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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prcos Diopatchoo LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE RALEIGH EVENING VOLUME 30. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G., SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 1907. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE la. TIMES. COUNTRY IS AROUSED OVER EVILS OF TRUSTS National Civic Federation to Take Important Action Next Month GREAT GATHERING OF BUSINESS INTERESTS Several Momlicrs of the President's Cabinet, Delegates Named I5y the Government of. Forty States mid lltopresonling F.very Line of Trade anil Manufacturing: and Agricultu ral ln(vresls Will Assemble at Chicago One Month Hence The Professions Also to He Well Kcp rcscntcd Important Subjects That Will lie Discussed Corpo Irate lieconsl ruction a Mnlh'r of the (ireatest Concern to All. (Hy Leased Wire "to The Times.) New York. Sept.' 21. The conference of the National Civic Federation to be held in Chicago October' 22 to 25, given promise of being one of the most Im portant gatherings ever held in this country. Delegates' have: been named by the governors of forty-one states and territories and by national labor. agricultural, manufacturing-, financial and traile organizations. Chambers of commerce, boards of trade, bar asso ciations ami shippers' organizations will be represented. . ' At least two members of the cabi net will take purl In the proceedings. The delegates appointed by the gov- cinors represent the best interests of their respective states and '. include United States senators, congressmen, labor leaders, farmers, manufacturers, merchants, lawyers, clergymen and bunkers. Will Tn'kie tj'e Trust Question. The convention being held at a time when the whole country is aroused over the trust problem, and the many questions Involved In the enforcement of the Sherman anti-trust law and the amended interstate commerce act. Us deliberations may serve to give direc tion to public opinion in reaching a final -opinion on these important mat . tern. The first day Will bo devoted to the problems involved in the controversy between state and federal govern ments, respecting jurisdiction over In terstate commerce, now pending in several western and southern states. The second day will be devoted to a consideration of the corporation. How should 1 be constructed? Should there be national corporations as well as slate1.' What should bo the basis of capitalization of corporations? Their internal control? The provisions look ing to the protection of Investors and stockholders, as well as fair dealing with the public. Should there be a dis tinction between public service and other corporations? Should quasi pub lie utilities, like gas, electric lighting, and street railways be considered na tural monopolies or to be regulated bv the municipality? Herniation of Transportation and Other Things. The third ttnd fourth days will be devoted to a dlscuslson of Just practi cable limits of restriction and regula tion, federal and state, of commissions in trasnportallon, production, distri bution and labor. Shall the Sherman anti-trust law be amended, if so, how? Hundreds of letters have been received by the officers of the federation peor pie in all walks of life, expressing gratification over the conference and the purposes for which It is called. The following ore extracts from some fit the 1 Iters: Lyman Abbott's Views. I.yinan Abbott, editor of The Out look: "1 am very glad that the na tional civic federation is calling such a conference. It seems to hie funda (Continued on Page Two.) ANOTHER ATTEMPT TODAY TO KILL COUNT TOLSTOI (By Cable to Th Times.) Moscow, Russia, Sept.; 21. An at tempt was mado today to assassinate Count Tolstoi. Several rifle shots were fired through a window at his home in the suburb of Tula and it is reported thftt the great socialist narrowly missed being killed. Three arrests have been made but Count Tolstoi interfered in the case of one of the prisoners and caused lus discharge. The others are held. This was the second attack tnadJ on tlnv 'ountry estate of the author. As iuVe last attempt' the assas sins flrodXts from a rifle through MORE TIME FOR RATE HEARING Its Stale Cannot Conclude Case by 25lli ASHEVILLE GROWS RICH Three Millions Increase in' Taxable Properly This Year in I'.unconihe .''County Increase of White and Decrease of Xi-gro Pollls Negro Killed Kate for llailway Itond J-'dcctioii is Set Hack Twelve Days. Important News from the Land of the Skv. , . (Special t.o The Evening Times.) . Aslanille, X. C, Sept. 21. it is now believed Impossible for the slate to secure all its evidence in the rail way rati, controversy in time for Standing Master Montgomery to make report to do court on Septem ber 21V and it is believed thai n for mal 'request-will shortly he made by the state's 'attorneys for an extension of time. .lames Moke, a negro employe of the Southern, was run over and in stantly killed here 'Thursday-, night by a freight train. The negro was attenitping to cross the tracks when he was struck by the hacking train, knocked down and ;iis hotly terribly mangled. The date for the railroad bond elections in Biimrombo and oilier counties in this immediate vicinity lias been changed from October It to October 29. the postponement of date was due to the failure of giv ing legal notification of registration for the election. Those interested in the new railroad proposition are very enthusiastic. '.The report of County Auditor Slokeley of Huncomhe, who has just completed the making out of the tax books for this year, shows that the total assessed valuation of all real and personal property in Buncombe county Is almost seventeen million dollars as against less than fourteen million last year. This gives an In crease this year over last year of about three million dollars. There is an -increase in listed polls of H45. The number of colored polls, how ever, shows a falling off of eleven this year over last, paring the past year many townships in the county have voted special school tax and the amount-of 'special tax that these townships will this year pay to pro long the 'public school terms is over four thousand dollars. The people of Buncombe county aro alive to the needs of education and are deter mined to see to it that their boys and girls are given every advantage. JOCKEY. TOD SLOAN TO MARRY ACTRESS. (By Leased Wire to The Times.! New York, Sept. 21.-"Tod" Sloan is to be married. The bride-elect is Miss-julla Sanderson, now playing with "The Dairy Maids" at tho Cri terion Theatre. She is about. 20 years old and by many persons is consid ered one of the strikingly beautiful women of the American stage. Sloitn admitted last night tho cor rectness of the report of his ap proaching marriage to tho actress. "In a few days," was the nearest he would set the time.. a window near which it was known that Count Tolstoi sat nt Ills writing table. Fearing a repetition of the -first attempt which proved fruitless police were secreted about the cstnto and when the second attempt was niaJo the arrests followed. Count Tolstoi foil In 111 favor with the peasants surrounding his horns recently and there has been much trouble. Tolstoi was first thieaiened with death unless his manner toward the. peasants changed and, when lie did -hot heed those threats the first attempt was made to assassinate him. WANTNEWBLOOD IN DIRECTORATE Effort to Secure Harmony at Jimiown Expo. TAR HEELS INTERESTED The State '..Commissioners Meet and Airan-je to .Ask For l.cprcsciilnlion in the (iovernnionl. of the Ivvposi lion Object is to Put a Slop to the Worse Than Foolish Internal Dissensions That Are Hurting' Hie lie.' Show Hiiishaw and Dunn From North Carolina on (lie Coin- . - mil tec. ". (By Leased Wire to 't he Times. 1 Norfolk, Vn., Kepi. 2 I . -' At. a meet ing held last, night, in the pliniie Island : builil.it'i;;; tluv ler-contonninl stale commissioners association named a, coniiniUeo to wail on the exposition., board of director;-; 'rues day for the purpose) of asking for rep resentation in '.(lie government of the exposition, Tim ..directors -will also be asked To give the I Hi led States government reprosenlaiinn. It is continued t lini with new biood in the direclora'c the.. 'present .internal .si rife in, the expos'! t ioit's of ficial family can be slopped . and all litigation prevented., . .The stale commissioners snv Ihov represent an invest meiit of $ 1 ,."i(in, 000 by '. 'twenty-one slates: .that.; the government is interested to the amount of nearly $;!,(oi),i)tit), or In the aggregate 75 ;.- pet- cent., of "..the. Value of the entire exposition and should be accorded represenlaiion. The committee named to attend Tues day's meeting is composed of Colonel J. P. Clivens, Ohio: Judge ISlodgett, Khodo Island: Colonel G. W. llin shaw, North Carolina: Colonel J. V. Baughman, Maryland; Stuart It. Bolin, Ohio, and Thomas B. Dunn, North Carolina. GROVER CLEVELAND! SUDDENLY ILL (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Princeton, N. J., Sept. 21. As a result of a dispatch between the physicians, former President Gro- ver Cleveland, who is believed to be in a Serious condition at his home near hero, has oecn put in the hands of a new specialist,' Dr. Banks of New York and Larchmont. Dr. Banks, who. had boen hurried ly summoned, reached here this fore noon." On tho same train with him came Mrs. Cleveland's mother, Mrs. Per rine Folsom, accompanied by a maid. All three were rapidly driven from the station in a closed carriage to the Cleveland place. Dr. Carnochnn and Dr. Bryant, who have been attending Mr. Cleve land, are said to have disagreed as to who was properly in authority in the ruse, It is said the clash reached such an acule stage that both de cided to retire, uniting in a, request to the family of their distinguished patient taat another physician be re tained. Both of them refused today to make any statements. The head nurse also left yester day. Her departure created some surprise as she had stated no longer ago than the day before that she would be here at least for a month, adding that Mr. Cleveland couldl not possibly recover under that time and tnat he would have to have extraor dinarily careful attention to be sure, of getting up and about in a month. Callers at Westlands today were met at the door by a nurse. She merely said that Mr. Cleveland was doing very well, and refused all other information regarding the for mer president's condition. Later it was announced on behalf of the fam ily that Mr, Cleveland hud been out riding this morning for an hour. A man who was on duty Just outside thrt gates during tho entire day said he had not Been Mr. Cleveland either going or returning. Fireman From llcidMrlllo Killed. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Paducah, Ky Sept. 21. In a wreck on the' Illinois Central nt Ful ton, Ky., this morning, Put Orogan, engineer, and H. A. Robertson, fire man, of Ueldsvllle, N. C,, were killed. None of tho passengers were serlousl ly injured, although they were se verely shaken up. IBROKERS HAVE LOST MILLIONS! And Many are Losing Thou sands Every Day BY TELEGRAPH STRIKE So Declare (Jrain Brokers in New! York L. ,. Morey Makes '.Slate nient in Wlwch lie Says ; That on Accoimt of the Id-lay in Sending and Receiving .Messages, Because of the Inadequate Force of Opera tors the Business Interests of the Country .Ire Still Sull'criiiii; Badly. (l!y Leased Wire tu The Times.) New York. ,-lept- 1 . Branding as falsi- tho r.lnimii of the Western Union j and I'oKlat.Telojjraph Companies (bat : conditions now are jus). 1'i.v same as'. I hey were before, I lie onei-alors went j on hi ri ;:, I,. A. . Morey,: member of (lie lirm of Jones ,.' Morey, grain ' brokers,.' with oilices in i in- Produce Kxchauge building," ih'vl.'.re'd today: thai mem hers f t lie' I'm I m o . Fx-1 change, have- lost. liirliy i.'.i!!ions of ' dollars p.ml ar'stiil loiiii'; t'hoiisa'nds '. isrch day ;is tiio ri-.aill oj iho delay ; in sending ami .receiving tn.sstiges. .. "Our ' company; . alone .!.. losing'! jlidusiirids ot' doiMii-s d.ii.ly.'iis tlp ro-! suit of this delnv." Mr. More ile-! elm-ed til n Tfertl -,' V.'W Stoi'l'ieo l'n-i porter, "an.l this is al.-o true of oilier houses. ' It can 'he - safely said that Produce1 Kxchnngr ipemhers have lost many. millions of dollar;-! since the. hegliiniug of the siriUe." . Sinco. I ho strike was declared of ficials of both companies have main tained that Ihe-e wee not alTec led in ! any way. ' Tii 'subject to delay" ! notices v-hieh have prevailed since the beginning Ol the. ". strike Were wilhdrav.'n Tbiirsday, it, belpg said that, mciwages were now being scut through .without delay. False Pretence Is Alleged. "Any claims by either company thai there is no delay in sending or receiving messages are absolutely false." declared Mr. Morey. "Iloihj the Western I'n.ioh and Postal com-.1 panics are giving "miserable service, t and existing conditions cost the mem-; hers of the Produce Exchange maiiyi thousands of dollars a day. j ""Both companies have cut down I their office staff and now there are only two operators left. I have never j known the telegraph service to be 'so had. ;'.-''' :' "Many" times clients In western cities have sent us orders to buy grain at certain figures. We did not get their .-messages' until two or three hours after they had been sent. Prices in the meantime changed and we were unable to ex ecute the orders. This means. .a l"ss of thousands 'of dollars to us as well as lo oilier members of the exchange. Sniveling More Than the Strikers. "As. an instance of this I will cite a case that occurred yesterday. A western client sent us an order to buy corn at a certain figure. The lel egriim was sent at ; fl:4C, but we did not get, it until nearly noon. The market was very active rind the prices had changed, making it necessary for us to countermand the order. "The produce market Is very active and this is a time when we could do a big business. As II is, our business is falling off. We are the chief-sufferers, and If (his strike keeps up I don't know what, will become of us. "Conditions are the name' every where and millions of dollars have been lost sinco the beginning of the strike. The. companies are H'.ving to make the public believe that condi tions are normal, but I can slate pos itively that this is untrue. The small force Is .Incapable of handling the business, and it. now takes two hours to send a message which before the strike could be sent in two minutes." NEW AUTO WORLD'S RECORD IS 2:01:09 (Hy Leased Wire lo Tho Times.) '.Milwaukee. Wis., Sept, 21. Wil liam llrasch, driving a four-cylinder, forty-flvo horse-power car in a twenly-four hour enduranco contest for automobiles, which started yester day afternoon at tho state fair park, captured (he first 100 miles in 2:01:09, which, i( is claimed, is a world's record, the previous record for the distance having been 2:0:30. THE GOVERNOR HAS RETURNED Readied Baleigli on Early IMPROVED BY HIS TRIP - As a Sneaker the (iovcrnor is Sought in Many Slates lias Accepted In4 vifatioii to Speak in Connecticut During- .Month -of January Had Conference Willi Attorneys Yes terday Finds it Necessary to De cline More -Than Invitations to Make Aildr-'sses. '.nveinor f-llenn arrived in, the city lliis inoi'iiiag- from Wasbin.titn. hav ing1 shipped tiver lln i'tV on his return lionie fmni A.i l.-int ie i 'ii y. Al his usual hour . lliis morning-he, was at bis otliee tttnl ri-aily 1'i.r WMik. .; ..X'irth'." 'arulinji's .. cliiet' ., eSer ul ive was eii ;iily liiiprov.r-d -.'by- his trip to:j the fani'His re:-tii i. Tie.! gi rvi'i-nor says I be S lent .pis I inie ill i suiT. bal liing, j fleeping and walking aii'l. is ne:ir as J it was possible to iio so, lliteu- aside nil tares. lie iii'iks nnieii i'lipiovetl ' lull, of course, was. a lit I le i iiv-.l ii .mi I bis trip, a:' lie arrived in Italeigh al I a very,, vinseasnnulile lhir.ral.ioiu . '.' a. in. Tho governor says llr.it ..good .pro firtsh'' is being made in Ibe rale case bearing, but nothing -.will bo. given out in ltgaid to the ligures umil al luf Hie tinoks- ha ve been exa ti ni icd a thl I ii-attorneys- decide wlial they ilesir.v put in evidence. It will .be (lecide,) today when I. he examillai inn of tile slate's witnesses . is to -begin,..- and they -will, be examined lure. . t'poii the governor's 'return: ho found: a number o,f letters fioni olber states inviting him to sjieak. lie says 1 tin t be receives as many letters from out side ,)f the slate, invit ing him to slwiik ijS from -'points.' 'Within" the slate, He had letters tlds morning inviting him to speak al Waco, Texas, Manches ter,. Hartford, and New Huva-ii. t'onn., Lynchburg and Norfolk, Va., ; .Roches ter. New- York, and Knoxville. Tenn. The governor has accepted the invi tation in speak at Manchester-' on January llth and at Hartford on the l'tib. II.' has been requested to speak oil "The 'South" and the governor says niiicli of !iis address will be 'oH ; the. slaie .of Noi ill Carolina, : In addhion, lo the above; invitations lie has lei lers I'rnny utore than twenty-five places in the state inviting hlui to : speak. It is very , proliable that the governor w ilt visit Savannah ilining October and speak at the lay ing of the comer stone uf Y. M. C. A. building at 'that , pbice, , iovcrnor illenn is one of the mostsought after orators in the whole- country, and no liiallcl' where, be goes - he: never fails lo "make ko.mI." THE CASE OF MRS, BLAIR , (Special lo The Kvenlng Times.) 'Columbia; S. ('.. Sept. 21.-r-.fter seveiraud one-half hours hearing atll davils and iirgiinum! for anew trial for Mrs. Klhel Hlair. Judge John stone announced that, he would ren der his decision some time today (Saturday), and (ile his reasons later, tills being I he last day of (he term. He said he had not made up his own, mind as to what the' .decision would lie. He stayed hp all last hlgiit thinking over lie poinls iind authori ties submitted by. each side. Ile in timated a doubt, about, the correct ness of his iicl in sending (lie jury lo the hotel, saying hi; had not taken into consideration at the moment condllions that might exist in a hotel. lie will either grant the new (rial asked for ('which' is regarded as prob ablel, or sentence, the woman who killed her husband, Conductor Hlair, lliis evening. SEC. ROOT! A NEW MAN, PHYSICALLY. (tiy Leased Wire to The Times.! Washington, Sept. 21. "I am aide to look at life from (he natural aspect at last," was the response Sec retary of Stale Hoot made when he was welcomed hack to his office to day. Thoroughly Muldooned, tho secretary has a clear I've, ti 'ruddy face and a lirm grip, but there Is one subject, which ho diplomatically evaded, and that was what Muldoon put him through' at tho sanitarium at While Plains during tho lnwl six weeks to gel his body In feti and his mind refreshed. HORRIBLE CONFESSION OF TORTURER MITCHELL STOLE ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE Millionaire Peavy Elopes With Mrs. Eugene Field SCANDAL IN RICH SET t.'eoige V. Peavy, Head of (he Big Western (Jiain Firm, is (luirged Willi Having F.iopod Willi (he Wife of lillgenc Field, Son of the Late Fiigeue Field, I ile Prominent Newspaper .Man and Author Ue lntivcs Hunting the Fair lo Pre , veiii lleseition of; Pi'.ny's Wife, Illy I.c.-is.'.l Wi.c ' Tile Timer 1 MiniK apnii-. Mian., Sept. L'l. -Ceorg V. Pi-avey, head of tin; firm of Peavey. & Company, son of tin; laie l-'raiik Peavey. millionaire grain ma n, oiLsinaior of I lie firm of Peavey it ('oniraiiy, line of the. largest grain and I'll 'Valor . firms ill f lie, country, is said to have eloped with Mrs. ICn gene Field, wife of t he son of the late Kiigcne PielJ of t'liicago. it was llioughl for some time thai" Peavey had jumped (roiu .linaeaio- lis. bound for Japan, but later ile--velopmi'tiis - point to 1 lie fai t: t hat he j is in New York, after having bee-.i travelling for three, weeks throiigh j, t'.le 'east, anil Unit Mrs. .Field 'is, with'. him. Frank 'i'. llefl'ollinger, bin j brother-in-law. has. it ts said, been j pursuing Peavey in an effort to pre- ! A-ent li i .ii from deserting his wife a. id ' family; : - , -r : Young Peavey is thiry-five yean old. He is president of Frank II. j Peavey & Company, grain dealers, of j this city.- Frank T. lleffelfinger, . brother-in-law,, is vice-presiidenl ; Fred 1!. Wells, another brother-in-law, is second vice-president, 'and Charles 1". Deayerl secretary and t reasurer. SEC. SLATTERY DIED TODAY ( Special to Tile (liarlotle, N. ( Kvenlng Times.) .. Sept. 21.-.-J. M. Slatlery.. Iweiily-two years of age, chief. clerk to Col. YV. Ii. itodman, li- vlstoil coiuiscl of tlie Southern,' died here lliis morning at 4 o'clock: of ty. plioid ; fever. lie bad been In," ill . health' for some I lime on account' of. white swelling in I one or his ankles, -bin this trouble was partially' "cured. and lie contracted fever while in the mountains rei uper - u ting. Funeral and Interment will be at Flat Pock, this stale. THE JONES BOYS ARE GUILTY, (Py Leased Wire lo The Times.) Kalon. (Li., Sept; 21. -After being out sonic hours the jury .in the case of the ; Jones boys, Albert and Posey, cbarged with the ..murder of Adams, relumed a verdict 'of" guilty. Sentence has not belli '"passed," TILLMAN PRECIPITATES BIG ROW AT SACRAMENTO ( Hy Leased Wire to The Times.) Sacramento. Sept. Senator Pcujaiiiin Tlllmain participated In tile most 'turbulent niccllng .of bis lecture tour last ltlglit and the row was alt over his insistence '-to speak on the nice iiuesllon. The lecture was under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., and mar ntiiauiKuiioii. n-!.! iiik i" Jntlucnci or Hie large coioreo popuui tlon, di'in.mded that the South Carolina senator refrain from talking about the in re question. : When 'the meeting opened the pres ident of the Y. M. C. A. informed Till man that the subject of the lecture would be "The Trend of American .Volillcs." Tillman got hopping mad In mi instant ami said he would not be gagged by a parcel of mules. Then When Demons Seize film He Is Irresistably Impell ed tu do Murder MANY STRANGE DEATHS TI The Jail Today is Surrounded by a ('rent Crowd, Some of the Mem liers of Which Want to Lynch the ltcligious Fanatics Who : Tortue and Murder Their Own Sect Hor rible Death of Mrs. Greenliaillgh Yesterday Described 1 by Her I laughter Sacreligious Story By .MilcbelPs Wire 'of How. the Holy (jliost Fngiitfcd the Devil In Battle and Iiost. (Hy Leased Yi'lre to The Times.) ...'..Chicago, Sept. 21. Harold Mitch ell, chief torturer in the gruesome and tragic , death -of Mrs. Letitia Greenhaulgh at Zion City.today made the most..-remarkable and sensation al .confession ever made in a inur iler case in this part of the United Stales. :'-. :: . lie Confessed that when the de- mons seize upon him he must grip he throat of a human being, crush it until, life lias left it until the bones crack" and crumble beneath bis mighty grip. -"Today lie was locked in a cell at the W'iiu keegan jail with Walter and Jeimie (livenhaulgh, son and datigh- 'tor' of the murdered woman, Mitch- ell's wife, a high priestess in the or der of Parhainites to which they all ! belong, and a Mrs. Louise Smith, an i other adherent. j The . jail is constantly surrounded by a crowd. Threats of lynching have been made. The police are 'carefully KWirding the prisoners from violence from the public and from self-dest ruction by themselves. They all now claim to have had more revelations in which they see the error of their ways, Manny Strange Deaths Explained. Tnis astounding confession or .Mitchell's, brutal instincts has aided the police in their investigation yZ-o many strange deaths and strangula tion cases in Zion City. Another startling revelation came from un dertaker J. Hopkins, who embalmed t,he body of Mrs, Greenhaulgh wltb out reporting the death, "It has not been our custom to report such deaths," he said. That statement is the basis for the probable exhumation of dozens of bodies, The police believe that (he Parhamite rites have been, ad ministered to many and that Mitch ell's cruel fingers may be found to Ibe the agency of; death in many cases. : Coroner Taylor and State's Attor- i ney Hannah both declared today that j they are getting evidence that dying 1 poons have - been tortured and j no(lifia kent for days in the hope that prayers, chanting, "the gilt of tongues" and Incantations would restore them to life. j The I h-vil Succeeded the Holy Ghost Mrs. Mitchell, wife of this re markable . man, today made this statement: "When we started for Mrs, Green haulgh's house a radiant light, as of the Holy dhost led us. We got there and the devil himself came and (Continued on Page Two.) the Y. M. C. A. official told the sen ator to get out In the street and talk; that lie could not deliver an undesir able address in the Y. MVCVA, build ing. Tillman offered to return tha check which had been given him and it was not accepted. Then Senator Tillman said he would talk about politics. but would Inter- ject the negro question. And another bigger row followed In whjch many of the audiences participated. Men rose up ami denounced the senator and lie fought buck. Finally the question was put lo the audience whether tha race question should be discussed or not and Tillman was voted down. Ha acquiesced, saying that he could have influenced the result the other way bail lie so desired. He proceeded to talk politics in his forceful way. 1
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