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Only Afternoon Paper in the State of North Carolina With a Leased Wire Service and Full Press Dispatches LAST EDITIOW ALL THE UAKEET3 THE, RALEIGH G TIMES. VOLUME 89. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1908. PRICE5CENT3. DEADLY FUMES Miss Katharine Elkins' Bridesmaids EVENIN TAFT DAY IN NEW YORK CITY Embassador and Mrs. David J. Hill. JURY VISITS THE FROM OIL WELL More Than a Score Have Been Killed by the Poison bus Gasses WORKERS DESERT JOBS Mexico's Greatest Oil Well Fire Docs Thousands of Dollars Worth of Jamage Owners Spend a Million Dollars to Stop Flames Fires Suc ceeded by Noxious Gases Laborers Leave Scene and Mexican Soldiers Have Been Sent to Take Their Places Doctors Sent to the Scene. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mobile, Ala., Oct. 28 Deadly fumes from Mexico's greatest oil well fire, 60 miles from Tamplco, have in stantly killed more than a score of workmen in the past few days, com pletely blackened the white paint on the sides of the ships, endangered commerce and caused thousands of dollars damage to ranches and other neighboring interests according to Michael Ilendrichsen, of the steam ship City of Mexico. Battling desperately to save what they could from the wreckage Amer irau owners of the mine, after spend ing more han $1,000,000 Anally suc ceeded in extinguishing the blaze, hut even greater terrors than before prevail. The. flames had consumed the noxious gases, but when the Are was stopped these death-dealing gases hurst forth' in horrifying manner, laborers inhaling a bit of the stuff, dropped in their tracks. Fearful for their lives the workers engaged at the place deserted. No one would remain anywhere near the scene lest they, too, fall victims to the disaster. In desperation the own ers of the well have appealed to the Mexican government, and several companies of soldiers have been sent to the scene to take the places of those who, refused longer to remain in a neighborhood fraught with such dangers; Doctors, among the most skilled in the republic, have also been sent to attend to those who are strick en and they Investigate the peculiar, almost always fatal disease : that comes on so swiftly. A bath in cold water is the only possible remedy for this extraordinary Illness, said Cap lain Ilendrichsen. The victim Is hurriedly immersed, only the nose re maining above water, and kept there until he has fully recovered. The gases produce a sort of suffocation, MRS. SMITH NOT EXCITED. Fire Gongs Ring Ten Minute But Governor's AVlfe Tries to Allay Excitement. New York, Oct. 28 Mrs. Hoke Smith, wi.'e of the governor of Geor gia, and Misa Mary Smith, her daugh ter, helped to allay excitement yes terday when fire gongs were sounded on each of the twelve floors of the Hotel Colllngwood, No. 45 west 35th street. Mrs. Smith and her daughter were in their room on the seventh floor when the gongs rang.: Some person- experimenting with electric wires In the basement had et off all the alarms. The persons In the hotel did not know the source of the alarm and they hurried from their rooms toward the elevators. ' ; Mrs. Smith reached the elevator j shaft on the seventh floor as a car in charge of a negro boy stopped there. The boy told Mrs. Smith there was no lira and she went about the floor tell Ing others who had become frighten ed. The gong rang for ten minutes before the source of the trouble was discovered and the uproar wasinecrs and one of the most con- tially compensated. This is a decld checksd.' iservatlve labor leaders in the world," ed victory for the prince over his ad- ' ' ' . a "conspirator." j visers. MISS LIBERTY TWENTY-ONE. Gigantic Statue in New York Harbor Itinerary for the day includes: Tarry- than ever before. The foreign min ; . ; Hae Birthday. town, Osslnlng,, Peeksklll, Cold ister now admits that It Is Austria's New York, Oct. 28 The statue of Spring, Fishklll, PoughHoepsIe, Rhine desire to do the utmost to relieve the Liberty which illuminates New York Cllffe, Hudson and. a number of present tension, harbor and welcomes the emigrants other towns. He will end the day at j Berlin: The opinion in political who 'ork the land of the free, Is1 Troy tonight where a great rally Is and diplomatic circles is that the de- twe ne years old today. The gl ganW young woman, for Liberty Is always young-ls as youthful' and beautiful as she has tieen always. The work of Bartholdl. the cele- -0 WUTK Ol Dm 111U1UI, bUO 1,010 j ' w. m v uuvva.u nituvu, au.uuv HIIU 11 U UOU1UUOII 1." i brated French sculptor,- Miss Liberty, son proposes making a trip ar.ound tions this, morning fulfilled the dire was unveiled October ; 28, 1887. the world next year. The Dane writes prognostications. ' -President Cleveland and his cabinet, j that after he has finished overseeing) St. Petersburg: The opening of, the governors of many states, Amer-, the building ot 15 double flat houses the duma - today heralds . official ( leans noted in every walk of life, and and his book Is off the presses, he action on the Balkan situation; M. I many distinguished Frenchmen and, will start out on bis globe trot It Is IswoUky will soon arrive with a' other foreigners attended the pronie young woman's debut. I I "' t iii fSSw&VB. . Mr mnmmw Mr j W-'v. lit ' 5 OF POLITICAL NEWS (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Oct 28 Mr. Bryan, traveling 115 miles by automobile in Munhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Jersey City, made 18 speeches to big and enthusiastic crowds. In Manhat tan he was accompanied by Tammany Leader Murphy and In Brooklyn by Senator McCarren. Mr. Kern charged that republicans had sent 100,000 into Indiana for corrupt purposes. The charge was denied. i Mr. Taft made speeches at a num- ber of meetings in cities along the! Hudson river from Yonkeis to Troy, j His audiences were large aud enthus iastic. Mr. Sherman, after speaking at. several places up-state, came to New York and spoke. H. R. Fuller, of Beaver Falls, Pa. , national legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl- neurs, Firemen, and Ruilroad Train-' men, sent a letter to President Roose-, velt criticising the president's letter on Mr. Taft's labor record as "par- Ual. He cited various 'decisions of Judge Taft as opposed to labor and quotea judge tart in tne Ann Arbori case as denouncing the late P. M. Arthur, then grand chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locometive En- Mr. Bryan, left New York this- morning on an up-state tour and his planned. ; Nelson to Make Tour, (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Oct. 28 Battling Nel- tne oattier s intention to visit every monarchy on earth. - j i 1 iWQ'SVVf1 21 1 i. Miss Miii'iorio Gould shown above and Miss Itosalie O'Lricn, who' have been selected as bridesmaids by Mis Katherine K.I kins. . .. : LATEST NEWS (By Leased V'lre to The Times) New York, Oct. 28 The yielding 0f Bulgaria may prove the solution 0f the Balkan situation. There is a gradual lessening of the tension which has arisen from the attitude of the three powers, Germany, Austria and Bulgaria. With the consent to indemnity Turkey, her principal do- mand is fulfilled. Sofia: Prince Ferdinand, despite the attitude of his ministry to the contrary, has consented to the prop- oaltlon that Turkey will be substan- Buda Pest: Austria-Hungary has assumed a more conciliatory attitude parture of the American minister simplifies the situation, ' Constantinople: . Despite the prophecies of unrest yesterday passed without Incident and no demonstra siaiement ror tne Doay regaraing tne sentiments oi tne other powers. FROM BALKANS Big Candidate V,' ill Make Sev eral Speeches in City This Afternoon A MONSTER PARADE Mr. Taft anil Governor Hushes Will Speak From Some Platform at Madison Square Garden Tonight An Old Fashioned Toivlilinlit Pro cession Hus Iie'n Arranu'ed There Will be Thirty Bands in Line and a Monster Demonstration is K lM;ctl Fifth Avenue Will be Ablaze with Light and Color. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York,-Oct. 28 Fathsr Knl'k erbocker's latch string, was out for William Howard Tatt. today. It Is Taft day here. As soon as the retmb4 lican candidate arrived from up-stnte, shortly before noon, he began a roAnd of activities that will -keep him busy until after midnmlit and give him a chance to ascertain whether or not h ecan stand the mice set by his opponent; William Jennings Bryan, who merrily rolled along twenty-two hours on a stretc h Monday. Mr. Tatt and Governor Hughes will both work up to the climax ot ihe day's events at Madison Square Garden in tne evening, whence t.iey will speak from the same platform, (he governor only twenty-five minutes. As a preludfe to the Madison t Square Garden rally, an old fashion ed torchlight parade has been ar ranged to start at 8:30 at Fifth avc nue and 59th street, march to 1 street, and back to Madison Squ Major O. H. Bridgman, of Squadron i A, will be grand marshal. The tea-1 ture ol (lie procession will be n re view by Governor Hughes and Judge Taft, who, coming in opposite direc tions in "automobiles, will meet some where about 34th and 59t'n "-streets,' I' aud pass through the divided ranks of the 12,000 marchers, who will, stand at attention while the candi-1 dates pass down the lines. j There are to be thirty bauds and 1 delegations from each of thirty-live j assembly districts in Manhattan anil; the Bronx, besides out of town clubs,) and many will bo in uniform. , Fifth avenue will be ablaze with light and color, the clubs and busi-; ness houses along the line to be dec orated and illuminated. j Judge Taft worked his way as far! as Troy yesterday, the keynote of i many of his speeches being that the' Bryan of today is the Bryan of 1896.1 .. , -..j, ... .. . Although tired and hoarse, .Mr. Tail Bhows no signs of a breakdown. He is exerting' his best efforts realinr.lng that It. is now a personal battle be tween the two opposing candidates for the possession of New York state. Yesterday Governor Hughes and Taft's specials passed near PotigU keepsle and waved greetings from the back platforms of their trains. In his speeches he used his labor ud- dress more frequently than any other,) . .. . ' especially at Schenectady, Cohoes, and in Troy last night, BOILER. EXPLODES THREE ARE HURT (Bv Leased Wire to Thn Times! White Plains, N Y.. Oct. W-Three 1 men ere injured, two probably fatal ly, when the crown sheet on the left nlde of the boiler on engine 1988, drawing the milk train on tho Harlem railroad, . blew out near the Hamilton avenue crossing at White Plains this morning. ... . Itanus, of Mount Vernon, scalded about face and arms; Fireman George Tl. n.irA aiA TT 1 ri T Sommervllle, of White Plains burned about the face by red hot cool and i seamed aooui ine ooay; in ayiug con dition; Brakeman C. H. Traver, of Hillsdale, scalded and burned by hot coals; skull may be fractured; is In serums condition. ' The accident Is regarded as a pe culiar one. ..The engine was practically: how and one of the latest type uoed I on the New York Central system, flfl 7 Xlfll TED BURTON CONFESSES MaJies Confession of M5I3 Rider Deeds Tells ol the Murder o Captain IE-til kin I oily Men, About Half oi l AX hour Are. Already in Jail. Imnli.l imeii in 1 ne oniession Mm ks Discoveri'd- -Several bly Leased Wire to Thu Times.) Tiptonville. Tenn.. Oct. 2S In 1''e presence ot Sheriff Havnes. JiliUe Harris and Mayor Cleveland Donald son, led Burton, an alleged n''.it rider, arrested last Thursday at Sam burg, made a lull confession vealer day In tne Lake couutv jail her.-- 14 l,,,,ili..of.wl I... . f....... ' 11 , "' """ v known resident oi: t ie Lake ilisn-lct in the .-murder ol Captain (Jiientin juuihin .Monday niKtil a weei ago Of this - number, over hall are now j held prisoners in Camp N.-mo iimle;- guard of statu t rooms, iiiirtou denii'd ; that he was w it a the night ri.l.M's when Captain Uankin was murdered nut' admits. that he turnlsherl tlie ju j 'formation to the leaders ot the IimuiI , the caused them to swoop dow n up. in !,.. ... IV..1....J I , tn Rll:'trn'rt slMtomr.nl Trim .i,,l ret Johnson, both of whom are under j arrest at C amp Nemo and Will Wiit I son were tho leaders ol the nig:if rlu (ers wno perpetrated the irinie. Wat I son is now at large under a $ -j m 1 0 ! bond on a charge of having pnrtici jpated in the whipping ol Justice of I the Peace George W inn. In Lalui county about four months ago. 'I he arrest of the remaining members of the gang is expected hourly.- Burton said that he went to Wal nut Log the night before the murder land there had a conversation with Jam F- Carpenter, tile attorney nl ! wnose soiicuaiion colonel tayiorana captain KaiiKtn made tne journey to, hospital, Brooklyn, and his compan Walnitt Log ostensibly to arrange a I lon, JoBPpU chulla, his father, Louis, deal in timber lands; but, so It Is now alleged, Carpenter's sole pur pose was to placo them at the met--! cy of the night riders. After this' conversation with 'Carpenter; Burton! I sald' he nimunicated with the lead-j iers ot tlle n'gnt rl(iur8 ad betrayed t 11,0 pieseuvo vi men- victims, ne. aaid he saw both of them at the sup per table the night they were taken from their beds. They did not see him as he only went to the hotel to secure a lunch to take with hfm out on the lake that night, as he intend ed to fish until morning. . Immediately after getting his lunch, Burton says he got in hie boat 1 The Kaiser bus recently gone out ol his way to honor David Jayne Hill, the American Ambassador to Ger many. .Mrs. Hill is shown above and (lie Amliassiiiloi' below. nnd- went, out on the lake about a '!' : He was fishing at the time the latal slims were bred into Captain luinliin s body. He : saVs ho heard tlnni. but did not return at once to: Ilaou Desha to see what thev nie-int o;- to learn wn.-u crime lad been ner- ... ... pennuMi: y ills companions. .. Several crude masks made from meal sacks, have been discovered on prisoners held at Camp Nemo. This is ihe Inst evidence of this character uncovered bv tne solii.ers Among the prisoners at Camp Xe iito i s a man who, it is said, has been nlenlilied i'.s the leader of a band of n.ghn rulers who several weks ago mui-dcivd a you lb near Micknmnl Ky., on the same night that a fam ily ot negroes was lulled. It is de clared here that the mother of the' murdered boy blent' lied the prisoner I as he guard. was pausing, her house under iioitnim.K Di:i:i. doling Man Held by Two Men ami Shot lletore Ills Sweetheart's 1 Jis (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. Oct. 28 Shot down be- re his sweetheart's eyes. Ie Holler, u.vmg umay in uraaiora street and his brother, Philip, are held without . bnll. to await the results of Keller's Injuries. Reller was visiting the Chulla home when the dispute arose and he was ordered out. On the sidewalk. ayn ins svveeinearr, aiiss ttose Ulive3, and her sisters, Josephine and Mary, Heller was hold by two of the Chul las, while his former chum, Joseph, held a pistol to his breast and fired. When the police arrived In answer to the girl's alarm, the Chulla home was barricaded. When the doors were broken in all- three of the ac- cused were found hiding under a bed. SCENE OF MURDER Go to Lamp Black Swamp to Inspect Pjace of Wbli roore Murier NEW WITNESS FOUND Alexander Simpson, Lawyer Defend ing Whitmore, Says Evidence of New Witness Will Prove Whitmore Innocent Man Was Seen in New ark Morning After Murder With His Face Bloody and His Clothes Torn, As if He Had Been in a Struggle Witness " SnfTers From Stage Fright, (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Oct. 28 Alexander Simpson, the lawyer defending Theo dore Whitmore, on trial in Jersey City for th emurder of his wife, Lena Whitmore, whose body was found In Lamp Black Swamp, near Harrison, " X. J., last Christmas day, says he has discovered a new witness whose evi dence will go to prove Whitmore In nocent. Mr. Simpson says his new witness was a man who was a close friend of the murdered woman. This man, the lawyer says, will be asked, after he is sworn as a witness, what he was doing in Newark last Christmas morning with his face bloody and his clothes torn, as if he had been in a struggle. If the man denies he was in Newark Mr. Simpson will produce a woman who will swear she saw him there and also others who saw him In Newark and on what train-he-left the city. The jury was taken to the swamp where the body was found today. They left the court-house hotel where they are being housed during the trial in a special troHey car over what is known as the turnpike route for Harrison, N. J., across the Passaic river from Newark, In charge of representative of both the prosecu tion and defense and also of the court. The twelve men walked down the embankment from which the foot steps of Helen Whitmore were seen last Christmas day, leading to the discovery of her body and the fact that she had been murdered. They measured distances of vital spots of the scene as counsel for prosecution or defense pointed these out to them. After satisfying themselves as to nil points Involved the men returned to the car and returned to court In time for the regular opening hour, to listen to further evidence. One of the witnesses Is expected to be Lottie Carroll, the Brooklyn wo man who was a friend of Whitmore. 1 hls woman was to have been called n I ...... .1 . . 1 . 1 ,. to the stand yesterday, but when her name was mentioned she suffered an attack of stage fright and was tem porarily excused. The disappearance of Fred Elliot, who was with Whitmore on Chrust nias day, has greatly hampered the state In its case. All trace of Elliot has been lost and it Is plain he has no intention of testifying again aginat Whitmore. ,'. ACCIDKXT TO AEROPLANE. ' Herring's .Machine Damaged Made Short Flight. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Oct. 28 The first trial of. A. M. Herring's aeroplane, with which he will try later to meet the requirements of a government test, took place at dawn' last Sunday on Hempstead Plains, Long Island. It Is said the machine was consid erably damaged, and that at least two weeks will be required to effect re pairs. Mr. Herring escaped Injury. It Is said that the nccident was due largely to haste and neglect in as sembling the parts. -'' Herring made a flight of about 300 feet, at an altitude of three feet, but In attempting to turn to the right cer tain parts of the machinery failed to work properly, and the aeroplane plowed up the sand and was disabled. Corbet to Referee. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Oct. 28 Jim Corbet will probably referee the Ketcbel Papke fight in San Francisco on No- -vember SS. The big actor-tnawler will be In the cjty by the Golden Gate on the day of the fight, and be has stated that he wouldn't be back ward about being the third man In the famous light . -' v :
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