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VOLUME 30.
RALEIGH, N. C.y FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908.
The Prince of Wales Now in Quebec.
LINCOLN
BLACKS
m WmWm
Protest Against Italian Durando, Who Fell 200
' Yards From Finish and Was Carried Across
,,r Line By Crowd of His
By Olympic Officials
Moves JJp to First Place Hefferin, South
Africa's Representative in Great Race, Lodges
Protest Against Hayes,
ner "Pocketed" Him
Hold Fourth and Fifth Places May Be No
More MarathonsContest is too Exhaustive.
:
. London, July 24 The protest of the United States against 0
Durando, the Italian, being recognized as winner of the Marathon
race has been upheld and Hayes, the American runner, who fin- 0
ished second, has been recognized us the winner. There Is a re-
port tliat the protest will be lodged against Hayes. 0
Hefferin, of South Africa, made the home wire third. 0
Forsliaw, of America, got fourth place and Weldon, another . 0
Yankee runner, fifth. 0
Time for course (25 miles, approximately), 2 hours, 54 min- 0
utcs, 86 seconds. -.- ' 0
(By Cable to The Times)
London, July 24 The United
States gets the Marathon. John F.
Hayes, of the Irish-American Ath
letic club,, who finished second, ' Vas
bocn vlUtUUy declared the winner."'-,
'turantln, the Italian, eo!laj)si J i! 00
" 7. tvom 4h Culah and wlip'J0,C:
of the wransft' grabbed' jiii arms
and imluitHy Varrljd jikkriaa. the
tape ihc-VP fias a irrttit cry of'Imlt
. nation from spectators of all national
ities. ;
, (From First Edition.).
London, July 24 Durando, of It
aly, after one of the gamest exhibi
tions of pluck ever witnessed on the
auneiic ueia, won me. great maraiuou Ag the runners emerged on the. Nas
race, the feature of the Olympiad, to- Urote road they were running In the
da'1 ..... following order: Price, Lord, Hef-
Durando ran a sturdy and skilful foroQ Duranda LongDoat, and Ap
race, allowing others to pass him in I eoy
the forepart of the event, but forging . M Harrow . 8 mlIes from the
slowly and steadily ahead and setting gtartlng point, Hefferon. of South Af-
a grilling pace that caused the other
runners to drop out from sheer ex
haustion.
When the Italian burst through the
gates of the Stadium Of Shepherds
Bush this afternoon, he ran unevenly
towards the goal marking the termi
nation of the course. So enthralling
was the excellent exhibition of pluck
and endurance that the Stadium re
mained mute for a moment, and then
burst Into loud cheering.
1 Longboat Claims Bad Leg.
Tom Longboat, the Candaian run
ner, who was looked upon as the
most serious contender for the honors
of the race, gave up in the twentieth
mile, after leading and setting a
strong pace. He claimed he had in
jured his leg. The Americans were
never seriously thought of as win
ders' In the last 13 miles of the race,
although it was thought until the
very last that they would hold back
for a strong, unequalled finish.
Finish Sees Excited Throng.
At the finish of the race the ex
citement was Intense. Many rushed
from the stadium and the crush about
the runner was so great that it could
not be told definitely who he reallj
was. " ';
Some one Bet up' the cry: "Hef
feron wins," and In an Instant pande
monium . reigned, everyone thinking
the South African bad boon the win
aer. v When the Italian flag was flung to
the peak of the flagstaff a mighty
cheer went up, echoing and re-echoing.
Sherrlng, of Canada, held the rec
ord. In 1908 he made the Marathon
course from Marathon to Athens In
3 hours, 61 minutes, 23 3-5 second.
Finest Kind of Knnnlng.
The race today was one of the mort
splendid exhibitions ever -witnessed
on an athletic field. The entire route
was lined with cheering crovds.
From the time the runners dnried
out of the royal garden ttomiiu;'
Windsor castle until they reached pe
Stadium, the line was one continual
ovation. ' But the runners Bud. n time
to barken to applause. '
: Bight miles Out over th coarse,
where the hilly country herta, Jack,
Countrymen, Is Allowed
and American Runner
Claiming Yankee Run
Forshaw and Weldon
of the United Kingdom, fell, having
had enough of the pace. Price, of
the United Kingdom, was one minute
ahead of Lord. ' Hayes, Weldon and
Morrissey, all of America, were
running strong and improving, their
positions.
At be TSt-miie mark Price, of the
yHpJ, niakMS. flrfttwUn HolS.
ScRon following closely, and Dunudo,
tt Ttnly onh" a short distance behind.
Longboat,: atopa-trial -a- a pace
maker, had fallen back to fifth. At
this point Price's time was 1 hour, 3
minutes, and 20 seconds.
At the thirteenth mile Longboat
seemed to be running easily, although
the pace was a grinding one and the
WGre BhowIng the terifflc strain.
rica, was running well to the fore.
At the twentieth mile Longboat
dropped out. He complained of his
leg, saying he had injured It.
Crown Prince Started Chase.
Royalty took more than a passing
interest in this great International
contest. The crown prince of Sweden
started the race, and the vast crowd
of spectators crowded about on the
royal lawn, little heeding the beau
ties of the scene;. Extra policemen
and detectives in civilians' clothing
kept close watch, and made every ef
fort to keep the throng in line.
Protest Longboat to Last Minute.
It was reported Immediately before
the race that the American team might
withdraw If Torn Longboat, the Canad
ian runner, was allowed to compete.
The situation concerning Longboat,
even so late as the beginning of the
race, was vague, and there were some
among the Canadian contingent who
did not know whether Longboat was
running or not. The Canadian feder
ation, which affiliated with the A. A.
V., also threatened to witne.raw it
Longboat should be allowed to start.
While America was quite successful
In the preliminaries for ouMfncation
this morning, all Interest was directed
to the great Marathon, Between 70 and
80 runners, the most superb group of
athlotes the world has to offer, were
gathered at the King's Garden at tha
start. The Jam of spectators at the
starting point made ' necessary for
extra pollmn to hold back the peo
ple within me lines.
As the athlete crowded to the start-ing-polnf,
a mighty cheer went . up,
Englifh sportsmen and Yankee admir
ers foriot for a moment their differ
ence as they looi:eil upon the splendid
athletes ready for the pistol crack. , As
much car a possible, was taken to get
a courts t , mutlv like that between
Athsni i'ii Mathon as possible. It
was over 4 hie" famous old Grecian
course tiat the heralds ran S.000 years
are. TVC first section of the course is
tereK thi, Jillly portion commencing
nl' r illy from the starting-point.
f AAiiMtiiUa nieeantai4 Im 4 Vi a nfirli
Kr giend, America, Bohemia, Canaan,
Deitma -k, Finland, : Germany, Greece,
Holland, Huhfrary, Italy, Russia, South
Africa, end Sweden. ( -
Will Raj Disputed Race Over.
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A rewnt photograph of Ihe Piwe of Walps, whose departure from
Portsmouth was dclaped by a collision between the cruiser battleship
"IndomiUible" and a coal barge. . No damage was done to either craft,
and the Prince started for Quebec on bonrd the cruiser.
Frank Wfflttismr-,
Was Convicted of Larceny of
4 Car Appeal is Taken to Supreme Coart
1 Other Sentences Today.
Frank Purdee was today sentenced
by Judge Walter H. Neal to five years
in the state prison for the larceny of
some hams and shoes from a freight
car of the Seaboard Air Line last
March. His Attorney, Mr. Chas. U.
Harris, at once gave notice of appeal
and the final settlement of the cjse
will be determined by the supreme
court.
Purdee was found guilty by the
Jury the first Of the wook,- but judg
ment was deferred until today. . The
evidence of tVoBtate ! was tliat Pur
due was caught on one Sunday night
in March last In a large ditch nenr
the Pilot Cotton Mill. lie was dis
covered by Geo. w. Kelly, at that
JUDGE DOESN'T GIVE FLIP FOR TEDDY.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, July 24 President Roosevelt's attack on, and
Judge Grosscup's defence of, the decision reversing the $29,000,
000 fllne In the Standard Oil case are paralleled In the following
two paragraphs:
"There Is absolutely no ques
tion of the guilt of the defend
ant, or of the exceptionally
grave character of the offence.
The president would regard It
as a grave miscarriage of jus
tice If, through technicalities of
any kind, the defendant escaped
the punishment - which would
have unquestionably bsen meted
out to any weaker defendant
who had been guilty of such , tin
offense. "President Roosevelt.
Homs From Seaboard Freight
time a 'detective of the Seaboard,
and, according to Mr. Kelly, was in
the ditch preparatory to lifting the
articles out. A buggy was close by.
Purdee claimed that he went to
the gully for another purpose and
that- his being at the place where the
articles'-' we was an unfortunate cir-j
cumitaiim, it was claimed that he!
had greass.on his hands. Character
witntms testified to his previous
Sond,.ciuuBter i - ' .; V :
' Ptirdee , n married mau and had
been in 'the "ivVr- of the'. Sen'wmrd
for a H- Sj.fc-JSet was chief car
in.-u"', t.t ' " .
.ii ied on Psge Three.) .
"There is no more, reason
why I should take notice of the :
comment of Mr. Roosevelt than
I would that of any private
citizen, for the office that he
fills and the office that; the
judges of the court of appeals
fill are entirely Independent,
though co-ordinate branches of
the government." Statement
by Jadge Grossenp on arrival
in New York.-
CALL ON BRYAN
Nebras3 jrctSjAllForm
erl' Re-nlrlicaos, Formed
Bryan and Kero CluS.
(By Leased Wlra to The Times)
Lincoln, Neb., July 24. Yester
day was Mr. Bryan's busy day. It
was also his joyful day.
The business that occupied his
time was greeting a steady stream
of pilgrims. The Jryfulness was re
sultant upon the visit of a delegation
of Lincoln negroes. , heretofore
staunch republicans, Who marched
out to Fairview to pledge their sup
port to the democratic ticket. I
The visiting negroes carried a
banner : labelling its followers as
members of the negro Bryan and
Kern club of Lincoln. While Mr.
Bryan was giving them a hearty wel
come and urging them to keep in
touch with the colored brethren
throughout the country, somebody
in the house wate frying chicken. A
picnic lunch was served to the visi
tors on the lawn.
And Daniels Was There.
One of the most important visi
tors was Josephua Daniels, of Ral
eigh, N. C, proprietor of the News
and Observer, national.' committee
man and member of the. subcommit
tee of the 11 to select a chairman
and other officers of the committee.
I His friendship and political judg
I ment sre highly prized by Mr. Bryan,
i and he was summoned here for a
: conference with special reference to
the conditions In the southern states.
IIm" doivo.'.rat'c nominee was assure:!
Uu.t tjv.th T-piild Vo solidlvfor
idi.lifii?iUi.L Mil
HAS EDITED COPY
And Big Bill's Speech Will Be
Ready Before He Leaves
New York.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, July 24 William H.
Taft, republican candidate for presi
dent, was late getting up at the Man
hattan 'hotel today. Although due at
the Hotel Plaza for breakfast with
his brother, Henry W. Taft, the New
York lawyer, and other guests, at 9
o'clock, it was after 9 when -'he ap
peared in the corridors of the Man
hattan. : ;
His brother was wait ing for him
and the two climbed into a taxicab,
Now Working as Proofreader.
"I am vary busy correcting the
proofs of my speech of acceptance,
Mr. Taft said to a reporter. '"I hope
to have it finished, however, before I
leave New. York."
T
QUIT THE BENCH
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, July 24 Judge Gross
cup, who is staying at the Waldorff
a few days, denies there is any truth
in a statement published in Chicago
to the effect that he will soon retire
from the bench and become a cor
poration lawyer.
"This statement as to my future
plans has been made so many times,
and I have denied It so. of ten," he
said, "that I can only reiterate that
denial now and tell you that . my
plans hare not changed since the last
time1 1 denied it.
"If I do retire from the bench,
however, I shall practice law and
take for clients individuals or cor
porations whenever I see fit to accept
their cases.
Never Will be "Hired Man."
"I shall never place myself In a
position where I shall be the hired
man of any one man or corporation."
GROSSCUPVVON
Mi
ILillj 11
Daring Highwaymen Overpower Clerk Pecki oa
Ulster Express, Dump
Go Through Letters, Taking Everythinjbt v
Value Leave ;Day Coach at Stamford end V v
Escape to Mountains With Booty---PbsSes 11!
Scouring for Desperadoes.
Grand Gorge, N. Y., July 24. Two
daring" highwaymen overpowered the
mail clerk on Ulster and Delaware
train No. 27, known as the Ulster
express, early today, rifled the mall
pouches and escaped. The ' robbery
took place between this station and
Stamford, the robbers leaving the
train at the latter place and making
their way into the western range of
the Catskllls. '
: Knock Out and Bind Clerk.
F. A. Peck was in charge of the
mail car. He was busy sorting and
distributing the mail when two men,
who bearded the train at Grand
Gorge, burst in on him. One cov
ered him, with a revolver and the
other without ceremony knocked him
down. Both piled on him, binding
bis limbs and tying a gag In his
mouth, so he could make no outcry.
10 BEAU PARDON
Governor lilenn to Consider
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Matter of 11, B. Register,
Now in Prison.
Governor Glenn today set tomor
row at 11 o clock as tne time ror
hearing the application for a pardon
to H. B. Register, who was convicted
in Columbus county in 1904 of ac
cessory before the fact in the murder
of a negro and sentenced to the state
prison for life. Register's son; Ja-
bel, was hanged February 25, 1904,
for the crime. The prisoner is 70
years old and is quite feeble. His
wile and three daughters are in the
city to plead for him.
It was claimed that young Jabel
Register murdered a negro for the
purpose of robbing him, arid the
story of the affair is fresh in the
minds of people here and in White
ville, Columbus county. Jabel wnB
sentenced by Judge Moore to hang,
an appeal was taken, and the su
preme court affirmed the judgment
of the lower court. The son was exe
cuted February 28, 1904, and the
old man sent to the penitentiary.
Governor Aycock refused to pardon
him. -. -:'
Since that time, however, the de
fense claims that further facte have
developed that will prove the old
man innocent. State Senator Jack
son Greer Is representing the family,
who have petitions from numerous
citizens of the county, Including the
jury which tried the man, asking for
the pardon.
New York Bar Silver.
(By Leafed Wire to The Times.)
New York, July 24. Commercial
bar silver, 52c, decrease of He;
Mexican dollars 45c, unchanged.
Son of fighting Bob Floors
Lieut. Commander CarUi
(By Leased wire to The Times.)
Chicago, July 24. The American
prints the following dispatch from
! Honolulu:
"Lieut. Frank f. Evans, son of
fighting Bob Evans, knocked down
1 Lieut. Commander J. F. Carter, of
the battleship Georgia, In a fist fight
aboard the - Georgia , on ' Tuesday
night, according to the statement of
alleged witnesses today. . .
Him Into Mail Box 2nd g ?
The robbers then doubled Peck up .'
and" dumped him into a mail : box, "
shutting the cover. Then the lels..'
urely went through the mails, tak n'
ing everything of value. They aIso""
took S25 in cash and hfn vntrh fmm .
the mail clerk.
Have Hiding Place in Mountains,
When the exnresa rirpw IntA Rtam-
ford the two made their way back
to a day coach and left. They quick ' ". ,
ly disappeared from the station- ? .
heading back east In the direction -
of the mountain ranges wb.er,it
thought, they have a hidlng-plaoe.i.v -!f
The express had gone som dls-'. 'i i
tance. beyond Stamford, before the -:
robbery was discovered.- Then fttf '- r '. I
mail clerk was released and an alarm
was sent along the line. Posses r6.'.: f
scouring the mountains In search of VI ; f
the desperadoes. , , '', !
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mum miMm musk
Barbara Rieg Made Love to
and Bothered Him.
(By Leased Wire. to The Times) '
New York, July 24. David B.
Shellard, the Brooklyn policeman .; f
under arrest charged with having f
murdered pretty Barbara .Rleg ! ,.
was shot to death In the sheRaJr -house
at Irvine Souare nark, waav
arraigned in the New Jersey avenue
police court today. He set up an odd
defense.' . - ,
He persisted that' he had not an- -noyed
the glrli with his attentions,
as her friends have declared, and in
extenuation said she wooed him.
Wanted Him to Elope. '
"She forced her attentions upon .
mo," ho went on, "even asking me
to desert my wife and elope with
her."
Mrs. Eva Reig, the mother Of Bar
bara, said there was not the slightest ;
doubt but that her daughter was the
victim of an assassin. . '- . .
"She was as happy as a child when
Bhe left home the night before her
death," said the mother. 'fShe was -thinking
only of the man she was
engaged to wea ana ui w uavvs
days of wifehood ahead." .
Sliellard's confession that, he was
In the shelter house with the girl;
when she grabbed his revolver and,
killed herself , has not satisfied!
superior officers and he will bei jput
through another gruelling examlna
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It's Hot In New York. - U
(By Leased Wire to The Times.) , -.y
New York, July 24. The thermometer i
stands at 82 today and 19 victims of.
heat prostration have been taken to the f
hospitals for treatment. , . , .. -..y I
Trying to Hush It Vp. : 11
A report of the affair ,to th!n, i
department Is expected. Evan am
Carter refused to discuss the matter
and a strong effort was made 1y o...
cers of the fleet to suppress It '
It Is alleged that the men engage
in a hot dispute on the deck of th
Georgia," that ; the oiurrel led t
blows, and that Evans, struck his s
parlor In the lace, flooring hlui,
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