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VOLUME 80.
RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1907.
PRICE fa.
QtfEEN OF THE SEAS IS
tMnewlusim
She Made iiieMost Delight
ful os Well as tbe
Fastest Voyage
MRS. PALMEn SAYS SO BY
WIRELESS TO THE TIMES
One of the Host Traveled Women of
America Says the Fast Xcw Ocean
Liner Afforded Her and fellow
Passengers the Sit Pleasant, as
.'.Well, as the Most Rapid, Trip
Across the Atlantic She Kver K.v
prrienoed Not a Case of Sea
Sickness on Hoard fiusitaniu is n
Modern Hotel Afloat and n .Marvel
'For Speed ami Comfort Will Ovt
the Time Down to Four Days.
(Ry .MRS. POTTKR PALM Kit. )
(Wireless Message to The Times,
Transmitted from New .York.)
This special MarconiGram to the
Hearst News Sorvlre--by wireloss
from I ho Lissiliiiilu, while CS9 miles
off Sandy Hook, Kept. 12.
Through the Hearst News Service
we send greetings to all my friends
in the United States of America. All
on board are well. There has been
no seasickness. v
I am delighted to be home again -home,
I say, although we are; 6S9
miles east of Sandy Hook, but cut
ting through the water ut such a re
markable rate that It will not be
long now beforo we see the shores of
our country again. :
There is a splendid company aboard
and every one Is enthused over the
run we are making.
It is the most delightful trip I
have ever experienced on the Atlantic
and we all hopo that it will be a
record-breaker for speed. I am
charmed with the vessel it is a mar
vel for speed and for comfort. The
luxurious modern hotels are not more
homelike. This ocean greyhound, as
it were, with big open flre-places nnd
all Its admirable fittings, revolution
izes ocean travel.
We are all so confident in the won
ders of the Lusltania that we believe
this trip will shorten the distance be
tween the continents to four days.
The captain himself cannot be more
enthusiastic than the passengers.
Dully Rate of Speed.
New York, Sept. 12.-3 p. m. The
probable time of Lutltania's arrival is
now set at 7 a. m., tomorrow.
Dally runs so far reported: First
day, 561 miles: second day, 575 miles;
third day, 670 miles; best previous re
cord for a clay's run, 601 jiilles.
Best previous record from Queens
town to Sandy Hook, made by the
Lucania, 5 days, 7 ..hours and 25 min
utes. . -"
Probably time of Lusltania, 4 days
and 23 hours.
Average time Lusltania Is making,
13.8 miles an hour.
Arrival Expected Karly 4n Morning,
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 12. The Lusltania.
the new giant Cunarder, Is expected
to reach Sandy Hook before 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
The last wireless message from the
vessel Indicated that she was well this
side of the Sable Island today and
was ploughing through the waves at
the .reduced speed of 20 '4 knots an
hour. .It was believed that this speed
would be materially Increased, per
haps to 26 knots, during the day and
that the new turbine ship might be
reported off Sandy Hook as early as 4
o'clock tomorrow morning.
If the Lusltania reaches the.' hook
Vy 4 &. m. tomorrow she will have re
duced the ocenn-erosslng record to
'four days and seventeen hours, smash
ing the record of five days, seven
hours and twenty-three minutes which
has been held by the Lucanla since
1894.
RUNAWAY HORSE
KILLS NOTED WOMAN
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Lexington, Ky dept. 12. Miss Jud
ith Morton, a society leader here, not
ed horse woman and well known, wag
killed by a fall from A runaway horse
here today. '
She made her will the day before
her death and told her mother on leav
ing for a ride from which she never
returned, that If she did not return
her will was made.
Her father. Judge Jere Morton, made
a thirty mile race on a special Inter
urban car to see his daughter, but she
died Just before hli arrival.
ANTONIO FORGONE.
r
Ill : sv? M. y :z H
Antonio Forgone, a black hand
criminal, and ids victim, .Mrs. Lo
renzo Xicoliuo, whom, in his attempt
to murder after .she refused to pay
$100 which he demanded, he badly
slushed with a knife, Forgone, who
is said to be one of the most despep.
ate blackmail operators in New
York, was capured after a wild auto
chase. ' . ,' ' '
E. W. Vanderbilt Formally
Declared Insane
VERDICT OIVEN TODAY
K il Millionaire Husband of ItriHik-
lyn Kpirilunlist May Pepper, Is
Adjudged Incoiiipetent Suit Was
llronutit by His DiiiiKhlei', Who
Alleged Had Inlliieiiee of Her Step
mother. (r.y Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 12. Kdward
Ward Vanderbilt, (iRed millionaire
husband of' May Pepper, tho Brook
lyn spiritualist, was pronounced men
tally .-Incompetent by tho sheriff's
jury in Brooklyn today.
Tho jury retired at 3:30 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. At 10:30, bav
ins reached no agreement tho men
were locked up for the nlht. At
9 this morning io jury announced
that they had reached an agreement
nnd tho, counsel and court attaches
were brounht into court.
The foreman of the Jury handed a
senled - verdict to tho coninilsstonor.
When read it disclosed tho fact that
tho jury had sustained tho contention
of Miss Minerva Vanderbilt that her
father was Incompetent to mnnugo
IiIb nffairs, owing to the Influence of
Mrs. Popper-Vnnderbllt.
An interesting development In the
caBe today is the statement of Caro
line B. Darrow, tho "mysterious wo
man In blue," who testified that Mrs.
Pepper's sister, Harriet, was . the
actual partner of the spiritualistic
firm.
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DIl.
P. II, LAW HiTj
IX CHAIUXTTH HOSPITAL,
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Charlotte, N. C, Sept. 12. Rev.
Dr. P. R. Iw, editor of tho Presby
terian Standard, has been suffering
a good deal lately with asthma -and
has been threatened recently with a
nervous breakdown: so much so that
ho has entered the Presbyterian Hos-
putal for treatment. His condition
la not serious, and he expects to be
out In a fow days.
mm
w a.
DIVORCED FROM
HIS MILLIONS
BONDS FOR A
NEW TRUNK LINE
Four Western Counties
Vole on Qiieiiion
to
DATE SET 108 OCT. 17
The lM.tn Waits ('oiiKlriicti.ui at ll.it
T ave, Hrn!Ci'Ko:i 4 utility, 'I'lii-oimli.
ll.-iulcis,i::vl:le, Asheriile, Waynes.
v 1 1 1 ( , on to K:
ville the "Kile
( oniicetion l or
niwille At.
:i X." A ill
a Thi'iiiih
(Special t.Li '1 lie k veiling Times.)
. AsiiovlUe. Ssopt. 12.- - l iie -oiimi
shiners of lltinoomlie. Henderson
Transylvania and i'oIk conn tins, hnvi
Ist;ued calls for soeclal cleclums to br
held Qctolicr 17. to allow me piwih
cf thosa counties io voio o:i usnlni:
I o::ds to aid in (lie consi ruci ion of
compel nig li iink line ol rMilvo.id
I ho coiiiiul.-::;icinerK ol ihivwoo.-l coiin
t v will l.-Ki:e ;i cull i.i a few davn.
Tlio magr.iiiide and io:iiinlti!.'R of
this (Meat. VMl'.oau proj-.-i v.onld iiil
COl'.lUlliii.
'i ho plan, however, foiilempliite.s'
Jhe c.onstruciion of a trunk line lioi.i
Dat ( av.'. m .Henderson, couniv.
through Hendersonville. Aslr.'viile.
and avnesMhe. and tlience to Kr.ox
ville. 'I lie money Is lu hand to do
th" work provided the counties show
the proper Interest and vote -the aid
bonds, the bonds, however, to be ex
changed for an equivalent amount of
stock in the railroad. The line is to
be built from Bat Cave to Turnpike,
near the H.-" oil county line by the
Appalachian .I'.torurban Railroad
Conipuny, tlu sto.l; in whiclr is
owned by citizens In this and Hen
derson counties. At Hat Cave the
new road will connect with a road
to be constructed to Rutherfordton,
which establishes the desired compet
ing connection with the south and
east. At Turnpike the road will be
built extended to Knoxvllle.
At Knoxvllle there will be estab
lished connection with the L. & N,
The cost of coiistniftion, it is esti
mated will aggregate seven million
dollars and the money has bee!' se
cured. If the counties vote the
bonds the contract for the construc
tion of the road, which has been
signed, will forthwith become opera
tive and work will commence this
year. Buncombe county is asnea to
vote $200,000, Haywood about the
same amount and the other counties
about $50,000 each. The construc
tion of the line from Bat Cave to
.Turnpike is to be - co-lncidont with
tho construction of the line from
Turnpike to Knoxvllle. The Ashe-
ville Retail Merchants Association,
the local board of trade and prom
inent citizens of other counties have
been at work on the project for nine
months nnd have finally gotten the
mutter In such : shape that it now
looks as -.though this section will
have another railroad.
AGA1N-IT MUST
BE ROOSEVELT
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, ' D. C, Sept. 12.-llepre-scntatlve
John W. Langley, of the
tenth Kentucky district, 'came Into
Washington fresh f'-om his state and
talks with representative members of
the republican party, of the Blue
Crass region.
"There Is no mistaking" the senti
ment of the nconle of Kentucky," said!
Mr. Laiiglcy. "They want Mr. Roose
velt to be tho president for another
term and liope he will permit the use
of his name. If Mr. .Roosevelt hold3
out In his determination not to permit
his name to go before the conven
tion, thn the Kentucky delegates will
be divided among Taft, Foraker
Fairbanks."
and
And Still Auother.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Saratoga, N. T., Sept. 12. P. J. Mr
Cuinber, United - States senator from
North Dakota, who it here to attend
the notlnnal encampment of the 0. A.
K., says that In all probability there
will, be such an Insistent demand at
tlie next national convention for Pres
ident Roosevelt that he will bu com
pelled to accept the nomination for a
third term.
SOJTHERN TEST
(ASE GOES UP
Appea to7 Supreme Court in
i tsu of Agt. Wosif
WILL IE READY BY 18TH
.11
v.-:! I l e
lemlicr I S.
SU.tos 'court
the reocrd.
'I'iii.!. Is tiie ca.-,e m w
Was indicted and sont-(i
( ha in -filing for violating t
bv"f.i'!-iing tickets -lor mjr
licli . W
eil io the
o rate law
H ti - 1 1
cents. Judge Pritchard released
nri!:onor on liabep.s couis nan
tlU!
the
state s 'counsel appealed. The casu
is returnable at Wasaugton o.i Oc
tober X. Judge Prltcha'd lias signed
the certificate of appeil and issued
the citation. The state's attorneys
i-.ubmit an assignment of nine errors.
The chief, one 1') first "liit the court
erred in assuming jurisdiction of
the matter at issue." .
Other Aslievilly 'evvs. -
The Wesrn, Union ofljee here hes
received two additional operators to
take the placo of strikers. The of
fice is still handling the business but
with some delay. Thus far none of
the strikers has deserted.
The Warren Bros, nil ulithic Pav
ing Company will this week complete
its last contract with the city to pave
several streets, and with the com
pletion of this contract no more
streets will be paved for perhaps a
couple of years. It is interesting to
note that during the past four years
Asheville has laid on her streets ap
proximately 1 10,000 square yards
of bitulithic paving at a cost of
something less ,than $300,000. This
paving addition' to the great amount
of brick and stone paving that had
already been laid and in addition to
the many lineal miles of brick and
concrete sidewalks. Paring thepast
four years the Warren Bros, have
paved fully 25 of the principal resi
dential and business streets of the
city. Asheville boasts that it has
more paved streets than any city of
Its size In the country.
THE U. S. SENATE
(Iiy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Atlitiila, tin.,, Sept. 12. The latest
topic of discussion In political circles
Is (he probability of flovernor Hoke
Smith opposing lion. A. S. Clay for
the United States senate next year.
A lively discussion arose over the
question between many of the promi
nent ones, who heard the governor's
political address nt Sparta, f!a on
I Tuesday and the belief Is growing that
I he will aspire to fill Senator Clay's
pent.
Judge F. I.. Little, of Sparta, an en
thusiastic supporter of Oovernor Hoke
Smith, In speaking of the governor's
chance for the toga suhl:
"This Is undoubtedly the stop for
Governor Smith to take. I believe he
can be elected easily. He Btlrred up
the reform wave which has Bwcpt over
Georgia and It la but natural that he
should be swept In the highest office
within the gift of tho people of Geor
gia on Its crest."
THORNTON IS SKNATOH
FOR FAIRFAX COl'NTV.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Alexandria, Va,, Sept, 12. According
to the revised return" P.. Ewnll Thorn
ton, of Fairfax county, defeated Lewis
H. Meachen, of this city, by a small
plurality In the democratic primary
In the fourteenth senatorial district
for the' nomination' of a candidate fur
the state senute.
I '.,
It (he Wale's App 'al, Tak.'n Alter
1 . M. (knit .IitdRe I'rilciiard He
leased Vood iron) tin' i nslody of
Ivno.v- (he Mi:i( ipill Autlioi ities lor. Sell
I'crni Ttci-u Kir Sloe 11m sr aU
Irnnli- Cents I"ier News from Ashevdh'
I ( Ki.ocinl Tho Kvoninu' Timor:.)
I ' A:ill. villeAX. C. Ti, j
hnlKas corpiE ca::e on ap:eal to t'.i;'
stij-remo coiilr, of the' 1 'States
in which Janes "II. Wo.. I. dislricl. j
ifssemrer ashnt of . tlf". S.v.ii iioi'ii j
av CbmJanv hr ve, '-i'.iit iK'ani , !
t In not later. I Mm ..Sen-.
c le1 rt i 1 II
lore in at work.- ptenar- I
nod
HOKE SMITH FOR
NEW DISEASE CALLED
INFANTILE PARALYSIS raSS
(Ryf Leased Wiro to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 12. The epi
demic, of infantile' paralysis- ill this
'city: is .assuming alarming propor
tion:;, according to the reports of
liO.ihilal
i of discovering Hie
I posed to be responsible for the infec
tion. I nern are now under treat
ment, in various Hospitals hot ween
:io and 400 children v.lio have tile
disease well developed and -most of
whom will be hopeless -cripples for
tho- rest ot their lives.
physli-.ians, who uavo Hie dir.- iW 8 I
undo;- ol.seivalion in Hie hone l ,."s3f ' ' II I
orm which is snp- - llt ' ' " t-4il
- t, M.i-,.ii;r i
:. 1 $iMW?S:&. :0 1 -':i'-'4-';-: ; "ir ,
Mrs. Steiv.'fit kdiKOu, niece ot I. Ii i;
pet collies, she is 'ch!li! at Soumi I-,
sheep dog trial ever mveii i Ann . .1.1 is ;
heroine keenly nterested n the event, mill i
ROGERS, GREY
OIL TRUST,
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Boston, Mass., Sept. 1 2. i Henry
11. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate,
is a ypry sick nuin. So sick, iiuie;d is
tho "Grey Kagle" of the oil trust
that at least three more months must
pass before he can be 'approached on
business or appear as a witness in
couriy.
'Thw s-:ti!i't!iii,'; lesl-lmony ,wa's slven
today before Juil.ne lfaiunioud in the
superior court by Dr. i'rait, of New
iiedl'ord, in the case of Cadwallader
M. Raymond, who is suing the Stan
dard Oil Company for $15. 000, fintl
for infringement on patents Hint ren
der .refined- petroleum non-explosivp.
"While Mr. Rogers is slowly itii
proving his condition is such that
GEN. DRUDE MAKES THINGS
HOT FOR THE TRIBESMEN
Paris, Sept. l.'.-i leneral Prude, '.com
manding 'the French fortress ill Mo
rocco, today 'captured and burned the
town of Taliaildart. seventy-live .'miles
northeast of I'asa .lllanca, .....intlietitig
terrible loss on the Moors.
A large force of the Moors, led by
many assembled chief from the In
terior, had camped at Tahaddnrt, and
it was believed that, they contcmplat- I
ed an attack on either Tangier or Par-Kl-Heda.
:''. "
Oen'erat" Prude sent a heavy force I
of troops to Tnhndclnrt, which lies a,
few miles back; from tlie Coast, an 1
In the'.' mountains,'-nnd nttacked tho
Moors. - The' fighting was fierce for
PAINFUL TASK
FORJUDGES!
(Special Cable to The Times.)
London, Sept. 1 2. Napoleon llivd,
the champion long dislunce piano
player, has accepted a match to play
David Monks, an aspirant Io the title
for 500 a side. The challenger
a tremendous task on his hands
has!
for
In winning the title Mr. lilrd pla.vc.l
for 48 consecutive hours. During
this period he rendered l.aOO com
positions, and accompanied vocal and
instrumental solos at four concerts.
He played nearly everything from
memery. He is fed lightly while
playing n -tnutcli, sips an occasional
drink of brandy, and when sleepy Is
sprayed with lOau dc Cologne,
MRS. STEWART EDISON
AND PET COLLIER.
n , ii
:i.:-h, ( nun.,
esii held.
; evliioiting
, and on)' ot her
where the iirst
.Mr. .Morgan has
several doas. -
EAGLE 0
IS VERY
much tiine: !;
t.iT.hsnct.-nny
iu'1 elapse "before' he can
business or appear ns
i; v,-itiusy.: - - .
,".Mr. lioKors, 'who is- 70 years old.
w.-nis to ...be snficrin:;; from general
d'bility. For several lnonflia past, as
at. .present,' his health was such that
no one could lie allowed to sen him
on bpiihic.-is. hia.l tors'.; lie goes to bed
at fi c'cloel; 'ouch nighi. Only '.once
durin:,; -this, period "-.did. ho leave his
home at h'air Haven. Conn., to go Io
New York, who
he slaved but one
hour."
Tlie ca.-;e !n whii-n the Inulti-niil-lioiiiiire'hi
one of. t he defendants was
decided in' favor of the. trust; by a
master, to v. honi it war. referred. The
present '.'action is the', result, of . the
master's, decision.
.eveial lioiiis. result in tlie coiu
plel rout or the -tribes, the slaughter
of n iurfie iiiniiber el' .their troops and
th- bm-iiing of (he amp.
The-'Freiich lost one man killed and
six 'injured, accoiiliii:', to 1 1 ic ocinl ad--vices
iivciveU heir; from Oeiiernl
1 1 Mil".
In the eiiKagemeiit Viencli warships
stood -off tin' coisi. coveiiiig by a
heavy tire the hunting of larsre forces
of ma 'rii'ies u hieli joineil in tlie -jialtle.
It is believed hel e I hat this Victory
I will
j from
unplete.ly . ii; eonrne the Moors
ny fuitlier ."d'eipt. o Ink" his-
sot'sion
Moiece
the ll.il'lhv
cmiiiti y. .
st eonier of tin
III
jMURDERED BY
(Hy Leased Wire io The Times.)
Columbus, ()., Scpi. 1 2. :--Sherman
I Long, a arpini wt 1 2 years old, was
liitirdered i.t . ,s o'i lock last night ut
his home, 70:: Smith Fifth street, by
his brother-iu-law, Frank Miller,
aged !)0, a haski-l inaker. After kill
ing him Miller lived nt Longs son,
Jacob, Hum ran out of the house nnd
climbing into his buggy drove rapidly
away, lie was. captured three hours
Inter at his li utile. A charge of mur
der wiif placed against, him.
The tragedy was tlie o'ltgrowth of
trouble between Miller and his wife,
a sister of Mrs. Long. It is claimed
tll it Miller be.lt Ills wife l 11(1 thllt: sho
it times went, to her sister's homo
for prole."! ion.
ILL
H S BROTHER
BIG MONEY FOR
THE BIG DITCH
What Construction of Panama
Canal is Costing
MILLIONS SO FAR
And (lie Work Is Vet In Its Infancy.
But (he Filly Millions Purchase
.Money Paid the I'rencli Govern
iiient Alusl lie Heducted Some
1 uteres! in.; New Figures Just
Available.
(Itv 'Loaned Wire to The Times.)
Wfishlngton, P. C. Sept , 12. Tha
aniima Canal cost the American gov
ernment Jx4.440.000 up to December 31,
mo.;, according 'to -a statement of the
audited expenditures made as of that
dale mid just published The bulk of
this expenditure was the $50,000,000 to
the French company qnd the Panama
government: for canal property, right
of wav: iiml franchise, and $J,44,O.J
went for material and supplies.
For gcnei'il 'administration ''there-
was expended si.l.KW; governmeiu
ind sanitation. J4.3s1.0S9, and construc
tion and eiii'lncerinsr. J9.T29.5S4. ; Other
expenses Includo JI2.138.852'. under the
head of plant, which Includes rolling
stock, inathini'iv. second main tracK
on istlinms. building and zone and wa
terworks.
ighteen Months llefore Mlusonry
Work Ilevins.
Actual masnurv work It Is believed
can be-commenced at the Gatun locks,
of the isthmian canal within eighteen
months, according to a statement made
In the canal record, copies of which
have been received. Railroad trestles
are being erected across the line that
wiU mnrk the Inside and outside boun
daries nt the big dm at Gatun and
from one of these dirt trains are dump
ing dirt upon the site of the dam.
.Preparatory to the installation of
the pipe-line dredges, by which more
rapid work on the dam will be pos
sible, th Oliagres River has been di
verted from its main channel and
dammed, The survey of all the coun
try to be converted Into the great Ga
tun Lake has been completed and the
finished reports show that the area
will be 171 square miles.
Acquisition of KuroMan Laborers.
A plan by which European laborers
on tln Isthmus of Panama may bring
their families to that place Is under
consideration by the canal commis
sion. It contemplates 'the erection of
cheap houses on small tracts of lands,
establishing settlements In close prox
imity to the work .-along 'the canal.
The .colonization-of these people, it Is
believed, will give a steady and per
manent supply of the best labor avail
able for the canal work and will re
sult in clearing and improving a good
portion of 'the-. land-belonging .to the
commission on the canal zone. :
. Inclusive of the contract laborers
brought to the Isthmus of Panama
at the expense of the canal commis
sion during the fiscal year f nded June
"tl, last, the number of Immigrants
arriving at Colon; to which port comes
practically all the laborers for the ca
nal, was in excess of 7.134. At the Pa-
eilie terminal the number of passen
gers who left there during the fiscal
year was 1,315 less than the number
who entered. From the total force of
canal employes on the roll In Julv,
lliiil!, the death rate was 04 per 1,000.
against 3,r per i.ooii in July, 1907.
WHAT BRYAN TOLD
THE CONDUCTOR.
( iiy Leased Wire to The Times.)
leucine, Wis.. Sept. 12. A bit of
inform;!! ion as to the probable candi
dacy of William Jennings Bryan for
president of the United Slates on the
democratic .ticket has come to light
here.
Frank Murphy, a conductor,-running
from Chicago to Central, Iowa,
had Mr. Bryan as a pussenger. lie
was telling Mr. ltryan how badly his
mot her, llridget Murphy, eighty years
old, felt because he was defeated for
resident. Mr. Hryun Inquired whut
(he sentiment was in regard to his
again being a candidate. When told
it was favorable, he said perhaps he
would again make the run. ,
THK
KiTMAKITIKM Ol'
A PlICl LIAIt WIIX.
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 12 One of
the most peculiar documents recorded
by the register's otllco was the will
or Sophia Hock, of 1 434 Kldge ave
nue, 'inn will, disposing of. an es
tate valued tit $1,700, enters Into a
partial history of the marital experi
ence of Mrs. lleck, and among other
references to Thonins Ileclc, tho hus
band, styles him n "curiosity."
In nn appended letter Intended us
a codicil it Is stated that ho obtained
n advance from his life partner -to
pay the marriage fee. He Is be
' quuathed 1 5.