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1 f Ja Only ? Afternoon Paper in the State of North Carolina With a Leased Wire Service and Full Press Dispatches LAST EDITION ALL THE HAB&ETd THE RALEIGH EVENIN G TIME VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. MM FLAMES SW BURNING WALES NEW YORK WILL MONETARY COMMISSION EBP ON TOWARD MONTANA Great Fire Beyond All Control Moves Southward EFFORTS TO CHECK' ' FLAMES UNSUCCESSFUL Hundreds of Square Miles Devas tated, More Than 200 Dead ,and Thousands Homeless and Destitute. Flames Visible For 60 Miles and Richest Timber Section in North west Destroyed Prompt Relief From American and Canadian Cit ies, Spokane Sending $15,000 Worth of Supplies Martial Law, (By Leased Wire to The Times) Cranbrook, B. C, Aug. 4 The most disastrous forest fire la the his tory of British Columbia is sweeping on today like a tidal wave of flame, toward the Montana border. The number of persons burned to death in the hundred square miles devas tated is more than 200, Scores of towns and villages have been wiped out. Thousands have been rendered homeless and destitute. The whole blackened territory is under martial law. ' Efforts to check the vast onward sweep of flames seem puny. Where ever the fire-fighters take a stand they are relentlessly driven back be fore the great, roarings ever-widening wall of flame. A pall of smoke hangs over the ruined area. The flames are visible for 50 miles. The richest timber section of .' tne northwest . is ' being consumed as rapidly tfs "glne knots ,in" a ' f urhace. The survivors of the terrible visita tion are encamped qn barren' hill sides, covered- with ashes. They are in utter destitution, the majority be ing without 'sufficient clothing, and there is no food save what has reached them-from outside sources. The response of neighboring cities in Canada and the United States has been prompt and generous. A' relief train from Spokana, Wash., laden with food, blankets, medical supplies and physicians ' footed ' in to Cranbrook today with the stars and stripes fly ing from the locomotive pilot. The hungry refugees . gathered around and greeted the train with tremend ous cheering'. Spokane has sent $15. 000 worth of stuff and will continue to send redlef. Sir Wilfrid Laurier has wired from ! Ottawa to General MacDonald to place at the disposal of the refugees all the available tents and blankets owned by the militia of British Co lumbia. The lawless element has appeared in the burned-out district and com mittees of safety have been organ ized. Guns and - ammunition have been sent Into the district to equip the members of these committees, so that looting and rioting may be com pletely suppressed. . Within a few hours. It is erpected, the Canadian militia will be in full control of the district ana martial law will be enforced until normal conditions are restored. " , v f . George Pettibone Dead. .(By Leased Wire to The Times) ' Denver, Col., August 4 George A. Pettlbone, member of the noted trio, Moyer, Haywood-Pettlbone, once charged with the murder of Frank Steunenberg, a former governor of Idaho, died at St. Joseph's hospital last night, following an operation for cancer. Pitched Battle Between v the Police and Strikers (By Leased Wire to The Times) Clinton, Mass., Aug. 4 In a series of pitched battles between police and striking Italian workmen In the cen ter of jthla town today five workmen were shot by the police and two po licemen were seriously injured ; by rocks thrown by the strikers. The police finally overpowered the rioters, .made soma arrests and dispersed the rest. Throughout , the battle the striker w'er rallied around a large United States . flag tq whose flagstaff -was attached a placard announcing' the demands of the strikers. No ELECTION BOARD DOES BUSINESS Size Tickets for State and Congress SOME OF APPOINTEES Partial List of County Board of JElec tlons, Recommended to Aid Ap proved by State BoardThose Present at Meeting Today Wake County's Board. The- state board" of elections, in session today, fixed the size of the state and congressional ballots and elected as county boards the names I submitted by the various counties The size of the state ticket this year will be 3 inches by 8, and the elec toral ticket will be the same; the congressional ticket will be 3 by 2 Those present at the meeting were Wilson G. Lamb, chairman; R. T. Clay well, secretary; R. L. Smith, A B. Freeman and Clarence Call. The typewriter has the list of appoint ments this afternoon and it will be finished late this evening. t A par tial list of the county election boards is given below: ; Wake L. B. Pegram,. Raleigh', Dr. J., J. ; L. McCulle;?; McCuHerg; Col. John-- Nichols, Raleigh; y Wilson C. P. Dickinson, Wilson; L. P. Woodard, county; Wm. G. Sharp, Elm City. '.' ' Orange Jas. A. Harris, Hiilsboro; J. D. Webb, Chapel Hill; A. J. Gor don, Hiilsboro. ; - Durham S. C. Browley, Durham; P. C. Graham, Durham; S. M. Hol ton, Durham. - Franklin J. B. Yarborough, Loulsburg; Isaac H. .Kearney, Frank- linton; P. A. Reavis, Loulsburg. Johnston Ed. S. AbeLl, Smith field; W. A. Edgerton, Selma; W. R Creech, Smlthfleld. Rockingham - Lawrence McRae, I R. W. Morphia, J. M. Galloway, Jr., ! Madison. Richmond Alfred Baldwin, Cov ington; W. F. Long, Rockingham; John M- Smith, Rockingham. A MIXED MARRIAGE. White Girl of Pennsylvania Marries Negro After Repeated Efforts. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Cumberland, Md., August 4 The refusal of a license to Samuel Stick els, colored, to wed Lizzie Franks, a white girl, of Waynesvllle, Pa., by the clerk of the court here did not prevent the marriage. The couple returned home and on Saturday evening were married , In the private office of clerk of the court of Washington county, Pa., by a local minister. Here in Cumberland the girl declared she had negro blood In her veins, but being a decided blonde, the officials doubted her story. j Emulating Young Turks, ' (By Cable to The Times) ': Vienna., August 4 The Turkish and Slav population of Bosnia and Harzegovlna are emulating the young Turks,, and are agitating to obtain a constitution from Austria. deathsV have occurred yet though tome of the strikers wounded by po lice bullets are in a serious condi tion. Patrolman Thomas JT. Whelan had his right wrist broken by a rock thrown, by some striker. Patrolman James- T. Fox was hit on the; head by a . rock;. - knocked': unconscious and seriously hurt. . . '-':.)' ' - The riot Is the culmination of the seHes of disorders following the r- freely, near Concord, fifteen miles farm home. These lectures will be il fusal of '-.thfl J." W. Bishop Co.; ofast of here, Jack Lee, a white man, 1 lustrated with magic lantern. .vpw. . ."Hr . ,u""1?"' , uiea ceveny u 7 .v,u.u paiiy. FALLON FIREMEN Three Have Narrow. Escape From Death SWIM FOR THEIR LIVES Fire Boat Illinois Sunk by Falling Wail of Armour Elevator Building.. Firemen Were Playing Hose on Building When Crash Came. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Chicago, Aug. 4. The fire boat Illinois was sunk in the ' river and three men were perhaps fatally in jured by the collapse of the south wau oi Armour eievator r ., buij w day. The wall fell upon the boat while the firemen were playing the hose upon the ruins of yesterday's grain house $1, 500,000 fire All the men on the fire boat were compelled to leap into the river and swim for their lives. The boat was in charge of Captain Patrick Lyons. Since the beginning of the fire the boat had taken part In fighting the flames. During the night it laid under the south wall of the giant ele- vator, pouring water on the hot ' debris. Although it was known that the elevator wall was weak, the collapse was not expected at the time. Just as the flaming wall tottered, Cap tain Lyons saw the danger and shout ed to his men; "Jump for - -jwur life's'!''. ' . . . . : "..'A; ?'f rprw- r-wial prbses have been set The men leaped Into the river, aside- for those who, in the estlma Some of them were unable to swim.' tion of the committee, come in for Several were struck by sections of the chief honors. To John J. aHyes, the falling walls. The men were winner of the Marathon, will go a compelled to struggle desperately in special silver cup. Carpenter, who order to prevent their being carried was disqualified in the 400 meter run to the bottom of the river by the' will be presented with a consolation suction caused, by the sinking boat. ' cup, and Robuius, who finished sec Theflre tug Swenie, in charge of ond in the same event, will also re Captain Patrick Nolan, narrowly es-j ceive a consolation cup. caped destruction. It was within a' A reception committee of 500 men few yards of the Illinois and was strucK oy uying oeams. Munareas or people nnea tne uanKS of the river when the accident oc curred. Fifty feet of the elevator wall fell Into the river. FALLING INTO LONG LINE Washington Labor Union En dorses Mr. Bryan Go On Record As Opposed to Mr. Taft and See in Mr. Bryan a Man Friendly to Their Interests. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, August 4 Following a discussion lasting several hours, ! and by a decisive vote, the Central . Labor Union last evening went on record as opposed to William H. Taft for the presidency, and endorsed William J. Bryan for the office of chief executive, as "a man friendly to organized labor and standing upon a platform favorable to the wage-earners of the United States." The session was nrobablv the most enthusiastic held In the last few ! years. Samuel Gompers, president pf the American Federation of Labor, amid cheers and hand-clapping, ad dressed the delpirntea nnH nftlclallv made it clear to all that ho was "not a democrat, nor a republican, but an Independent trades unionist who was In charge of F. T. Meacham, superln In sympathy with the policies advo-! tendent of the Iredell Test Farm of cated by the democratic party." Inasmuch as the president of the federation appeared Just at a time when a set of resolutions embodying political policies were being debated, me session naa a distinctly official as- pect or national import HARD CIDER ROW ' .' RESULTS- IN MURDER ' (By Leased Wire to Th Times) Lynchburg, Va.p August! 4 In a rOW in Which hard Cider was flowine v..-..,, ,uu, 'in; monaiiy wtl, causing death few tours later, HONOR ATHLETES Yankee Team Will Be Greeted Royally PRIZE FOR WINNERS Feature to be a Monster Parade . " Which All Will Participate Pres-i idem Roosevelt to he on Reoepion , Committee. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Aug. 4. New York has definitely decided to honor the re ' turning Olympic athletes, and plans I for the welcoming of the victorious Yankee team have been decided upon i a meeting or tne committee in charge held at the office of Com-1 niisstoner of Public Work Claughan.j Tne feature of tne reception, which has been definitely set for Saturday,' August 29, when allthe athletes will have returned, is a monster parade,! in wnxn tne entire Olvmmc team ia - likely to participate. The various aimciiu aaaucuiuuns . ui . cne City, schools, colleges and Y. M. C. A. will be represented. Acting Mayor McGowan has been; invited to serve as master of cere- ' l" , 21J -p " , . , .. . . secretary urey Woodson and sev- Will he rewarded with some suitable era, of thp PWHve mm token, such as a gold medal Those ?A members , tne executive com- who figured "ost oZentW . how!LIf,ttee Wertf sched",edIt come ln at, 6 7 prominently, now the 8ame-time,-and while a quorum ever are to come in for extra consid- of the commlttee was not expected at' eratiou The Irish-American A. C.,1 nnw thpro wcro en,I,ll hoaHo, ti,.n New York A. C. and kindred orean-1' izatious will be on hand with club . testimonials to the valor of their rep resentatives, , of prominence, with President Roose- '" w -ne 1,1 iu siu occasion,- iue pres- .ment and Governor' Hughes have ueen requel..!i to lurmsn military SCOrt. AN INSTITUTL AT GARY Depsrtmenf Lecturers to Be There Tomorrow French, Mrs. F. L. Stevens, F. T. Mcaolinin, and Others Demon strut ions AftT Institute. A farmers' Institute will be held at Cary tomorrow and on the same i. . .-. i ay an insiiiuie win De neia ror tne I women from the farms. . I The following lecturers - will be present: A. L. French, Rockingham county; Dr. F; L. Stevens, North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture; F. T. Meacham, superintendent of Iredell test farm of the state department of agriculture; Mrs. F. L. Stevens, Raleigh, and Miss ! p, w For these Institutes the Southern (Railway Company will haul two car- loads of agricultural Implements and other apparatus and materials for demonstrations. These cars will be the state department of agriculture, who will show and demonstrate the workings of the implements and an- 'paratus as far as practicable. When train schedules will permit, and the local committee provides teams and a suitable place, actual field trials of ( implements may be made after the institute. The women's meeting and, demonstrations will be held in one of the cars, Lectures will be given at night on the value of an agricultural educa. 'tlnn anH ha Imnrnvamanta o ti. aii rarmers ana their families and oiners mierestea in agriculture are neighbors to do the same. AILSAWAYFOREUROPE HEADQUARTERSBF Democratic Headquarters to Open In Chicago Tomorrow THE FINANCE COMMITTEE n.- i.i ? peeted to Give Confidence to Busi ness Men They Will Be Business Men of Prominence Mr. Bryan and Haskell. (By Leased W'ire to The Times) ' i A for the season at the Auditorium CAMPAIGN OPEN Annex tomorrow. Chairman Mack, members were going abroad " to Btudy of the national committee, accom-',! . , . .. . panied by Roger C. Sullivan, of lmJ monetary systems and that as a re- j nois, was expected to arrive in Chi- I pno1.! Viv thto Dvonlntr an A nrAnaarl in set the wheels in motion at once. ..1' e - . way to start things , Chairman Mack is expected to an nounce the membership of the fi nance committee and the various sub- comimttees not yet appolntedn-Titt arrival ziere. ine names oi tne n- nance committee are the ones most curiously looked for. The selection' has been delayed in order to get the consent of those asked to serve. The finance committee is expected to assure the business world, by the j fact of its con.sencing to serve, tuat Bryan is not the business menace he is generally supjmsed to be. Even more, its members , are' to help mat-, I ters by collecting .some prosaic cash for .the-,cainpaisn.' Somehow Mr. urvnn aioti not seem to nlite much confidence in the ability of Governor , Haskell, of Oklahoma, the .-' treasurer 11 flirt nH i..il nntvimitf In - 4li!n matter. EQUALIZATION BOARD MEETS AND ,' In the absence 'of "Gov." Glenn, tlm 'slate board of eiiiializatioiis m?t to day with Lieut. Gov. Francis D. Wiiir ston iu the chair. ! Very little business was transact i ed. Some propositions relative to j the equalization of taxes were offered to th 3 board, which will be consid ered at a subsequent meeting. Owing to the limited time which the bill creating this board allows, little, if anything, can be done. It Is understood that the board will recommend to the next legislature the passage of such a bill as will make It possible to accomplish the results desired. The board adjourned to meet at. the call of the chairman. There were present Lient-Gov. W,nston- Sl',,I-p,,"'y f State Grimes, r.llfitrnifill nf iha fnnnrnHnn rnmmle. sion. XJov. Glenn and Treasurer Lacy were absent. Great Pythian Feature (By Leased Wire to The Times) Boston, Mass., Aug. 4. The creat feature today of the KnlghU of Py-! thlas convention, now In session here, was the great parade this afternoon of the uniformed rank In which over ten thousand piembers of the mill- tary branch of the order took part. Major General Arthur P. Stod- dardt, of Minnesota, commander-In- chief of the uniformed rank,- com- manded the parade. Companies and regiments of Knights from every state In the union took .part in the their . parade. .The day was remarkably said the order waa in a most fidrtr - ' cool and pleasant and the parade was v (Continued On Second Pact.) Goes to Study Financial System of Other Countries SYSTEM MAY RESULT Senator Nelson .W. Aldrich of Rhode Island Heads Sub-Committee That Will Study Financial Ways of Other Counties Lame Lion of Lynchburg Member of Committee. Work of Committee Will be Pre liminary to Report of Commission to Congress at Next Session. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Aug. 4. Sailing on the Kron Prinzessin Ceclle today was a sub-committee of the National Mon etary Commission headed by Senator voia.tii w Aii.it, -oka rihi Mr. Aldrich said he and the other j Blul K was noi lmpossioie me system n vnciiA in Amprtno wniiTH linlorirn radical changes. Others on the com- mitt0 ,. im.t, Tu w ..., . . f benator John w- uh of Virginia; Senator Hale, of Maine; Representative Overstreet, of In- rt1nrla , T)pnrptatw ti0j-of, 'ssee and ReTrLenUUve Ed - len"e - S.see'. ao.d Representative Ed- wara vreeiana, or wew xork. Senator Aldrich made this state ment Just before the ship set sail: "To obtain more complete and ac curate information thnrt li i'inw -avail. -able information witn reference to a monetary and banking system of the leading commercial nations is. the principal purpose of the sub-committee of the national monetary com mission who are leaving today for London. "The sub-committee also Intended to make a thorough examination into the methods in use for the col lection and distribution of the pub i lie revenues in each of the leading countries of Europe. The secretary of the treasury has detailed B. C. Manson, chief of the division of ac counts and of issue and redemption of the treasurer's office, to assist the committee in its work, i "The active work of the commls J sion this summer will , be carried on I by -the sub-cfomniittee, who are going j abroad and by another sub-commit-i tee of which Representative Weeks j is the acting chairman, who are now engaged in considering amendments to tlie administrative features of the national banking laws. This work is j hut preliminary to the report which j thfi .-commission' are requested to ! make to congress of a complete mon- e.i nry. system of the country. It was not expected (hat the legislative pro vision of the, act of May 30, 1908, would be final or permanent. "They were adopted with a single Jpiirjiose which has been accomplish- j yd of. privilege 'against a recurrence of the destructive conditions similar to those from which the country suf fered In October last. This act will undoubtedly be superseded In time by a legislative establishment of a complete monetary system." Kansas Primary Today. ( By Leased Wire to The Times) Topeka, Kans., August 4 Kansas is holding its first state-wide primary, today. Interest attaches to the nom ination for Tutted States senator and candidate for governor on the repub lican ticket. Parade of Convention without the usual prostrations that occur In A'ueust naradea anif nnvnti- tions. The business sessions of the' grand lodge began this mornmg at the Hotel Somerset.. The. retiring supreme chancellor, Charles A. his Barnes, Jacksonville, Fla,., read annual report". , Governor Curtlt Guild, Jr., greeted th Knights on behalf of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and Mayor Oeorgs A. Hibbard extended the trreetin at the city government. Chancellor Barnes In his rtJrt
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