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Only Afternoon Paper Botvccn Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prcoo Diopatoheo LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. ' RALEIGH, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1907. PRICE So. Mgrhic Study ofMr. H. H. Roger's Home THE KEYNOTE IS THE PERILS OF CONCENTRAT ION THE CONFERENCE r - - i " i i I... ; OF HUGE FLEET Two Squadrons to Meet in Pacific Waters EVANS GOES SECOND The Pacific Fleet Will Be Off the Californiaii Coast When the At lantic Fleet Reaches Those Waters, According to Pluns of the President and His Advisers. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C., Aug. . 8. Surpris ing revelations were made today through the disclosure of , the well guarded plans of President Roosevelt and Secretary Metcalf with the sup port of Admiral Dewey and the other member of the general board of the navy to begin at once the mobiliza tion in Pacific coast waters of the most powerful cruiser fleet ever known any where in the world. Orders have been Issued for almost the entire cruiser strength of the Asiatic squadron to be brought across the Pacific, two new monster cruisers will shortly be ready for service; the St. Louis Is now mak ing her way up the west coast, and the Washington and Tennessee will start out to Join them before the close of August. In accordance with the plans which have been under way for several weeks, it now develops that Secretary Metcalf'a former constituents living on Golden Gate harbor will have the op portunity .of viewing Bin let n modern and capable fighting ships eight of the world's higgeet armored cruisers and an equal number of formidable protected cruisers before Hear Ad miral Evans sails out from Hampton Roads with his sixteen monster bat tleships to Join them. Most Formidable Array. These plans the transfer of thji At lantic fleet to the Pacific and the mob ilisation to the Pacific fleet off the western coast, augmented by half a doxen new armored cruisers call for the concentration of what will doubt less prove to ba the most formidable array of warships any one nation ever ; assembled in time of peace. In fact when Admiral Evans arrives off San Francisco, he will be -welcomed by Rear Admiral Dayton, commanding another pr .verful fleet which will be almost as strong In aggregate tonnage and number of heavy guns as the great battleship fleet. The plans promise to create almost : as much of a stir throughout the world as the original announcement of the decision of the government to transfer tho Atlantic fleet to the Pacific. So much attention has been devoted to the prospective dispatch of the At lantic fleet around South America that the disposition and Increase of the Pa cific fleet has been entirely overlooked. The Pacific fleet at present Is com posed of three small squadrons the Pacific coast squadron, Philippine squadron and Asiatic squadron. The ships left In the Far East will be con solidated into the Asiatic squadron under command of Rear Admiral J. N. Hemphill, with headquarters at Ma nila. Formation of Squadrons. The formation of the two squadrons on the Pacific coast will be as follows Rear Admiral James H. Dayton, com. mander-ln-chlef of the Pacific fleet, first squadron and first division. First squadron (armored cruisers): First division West Virginia, Colora do. Pennsylvania and Maryland, each with 18 guns and 13,680 tons displace ment. Second division, under command of Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree Tennes see and Washington, each with 20 guns and 14,500 tons displacement, and the California and South Dakota-, sister ships to those of the first division. Second squadron (protected cruisers) Rear Admiral William T. Swinburne, commander of the squadron and third division. Third division St. Louis, Charleston and Milwaukee, 9.700 tons and 14 guns each; Chicago, 5,ooo tons and is guns, Fourth division (commander not yet selected) Cincinnati and Raleigh; 3, 123 tons, and 11 guns each; New Or leans and Albany, 3,430 tons and 10 guns each. DAUGHTERS OP BYRD HURT IN RUNAWAY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Lake Burnslde, Miss., Aug. 8. Annie Kate Byrd, eight years old, and Etta Lee Byrd, nineteen years, daugh ters of Congressman Adam Byrd, were seriously Injured In a runaway accident here. Each sustained a fracture of the right leg and both were considerably bruised. They were her on a fishing excursion. Congressman Byrd was at his- home in Philadelphia, Miss., at the time, II Representatives of Railways to Meet and Discuss HEARING TO BE OPEN Business Interests of the State to Meet with Governor and Corpora tion Commission in Effort to Ad just Alleged 'Freight Discrimina tions N. & W. Managers' Plea. Tomorrow at 11 o'clock, the con ference between Governor Glenn, the corporation commission and repre sentatives of the various railroads, looking to a satisfactory adjustment of the freight rate3 in North Carolina, will be held. , The conference will take place In the governor's office and will be public. Governor Glenn stated today that from information he had received the railway companies will all be repre sented, 'even the companies against which there is no grievance manifest ing a desire to he present. Delega tions from Winston-Salem. Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham and other cities will bo present, and the matter of freight rate discrimination will he threshed out '"thoroughly. It is the wish of the railway ''.authorities, the governor stated, to adjust all differ ences between the roads and the mer chants, manufactories and other busi ness concerns. If there is discrimi nation in favor of Virginia and other states and there seems to bo no doubt that there is the conference tomorrow will do a great deal to wards eliminating the wrong. North Carolina merchants have taken up the fight and have prose cuted the case vigorously, the Retail Merchants' Association having raised several thousand dollars to employ counsel to represent it before the cor poration commission. Last evening the commission re ceived a letter from Mr. T. S. DaVant, traffic freight manager of the Nor folk & Western, asking that the hear ing before the commission, scheduled for tomorrow, be postponed. He was notified, however, that it would not be postponed, and whether Mr. Da Vant is present or not, the commis sion will hear complaints and take such action as it thinks necessary. Since Mr. DaVant merelv nsked for a continuance of the hearing, It la not probable that he will be absent. As stated in The Times, the Retail Merchants' Association and the state have employed to represent them at this hearing Mr. E. J. Justice of Greensboro, Mr. J. S. Manning of Durham and Mr. Norman H. Johnson of Raleigh. All merchants, cotton and other manufactories and business interests are invited to attend the conference tomorrow. Reports have gone out from Ral eigh that the conference would prob ably not bo held tomorrow. The in formation contained In these reports Is news to the governor, he stated today, saying that the authors of them are probably better Informed than he. So far as he knows and he has heard nothing to the contra rythe conference will take place. A TOWN LAID IN RUIN BY SHELLS (By Leased Wile to The Times.) London, Aug. 8. Dispatches from Tangier state that , Mazaglne has been bombarded by the cruiser Duch aluya and the town Is practically in ruins. Shells broke over the house tops and battered down the wails. The casualties were heavy. While the bombardment was in progress the Moors attacked the Jewish quarters and were not driven off until 200 Jews had been massa cred. The guns o fthe Duchalaya were trained so that the foreign con sulates were not harmed. Other parts, of the town, however, are In ruins. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Casa Blanca, Aug. 8. The streets are filled with deadMoors as a result of another bombardment from the European fleet TOMORROW AT A HEARING ON NEXT SATUROAYi Mr WWswm Coroner's Jury to Investigate Auburn Wreck CRIMINALITY CHARGED Full K.vnininittions Will l!c Made to Place the ReKnoiisibilily for JIsi .Terrible Collision of 'Last. I'tiesduy ihl The Three'' 'lie Ml Bodies Shipped Away. County C-jroner C. A. Sejm.rk'-to-. day-: announced tiiiil tie- 'coroner's' jury, empannellcd yesterday to in vestigate the deaths ' which occurred in the awful -w roe it (if -lust '."iiesday night, will on next Sutur.Ji'v .morn ing at 11 o'clock examino witnesses and report on the ''.causes -which led to the throe dent lis. : 'The jury: went lo tho sfcue of t.'ie wreck near Auburn yesterday after noon and examined seven) 1 persona who were present soon after I Irs col lision' took place. The charred rer mains of Engineer W. C. Parker aril Fireman Robert Young were ex amined and the body of the colore d fireman, Jack - Bethel, wan viewed at the Brown CoHIn House, . Vary little was left of the bodies of the '-engineer and fireman of tne freight, the fierce fire inmost con suming them. As soon as the muss of iron and steel could be cooled yesterday, the remains were dug out and brought to the city. Only lue skulls and portions of tho trunks were left, the arms and legs .being entirely burned away, The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers i)urchased a hund.-iome casket and shipped Engineer bar ker's remains to do'idsboio, where thty will bo burled beside hi wife, who Is interred there. The cotlin containing what remafned .of ..Fire man -.YOung's body was jent to his relatives tit Spencer, wher.! liis wife and two children survive him.' The body of V. J. Uolhe!, tin ! ored lireman, was shipped last night to Greensboro, under lusi ructions of the Southern Uallway. There has been no blame 'fixed jet for the accident. It is probable that Conductor C. M. Oakley, Engineer W. C. Itippy and Operator Everett Powell of Auburn will -bo rigidly ox amined, and it found guiily of neg ligence, will most likely be held on a chargu of manslaughter. An atlldavlt was filed by Mr. H. D. Haud of Garner, and sworn out beforo Coroner Separk, stati:ig the death of tho three men in the wren, "from the criminal act or default of some person or persons unknown. ' Coroner Separk has issued sub pojnas for .' appearance before the jury Saturday of C M. Oakley of Greensboro, conductor of passeager train No. 130; W. C. Rlppy of Bur lington, engineer of No. 130; Flag man J. H. McAdnms of Greensboro; Conductor T. S. Neal of Clover, Va., of the wreckod freight; Flagman C. E. Page of Morrl3villo; llobert Wells, newsboy, of Grteiirtboro; Roadmaster C. W. Anderson of Dur ham, Operator Powell of Auburn, and others. ThJ debris was thrown aside by the wrecking crew so that trains could get through lust night.'. The wreckage is being cleared up us fust as possible, but It will be several days before the track will be in proper shape again. Mr. Walter Y. Bishop of New Bern, who came up to attend the funeral of his little niece, Miss Virginia Brews ter Bishop, has returned home. WJi SetamrE. j ARE DISPLEASED xti:fy of Home of . Hosiers, Stntiihml 1 Oil iii:i';ii:i(ef i xvlio v.;iv sli ieki n tl) i his desk. -On (lie botioin ii die eui is shown U stuipshot oi Mis. Hotel's. To lite lett .:! (! en: is shown "l-'nirluiveii," (I:e stiuiniet' hum l ij which the - sire-ken Slain'iti J. Oil ! iiuu;iiHte K.ts taken in Ins ;.'iiv:il y:i''li(v . , . r-, . . ,,, BAYED BYA PACK OF ALL STREET War to the Death Against Harriman HIS FOES POWERFUL Tliey Combine Against lliui ami His liitiiuute Assoeiatvs While (he Spifculnlive I'ublii' is Net Directly Concerned in I lie Tight, it is selling I'riees in the Mnikel. (By Leased Wile lo The Times.) New .'-York, Aug.' S. -Tho war against K. II. Ilaniiilan which was tetnporai ily almtidom d has again beuii taken up with renewed vigor In W'All street, and the ilemoralizal ion in Hie slock market just now is one of its results. There Is tio doubt that, a coniliinatioii of powerful financiers has been.- forme;!- to 'wage war ugaini;! Mr. lliiiiiinan and hi;! intimate-, associate.;, II. II. Itogers, II. C. Friek and William. Rockefel ler. .John Rockefeller him:ielf is claimed as an ally hy'lho enetni.it of Harriman. Tne r.jieeulalive pub lic while not . dhvrily". concerned in tills -.light, hi bein; forced to take account, of it, for tliiV battle Is up Sietting the liuii'lict. The - all sick hejviin yertorday wan renewed today with vig.Jr iind Cniou l'aeille was hainiin-i. il tlowu in the II rut few minutes of (railing froln 132 Vi lo ,127 Soul hern Pacific was broken to Sli'i, a loss of 2 t points, and Ainnls-iinaleil, whlnh cloned Just' night -at 7", was broken to 74 14. Other slocks that could affect the Market was also uttaekofl, one. of the chief ones being Smlt ors, which 'was broken to !)9"i. a loss of 3 ' points la half an hour, and a new low record. Wall Street says that Sme.lt ers Is going on a 10 per wnt basis investment .basis. Other stocks broken were North-' ern Pacific .Canadian Pacific, Read ing and Anaconda, The idea of the raiders su'ined to bo to attack any thing that would not yield. Their object seemed 'to be to unsettle the Rtock market to such un extent that Contluued on rage Five.) '. Reports Now of Friclion in Site Cabinet IT'S NANKY PANHY PU His Ainbllion t.' IlloKsoin '-Out Klani luivnntiv n-s ,a (';iiu!iilitc; for the I'lesiileiicv S'aid to He KlirrinHI l' :i ai ielv ol In ilatiou lit the Wash iniAtoii t aliiuet. '.'. (r.y T.e:eJ Who to The Times.) VVuKhiiigion. Aug.' Persistent reports ti ru in -circulation here of friction in the cabinet, arising from chisl-in:.; presidential ambitions, .The reports coiiceni ' Secretaries Tuft and Corlel.vou. . They come from high source;: ami lire to tlie effoct. thai, the Tuft forces are'displeascd at the Cor telyou nioveineiil, purticuhiiiy at. the evidences (hat. Mr. Cortelyou is uuiet ly fostering ii. A remarkable phuse of tho reports is a rumor that the -cabinet may he ilisi lipleil. I ' is said that the Taft people are : pre'pnr'ed,' unless things cliuuge, to '.go after the odicial sculp of Mr. ('ortelyou. It is added that the president, is villi Hie Tuft forces and 'lliinks Coitelyoii should not let the tii 1 It of his boom go unchecked. , .Most ."politicians here doubt greatly whether there is any danger of Mr. ('ortelyou leaving the treasury, or whether there is any failure on the part of the president und Mr. ('ortel you ihoronglily to -."understand each other. They realize, however, that the Taft caniliduiy unci 1lie Cortelyou ambitions are' rapidly reaching a point where it will he ilitlieiilt to escape collision and embarrassment, lo the iiilministrul ioti, und the reports of friction ui.-e 'therefore .not at all sur prising. :. .'(Special to The Kveuln.s; -Times. ) Wiltninglon. N. C, Aug. ' S. The second day of the Slate Fiieincn's Tournament opened with a clear sky. The weather -was very hot this morning and the hand and grub reel races were postponed until tills af ternoon. The hook und ladder con test will also be pulled off this af ternoon. The only entiles are Ashe villo and the Wonible Company of Raleigh. THK CZAU HAS ItlHI KM.D TO I'KTUKHOF I'AI.ACK. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) , St. Petersburg, Aug. S. Kinneror Nicholas bus reached Peterhof, re turning, from Ills trip on the impe rial .yacht Staudnrt from Swlne munde, where he was In confeitmee wtlh Emperor VYilliain of Germany. SECOND DAY OF TOURNAMENT COMPROMISE But Concession by Alabama Seems Small STATE TO WAIT AWHILE Xot to Molest Southern's Conduct of intrastate liusliiess Vntil Outlaw Act' is Passed on by ( units The Southfi'll to Put Lower Kate Into lillVcl Pending Final Decision, t ion. (It;- Leased Wire to The Tiinf") M outgo m cry , .Ala., An jr. S . C o m -promise in. tin? keynote of today's situation - in Hit controversy between the state, and the Southern Railway. At least that I:; what railroad offi cials are. pka. ed to call it, although it in. prnetienlly "conceded that the state will not. withdraw for an in stant . fro in it.-j previoudy . expressed intention to enforce f very provision of t he. f;o-( uilei ' outlaw art." . . . .Colonel K. I-. Russell, vice presi dent und 'general ma.iager of the Mobile li Ohio Railroad, who is act ing us the personal representative of President Finley of the Southern, and .1. K. H. ' Thotnpsoii, assistant lo President; Finley ugain ConferroJ Willi Governor Coiner this morning in a:i effort to reach un -''agreement between the state and the railway pending the ultimate result, as it will lie o'.'.tliaeil in tli.: courts. Nothing otlicial concerning the terms of l lie in-oopsed compronjise can be learned, it is said on good authority,"'. .''However,-.-'that'-: if the etTorif- of Colonel Russell nro Snc cessnil, t he st ut e :. will , not ; Molest the railroad in the conduit of intrastate- business until after the const 1 tutionulity of the- "outlaw act" has been decided. in return for this concession it is thought that the rail road will .put into force the new 2Vjc. rate: on passenger trains and also, the new freight rates as soon as the schedules can be prepared, to be effective until ,i settlement of the dispute' by the courts. It is also Understood that there. may lie a hitch in the proceedings in regard to the right of the railroad to appeal from a decision of the state supremo court to ..the federal court. PIILSIDKX T HARRIOTT IS SIORIOl'SLY ILL. (Uy Leased Wire to The Times.) Little Rock, Ark., Aug. S Hon. Charles S. Barrett, president of-the National Farmers i'nion, is serious ly ill at the home of Ben. L. Griffin, at Conway, Ark., where he went to attend Hie annual convention of the Arkansas fanners union. Mr. Bar rett left, his home in Georgia two days ago .-apparently, in the best of health, but immediately, on arrival ut Conway was 'taken ill. Secretary Ben. L. (iriliin of the farmers union had Mr. Barrett removed to his home, anil physicians say that it Is probable Hint the latter will be laid up for.. live' or six weeks as h ' has a severe at lack ol ma laria. WON THE FIGHT (By Leaded Wire to The Times.) ,lai-k:-.on, .Miss;., Au. ti.-Tiie democrat ic'-' stale executive commit tee met today und "declared Con gressman "John Sharp Williaais as the parly nominee for I'niled Slates senator. The canvass of the re turns showed a majority of G4S votes for Williiitus over Vurdamau. There will be "no contest over the result. The motion lo declare Mr. Williiitus tile nominee was seconded by the friends of the governor, and this is a final settlement of t:ie cele brated contest. Another American Peeress. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Cleveland, Ohio, Aug, H. Lord Louis Arinitage Rivers,, of Durhum, England, and Mrs. Laura B. Glenn were married here last niglil. Lady Rivers' Is the daughter of Isuuc Ar buekle, the coffee magnate. . WILLIAMS HAS THE GREAT CITY Two Hundred and Sixteen Attacks Made SUMMARY OF CRIMES The. Sad Fate of Isabelle Ensler, One of the Latest Victims The Above Record of Attacks Ipon Innocence Covers the Time Since the Fourth of May. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Aug. 8. There have been 216 attacks on women and girls In Greater New York since May 4th, and only eight convictions. The rec ord of these three months is without parallel in tha history of the city. Each day adds its quota and wit nesses growing anger on the part of the public. The figures given are for cases reported to the police. Un doubtedly there are score3 of other aflairs in which those attacked kept tho facts: secret in order to avoid pub licity.' ISAI5KLI.lv IJNSLKK A VICTIM OF MISCREANTS. (Uy Leased Wire to The Times.) , .New Yorki Aug. 8. Held prisoners by two men tor more than a day, and terribly abused, Isabel! R. Ensler, 17 years old, of No. 4 21) Kast Seventy eighth street, staggered Into the Ger man Hospital and fell fainting Into t Lo arms of a nurse. She stated after she revived that she was walking along lower Mul berry street In search of work, when she. was seized by two inen and drag-' god up a flight of steps. The door was barred and tho two men brutally attacked her. . She was taken into the house, she says, Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock und held prisoner until late yesterday. During that time, she says, the men subjected her to every conceivable indignity, and most of the time she was unconscious. Late yesterday they took her to the street door and pushed her out. She wandered about, dazed, until she reached (he hospital. The physicians say she is in a critical condition. Trapped by a Wontiui. While the police of the East Sixty seventh street station were skirting through the Italian quarter today looking for the. .'two men who had held Isubette Ensler, a third man ac cused of attacking a child was brought from the same station house, and, surrounded by a cordon of po lice, taken to Yorkville police court. Tho prisoner was John Rucek, an Austrian, who is accused of attack ing seven-year-old Louise Sackman, of No. 4 lis East Seventieth street. He was trapped by the child's aunt, Miss Mary Kehoe. That the man was not put to death by a mob that was ready to tear him limb from limb was due also to Miss Kehoe, even though he had turned upon her when she came to her niece's rescue, beating her down with his fists and tearing her clothing in his efforts to escape. Over in Brooklyn, William Brown, la muscular roustabout, was charged with attacking his own niece, Helen Carlln, seven years old. That this man had a close call from death at tho hands of a mob was shown by hlB appearance at court today. His little victim and her mother, the prisoner's own Sister, were tlwre to accuse him. TWO TO SCAFFOLD, CHANTING' PRAYERS (By Leased Wire to The' Times.) Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 8. Chanting prayers, Cleorglo Quagentl and Olo vunni Uraziauo went to the scaffold boldly and met death In the county jail this morning, paying by death for the murderous assassination of a fellow-countryman. Both men spoke In Italian, and Quagentl spread out his arms, with pulnm upturued,i In supplication, a prayer-book grasped In one hand and a Bible in tho other. Death from broken necks resulted quickly -after the death traps were sprung. John 1. Long Improves. (By Loused Wire to The Times.) Brunswick, Me., Aug., 8. Hon. John D. Long, former secretary of the navy and governor pf Massachusetts,' has shown a marked Improvement to day, i
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