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V Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Prcoo Dispatches. LAST EDITION. ALL THE UAEKETa THE RALEIGH EVENING VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. TIMES. i LAFOLLETTE OF WISCONSIN LONG TALKER OF CONGRESS Joins Democrats in Filibuster Against Aldrich Vreeland Currency Bill and Holds Floor Upward of Nineteen Hours, Breaking All Records Gore, Blind Senator From Ok lahoma, Expected to Take Hand This Afternoon. END STILL IS INDEFINITE lfNorthwesternerGetsStarted Again Congress May Con tinue Several Bays. O O O O O .0 0 O O9flO.0 .o-vv r--".-:' ' : O Washington, May 30. At B O 7 o'clock this morning Sena- B O tor Robert M. Lafollette, of 0 0. Wisconsin, who is leading the 0 0 filibuster against the eompro- 0 0 mlse currency bill on the floor 0 0 of the senate, was relieved by 0 0 Senator W. J, Stone, of Mis- 0 0 sourl, after speaking contlnu- 0 0 ously since 12:40 p. m. yes- 0 0 terday. He has broken all 0 0 records for continuously 0 0 speaking- In the senate, the 0 0 nearest approach to hU per- 0 0 formance being that of Sena- 0. 0 tor William V. Allen, who in 0 0 October, 1893, in his filibus- 0 O ter against the bill to repeal 0 0 the purchase clause of the 0 0 Sherman silver law, spoke 14 0 0 hours at a stretcn. : B 0 Senator Larollette expects 0 0 to return to the floor and re- 0 0 siime his speech after getting 0 0 gome rest, but the republican 0 0 leaders will attempt to pre- 0 0 vent his doing so. 0 0 ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, May 30. After making thi- longest continuous speech ever known In the history of the congress of the United States, having occupied the floor li hours and 20 minutes. United Slates Senator Robert M. Lafollette, of Wisconsin, (suspended his opposition o the currency report at 7 o'clock this morning and yielded the floor to Sena tor W. J. Stone, of Missouri. As Senator Lafollette left the senate chamber he showed less fatigue than many compelled to listen to him during the night. He declared he felt almost an fresh as when he began his flllbus , ter yesterday. "I don't feel the least bit sleepy." saW the senator, "and my voice he held out well. I only feel the effects of the long siege In my feet." After bathing his face in cold water, the senator went to the senate barber shop, where he was shaved. He then got on a street car and went home, having refused to take a cab friends had provided. He planned to sleep about three or four hours and then re Harvard and Cornell Racing On Charles (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Boston, Mass., May 30. The Harvard and Cornell crews meet In a one and seven-eighths mile race on the Charles river this afternoon. The race will be rowed downstream and the crews will be favored by a fairly strong rbb tide when they row out to the starting point, which will be a little farther Into the bend of the river, up by the bridge, than In the past The finish, ' as usual, will be nearer the Union Boat club's house, which will afford the pub lic excellent opportunity to witness the finish. The Harvard men ate fairly confident of winning, and that confidence ig based on existing conditions rather than mere college sentiment. About town only a few beta were made that Cornell would win, but the Ithacans, if the bog of v their boat Is ahead at the finish this afternoon, will hava to show consider able more form than they have exhibit ed on the Charles in their practice spins. . , .' . , turn to the capital to continue the fil buster. : It is more than likely that when Mr. Lafollette wakes up he will And that by surrendering the floor to Senator Stone he has lost his chance to regain it. Senator Aldrlch and the commit tee on rules have dug up another gag rule In the archives. It provides 'hat a senator who speaks on the same sub ject twice during one executive day may not again resume the floor to re sume his discussion of the subject. This plan was imparted to Senator Lafol lette by a friend. "I have not had the floor on two dis tinct occasions," said the senator, "un less they try to rule that when Sena tor Foraker made the point that i wan out of order, he deprived me of the floor. If such a construction Is put on the objection which was made to my remarks, I give fair warning that the ruling will be carried home to the senators supporting It in an unpleasant manner. By means of that rule sen ators who objected to continuous re marks by a colleague could rule him off the floor temporarily, even though they were not justified in doing so." Because of the wonderful familiarity of the senator with a great range cf subjects, his readiness to send home biting sarcasm and his evident joy In holding up to ridicule the republican leaders, who did everything In their power to check him, the former gover nor of Wisconsin kept the night from becoming tedious and unbearable. Al though he read three books and a half i dozen pamphlets, his voice never be came monotonous and he , frequently 3t nsidu hU reading matter nnd strode un and down between the desks on the democratic side of the chamber as he commented Vigorously on some passages which met his approval. Wonderful Showing for Sick Mnn. The senator's confidence never de erted him. This was well illustrated early In the evening when, having in- identally touched upon his pet hobby, the valuation of railways, he remarked smilingly: "If I had known how great my strength was, I would have begun three or four days ago to have the commit tee on Interstate commerce discharged from consideration of my ; resolution providing for a valuation of the rail roads. "I don't know but what I'll do that when I get through with currency," he added as an afterthought. Aside from the deep earnestness dis played when he was speaking extern poraneeously, the senator was at his best when he. subtly directed the at tention of everyone In the chamber to violations of rules by Senators Aldrlch and Hale, two of his most bitter op ponents. He had been rebuked so of ten for leaving his desk in the heat of argument that he decided to turn the tables.. It frequently occurred that when he was bellowing out his sen tences so loudly that no other sound could be heard, Mr. Lafollette would discover the objects of his attack in conversation and necessarily speaking loudly in order to make themselves heard. Then he would stop in the mid dle of a sentence, or even In the mid dle of a word, and the .silence which followed the sudden Interruption of his ready (low of language was only Inter rupted by the talk of Aldrlch and Hale. Both senators Immediately became the cynosure of all eyes, whereupon they This Afternoon The department of agriculture today gave out an estimate of the crop acre age In North Carolina. Basing the acreage of last year at 100 per cent, I the department is able to arrive at the conclusion, from data gathered j throughout the state, that the cotton 1 acreage this year Is only 97 per cent, ) the corn acreage 100 per cent, tobacco 102 per cent, and 'peanut 101 per cent. The total number pf acres planted, . It will be seen, is the same as was planted last year, the only reduction being in cotton. Com holds its own, whereas tobacco Increases two per cent, and peanuts one per cent. COTTQNACREAGE SHOWS DECREASE sheepishly returned to their respective seats. There were so many rolloalls that they could not well leave the cham ber, and as it became nceesary to frame up methods for the suppression of the obstructionist, these conferences were, therefore, held in the chamber and every time a- conversation was well started the senator suddenly ceased his speech and grinned his pleasure as the galleries laughed at the discomfiture of the offending states men. -.-';'-'"..: Senator Gore, the blind senator from Oklahoma, indulging his sense of hu mor, would occasionally rise to his feet and remark: "I see, Mr. President, that a quorum is not present and T therefore make a point of order." . The senator kept a page at his side who kept count of departing senators. Senator Carter, of Montana, himself a veteran In long-distance. 'talking con tests, was actively engaged during the early part of the night In preventing the Wisconsin senator from getting too many resting periods. He kept a tally sheet In his hand and as soon as lie observed a point of "no quorum" was imminent he ordered the republican senators In the cloakroom to suspend story-telling, cast away their cigars and return to the floor. Hour after hour Senator 'Lafollette read and spoke, to the dlspalr of the official'. stnographer. When - 1.1ml" of walking In and about the chairs and desks, he swung his own chair around o he might sit on the arm. From time to time his secretary carried a glass of egg and milk to his desk, and with the exception of two chicken sandwiches this was the only nourishment he had from the time he began his record- breaking speech until he finished. He was running considerable risk of a phy sical breakdown by undertaking such a nerve-racking task. He has but re cently left a sick bed, and when he eitered the . senate yesterday he was still suffering from the trouble which confined Mm to his home. Up to midnight Mr. Lafollette had secured 32 rollcalls on the point of no quorum, J3ueh rollcai! gained him a respite of from five to eight minutes. Senators Hale and Aldrich finally dug up from the records, however, a. -precedent established In 1S97 bearing on a similar cases scttjng forth that after one rolleall had been established a sec ond demand for a quorum could not be entertained unless business had Inter vened. This decision was accepted for the time being, but after he had talked two hours more the senator appealed from the decision of the chair. This necessitated a vote, and It. was .appar ent .'at 'once that Mr.' Lafollette had caught his -opponents -at a disadvant ige, for they not only must go on re cord 'in. support '.-of a "gag" rule - but must set about the difficult task of as embling a quorum at a time when everyone thought the matter settled. The chair's decision was sustained by a vote of 35 to 8, the vote Incidentally disclosing that the republicans had been unable to summon a sufficient (Continued on Page Seven.) Waifleld Former Governor of Maryland, Returned from Colirado Trip, Says Feeling Prevails in That Section That Taft Will Be Nominated b Republicans, While Minnesoia Man Should Be Candidate Jf Democrats Baltimore, Md., May 30 Former Gov ernor Edwin Warlleld, president of the Fidelity and Deposit company, has Ju.it returned from a five-weeks' trip through the west and northwest. At his oflico today he chatted about the impressions gained, one of which Is that Gov. John son of Minnesota is the man of all others with whom the democratic par ty could capture the presidency . this year. The former governor was much pleased with the courtesies and atten tions he received during his tour, and enjoyed especially dining and spemding the evening at Colorado Springs, with Mrs. Hayes, only daughter of Jefferson Davis. It was at Colorado Springs that he Joined Mrs. Warfleld, who ac companied him home after spending months in southern California. "How did you find things?" the ex governor was asked. "Well, I saw evidences of some revi val of business, but the conditions gen erally are very unsettled. I found peo ple very much dissatisfied with the po 1KB! Hii ONMURuERHILL Administrator's Sale of Mrs. Gunness's Things Brings Out Crowd With Money f l (Ey Leased Wire to The Times-) Laporte, Ind., May 30. Fiv.e-th-.fsSSid people, coming from tiae 'country fur tres around, visitedthe' -familiar win at the Ounness fafJr yesterday. :. It was Administrator Fnglo's sale day -and the morbidly curious again made the "muf ilfr.hill" iafm, a picnic ground, seein-s wftjjesred during the last few weeks ueiW. again enacted with no cessation ortKierest. A: L. Brownlee, a crier, presided. T)1" principal buyer was S. AV.: Ilaic-, manager, of the Laporte Telephone company, 'chairman- of. the democratic county central committee and a leading citizen of the city, who purchiise-l, atVi some spirited bidding, the collie .dog which 'watched the graveyard at ..night, He paid $10S. The Shetland pony and cart, the pride 'of the children, s.,M for J241, while the' horse MrV. . , (Juiui-.-.-s drove when she came to town to . i j - -1 her victim became '-the property of the politician: for $143..")0. A package;- of nails brought cents, and. a. worthless shovel The branded pony, the .pet of Mrs. dullness, who sahl he was part of her life, sold for $12ii. A marc, ami a colt brought 'Xi. while relic hunters gob bled up other , articles- which had es caped the 'HumCa- until Administrator Fogle had $1,713.67 in his possession from Vt he day's sale. VELLOW FLAG ON K EXT l' K V. One of Crew Has Smallpox n Brem erton Navyyard. (By Leased Wire to The. Time.;.) Seattle, Wash., May 30.--At -'.Bremerton navyyard the yellow' tiag'.Roati from the mast of the battteslnp Ken tucky, one of the Aviaui Hoo-, the result of smallpox on .board. One sailor is confined with the disease and several others, it. is said, show signs of it. Thy .Kentucky will be fumigated thoroughly',; Should the disease be come epidemic, it may delay the bat tleship's return to San Francisco to j rejoin the Atlantic fleet next mouth ; to complete the cruise around , the world, . CORN PATTEN .GIVES MOXpY FOK A COLLEGE GYMNASIUM. . ' , - - - -. .-(.. - (BV Leased Wire to The Tims.) Chicago, May 3-I.--A gift f f 13,0. 000 for a gymnasium burning at Northwestern university Avis made by James A. Patten, late kin: of the corn pit in the board of trine. The announcement was made by Jres. A. W. Harris at the annual conjocation of the students, and it waH hailed with shouts and cheers; Mr. Patten, who is credit d wit h Having cleared 2, 000,000, tiore or less, before the smash yestoliajv ki the corn market, was in tit' audi once. Certain litical demagogy thai sns to be the order of the day with t political de ments' In the country," "Which 'party r ' "Both." The people are looklij hopefully for ward to the time- whe this agitation will end, so that busin s may be re struck with 11 every city 1 y city told me larger than '. and that H sullied. I was espeelM the number of Idle met visited. Bankers In e'v that their reserves they had been for ye, was difficult to secure' Hd Investments because of the ngltatioifigalnKt Invest ed interests and propc rights. "I found that the 11104 contented poo. pie were the farmers, good. They nre, as a hose crops are- out of debt. and are fast becpmln tlie controllers of the banking capifd In their com munlties, and are beJning to invest in the stocks of the rJrouds. "How do you find olltlcal condi tions?" "I found the trend republican sen. VVHITMORE JURY IS Hopelessly Divided Between First and Second Degree in Swamp Murder. (By Leased Wire to The Times) " Jersey City, N. .1., May 30.---The Whitmore jury, failing to agree upon a verdict, was discharged at noon. Asked to K.vcused. 1 (Tiy .'Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, May 30. Disagreement as to whether' or not Theodore S. Whit more is guilty nt the murder of his wife, Lena, in Lumplilack swamp, at Harrison, X. J.; .'was declared to be' the cohdilion .of the jury when, court open ed today before Justice Swayze-in Jer sey City; .',' The jury is" deadlocked, it is said, over the question-as to Whether Whit more should be found guilty of murder In-. i he first or second .degree.-;:'. ' From the first there was little hope of an acquittal aild reports from the. jovyroom after that body had been out more than I'O hours. were that 10 stoed for tlie law's - heaviest penalty,., while two heid out for the lesser tlegre V Twice after they left the 'court,Krt tin- jury returned for instructions. First they asked wdiether it .was pos sible to return any verdict other than one. of' murder in the first degre:.. As he heard the (pn-ry of . dread inipor!, Wlti.tmore's si.drits fell. The court de clared a verdict of murder - hi .the -sec-, and .degree admissihle. In ease there Is a disagreement, Wliit laore must await a second -trial, 'Whit-' more has lost hope' completely - "it's all up with me now," h" whis pered, maiiy times during the night. TLHKISH TROOPS AVOIXD MAW OX l.SLAXJ) OF SAMOS. . (P.y t'able to The Times.i ' Atliense'dreeee,. May "(). One hun dred'' and fifty, rcfiiiiee.j fivoi the Isie of Sariios arrived at Uyra, an island of the Cyclade group, with thrilling- i': poria f thr fnHiirrenctioii upon the is land. The rel'uiK-cs: assert thaf ii tmrlvr of Turkish troops arrived recently at Vathv. the rriTiitnl of the Island, rcml began to fire Indiscriminately,-' killing. and wounding many persons. .: DR. DIXON TO SPEAK ! AT ROOKY MOUNT Dr. U. F. Pixon returned today-: from -Iredell' county, where he deliv-i ered two addresses. Wednesday lie spoke to the graduates of Statesvillej Female college, and yesterday he de-: livcred an address at the closing of I Harmony public high school. j Dr. Dixon will k'uve Monday for1 Hertford, Perquimans county, where; he will deliver an address at the i closing of the graded school. Wed-1 nesday he will deliver an address at' Hooky Mount, the occasion being the 100th annlv-i't'siiry of the birth of Jefferson Davis. Wednesday night. Dr. Dixon w ill end his commence- j ment apiiohilments with, tin -address, to the graded schools' -of Weldon. I DISCHARGED Johnsoit WmWcst timent hi favor 01' Tall," "And democratic sentiment'."'",.-. "An undercurrent against Bryan and a growing sentiment In favor of John son of Minnesota. If the democratic national convention could be postponed three mouths Johnson '-would bo the j nominee." .. I" "Did you meet Johnson?" "Yes, I met him and was very favor ably impressed with him. "He Is a man of wonderful simplicity of manner and genuine character, dignified, self-con-, twined, frank and engaging. Wherevr ihe has gone h nas made a most fa vorable Impression. I was told Iit De troit by a prominent Bryan democrat jthat the Impression 'made', by Johnson em an tne people ne met was prorounu, and that he won the admiration of re publicans as well as democrats! I spent several hours with him in St. Paul and was his guest at luncheon, f firmly believe thut If he was nominated he would sweep the country." COMPANY B AND BAND OFF TO FORT CASWELL SUNDAY MURDER THEORY DetectivesBelieveBertiiaYan derbilt Was Killed By Man Now Being Shadowed (Uy Leased Wire to The Times) Princeton. N. J., May 30. The two negroes sltspei ted of having murdered Miss Hcrtha Vaiiderhilt. the pretty young librarian of Princeton univer sity, whose body was found in the Rari lan canal May S. satisfactorily prove. an alibi ; today, but the investigation into the mystery of the young woman's death took a new and unexpected turn The new, clow'' developed by Motility Detective Frank Hoffman directed the attention'.'- of Prosecuting : ..Attorney (Icftistc Tier-dine, to a young man who is strongly suspeeti'd of being able lo "xplain '..uiiicji that remains hidden e.on cerning th'fi terrible end of the Vander bilt ..girl. Who this new suspect is will hot be disclosetl by: the authorities un til more conclusive information is In their' hands-.:. Detective Hoffman, after loeatiniv this new evidence' that Miss Vanderbilt .was. murdered,: went to Am sterdam, X. Y.. where the girl's father had her burled,-'and appealed tc Su preme Court. Judge Spencer to have the body exhumed. .. The Justice. -communicated w'th the coroner and it is expected the body ' ill be t'akn from the grave ; some' time: today. Strands of hair, , of the same silken te 'tu'-"- and ..ame c-Oler :hs tfc hair of the dead girl, d bit. of a wo man's watch chain, the pearl buttons from a woman's shirtwaist and a man'? c.illRr button were all found within a few yards of where the girl's body Was found in the canal, . in a clump of bushes on the bank. The official declaration of the coroner and his -county ' -physician that the girl had fallen from the bridge: over the canal near . where the. latter adjoins Carnegie lake and had been drowned was not longer tenable today, in view of the discovery until now hidden by the bushes on the canal's bank. Detective Hoffman discovered the strands of a woman's hair and other bits of evidence and says that a fearful crime had biM-n committed. IUOH COLOUADO WOMAN Will Spend Some of Her $2,000,000 FiglitiiiK White Viiiffue.. (Fly Leased Wire to The Times.) Denver, Col., May 30. Renounc ing earthly pleasures and disdaining to spend her time hi luxury and idle ness, notwithstanding the fact that she has just, fallen heir to $2,000, 000. Mrs. Anna Hocht. Ralston, widow of a wealthy : hotel proprietor and formerly a trained nurse, has announced she will establish a gigan tic sanitarium and spend large sums in fighting tuberculosis. . Kilcliin Gets Kuycttwillp. : (Special to The Times) Faveiteville, May 0 In the mu nicipal .primaries held last, night, the total vote of the city was as follows: Kitchln, 202; Home, 161; Craig, Iti.'i. Home ran w-ell in the lower part of the city. '" GROWS STEADILY Chapel Hill Youngster Has Built Auto All &y Himself MR.W. G.ORIGGS President Wm, .1. Andrews and Secretary Chas. D. Wildes, of the Young Men's Republican' Club, are booming Postmaster Willis G. Brlggs of Raleigh for congress. They de clare that they expect to see him nominated. C. L. Sykes, vice-president of the Raleigh club, reports that Mr. Briggs is a great favorite in Johnston ; county. Mr. Briggs' friends are working hard and are enthusiastic over their candidate. OR CONGRESS Will Participate in Seaccsst Defence Exercises By the Sea FOURTEEN COMPANIES National Guard to Be Represen ted By Many Officers and Men The vanguard of Co. B, Third In fantry, North , Carolina national guard. left Raleigh last night for Wilmington under the command of First. Lieutenant Z. P. Smith 'to par ticipate in the seacoast defence exer cises to be held at Fort Caswell from June J to June 10. The detail went down last night and tomorrow night the splendid Third Regiment band and Co. B will leave. The band contains 26 members and the company has a complement of 69 officers and men. Fourteen compa nies of the guard will participate in the exercises, which are to be under the auspices of the United States government, and will be the moBt elaborate held in the state. Air.- John A. Park, a member of the band, will furnish the Evening Times with entertaining narratives of the life of the soldier boys while at the coast. Mr. Park has an easy flow of language, is a facile writer and anything he may write will be worth reading. Those leaving here tomor row night will be: 3rd Infauriy Band, N. C. N. G. Chief musician, A. J. Thomas; principal musician, C. B. Hart; drum major, John E. Ray, Jr. Sergeants F. A. Brenig, W. ' H. Brewer, W. D. Simpson. Corporals H. J. Perry, A. J. Jackson, J. A. Park. J. E. Shlem W. S. Thomas, J. W. Cheek, D. L. Hatch, C. R. Peebles. Privates S. Wait Bagley, H. O. Clark, W. E. Dinkins, Thomas M. Findlay, Frances Findley, Jr., W. S. Goodwin, R. H. Harrison, William Jolly, Thomas S. Linton, John H. Parker, George B. Riddle, L. R. Smith. Co. B, 3rd Infantry, N. C. N. G. Captain, W. F. Moody; 1st lieut.. Z. P. Smith; 2d lieut., Edwd. L. Fann, Jr.; 1st sergt., E. B. Parish; 2d sergt., John Johnson; sergeant, C. P. Cutts; sergeant, C. N. Otter; ser geant, W, B. Goodwin; sergeant, Ruf 11 n Holderfield. Corporals C. H.Wallace, S. W. Kason, Arthur Baker, John Hodge, Emmctt Hunnicutt, B. S. Parker. Musician J. S. Correll, Jr. Cook R. C. Fowler. Privates R. P. Arnold, Will Autre-, Samuel Bell, N, A, Brown, R. F, Bryan, E. M. Bridges. Waves Black wood, J. D. Chavis, W. C. Champion. A. R. Chambers, B. F. Champion, C. B. Crabtree, A. J. Davis, Perry Earp, .1. u. Fowler, S. Harris W. C. Holder, E. C. Horton, V. V. Hunter, D. B. In gram, A. G. jackson, Claud Jackson, Coley King, Lee Layton, J. W. Lay ton, Jr., R. E. Lee, Walter Munns, J. (Continued on Page Seven.) (Special to The Times.) Chapel Hill, May 30. Bruce Stroud, the 10-year-old son of Mr. R. L. Stroud, is a genius. Others may buy .IIO.CO automobiles and hire French chauffeurs to run them, but Bruce Stroud cares not for such things when he can manufacture au tomobiles for himself. While visiting at Morehead City last summer he bought a small gaso line engine, Bhipped it to Chapel Hiil, and upon his return proceeded t build for himself an auto of the most approved style. His machine waa completed recently, and yesterday h made a triumphal tour of the town, followed by the entire population of small boys, together with some of the students and even som of th graybeards. The little engine puffed as if it (Continued on Page BerwLi y riiiihT1-l-lWBiff,i
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