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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. THE' RALEIGH EVENING VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNE SDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1908. PRICE 5c. TIMES THE PROGRESS OF THAW TRIAL Third Day V Session of the Famous Case TRIAL DELAYED TODAY Nearly 11 O'clock Before Court Re siunctl Three Accepted Jurors at Beginning and Work of Choosing Others In Progress Prisoner De pends ou Wife's Judgment. ''.' Sworn Jurors. Gremmels, Charles, broker, No. 3 South street, residing at No. 817 East 155th street. Naethlng, Arthur R., baker, No. 1925 Seventh avenue. Carey, George W., drygoods merchant. No: 648 Broadway. New Men in Box. Rupprecht, C. G., salesman nt No. S17 Hudson street, re siding at 46G West 49th street. Greenbaum, Moses, real es tate broker at No. 684 Broad way, residing at; 342 East 5spth street. "' Maggin, John R,, retired merchant, residing at No. 14 West 60th street. Cranston, Thomas L., pro prietor o printing establish ment 4210 Fifth avenue. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Jan. 8 The opening of today's session of the Thaw trial was considerably delayed and it was almost 11 o'clock before Justice Dowling ascended the. bench. Mrs. Thaw had been in the court room half an hour, waiting for Harry Thaw to be brought in. They smiled a greeting at each other as Thaw walked briskly to his seat. There were three accepted jurors and four provisional jurors in the box when court opened. The accept ed jurors were brought from the Ho tel Knickerbocker today in charge of Captain Lynch, of the court police squad, while a subordinate officer had charge of-the four provisional Jurors. They were 'kept away from each other at the hotel last night, having their meals in separate pri vate dining-rooms. The box was filled with provisional jurors at the. beginning of last night's session, but one was dismissed by consent and each side premptorily challenged four. Clerk Penny called the names of the last of the 100 members of the first panel, thereby delaying the ex amination of talesmen until 10:4." a. m. Josiah Thaw was the first of the prisoner's family to enter the court-room. With the calling of Harry K, Thaw to the bar Mrs. Eve lyn Ncsblt Thaw came from the witness-room and took a seat alongside her husband's half-brother. She wore the eamc costume as she did yesterday, the only change in her make-up being a new pair of ehumios gloves. The prisoner walked through the railed enclosure carrying his over coat and the portfolio containing his morning mail. The first talesman called was John Schrelner, a builder. Mr. Schrelner was excused by con Bent, after making a conflicting state ment In regard to an opinion he held. John H. Holbert, of No. 850 Long wood avenue, the Bronx, who de scribed himself as president of a spring water company. No. 126 West 86th street, suited Jerome. He had a slight impression, he declared, be cause of what he had rend, but thought that he could lay it aside. His declaration that he would accept the ruling of the court as final on the question of insanity proved entirely satisfactory to the state and Mr. Llt- teton took up the examination. Q Do you feel that you could morally lay aside your opinion? A -I feel that I could. By Justice Dowling: Q Would you consider the case solely on the evidence? A I think I could. Harry Thaw looked toward Eve lyn Thaw and nodded his head In the direction of( the talesman, an ap parent message for her to pass on Holbert's desirability as a juror. A nod of approval from the prison' er's wife resulted In Holbert being chosen. ... He went into the Jury box and found chair No. 8. He was not sworn. He Is an intelligent looking (Continued on Second Page.) HOI SMITH RAILROADS Georgia Governor on Pel" Subject Today HE SCORES THEM HARD In Course of Address In Savannah, He IiidicatesTlnit He Will Not Retrench in His Campaign Most, Radical of All His Utterances. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Savannah, Ga., Jan. 8 Governor Smith, of Georgia, today addressed the National League of Commission Merchants, which is in annual con vention here.. The governor's words and drastic measures adopted in our as to the government and state con- native state, which has never before trol of corporations, if anvthing, bcen p,aced in a posltio" to navo . ., ,. , aspersion east upon her fair nam", were the most radical he has ut- . . sr.h. I refer to the once glorious state tered upon the subject and Indicate , , of Georgia, sah. that he has no idea of retrenching Th, , statement delivered in a in his campaign of railroad roguia- ...n,,ik)(iut ,,ut aggrieved tone by "- - '', ".'., ' , , ' .'"'.' '. '.-' "Colonel" Teildens. Walker Of Savan Governoi bmith, in referring to Ga.i VOiecd the sentiments of a the railroads,, said: ... ... . , lirty of (Pn gentlemen with .military- 'The railroad companies are quasi- titles ami aristocratic cognomens who public enterprises. . arrived on the steamship City of. Sa- "The right of the nation and of rnnnh. , the states to stand between the rail- The distinguished southerners hall road companies- and the public, to f'nm various points in the newly gone requisite rutos nnrt nn nnnn fines- tlons involving proper facilities, has , ... , , iiiii been fully recognized and upheld by the courts of the country. "The railroad companies uncon-J trolled can absolutely control the property and the persons of the peo-1 pie of this country. Should they be permitted to do so? "The mileage of the railroads In the United States exceeds 230,000. During the last fiscal year they have collected from the people over two ! u""" "-,.., ...u,n...Cu .. . bard--'va inaccessible until after 6 p. injured over ,5,000 people. , j i.,.: i:H.vmg that period of enforced nb- "Shnll we leave this immense, tax j Kfwwe. Chief - Steward Mitchell listen to be placed upon the public and thisj,.n t0. moro varied and .forceful' argu great loss and Injury to life and limb ;. nici ts en the subject of opening up to the uncontrolled wills of the' men. who own the railroads?" j The governor continued - with .'nn ! v.n.-ullnn nf Ihn ,,,,,!!., ,r1u of rail- road officials who manipnlatc the se curieties for the purpose of fleecing j the stockholders out of a just return upon their capital. HEINZE PLEADS "NOT GiliLTY" His Case Today Put Oil Until January 20 INDICTED BY THE JURY Alleged to Have Acled Queerly in Hrokerage Transact ions Took Af fair Coolly and Smiled When Mar shal Took Him in Hand Nature of His Offense. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New o Jan. 8 f. Augustus or Broadway, where they are expect Helnze, the copper magnate who was ed to aid In depleting the stock of forced out of the presidency of the ! '(,flrti"K 'tel buffets while I the City of Savannah remains In port. Mercantile National Bank last Oc-1 Tne visitora include Colonel James tobcr. In the house cleaning under-j Mohawk, Edward F. Jameson, fornel i. i... !.' i i.... i t i, ; lus McDuff. John Parkerson, Francis mi. U) ure uraiius tho financial flurry, was indicted yesterday by the federal grand jury for the alleged over-certlflcation of checks ''in favor of the brokerage house of Otto Heinze & Co., ahd in the days Immediately preceding his resignation. The federal grand jury has been engaged for two rrionthB in an in vestigation of the conduct of affairs in the several banks from which the Heinze, Morse and Thonins interests were ousted and the indictment found yesterday is the first tangible result. 1 Mr. Heinze took the affair coolly, and was smiling when the marshal took him before the United States commissioner. Mr. Heinze was arraigned before Judge Chatflold in the federal court today and the case put over until January 20. Heinze entered a lea of not guilty, with leave to substitute any othor pica he deemed advisable, TEN GEORGIANS ARRIVE IN N Y; Distinguished Gentlemen Escaped Prohibition COLONEL IS SPOKESMAN Party Now On Broadway Where They Are Endeavoring to Deplete World's Visible; Supply of Liquid. "Colonel" Walker's Opinion of "The Once Glorious State." (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Jan. 8. "I regret to in form you, sah, that we are heah to escape temporarily, sah, the odious i i tl1 state, but ail had assembled on . in,,,u'1 vannan ror mo-common , .(purpose of escaping the unprecedented J.,,,,,, . nPnneB of then, ,vas wi. ., t0 be tol.(:ed into a seat on th I ht ew snrinklimr cart which a I 'philanthropic legislature had been thoughtful enough to provide. The Favannah sailed from the har bur of the city for which she is named on January 2. but as it takes three long l ours to steam down the Savan nah .River and put Tybee light, jnd lnciocmaiiy me power of the state. u ml cppeaslng the twenty-four-hour thirst which his ten passengers had "'-quired; than he ever dreamed could 'F ' Vi'hen Tyliee light was passed they ..ll ..n.it..ut M,a l,ft nA " ... ' . r t.n(). .TImt man wl k0(, overtime that ti'ght. : K.. C Newton, who operates the De. Forest wireless on board, was also called upon to lend his services in sending meKfagos compounded of de light and condolence to friends of tlv ecstatic party who bad not sufficient farcthouglit to join the relief experl t!on. . "We are sailing on a sea of endless delight." "We ore neaiing the portals uf the golden shore,"- and -sundry mes sages of similar .'-import were Hashed back to tlie disconsolate thirsty ones ashore. "I regret to say. sah," continued Colonel Walker, as ho stood on the promenade deck of the City of Savan nah, caressing the ends of his droop ing army moustache with one hand, v;hllo the other was thrust inside the lapels of an immaculate frock coat, which was tightly buttoned at the waist, "that the fair nnme of the grand er! state in the union which has never before been besmirched by so much as a speak-eusy, has at last been dragged In the mire, sah. Why. I have been permitted to enjoy a julep without re striction since I was a buy, s:ih. I was wounded while fighting fur her rights. I recovered from the sight of our slaves dispersing. I!ut submit-, to this indignity? Nevah, sah! Nevah!" lne party was la en ,n io oy ru- l..,... D...,. ' hi Quleley. Stephen Montgomery and Majors Joseph Hatpin,. A. It. Van Loan and D. L. Jackson. v Passenger Agent Ilorton expressed the belief that when the.: experience of his BUosts Is heralded over tho state so many of her citizens Will be ready to escape the thraldom of the new laws that It will be necessary for Ms line tc charter extra ships to carry out tho suffering citizens. ANOTHER ATTACHMENT AGAINST ATLANTA HANK. (By Leaded Wire to The Times.) Now York, Jan. 8 Sheriff Foley has received another attachment against the Neal Bank of Atlanta, Ga for $75,000 In favor of the president and directors of the Man hattan Company of this city, on a note dated September 3, 1907, for $75,000 payable four months after date, f he attachment was served on the Fourth Nationul Bank of this city, THREE DEAD AND EIGHTY INJURED! Result of Terrible Wreck at Dallas, Ga. 200 OR MORE ABOARD Chicago-Florida Limited , Pulls Through Trestle With Fatal Re sultsInjured .Mostly From Ohio. Spreading Kails Cause of Catas trophe List of Dead and Injured. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Atlanta, Ga., Jan. S. Three train men are dead and over eighty pas- sengers are more or less seriously . -. . injured as a result of the wreck ofiant jn the Wall Street district, shot the Southern Railway's ."Chicago-j Florida" Limited which broke through a trestle at 3 o'clock yester-j day afternoon, near Dallas, Ga. j Advices from the various city hos- j ptals where the injured are being eared fpr, this morning,: indicate t ha t all will recover, , though many are terribly injured. 1 . . .. That the train did not catch fire and incinnerate the imprisoned pas sengers is a wonder. The train was composed entirely of Pullman, dining and observation cars and carried nearly 200 passen- crs, most of whom were from Onio. The train was due in Atlanta shortly after midday, but left Chat tanooga three hours late, running as the third section of its regular scheduled number. I The train was running at a high rate of speed and at the curve over a low trestle between Dallas and Hiram a spon of the trestle crumbled and. Hie. traiDuwas.smasbed to bits. Reports vary as to the cause of the accident, but it is generally con ceded that the rails spread under the engine and as the giant machine j struck the cross-ties the jar caused j l1'-' "''!" t break. The engine ; t in ned completely over and fell j against an embankment, while the' entire train of seven coaches cither fell through the trestle or rolled over down the embankment to the bottom. ' ': Engineer Edwards, with Chief Engineer Snapp, of the division, who was riding on the engine, and Fire man Moses Baldwin, negro, were caught in the cab and scalded so badly that all died later. In the dining car the escape of the passengers was miraculous. Thirty were at lunch and the crash sent thorn flying like so many bun dles into one end of the cur together with a mass of broken tables, cut glass and silverware. Few of them, however, w! e seriously hurt. : There were a number of children on board, many of them babes in arms, but none of them were very seriously injured. Work' of Rescue. ' The work of rescue was orderly and effective. Conductor Y. R. Nor- rls perhaps is due the credit for sav ing scores of lives. Before the train left the tracks and after the span of trestle had collapsed, he slammed on the emergency hfakes, thus ar resting the speed of, the coaches while they were still on the rails. Doctors were hurried to the1 -scene on special trains and the Injured brought In to Atlanta ".where they were given attention at the various city hospitals. The Seaboard Air Lino, whoso tracks cross the Southern tracks overhead at the scene of the wreck, ordered their passenger train froni Birmingham, due at the crossing a few minutes after the wreck, to Btop and bring in all the injured that could be moved without medical as sistance. About fifty of the slightly injured availed themselves of this opportunity to leave the scene of the disaster. List of Dead. The dead are: .lames Edwnrds, engineer, Atlanta D. H. Snapp, foreman of engines, Atlanta. Moses Baldwin, negro fireman, At lanta. ' Seriously injured: - ii . rti 1 .1 n .iirs. j'.miim noovrr, iciuiiuiu, w. j Miss Florence A, Sttidelmker, Reese Norris. Atlanta, badly hurt; R Flick Canton O. hin dislocated ; rntherinn rionrv Clovnlnnd rbf-it chl-tt mashed; G. W. Morse, Cleveland, , dealing with tho same proniem, n.is O., shoulder and right leg sprained; i introduced the Dolliver-Hephui n Mrs. Charles Hickcox, Cleveland, O., bill in the senate. This bill is in Blig'.itly injured: Mrs. Bartlett, of tended to meet .the -tame, conditions Cleveland, forearm fractured; Delia ngainst which Senalor Clay and Duff, Cleveland; Theresa Cleary. other senators from states thi't. hue (Continued on Page Seven.) prohibition laws are protesting. C. W. WHITNEY KILLS HIMSELF New York Banker Finds ' Death Via Pistol SHOT HIMSELF IN BED Noise of Shot Heard by Family Who Were at Rrenkfast- Financial '(troubles Denied as Cuuse of Act. Account of the Tragedy. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ; New York, Jan. 8. Charles V. Whitney, a member of the banking and brokerage firm of H. M.: Whit ney & Son, one of the most import- aml kilied himself at his home, No. 25t! West 72nd street, today, Botll tlle partners of the dead man. in the brokerage concern and hjs family deny that money troubles led to his act. It was said that ho had been suffering from intense in somnia for some time and that this caused him to take his life. It was several hours, according to the police before the coroner was notified of the suicide. Then an in vestigation was begun which led the police to believe that the man had been dead for a longer time -than it had been given out he was. According to the story told by. the Whitney family to the police of West 6Sth street station, Mr. Whit ney shot himself in his bed when he awoke : this morning about 8:30 o'clock. The rest of the family con sisting of his father and his uncle were at breakfast when they heard a shot. The report seemed to have come from the top of the house. Whitney's room was on the third floor. . The uncle ran upstairs and found his nephew in his bed with a bullet hole in the left temple. He was dying then and expired before a physician arrived, ; r. llonpe was called and he re ported the case to the coroner's ofllce. A ;!S-calibre revolver lay on the floor of Whitney's bod-room, having fallen from his fingers after he -fired 'the shot through his brain. WARMING UP Senate Slirred by Southern Members WANT STATE CONTROL Senator Clay Will Attempt a Yen and Nuy Vote Tomorrow Dolli vcr. Introduces His Bill in Senate and Will Meet Conditions for Which South is Protesting. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, Jan. S. Prohibition has become one of the livc.-t pies tions before the senate in conse quence of the view of the carnesi ness of a number of the se;iate com mittee that will insure control of interstate shipments .'-of liquor sent into their borders. Senator Clay, of Georgia, who is anxious to get the senate judiciary committee to im.ke a repevt ou this proposed legislation, will try to force a yea and nay vote in the sen ate tomorrow, . lie will insist that, senators go on record In tills mat ter. He, with otiier senators, does not like the somnolence displayed by the committee with reference to this subject. For "session ''after- ses sion, bills dealing with state control of Interstate shipments of liquor have been before the committee hut jthey have been allowed to lie there i without being reported upon. I Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, who. ' -has long been urging legislation PROH B ON MANY MASONS TO BE HERE Grand Lodge to Meet in Raleigh Next Week I2IST COMMUNICATION Slucli Work to lie Dono During Three Days Sew Officers to Bo Chosen and Deputy Grand Master (.attis Will Probably Succeed Lieiit.-Governor . Winston Other Matters of Interest. When the 600 or more Masons as semble in Raleigh next Tuesday for the 121st annual communication of the Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M., they will dispose of some very im portant matters. At the meeting this year new officers will be elected, the matter of making arrangements to have the work on the Masonic Temple pushed will be taken up, the work of the district deputies will bo given new emphasis and the reports to the Grand Lodge will show a membership of IS, 000, an increase over the past year of 1,500. The Grand Lodge will', be in sus sion Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day and probably a part of Friday. This year , the Grand Lodge officers will be changed. It was thought at one time that the Masons would de part from this established custom of changing officers every two years and re-elect Grand Master Francis D. Winston, who has made such an excellent officer. To Lieut-Governor Winston and Grand Secretary John C. Drewry are due much of the suc cess of the Masonic Temple. Gover nor Winston has given much of his time traveling over the state arous ing enthusiasm in the cause. He and Mr. Drewry, as members of the Masonic Temple : committee, have practically borne the burden of mak ing the Temple a certainty. In spite of his services, however, the Grand Lodge will hardly break all prece dents, and Governor Winston, with the thanks of the body, will join the ranks of past grand masters. In his place will probably be chosen Deputy Grand Master S. N. Gattis of Hills boro. To Push Temple Work. The matter of making arrange ments for pushing to an early com pletion'. 'the .Masonic.-Temple will be taken up. It has been found nec essary to carry on the work on the building slowly because of slow pay ments. The communication, how ever, will provide for prompt pay ments to the Central Carolina Con struction Company and the work will, be Urged forward rapidly. Another matter to come up Is the advisability of increasing the power of the di.-.trict grand deputies. Two years ago the state was divided into thirty districts und the plan has worked so well that the Masons will undoubtedly emphasize their action two years ago by increasing tho scope-of the thirty district deputy grand .'.musters, so that niasonry will be given further,' -emphasis. Membership 18,000. A fact which wil bo gratifying will lie the statement of the increase of "membership, in the state. Ap proximately 1,500 new members have been added during the past year, and today there is a total en rollment of 18,000. The revenues of the Grand Lodge have made a corresponding Increase and tho an nual dues now amount to $14,000. I Next Monday the board of custo ! dinns will go over the work of the i Giand Lodge with lecturers so as to ! exemplify before the lodge the vari ous degrees. . Reunion of Past. Grand Masters. A feature of tho communication will be. a reunion of all past grand masters. Every one of Ihese digni taries has signified his intention of being present. The past grand mas ters are: F. H. Busbee, Raleigh; I Col. Robert H. Bingham, Ashevllle; j Gen. William R. Cox, Edgecombe; j Major Samuel H. Smith, Winston , Salem; Gen. John W. Cotton, Tar I born; Col. John Nichols, Raleigh; Charles H. Robinson, Wilmington Dr. R. J. Noble, Selma; Dr. H. I. j Clark, Scotland Neck; Dr. F. M. Move, Wilson; Gen. B. S. Royster, 'Oxford. '-., i J There will be about six hundred . Masons in Raleigh next week and ! the work of the communication will be awaited with Interest.
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