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Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches. LAST EDITION. ALL THE IIAKKET& THE EALEIGH EVENING TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. PHILLIP KILLED M'ABOY IN BRAWL First Evidence at Trial of Young Washington C!ubnianSiiows Death of Cabman Followed Night of Swift Revelry in Washington MacAboy Pestered Phillip for Money (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, May 28 The story of the events leading up to the shooting of Frank MacAboy by Gaston Phillip in the Arlington hotel, fol lowing a night of hilarious revelry about town, were narrated this morn ing by two witnesses, one the chauffeur of Phillip's automobile, the other an elevator boy at the Arlington.. The testimony of both witnesses was dis tinctly favorable to the young defendant. It was shown that during the entire evening, following a game of crap at Hagerty's saloon at Fourteenth and Twenty-first streets, MacAboy pestered Phillip, claiming Phillip owed him $150 as a result of the game. He used vile language to Phillip, threatened to knock his head off and generally bullied him. . Under cross-examination It was brought out from William A. Gris sett, the elevator boy at the Arlington, that there had been a scuffle before the shooting, and that Phillip had protested, saying, "Don't do that." l.'pdykc, the chaueffeur, was the most important witness. Under cross-examination of the assistant district-attorney, Updyke narrated the events of the night preceding the shooting and the morning of May 18, Ho told of picking up the defendant at the Willard hotel before midnight and taking him to the Arlington. They met Mr. Taylor and Minitree and the chauffeur took him to the Arlington. The whole party went to 1335 Ohio avenue, where they picked up Hazel Davis, who keeps that house. Then they went to a lunchroom on Pennsylvania avenue, arriving there about 3 o'clock. - - After that they returned to the Ohio avenue house, where Phillip and Hazel Davis stayed. Updyke and the others then went to the house at 1307, C street and then back to got Hazel Davis. They first saw Frank MacAboy in front of 1307 C street. They all went from there to Hagert's saloon, at 14th and C streets. The women of the party and Minitree and Taylor then left. : MacAboy and Phillip, who remained at Hagerty's engaged in enp shooting for $50 a shot. Phillip w-n and then MacAboy put down a diamond horseshoe pin on the counter. Phillip won and started to pick it up, when MacAboy put it back in his pocket. Then they went to Norris's barroom, MacAboy claiming all the time that Phillip owed him $150. MacAboy grabbed Phillip's hat off his head and also snatched Phillip's cigarette. At the Arlington Phillip jumped out. and ran up the steps. MacAboy stayed in the automobile about 10 minutes and then went into the hotel, saying he was going to see what was keeping Phillip. The witness never saw MacAboy alive again. After the shooting he went after the doctor and then took Phillip to a police station. CURRENCY BILL iCRAIG SHOT BY LIKELY TO PASS! JEALOUS RIVAL Oniy Opposition in SeDateFrom LafoIIette, and He's Sick Man (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, May 28. Senators and representatives wo called at the white house today expressed confidence that the conference report on currency would pans the senate without serious opposition except that which will be olterod by Senator LaFollette. . The danger from that source Is not feared, however, for the reason that the sena tor's health Is said to bo such that he will find himself physically unable to put up a protracted argument against the measure. Representative John W. Weeks, of Boston, one of the house managers on the conference, said he had been as sured that there would be no serious opposition to the bill, either by the re publicans or democrats. "I feel sure," he said, "that tf It rest (Contlned on Page Sevan.) Woman's Sweet Letters Cost Old Colonel Snell $100,000 (By Leased Wire to The Times) Clinton, 111., May 28 The $1 600,000 Snell will contest, sensa-; tional In its revelation of the "soul mate" letters written the aged mil lionaire. Col. Thomas Snell, by his niece, Mabelle McNamara, and other women, will be in the hands of the turr before nlaht. It is nossible a verdict may be reached before mid night. : '-'." Among the startling revelations of the .case and one which may In fluence the Jury's action in determin ing whether Col. Snell was sufficiently Dunlap, Who Sent Fatal Bali, Not Caught Up to Noon Today Whittier, May 28. William Dun lap shot and killed E. E. Craig as the result of Jealousy over a young woman with whom both men were in love. ' Dunlap and Craig had been good friends until a short time ago, when this love affair came between them. They met yesterday a short distance from the town, a quarrel about the girl ensued, and Dunlap shot ( his rival dead. No details are obtain able. Dunlap escaped and has not been caught. i -Tracks had been luid from Fay etteville street down EaBt Martin be yond Bloodworth street yesterday ' afternoon on the latest extension of the street railway of this city. Sane to make a legal will, was evi dence to show that Mabelle McNa mara had secured in the neighbor hood of $100,000 from the old man In response to the "soul mate" letters, some, 90 in all, written by him. The victory of the Snell heirs In getting the court to have read before the Jury in camera five of the letters written by Mrs. McNamara was halted by them as a great point in the final outcome of the suit. 'Following the proponents counsel, the attorneys for the legatees will talk and the case la expected to get to the jury this Afternoon. H0USEWA1TING FOR SENATE TO PASS ONE BILL Soon as Emergency Currency Measure is Disposed of Both Will Adjourn. WOOD PULP COMMITTEE Brings in Adverse Report On Publishers1 Request for the Duty's Removal. .''(By Leased Wire to The Times.) .Washington, May 28.--Tlwt house to day passed an omnibus fish 'hatcheries hill.' "'.'.. The. -select committee... on wood pulp reported .adversely on the request of the newspaper publishers flint the lar IfE duty on wood pulp and .print paper lie removed. The leaders of the house sa'd this af ternoon that they wilt be ready to ad journ as soon as the senate disposes of tii : emergency currency bill. No Filibuster Tills Time. . Senate democrats have decided tioi to fillbusi or against, the Aldrich-Vree-land currency bill. Senator LaFullctte announced shortly after the opening of the seHHion thf.t. he w.fuld make no protracted light against -.-the measure. " Senator 'Ahlrich culled up the con ference report on the currency bill at the close of morning business and the discussion of it was entered upon. A resolution -by; Senator IjaFollet'e directing the department of commerce and labor to .'investigate the telegraph and telephone companies was passed. Early- In the afternoon the campaign publicity bill came up and Senator F,.i con, apparently speaking, for the dem ocrats; intimated to the republicans that If the republicans would permit the pasasge of a proper campaign publicity bill the democrats would not attempt to filibuster against the currency bill. Senator rseverldge promptly said from the republican side that he would be very glad to acquiesce in such an ar rangement. ltomls Damaged Millions. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Galveston, Tex., May 28 To the railroads the present floods are the most destructive In the history of Texas. The roads estimate their damage between f 10.000,000 and $12,000,000. Tho estimated amount of track washed away is 420 miles. Thirty bridges have been destroyed and 43 damaged. Body of Gen Final Burial on the Hudson (By Leased' Wire to The Times.) New York, May 28. After having lain nearly a century In the old con gressional cemetery at Washington, the body of Gen. George Clinton, once major-general in the revolutionary army, first governor of New York and some tlmo vice-president of the United States, was brought to this city today on the revenue cutter Manhattan from Jersey City, where it. arrived from the NO BOOZE FOR DENVER NATIONAL CONVENTION (By Leased Wire to The Times) Denver, Col., May 28. Those In charge of the democratic national con vention have decided to put an abso lute ban on liquor during: the gathering In July. ' Large sums were offered for a conces sion tor the bar privileges, , but the committee voted unanimously not to grant a bar or any other means of selling liquor on the auditorium premise.-: .France Adopts Income Tax. Paris, May 28. The chamber of deputies, by a vote of 819 to 170, adopted a clause Imposing ah Income tax on renti. MAJORITY FOR IS ALMOST 43,000 Complete Returns From Whole 9 8 Counties Vary Little From Yesterday's Estimate Revised returns and estimates of the majorities east for and against .prohi bition in the election Tuesday are sub mitted herewith. According to these tables the bill has received a -majority of '42,982 votes. Where no 'definite re turns can be had tin; estimates in the prohibition column are liberal. The votes shown in the .vet colmn are .defi nite..... The official vote will not he as certained until the returns, arn can vassed, and it is practically certain that the prohibition majority will be considerably reduced when thU is doii". However, the figures are given for what they are worth in order that some idea may be gained of the day's net re sult". ' 'The most striking feature of the elec tion is the fact that while liowan coun theadquarters of the anti-prohibition forces,, returned it majority of iN) for prohibition, Wake' count y, , the jiead (U'.urtors of . the prohibition advocates, returned much heavier "v. et" niaior- iiy- . ,: '.-' "' . ". HOW COI'XTIKS STAND. ; Dry . . . . . ....... , ." TT . Wet . . .:..-.' 21 Total counties. . . . . .. .. US lielow Is a table show ins the ma jorities in each county: ' .:' P"y - Wet t't'.i'ity. Majority; Majority. PROHIBITION Alamance ,. .,. 1,198 .... Alexander v . . . . ' . . . . ' 30 Alleghany . ....... 'BOO. Anson . ... ... . ,, 4.".0 . ... Ashe . . -....'. TiOO ': Beaufort . .... T.29.,- . . . . Bertie . .. ...... 130 . . Bladen . '. - . :. .,';' 700 ;. . lluneombe . ... 3.699 .... nurlte .....V.,. 400 . . . . Cabarrus ...... . 1 S ';' Caldwell . ' .-. , '.; ; 400 '.",. . . Camden i ..... .-..V. "'..,. : . 41 Carteret . ..... 350 . . v. Caswell '-. ' .'-, ;'": , "i '. . 250 Catawba Si 4 Chathain ..... Son " '. . . . Cherokee . . . . . 400 . . . . Chowan . 134 ''.'.". Clay . . . . : . , y 400 ... ," Cleveland -., .'. .'.."' 1.90S '.....-.., Columbus . . . . 1 tiO Craven . . . . . . ; too Cumberland . . 513 . . . . Currituck . . ... 255 . . Dare .'; . ... .... 4 on . . ,.-, Davidson 316 . . .. Davio . . . . . . . 4 3 7 .... Duplin . ....... 350 .'.; . . .'. (Continued on Page Seven.) national capital under a military guard. The body was received at the batter v by MaJ.-Oen. Fred D. Grant, grand marshal and comniunder of the mili tary escort. The body, mounted on a caisson, was, then taken to the city hall. The program Included a march from the battery to Whitehall to. Pearl, to Broad, to Wall, to Broadway, to Park Pow, to city hull. Tho body of Qnn. TERRIFIC BEAT TODAY !N LITTLE OLD NEW YORK (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 28. Today opened as the hottest May 28 in the history of the iweather bureau, following the hottest May 27 in 28 years. The uif ference at 1 a. m. today and last year was 24 degrees. It continued to grow cooler until sun up. Then, suddenly, it changed again and at 9 it was as hot as at midnight, when all records for the month were s' attered. Thousands of persona -went from tholr homes to the park last night In an effort to get some fresh-air. The only hot held out by the weather fore caster la rain tomorrow. STEPHEN D.LEE RESTS FROM HIS EARTHLY LABOR Last of Conf ederate Lieutenant Generals Is Dead at Home in Yichsburg, Miss. FAILING SEVEN WEEKS Fine Type of Old Southern Sol dier Leaves Behind Memory that Must Live. (By leased Wire to The Times) : Vickshiu'S. Miss.. May: .2S -Gon-.' oral Stephen I), l.ee, couinuinder-in-chii'f of. the (Tnited Confederate Vet erans and the last general .of the Confederacy, .-died this morning after a sickness of seven days; ... General Ijee was taken sick on May 21, after a hard day's task in making speeches and welcoming the Iowa and Wisconsin re-uiiioii of vet erans, G.. A. B., at. the navlonal park, here. He suffered a collapse and his son, Blewett l.ee, general counsel of the Illinois Central,, was: summoned from Chicago. Ex-l,ieuf .-Gov. .las. Harrison and his sister, relatives of the general, were at his bedside. General iee was 75 yeaii old. Lieut.-Gon.: W. I,. Cabell, of Dal las, Tex., is senior among the divis ion commanders of the Confederate veterans.. the others being Gen. Irvine Walk ' South Carolina, and Gen. Clement a. Evans, of Georgia, Gen. Cabell Is next, in line for commander-: In-chief. Gen. Stephen D. l.ee was the last surviving lieuteuant-geneial of the Confederacy find the honored com mander of the Tnited Confederate Veterans' association. He was one of the most interesting men in semi public life in lhe country and, owing to ties that, hound htm to the south as well as to his personalty, he was easily the most popular man in the association.. . Although a soldier, the -.great-grandson and a grandson of a soldier, he spent his life "quietly as it. planter at Columbus, Miss., and as preside i.i of the Mississippi' Agricultural and Mechanical coUigo,' Since the- close of the war he had worked conslantlv to build, up the waste placos of the south. He rarely neeci!d" political (Continued on Page Seven.) Clinton lies in state at the city hall. Karly tomorrow morning the reserve ' - ship Wasp, will! MaJ. Clinton's body "'i board, will proceed up the Huds m with an escort of several torpedo boats to Kingston, where she Is due to arrive at. 4 p. m. At Kingston the citizens' committee will receive the body and on memorial .day it will be Interred at Kingston with j Impressive ceremonies HEARST GAINS ON MAYOR IN NEW YORK'S KLCOUN'T (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York,. May 28 In the first 20 votes counted today at the quo warranto proceedings to oust Mayor McClellan, W. R. Hearst gained 13 votes. This makes 40 yites gained before three of the 1948 boxes have been completed. At such a rate Mr. Hearst's plurality may run far Into the thousands. Magoon Wars on Gamblers. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) , Havana, May 28. The mayor,' chief of police, eltjt treasurer, ,and nineteen others at Neuva Paz have been Indicted. WHITMORE'S ALIBI Expects to Show He Was Not in New Jersey During Hoars When Wife Was Murdered and Thrown In Swamp This Will Knock Out Prosecution's Case llty Leased Wire to The Times) New York, May 29. -Theodore S. Wlvitmore's alibi, on which he will attempt lo show he was not sin Xew Jersey the night his Wife Lena was murdered and thrown into the swamp near Harrison, is being pre sented at the trial in Jersey City today... On this alibi Whitmore's fate hangs. His lawyer, Alexander Simp son, has declared he is in a position to prove Whitmore's whereabouts every minute from J 1 o'clock Christmas until 2 o'clock next morning. (Mrs. Whit more was put to death during those hours, and If It he shown that Whitinore was not in New Jersey the prosecution's case will collapse.;'- ....;.'..', :' -'.W-4 Up to this time the iirosecution has scored a point only to have an other point shattered by the defense, and during all the conflicting testl- mony W'hitmore has displayed ail assurance that is remarkable. At no time did he appear flustrated .: When", witnesses told how he had beaten his wife, how he threatened her, how he loved another woman and had given this womaiv some of his wife's jewels, how he had dictated letters ' to Fred Elliott to Which the name "Lena"; Was signed, which purported i to explain Mrs. Whitmore's absence after she had been murdered, and how he attempted to get possession of his wife's bankbook the day after the murder, Whitinore only smiled. : Such evidence, which appa rently built tip a bulwark for the prosecution, only amused Whltmore. He is depending on his alibi, and it-is probable Lawyer Simpson has his tninip card up his sleeve to play today. It is believed that Whltmore will take the stand in his own defence. If he does it is expected the prosecutors will have difficulty .in tangling him up. ; . Whitinore was in exceptionally good spirits when he entered court. ; He shook haii'ds with his brother and father, and said: ' I'll be out by Saturday. I'll spend Decoration day in New York." '; Before the prosecution rested. Assistant Prosecutor Vickers called i Joseph D. M. Lore-Ms, cashier ' of .the, Brooklyn bank. Mr. Lorcnz testi fied that December 2 Whltmore came to the bank and asked that a new I bankbook be made . out in his own name for the account he and hU wife loid used joir.ily. I'e suii't the old bankbook had be;an burned. The ! cashier told him he would have to bring the burned book 'br part of It 1 as poof. Whitinore left and returned in an hour with the charred frag ment of the book, which he and Elliott burned, according to Elliott's tesiiniony. He was given a new book. ; Mr. Simpson '.immediately began his opening address. He said: j ' "Wo will prove Lena Whit more-, on the 21st of December went ; away. She cr.me back the . 24th and stayed with Lilly Pealer all night. She went to Whitmore's house to get a dog and stayed with him all of Christ l mas.: . .. During the conversation she informed him she wished to go to I Schenectady.-; .' Hp. -told her she could go and gave her $50 to -pay ex penses. In the afternoon Whltmore left the house to get tobacco or a . tlrlnk and when he returned he foniid his. wife gone." JOHNSON TALKS Southern Trip Filled Him With Hope-Thinks Bryan May Lose Georgia ',--'( P vi Lea sed W i re t o Th e Tim es ) , Chic ago. May 2S- -Gov. Johnson. .of Minnesota, 'arrived In Chicago last ! night 'after.", his trip through the ! south. "1 did not. : ment. enough: people, to say what the whole south', "will' do." he said. "IVrsonally, I feel more jthan confident. I think Bryan will lose Georgia, bul as I only passed ' through the easterniost of the soutli- ; oi-ii slates I am not in a position to! sa ; much." . For Want of a Kiss. Houston, Tex.. May 2K.-' Hecause ! nly husband would not kits mo good bye,", Is the reason alleged to have been given by Mrs. Clara Wessoon for committing suieido. ABOUT OUTLOOK Wrights Planning to Hand 0 ver Machine to Uncle Sam (By Leased Wire to The Times) j Xenia,1 O., May 28 The following Statement was dictated by Orvillo . Wright regarding the successful ope ration of the W7right brothers' aoro plane and the preparations for the delivery of a machine to the govern ment; "Our experiments were entirely satisfactorily. W'e accomplished all we expected. The accident to the flyer at Kill Devil hill was not of a serious nature, and was the result of the use of a wrong lever too close to the ground to be turned upward, after it started down. WRIGHT MAY GET JOB TAFT HOLDS Washington Hears Tennessee Secretary of War ( By Leased Wire, to The Times) Washington. May 28. The World's Washington correspondent telegraphs: General I.uke K. Wright, of Memphis, Tcini,. is to succeed William H. Taft as war secretary, probably about July 1. according to a xtatement made here by a mun who is Gen. Wright's close personal fi lend and business associate. "(Jon. Wright is a. democrat and it Is rumored he has announced he will sup port the 'ticket next November, al though he was for several years governor-general of the Philippines, suc ceeding Secretary Taft in that posi tion end, more recently, ambassador to Japan under President Roosevelt. The selection Is regarded by the few politicians In Washington who have heard of It hs one of the cleverest moves ever made by the president. It (Continued on Page Seven.) ' "We did hot make any attempt to go a long distance or attain great altitude. We know exactly what the machine will do in thai re spect. We were testing some steer ing levers and proving the carrying capacity. This' we have done to our satisfaction." . ! "When will you deliver the flyer to the government?" "We have until September 28, but we are ready tow." j "Where will the government test be made?". ;:v .'. .? v "I presume It will be at fort (Continued on Page BoTea. 4. t
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