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VOLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1908.
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EVENING
TIMES.
RAILROADS ARE
COMPELLED TO
REDUCE WAGES
President Finley Is Arranging
For Conferee With
Employes
ALONE WILL 8E HURT
Following tin- Slory Printed: in 1 he
Times Yesterday f (( Seaboiml
Mvn Cut Oil lit Baudot Division,
Comes the Following; .Statement
From President linloy Oflieials
Say tlio Depression in Business
Makes a Reduction in Wage
Seliedule Necessary But (ho
Southern Wants n l'ncillc Airrctv
inent With F.mployes, Till Bettor
Times, and is ArrangitigV for a
Conference With Representatives
of the Trainmen, hnginccrs. Con
ductors, Machinists, md All
Classes of F.niployes.
(By- Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington. D. C.. Fob. 14. That
there will be a reduction, or. at least
an attempt to make a reduction, in the
wanes of all employes of the Southern
Hallway Company was admitted 'yes
terday afternoon b;' President Finley.
"The company is arranging' for con
ferences with representatives of its
employes," said Mr, Finley. for the
consideration of the present wage 'ad
justment. The purpose of the propos
ed cor.tetvnre is to lay before the cm
ployed the situation surrounding the
company nitd to secure their support
in the present conditions of trade de
pression that are upon it and all the
railways of the south."
As the Southern' employs altogether
between I2,0imi and 4.1.000 men, the ap
proximate number of our employes
w hose w ages may be reduced is 40,00).
J- .
MURDER AT
BANNER ELK
(Hy l,ea.sed Wire to The Times.)
Bristol, Va., Feb. H. -A. J. Cline, a
young lumber dealer, formerly of thh
city, was shut and instantly ..killed' by
l.uke thinner, sixty years old dnd a
wealthy merchant, at Banner' Elk,
X. C.
There was no Ininuuiuto 'provocation
for the killing, but It Is said, was tkc
result of an old grudge. It is alleg
ed, was shot down without' warning,
lianner escaped on horseback and is
still at large, though he was seen later
near Montezuma, heavily armed and
lleeing. A posse Is In pursuit.
Cllne went to lianner Elk yesterday
morning to buy several curs of lum
ber, riannor heard that he was there,
and when cllnu finished his businoss
and passed the fonuer'B store on his
way to the depot with a friend, Ban
ner, according to the statement of wit
. messes; was seen to come from the
door, with a shotgun concealed behind
him. As Cllne and his friend separat
ed. Banner fired, the charge hitting
Cllne In the back of the. head. He died
Instantly, without knowing who fired
the shot, and Banner mounted his
horse and escaped during the excite
intuit attending the tragedy.
MONEY MAY TEMPT
YON YOHNSON TO
QUIT POLITICS
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 14. Gover
nor Johnson may leavo the chair as
thief executive of the State of Min
nesota and. abandon all ambition for
the presidency for the lecture platform.
It Is stated that a lyceum bureau has
offered the "pvernor a guarantee of
IIB.OOO to $20,CflO a year for a series of
addresses to the American public.
FIHST, IiAST AND ALL
, TIME FOR BRYAN.
(By Leased Wire to The TImos.)
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 14. The
Wisconsin democratic convention in
session here today endorsed Bryan
and Instructed delegates to vote for
him "first, last and all the time." .
HUNGRY SCHOOL
CHILDREN FIGHT
While Waiting Their Turn At
Free Dinner Table
Rig-Heiu-tetl Restaurant Krf'M-r,
learning of Su tiering Condition
ot Hundreds of Poor Children,
Sent Word to the Schools He
Would Servo a I-roe Dinner livery
Day to All Such I .BOO Poured in
On Him V irst Day and the Trou
ble Was Caused By I' oar of Some
That They Would Cot No Dinner.
(Iv Leased W ire to The l imes.)
iMew York. Feb. 14. Fllioen hundryll
hunxrv school children, attracted bv
the nrospect of a free liot dinner, were
In a riot In front of a restaurant at
74 Grand 'street, and before the po
lice could .restore order bv assuring
the little ones that nil would be fed.
the plate glass w indow was pushed in. I
The restaurant accommodates only
4M) cnildren. but thrice tnut number
gathered. Adolph I.oribee. the restau
rant keeper, assured them tint there
was food enough for all but those hi
the rear became lnipatnnt It st tht.e
be not enough time at tin noon hotn
Many of the children mid th v In 1
not eaten In two days. 1 h n parents
had no work and there w is no food in
the house.
Lorilvoo, the lliji-Hoarttd lit stain a lit
Keeper.
In view of these conditions the res
taurant keeper sent word to all of the
schools in his .'neighborhood that he
would give free .dinners to children
who applied betw een noon and 1 o clock
each da.V. '.'.
The second and third floors were
turned over 'to the children, the menu
comprising soup, a meat order, vege
tables, rolls or bread and tea or cof
fee. . ,:. . . .''.
It was while the first set of diners
were eating that the trouble occurred.
The remaining children stood In the
rain in a line that went half way
iround the block, but they kept push
ing and struggling till the two police
men on duty sent for the reserves of
the F.ldridge street station. Before
they arrived the children had smash
ed the plate glass windows.
None of the children was cut bv the
ghu's or Injured in the crash, and Mr.
Loribee declined to express any re
grets at the accident to his property,
announcing that he would continue
the free meals. ';
FATAL RAILWAY
WRECK; KILLS 2
INJURES SCORE
.(By Leased Wire to The Trnies.)
CHestcr, I'll., Ftfb. 14.-A special
train of three cars on the Haltirnoru
& Ohio liallroad conveving the Phila
delphia orchestra' pr seventy-live men
from Chester to I'hiladelphla, crash
ed Into the rear of a freight train
three miles below here killing two and
Injuring more than a score, six se
verely. The dead:
CYRUS WILLIAMSON, engineer.
THOMAS J. ELLIOTT, fireman, cut
to. pieces.
Members of the Philadelphia orches
tra who were Injured were: Itosario
Burden, nose fractured; Mux Sullnskl-.
concussion of tho head brain; Hilt
Morse, cut about head; Fred Lurap.
contustion of the head
Schletberg, cut about head
William
Harry W. j
Meyer, cut about head. ."
The engineer of tho special
was caught benenth the engine andl)f lne ,.escunB pnrty took his life In
died within a few minutes after being nla hands. Forming a continuous line
taken to the hospital. The fireman j-m.y lnannRC(1 (0 gvl (1wn to whore
Jumped but was caught by tho wheels th(?ll. comrHd(.s wprt, Mng
of tho engine and rushed to ptVces. Rnrt submPI.goJ )n folir ,. flvo f,.(.t nf
Carl Poplin, conductor of Philadel
phia orchestra, wept like a child at tho
Cheater Hospital as he bemoaned tho
fata, of his men. All the costly In
struments of the players were saved.
The cause ol the wreck is not known
but It is supposed Engineer William
son did not see tho automatic danger
signal, because of the fog and ran
past It.
Lieut. George H. Norman Dead.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Boston, Mass., Feb. 14. George H.
Norman, who when a lieutenant in th
amv MnliiM A rt m I r 1 CorvarB u t
n....,, v-v"" -...-.
i Santiago, died last Bight at Corey
HlH Hospital of pneumonia.
Thomas A. Edison and His New Jersey Labratory.
ft lli A0M
L, mi,- x i M-'-mm
N.y.FisEC!iEF : m,wl
... . rBW m -:.--.V;.,;Vd : ;
VIlllMlifllBt. mjM K
t9 DCOlll T0d3y . i is A. Ndison nain announces
' the couuilet ion tl Ins lon-soimlit
FiGHTMraHlEuV,
'
lumes oi l.a in Wio.Kc.t l'.a.l.ttii-,
lliif.v linir Olliors Down 1 1n
Shaft. At I ho Hi.ttom of Which '
Was a Pool oi t ater l wo (oni-j
railcs Swiin.' I lioniselvcs Doivu to
r
Assist tho. I nciMist
Inoiuselves llecaiili! Ilclji
Help Finally faoil the Seven.
(Bv Leased Wil
New York, Feb.
Chief Krugei' lost
e to The Tim
It. -Deputy
hi;: lite niid
Fil'e
seven I
firemen were saved from ili aili only i
liv the gallant cllorts of th-ir tellous
at a lire enrlv todiiv in . the fiietury
building at No.. Canal street.. ;
The lire hud been Jiroulit parilv un
der control but in the renr of Hi'
builtllng. which was . a Into ! . Inin-ei's-siblc,
the blaze still burned .sliiiib"ruly
t hltf croker had warned hi.t men t
keep out ol the 'Imildmg. wlueli wa.;
an old one, and KriiKi r, with diiiieuli.v,
obtained Ids porinissmii. to', take six
men with lihn to trv lo lunl some way
of . Rotting at the lli'e w ith lines of
hose from the rear-
t hief Krtiker. who was leading the
way, suddenly tottered and fell into
air shaft, which was .filled with the
fumes of esenplng gas. Firemen Mi
Grath, O Donoutfh. Jacobs and Fischer,
who worn directly beliiml him. also
toppled over anil fell down the r.hnft.
overcome bv the deadly fumes
smoke and stas.
of
Without, lies! tut ion ! Ik inen K i ilz-
lor antl McGrnlh hmliud t'i the edge ef
the shaft nnd swung iheinselves dow n
Into the pit. In the sub-cellar were
two or three feul of water anil the tor- i
ril.le fumes overcame tlicni. Groping I
about tlicy found the bodies of their i
comrades.
Over fifty, men. came to their assist
ance. They were nearly overcome by
the gas and smoke. Then followed a
I tight for the lives of the reven men.
tialn,TT1 it.n u,li.(w,l1ai In tvltieh every liilin
i.vuter. All were taken out except
Kruger. Ills body was recovered later.
lhnd Fire Chief W'us a Good One.
(By Lensed Wire to Tho Times.)
New York, Fob. 14 Before the
rescues wero accomplished no less
than 20 men were'.. overcome. The
gas poured through a large pipe nnd
as fast as the men reached the collar
they dropped. Unconscious bodies
were plied over one another.
Kruger was actifig chief of the de
partment during the Baltimore fire.
.. ,
1 "lo ' "u.ibu iu tuetlv,IJ6 luttl,
- great conflagration, i
' hi intuiumpw't.tt ,.iuh t'l, . wiiiiii.irag.. 'iwii.tiim pwyj tfflt.
i 'I liomas A. ImIisoii njfain announces
' llif couuilt't ion tl his lon-soimlit
j (IntiitorlosN elect! if nuto, and his
!iio;:!doil liuiiso whicli ran he crorteil
! f 'ni 'iit at a cost not t'.vcoetliii'j;
(KI a retnii. Ibis lncture sliows
1 !: 'trroat inventtii' in Ii in ow Jei'sev
hihoratoi'v where lie lias pertectetl
11UM, .,,..a in v,.llt jo)IM. itdow is u
picture litim n recent lilioof.'riiph OI
H' treat inventor.
- : '
BLACK MAKES
VICIOUS ATTACK
(Hv: Leased Wire to The Times.)
lioston. ..I' oh. . 1 4. -I'.x-tioyeni-
i or Friii! k m. lli.ielc. ol New 'iorlt.
i mailo anoiiu'i' vienms attack upon
IM'osidonl. Kuosevell anil his inillcies
in a soeecli at ihe annual dinner tit
tii" Home MarliOl Club hero last
.ovonfiiK; His niitlilors. were sotiio
Iwhat. char.v of niiidauso when thoy
i I'oahzed liio driM oi his remarks, but
I they did applaud when ho repudiated
"wild it ml soei.ilisi ie utterances in
the name ol tho republican parly.'
and lint h cheers and launhtor pivoted
a remark thai';. tho.. country , needs
some one who w ill lot It alone.
I.
Hr'i'e ar" sonic ol. tho sharp t hut km
i (:()V
nor Ulilck suit!' of., tlio presl-
denl :
"There never has
ONTO
PRESD'T
been In tho his-mud
lorv ol t Inn i iiMiii i n a hossisin so des
pot to and iiiisenir.ulous as that which
controls vou now."
"It. is I soui'.hl in 1 1 1 1 tho highest.
elective .(iflief in I h o world hy exeou
: live apnoint meni . without even tho
.'safeguard ol a conllrniatlon bv the
sena lo."
"I'ro.iiiotily, lit! t. yesterday tit tho
Hood, has h iiicctl away. And 'yet
Vesuvius still onialmies active."
"II w ill he a sad day 'for tho Amer
ican iR'Ople if they discard the
words 'In Cod We Trust,' and ndopl
tho liiotio, 'Al'ler Mo, Tlio Deluge.'"
A NEGRO HANGED
FOR MURDER TODAY
(By Leased Wire' to Tho.Tlmes.)
Alexandria, Va., Feb. 14 G.eorgo
Mldgetto, alius W. M. Johnson, col
ored, was hanged in tho jail yard here
this morning for the murder of Clins.
T. Bmith on October 20, l0fi. The
1'. jjmith .on October 20, l0fi.
arop fell at i:45 and Mldgctte
drop fell at i:45 and Mldgctte was
pronounced dead by Drs. Moore tyid
, ir n . . r . r n )
wuinciu ni v.ui . iu.
42 MINERS ARE
01 ENTOMBED
Horrible Prospect for
of Explosion
4LL0F THEKRl.W PERISH
Kosoiio I'nrties at Work in Desporiso
Kllorts at Koscuo lleloro Death
by Nil (location I loin lire Damp
Ou'ltukos 1 hcin- Aiciileiit Occur
red 'lotlay at. (lentoe Prospect's
ol Savins I ho Miners Are Not, Very
Promising.
( Hv (able to Lvening limes.)
Durban. Natal. Fob. 1 -1 . Fori v
two men were I'lHonibed bv an ex
plosion in a coal ill lilt ai tileiu'iie
today. Ke.scue parties are making
desperate V'fi'orts to reach them bull
l heir flTnits i' tin blocked b tin pros
eiice 4 . a.i afterdamp in I lit! till tic
It is thought... that all of the mi
tombed nun navi! perisuetl.
(l!v Least'.! Wile to The. Times.) .
Washington. Ii. !'., Feb.- 14. -Senator
or t
eoiciri.- spoke for an hour
a ud
plui-
i half; today. ; discussing.
t-very
of' the financial iUestion.
'also attack. .I the .Mtlrieh liill
Hc
declared it was. wruni; and vicious
jainl' would give tio relief to the 'south
I antl West ; he .contended tii.it it. simply
I enlarged the powers of the national
' banks and t hat ' congress w ax roliii
1'iuishiiig the soycreign right to issue
'aiitl tireiiUile money . w liich . . it might
never to do; lie favored the mlnoritv
, plan for tilt! governlnelit to issue five,
hundred millions of treasury notes,
ami to use them In paying the expenses
of the government, that they might
'make their way Into all the channels
of trade.
lie spoke of the fact that now we
have three hundred and 'fifty millions
of treasury notes, not costing the gov
ernment anything nnd performing all
the functions of money, and that this
amount could be easily increased 500,
ouo.oao without in any way disturbing
our flnaiice,s, -ami could not ' possibly
flnaiice(s,
resuh iii a deprecated
currency
TODAY'S
WORK
IN CONGRESS
. He 'contended that the state bonds, 1 vote for him if ho In made the puny, which got Into trouble a year
city bonds'and municipal bonds of 'the . standard bearer of the party." jor so ago, and Mr. Combes wa ec
smith and west were being held by And Bishon Sailors remarked: retarv. Both are Indicted for. ner-
eastcrn capitalists and that the south
and cast could not by their use, se
cure many additional circulation by
making these bonds a basis of clrcu-
intion, as they had already been sold
in the' east; he declared that the class
I , r . a r
uuuuucu vu pucvuu
INHUMAN ACTION
OF A MOTHER!
I Casts off Innocent Daughter
and Stops Aid From Others
ASSASSIN HER , LOVER
ISeatitil'til Port uncso Girl, Whoso Mis-'
foil line It Was to Have I teen J.ovod
by One of the .Men Allowed to Have ;
Assassiiuit'.'d Kins Carlos, Desert- ;
oil antl Denounced ly Her Family, f
All of Whom Are Koynlists In
.Ntt'tl She Aiiplies to Polieo 1-or
Aitl.
(Special .Cubic to The Times.)
Lisbon. Feb. 11- A votiii!? and
beautiful cirl, M,tri:t Benito, applied
to the protect 01 police for assistance
to travel to
Madrid,, where she has
relatives. As a reason for her ap
peal, she said that the was tho sweet
heart of one of the assassins of the
kins of Portugal, and : her family,
who were artlent royalists, had cast
her out. She had annealed, she said,
to her relatives in Lisbon, and would
have obtained
id from them, but her
! mother took pains to persuade those
, .... . . . . ,
who were willing to provide for her
to change their purpose.
In the neighborhood in which she
lived. Maria found refuge with a
fi.end, but she was ostracised and
joereu at ana soon was asKuu 'o
leave the place. Ihere was nothing m-pnchlev , are now together In
left, for her lo do but appeal to tho Pi,,is The husband insists that- there
police. When she had told her story Is no possible chance jif a reeoncHlallon
she was closelv questioned concern- between himself, and) the former' Vlr
ing her associations with the assas- g!ma bell, who, as Miss ( Edna H.
sin and lo what degree she enjoyed 'loung.-wa one of the most popular
his ronndemo This no doubt was iomantic coup,e
done with the hope of gaining clews hav a,.luallv AwMeA t6 return to New
to the identity ol the ringleaders of York within lhe next few weeks is said
the conspiracy. The girl has stead- ,v Ilienchlev's friends to be a fact,
fasilv tfialntained that she knew The coachman has written that both
nothing of her lover s plans, his himself and Mrs. Dieterich are very
politics, or Ins actions when away
from her. The police are satisfied
that she is telling the truth, hut she
is being temporarily detained.
LIKE PRESO'T
HE HAS MADE
I Bv Leased Wire to 'I ho Times.) I
Washington, Feb. 14 Before a
gathering ol several hundred negroes
at tho A. M. K. .ton Chin ch last
night. sevent I colored bishops ox-!
pressed themselves on the Uoosovelt-1
Furaker-lirownsvillo mat ter. Those:
expressions wore unilormlv iidverso.
to iht! president and in favor ol the
attlludi! ot Collator Foraker.
Bishop Alexander 'Walters said:
"I do not think we ought to be
afraid to commend Senator Foraker
for the noble stand he has taken in
tho Brownsville affair. As surely as
1 lhe. il the administration does not
make out a clear case against the
discharged soldiers, then the ndniin-
Mst rat Ion need not. expect any. sup
port from lhe courageous and think
ing voters of tho race.'
Bishon Wesley (Jainos said:
! 'The negroes have boon stirred as
. thov never have boon before bv Pres
ident Roosevelt's mistake In dis
charging the colored regiment over
the Brownsville incident. Unless
this injuslice Is rectified and the col
ored people tiro given a square deal,
tney win never entertain the thought i
of supporting' Mr. Roosevelt's noini-j
FOR
ENEMIES
, nee, , : i
I "1 have the greatest respect for;
Senator Foraker, und am for him for : New York, Feb. 14 Foster M.
the nomination." Voorhees, ex-governor of New Jersey,
Said Bishop C. E. Smith: 'and Frank G. Combes, have been In-
"Colored delegates to the national dieted by the special grand Jury
convention, unless they aro office- which has boon Investigating hanking
holders, will ho for tho Foraker cases. Mr. Vorhees was president of
j standard nnd the race as a unit will the Bankers Life Insurance , Com-
"There Is a feeling of unrest
among the colored people and they the state superintendent of iastlr
attiihute the causes to President ance. In this report la waa stated
Roosevelt. Some of them would sup-
port him now, but the majority don't
v. 1 1 1. 1 . ft
. veuvvc uiui Qiuvvit?.
FAITHLESS WIFE
LOST TO SHAME
Returns to New York For Di-
vorc & Will Marry Lover
A VIRGINIA SOCIETY GIRL
Married to Allred Dieterich, Young
Standard Uil Millionaire, Member
"ISig-Kiih Sot," She Eloped With
Alt'. Vnndorbilt's Coachman, Harry
HrenoMey, to Kurone Where She
Has ISecn l.ivins With Him Since.
Husband Will nt ltesist Action
for Divorce Some Nauseating
. Facts.
'.(Hv Leased Wire to -The Times.)
New York. Feb. 14. "r will never
take her back. No man with red blood
In his veins would, ishe has gone with
Brenchlev. To me she Is as dead."
So said Alfred E. Dieterich, the
voung Standard Oil millionaire, whose
wife left New York for Paris on De
cember 6 colncldentally with Harry S.
Urenchley, formerly a coachman for
Alfred G. Vanderbllt, when he today
admitted for the first time that it wai
a genuine elopement.
Mr Dieterich was discussing a re
port circulated in horse show circles
that the couple were preparing to re
tern to New York shortly. Until now
Ml. Dieterich has expressed absolute
fiuih In, his beautiful young wife, who
Is said to be w orth $8,000,000 In her own
. ... .,.. hA
has said that the stories of her hav-..
ing been in love with Brenchley were
ruu uy.tne. young, no. u..u-..
M o e,tabUhhod through the
vounK millionaire that Mrs. Dieterich
anxious that a divorce be ODtainea Dy
her husband which will permit them
to bo married. They are willing to
face their friends and the young ma
tron's relatives In order to hasten such
proceedings, it is believed.
Mrs. Albert Young. Mrs. Dieteiich's
mother.- continued tile statement of
her snn-ln-law insofar as It refers to
I the "resent 'Whereabouts of her d(ugh-
! ter Mrs. Young admitted that she
had received a communication from
the couole within tlie last forty-eight
'hours.' the nature of which she would
! not disclose.
Despite the silence of the young mil
lionaire concerning his plans for ob
taining n 'divorce, it Is said by his
friends that 'proceedings have already
been instituted.;
New V
of the "i
mill lies
ork. Feb. 14. In the interests
nun policy-holders of the Mu
rvo Life Insurance Company,
t leneral J.ii kson today an
Attorney
nouneetl that he had decided to apply
for a .receiver for the company In an
action to wind up its affairs. His de
cision lit! said, was reached as a re
mit of state superintendent of Insur
ance Kelsex s report and an Independ
ent investigation conducted by an Offi
cer of his deputies.
EX GOV. NEW JERSEY
INDICTED FOR PER JURY
' lurv for submitting a false renort tn
that dividends amounting to . about.,
120,000 were not due to cartala
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