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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Proas Dispatches. . LAST EDITION. ( j " ALL THE HUCAiKECtp - THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1907. TO REGULATE BOOZE SHIPMTS Senator Simmons Introduces Important Petition IN THE CONGRESS TODAY Petition is From Citizens of Durham Who Want a National Law to Regulate Interstate Shipments of Liquor Report of Graham Clark . .'As Special Agent of Government On Foreign Markets for Cotton Products Laid Before Senate To- : day. (Dy Leased Wire to The Times.) Simmons of North Carolina today pre sented a petition of sundry citizens of Durham, N. C, praying for the enact ment of legislation to regulate the In terstate transportation of Intoxicating liquors, which was referred to the committee on the Judiciary. The vice president has laid before the senate a communication from the secretary of the department of com merce and labor, transmitting a report on foreign markets for the sale v if American cotton products, by special agents W. A. Graham Clark, William Whlttman, Jr., Charles II. Pepper, Harry P. Burrill, Arthur B. Butman, Lincoln Iljtchlnson, and others, which was' referee d to the committee on com merce' and ordered to be printed. At a eae.cus of the Texas delegation In the house. Representative Bandcll was recopimended to one of the vacant places on the ways and means com mittee, receiving ten votes to four for Representative Cooper, for this place. There had been a spirited contest be tween these men. Cooper having the activo barking of Senator Bailey. Regents of the Smithsonian Insti tution have been appointed from the senate and house. Vice-President Fairbanks appointed Senator Cullom, of Illinois, and Senator Bacon, of Georgia. Speaker Cannon appointed Representatives Dalzell, of Pennsyl vania, Mann, of Illinois, and How ard, of Georgia. CHM'N GRIGGS v WILL NOT ACCEPT A RE ELECTION (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Washington, Dec. 10 Represen tatives James M. Griggs, of Georgia, has announced that ho would not bo a candidate to succeed himself us chairman of tho democratic congres sional committee. The committee will hold a meeting next month and elect Mr. Griggs successor, who will have chargo of the management of the congressional end of the national democratic cam paign. Mr. Griggs' retirement will prob ably result in a spirited contest. Representatives Flood, of Virginia, Representatives Flood, ,of Virginia, and Lloyd, of Missouri, aro both active candidates. OMKMIUHION NEW (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Dec. 10. Repre sentative Honry D. Clayton of Ala bama, yesterday Introduced a resolu tion "declaring it to be the Bense of the house that to break down the bar rier ' against perpetuity of tenure in the presidential office Is fraught with grave peril to American and republican institutions." Mr. Clayton's resolution therefore resolves: "That In the opinion of the house the precedent established by Washington nnd other presidents of Ihe United States in retiring from the presidential office after their second term has be come by universal, concurrence & part of our republican system of govern ment, and that any departure from this time honored custom would be un wise, unpatriotic, and fraught , with peril to our free Institutions." Mr. Clayton, in discussing his reso lution, said that one similar to it was passed in the forty-fourth congress, aimed at President Grant's -third term aspirations, Just as Mr. Clayton has In mind Mr. Roosevelt and the third term. Mr. Clayton hopes he can get enough republican support for his res olution to get it out of committee, in order that a record vote may be se rured In the house. Y HATE GALLED OFF (Special to Tho' Evening Times.) Charlotte, N. C, Dec. 10. The Char lotto Observer has' a special from Washington which says: It Is stated as a fact here, although it has not become public knowledge, that the negotiations between North Carolina and other- southern states and certain railroads concerning pas senger rate bills are oft, for the time being at least, if not for all time to come. A'though newspaper men gen erally have not been taken into the confidence- of either side, it has been known by correspondents that Gover nor Glenn of North Carolina, and others were considering a compromise to The effect that the roads would sell to tho heads of families and concerns a l,000-mi;e ticket for $20, to bo used by them, their families and employes; a 500-mile ticket for $12.50 and local tickets, inter and intrastate, for 2'A cents a mile. The railroads have de cided to carry the fight to the higher courts. Now, they say, is the time to settle th-j matter once for all. AH propositions will be turned down and the cases now in court will be tiled before the supreme court of the United States. This means a great deal in North Carolina, where It has been be lieved for days that the state and the railroads were about to get together and settle their controversy and that the rate question would soon be ad justed.'..';. A number of leading railroad men of the south met here Saturday, and it Is believed that the information con tained In the 'foregoing .paragraph is correct. In making these assertions I think that I am giving the truth as the case now stands, This leaves the cases of ihe Southern and the Coast Line and smaller roads In the hands of Judge Montgomery for the present. In ; .the 'case of the Southern and the state the testimony of the state Is In and the road has its ready. Soon Judge Montgomery will take up he Coast Line, A number of small lines are In volved in this litigation, Tho decis ion of tho state supreme court at Ral eigh overruling Judge .Long, of the (Continued, on Second Page.) GEN. STOESSEL ON TRIAL TODAY FOR HIS IIFE ( By Leased Wire to Tti Times. ) St. Petersburg, Dec, 10. "Not guilty" was the plea uttered in a firm toiio by General Stocssel when ho was placed on trial today to an swer with his life for tho surrender of Port Arthur. Among the judges, spectators nnd witnesses wero Gen eral Kuropatkin, General Lincvitch, General Rennenkampf, Vice Admiral Wiren and scores of other prominent, leaders in the Russo-Japaneso war. Two hundred officers who had been at Port Arthur wero also present. Vice "Admiral DoubRBSoft con voked the court. All along with General Stocssel three other gener als woro also arraigned on charges growing out of the surrender of Port Arthur. They were General Fock, Reiss and Smirnoff. .- The indictment charges a com plete absence of co-operation among the officers at Port Arthur. An ad ditional charge against Stoessel is that he failed in his duty in that ho did not share the fate of the garri son and accompany the men into captivity. The charges against Stoessel, as summarized in the indictments are: 1. Disobeying General Kuropat- kln's order to hand over the com mand of the fortress to General Smirnoff. 2. Suspending the construction of the second and third lines of de tense. 3. Countenancing Ironclad and of ten abusive reports written by Gen eral Foclt concerning various officers in charge of the defense. 4. Sending false reports to Gen eral Kuropatkin and Admiral Alexleff regarding the battle of Tsin Chau in May, 1904. A FEDERAL OFFICEHOLDER HAS ACTUALLY RESIGNED. Washington, D. C, Dec. 10. Captain Jackson Morris of the law division Internal revenue bureau, has tendered his resignation, taking effect on De cember 9 and left last night for Frank fort, Ky., where he goes to accept the J position of assistant secretary of state. 1 NEGOTIATIONS THE SICKENING STENEtf OF DEAD Makes Work ot Rescuers Al most Unbearable CONDITION AT THE MINE Getting Work Into Xornial Condi tions Aain Adding to the Force of Rescuers Dismembered Bodies Drought X'p Unidentified 37 Fu nerals Yesterday and Quite a Xumber Today Tho. Lone Widow the Only Mourner. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) : Monongah, W. Va., Doc. 10. The wrecked mine here is again getting Into normal condition and conse quently relief work is being carried on rapidly. Ninety-one bodies have so far been recovered. All but eight of the bodies recovered have been Identified. Every day since the explosion, heads, legs and arms have been re moved from the mines. The stench from decomposed bodies in the mines is becoming almost unbeara ble. Thirty-six horses were killed in the mine, almost all being blown to pieces. This condition has resulted in many of the rescuers becoming r jek. To assist in the recovery uf the bodies, the mine owners have sum moned 1 HO miners from their plants in the Georges Creek district. The company expects to get a majority of the dead out before the end of the week. Thirty-seven funerals were held yesterday. Burials are necessarily hurried. One body was sent direct ly to the cemetery followed by a lone woman who had stood for hours awaking the finding of her husband's body. (Continued on Page Five.) NEW TARHEEL1 (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Washington, Dec. 10 The nomi nations of North Carolina postmast ers have been sent to tho senate: Robert M. ('room,', at Burgaw, county of Pender; office became pres idential April 1, 1007. John F. Dobson, at Goldsboro, county of Wayne, in place of Louis N. Grant, failed of confirmation. j. Walter Jones, at North Willtes- horo, county of Wilkes, in place of J. Wallor Jones. ".Incumbents commis sion expired March 3, 1907. lsiific M. Mooklns: - at. Elizabeth City, county of Pasquotank, in place of Isaac M. Meekins. Incumbents commission expired February 3, 1907. L. E. Pickard, at West Durham, county of Durham, in place of Clar ence W. Teaguc, removed. MILTON BIBLE IS SPURIOUS, SAYS BUYER (Ry Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Doc. 10 The Milton Blhlo, purchased at auction hero a fow days ago for $1,225, from the collection of William H. Buckler, of Baltimore, secretary of the American legation at Madrid, by Alfred J. Bar ton, expert in ancient books, has been declared by him to be spurious and the signature "John Milton, February 24, 1634," a clumsy forg ery. English experts have declared it genuine. Mr. Barton bought tho book under stipulation that if Investigation Into its authenticity should not satisfy 'him It could ho returned, POSTMASTERS NOMINATED TO MAKE Vm DAWGS VALUABLE! What Tern Watson and Presd't ! Roosevelt Talked Abiut ARGUED ABOUT FINANCE The Georgian Who Han For Presi dent on the Populist Ticket Gives Out An Interview in Which He Says a Great Deal About the Fi nancial Question What Causes Panics and How to Cure Them. Killed With Sir. Roosevelt. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington,' Dec. '1 0-Thonias E. Watson, of Georgia, populist candi date for president of the United States in 1904, yesterday took lun cheon and "'discussed the financial situation. with President Roosevelt. To what extent Mr, Watson inter ested Mr. Roosevelt in his project o issuing greenbacks.'' under an old law of the Civil War period, which, he claims, has '"never ber:i repealed, is not divulged. The populist leader gave out an interview, however, in which he pre sumes to say 'nothing; for the presi dent, but a great deal as to what he thinks should he done and should not be done to cure .our currency; .'Ills. He said the.se things to the presi dent. A few paragraph', from Mr. Watson's interview -are as follows: 'The grei't trouble with our finan cial system is that the national hank ers hnve beea allowed to narrow the foundations upon which it. rests. If every dollar, in clrcula-tlon had to be redeemed in yellow dogs; at tho op tion of the holder, the yellow dogs would immediately become the most precious of canines. So where gold is made Uie money of final redemp tion, the yft' men. who control the gold become "miaS-ier of tho markets of the world. "To this narrow foundation of gold the national bankers have shrunk the money of final payment; 'and. upon this 'narrow' foundation they have raised the giddiest superstructure of credit money that tho world ever saw. There are a few far-sighted men who knew that the financial sit uation was fraught with national peril, but the warnings of such men went-.-.unheeded. Then, one fine morning, something i shook public confidence and the people begun' to clamor for real money. There was not enough real money in the diked States to meet tho demand. There fore panic, disaster,.--universal de moralization. '"Panics are caused by contraction; their only cure is expansion If the president will isstio $100,(i(iu,0(iO of greenbacks, these nasty little clear ing house.. certificates will disappear, confidence will return and normal conditions will bo restored. ... But wo never will have a just and sound system of national flnanco so long as we allow the national banks to run that part of the government. If ever these corporal Urns wrest from the government the power to make such an elastic currency us they are clamoring for, the most violent anil destructive foundation in prices will be of constant occurrence and the en tire business world will bo In 'com plete subjection to the 6,000 national bankers." .. FAIRBANKS IS STILL IN THE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) , New York, Doc. 10 Harry S. New, of Indiana, chairman of tho re publican national committee, now In town, said that not only was Vice- President Fairbanks in tho race for Lho republican nomination, but that Indiana would certainly send a dele gation instructed for Fairbanks. Mr. New ridiculed the Btories which have come from Washington that the selection of Chicago as tho place for the convention was a defeat in the national committee for tho Taft supporters. "Did you hear any talk about Gov- Jornor Hughes while you wero at Washington?" Mr. Now was asked. "Thoro was as much talk about Hughes as about anyone," Mr. New replied. ITALIANS FIT FATAL BATTLE Reputable Element Aqainst the Black Hand Danes BLACK HAND CHIEF DEAD Scon- of Italians Took Part in the Fight, Which Was Held in the Pennsylvania Railway Yards To day Several Italian Merchants Fatally or Radly Injured Num ber of Others Hurt Only Two Arrests Made liy the Police; (By Leased Wire to The Times.) - Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 10. As a re sult of a determined effort on the part --of the reputable Italians of Pittsburg to clean out ihe black hand, a desperate battle was fought in the produce yards of the Pennsyl vania Railroad : here, A score of Italians took parti 'fighting., over three blocks, hundreds of shots were fired, and tho police reserves of three stations were called out to stop the riot, Joseph Sunscri, a wholesale fruit dealer and the wealthiest Italian in Pittsburg, is in a serious condition at the West Pennsylvania Hospital; M. Rei, alleged leader of the black hand, is .dead at the same hospital, and . Joseph Colandip, another Ital ian, is in the hospital at the central station. Colandio, shot through tho cheek, was still fighting, when a score of citizens closed in and would have lynched him had not the police pre vented. Sunseri Is an undo of Joe Batagli, of this city, who found a bomb on his porch a week ago. Sunseri's ac tivity1 in trying to run down his nephew's enemies, it is thought, in curred the enmity of tho society. .' The police have arrested two sus pects. . 100,000 FIRE AT PETERSBURG THIS MORNING (Special to The Evening Times.) Petersburg, Va., Dec. 10, Fire broke out tills morning at 11 o'clock in the cellar of the William Build Furniture ( t ilnlei I v mi Mvi'iinini-o Ktveel Mini le- ' " ! lore the -Humes, could he ..subdued the entire building was destroyed together with the contents. The building was valued at $10,000 and was owned by Miss Mau l Tavlor of Petersburg, The stock of furniture was valued at $".0,- 000. Los. is partially covered by in sur.mec. The store ml lolninc. tioeu- pieu liy . v nia-lliiiil cw. cubhiiih, u uiy! goods firm, was badly Hooded by wa-1 ,n, ,1 .I'.iu nlun tlx. u,,.eb- ,,f .rr,,lt, ti the store. The bulldinir is valued at $10,000 and the slock $20,000. Loss ' partly covered by Insurance. The , stuck of goods and the store of the (ashoii lf.mlwaro ( onmanv. vimiril at $10,000, wa.; badly damaged by smoke Lind wate.v OFF OF THE PACIFIC FLEET (By Leased Wire to Tho Times.) Flrtrcss Monroe, Va., Dec. to -Crowds of sightseers from all parts of tho country aro assembled here to witness the final preparation and-tho departure of the fleet, The families ot most of the ofllwrs are also among i tho visitors and the week Is to be '. crowded with social events of both formal and informal character, the I principal funcliou to be a naval and 1 military ball the evening of Friday, tho 13 th. Admiral Evans arrived yesterday j from Washington, nccompanled by ; Captain Ingersoll, his chief of staff. WATCHING FINAL SEND SECOND DAY OF BICYCLE RACE IN N Y. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Pec. 10. In a succession of dare-devil sprints to snatch the lead in the six day race at Madison Square Garden today, rulers plunged into the other and lay in bruised heaps oh the track. Eight men were so badly hurt they had to be carried to their quarters. The worst crash 'of wheels put two riders, Baragon, of tho French team, ami Jaeq iilin, of the French-Italian team, out of the race altogether. Their partners, Breton and Vanoni, formed a new team and 'continued the race. Breton, Galvin and McDonald came together, with a smashing -'rattle : of steel thai, could be beard all over the garden, jest -.beyond "dead man's curve" rhoitly after the thirty-first hour of tee race. All three men had to be ear-icd from, the track but their partners went on with the contest. ; Vanoni. of the newly constructed French-It-ilian team, was . the cause of the latent spill, lie was pedalling hard to ( a good position at the turn and edged too close to McDonald. Front and rear wheeta grazed,. and 'in a twinkling McDonald was thrown to the track. ..Breton, 'and ' Galvin were close boa:nd and struck McDonald, pitching '.'oyer -on top of him. Score at 10 o'clock (33rd hour); Fol- ger and .Jloian, 621.3; Itutt and Stoll, 621.3; I.!ivon and .McDonald, 621.2; Georgette--and Dupre. 621. .1; Logan and Banlgett, 621.3; Sumuelson and Mit ten. 621.2; Wilcox and Williams, 621.2; Galvin and Wiley, 621.2; Krcbs and Vanilcrsluyft, ' 621.3; Downey and Downing, 621.2; Breton and : Vanoni, 621.2. . .. The record for the 33rd hour Is 679 miles and one lap, made by Kikes and MeFarland in l'.mo. (Continued on Second Page.) After a ''Long and Terrible" Illness. (By Cable to Tre Times.) Paris, Dec. 10 Count Louis Gontaut Byson, who married Martha Leishman, died 'today after a long and terrible illness. GOV. HURRIES SOLDIERS TO HOPKINSVILLE (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Krankfot. Ky., Dec. 10. 1'iuler or ders from Governor Beckham several additional companies of the state mi litia hive been - ordered - to. llopkins tll". the '..center of the tobacco war. A i-arloiul of ammunition has been hur ried to tl'o troops and every precau tion is taken to prevent disorder. Night - millers- are still operating In the h-m-ii; towns about JlopkinsviUe. About :;,'i.'-i pounds of tobacco was liiirm-il ; eyteril;i at Switzi'r and the ln:'s wouH imve bee'i considerably greater hud It not been for a 'heavy rainstorm, -which enmo up suddenly ami extinguished the lire, .which was spreading through a long line of cur Iiik sheiW Several arrests of men nl leged to be membe'-s of the raiders have boon made. COPPERS PULL A BOXING MATCH. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New Y'Tk, Dee. 10. The police had their inniiig on the fight clubs last liiKht. IMsguis' d as longshoremen, five po licemen jumped into the ring nt the Drydock Athletic Club, where Joe Burlman ami "Babo" Cullen were box ing. There er; nearly one thousand members packed In the club house, many wea'lng full dress nnd top huts. When the sleuths, with whiskers and ! eim-Mile l..ntM eiillllYionceil tn nhow their badaes there was a roar of laughter. When it came to arresting the fighters they could not pick them out. so they had to be satisfied with Manager Flmrr and the .referee. New Football Manager. (By Leased Wire to .The Times.) Sewanee, Tonn., Dec. 10. John B. Greer has been elected manager of the liios football team of the University of the South, the choleo being practi cally unanimous. Waiter S. Barrett, captain of the 1!)7. will be Sewatiee'ri delegate to the S. I. A. A. Convention, which meets at Clemson on December 13, vice Chan cellor Wiggins also going as an offi cial of the association. Sewanee's delegate goes instructed to vote against the proposed one year rule. TO GET OUT OF INSANE ASYLli 4H Committed Because He Mar ried Plebian Woman CASE OF GERMAN COUNT Romantic Story of Young . CoUntj Krasmus Krbach, Whose Family; Had Him Committed to a Mad houseHis Wife Is Heartforoked ' and Her AVhercabouts Kept Secret. ' Marriage Declared No Good By ' Court Imprisoned Man Heir to Big Fortune, of Course. ' ' (By Cable to The Times.) '.; '. Berlin, Dec. 10 Friends of Count Erasmus Erbach have caused an ap- ; plication to be made to the high court, ordering his release from an insane asylum, where he was con-' fined after being taken bodily at Frankfort and confined after his stout resistance was overcome. Count Erbach was seized on the application--of. his father and rela tives, who base their contention of '. his insanity on the fact that he mar-. ried the plebian but beautiful daugh ter of a washerwoman. The mar-: riage has been declared null and void. J.j The count's friends, however, are . determined to fight the matter to an end and have anounccd that they will not stop until the young noble man is given his liberty and his bride is restored to him. The young woman is heart-broken. She is with friends of her husband, but her whereabouts is kept secret to pre vent further intrigue on the part of the count's relatives. , -.-'.'' The love story of the young count, is romantic . in every way. Count; Erasmus is heir to all the fortunes of a famous German family. His father is worth more than a million dollars. He owns three estates with castles on them and magnificent resi dences in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. The young count surrendered the prospect of some day possessing these possessions for love. When IS years old he met the young girl wiio was to become nis wire wnne he was riding In a forest. She was gathering faggots. They loved each other at first sight and the count was hot affected by the knowledge that she was a washerwoman's" daughter. His family opposed him strenu ously, but he determined that he. would marry her when he came of age. This he did, eloping with her to London. When the marriage be came known a full council was heldY in which U was decided that Count Erasmus should be outlawed .arfd disinhei ited unless the marriage was annulled, His indifference to their plans justified more extreme meas ures in the opinion of his father and ho was declared Insane. When captured at Frankfort on Main, tho young count fought to es- cape but he was overpowered. A strong guard is maintained at the institution where he is confined and) none of his friends Is permitted to visit him. GEN. BASIL DUKE TO SUCCEED COL. ELLIOT (By Leased Wlro to The Times.) Washington, Dec. . 10 Senator and representatives from four south ern states have called at, the White House, and each placed before; the president the nam of a candidate, for successor to the late Colonel Wil liam Elliott, of South Carolina,' as commissioner to mark the graves 'ot confederate veterans in northern cemeteries. Colonel Elliott died sud denly last week, and there Is already a great demand for the vacancy. The president, it is understood, has of fered the place to General Basil; .Ditko, of Kentucky, who probably, will not accept. Adumson, of Georgia, presented a Georgia man for the place; Senator Overman, of North Carolina, asked, ...... - . Vl '. 1 wmv g innu liuiu iiib BiRio v : pointed,, while Representative Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, placed b iforo the president tho name of Major James F. J. Caldwell, of South Carfl Una, author of. several books., Bena tor Daniel, of Virginia, also offered, a candidate. II H i' f , "I in
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