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'. " . .' Only Afternoon Paper Bctvcon Richmond ami Atlanta With Leased Wire and Fuii Prcoo Dispatches. LAST EDITION. . ' ALL THE ZXASKET& THE RALEIGH EVENING VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1903. PRICE 5 CENTS. ATLANTA HAS MORNING FIRE; CITY'S LOSS OVER A MILLION Blaze Breaks Out in Candy Factory at 3.30 and Fine Business Section is Devastated Tbeir Work in HOTEL AND BANKS GO TO Telegraph and Telephone Wires Go Down and Fill Streets ; of Stricken District Willi Peril tor Firemen, Rut I iipkllv XII Fcpann Iniiirv UUI LUbllllJ till (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta. Ga., May 8 The most disastrous fire In the history of Atlanta started at 4 o'clock this morning in the Schlessinger candy fac tory, opposite the terminal station, and threatened to destroy that entire section of Atlanta, the department being practically helpless in the face of a heavy wind which swept the flames across the street in the direction of the Terminal hotel. At 7 o'clock nearly two blocks of big manufac tories have been destroyed, iucluding the Robinson Neckwear company, Goodrum Tobacco company office (trust), branch office of Central Bank and Trust company, J, H, Sehroeder & Bros., Childs hotel annex, Marion cafe, Keystone Type Foundry, West Disinfecting company, Samuel Gans Merchandise company, and half abundred smaller concerns. ;'.;.;' The burned district is bounded by Mitchell, Forsyth and Peters streets. The fire at 9 o'clock was spreading in the direction of White-... hall street and the shopping district. Assistance has been asked of the Macon department. The loss at that hour was over $1,000,000. Telephone and telegraph wires are down to the south and west. These and other electric wires encumber the streets and make the work of the firemen dangerous. Car service on many lines 'in. suspended or hampered ' because of the breaking of feed wires. Several firemen had narrow escapes while fighting the flames near the water tower when the walls of the Schlessinger building and the big new branch postofflce building fell, at the corner of Mitchell and Peters streets. The burned district includes, the three blocks, Nelson street, north to Mitchell and north to West Hunter, bounded on the east by South Forsyth street, and the block bounded by South Forsyth West Mitchell, South Broad and West Hunter. Report of Injured Firemen Proves Incorrect. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, Ga., May 8 At 7:15 o'clock Chief Cummings reported the great fire near the terminal station under control The fire started at 3:30 o'clock in the candy factory of Harry L. , Schlessinger & company, Madison avenue and Nelson street. The whole block bounded by Mitchell, Madison avenue, Forsyth and Peters streets is a total loss. ' - ' : . The Terminal hotel and several other buildings across Mitchell street, opposite the terminal station ara burned. The fire swept down the north side of Mitchell street to an alley next to the Marion hotel annex and was checked. So far as reported, no one was killed or seriously injured. The report that two firemen had been killed undffr falling walls was found incorrect. ; The guests of the Terminal got out without, injury. The loss, according to estimates made by Assistant City Engineer Thomas Wilson and other experts, will bo at least $1,500,000. liiiiiun Can't Kstimnte Loss. All the property laid waste in tho block bounded by Mitchell. Forsyth and Nelson streets and Madison ave nue is owned by S. M. Innian. Mr. Inman also owned the property on which was located the Terminal hotel..- .-.: -- . v ' When asked for an estimate' of his loss, Mr. Innian stated he had not had time to examine his policies and could give no estimate, Most of the property destroyed was new, the buildings having gone up since the new ; terminal station was constructed. The old Masonic temple is the only building left standtng In the block on Mitchell street, north side, between Madison avenue and Forsyth street. LIST OK BCRNEK BUILDINGS.. The following Is a list of the buildings destroyed and their more Important tenants: Terminal hotel, five Btoiies, owned by Samuel Inman and leased by Bruno Bukofzer. Total loss. Central hotel and restaurant, two stories, owned by G. W. McCarty and occupied by Peter Verghlotis. Total loss. . Three-story building, owned by Dabney Scoville and occupied by Samuel Gans fe Company, fire salv age. Total loss. Three-story building, owned by Albert Stelner and occupied by Ma rlon hotel annex. Gutted but walls standing. Two three-story buildings, owned by the Walker P. Inman estate, oc cupied annex Child's hotel. Postofflce Station B, two upper floors occupied by Robinson Neck wear Company and Paragon Sus pender Works. Total loss. Moon Shoe Store. Total loss. Moore ft Floyd, clothing. Total loss. B. M. Blount Manufscturlng Com (Continued on Page Three.) Before Flames Finish Georgia Capital ASHES WITH THE REST LObUpb IIIJUI J Another Smoky City Scandal; Banker Steals Half Million (Bv Leased AY Ire to Tho Times.) Pittsburg, Pa., May S William Montgomery, cashier of the Allegheny National bank, has been arrested, charged with embezzling $196,000 from that institution. The Informa tion -was '.made'. by; Bank Examiner William L. Folds before United States Commissioner William T. Lindsay. Montgomery was released from custody In $50,000 bail. Geo. E. Tener, a coal and real estate man, a brother of John T. Kener, the re (By Leased Wire to The Times) Bristol, Va., May 8 Two hours before her death Mrs. Maxie Peltier, a middle-aged woman, confessed to the murder of two of her children. One of them she threw off a bridge Into the Holston river at Klngsport about two years ago. The other she strangled to death. Croker Wins on Turf. (By Lessod Wire to The Times) Newmarket, May 8 Rhoadora, owned by Richard Croker, won the 1 1,000 guineas race today. The hot ting was 100 to 8 against the Croker 1 horse. Eighteen horses ran. ADMITS KILLING TWO CHILDREN SUITORS ROTHFR FLORIDA WOMAN Miss Sutherland, Heiress of Rich Men,Hound8( Titled Foreigners (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New ork. May 8. Vainly striving to got beyond the reach of f iled fortune hunters,"' who have followed her across land and sea, Miss Jane Roland Suth erland, of ' Gainesville,- Fla., who re contly become, the possessor of n large fortune, left by her father. -'Is in this city today planning (light to the coun try in order to avoid further annoy ance at the hands of her pursuers, . Persistence on' 'the part, of unaccred ited noblemen in liiying siege', to the hearts of American, girls Of wealth has .seldom found a more' notable '.illustra tion than in the case of the young Florida heiress. Iter solo companion on this Journey will be Mis Mary Nolan, who has chaperoned her since the death of her parents, and who is stop ping with her at the Prince George ho tel. The destination of the two young women will be kept sen et so they will be subjected to no additional annoy ance. Miss Sutherland Is the daughter of George II. Sulherlan, a prominent real estate operator of the south, who died a year ago. and a niece of Col. -'Michael lHolnrwl, wi'l-iy known in Louisville, Ky. While making an ext. t:d".l tour I of '.Europe the young woman gained the notice of several men whose names were embellished with high-sounding titles. . Among this number . were an Italian and a French viseomte, who were especially assiduous in their at tentions. Thieves Steal a Tugboat'. j (By Leased Wire to The Times.) ! Mobile. Ala . May 8. The Native,' a tugboat belonging to the Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company, was stolen from its moorings at the city i wharves yesterday by thieves, run1 down to the mouth of Mobile river. ' and beached. No clue has been oh-; tallied as to the identity of "tho- thieves, and it is not known for what purpose the robbery was in tended. . - publican caudidate lor congress from the 24th district, went, on Montgom ery's bond. '. The first Intimation that Mont gomery was short in his accounts Came from Henry Kieber, former pay ing teller of the Farmers' Deposit Na tional bank, who, with .lames Young, the former auditor, is alleged to have robbed that institution pf $1,105,000. Relber and Young are in jail and last week Rieber is alleged to have stated (Continued on Page Three.) 0 O 0 0 O 0 O 0 .O 0 0 0 O 0 KICH CAT CHLOKOFOHMKD (By Leased Wire to The Times) Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 8 After enjoying for several years a fortune of $40,000, Blackle, one of the two pet cats of the; late Benjamin Dllley of this city, who sur vived his masterwas chloro formed yesterday at the age of 16. The merciful act was ' performed after physicians had pronounced Black le's sickness hopeless, and with the consent of the executors. Dilley, who died Id 1905, left Blackle and his sister. Blnkie, the Income of a $40, 000 property and appointed Miss Addle Ruch, at $75 a month, to care for them. ?Qfc jQ 0 0 RUNNING FIGHT El Stirs Up a Quiet Peniisylyanla Town This Morning L,Cfi C0NSMEf Chase Desperadoes Who He Had Demolished Postofflce MANY SHOTS EXCHANGED Que Prisoner Taken While Helping Wounded Pal (By Leased Wire to The Times..) Llanerichi Pa., ;May S--Delaware county was stirred today by a run ning fight between a band of '.robbers, who robbed the postofflce at; Llanerirh and several constables who .at'uVmptiid' to capture the robbers. Early this morning the town was awakened by a ; frightful explosion. An investigation revealed that rob bers had demolished the building used as a riostofilcc and made oil' with such booty as they could collect in a short time. : ' The building -''was r.-"n.'!eo.y de stroyed and the dour had been blown from the safe. The robbers had got ten a start before citizens. imd several officers started in pursuit-. ; The pur suers almost... ca ljr'jt un vi; h tl rob bers and t Jii.ituu.1. Uit ;i.;'.'o n-.y-render, but they ; drew guns and WITH ROBBERS opened fire on the authorities, JtiWe find them all-: And ve vi lli find Mis, was returned and for, several miles j Guinness. '.-. The missing hea;i from the the running, fight, was continued, ji's'1 feiiiale body found in tie- mirs ?'.'rti course being marked by flashes from!1'10 Gulnnes children is -i sun- n.of t" the revolvers and the.rattlo of the!1-'" the mother murderess did not volleys. One ot the robbers was finally captured while assisting a n- other, who had been shot, to : get away. 1 ' - 1 - . MISS LOFTl'S I'OIIGKTS WORDS " 'OF-OXK OF II KH SONGS (By Leased Wire to The Times) Baltimore,. May S- Cecilia Lb ft us suddenly collapsed on lie- stage at the Maryland theatre during the; mat inee yesterday afternoon. She was in the . middle of one -of her songs when she- suddenly stopped singing. After a few '.moments Miss Lofius exr) plained to the audience that she had forgotten the words of her song. She fainted as she reached the wings. miss Jottus nau not neon reeling well for 'several days and it is thought! this had a great deal to do with her sudden lapse of memory. JVnsacola 'U'aiils Tal't. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) I'ensacola, Fla.. .May S. Mayor Goodman has sent a cablegram to Secretary Taft at Colon inviting the secretary to ret urn to this country by way of Pensacola. As yet no answer lias been received lioni the secre-i , tary. 1 he mayor and chamber ot . ' o commerce are very anxious to have the secretary -visit Pensacola and en tertain him on his arrival here. BLACK PAPERS (By Leased Wire to Tho Times) Appleton, Wis., May S A propo sition Is being put forth by the Wis consin print paper manufacturers which, if taken seriously, means that) In the near future the American peo ple will be reading black newspapers printed with white ink. Tho chief points advanced for this revolution ary proposition are the preservation of forests, the saving of millions of dollars annually in pulp wood, and the reduction In prices of print paper to perhaps one-half the present price. Black paper can he made of old and used newspapers and, in fact, almost any fibrous stock, while white i (Continued on Page Three.) ANDWHlTEINK? LAPOKTt CRIMES GROWING DAILY Sheriff Now Certain Gunness Womao Killed at Least 33. m IM ALL OVER LAND Smutzer Gets InquiriestoSeck STATE ATTORNEY SMITH Not Working on Theory That (By Leased Wire to The Times.) I.aporte, Ind., .May.-' S.-"From evi dence in my possession I nni convinced that Mrs. Belle Guinness (luring her ca reer of murder has . compassed the death of not less tlniii Si! pei'soiis.1' to day declared .Sheriff Smutzer; of Ln jioite, who, with $1,U00 piovided for the county, is pressing to the utmost ill - bunt for the chief ; figure.' in the great Indiana: mystery. "And I do not believe' she is dead, i-'iie was too expert and too clever, a criminal to he caught anil killerl by anyone ill the Very hmise---' where1 sir; had sla'U so many. 1- believe she is .now; cither In. '.Chicago, or New York, gliding. uni- thi , horror of her crimes ; is . lessened 1 ;,: time. ;, the. search shall i slacked-.- and she will ix-alil..- to escape -.to. 'Norway' with the' money- for which she killed. -. "tint the search will not -slacken." Today I hstVe "mtt 'at' Work searchtnv for more, nodies, and f : w ill turn , up i every foot, of ground near the house till pi dsn there. Her gold teeth were, not in. that woman mouth. . Thai s, why I 111' head is in,. Kilt we wilt Cm,? '1 j ., w will c,id Mrs. Guinnes yet." ! "' m" confident," said Coroner M.n U. , "that a scor. more victims will be dug IU.,-' I am ' iv-celvjiig :.- leitei s and tc.li- grams from various parls of ilic couli j try., from the .Atlantic to the Pacific, giving ilesi-riptioiis of missing men and begg;ng me to advise them if bodies answering the. furnish. -d .descriptions have been found, -.'..'.-. "There is no telling: the extent of the I Woman's operations, or 'tl.it- number of men she 'butchered', in her slaughter house., i believe that "'when the full in vestigation has been comnh'ieil no! Bt.rii-V ill th.. inrMiiU Of erOni. ill, the!'' ItLKl United Stah.-'s will lie e(t:al to tile trag- I edies w l:ii-h will - h. unfolded." Lainpbciv IlaMi't 'llapse(l. "i --u the br.dy i of (he woman1, found I lie cellar lif ! he Glllnil ! house." ..ald Slate's Attorney St.lilh ''was licit . eeed on tlti Laniiii"ie, M rs, ( '.uini'i ss. l will pro- iiiiiiiv 10 ine iriai 01 i.:o . y. iio is '-'charged with set- t'ng (ire to Vi11 hnilse i ont-iiniiisT Mrs tiuinness and her three, eliildteii an'i-l taking l he woman's life in retaiiatinn for fancied . u i ougs, . I believe that Lnmphetv.' will eventually sprak out that his confession will tineover some of the rhapteis. of tragedy written. In' the : (ininhess house. Reports that he is Colhi.osed are without "'fotindatlofi,. ; The bodies here in- i.ajiorte an 1 a mass of (iicumstaiitial' evidence, eon;, billed with a score of suspicious cii (Continued on Page Th fee,)- 0 0O000 00 0 0 O O 0 FOilTl'N'K FOIt A lU'llGL.Mt. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Pittsburg, Pa May 8 Howard Hall, a burglar, serv ing a seven-year sentence at Kiverslde penitentiary, has fallen heir to $50,000 by the death of an uncle in Alle gheny. Halt has yet five years to serve and has offered to turn over all his new fortune to anyone who will get him out of prison at once. The Pittsburg police and L. B. Cook, an attorney who is handling the estate for the burglar, refuse to divulge the name of the dead relative, saying he made his will and died In ignorance of the fact, that his nephew was In Jail. 1 0 000000000000000 ANTIAFFINITY CAMPAIGN IS CONTINUED IN CHICAGO District Attorney Determined monial Bureaus Shall Be Wiped From the Face of the Earth v (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago. May S .--Vrged on by the revelations of the Belle Guinness human slaughterhouse in I.aporte, Ind., where i is believed .now-,;, victims were lured to, ill t.! basement murder; chamber by in. mis of a 'matrimonial advertisement, United States District Attorney Sims I. as. started 'a new anti-affinity cam paign, lie has given instructions that every manager: of an affinity-finding bureau in. the , Chicago -district'.' be placed under arrest immediately. . Following Hie. instructions of Attor- GOTONEWYORK 10D TO N Investigation of High PaperjThought Former City Clerk, Prices Will b8 Continued There Tomorrow (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May S In the senate today the sundry civil bill was re ceived from the house and referred to the appropriations committee. Prof. .1. W. Jenks, of Cornell, spoke in behalf of the civic federa tion hjl) , ;.o niotiiC' the Sherman law before.- (lie .ludk-iary committee... ..-.'. : The iii.llitar.v affairs, committee re ported favorably the bill to promol! the otlicit'iicy of tlie militia,' Sciiatoi-' jieCiiinber- reported the deadlock between the house and sen ate conferees over the abolishment of the branch pension agencies and the senate discussed, the matter at length. . .- ':' : In The House. ; The house considered the confer ence reports on the military appro priations bill. . The select, committee on wood pulp today announced it will go to New York tonight to take further ev idence.,' The copyright bill was discussed by the contiuittee on patents, but no act ioii was taken. . . ..OKFKRS. PVKSK FOR LAIJOR DAY (iOLDFIKLI) MILL ! : : . .r- ,. : ! fjSpecial to The Evening Times.) (ioldfield, Xev.; May S---,lack Ciit:- lev lois illllioiineod that bo llnil.iMt tie i :, ;SVndie',le of n.ini.nwners u-lll eivo ; . ,,,.., . t:!r, nn'ii iy,v . I, m i .- (ship battle between Jack Johnson and - Tommy Burns. . Cnrley plans bold- ir.g ine doui ncre i.anor nay. I'ci-Honilis icts I'oliticiaii. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Indiani'i polls,'; Ihd.. May . s. -N'at X'. Ill II. ;"li. a tiaiikei of l.tloomihgton, . who Served 'tivii teiiiis as sfate t lea sure V and v.as aeknowleilgeil to be one of the big whei-Jhovses in reiitililicjin polities in Indiana., died suddenly in this city this morning, following' an operation yesterday lor peritonitis.; S (By Leased Wire to The Times,) Chicago,, May S Dr. J. Sanderson Cbristlson,, a noted alienist and writer and a student of hypnotism, committed suicide today, locking him self in his rooms at. 24 Walton place and turning on three gas jets. Dr. Chiistison formerly was con nected with the New York hospitals for the insane several years. He was the author of many treatises of hypnotism and Its relations to criminology. HYPNOTIST KILLS HIMSELF IN ROOM That Last vestige of Matri Jnev Sims and Sbirer, Isaac R. Warn, said to be one of the wealthiest Cupld hunting proprietors, was arrested at his homo on Washington boulevard. Warn is charged In an Information filed before United States Commissioner Foote with using the malls to defraud. He was released on bonds of $5,000. Wain's matrimonial agency was one of the most mysterious in Chicago. His Washington boulevard residence is a. fine stone house and he was bo lleved by his neighbors to be a wealthy retired business man...... OWEN IS LIKELY TO BE CAPTURED Short in Accounts, Can Be Landed Shortly (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Mobile, Ala., May 8 The general council last night at a special .meeting called by Mayor Lyons heard the re port of the auditors relative to the shortage of $29,900 In the city cleric's recounts under the adnhitstr&ttoa: of : ex-City Richard B. Owen, Jr The council adopted resolutions Instruct ing the city attorney to Institute civil proceedings against the former clerk and the sureties upon his official bond to recover the amount due the city. The council further instructed the city attorney to commence ap propriate criminal proceedings against Owen. All efforts by the county and city officials to apprehend Owen have failed thus far. The police authori ties at all railroad connecting points on railroads leading out of Mobile have been furnished with a descrip tion of Owen and his arrest is looked for shortly; , OI'F.X PI LPIT QUESTION Takes More Hectors Away From Knisconal Church. ( By Leased Wire to The Times.) Philadelphia, Pa., May 8. Two more Episcopal clergymen have re- S'S"ed their positions In the Church to ioin the luovement toward Roman Catholicism, of which Rev. Dr. Mc Garvey, of this city. Is the head. . Rev. Albert Cooper, who has been a 'missionary in China, has severed all connection with the board of missions, giving as his reason tho unsettled conditions of the Episco pal church and the impossibility of teaching its doctrines. His friends say he has sailed for America to join Dr. McGarvey. Rev. Edgar A. Cowan also has sev ered his connection with the Episco pal church and will be received into the Catholic church, with eight other Episcopal ministers of this city. HOLDS GIRL OFF FOUR. YEARS. And Now Gunning is Sued For Good llig Damages. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, May 8 Charging breach of promise of marriage and demand ing $100,000 damages for her wound ed affections, Miss Marie Smith 26 years old, has filed suit against Rob ert J. Gunning, the millionaire club man and head of the Gunning adver tising system. , Miss Smith charges that, Gunning first proposed to her and received her promise to marry him four years ago. Relying upon his promises, Bhe de--clares that for a long time she lived with him and was introduced by him as his wife. She declares they passed as Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Stevens, i Many times during the four years, she said, she urged Gunning to keep his promise of marriage, but he r j fused.