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EALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1908.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
LEIGH
EVENING
TIMES.
RAILWAY WAGE
REDUCTION ON
VARIOUS IMS
Ten Per Gcrif. Qn the Scuthen
ftLMCondoctors Accept
Old Scale Again
ft
ON A SLIDING SCALE
Leadinji: New England Boud An
nounces a Cist in Salaries of Offi
cers as Wrll i:s of Employes That
1.... ......... 11, ...1. I.. 4lw. T .itlj.B
Will Save Quarter Million a Year
. thereby The Norfolk & Western
; Opens Negotiations Looking to a
Temporary Cut in Wages When
; Iteven'je of lioad Beach Xormul
Sum "Afc-nhi .OM Wages to be lie
stored L & X. Conductors Cut
Down to What They Got Up to
Last Maivh Other Hoads.
irtv Loniwr! Wire to The Times)
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 28 A reduc
tion of 10 per cent. In the wages ot
all employes of the Southern Hail
way, except contract labor, such as
engineers, trainmen, etc., effective
March I, is .announced.. A previous
cut of 10 per cent, affected "general
officers of the company.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Columbia, S. C, Feb, 28. Division
Superintendent Williams has been no
tified that the Southern Railway has
decided upon a reduction April 1 of 10
per cent In the salaries ot its division
superintendents, clerks, trainmasters,
road supervisors, and in fact, all
classes of employes who have not
either directly or through their unions
and brotherhoods, formed yearly -.wage
contracts with the company.
Chief and trick dispatohers and other
telegraphers are therefore not affect
ed by the new order, nor tile engi
neers. Several hundred employes at
the shops here, who are concerned in
ten proposition made to the machinists,
pipe men, boiler-makers, blacksmith-,
and' car-men, to return April 1, to the
lower wage scale In force up to Octo
ber, 1906, say that while they have lit
tle hope of gettin the order amelior
ated, they do not expect a strike.
Old Keducrd Kate For L. & X.
Conductors.
(By Leased Wire to 1 ne Times)
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 28 -After an
all day conference between officers of
the Louisville & Nashville. Railroad
and a general committee of adjust
ment headed by J. D. Keene, general
chairman of the Order of Railway
Conductors, It Is announced that the
Louisville & Nashville conductors
huve agreed to a reduction In wages.
The reduction consists of a return to
the wages in effect prior to March 1,
1907. and will take effect March 1,
1908. ;
Officers and All Cut oil This ltoad
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New Haven, Conn., Feb. 28 Offi
cers and subordinates- of the New
York,: New Haven and Hartford
Railroad having salaries of $2,0uo
and upward, are to suffer a reduction
of 10 per cent, on salaries. Of those
that receive salaries between Jl,20i
and $2,000 there will be a reduction
of 5 per cent. It is understood that
these reductions will begin March 1.
The total savings on all the reduc
tions will be about $125,000 a year.
Norfolk & Western Makes Fair Offer.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Roanoke. Va., Feb. 28 "The gen
eral manager ot the Norfolk & West
em Railway has addressed a circular
letter to the chairmen of the various
labor organizations on that system
proposing a reduction tn the wages of
nil employes In the different depart
ments. "It is said that the company
desires to make a reduction on a slid
ing scale, with the understanding
Hint when the' rnvnnnn nf tho rnnH
reach $2,000,000 per month the
wages are to be restored. It Is
stated that the revenue of the road
before the present depression was
seldom below $2,500,000, and that It
has reached $3,000,000 a month.
The proposition has been submit
ted"to the heads Of the different or
ji (Continued on Page Five.))
Rev. John A. Gray's ChurchfOnentM V TARHRFI S'
l.. l., wmilu was vn inc.
C2
A remarkable outrage has recently
... ....
cause of the vigorous crusade by the pastor ot .ine- vipiiKrcBauuiiiii v"""-
of that place. The pastor has received -saveral threatening lexers and j
ultimately :i!s church was set on
herewith.
BRADLY ELECTED
U. S. SE!
ENIUCI
(By Leased Wire to The Times)'
Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 28. The long
deadlock over the. election of a sena
tor from this state to succeed Senator
James .13. McCroary, whose term ex
pires March 4,-1.909. was broken today
by the election of William O.-.-B'radlay,-
(republican), who defeated Governor
Beckham, (democrat), several ; demq-
crats voting for Bradley,
Won By One Majority.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Later Bradley received 64 to 03
voles against him.
MPORTflHTP.D.
(By "Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Feb. 28-Postmaster
General Meyer, holding that it Is
prejudicial to the welfare ot "young
America" to employ him as n spec
ial delivery messenger, has issued
an order to the effort that whenever
a vacancy occurs in the force the po
sition shall not be Piled and that sub
stitute letter carriers and clerks
(preferably the former) shall bo em
ployed to effect special delivery.
He states that these messenger
boys are called upon frequently to
visit low resorts and are often com
pelled to travel long distances late
at night in lonely outlying sections
of the great cities, falling to make
deliveries at times through Tear or
weariness.--'' .
Special delivery messengers have
been employed, since 1885 and at
present there are 2,505 engaged at
819 postoffi'ce8, with ages ranging as
low as 13 years.'
Smoker and German."
The Capital Club will give a ger
man on Monday night, March. 2, nnd
a smoker Tuesday nlgut, March 3.
IAI0R
mi mt mm
" 1 u, , LABOR fflMS
T'm.bLlOHL
been comniitt2cl in Orient, 1 I., ha- i
.. . . , ..i i-.t. i. i
fire. Picture oMlie cnurcli if, ahow.i
I
THEJQLLY TARS
E GRUB
HIRE
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington,- Feb. 28.- Admiral
Evans has made it known to the
navy djpartment that the two ship
loads of provisions in addition to the
largo '.'quantities stored on his -'warships,-.
have been found Insufficient
to last, the 14,000 men and officers
until San Francisco shall be reached
in the middle of April. ;
Accordingly coalra'-'s have bean
lot; by wire w!th southern 'California
provision ho'ises for 50,000 pounds
of flour, .'75.0, 000 pounds of potatoes,
75,000 pounds of onions, 100,000
pounds of frozen beef, 25,000 pounds
of veal, 10,000 pounds of bologna
sausage, 25,000 pounds of pork sau
sage, 15,0)0 pounds of Frankfurt
ers, 10,000 pounds of butter, 2,000
pounds of dessicated soup grcjns
and 5,000 pounds of dried inillt. .
INDORSE
HEARST PARTY
(By Leased Wire to, The Times.)
. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 28. With
but two dissenting votes the Detroit.
Federation of Labor yesterday adopt
ed a resolution favoring the organi
zation of-a new labor party as ad
vocated Dy Wiiiam Randolph Hearst.
The prospactive party, according
to local labor men is based mainly j
on a' fight against three recent su
preme court decisions which knocked
out the employers' liability law, de
nied the right of unions to conduct
boycotts and legalized the discharge
ot employes because they belong to
unions.
Wu Ting Kantf In l'ort.
(My Leased "Wire to Tire" Times.. '
Han Francisco, Feb. 28 Wu Ting
Fang, the newly appointed Chinese
minister to Washington, arrived on
the steamship Siberia today.
EDM
GROG
NEW
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if
Page's Teas! to Roose
velt W
WAHMADDHESSBYKiLGO
Fit : ?,:c::t of Trinity College Talks
l'l:fi:iv :i Prohibition Movement,
i":ir Wiiic'i the Church is Not Kh.
-.:; 3rd to Civsllt Decay of Civic
M::r:ls Unholy- Ambitions -.That
(V.r:t::?ij-.e AH Interest U of
1 :nT : iT;3--i ! Cheers . Tor Speak
er ( :ir.:li;;i. '
(Bv Leased Wire to The Times)
N'.sv York, Feb. .2S- N'orili Caro
linians who live herea!)o;i(s had some
folks from "down lio::ie" 1o rti-.it .with
th.'m lart night, al 1 lit; annual din
ner' of the North Carolina o: iety of
, New York at the Hotel Astor.
I When the society's prc3!dant, Y'nl
ter H. 'ace, -proposed a toaid to the
! president of the United Statm. .'i'lu-o-
dote Hoo.ievelt, there was a -most pro-
found silence. .
I That, it was explained, was lie-
l
. cr.usc rioit of the persons present
1 were -In sympathy' or affiliated with
ithc American ; Tobacco -..Company.
: which, .'apparently, doesn't. . like . the
president of the United Sl:tes.
The treatment that toast received
was all the more pronounced when
compared with the -greeting .that Un
cle loe Cannon's name got. Uncle
.loe'is a North Carolinian by descent
and that explains it. There was rnp
tr.ous applause for him.
Jvilgo Kvplains Tcmpcrunce Move
. , . incut.
Dr. ,lohn C. Kilgo, president of
Trlfllly-CoWage.Mn Durlumi, N. C, Jo
which Institution James B. Dulce
gave $ 1,000,000 simply because he
liked Div Kilgo, got up to tell about
the growth of prohibition in the
south, and what it means. Dr. Kilgo
Eald the temperance movement was
not due to the W.. C. T. IT. or to the
c.hurche3, but was a natural move
ment of southern citizens to break
out of their civic unrighteousness.
He characterised the strength of pro
hibition as due to the desire of south
erners to show that they had an
opinion of their own, uncontrolled by
parties aa a mass. :
"The south has allowed its civic
morals to decay," said Dr. Kilgo.
''The citizens have been forced to act
as a mass. Individualism has thus
been largely lost and conscience died.
There was no interest that was not
capitalized In behalf of some unholy
ambition. The soulh now is casting
an unfettered vote and every move
ment, that will press home to the
south a sense of civic righteousness
will be a benefit beyond economic cal
culation." -
William L. Hall, of the United
States forestry service showed stere
optiean pictures' of the work of pre
serving the Appalachian forests, a
subject in which the North Carolin
ians are much Interested.
E
YET UNKNOWN
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Sabinas Coahulla, Mex., Feb. 28
Following an explosion of gas In
mine No. 3 of the Cia Carbon De
Sablnas Mines, at Rosita, nothing
has been heard from the 20Q men
working in the mine.
It is expected that many are dead
or badly burned.
A special train has bft here with
doctors. .
BULGARIAN CABINET
ATTENDS ROYAL WEDDING
(By Cable to The Times.)
Vienna, Feb, 28 The entire Bul
garian cabinet has left here to at
tend the wedding of Princess Elea
nore of Keuss and Prince Ferdinand
of Hulgaria at Gara. The ceremony,
state and church, will be performed
Sunday, Before nnd after that many
receptions and dances will he given.
ANOTHER
MN
HORROR
EXTENT
Rev. John A. Gray, Orient, L. I., Who
Has Received Threatening Letters;
. fe'iY!,. .a. -A
pie'luro '-shows Uev1 'John- Alsxtnder Gray, pastor of the Congregational
C:iurch at Orient. I;. I., who received a liumb.-r of threatening letters,
it U supposed, 'horamv of his activities against the liquor traffic. Mr.
Cray's church was scroll tire, alter receiving the threatening - letter
but he proceeded in putting it out bfore much damage was done.
OMBTHROWNAT
SHAH OF PERSIA
Attempt Today to Assassinate
Him Fsiisd
KILLED SEVERAL OTHERS
lcadly Missile Was Thrown at the
ltoyal Carriage at. Tehcren, lint i
Did Not Wound the Khali iti the
Least Fact Cabled to Wiisliinii
ton, But Does Xot Contain Minute
' JH'tail! Further Vitdcncc isi
Feared, (iifwii!g Out of Po'itictl
Agitation.
(By Leased Wire to T;u- Times. )
Washington, Feb. n. - A ImhiiIi
thrown at the cirriag.1 of the Hlinii j
of Persia at '.'Teheran vloday killedj
several persons. His 'M'ajesi y. was j
uninjured. j
Cable dispatches to this effect,
were raceived at '.the . stale- depart'-'
ment today from United States Min
ister Jackson at Teheran.
The dispatches contained no de
tails, but it is taken for granted in
official circles hera that the would
be assassins of the shah were lite
actors in a plot hatched by the reac-j
tionaries against his government.
For several months the political pot
In Persia has been seething. Con
spiracies against the present, "gov
eminent were unearthed by repre
sentatives of the shah's secret .'ser
vice but new ones were connived as
fast as the old ones were '.'suppresso'l; !
Cond'tions hava been very unsettk'J
and two or three times l-evolutionst
were feared. Each time, however,-'.
after strenuous efforts tlie populace
bacame apparently normal but rest
and quiet have never been restored.
Further complications are feared.
Death Sentence For Anarchists.
... (By Cable to The Times.)
St. Petersburg, Feb. 28 A mili
tary court has condemned to death
seven of the terrorists charged with
complicity in the attempt upon the
lives of Grand Duko Nicholas Nlchol
aievitch, a second cousin of the em
peror, and M. Cheglovtoff, the min
ister of Justice, and sentenced three
others to fifteen years' imprisonment
nl. hard labor.
TH0S.A.ED1
SON
DIE TODAY
In Critical Condition Following
OpsralisnOnEar
BE GA
E NEAR EXPIRING
! "I 'Condition Was So Critical This
l
Morning That His Physicians
Feared -Hi- Would' Expire Before
Noon u;kI 'tin; Family Assembled
nl r.cdsiIe He is (12 and Slay
Not (let Over 11 What the Trou
ble Is Second Operation.
(Br I eased Wire to The Times.)
', New ; Vol '!:. Feb. 2S. Thomas A. Edi-
.n.li,.- the. clislinKUl.-tnd inventor, was
in ii critical condition: today in the
Manhattan ye. iar and throat hos
pltal at No. 210 cast 61th street, and
Ills" wilt . nii and daiiKluer were at
his beds idi . it was feared lie was dy
ing-. "' ''."-..
lr. J. H. r.radshaw, his family phy
sician, . alsir remained at the hospital
all nUht. Mr. -Edison's grave 'condi
tion folio-wed a , -second '-operation - on
ills cur,' imd while the: hospital phy
slciaiis hniil out impe for his recovery,
llis fjiniiiy and friends realize that hi
life hangs in the balance. Mr. Edison
celebrated his filst birthday two weeks
ai?.i "ami his age Is a handicap in his
flKllt f r I
The operation, was performed by
Hr. Al thin- 'It. lluel to relieve an In
fect ion. uf. the inner wall of the mastoid
cells iC the ear.. V
Just . how-, serious'-Dr. Duel considers
Ills pi'ltriit's case may be gatberid
from'-a i oi reetlon In 'pencil In the type
written biilli'tln posted by him In thi
hospital (iflli-e. As first written the
llullilin 'read. '"While Mr. Edison's
condition Is grave, It Is expected he
wiil recover." The word "expected"
was scratched out and the word "pos
sible" written with lead pencil In the
corrected copy.
After the mastoidal operation had
been performed Dr. Duel Issued till:
bulletin: :.
"A ' second operation was performed
on; Mr. Edison owing to the fact thai
the Infection has extended back Into
the llrsl mastoid cell."
Mr. Edison's condition Is grave but
It Is possible he Will recover.
School Inspectors Mere,
Tlie education class of Wake Forest
College and Its professor, J. H. High
smith, arrived In the city today to In
sped, the graded schools, nlso the
Blind Institution.
HE LITIGATION
COST $18,829.24
Of This Amount Attorneys Got
Lion's Share
MATTER HAN 7 MONTHS
Expense of Southern Railway Liti
gation From July Vntil February.
Cost of Extra Session Not Audited
Yet, Bui Will be Over $13,000.
The Itemized Statement of Ex
penses. The total expense of the state of
North Carolina in attorney's fees,
printing and conrt. costs in the now
famous Southern Railway rate liti
gation rase was $18,829.24. The lit
igation beg.in last July, when Judge
B. F. Long, in Wake county superior
court, Instructed the grand jury to
bring Indictments against any rail
way not oheving the 2-cent passen
ger law. The litigation ended Feb
ruary 29.
The entire matter ran about seven
months before the compromise was
effected through the efforts of Gov
ernor Glenn and some of the attor
neys. All the counsel, it is well
known, favored the compromise ex
cept Mr. E. J. Justice, who was
speaker of the ho, j at the time the
rate bill was passed, and whose ac
tivity probably caused the law to bo
passed.
Of the counsel representing North
Carolina in the suit Mr. F. A. Wood-
ard received the most. He was paid
$3,936.79.: Mr. Justice got $3,750.
The cost of the extra session of
the legislature has not yet been aud
ited, but it is estimated that it cost
the state between $15,000 and $20,
000. Put the expense or the extra,
session at $17,500 and the total ex
pense of the rate litigation is $36,
329.24. From this, however, must be de
ducted the sum of $17,500, the
amount that, the railways agreed to
pay to help defray the expense of the
litigation. The total is then $18,
829.24, or the amount paid to attor
neys and for printing and auditing.
The itemized statement of the ex
pense of attorneys, court costs,
printing, elc, follows:
F, A. Woodard
Services and expenses. .$ 3,936.79
J. E. Shepherd
Services and expenses. .
1,301.14
3,170.45
3,750.00
835.00
1,517.92
250.00
3,086.60
185.55
758.95
Aycock & Daniels
Services and expenses. .
E. J. Justice-
Services and expenses, ..
Merrimon & Merrimon
Services and expenses..
Winston & Bryant
Services and expenses. .
S. G. Kyan
Services . . .........
Stenographic and auditing
services . . . . ,
Sundry printing expenses,
U. S. court costs, etc
Expenses aiiornev-goneral
and assistant attorney
general . ...... . .
36.84
Total
.$78,829.24
VISIT FLORIDA
Governor (.lii.n tiday received an
Invitation ipm lite Anti-Saloon
League of Florida to oi-.en the conven
tion in that sun.' March. 17.. The con
vention will be In session In Jackson
ville from tin- 17th to the 19th, and the
governor w is urged to be present an. 1
open the lnei tniR,
He has not yet decided whether he
will bo, but since he has never biien
to Florida Iv Is inclined to accept th
Invitation and make the trip one of
pleasure also. 4
The sroveriior " 111 leave tomorrow af
ternoon for lioekingham county, wher
he will deliver two addresses on Sunday-
. ; ;-. .
WANT N E W EMPIiOYKRS
LIABILITY BILL.
Washington.- D. '.. Feb. 28,--H,n.
Full,. i i,r,.ntlnL' the railroad en
gineers, firemen and hrskemoh of th
country, and M. N. doss, representing
the railway conductors, appeared . to,
lay .'-before ,the house Judiciary com
mittee add asked for a new employers'
Ihtbllltv lew. ' '''
GOVERNOR MAY