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THE RALEIGH EVEI
TIMES.
VOLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1907.
PRICE lo.
SING
CORNERSTONE OF GREAT
MASONIC TEMPLE LAID
Beautiful and Impressive Ex
ercises Attend This Big
. Event Today
Vast Grand Muster Cox Delivers Ad-
un"ri,rirnm m n ami i v.i-
by Grand '' Master Winston, Who
Directs t lie Placing of the Stone.
ll'nrnde, in Which Figure Masons,
Bands, Cadels, Police,. Headed -by
General Woodruff, V. 8.' A. Day
Most Beautiful and Thousands of
, leoi!e Are Present to Witness
t he Exercises The Addresses of
Messrs. Winston and Cox.
Never In the history of Raleigh
was such a scene witnessed as today.
The weather was 'delightful.' and
thousands of Masons took .advantage
of It. to turn out en masse for the
laying of the corner-stone of the
Masonic. Temple;'-' Not only members
of this great, order were present, hut
their friends 'and thousands of visi
tors., lined Fayctfevillo street 1 for
block's in nn effort to witness thye im
pressive ceremonies. It was indeed
an impressive scene and one Which
will-never be forgotten by those
present.
The parade, headed by General
Woodruff and a corps of aides, began
the march tip Fayetteville street at
a quarter to twelve. Immediately
following General Woodruff came the
Third Regiment Band,; and after it
the A. and M. Cadets and band.
Miisic of the most inspiring natnre
was furnished, this band and the
Third Regiment Band alternating.
In the first carriage were Grand
Master Winston, Past Grand Master
Cox and Past Grand Master LIddelt.
in me otner carriages were ingti
officers of the order. Those in the
line of march were:
1.
3.
4.
' B.
Chief of Police. v
Chief Marshal. ';
Staff and Aides.
National Guard of North Caro-
Una
6.
Cadets of A. and M. College.
7. Fire Department of City of
Raleigh.
8. Grand Commandcry Knights
Templar.
9. Grand Officers of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina.
10. Master Masons of the Grand
Lodge.
Exercises nt Temple.
The exercises at the stand erected
nt the Temple were most impressive.
As the procession reached the Tem
ple the various participants Were
dismissed and the Masons took their
places. ...
Past Grand Master Winston was
master of ceremionies. Rev. Freder
ick Nash Skinner, grand chaplain,
offered prayer, and after music. Gen'.
Cox, past grand master, delivered an
address.
In the meantime Grand Secretary
John C, Drewry and his assistants
welcomed many distinguished visi
tors to the platform and assigned
them desirable seats.
Then the grand treasurer, Leo D.
Heartt. at command of grand master,
placed the following under the stone.
Proceedings of grand lodge of Will!
and 181)7, a Holy Bible, a copy of The
Orphan's Friend of October 11, copy
Raleigh ICvenlng Times, .-October IK,
copy grand lodge proceedings of order
Eastern Star and by-laws of 1905,
proceedings of grand chapter. Order of
Eamern Star, 1906; copy of the be
ginning of Free Masonry in North
Carolina nnd Tennessee, by Marshal
DeLnncey Haywood; copy of the Ma
sonic Digest, from 1S tV 190(1, by A.
Tt. Andrews, Jr.; . one penny from
Concord chapter' R. A. M., No. 1. Wll
mlngtonj ropy Raleigh Masonic Di
rectory, Ii7, and a program of the
exercises of today.
Laying the Stone.
The Impressive ceremony of placing
the stone was then taken up. 'The
principal architect, presented the
working tools to the grand master,
who handed the square to the deputy
grand master, the level to the senior
grand warden nnd the plumb to the
Junior grand warden. After this had
been done the grand master addressed
each of 'these gentlemen, who re
sponded, The grand master, at the
conclusion of thene ceremonies, then
spoke as follows:
"May the all-bounteous author of
nature bless the Inhabitants of this
(Continued on 'ago Three.)
300 miners
ME ENTOMBED
ABOUT 180 DEAD
.(My Teased Wire to The Turn s.)
.Fontanel. 1 ml., Oct. Hi.-- More
than "nil minera are entombed m
this vicinilv today as die result of
(lie explosion of l:ie Diiponl. Powder
Mills yesterday.
All night
I hi' men worked, many
of them
fatigue.
till Ihev wen- overcome by
hut' with little appreciable
progress.
How many ol I no miners who were
imprisoned hv .the falling walls were
killed out richl. and how many have
died '.since, is ol cour.-e. not. yet
known, but it is feared that when
tile Iriilli is known many scores will
be added to the list: of victims from;
the explosion.. '. ' I
Tlie extern of havoc wrought hv
this disaster seem-! to grow alter
every hour ol investigation.
.Tim exact number ol dead has not
yet been fully ascertained,' lint Hie
number ol identilied reached ;..
with many more believed to be dead
and scores in a critical condition
from tlie lupines.
Exhausted bv the terrors and in
juries oi yesterday, tae work of-the
men trying to rescue the miners, is
necessarily slow and at. times almost
hopeless. Had not volunteers I rem
ail parts of the state arrived in large
number's, scarcely anything could
have been dono for the miners dur
ing the night.
(KM) Injured in the Explosion.
At least. bOO persons were injured
id the explosion. Of these five died
in the Terre Haute hospitals. Scores
are children whose parents have
either been killed or have not vet
learned where the members of their
scattered families are. It is expect
ed at the hospitals that many more
persons will die during the dav.
Not a house remained intact in
Fontanel. Fully 1,500 persons are
without shelter except such as they
were able to put up for taemselves
during the night. With little food
to sustain them, their condition is
deplorable. Fear is expressed that
unless .immediate help is furnished
by the cities In the vicinity thero
will be a famine.
FELT TODAY
(Rv Leased Wire to The. Times.)
' '''Washington, D. C, Oct. 10. 1 he
most violent earthquake record ever
made on tiio seniismograph at the
weather bureau started at 9: 43 this
morning. Weather bureau officials
are "momentarily expecting news that
somewhere In the world an unusually
severe disturbance has occurred.
Lowell, Mass., Oct. IC An erath
qtiako shock which though lasting
less than a minute was so severe
as to smash window panes and
crockery, caused alarm here and in
Lawrence and many southern New
Hampshire towns this morning. The
shock was followed by what ap
peared to bo a sharp explosion. In
some districts the noise resembled
that of a heavy snow slide.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 16. An earth
quake of great proportions In a di
rection and at a distance not yet
identified
about 9 a
began to record Itself
m. today on the selsmo-
graph nt tlie state museum
At 10:15 a. m. the movement was
still in progress undiminished.
TKOTXKV ACCIDENT
CAUSES TIIHEE DEATHS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Cincinnati, O., Oct. 16 Three per-
SEVERE SHOCKS
OF EARTHQUAKE
sons were killed nnd 17 injured gro off. He Anally became fright
when an, Alberon avenue trolley car oned and released Mrs. Ferrell and
turned turtle on a sharp curve this ran off. The women ran screaming
morning. I (Continued on Second Page.)
M0BH11G
GORILLA NEGRO
MAY BE LYNCHED
(l'v Ic i (d Who to Hit
Danville. Va,., . Oct. I f,
Times.)
M I
suddenly I roin behind bv a negro
who wore not a rag ol clothinsr. .Mrs.
John V. IVrreM, I he wife of 'n . prom
inent merchant of this city, and heis
self one of 1ho best: known women in
tlie slate, was 'I ho victimo r a fiend
ish at tempi at criminal assault , while
her I i-vcir-old daughter, who was
with her at tlie time, was' rendered
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'"''.. era eo; .. kin
'-.'.-- ' - .. ';;''-';.'' - " : yet i on e win
of 11 ''ia n v,ii
I - I I grand-son of a
I.- :- ': .:- "I'"-' biay lie jiresid
. I noi. t lie Mm."
VHOW KllOWIXtJ MASOXIC TKMl'l.i:, K.LKl(iH, -. C,
hysterical by the attack. Three ne
groes are in"' jail suspected -of- being
connected with the affair, but: none
has yet iieen identified.
"Hurricane" Hrandi and his blood
hounds are on the scene, and efforts
are being made to trace the culprit
in this milliner,-, but so far .without
avail. The police, however, believe
that within afew hours they. will
have the right. party.
Mrs. Ferrelland her daughter An
nie, wero walking out n bout G:IH)
o'clock yesterday evening, when the
attack was made. They entered a
rather unfrequented and undeveloped
suburb of the city, and turned to re
turn home.
Shortly after they turned Mrs. Fer
rell was seized by the arm and her
inirt waist almost torn on ner.
So turned and beheld the nude
negro.
The man, according to the two wo
men, was a rather large, yellow ne
gro, with bushy hair, and resembled
an Indian. Ho grabbed Mrs. Ferrfil
by the throat, and throwing her to
the ground, began to choke her.
She and her daughter began lo
scream and attempted to beat the no-
SECOND DAY
OF CONVENTION
Address of Fourlii Assistant
Postmaster Genera!.
A SMOKER LAST MOOT
Address I bis Morning liy Mr. . II.
Spillman, Superintendent ol the
Rural I' rce Delivery servici -.
ote ol I hanks o Messrs. Dc draw
and Spillniaii Mcmhcis ol ( ou
vcnliou Have Photograph I aken
l:i a (.roup Meel .Again I Ins Al
Icrnooii in Federal ( ourt Room in
.loinl, Session.
perintendent of tli
rural free delivery
service, - -' ,
He expressed a desire that (here
should bo an increased interest in
the service.
Mr. Spillman' said: The ' servici'
was for the advantage of the people
living in (lie rural districts and was
instituted first in lSlHi as an experi
ment. It did not lake at first. There
were Si! routes established In 1S!M'.
and there w:is n.itiii opposition made
to the experiment I by the business
people. of the country, ' About -1903
the service bccaiue more popular','- Its
value to the farmer Had been fully
demonstrated and thero was n great
demand for new routes and It Is now
a permanent part of the postal ser
vice .'.-;'
"The service is In operation in
every state nnd territory in the
1'nlon and 'now routes are being es
tablished wherever the Service Is
desired and the conditions warrant
the establishment, of the ronto.
"This service it is estimated covers
five-sixths of the territory now avail
able for tlie service.
"Wo have this year on appropria
tion of $:M,!inri,0()0 for this branch
of the service. Illlonls lends with
the largest number of routes nnd
North Carolina is 15th on tho list
(Continued on BlxlU Tage.)
(Hv Leased Wire to The Times.-) n.in an,:,
i ' Tlie second day oi' the I'osl masters' Tcrre. Haute, ind.. (let. 10. Covcrno " I e'",'','', .'.''.'! '
ICouvention opened this iiiornirig wit li u'.,,',i..,f n.o.".- iu ii-.... nave i "' : '" 1,1
I an address bv Mr. W; It. . Snillmnn. sii-l f,ii, eieu-.-n or the : ii u: n ai !M,l:li '.'.-know:
. S t.: -
.-vV-i... "
' ' -.-v.
' '.' " -.' '"' ' ': ::::L:-' - "' ' '
KILLED MORE
THAN SIXTY
Every House in the Town
FIFTY TONS DYNAMITE
And I'Oi-ty lliniisnmi Kegs of Powder
I uriiislicd Material tor Hie Awful
l.xplosion, an Account of W Inch
Was First I'rinted bv the Evening
limes es(erdnv I roups lake
(barge at I oniaiict Mock ol
Searching l' or l!olies Still (oes
On hundreds Itaillv In Hired.
.AI TKIl I'tl.VI
OTIOX.
Vontaui't, where sixty are known to
lie .dead, and hundreds Injured as the
result of forty thousand kegs of
powder and lift y tons'-of dynamite ex
ploding in the Dupniil rowiler mills..
An extra detail of wreckers Is hunt
ing for more bodies today.-. Kvery
house in (be village was desiroyed
and the t."ao .Inhabitants are .; camp
ing In tents.
Ilotli hotels here are full and sur
geons Were, rushed to Fontanel from
all towns and cities within a radius
of tun miles. . -.
The mills occtip'ed three acres of
ground. , half a 'mile- outside tin' vil lage
of Fontanet, which is a coal
mining center and depends largely on
l he powder mills for its susteiianc".
Work has been heavy at the- mills
ai-d to fill the orders A. 1!. Moiuiban,
the general superintendent, had
doubled his force. '
It is believed that this was the di
rect cause of the explosion, the
theory being that some green work
man, unacquainted Willi the precau
tions necessary In such dangerous
employment, Inadvertently spiling
the terrible mine.
It Is strange beyond comprehen
sion that la an explosion so terrible
that it broke windows In Danville,
sixty miles away,, did $10,000 worth
of damage In the town of Itrazil,
twelvo miles off; ruined fully $25,000
worth of property in Terre Hnute,
reventeen miles away; did a corre
sponding amount of riumngv. In twen
( Continued on Second Page.)
I'l. I
NEGRO QUESTION IS
DISPOSED OF TODAY
POU SAYS BRYAN
TO RUN AGAIN
( P.v Leased Wire
Washington,' Oct
11 he ihe nominee
to Tlie Times.)
10-"-i'hat Rryan
of the demoeraiie
wil
par
tlie opinion of Ed
presen'lat ive in con
Ii Xori h ('aroliini
ii Washington.
e :i: .nuiiiber of 'men of
. i Ikt." Kiid : Mr. Poii,
ll ' iilel!! i-oi'ilil come Wil lii'i
on of the vole 'Mr, liryan
'i'i.e couiiM-y knows but
lernor .lohnson, of Minne-
lii.tle or tlie young man
o 1 1 I i e 1 1 1 e 1 1 a n I -go v e r n o r
da I lie fusion; :
I no to iiomin
d in 1 Sini. W
v t ha t i lie I hue
I AVI' i a 11 .cleel
wore t lie -gra'v
lie any
; south
has not
I lie son
, oome
ijoldter
Con federal
tit .'.of tin- republic, bill
t F. FACULTY
REJECT TDE
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Wake Forest. '. C. Oct. 10. At
a joint meeting of the faculty and
students- committees tlie resolutions
presented bv the student bodv were
rejected on the part of tlie faculty
members. A petition was then drawn
up bv the faculty committee, which
reads as follows:
"We, the Undersigned students of
Wake Forest College request tlie
faculty to reinstate the members ol
the student bodv recently suspended
lor hazing a fellow student, and we
agree to co-operate with the faculty
in practical wavs in suppressing haz
ing in all forms. -It is agreed that
we report offenders .openly and col
lect ivelv."
I Ills petition, which must be sign
ed by. a number of good students he
lore it will be accepted bv the fac
ulty, would probably bring about, the
desired results, but the agreement
in the hist sentence of the .petition
o report fellow students is unfavor
able to many and no signatures have
Vet been secured.:
RECEIVER CHARGED
WITH CORRUPTION
ftiv Leased Wire to The Times.)
CliU-:!;", net. -'pi.- - Marsha! lanu'son,
WHO IS .IlliUie reler I ' I'osse II I' s receiver
for Ilie Chicago: liiion Traction Com
pnny, Was charged in court yesterday
Willi nii'ii.-lhg iuuds of tlie company,
ahiisbitf bis power ;is receiver to fore
Itiiuilholders to '..accept tlie drussejip
reeoKiiition plan and with oiler nils
uses mul abuses of his power. The
charges were brought in a suit by
Ilie (lunraiity Trust Company of Xew
Voik which recent ly . 'fought -: n in I de
stiiiyed tlie reorganization '.-'plan. .
Flirt heri'iiore, . the (iiiaraiity Trust
Cnuipaiiy in its p.-iition lo the. Culled
States circuit coiul .demanded an im-
niediate aeeoiinting by the receiver of
iiiiiinys in I heir conirol and asked u
ilnal decision or 'ale. of Ilie properly.
Mr. S iin'soU; '.when lufoi ined of the
llPnu" of the pel ii ion. said :
" know I'ct'iiMir ati.uii anf sucli pe
lilion. The Cuni.ioty Trunl I'oiupany
and I guess i verylioily i lse-knows
w here the. "mom y has gen.', , ' It has
gone Into the properiies. iin not
wonylng at all aboul tliis matter.
Every cent, that lias assed
our .hands can be accounied
through
for." .
THE AI.DEKMAX liKOKE
A HOii l.i: OF
SK.
(Ity Leased Wire to The Times.)
Hot Springs, Ark., Oct. Pi. "We did
run away In Si, Louis to be married
Monday night, but when we weiit
back home papa, broke u - bottle of
wine., and everything Is all light now,"
said Mrs. Duhirl Ciennau, Jr who
was Miss (ieitrude Uusch, the young
est daughter of the St. Louis million
aire brewer,
WILL BE NAMED
iv 'in. I lies: i
ward . 1'on,: i
gri: ':i fr i! : ii !
i Hi.:' ;!:. v !:o is
' '"'.'" h.'
I n-i : i t-i : ' I i ! i ;
"but niii!"
, 'lit "M: iilie
DEMANDS
Only Negro Bishop Now in
Line For Presiding
Bishop.
house of bishops
WRESTLING WITH IT
The Way tlie General Convention of
the lOniscoonl Church Will Get Out
of it is by Electin; the Presiding
Ilisliops liy Aole of Convention
Instead of Allowing Their Succes
sion by Seniority I'l-ograni and
Outline of (lie Work Being Done
ibis tlie Last but Three Days of
the Convention.
'---'" '-'.
.(I5v. Leased Wire to The Times.)
(ItV MISS ELIAHETH E. TOE.)
Itichniond. Va.. Oct. IC -In tho
recommendation', of the suffragan
hihop'' plan the lower house finish-,
ed its suartjiTit the negro question,
last: nieht but tlie house of bishops
is still wrestling with it. The com
iniitei' is expected to report today
a .ol a vole is likely to be taken. To
day's program includes:
!i a. in Morning prayer at St.
.lames t iiurca.
10 a. m. ltoth nouses of Conven
tion meet in business sessions.
:.-l:;;0 p. m. --Daily luncheon at
Masonic i emple.
2 p. in.- Missionary afternoon for
general convention, joint session in
fit. Paul s Church.
s p. in. lloth houses resume
business sessions.
n p. in. Mass-meeting at Grace
Episcopal Church in interest of He
brew work.
Another phase ef the negro ques
tion came tin this morning in the
proposed canon of electing presiding
bishops -by vote cf the general con
vention instead of by seniority of
consecration as heretofore.
Only Negro Bishop in Line of Suc
cession. As it is no,- Bishop Ferguson of
Africa, the only negro bishop in the
House of Ilishops. is directly in line
of succession to the office of presid
ing bishop, those ahead of him be
ing in feeble health.
1 he committee reported adversely
on the canon. It was made the or
der of tlie dav for tonight. The fol
lowing messages were presented
from the nouse of Bishops.
No. Eight Corrected message No.
22 of the House of Bishops on the
subject of the permanent dlaconnte.
No. Nine Message No. 23 of
House of Bishops proposing an of
fice tor the unction of the sick.
I en Resolution' 1 of report
No. 4 of committee on amendments
to the constitution proposing an arti
cle in the constitution concerning the
stand bible,
I o Meet Next in Cincinnati.
Bishop Whilaker. of Pennsylvania;
Bishop Brewster, of Connecticut: Rev.
Morgan Dix. Lev. Alsop, of Tennes
see; Ucorge (-. Thomas and (Joorge W.
1 ipper. of Philadelphia, wero nomi
nated as trustees of the general clergy
relief fund.
.1. I'. Morgan failed to get the next
general convention in lulu to come to
New York, the committee on meeting
place recommending Cincinnati.
, Key. r. Huntington, of Grace
church, New York.-amended tho reso
lution by substituting New York as
the ineeiiug place and ottered the fa
cilities of the Cathedral of St. John
I he IMviiie and claimed that New York
cliy was the-most popular city in the
country.
I'r. Howe, of Cincinnati, took the
floor In defense of Cincinnati. He
claimed they had the best "water" In
the country. : Veiled reference was
, made to the liecesslt y of reinforcing
the church '-where T. Cox Heresy had
recently .occupied the platform.
Cincinnati was unanimously selected
us the place of meeting of the con
vention In lull).
Cyrus Townsend Brady spoke In be
half of the "open pulpit."
It is not a question of exchange, It
is not un abandonment of the his
toric orders of the church. It. does
not mean our bishops would Invite
pope of Borne or the high priestess of
Christian science, no Indeed, W can
trust the bishops.
Hr. Brady spoke nt the rate of about
itto. words u minute, but eloquently at
that.
Open Pulpit "Work of Devil."
Rev. S. C. niackstono. of Montana,
vigorously denounced the open fculplt,
styling it a "work of the devil" and
Hie broad church man "a theological
monstrosity."
"The day Is coming when the lay
men of this church will have to stand
in solid phalanx against those who
V (Continued om Second Page.)