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Only Afternoon Paper Bchvccn Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prose Dispatches LAST EDITION. ALL' THE MARKETS. "" ' - Mi ' r i t THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C., SEPTEMBER 5, 1907. PRICE f o. STOP IMPROVEMENTS ORDER IS EXTENDED Southero Railway Orders All - Work In Tennessee be Discontinued MAY BE BLUFF MADE BY . '( .... .. 1 . i; , IF I At Chattanooga Today Contractor Oliver Was Ordered to Discontinue Work On All Extensions mid Other Improvements On Southern Line and Its Rranrlios 350 Men Quit Work TodayOne ICxtension Un der AVay Involves Expenditure of $-1,000,000, and Would Have Keen Completed Ry Knd of Next Year, But Work is Ordered Stopped - Has Morgan InteTest Taken the Initiative As a Political Move? (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept, 5. The Southern Railway has ordered Con tractor W. J. Oliver to stop work on all 'extensions and improvements in this section. Tho Stevenson extension, a line about forty miles long, which is be ing constructed by W. J. Oliver & Company for the Southern Railway, is the largest contract affected. Five sub-contractors have been at work, employing about .150 laborers, of which number about fifty were skilled laborers. The contractors are H. H. Thrasher & Company, Yande.ll Bros. & Company, J. H. Ed lngton & Company, H. Kriess & Sons, and Frank Maloney & Company. The Phoenix Bridge Company of Pitts burg, Pa., who had this contract for the erection of the steel superstruct ure for the bridges on the extension, suspended work Monday, after erect ing a bridge over Battle Creek and preparing for work on the bride over Sequatchie River. The action of the bridge company was In response to orders received from the head offlco of the company who wore in turn or dered to suspend work by the South ern Railway. -The Stevenson extension repre sents an outlay of about $4,000,000, and If the work was pushed to com pletion could be entirely finished within eighteen months. The exca vation in the tunnel through Look-, out Mountain has been completed nnd the tunnel Is now eady for walling. In addition to the work on the Stevepson extension, the Southern Railway has been engaged In double- tracking for a distance of seventeen miles in the vicinity of Oltewah, This work is being done by W. J. Oliver & Company under the direc tion of resident engineer of the road at Knoxville. A force of several hundred men have been employed on this par of tho work. The doube- tracking was started about a year ago and la neaiing completion. May Be Bluff and May Be Not. The action of the Southern Rail way is considered by many to be a "bluff" to stem off the tide Of ad verse railroad legislation. For what time the work is to be suspended is purely a matter of conjecture. It is generally believed that it Will be of short duration, dependent upon the outcome of whatever its purpose. A gentleman who is a close stu dent of railroad affairs considered the move of. Hie Southern Railway to be of more far-reaching effect, stating his belief that the Morgan Interests have taken the Initiative as a political move and that work will not be Tesumed for about eigh teen months. Another advanced the opinion that it was a move on the part of the Morgan Interests to force down the stock of the Southern and tributary lines for financial reasons. This theory is borne out by the fact that the Central of Georgia and a Florida road, which are said to be controlled in ft measure by the Southern Railway Interests havo been the only other roads so far which have suspended Improvement work. RAILROAD TO KMPLOY WOMKN TELEGRAPHERS. Meadvllle, Pa., Sept. 5. It was oJHtflally announced this morning by the Erie Railroad Company that schools of telegraphy for women are to be established on the line between Salamanca and Chicago. Women In structors are to be employed. ' The Erie company is the first to make this move. , . , MOB GETS FREE LOVE ARTIST Neighbors Nearly Beat Hie Life Out of Him NEW "AFFINITY" CURE The New York Artist Earl Who Laid Aside His Legal Wife, Willi Her iCon.scnt, in Order to Marry His "Soul's Aninity," is Willed From Ills Carriage, Horsewhipped, and Scourged Before Police Could Res cue Him Wanted to Hang Him. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Monroe, N. T., .'Sept. o.-jWhen Fer dinand -P.. Karle. the art 1st, reached Monroe Inst night, after having shipped his wife and child to Europe in order that he might marry hU "soul's affinity," he Ml Into the arms of a mob. The mob, composed exclusively of Katie's -neighbors and former friends, dragged him from his 'carriage,-. which they overturned, trailed him In the mud, lashed him with the horsewhip, and might have responded to the re peated suggestions that a rope be se cured, had not the mayor of the vil lage nnd the chief of police recalled them to their senses and-given Earls safe conduct to his home, A violent downpour of rain fell throughout the half hour that the wife-sacrificing artist was at the mer cy of the mob, and frequent flashes of lightnlnr; and crashes of thunder lent further ploturesqueness to the $ ensa tlonnl scene. '.".' Earle's own indiscretion was largely responsible for the outburst of pub lic feeling. Declining to heed the evi dence of growing Indignation at his flagrant disregard of the conventlon 'itles, he came back to his home af ter having consummated this part of his plan, and even in the face of the muttering crowd that .-greeted V him when he stepped from the train he cynnlcally sought to Justify his con duct. : Story of the Divorce Agreement.. New York, Sept. 5. A scene more suggestive of an up-to-date play than of real life was -enacted on board the steamer Ryndam last evening when Mrs. Ferdinand P. Karl,-of - Monroe, N. Y., sailed for her native home in France to obtain a divorce in order that her husband, an artist and social ist, may marry another woman whom, he declares, he has found to be his affinity. Mrs. Earl acquiesced in the plan by which she renounced her hus band to another woman, if she did not voluntarily enter into tho agree ment to give him his freedom, and faced a group of reporters and curi ous persons on the Bteamer today with a smile which gave no hint of any regret on her part in the strange domestic drama In which she Is tak ing tho lending role. Mr. and Mrs. Earl left their home in Monroe together today and drove past curious crowds of townspeople, to the railroad station. There was a little hissing as Mr. Ear boarded the train, but It Is doubtful whether Mr. Earl heard It above the other noises. Mrs. Earl, with her little son, How arde, aged 2 years, who will Bhare her exile, reached the Bteamer in advance of Mr. Earl and wont at once to her stateroom. Mr. Earl arrived soon afterward and together they ap peared on deck to meet tho reporters. They posed together for a photo graph, both smiling and apparently content with the odd twist that fate has given to their lives. Mrs. Earl declined to make any statement con cerning It, but her husband, who seemed highly pleased at the atten tion he was receiving, said: "Mrs. Earl Is bearing up bravely under tho ordeal. This notoriety is worth five years work to me. We part with a full understanding nnd Mrs. Earl Is as much agreed to It as I am. I believe it Is the right thing to do." BAPTIST CHURCH AT APEX STRUCK IJY LIGHTNING. Mr. Nathan Holloman, of Apex, was In the city today nnd he reports that the Baptist church at that place was struck by lightning Tuesday af ternoon and the steeple damaged consldeably. Tho church caught on fire but was extinguished before any damage of consequence was done, TRIBESMEN LED BY POLITICIAN Official Report Opens Eyes of tiie Frenchmen MOROCCAN SITUATION It is More Serious Than the French Government Had Believed and the Necessity of Forcing Matters to a Crisis is Pointed Out. U liy Spain Keeps in the Background, While France Does the . Filitinu' and Foots the Bills. (Special Cable to The Times.) .-Paris, Sept. n.- An official. .report of Monday's engagement, bet ween the French troops and i ho-Moors outside of Casa Blanca has boon made to 1 ho minister of war. This report and the consequent news reports of the battle have driven homo the fact that the situation in Morocco is more seri ous even than was supposed by the most pessimistic, Tho clamor, there fore, for immediate measures to end a campaign that is not. nlnnc coaling lives, but is involving the government in 'tremendous expense, lias become more insistent. Government officials also have been freshly impressed by the latest ad vices nnd it is now obvious to them that, some arrangement must be mndo with tho powers whereby the terms of the Algeclras convention must bo enlarged sufficiently to per mit the French and Spanish forces to drive, tho Moroccan tribesmen before them, dose upon their ranks in the interior and either comper them to lay down their arms or fight it out. In the latter event the Moors would have small show against tho modern fighting methods and a great slaughter-would result. This is to bo -avoided if possible, by the French,, for a too rigorous campaign would, with out doubt, stir the sympathy of the world and excite indignation. Com plications would follow, which would mix up the nations which signed the Algeclras convention and tho peace of Europe would be menaced, if not disturbed. . . TrilH'smen's Leader is a Politician. Tho tribesmen who are attacking daily at Casa Blanca are led by a politician who is clever enough to appreciate the predicament the French find themselves in. This ac counts for their persistency in at (Continued on Second Page.) THE RATE HEARING IN WASHINGTON TODAY (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington', Sept. 5. Comptrol ler Plant of the Southern Railway Company , was recalled to the stand this morning when the hearing in the Nortu Carolina rate case was resumed before Judge Montgomery In the offices of the company, Mr. Plant said that it cost S5.SG number of questions which had pre viously been put to him by Speaker Justice, but which tho comptroller was unable to furnish off-hand. They dealt entirely with operations of tho Southern Railway in North Carolina. "Mr. Plant said that it cost 85,36 cents to earn a dollar on lntra-stato business In North Carolina and also slated that, according to the consoli dated quarterly reports for tho year 190G tho operating expenses for that year were shown to bo $2,3:15,610.09 but gave it as his opinion that these figures were not ns just as the true amount would be. He said that tho increase in gross earnings for the year ended Juno 30, 1907, were $3,016,555.72, and the Increase in operating expenses was 14,794,445.34. The increase in net earnings, Mr. Plant placed at $l,909,587.4fi. He estimated the in crease In cost of wages to total $1,- 044.000, and In the cost of materials to be $971',487.84. The increnso in losses, damages and injuries Mr. Plant stated to be f 202.352.49. For an answer concerning the as sessed value of the Southern's prop erty In North Carolina, Mr. Plant referred counsel for the state to the report of the North Carolina corpo ration commission, which places It at 10,544,100. , Following these figures, Captain Thom took up tho re-direct examina tlon of Mr. riant. Florence Bennett, Kankakee, III., "Sleeping Beauty.' Mm c Florence Bennett, the Kankab eo, 111., girl who is known as the "Sleeping Benuly," lias slumbered s ince August l!(h, with infrequent waking periods of short duration. H er case has '-interested the New York Society for Psychical Ki'seareli, mem hers of which are now at the girl's home to observe the strange condi tion. While half awake the girl tells of remarkable visions, which she dc dares are as real as life. She seems to be wandering in u spirit .world, a nd psychological experts are mys tified. . . ' HARR1MAN OUTLINES FINANCIAL CONDITIONS : (By Leased Wire to The-Times.) . fan Francisco,' Cal., Sept. 5. "As. to financial -conditions there-is a certain distrust extant 'which' is-causing peo ple of means to withhold their mon eythe surplus .of the 'country if you please from the developing; classes. Credit is the most tender thing In the world. The politicians . -don't .realize that fact. They work out in send shape in due time, however. "San Francisco's future Is assured. What she badly needs is an unselfish wideawake leader to take the helm and steer away from present entan glements.": Edward U. . Harrimiiti . made these observations yesterday just before his departure for Sacramento. Mr. ITar liman had just arrived lure from his outing in the Klamath Lake country of southern Oregon, where ho bought 400 acres of land at the head of Pel ican Bay. lie paid ?J;:.,Co(l for :- the property, which includes a fine house that he intends to niako a summer residence. When asked regarding the Flslt- Harnhan fight nt the Illinois Central directors' meeting in New York last week, ho guardedly said:4. "The news sent out about that affair ATTY GEN. TALKS ABOUT STANDARD OIL CASES (liy Leased Wire to The Times.) Lenox, Mas., Sept. 5. Attorney General Cliarles .1. llonaparto last, night issue a statement, regarding tho Standard Oil 'Company.- case in the Illinois Court. The attorney gen eral's statement is ns follows: "0:i August 14th Judge Landis asked, in substance, that tho de partment of justice consider portions of the transcript of testimony in the case of the United States against tho Standard Oil -Company of- Indiana in order to determine whether the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company, its officers nnd employes, were enti tled to tho benefits of an agreement assuring It and them of immunity against criminal prosecution in con nection with tho granting ot curtain rebates to tho Standard Oil Com pany. "The department, in compliance with the desire ot Judge Landis, ex amined the above-mentioned records was evident ly colored for a purpose,"' but refused to explain.-what he -meant by. the word "purpose." INiative to the purchase of the Chi c.iRo & Alton Railroad by the Shonts-Hawley-Hunlington combination, he said:.-- , "Konio one has charged that the road vn wrecked. It - was really worth something or these men Would .not' have', bought - it,"; '.-'- Speaking of the trade and the Orient. Mr. Harrinian said: "There should be a better under standing... between, the t'nited States and the countries of the Orient, Amer ican shipping s greatly handicapped in . competition with the foreign steamer line, both In original cost and cost of operation. The government and the people are not in sympathy with the fight the American steamer lines are making to hold their own in foreign commerce and the press to some extent, unintentionally, perhaps, W responsible for much of this luck of sympathy. "The 'government is. running a trans port system, not only at a loss to It self, but also .indicting a wrong on the -commercial lines. These trans ports take - much, freight that should go to the commercial lines." . and carefully investigated the entire subjects and as a result of such in vestigation the attorney general on August, 2!) wrote to Kdwin W. Sims, United States attorney at Chicago, Informing him in substance, that tne agreement was shown to have been made In June or July, 1900, by C. 11. Morrison, Mr. Sims predecessor in office. "That Mr. Morrison's Rction np penrs to have been duly authorized at the tinia by the department; that in the opinion of tho department the arrangement had greatly facilitated tho indictment and conviction of th Standard Oil Company, and that whilo certain portions of the evi dence might bo fairly open to un favorable comment, the department regards tho government as bound in good faith, and also as a matter of public policy to give effect to the agreement. . 1 (Continued on Page Two.) BIGGEST GRAIN FIRM IN THE WORLD FAILS TO PRES. MKINLEY Erected in City Where Assas sin Shot Him Down UNVEILED AT BUFFALO fiovernor Hughes' Receives Shaft on Jtch.ilf of State Which is Present ed by Chairman Ruder Mrs. In maii (J. Avery Pulls Cord Which limes Slalne to View of the As sembeiil Miiltilnde and Sfafe and I'nifed Stales Troops Participate in tin- Occasion. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) . . r.uffalo. N. Y., Sept. 5. Today, which is McK'tnley . Day, the handsome mon ument erected to thP memory of the late president, who was assassinated in this city, was dedicated with solemn and impressive ceremonies. The presence of Governor iimies K Hughes, the two visiting Canadian regiments, two battalions of the 12th rtiiled States infantry .... and the fifdh and Tl!h regiments,, fourth- brigade New' -York' national guard, and a num ber of distinguished guests and speak ers,, gave dignity . to the . ceremonies that made the day a memorable one. The monument was unveiled by Mrs. Trueman O. Avery nnd was then pre sented to New York state by Chair man E. IT, Itutler. rjovernnr 'Hughes formally accepted the monument on behalf of the state. The Kight Itev, harks H. Colton, Knmini ('iilhii't' bishop of IuffaIot then closed the ceremonies with benediction. ; INJUNCTION Southern Railway Applies to Judge Pritchard SET FOR SEPT. 1 8TH ,sk for Restraining Order Against Alamance Suitors to Recover Pen alties -Important Feature Will Re Whether X. ('. Railroad is an In tegral Part of Present Southern Railway Company's System Mr. Rodman lirings the Matter Up Rcfore I'. S. Circuit Judge. (Special to The IOvening Times.) Asheville, NY C, Sept. 5. Much to the surprise of many persons, no doubt, another railroad injunction case has been instituted before Judge Pritch ard lit the Vniled States circuit court here. The stale authorities, it seems, are endeavoring to ' locate, the weak Joint in the armor of tho Southern Railway, and several persons residing in Ala mance county, have 'irouglit suits to recover damage against, the; North Carolina. Railroad Company, to en force certain penalties growing out of the new pacseiiger rate law, while one case Is brought against the Southern direct. Mr. Rodman, head of the legal ma' chine of the Southern, In this state, has brought the. matter to the atten tion of Judge Plitehard and asked for an order restraining the Alamance county parties to the action from pro ceeding further. These cases are 'rendered doubly In teresting from the fact that the ques tion will ho raised whether the North Carolina Railroad the line between Cioldsboro and Charlotte which is be ing operated by the Southern under a ninety-nine year lease, Is an integral part of tho Southern system. Judge Pritchard has announced that tho persons concerned will bo given a hearing September ISIh, when It will be determined whether the restraining order Will be granted. In tho papers filed it is set forth that unless such order' Is granted the Southern will be deprived of the bene fit of the interlocutory order of Injunc tion there to bo issued nnd that the road will suffer an Irreparable Injury. MONUMENT OR ANOTHER Had Made Two Millions But Bought Too Heavily of Hill Stocks GREAT EXCITEMENT OVER IT ML STREET Largest. Grain Ri-okerago House ill the World With Thousands of Miles.'' of' Telegraph Wires of Its Own to All Parts of the World. Chief Offices in New York, Chicago and Minneapolis Kxtent of Fail ure Mounts I'p Into the Millions Rut Hxact Amount Not Yet An nounced Who the Members of the Firm of Watson & Co. Are. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sent. i. Suspension was announced this afternoon of the stock exchange firm of Watson & Company of 21 Broad street. The firm is the largest grain brokerage house. In the world and lias thousands of miles of telegraph wires to all parts of Amer ica. Its chief offices are in Minneapolis, Chicago and New York: AnjjoVn cd gyeat AiiJIowneement of the failure creat- t excitement In Wall street. where the house has been considerd absolutly above susp!cion of Insolven cy. James J. Hill and other great railroad presidents have been known to operate through the house very ex tensive y. '.': The extent of the failure was not an nounced but is known to be very great. Members of this firm are said to have purchased Great Northern stock heavily at the top prices. They are also very heavily Jitercsted in steol trust stocks and In Northern Pacific. The firm has made several million dol lars recently on the long sido of the grain market, but the losses in the Hill stocks were too enormous to be overcome. incitement, Rut Little Kffect in Wall : i Street,. The failure caused no material change in the stock market. When the announcement was made support ing orders were put into the market and: there was an actual advance In several issues. Members of the firm are Seward T. Watson, Henry P. Watson, brothers, and Intimate friends of the Hill fam ily in Minneapolis; Charles E. Ander son and II. H. Jones. Mr. Jones was for twenty years grain expert for James J. Hill and it -was he who told the Great Northern Railroad Com pany each year how many freight cars to provide for hauling the crops In its territory. He has an interna tional reputation as an expert on grain and his estimate of the crop have usually been found more nearly cor rect than those of the United States government. . 2 CENT FARE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Topeka, Kans., Sept. 5. Tne board or railroad commissioners yes terday afternoon ordered the rail roads to put in a flat two-cent rate faro on or before October 1. The railroads have not. inado any definite announcement' of their contemplated action, but it is understood they will not recognize the order till the ques tion is settled in Borne of the other slates in which It Is pending. WOMEN INT JIM CROW CAR SUES RAILROAD (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Suffolk, Va., Sept. 5. A case said to be without precedent in any court has been Instituted here, when Mrs. Rosa Stone, white, entored suit for 1 1,000 damages against the Norfolk & Western Railroad for being com pelled to ride In a "jlm-crow" car among the negroes. After being forced Into the negro apartment ilra. Stone sought to re-' turn, but was restrained. Mrs. Stone has a thin skin, and, being badly tanned, was taken for a ne-gress. KANSAS ORDERS j
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