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THE RALEIGH EVENING TIME
VOLUME 88.
RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1907.
PXIC3 U
7MEN KILLED BY
Loj$ Fairfax, Only American Peer,
f WvfJ M 4.1.. TLT J? t'JL I
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AT ASHEVILLE
SILL POTATO
IN A BIB HILL
SOUTHERN
MEN
LAID AWAY IN
Fl NLE Y CO NFEH S
WITH BOV.TQDAY
FALLING BRIDGE
POTTER'S FIELD
Scenes at the Wrecked Mines
That Harden Hearts
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nnrni tr ri
l I 1 1 1 li i u
Arkansas' Jeff DaVis Turned
loose Id the -Senate
HOT, SNORTING SPEECH
He's a Trust Ba'ster From 'Way
Back Wants to Pat Stripes On
tlie Rich Malefactors Criticises
the Salary of tho President) and
Sets the Gaseous Atmosphere
About His Head Aflame AVilh
Cheap Talk and Kaht.
o3y Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Dec. 11. Senator
Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, delivered
a red-hot speech in the senate this
afternoon. It was his maiden effort1
In that body, and was the first set-J
speech by any senator in the six I
tieth congress. Moreover It was j
made just nine days after he had
taken his seat as a member.
It was In advocacy of the destruc
tion of trusts and the placing of
felon's stripes upon rich malefactors.
Ho declared that a prison sentence
staring John D. Rockefeller in the
face' wouuld make him a law-abiding
citizen. He stigmatized Wall Street
speculators as gamblers and thieves,
and charged them with -precipitating
the recent money panic.
He criticised the annual salary of
President Roosevelt whicii he put
at $113,003. He said he did not
need that sum to live on. "And I've
got the president skinned a city
block In the matter of a family," he
exclaimed. "I have eight children;
he lias only live."
He ridiculed the administration's
anti-trust policy, and challenged
any republican senator to name a
i trust- which Roosevelt had "even
tamed", in his seven years of "octo
pus hunting."
He Sounds Like a Small Potato in a
Bis Hill.
In contemptuous tones, Davis de
clared that "unless conditions
change, it will not be long before
1 American statesmen are wearing
knee breeches, with brass buckles
and powdered wigs and bowing down
to semi-royalty."
His speech was upon a bill which
he introduced shortly after the open
ing of congress, making any attempt
to regulate and control prices a con
spiracy, punishable by a heavy fine
and long imprisonment. It further
provides for the revocation of the
company's charter, and permits re
covery of the purchase price.
"Are we In earnest when we go
before the American people," he
asked, "and tell them that trusts
are bad things; that trusts ought to
be destroyed; that trusts ought to
be wiped from the face of the earth?
Then answer the people, why this
bill shouldn't become a law. Does
It Interfere with vested rights? No
remedy which means only their de
struction can be too drastic. Any
thing short of destruction; any tem
porizing, any palliation of this wrong
will not satisfy an outraged public
mm win uui wiun icuci ueu. naU Company, was stopping on tha
The trust evil Is a cancer sore uponjaeconu- noor of tne building and was
the body ' politic juat as upon the -awakened by the smoke. He rushed
human body. The only remedy is j down stairs and found the rear end of
a surgeon's knife. Cut it out by the , the store In flames. The stairway
roots, and destroy the virus. leads to the rear of the store and In a
New Broom Has tho Destiny of tho'few minutes his exit would have been
World On His Shoulders.
"It is the bounded duty of con-
gress to act. If we don't destroy the a BPneraI dry good,, business and tho
trusts, then I tremble for the pub-1 value of the stock was estimated at
Ho. I tremble for the government $14,000 with $9,000 Insurance. Damage.
itself. The creature is growing to building, which is owned by R. D.
greater njd stronger and more pow- J McCrory, about $6,000 with $3,ooo ln-
erful thin Its creator. If permitted surance. Damage to Lexington Drug
..for only a fow years to run without .Company. W. L. Welbom, manager,
checKJer hindrance Instead of thel0bout W00- cvemr bjt insur-
eoverninent nrescrlbina: the terms :nc0' and bulldln wnlcn la owno1
government prescrlDing tne terms .y R e. Raper and others, about
upon which the trusts do business, (2 m nBurnnce. Dry BOods store of
h,I11 'Ka liM.n.1 lt m n. tl.. . ..,w,
, "'" ."j" in.uuiii5 niv 101 "
upon which the government may do
business.
"Nearly seven years of Mr. Roose
velt's strenuous term has passed,
with all the machinery of the gov
ernment at his back. Yet, I ask,
will some republican senator upon
this floor tell me one trust he has
ever tamed, much less destroyed.
"It has been said that corporations
should be treated justly and fairly.
.That is too often the shield behind
which cowardly public servants
evade their duty. You need not lose
any sleep about the corporations not
getting their rights. Our solitude
should be for the man who bears the
burdens of the government.
"Treat a trust robber like an ordi
nary felon
Make the strong arm
(Continued on Second Page.)
FIOBd Throws Fales of Un
finished Bridge
BODIES WASHER A MILE
More Than Twenty Are Seriously
mid Some of Them Fatally Injured.
Accident Occurred Last Night All
AVere Taken by Surprise and Little
Could lie Done Till This Morning
.Toward Rescuing the Injured.
Particulars.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Bloomsburg, Pa., Doe. 1 1 High
water late last 'night caused tho-.col-
- lapse of a
new bridge beine built
over the west branch of the Susuue-
hanna River at Mifrliiivilicy and re
sulted in the death of sewn men and
the injury of nearly a score of others.-
-
Tho dead:
A. W. Fash, Selin's Grove.
Charles Creister, Selin's Grove.
Adam Xnss, Selin's Grove.
Adam Tritt, Beavervllle.
Irving Vpdegraff, Georgetown. - '
1 Millard liowmun, Mi ingvllle.
George!. Faux, address unknown.
Seriously injured:
William Boyer, New York City,
back broken; Ray Shonvood, Me
shoppen Percival Relghterback,
William Relghterback, William
Moyer, Luther Eckerd, Cecil Sharar,
Newton Da I ton, Harry G. GobUling,
John Seasholtz, John Fisher. William-Welkins;
Jacob Johnson.
Debris carried down the stream
by the flood struck the false work of
the bridge and caused its collapse.
The accident occurred late at night
and it was hard to do anything in
the way of rescue. , The workmen
were all thrown into the water.
The bodies of four of those killed
were found floating on the surface,
entangled in the bent and twisted
girders. Some of the men were car
ried a mile down the river.
BAD FIRE TODAY
AT LEXINGTON;
$25,000 LOSS
(Special to The Evening Times.)
Lexington, N. C, Dec. 11. Early
this morning, soon after midnight, a
fire was discovered In the store of tho
Taylor-Mendenhall Company and be
fore the flames could be checked the
building was gutted. Considerable
damage was done to "the Lexington
Drug Company and the store of C. A.
Adderton & Company was slightly
damaged, the total damage being about
$25,500 with about $16,000 of insurance.
I fit . X m.i m ii i r i
L-ui oil. nviviQ inu nruinen couiu re-
spond to tho alarm the store, was a
i HifiMA nf flnmna firm oun.lneiH
o, a. Adderton s company was dam
aged about $100, fuly covered by tnsur-
lance. Practically no damage to buua-
lng. Goods of the Drug Company
wore damaged by water but roof of
building was burned off. All of the
buildings are in a few yards of the
court house.
RECEIVERS APPOINTED
FOR MOWN EXPO.
(By Leased Wire to Tha Times.)
, Richmond, Va., Dec. 11 Judge Wad
dlll, of the United States court, has
announced A. H. Martin. Edward
Lamb and William M. Oeddle, receiv
ers for the Jamestown Exposition,
JAY
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(By Lease;! Wire
' Ashcvllle, N. ('., Dec. 11. As the re
suit of the' removal ' of Superintend
ent Ramseur and a half dozen others
of the higher officials and trainmen
on this division, numbering several
thousand or more, nave .threatened to
walk out. They say that the Ashevillt
rrt1niiU were nr.fr tretiteil fillrlv ! tw
have appealed l President Finley in
regard to the dismissals.
Some of the deposed officials say they
wtll cany their ease to the courts in
order to-make the railroads prove tli?
allegations set forth hi their orders of
dismissal.
(Continued on Page Five.)
to Tho Times.) 1
1 v $r;gfi& t ' rf '
lpi) PAGIFICfFLEET
Lord Fairfax, "the only American P eer." He i ; n citizen of (l"is countiy,
and holds a seat in the House of Lords, l.iil.uii!. in soeakiii!; of Anier
ienn Women and com!aring .them to tlieir l iwlisli cousins Lord. I'airfax
brought out '.the facts illustrated 1 n the accompany sketches.
THE SIX DAYS'
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Dec. 11. Two 11101 e
teams in the six day bicycle grind in
Madison Square Garden retired from
the race this morning. The team made
I up of Samuelson of Salt Lake City,
'and W. E. Mitten of Davenport, Ia
j was compelled to quit on account of
'the poor physical condition of S11111
j uelson, who has been suffering ( from
I stomach trouble and general break
I down.
.- Then Wilcox and Williams, the Mor
mon team, decided not to go on and
! notified Manager Pollock they were
through.
The only real excitement of the
morning was the attempt of Wilcox to
gain a lap. Although Wilcox and his
partner were two miles and five laps
behind the leaders, the other riders
went sailing after him at the same
terrific speed as if he were on even
terms with them. Williams and Ida
1 partner lost their two miles as a in
sult of the scorers failing to pull the
'bell five times when a rider got oft
j the track, which meant for the others
to slow. As Williams had failed to
register any complaint about his wheel
. being out of order, the ottlclals decl.l-
ed lie should lose the two miles, and
the score went against his team.
The Score Today.
New York, Dee. 11.- 10 o'clock score
bicycle races (57th hour): Folger and
Moran, 992.9; Butt and Stoll, 992.9;
Lawson and MacDonald, 992.7; Geor
gette and' Dupre, 992.9; Logan and
Bardgett, 992.8; Galvin and Wiley,
992.8; Krebs and Vanderstuyft. 992.9;
Downing and Downey, 992.8; Breton
and Vanonl. 992.8.
The record for the 57th hour Is 1,130
miles, one lap, made by Miller and
Waller In 1899.
Score at 2 O'clock. ,y
NeW York, Dec. 11. At 2 o'clock the
bike race scoro (61st hour) Is as fol
lows: Folger and Moron, 1,004 miles,
3 laps; Rutt and Stoll, 1.004.3; Lawson
and MacDonald, 1,054.0; Georgette nnd
Dupre, 1.054.2; Logan aid ' Bargette,
1.052; Galvin and Wiley, 1,054.2;
Krebs and' Vanderstuyft,' 1,054.2;
(Continued on Page Five.)
BE
CONTEST
MORE DROP OUT
ANDY CAffflSE
CHIP
MILLIO
(By Leased Wire to Tho 'Times. )
Washinlon, .. Dec. 11 Andrew
Carnc'slc lias added $2, 0l0, 000 to
the ? lO.ooo.iMMi endowment fund of
the Carneiue li.i-.tiiution of Washing
ton. Bi'-i:; .unable to attend the an
nual meoiing of the board of trus
tees of the institution at the New
Wlllard vvsieiday Mr. Carnegie con
veyed the 'gift in a letter to Dr. It. S.
Woodward, the president.
At thi i!ie:liiiK, called to order at
10 o'clock Hie trustees inado uppro
prialions avcgrcKaiing $32.9,540 :., to
carry on Investigations and work
planned for the coming year.
The annual dinner of the trustees
was held h'st ('Veiling in the. cabinet
room of the New Willard, and was
very elabor.iio.
CHRISTMAS 'POSSUM
M DE WHITE BOUSE
ROOSEVELT TABLE
1 (By Le:sed Wire to The Times.)
Gainesville, (la., Dec. 11. A fat
Georgia possum is to bo a part of tho
Christmas 'cheer at the white, house,
This possum was caught several ijfiys
ago and is being fattened on persim
mons by Mr.s. Helen Longstreet, post
master at -'Gainesville, 'who will ship
It to President Roosevelt Just before
Christmas.
The pur slim 111 a big fellow, and the
persimmon diet is adding fat At a
great rale. Mrs. Longstreet is the
widow : of (he Confederate general,
Longstreet.
Meeting of the .Lady Mticraliees.
There will bo a meelinjr of the
lady Maccabees at 7:30 this evening.
The meeiing is an Important one, as
officers are to bo elected.
TWO
Says He Will Certainly Sail
Next Monday
CHRISTMAS AT TRINIDAD
In the Harbor of Port of Spain the
Sailors Will Be Given Shore Leave
to Fnjoy Christmas in Their Own
Way 40.4MIO Pounds of Turkey
Taken On Board Klahorate Menu
for the Blue jacket Notes of the
Fleet 11 nd Cruise.
(lly Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, D. ('., Dec. 11. Thanks
to "Fighting Bob" Evans, every oiu
of the lu.OUO and 'more .officers and
men of the Atlantic fleet will have op
portunity to .spend Christmas ashore
as usual; and thanks of both Admiral
Evans and Brownson, each of ihem
will have opportunity to receive Christ
mas presents in their stoekslng on
Christmas eve as usual.
Admiral Evans has announced to the
navy department that not only will
he see that every ship of the licet nails
from' Hampton- .'Roads-', on schedule
time, the morning of December 10, but
he will have all before the harbor of
I'ort of Spain, Trinidad, on schedule
time, December 24. Efforts will be
made to reach the (list slop on the
morning of December 24th,'. in order
that the shore leave of the men may
be divided, those who desire to spend
Christmas eve ashore and the re
mnimlcr Christmas--; day, It being
against '.'custom, to nllow all men to
Kave the ships at one time.
Through the' determined efforts of
Admiral Evans the 40.000 pounds of
Christmas, turkey, which went by de
fault mi the part of the original con
ti actor, all has been put aboard and
an unusually elaborate menu is being
prepared for the feast of the soldiers
that day. Baseball and other bporf?
v. Ill be Indulged lii on shore.
In the meantime,, orders ore being
piepared by Admiral Brownson for the
prompt handling of ; all Christmas
presents for tho officers and men.
UM'IIIE DM
PRESDT DIES TODAY
(Special to Tho Evening Times.)
Rcldsville, N. C, Dec. ll.-R. F. Wil
liams, president of. the Itank of Relds
vllle, and of the projected Rocking
ham and Caswell Railroad,'-.-an ex
mayor and one of this section's most
useful citizens, died nt noon today as
a result of trouble caused by uric
acid.
55 GKAVEDIGGERS WORK
Funerals Held in the Xiglit As Well
As Day About 200 of the iiOO
Bodies Recovered Vp to Noon To
day Tin' Others Are Expected to
'Be- lii'iUHlil I'p Before Wild of
Week No Hearses, No Mourners
for Many of Them -Gruesome
Particulars.
(By LMseil Wire to The Times.)
MonoiiKuh, W. Va., Dee. 11. In the
neighborhood of 200 bodies have.. been
recovered from the wrecked mines up
to noon today.
Thr' miners have reached those sec
tions of t lie. mine where the majority
of (lie miners . werft. at work during the
time of the ' explosion .- and expect to
get out bodies as rapidly every day.
The company oflieials believe that if
nothing si'iious, intervenes all of the
bodies will have been removed within
the next foiiy-eight hours, or fifty
six hours at tlie very latest.
(If the bodies recovered only twenty
three remain unidentified. Fourteen
of these were burled ' without Identification.--;
The bodies were In such a bad
stale of decomposition that it was Im
possible to hold them for more than
two hours. They were then hurried
to the graveyard and laid away in an
improvised potters field. Funeral ser
vices were held all day yesterday and
were continued through the night In
order that all bodies may be interred
as fast as possible. Most of them are
in such condition that it is Impossible
to keep them for more than three or
four hours.
To get the bodies to tho graveyard
It was necessary to press Into service
ordinary road wagons. The roads are
In such condition that four horses were
necessary to haul en eh load to the
cemetery. No less than two bodies
were hauled in each wagon and In
some instances four were carried to
the graveyard' at the same time. At
the churches services were held over
six and eight bodies at one time.
Fifty-five grave diggers Work in re
lays day and night.
Another change was made yesterday
In the estimate as to the number of
men In the mine at the time of the
explosion. The time-keeper of the
company says that 436 checks were
distributed to as many miners on the
-morning of the explosion. Each miner
gets his cheek as he enters the mine.
It was also claimed that this num
ber Is independent of the trapper boys
and pit fire bosses. ' '-.While opinions
are greatly in variance as to the actual
number killed, a conservative esti
mate places it at 450 at least and it
may go to 500.
'Hi liodics Have Been Brought Pp.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Mononsah, W. Va.. Dec. 11 At
noon a total of 1ST victims had been
(Continued on Page Five.)
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Dec. 11. The mem
bers of t:ie national democratic com
mittee are here in lar;e numbers to
attend the meeting tomorrow.
Joseph us Daniels, the North Caro
lina member, arrived here last night
to attend the meeting which will be
held at Hotel Arlington Thursday.
There is very little for the commit
tee to do except fix the place and
time of meeting of the next national
eonvenlion. Little Interest is being
j manifested in the meeting. A num-
. her of cities are very desirous to
have the democrats. Some pu'dlc.t
j that nn early date will be fixed for
the convention.
Chairman Taggart gave out the
i official list of cities which are after
the convention. It includes St. Paul
Atlantic City, Louisville, Chicago,
Denver. St. Louis and Cincinnati.
Mr. Taggart said thnt Cleveland,
O., has been mentioned, but he u.id
not heard from there . ohlclaUy.
Speaking of the requirements he
said :
"Geography, railroad facilities,
hotels and finances will be the com
biation to win. I have no hesitancy
In saying that exclusive of the
money question Chicago will get the
convention. I have been assured
however, that there Is not yet au in
dent money in sight to Insure The
meeting for this city."
DEM. NATIONAL
COM. MEETING
OefiDite Statement of What
Was Done Withheld
TO BE NO EXTRA SESSION
Only Southern and Seaboard Accept
ed Proposition Governor Glenik
in Regard to Them Says Railroads
First Came to Him With Pro
posals Which Were Rejected.
Asked to Submit Proposal, He Did
So, Subject to Approval of Gen
eral Assembly.
That the prospects of an extra ses
sion of the general assembly to set
tie the railway rate litigation are poor
was made evident by a statement bjr
Governor Glenn to a representative of
The Evening Times this afternoon.
Mr. W. W, Finley, president of the
Southern Railway, was in Raleigh to
day and called on the governor. After
Mr. Finley had retired the reporter
asked if there was anything to give
out. ',",;-.
"You may say," said Governor
Glenn, in regard to the rate matter,
"that I did make the first proposition
that the railways try the new two
and a quarter cent rate, and if they
find it burdensome, that I would re
commend its appeal by the general as
sembly. That proposition was accept
ed. But I did not make other pro
posals to the railroads. These came
to me with propositions, which I re
jected. Then, since the matter could
not be settled, they asked me to sub
mit a proposition, which t did, sub
ject, of course, to the approval of tha
general assembly. The Southern Rail
way and the Seaboard Air Line ac
cepted my proposition, but some of the
other roads rejected.
"Unless all the railways had accept
ed it, I would not recommend any
thing. The matter" now stands as It
was, since any recommendation to the
legislature must meet with the unan
imous approval of the roads con
cerned." The talk of an extra session, it la
gathered from the governor's frank
statement, Is a bit premature. The
governor did not, as has been stated
by some of the papers, make overtures
to the warring railroads, but merely
when requested to do so, submitted a
proposition which he told them he
would submit to the general assem
bly. Since only the Southern and Sea
board have accepted It, no special ses
sion will be called and the entire ques
tion will probably be settled In the
courts.
President Finley left this afternoon
for Washington.
TO SUPPRESS
NIGHT RAIDERS
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 11 Govern
or A. E. Willson, who was inaugu
rated at Frankfort yesterday, took
immediate steps toward suppressing
the mob spirit among the tobacco
planters in the state. Calling about
him Attorney-General James Breath
itt, Brigadier-General Roger D.
Williams, and others, a consultation
was held with State Fire Marshal
Mott Ayres, who had just returned
from Hopklnsvllle, where a mob
burned ubout $200,000 worth of
property last week. Trouble is also
brewing at Carlisle and Mount Ster
ling, and the military authorities
were ordered to take the proper pre
cautions to have the state protected.
A company of militia was sent Into.
Trigg county, where the mob was
raised that went to Hopklnsviile,
nnd It is expected to make Important
arrests.
WHITE MOB ATTACKED
A NEGRO SOCIETY;
A FIGHT; 7 DEAD
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 11. Seven persons
arc reported killed in a race riot In
Pickens county, Alabama, In the at
tack of a w-hite mob on a negro so
ciety. DELAWAKK DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE JUKiE GRAY.
(By Leased Wire to Tbe Times.)
Dover, Del., Dec. 11. The demo
cratic state convention has passed
a resolution indorsing Judge Georg
Gray, of Delaware, for the presidency.