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LAST EDITION. ALL THE UARKET& THE RALEIGH EVENING TI VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. BIG THING FOR SURVIVORS OF HEAVY RAINFALL DR. HA10H DEAD WORKS DAMAGE AT FAYETTEVILLE; A UP OLD SOAKS FREIGHT FIGHT - c 4 If) W 'OFFICERS LINED WHOLESALERS IN NORTH CAROLINA SHIPWRECKED WW AND SO iwEsra Big Railroad Man Acquires Val uable Water FroDt Rights at Southporf, N. C SOUTH & WESTERN SOLD FOR FIFTY MILLIONS George L. Carter, the Great Railroad Builder Who, With Thomas F. Ryan Backing Him, Is Construct ing the South & Western Railway in Western North Cnrolina, Buys a Frontage of a Mile Along the Atlantic Coast at Southport for I)ee-Water Terminal Facilities Purchases the 45-Mile Line in Eastern North Carolina Known as the N. C & Va. Terminal Railway and ' Presides at Meeting of His Company, the Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio, Which lluyf -'.Formally !the South & Western for $50, )(M),000. ; (By Leased Wire to The Times) Bristol, Va., Mar. 24. -George L. Carter, of Bristol, the wealthy rail road builder, mine-owner and capi talist, has just purchased the North Carolina and Virginia Terminal Railroad, a forty-flve mile line in eastern North Carolina, and a front age of nearly a mile along the At lantic at South port, N. C. Carter is interested with Thomas F. Ryan in the building of the South & Western , and Carolina & Clinch field for the development of the coal land properties Id ' -sdnia, West Virginia and eastern Keutucky. Mr. Carter has reorganized the road and will spend a large amount of money in Improving it. At the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Carolina, Clinch field & Ohio Railroad, held here yes terday and presided over by Presi dent George L. Carter, the purchase of the South & Western, a $50, 000, 000 project, backed by Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, was approved. The transfer was formal, both com panies being owned by the Thomas F. Ryan and George L, Carter inter ests.. AND LITTLE ABE II (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 24. As a result of his InveBtlgatlon of the circumstan ces surrounding: the premature dis charge of Abe Hummel from the peni tentiary on Blackwell's Island, Com missioner Congrey ha8 written to the state medical hospital, asking that Dr. Philip B. Mats, be transferred to some other Institution and another resident physician sent. ' Dr. Matz, in explaining: the circum stances which have resulted in this re quest, said: "I had called up the captain of the health department boat, Thomas M. Mulcy, to take me over earlier than the .-usual time, that I might get a drug that was urgently needed. 4 '.-' "Hummel saw me going, and I took him along as a favor. He took me In his taxlcab to Third Avenue and Fifty second street, where I left him, got the drug and hurried back to the island." This explanation failed to satisfy the commissioner, who asked that Dr. Mats be replaced. STORM SWEEPS DOWN A GEORGIA TOWN (By Leased Wire to i he Times) La Orange, Qa., March 24i The lit tle community of Salem, Troup coun ty, was visited yesterday afternoon by a terrific wind and rain storm. The Salem church and two dwellings near the town were wrecked. One negro was Injured. Telegraph and telephone line are prostrated. CROOKEDNESS SEPARABLE CREW IN PORT (Special Cable to The Times.) London, March 21. Fifteen sur vivors of the wreck of the sailing ship Eclipse,. 1.G92 tons, have ar rived here and are relating one of th'3 strangest tales of shipwreck out of fiction. . The Eclipse was on a voyage from Newcastle to San Fran cisco. She had been at se eighty five days when she was overtaken by a tsrrlble hurricane. Lightning lit up the entire sky and the thunder was deafening. Suddenly a meteor fell, striking the fore topmas: which fell in splinters to the deck. The meteor struck the deck, crashed through, boring a hole in the hull of the vessel, disappeared into the sea. There was an explosion as the white hot meteor struck (lie water. The crew, after extinguishing lire fire which resulted from the: meteor coming Into contact with infUtinimi ble cargo, gave attention 'co the; pumps.'.' They worked for foil." days and nights, resting only an hour at a time. T:ie water gained steadily, and Captain Lassen and his crew were forced to take to the bo-jts. For fifteen days the men suffered in the open craft beneath the scorch ing sun, laying their course for the Sandwich Islands. Two biscuits and two gills of water formed the daily allowance for each man. On the thirteenth day adrift three men died. Their bodies were thrown overboard and were immediately de voured by sharks. Some days later land was sighted and the boats final ly reached a small island. 'The ex hausted men were cared for by na tives and later made their way to Honolulu, thence to London. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Burgin, Ky., March 24 Twelve persons were injured, several fatally, when a passenger and a freight train on the Cincinnati Southern met in a head-on collision three miles north of here today. Both engines were smashed and rolled down a 35-foot embankment, with several coaches. BLACKBANDERS (Special to The Times.) Charlotte, N. C, Mar. 24. Offi cers are In the county at this hour seeking for one of .'the most promi nent farmers in Mecklenburg county who Is charged with sending a black hand letter to G. Walter Russel, and for also a well known farmer a little coffin containing putrlfylng matter, which was left at Russell's door with a letter. , The matter has stirred the coun try people to great excitement. BRILLIANT YOUNG ' PHYSICIAN DIES. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 24. Dr. Bry ant Fassett, 28 years old, '! Elralra, N. Y., son of J. Sloat Fassett, "died early today of kidney trouble, In Roosevelt Hospital. He came here two weeks ago for treatment but the efforts of the doc tors were unavailing. His wife and his father and mother were at his bedside when he expired. UNEASY MOVE THESE CROWNED HEADS AS THEY TRAVEL ABOUT Berlin, March 24. There was a royat FATAL HEAD-ON COLLISION' 1 DOWN 8AI NATIVE-BORN MECKLENBllRGER exodus from the capital today when Italian police. The party Is surroune-i In making up the schedule of appolnt ' Kaiser Wllhelm, the Kalserin, their Jed by a swarm of secret police. jmenu. Mme. Gould Has Promised to JUICY GOSSIP MORSELS The Divorced Wife of the Lecherous Count Hon! de Castellnlne Not Yet Cured of Titled Fortune Hunters and Wants to Wed Cousin of Di vorced Husband-; Her Brother and Other McmlH'rs of Family Oppose It, Hut of Course the "Widow" With All Sorts and Amounts of Money AVill Have Her Way. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, March 24.-Havlng won her consent to wed him, Prince II lie Do Sagan today is-registered as ,'Bert.i;l.asH(;)v,i)k(j''it..ti07.eh haid-Iooklng taxes ritiid De Frain, of Pail's, at the IieUe-v'ue-stmtford in 'Philadelphia, whiU-Mme.";Aniie- Could, former wife: of Count Ronl De . Castellano, is in New York pleading with the members of her family for consent . to -her' new matri monial venture That some: ground has been gainul is probable from the apparently au thoritative statement made by friends of the Gould family that Miss He!e.i Gould has become reconciled to tile itiea or tnemaicn. nut mere is still ! the consent of George Gould to be won, ' and as he Is the principal custodian of j the millions now iosi io munt oni, that consent is essential. One of the efforts to placate Mr, Gould is said to have occurred yester- day, when, at the home of Miss Helen Gould, her brother and the would-'.vv1 Princess Anna met. Just what took place at the family gathering could not be learned, for when Mr. Gould, after some hours, left for hia apartments at the Plaza, he absolutely refused to dis cuss It. - : '-" That the Prince De Sagan was not to be present at the family gathering appears to have been decided on when he dined with Miss Helen and Mme, Anna. Gould at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse In the Wyoming, for early yesterday he left the Prince George Hotel, where he had made lvs headquarter!) since his entrance into the country by way of Quebec, Montreal and the Canadian frontier. The presence of tile prince, in Phil adelphia Is considered to be only part of a plan whereby he will make ills headquarters in Washington for the present. Tomorrow 'morning-. Mrs. George Gould, and probably Mm?. Gould, will leave for the Virginia Hot Springs, and as Washington is but a step away it is considered not at a'l unlikely that the further courtship, and perhaps the marriage, which will make the former Countess De Castel lane the Princess De Sagan, may occur at the southern resort. When the facts of the prince's movements In New York, and especially of his having din ed with Miss Helen and Mme. Gould, became known, two formal questions were sent to the former. They were: "Did Mme. Gould dine with Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse n't the Wyoming?" "She did," was the answer. "Is It known to the Gould family that Prince Ilelie De Sagan is in the city?" ; .: : r'- ' To the second question Miss Gould (Continued on Second Page.) KUCII EXCITEMENT IN GREAT BRITAIN OVER MILITARY DUTY BILL (By Cable to The Times.) London. March 24.- The hills au- n, . , ., , ' ,. ... ,... thorizing national military training ,h.nh ma mor, mnriixoiiir which makes every man medically fit a member of the Territorial Army, liable from his eighteenth to his for tieth birthday to short periods of military training, is exciting na tional interest. This service is prac tically the same as has been hitherto performed by volunteer forces. The bill Is being discussed throughout the kingdom and many protests are heard over the attempt to make every Englishman a soldier in time of peace. The comparisons with the compulsory military service in Ger many and other countries are fre quent.1 fourth son, Prince August, Princess Victoria, many members of his maj esty's family and a number of the royal couples' personal friends left Berlin for Venice. The Imperial yacht Hohenzol lern Is awaiting their convenience. Re cent terrorist activity in Europe has caused anxiety to the German and And Ordered Theo to Drink All They Could Hold ONE DIANK TILL HEBIED 'our Others Fell at the Bar and Physicians Are Trying to Save Their Lives The Ri Policeman Mho Took This Method of Hav ing; Some. Fun is ISeinji Hunted By Officers and Will Be Given a Dose of the Law When Caught, (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa., March 24. David Lennix, the big, cross-eyed 'policeman of the.Wj'lie Avenue, district, decided to have some fun in his own way. in the. street and -Chased them into a saloon. Ordering them' .i3 .11 tie' lip In front of the bar, he made a speech, as follows: "I don't think you fellows ever had al! the whiskey you wanted In all your j lives, but you're going to get it now lYou'se can drink all you'll hold, but the fellow that don't drink ten whis ! kies, two gins and one beer, gets licked anl arrested besides. I pay for every thing. v-,li:n.tlv the trans tried to drink the wnlskPV.. Harry Thompson was the fl).st to" fa in his tracks He dropped nl ,w hla nth trhm mid died 1n iv,.. mitral wacon. Four others fell and are in Jail with physicians try ing to bring them to. Policeman Lennix has disappeared. jt ,s cxpt.cteu his arrest will be ordered. - SaysHeHasNoSympatliyWilli "Predatory Interests" POSITION AS TO TRUSTS The Scandinavian Xorthwesti-r Inli- nuites He Can He a "Trust llust Tim), for Political I'ui'iMises, Should It lleconu- Xeci'ssary Replies to Criticism Which "Accused" Him of Ik'ing Not Inimical to (he Ac cumulation' of Wealth. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Minneapolis, Minn., March 24. Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, criticises Charlas Edward Russell in an interview regarding charges made against him by Russell in the April number of Everybody's Magazine, in which Johnson is accscd of having no intention of becoming active against "Intrenched privilege" and with entertaining no grievanco against "wealthy malefactors," Governor Johnson says in reply: "The article is entirely mistaken 118 lu .CBu.u.s u..u w. u .... . ....... W.V., country. Whether it is purposely J0HNS0N1AKES PROIIIENIAL mistaken or not i cannot attempt to i, tn,. prlneii al witn.'sses today at th say. The attitude ascribed to me is j Inquest of Lazarus Averbuch, the an absolutely untrue. jarchlst killed by the' chief on March "As is generally known from my ! 2. Friends of the dead youth now as many public utterances on this 'very , ',.,,' question, I have no sympathy with so-called predatory interests." BALTO. CONFERENCE SOUTHERN M.E. CHURCH (By Leased Wire to The Times) ;' Baltimore, :Md.,: March 24. Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson, with all the pas tors of Southern Methodist Churches In the city and about a score of the laymen, left here this morning to at tend the Baltimore annual conference of the denomination at Roanoke. The Indications are that the sessions will be fully as interesting as those in the past and on account of the expi ration of time limits at Important charges, will mean a trying session for the bishop and the presiding elders Rivers With Scare-Indian Names Rush Over Banks R'Y --TRACKS IN WATER , - - lie had been gradually sinking for Flood Warnings Sent Out A "'Big several days.; He was .76' years of Landslide On Louisville & Nash-' age and retired from practice but a ville Reported Washouts .Belay- few years, ago.' '. Trallic and the-Worst is Vet to j Donald McDonald, who shot and I'omi', it is Feared Serious Situa- ; badly wounded Henry Bruner Sat tion On Account of Excessive Itain urclay night week, has instituted ha in Alabama. beas corpus proceedings against his - -', 1 Wife for the custody of . their chil- (By Leased Wire to The Times) j drgn. The matter will be heard he Mobile, Ala., March 24 Mobile and ' fore Judge Long at 4 o'clock, vicinity was '-.visited by-,.. an unusual . ' A special venire of a hundred men heavy rainfall during the last forty-1 has., been, summoned in .. the case of eisrht hours, the 'total' for ''thin nerlnri Cnm inlienn mini :Tolvin -,-iki, reeeliinp- th( hif-b mnrlf nf 1Q Im-hea The lov.'lands in. and around the 'city wyi-e. completely inundated and in some Instances damage'.-' was- threatened to household goods on low floors. A ,1'eport reached the city this morn ing of a .landslide on the Louisville' & Nashville . Railroad., at Piiichona, "a small station twenty miles north of here. Heavy rains in the interior have caused the Tombigbee and Black War rior rivers to leave their banks and flood warnings have been sent out. The railroad situation is somewhat improver!. ... j ne iracKS or me aionne & oitio between Monue anu Meridian. ; Miss., are reported cleared. The Mo- j bile, Jackson & Kansas City traftic was ! delayed by a washout five"-miles out ; of the city which resulted in an extra ' freight train being ditched. ! The Louisville & Nashville, which I suffered several washouts between Mo- bile and Montgomery, has succeeded in repairing most of the damage and trains are expected to reach the city today. A freight train on this road ran into a washout at Dyers Creek, Ala., Sunday night and ditched twenty-two cars. Several trains were bunched at this washout, yesterday. . The passen gers were transferred. :, The . eastern n.ail which reaches.-this city over tli Louisville & Nashville, : has been de layed, since. Sunday, night, This mail is expected to reach here, today, '. This morning the weather is partly cloudy I hough further rain is hardly antici pated. No casualties are reported. Hallway Tru flic Stopped at Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla., March 24. No trains have gone north from Pensa cola or come into the city since Sun day night, owing to tha big washouts on the Louisville & Nasliville near Century. - Although it was given out by 1 he railroad - .officials.' that: traffic, would he resmed by six o'clock last night this has not been done, probably due to the fact that throughout the afternoon yesterday there was a steady' downpour of rain which not! oniy prevented work in reouuoing ; the washed-out track but carried! . , nwav. work that had been accom-1 plished by the big forces of men sentidcnt that one of the new ' battleships to thj point. Trains may possibly be - able pass the washouts this morning. to INQUEST OVER BODY OF ANARCHIST 110 SOUGHT LIFE OF CHIEF . (By Leased Wire to The Times) (.llU,.,,ro Tils., March 24,-Chlef of Polk.t, shlp,,yi Mli wlfe an,i hls w U sert lie only wanted (. hiet Snippy to I sign some sort of passport, to enable him to leave the city to go to Iowa.- GEORGIA DELEGATES TO PEOPLE'S PARTY NAT 'L CONVENTION (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, Ga., March 24-In the senate chamber of the state capltol the executive committee of the Peo - pie s r any ot ueorgia met mis morn ing for the purpose of naming dele gates to the national convention. The meeting was well attended. A committee of five was named to se lect the delegates to the St. Louis conventlftn. A recess was then taken to permit the committee to complete its work. - I,a. Primary Law Unconstitutional. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New Orleans, March 24 Judge King declares the primary law unconstitutional. EDILI DEAN V (Special to The. Times.) Fayelteville,' N. C. Mar. 24. Dr. Thomas Devereaux Haigh, long dean of ': the medical profession here, passed away peacefully last, night at 9 o'clock at his home on Haymount. i negro who killed Chief of Police .las. . II. Banton, and the trial will begin ' tomorrow, morning. ; The. court as j signed as counsel for the defense, I E. G.. Davis and H. L. Brot hers. City : Attorney J.. Spnr.it Newton ajipears I with the solicitor for (he prosecu tion. - j A telegram received here this afternoon announces the death in Baltimore today of Mr, Mike Folb, ' one of '.the--most prominent mer ; chants of this city. The advice says ne was round aeaa in uea at ina hotel -'Cashwell. This has cast a in.im tho nitirp citv as Mr: Folb was universally esteemed by all who knew him. ' CONDITION OF GOVERNOR GUILD .'(By "Leased Wire to The Times. Boston, Mass., March 2 4--At 8:30 a. in. Governor Guild is holding his own, but his condition is one that cannot last indefinitely, A change for the: better or worse must come soon. '' '..'."-:'-'"' THE FLORIDA (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, March 24. It was said at the white house that shortly b(,fm,e his illness , he late Senator - , r .,, ., . , ,. , . Brvan, of Florida, .-asked the pre.4i- be named in honor of that state. The president did not give a conclusive answer, but it is announced that in view of Mr. Bryan's untimely diath the president has decided to name one of the new ships -1 lie Florida, thus honoring the late senator's -request. ' On;? of tlie monitors built five years ago is named, the Florida, but the name of that vessel will probabiy be changed. TO IT THERE'LL (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washinston, March 24.- Although Representative Tawney, chairman of f the appropriations committee ot the ; house, says no, Representative Hob- son declares that there will be four big battleships voted this session. ; Captain Hobson was at the white house today and when he left said: "We'll get four battleships, no matter what other gentlemen may say. We ought to name one of them after Utah, for I think that after Florida Is honored, the list of states will have besn exhausted. I would be In favor of naming one of the battleships after the Col Hltution. It is a name that should be preserved In our navy," NEW WARSHIP LLDE NAMED N SI RE 4 NEW SHIPS Tbey Meet and Organize to Aid Retail Dealers DURHAM FIRST TO ACT Important Step Taken Last Night at Vurhum By the Wholesale Dealers Which is Expected to Aid the Re tailers in the Combined Fight for Better Freight Rates and Facili ties Cominj? to Raleigh Next Month in Force. (Special .to 'The Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, March 24. The whole sale merchants 6f Durham met last night and organized for the purpose of aiding the retail merchants in their fight for. better .'.freight rates. '.;' This is. the first action taken by the whole sa'lers. Some months ago Winston and Durham retail merchants began almost simultaneously a fight for those rates. They took the matter up before the corporation commission, and in a meet ing of the city council, they would have had municipal aid had this ac tion been constitutional. It was desir ed by the local merchants to appro priate money to help the cause and the aldermen of Durham were eager for it. But an ordinance stood in the way of it and the association is aiding the matter by individual subscription. Up to the present the wholesale merchants have had no organization, although they have iot announced their offi cers, a E'Xd working piece of machin ery was started in operation last night and from now on the wholesalers will be In tile contest. The association will be composed of the Thomas-White Company, Slade-Perry Company, B. L. Tyree Company, E. H. Lawrence Com pany, Southern Pure Food Company, A. J. Draughan, and Allen-Owens Com pany.-' '.. ' n When the matter comes up before the corporation commission in Raleigh on the 26th of this month, the whole sale and retail merchants of Durham will go down and use their power be fore this body. As has been frequent ly referred to, the fight is against the Norfolk & Western Railway, and was instituted by the merchants of Durham and later Winston-Salem was made a party to the suit. The merchants will contest the case to the end on account of freight rate discriminations. The legislature has appropriated $5,000 to carry on the fight and if more is need ed the merchants of. Several cities of North Carolina will take a part. (By Leased Wire to The Times) uasningion, -mar., it. rrum ou servatlon and inquiries while in Au gusta, Ga., last week, "said Nathan P. Odell, of San Francisco, in pars ing through this city, "I have reach ed the conclusion that prohibition in that state is to become a permanent institution. The Georgians are well pleased with the situation thus far. Prohibition Is popular because It de prives the negroes and the mill hands of liquor. Heretofore this class has spent considerable money for drink, but since prohibition went into effect much of the money thus spent is turned over to the family. One curious result of the abolition of bar-rooms is the establishment of five-cent theatres. The towns of Georgia are full of such places ot amusement. . . "The prohibition law is being strictly observed In many of tho towns, I am told. At the fashion able hotels the guests are deprived of wine or other Intoxicants. All in all, the situation seemingly Is very, satisfactory. ,i HINDOOS PROTEST AGAINST EXPULSION (By Cable to The Times.) Vancouver, B. C, March 4 An ex cited assemblage of 100 Hindoos met in the Sikh temple here and after I protesting against expulsion and de portation sent protest to John Mor ; ley, secretary lor India. . PROHIBITION WORKING WELL I DOWNINOEORGY 1 1
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