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ALL THE UAEKET3 ' ."-V- v:;,-.-V:-vr.''t- E - BALEIGff ;:OTENING TIMES. volume so. PRETTY STttEETS Great Industries Idle, Water Supply Nearly Gone, Dead Bute Piling Up MIUAIIUIW IMfHUVINU People of Augusta Going After the Toughest Proposition That Ever Confronted Ihpm With Energy and Determination Mayor Hopes, With Co-operation . of People to . Avoid Water Famine Health An- , thorieies Using Every Means to Prevent - Typhoid Relief Pnnd - Started Last Night. (By Leased Wire;to The Times) Augusta, Ga., Aug. 29 Augusta is going after the toughest proposi tion that has ever confronted the municipality. The once beautiful streets are muddy ditches, the great industries are idle, the. water supply is" nearly gone, electrical utilities are paralyzed, dead bodies are piling up at the undertaking establishments. But the town Is not disheartened. People are smiling as they wade into the filth, they thank God their lives were not lost and are taking up the work of reconstruction with renewed . energy. - A temporary dam will be thrown across the canal so the pumping sta tion may be operated again. Mayor Dunbar and City Engineer Twigs are firm In their assurances that if the people will co-operate in maintaining the strictest economy of water -there is no danger of a famine. The railroad situation is improving wery hour, i The. Sputhern, , Georgia, and Augusta Southera ars oapw rating trains Into the cjty, coming up w out not under the union shed. President Murphy, of the board of - health,, gays.. there , is, no danger to public ; health,, provided every possi ble means of disinfecting Is adopted. Neighboring cities have been asked to aid the Augusta beard of health In protecting the people from a typhoid epidemic. The citizens have met in mass meeting and a big relief fund is start ed. Council has thrown over the i movement tor a new city hall. A rigid vagrancy law has been enacted and is already being enforced. Every man in Augusta without employment who refuses to work when asked will be sent to the city gang, Malls will be delivered in the city this afternoon and more than 1,500 telephones are at work. Trolley car service will probably be resumed late this afternoon and the lights may be turned on again.', , Gas facilities are greatly Improved. At 10 o'clock this morning the total number of bodies recovered is 22 and It is thought the list will be run up to BO before all the missing are ac counted for, COLONEL VILAS BIRIED. Funeral Services Held This After noon. Flag Lowered. 1 , (By Leased Wire to The Times) Madison, Wis., Aug. 29. Simple burial services for Colonel William F. Vilas will be held at his home this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The service will be read by the Rev. A. A. Ewlng, rector of Grace church. , Governor Davidson today ordered, as a mark of respect, that the flag on the capitol be displayed at half mast until after the funeral. ENCAMPMENT G. A. R. Forty-Second National Encampment - Opens Monday at Toledo. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Toledo, 0 Aug. 29 The forty- second national encampment of the G. ,A. R. will open In this city next Monday. At the same time the con- ventions of the women's relief corps, ladles of the G. A. R., Daughters of the Veterans, ex-prisoners of the war, national association of army nurses, and national naval veterans' union will be held there. 1DDY DITCHES Criticise Plans For New Batleships, , ' (By Leased Wire ip The .Times) - Washington, Aug. 29 Command er William 8, Elms, naval aid to the president,'' and Inspector t of target practice, and Albert Key, 'command ing officer of the scout cruiser Salem, will.. go to Sagamore HU1 today to criticise the plans for the two new 30,000-ton battleships authorised at ' the last session of congress. - COVNTLEO TOLSTOY. r '-.'Si I ii I , If Ll , krA Crfe' ': Count Leo Tolstoy, who , was 80 years old oil August 28th. . NAMED TODAY County Executive Committee Meet and Complete the Re publican County Ticket WILDES FOR THE SENATE Large Crowd Present Hwrniony in the Ranks Siler, of White Ouk, Matthews of Raleigh, Marshburn of Mark's Creek Named for House. The Ticket in Full Kaleigh Town ship Delegates in Session Cham berluin, Mungum, SoitcII, Bryan, and Bright For Commissioners. The republican county executive committee met today in the hall of the Young Men's Republican Club. The delegates to the county conven tion, which met some time ago, were asked to meet with the committee, and a large crowd was present. The following is the ticket: Senator Chas. D. Wildes, of Ral eigh. ''.'' Representatives -P. McK. Mat thews, of Raleigh; R. P. Slier, of White Oak; A. B. Marshburn, of Mark's Creek. Sheriff W.. C. Johnson, of White Oak. Register Thos, H. Franks, of Swift Creek. Treasurer W. J. Andrews, of Ral eigh: , . ' , Surveyor C. H, Collins, of Holly springs Coroner E. F. Morrison, of Raleigh.-".;. Commissioners J. R. Chamber lain, of Raleigh; J. S. Mangum, of New Light;; M. C. Sorrell, of Holly Springs; D. T. Bryan, of St. Mary's; W. C, Bright, of New Hill. V The delegates of Raleigh township ara now In Bession and will nominate j candidates for magistrate and con stable. POSTMISTRESS ARRESTED. Charged With Misappropriating Of t . .1ce Funds. (By Leased Wire to The Times. : Norfolk, Va., Aug., 29. Charged with misappropriating 1100, Helen Leaner, former assistant to her hus band, D. Lesner, postmaster at Pine Beach, has been arrested on a war rant sworn out by Post office Inspec tor Bulla, V , The case came up for a bearing yesterday and' was . continued by United States Commissioner Stephen son until September IB, th defend ant being balled in the sum of $250. CiD IDATES HI RALEIGH, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1908. ASiCMYHUSBANO ni THEWOMAti SAYS Then Hit Her Up as If Afraid She 'MMl toa,' Much ; ROBERTS STILL SILENT If Wounded Man Does Know Who Shot Mini He Also Knows How to j Keep It to Himself, Bnt Mrs. VU ' liams Says . He Ought to Know, : Roberts May Recover No War rants Have Yet Been Issued 'Bal timore Man Being Shadowed. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlantic City. N. J., Aug. 29,--'- "Ask my husband; he ought to know who the man was-" Mrs. Williams then bit her Hp, as if her angered by her indiscretion I greater demonstration than that ac and lapsed into silence as . she wasjcorded to the victorious athletes who being put through the third degree I Crested the world's laurels from all by Chief of Police Woodruff and corners in the international contests Assistant District Attorney Bolte.held in London, here last night regarding the shoot-t . More than 50;000 persons are In ing of Charles B. Roberts while sh;vhe monster parade, while the num and Roberts were being pushed along her of spectators total, to ten times the boardwalk in a rolling chair. that figure The police chief and assistant dls- From every quarter of Greater trict attorney continued to qnostlon (New York soldiers and civilians con Mrs. Williams and again she began: j verged today toward Forty-Sixth Mr. Roberts should know who the; street and Broadway to take part in man was." ! j the parade. Regulars, militia and - If Mr. Roberts does know ' whq athletic organizations formed in the shot him he is doing all in his power ) streets surrounding the starting to conceal his Identity and although ' point, ready to full In at the word there is no certainty that he will re j from the grand marshal, cover, he continues to insist thatthej Thousands of men, women and man who called him from the rolling: children lined Broadway and Fifth chair while he was sitting by Mr j avenue all the way down town along Williams Bide on Wednesday intght j the line of march from Forty-Sixth was bent on robbery. Robert isitti-street to city hall, In the big the city hospital. Phj sicianri ujUluai'e8' ' at. Thirty-Fourth, Twenty tepding him -say todaji Xfeftt ;the iri;&l'rd &pd Fourteenth; streets and a chance 'for his recovery, ' city hall plana masses' of ' jraopla Chief of Police Woodruff said to- gathered. : day: - Broadway was a mass of bunting. "If the man in Baltimore who 1s t Many of the big business, houses .-on under watch does not satisfactorily ! Broadway had their places lavishly explain his movements on Wednes-1 decorated. Here and there the green day night I will wire to Baltimore i mingled with the red, while and blue. for his arrest after swearing out the warrant here. "No warrant has been Issued up I: with members of tlie American Olym io this time for the reason that I -pic team and city oflicials, with Major want to give -the man every oppor-i tunity to clear himself if it is pos sible for him to do so." There was a story current, today that the police were positive they had identified Mr. Roberts' assail- ant and that his arrest would fol low in Baltimore before many hours. CHECKS FOR. VETERANS. Ten Thousand Will be Mailed From Richmond Monday. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Richmond, Va., Aug. 29. Ten thousand checks are to be mailed and green. The parade was dismissed from the office of the auditor of the at Park Row aft.er passing the review state on the evening of August 31. 1 ing stand before acting Mayor M.c The checks are In payment of pen- Gowan as reviewing officer. The sions to Confederate veterans. These checks will reach a total of $350,000. They are. to be paid in full on pre - sentation to any bank In the state, CLAIMING VAST PROPERTY HE COMMITTED SUICIDE. (By Cable to The Times.) London. Auk. 29. Tha bodv of Horatio Edwards, of Flncley, who claimed to be heir to property in the neighborhood of New York worth . . : - - - 1275,000,000 was found banging behind a door today. . Life had been extinct a couple of days. DESPERADO SHOT AFTER BEING CHASED By POSSE (By Leased Wire to The Times) . Sterling Forest, N. J., Aug. 29 William Monroe, the desperado who burned the farm buildings of Jona than. Deyo, and beat the entire Deyo family Into unconsciousness with an Iron bar at Ireland's Corner, N. Y., and who later made a sensational es cape after being searched for by a posse of 1,000 farmers, was found dead today with a bullet through, bis Lead in a, woods near Newton, N. J. Bids For Torpedo Boats. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Washington, Aug;. 28 Bids will be opened on September : i for , the construction of ten torpedo boats. DEMONSTRATION FORTHEATHLETES Hnndreds of Thousands of Peo: pl Welcome Victorious' flimsies is nbw .urn A MONSTER PARADE Greatest- Demonstration Since the Welcome of Dewey More' Than 50,000 in the Parade, Including i Government and City Officials and All Athletic Associations Broad ' way a Muss of Bunting Business Houses Decorated in Nat1! .Colors. (By; Leased Wire to The Times) Now York, Aug. 2 9 This is Olympic day in New York city. Not siuce the famous Deway celebration has the New Yorkers witnessed a The fourth division of the big parade consisted of automobiles filled W. Dubois commanding City and government officials and athletic clubs and organizations all over the town had united in making the parade one of the biggest things of Its kind that has ever been seen in New York. 'Acting Mayor McGowan granted the athletes the freedom of the city. There will be a special performance of "The Three Twins'' at the Herald Square theatre this evening in their honor. A big reviewing-stand had been erected in front of the city hall and decorated with red, white and blue grand marshal reviewed the parade 1 at the left of the city hall. j One of the features of the decora- tions was the flag Ralp Rose, the giant weight putter, carried when the American team paraded before King Edward In the exposition stadium. Acting Mayor McGowan presented the medals, the handsomest and most costly ever given in America. At 8 o'clock Monday morning the athletes j will leave New yorit, escorted Dy me ' reception committee, to visit Presi- .1 n ,l 1 ...111 A A MM ihjcwjvbii, wuu win nuuiem tuoui at Oyster Bay and present jonn j. , Hayes, the Marattion winner wun a I'nze FOUGHT FIRE IN HOLD OF BALTIC (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Aug. 29 Driven back time and time again by the stifling fumes of burning cloth and leather for more than two hours today fire men and employes of the White Star Line worked in relays and fought a Are wlflch ragsd in the hold of the steamship Baltic. Not until many thousand gallons of water had been pumped Into the ship by the land companies and the two fire boats which had been called, and the hold flooded to the level of the second deck was the conflagration under con trol. : How It started Is not known. but It Is believed that the flames had been smouldering in her bold. ; CLEMENTINE H0W1ER. f' ? I 1 it I i f . i " 1 , ' ' ! , ( , 1 ' V t r v r 4 l i Miss Clementine Howier, the affi anced bride of Winston Churi'hill, of England. CONTEST CLOSED AT NOON TODAY mm I ii r r It J iiieeii, cnairmaii; a. u. uaBiuura, vv. Mr. anfl MrS. t. fi. mrdSOOQln Warren. C. L. Yearby, Jos, Pow- V I n n ... tv nn.uiAM Win 1!k: Trip ;o Chase City VOTES BAN VERY HIGH Contest. Declared- Closed Promptly at NoonThe Winning Vote Was 21,028 l''our . Candidates in a Heated Race Trip at tlie Disposal of the Winners. . The Evening Times' voting con test, for the most popular married couple, closed today at 12 o'clock,! With Mr. and Mrs. E, O. Birdsong! in the lead with. 21,628 votes, : The contest was inaugural od- last week, only to run for ten days, and in this time a great deal of interest and enthusiasm has been shown. Many of the different candidates have made a good run. The contest closed, the votes run ning very high, as has boon shown, with four aspirants in a heated con test. The four leading candidates ....... 1T . Tr, 17 CI t Birdsong, 21,628: Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Broughton, 13,318; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sherwood with 4.270 and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Martin 3,940. The trip to Chase City and - the Mecklenburg Hotel has been award ed Mr. and Mrs. Birdsong and they will make the trip to this great re sort whenever convenient. COUNCIL OF WOMEN MEETS IN GENEVA (By Leased Wire to The Times) Geneva, Aug. 29. The Interna tional Council of Women opened here today and remains in session until September 7.v The American delegation is headed by Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, vice-president at large of the American council of women, who represents Mrs. Mary WOod Swift, president of the Amer ican council, who was unable to cofae. The Countess of Aberdeen will preside over the International coun cil, which will inolude women, from twenty-one countries in all parts of ! the world.. PRICE 5 CENTS. LABOR PEOPLE TO CELEBRATE State Fair firounds to Be tlie Scene of Elaborate Exercises LADIES TO TAKE PART Barbecue to be Served at Half After One, Followed by Speeches by Prominent Labor Men Athletic Events of All Sorts Tng-o'-War Between Bookbinders and Typo- . graphical Men Baseball Game Be tween Lively Teams to Close the Day's Events. The seventh of September will be a big day with the labor people all over the United States. Every labor er that can possibly be spared will be allowed a holiday. Labor Day, which is the first Mon day in September, is observed as a holiday all over the country. Shops and stores close and the labor people meet together for a general good time. Preparations are being made for the biggest Labor Day celebration here that Raleigh has ever seen. Barbecue will be much in evidence and athletic events of all kinds will follow. The day's events will close with a baseball game. The celebra tion will take place at the ; Fair grounds, beginning at 1:30 p. m. . The following are the several com mittees and the elaborate program that will be a success in every par ticular: Committee of. Arrangements W. , H. . -Singleton,' chirm' 'W. Adams,- -secretary and treasurer, i Committee on Barbecue E. S. Committee on Athletics J. L. rarham, chairman; Clarence E. Mitchell, E. A. Rodgers, H. B. Olm sted, Uobt. P. Dickson, H. E. Up- ' church. Committee on Athletic Prizes Walter Hunter, chairman; A. A. Wood, C. R. Boone, J. C. Bragg. Barbecue will be served at 1:30. Admission to the tables will be by ticket,-- Addresses will be delivered at 2.30 p. m by Mr. M. L. Shipman and Hon. U. R. Lacy. Beginning at 3:30 p. m. the fol lowing athletic features will be pulled off: Potato Race (Open to All). First Prize Pocket knife, donated by C. H. Stevens & Co., and five, pounds sugar, donated by W. A. Myatt. . ; Second Prize Merchandise, do- ! nated bv W R.-Dorsett & Co., and package coffee, donated by M. T. Novris. Third Prize Package coffee, do nated by M. Rosenthal & Co., and box of soap, donated by W. B. Mann. One-Legged Race (Open to All). First Prize Pair link cuff-buttons, donated by H. Mahler's Sons. donated by Carolina Feed fetore, ana five pounds of sugar, donated by Crowder & Rand. Third Prize Pair ' Lisle Socks, donated by Heller Bros. Foot Race, 73 l'urds (Open to Union Men Only). First Prize Violin, donated by Darnell & Thomas. Second Prize Hat, donated by Ed gar E. Broughton. Third Prize Razor, donated by Thos. H. Brlggs & Son. Ladies' Foot Race, 25 Yards. First Prize Pair silk hose, do nated by Boylan-Pearce Co., and one picture, donated by Capital Furniture Company. Second Prize Lamp, donated by Raleigh Furniture Co., and picture, donated by Wynne & Redford. Third Prize Picture, donated by Royal & Borden Furniture Co., and glass, donated by G. S. Tucker & Co. Tug-of-War. Bookbinders' Union vs. Typograph ical Union. A prize will be given to each mem ber of the winning team, as follows: Knife, donated by A. S. Womblei Bhlrt, donated by J, Klien; Bhlrt, do nated by B. HarrlB; trunk, donated by Ike's Bargain Hduse; nicktle, do nated by Whiting Bros.; pair sdeks, donated by Peebles' & Edwards; pair V (Confined on Page 8even.) '
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