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Only -Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prcca Diopatdhee LAST EDITION. ALL THE TJARKET3. . 4 THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. 0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1907. PRICE la, FANATICAL FOOLS IN ZION CITY TORTURE TAFT LEADS ALL-NIGHT HUNT TILLMAN AGAIN RESULTS IN FINDS IN THE ARENA KELLOGG LAYS CLEVER TRAP FOR STANDARD OIL IN THE SOUTH Would Drive Out Devil But Kill Aged, Rheumatic Woman '5 JURY IS PROSING THE JUTTED Mrs. Letilia Greenbaugh, Aged (14 - Years, the Victim Parhnmites Had Vision That They Could Cure Old Woman of Rheumatism, and Pulled at. Amis and Neck Vntll Latter; Rroke 4)Id Woman, in Fearful Agony, Screamed, liut There AVas No Let-up of Torture. Witness Tells About Affair Today on Witness S(nnd. ! '. . ' . " (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago," ept. 20. Disclosure of one of the most horrible murders in the history of northern Illinois came to light today at Zlon City. An aged woman, a sufferer for years from rheumatism was killed by a religious Red which believed it would cure her of the disease by "casting out devils." The woman's legs, arms, neck, and ribs were broken, and she was strangled. The victim is Mrs. Letitla Green haulgh, 2900 Gabriel avenue, Zlon City. ; . ..' . The disclosure of the murder was made today; after a midnight inquest held at the dead woman's home by the coroner of Lake county. The case is almost without 'parallel in the his tory of religious beliefs. Five persons are under arrest on the charge of manslaughter, as fol lows: Harold Mitchell and his wife, as principals. Walter Greenhaulgh, son of the aged woman, as accessory. Jennie. Grrenhaulgh, daughter of the murdered woman, as accessory. Mrs. Emma Smith, a neighbor, as acces sory. Coroner Taylor and Deputy Conrad learned of the death early last evening. At one o'clock this morning in a driving rain they rushed to Zlon City in an automobile and went directly to the home of tht murdered woman. They aroused the family and after a short talk with them went after the Mitchells and Mrs. Smith. A Jury was quickly ob tained and an Inquest Immediately opened. Walter Greenhaulgh was the first witness. He Is a follower of Charles F. Parbam, the originator of the re markable sect known as Parhamltes. The story of the murder as told by Walter follows: "Wednesday morning Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell came to' our house. They told me that they had had a vision In which God had told them to come to my mother and help me cast out the demons. It Is our belief that. when one Is sick It is because of the demons which beset you. He Said we must start to work at once. We went Into mother's room and told her that the ceremony was to begin. Mitchell took her by one hand and pulled It away from her body. She screamed terribly. Mitchell put his hand over my mother's mouth and choked oft her cries. "It is the devil leaving her," he said. "Then he stepped back and made some strange motions like a hypnot 1st. Mother moaned. Then Mitchell and his wife went to work again. They took her arms and pulled them out straight. There was a cracking sound. I found out afterward they broke the bones. They did the same with her legs. They pulled at her head. She groaned and cried out. 'That,' said Mitchell, 'was the demon leaving her body. Then they began work on her hip. As they worked I saw blood there. I was frightened and demanded of Mitchell what it meant. 'Oh, that's lust corruption coming out with the demons,' he ex plained. Finally mother fell back and there was no more struggling. " 'Slle Is Bleeping now,' they said; 'she wlU arise at supper time.' Then we went out of the room and waited. "She did not come out and finally we all went into the room and discov ered that mother was dead." At the conclusion of the son's tes timony the Inquest was continued until 4 o'clock this afternoon to give the authorities time to continue the inquiry and to permit of the burial of the body. FOR DRASTIC LEGISLATION Beginning of Agitation in Louisiana COMMISSION AND POWER Louisiana Railroad Commission in Appeal Vui'iics That Constitution be Amended to Give it .More Au thority Orders Are Restrained by Itoads at Present. '. (lly Leased Wire to The Times.) New Orleans, La., Sept. 20. The be ginning of agitation for 'drastic rail road legislation in Louisiana, follow ing the lead of other southern states, Is made public In an appeal by the railroad commission. I( Is urged that the constitution be amended to in crease the power of the railroad com mission. Among the amendments Is one ask ing that the orders of the commission become Immediately effective. Under-the present constitution the mere act of a railroad filing a suit against the commission's orders acts as an Injunction delaying the execu tion of the order sometimes for two years. During these delays the com. mlslson declares "the rates may be sufficient to seriously cripple, if not altogether ruin, an Industry or busi ness." -.''-''.. Regarding the principle of immediate enforcement of late ordered by the state, the eutnmlsison argues that the order of Injunction Is 'sufficient pro tection to the railroad whenever the coininlslson's orders are unjust. T Lost for Century Discovered in library- ARE VERY IMPORTANT These Papers Throw Much Light on the Southwest and May Make It Necessary to Rewrite History of Entire Section Facts About the Documents, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Berkley, Cal.,'Sept, 20. The lost "Carondelet" papers, which for more than a century eluded the search of the historians of the world have been found lit the Bancroft Library of the state university by Prof. Henry Morse Stephens and F. J. Teggart, custo dian of the library. It will now be necessary to re-write the history of the southwest. The papers are the official docu ments of the Spanlsn rule of Louisi ana and contain all the historic events of the period. The documents were lost while In transit to Spain., Baron de "Carondelet was the last Spanish governor of Louisiana. The papers contain reports to the governor throwing light on the his tory of western exploration. Besides the Carondelet papers there are among the manuscripts discovered special collection relating to the Dutch West Indies, the Danish West Indies, Cuba and Porto Rico. Auto, Racer Dead. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 20. Word was received here that Ernest B. Kelly, a resident of Philadelphia and one of the best known automobile racers and salesmen In America, died at Sacramento, Cal., yesterday from Injuries received In an auto mobile accident which occurred In that city last Saturday. Details of the accident are not known ben. CARONDELE PAPERS FOUND Chisago Tribune's Poll So Finds It AND LEADS ELSEWHERE Roosevelt Has Opposition in South ern States Hughes and Fair banks Also Favorites Disgrun tled Negroes and Politicians Ex press Sentiments The Hrory. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Chicago, Ills., Sept. 20. Tinder . the caption "South for Taft '.--despite re volt." in the rhicaso Tribune, Ray mond, the Tribune's Washington - cor respondent writes as follows: "Although the politicians have been guessing a good deal about It, the actual fact as to the break-up along the southern republicans, as between the whites and the blacks,' was not fully understood until the Tribune's poll was taken. .-'.'.".' 'The southern states of Arkansas, Alabama. Florida, -Georgia,-. Kentucky, Louisiana. Mississippi, North Caro lina, South Carolina. Tennessee. T xas and Virginia cast a total of tin? bal lots In the Tribune test. It is signifi cant that out of this total there are 5S, or nearly 10 per cent of the whole, which were distinctly recorded in op position to the progressive policy of President Koosevelt. 'According to the tabulated returns Taft leads as a presidential choice, as he does In every other section of the United States. The returns show that he is the first choice of 358 of the vot ers, Fairbanks following with 51. For.-i aker with 42. Hughes with 48, Cannon with 27. 'It Is worth remembering at the same time, that while Taft was chosen by 70 aB their second Choice, Hughes rolled up 198, Fairbanks 86, Cannon 78, and Knox made a much better show ing when the llrst, second and third choices are grouped together In the south .than they do in any of the northern sections outside of the 'favor ite son' stales; for instance, Fair banks is mentioned on only 104 In New F.ngland, which section he tumped industriously last fall. "So. too, 'Uncle Joe' Cannon is men tioned for first, second, or third choice by 217 southern republicans, whereas he received only 127 votes for the six New England states, although, he, too, swung around the circles and made speeches in Vermont and Maine during the hilfht of the campaign Isst year. "Putting these two thlx;gs togett.er. It seems that the so-called conserva tive element in the south which is made up partially of disgruntled ne groes, partially of disappointed white office-seekers, and partially of the property owning class which Is look ing for stability of Investment, is feel ing around for a candidate to head off the Roosevelt sentiment in that sec tion." WILL POT COTTON PICKER ON MARKET (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Augusta, Uu., Sept. 20. A petition for a charter has been filed In the of fice of the clerk of the superior court of . Richmond county by the Georgia Cotton Picker Company. The first cotton Picking machine to be placed on the market here is one that was Invented by Ben A. Chew. The machine Is declared by experts to be practicable. It is operated by a gasoline engine and is carried over the. cotton fields In a wagon. Several tubes project from the machine and the cotton is picked from the boll by little saws. It Is then carried through the tube into the wagon by means of suction. It is said that a half dozen rws of cotton can be picked by this machine at tho same time, and it is estimated that three men can do the work of seven or eight. The capital stock of the company will be $25,000 and the place of business in Augusta. WHITE MAN WANTED ON TERRIBLE CHARGE. (Special to The Evening Times.) Wlnston-Salera, N. C, Sept. 20. News has been received here of a criminal assault made upon Mrs. Harger, a respectable widow, resid ing near Campbell, Stokes county, Monday, by Sam Shelton, Jr. A warrant has been sworn out for the arrest of Shelton on the charge of criminal assault. It Is stated that Shelton fled Immediately after the crime and Is possibly In hiding in Virginia. He Is a man about 40 years old and had previously borne a good reputation, He Is a son of Mr. Sam uel M. Shelton. Friend of Mrs. Lonporlli Lost in Hie Forest HUSBAND BEING SOUGHT Mrs. Charles F. Joy, Lost in Dense Forest in. Arizona, After Roaming . .for Days, is Discovered Weak and Exhausted Searching Now for .. Husband. ' ' ( By Leaned. .Wire, to- The .Times'. ) . Grand Canyon, Ariz.; Sept. -.20,- 'After- having wandered through the dense' forest' .extending back '.in all directions' from the rim of the' canyon since, 9 J o'clock Wednesday morning,' Mrs. I Charles'. F. Joy. friend and ' traveling j companion of Mrs. 'Alice'- l.ongworth, and wife of former United Slates CoiW gressman Joy, of Missouri, was found ! lying '- exhausted under a clump of I scrub oaks not sixty feet from the 1 road fur which she had been searching for twenty-One hours. Eighteen guides from Kl Tovar. the canyon hotel. Indians, selected from among the Hopls and Na vajoes. iiuar- tered here, and a dozen guests of the j hotel, men and women, rode through the., woods all -night in an organized: attempt to find the missing woman. Walter Hubbel and Miller Herlinger, the oldest guides in point of service in the canyon, discovered Mrs. Joy. When Mrs. Joy was brought- to Kl Tovar she was In such an exhausted condition as a result of her exposure to the bitter cold prevailing here at night that It .was necessary to carry her to her rooms on a stretcher. J.ater In the day it was announced she was nut of danger. Meantime the sen rclicis are hunting for. Mr.-. Joy, who lias not been seen since- he .started .out to find his wife at 5 o'clock Wednesday- night.. . it is 'estimated,'. '.-'that Mrs. Joy must have utilki-'.i lake '.(firm twelve tulles through the heavy -timber between the time of her disappearance ami her re covery. "'.'- Oeporiuient hdiises to Allow Rank INDIGNATION IS KEEN Recause War Department Refuses to Permit Rank of Famous General to ApMar on Monument in Na tinfial Cemetery, Congress May be Petitioned. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Sept. 20. Word has been received in Washington that Alabainlans are very much wrought up over the refusal of the war depart ment to allow the confederate rank of the late General Joseph Wheeler to be engraved on the monument over his grave In Arlington ''.Cemetery, .Washington. The war department re cently refused the request of a monu ment committee that this engraving be made, and tills answer has caused any amount of unfavorable comment In General Wheeler's native state. Reports Indicate that the people will impress on their senators and con gressmen the duty of asking congress to rescind the order of- the war de partment and to allow the full rank of the general while he was In the con federate service to be designated, as well as that of his service to the union. The monument was erected by the daughters of General Wheeler. On one side of the monument are two blank lines, where It was the wish of the general's daughters that his con federate rank should be carved. The war department objected, and the lines have been left blank. It is said that the department considered It un seemly that the honors of a confeder ate general should be displayed in the national cemetery. The Misses Wheeler desired their father burled at his home in Alabama, but at the earnest request of the war department they consented to have the body burled In the notional cemetery. Alabatnlans claim that out of defer ence to the wishes of the daughters the confederate rank should be en graved on the stone. It Is said that unless this Is brought about the daugh ter will endeavor to have the body moved to Alabama. ALABAM ANSA! GEN WHEELER Sweeps His One Good Eye Over World's Horizon HE TALKS, TALKS, TALKS Discusses State's Rights, the Press, Japan, War, Trusts, Politics Says Root Idea of Centralization Will be -Vital' Issue in Next Cam paignHis Other Views. ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) -Sah Francisco. Sept: 20.- Senator Benjamin K. Tillman, after visiting thirty' stales since the adjournment, of congress and meeting thousands of -people., gives the Hearst .News Service his observations on the vital questions of the hour and the issues t Hat -will predominate in the coming presidential campaign. He does not discuss candidates or politicians be cause he says he: does not know any thing about what they are doing in the way of political combinations and tickets. By Benjamin It. Tillman. United States Senator from South Carolina: Judicial usurpation and trust abuses are co-relative questions the two are interlocked and one hinges'. on the other, as President Roosevelt recently recognized when he made the issue in 1904 and 190"), tiiat the railroad rate, fixed by the commission should go Into effect im mediately' and stick there till re versed by the courts. Of course, we all -..'know, he surrendered on this im portant point and that Aldrich came off victor. This bit. of legislative his-: tory turns the light on the striking' fact, that in North ' Carolina' the at tempt was made to do just what the president declared all railroads ought, to be compelled to do. But the federal court butted in and said they could not do it, but they did. The Root idea of centralization will be the vital issue in the next presidential campaign. The Root idea will be pressed by the republi cans and Roosevelt; the democrat a will, naturally and Inevitably, take the other side. This nation must speak through congress and define the powers Of federal courts that are. clutching states and -everything else., by the throats. The real and proper method of government control, and regulation of trusts is the other Important ques tion which must be determined in the next campaign. Wherever our people give up local (Continued on Second Page.) MR. TIRED OF ARDUOUS TASK (By Leased Wire to The i TimM.) Washington.' Sept. 20.Tho North Carolina-Southern Railway case pro ceeded peacefully again this morning before the master appointed by Judge Piitchard. Nothing' arose to disturb the quiet labors of tho North Carolina attorneys as they delved Into the rec ords of the railway company and made their notes therefrom. Counsel Thoni, of tho Southern, is seeing to It that these legal advisers of the Southern commonwealth keep their noses to tho grindstone and ex pedlte tho hearing us much as pos sible. Just before adjournment for luncheon at. -one o'clock today At torney Woodard, of North Carolina, having turned over to Comptroller Plant a long list of vouchers that he wished to have brought in for exam ination sought a few moments' res pite from his confining labors by talk ing with some friends in the room. Mr. Thorn was seen to whisper to the waster and then call to Mr. Woodard to get busy on another book while the vouchers were being looked up. Mr. Woodard reluctantly returned to work. 800 WORKERS AT V LODZ ARRESTED. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Lodz, Sept. 20. Police and troops today surrounded a cotton mill the proprietor of which,' Marcus Sllhet steln, was recently murdered by his employes. The workmen of the mill i to the uumber of 800 were arrested. A 200-POUND AFFINITY H Big Negress Holds Groom While Father Takes Girl COULD BARELY SQUIRM Rut Alter a I'itlul -Spell of (lie Re sli'iiinin.H Influence of (lie lUl.voin Cook, I 'a Repents, ami Warrant Sworn Out by Son-in-Law is Dis regarded, and Harmony Prevails. ''(lly Leased Wire to The Times.). Hiinisville, Ala., Sept. 20. While his bride of an hour was being taken away from him by .'her father, Rich ard pldfield was so tightly held by the negro cool; at his boarding house that, effective '-resistance-: was impos sible. Oldneld eloped with Miss Lois Rol lins and a short, time after the newly wedded couple had reached the boarding placo of the groom lite girl's father, Y. H. Rollins, appeared and demanded that, his daughter leave the place with him at once. Cddfield attempted to interfere, but he was seized by the hoarding; house cook, a 200 pound negvfss, whoso restrain ing ''.'Influence was so effective that Mr. ..Rollins had no trouble, ill getting away with his daughter. - : J, il. Looney, who secured a mar riage license for OlderHeld, is under arrest on the cluiigu of-, perjury in swearing to the age of the young wo man, ; Gutzon Corglum, Sculptor, Picks Ex-Champion FOR A STATUE OF HIM 'here Will be Sculptured for Gene- rat Ions Statue of Rob, Most Per feet Reprodiict ion of Roman Glad iator Hero of 400 Rattles. (Uy Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Sept. 20.---Robert FiUsininions, as' the most perfect modern reproduction of the Roman gladiator, is to be sculptured in mar ble iiiul placed side by side with the statues of the linden! fighters for the -instruction of future generations in the physical development of the twentieth century. The former champion prize lighter of tlii! world has been picked by Gut zou Borgluni, the sculptor, as the best spec inieiit of muscular develop ment and the hero of 400 . hard fought' battles will sit every day this fall while tin; artist makes a statue of him. Fitzslmmons is in the city now and Mr. Borgia m ays he lnu completed arrangements for the sit tings with the old man of the ring. "Fitzslmmons has the most re markable figure for fighting, above the belt, that i have ever seen," said the artist. "Hii is one of the best specimens of manhood in the world and is by fur the most perfect representative of the lighting man that his age has produced." phostratki) uy son's )i:atii, .mothku sinking. tfiy Leased Wire to The Times.) Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 20 Mrs. E. C. Benedict, wife of Commodore Benedict, is believed to be critically iil at her Indian Harbor residence near here. The family physician says she may not live today out or she may live several days. FITZS110N BEST SPECIMEN Has Wrencbed Important Admissions From Treas urer Tiiford WILL LEARN REST FROM ROCKEFELLER All Affairs of Huge Monopoly Mr. Kellogg Hopes to Lay Bare Refore. Country When Pigment Ownera of Stock Are Learned, Govern ment Can Prove That Standard la Trust, Restraining Trade und Con trolling Prices Tills Evidence Ha Hopes Will Show That Trust Should lie Dissolved Tremend ous Profits of the Standard. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York.- Sept. 20. From William O. ' .Rockefeller. - assistant treasurer of the -Standard'-- fill. Company of New Jersey the real oil trust Federal In quisitor Kellogg hopes to drag today in the hearing before Special Master Ferris' in the postofflce building, evi dence to show conclusively that the monopoly has not only for years per sistently detied the courts and violat ed the law. but is still at it and ought, to be dissolved and disbanded. Mr. Kelljigg has cleverly laid a trap for the Standard officials. He has se cured admission concerning the own ers of the trust previous to 1X92, when the -supreme court of Ohio ordered the monopoly to wind up Its affairs. He has proven that the trust did n"t obey the order. He has wrenched from Treasurer Tllford the admission that, "so lar as he knows, "the same men own the stock of the big competition crusher as owned it before 1892. Now from Mr. Rockefeller, who, Treasurer Tiiford said, knows the de tails, he expects to learn the present owners of the stock, how much each Individual hold and how and when he came into posseslson of It, This In formation will clinch the claim of the government that the Standard la a trust, restraining trade and controll ing prices. , Treasurer Tiiford will be called to the stand again later on to give lnfac- mation he has been told to get. Before the testimony has been all taken Mr. Ferris, the government counsel, confidently expects to lay bare the Inside history of the combination from the "gentlemen's agreement" period of 1872 to 1822, through the Ohio trust period of 1882 to 1892, the "trus tees in liquidation" period from 1892 to 1899 and down to the present per iod of $80,000,000 annual dividends, un der the title of the Standard Oil Com pany of New Jersey. What Standard's Profits Are. At the further effort of Attorney Frank Kellogg on behalf of the gov ernment to break the Standard Oil monopoly, it was brought out semi officially that the profits of the great combine between the years of 1882 and 1887 were between $800,000,000 and $900,000,000. This enormous sum took In the profits of all the Standard's various companies. Treasurer Tllford, who again re sumed the stand, declared that he could not produce the books of the company. . "Were they destroyed?" asked Mr. i Kellogi;. "I can't answer," replied Mr. Tll ford. Moril. Rosenthal In Sf Ml Confined 4tt His Red. (By Leased Wire to The Timet.) New York. Sept. 30. That William O. Rockefeller, nephew of John D. Rockefeller and assistant treasurer of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey would be called to the stand today In the search for evidence to be used in the suit for the dissolution of the oil trust was the announce ment made before proceedings opened before Judke Franklin Ferris. Morltz Rosenthahl, whose sudden Indisposition hulted the examination of Treasurer Wesley H. Tllford, Is still confined to his home In Far Rocka way. "Although his condition Is not ser ious, he has been advised to remain at home for a couple of days and probably will again take up his duties on Monday," said Lawyer John O. Mllburn in regard to Mr. Rosenthal's condition. The government's agents who are conducting the examination of the of ficers of the oil trust, expressed their appreciation of the assistance ottered (Continued on Page Two.)
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