOCIETr. j . , ufi ft, fSpeclal te Th Evening Times.) " . Fucpajf Springs. K. ,C, May 1 Saturday, night the McUer Wterary Society will girfc a public play, after which Ice cream will be. served. . ! I 4' - t 5 f t 'v. ' 3 I-' r