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)'. 11 'yrt . .',.- - Weather. .Washington. D. C, Nov. 17--FoTe- cast for. North Carolina for tonight K and Wednesday: - Fair tonight; Wed- i flesday,' talis warmer; light winds." " ' VOLUME S3. RALEIGH, N. O TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1908. PRICE f CENTS. 2nd Edition ir ii ii. r m ' ii nil ii ii i n rn i e i i . v x 3 KM) ffi mm A WbHe Man, A WbUe Woman , Hi a Negro in .'".' ine Tolls " SUSPECTED OF BEING IMPIICATED IN MURDER Police .Will Not Give Out Evidence Mi IT1 They Have or Groiuids For Ar-!Wooa: Inter8tnte Commerce Commls ' reete, Bat It Is Leared That ThcyIsloner1 E E' 'aj ClrJ,eP- Nel"' Were Made on Evidence Furnished bureau c( fore8try. "' ly tho Woman on the Promise . united States attorney: T. V. Powder That 8ho Would Not be Molested. ly, former president Knights of labor; Bald That Man Was Dragged and j Warren S. Stone, grand chief Railroad Kelleved That Hackdrivcr Was Locomotive Engineers; John J. Han- Also Doped. Three arrests were made and the liiuutJ auu me victims Incarcerated In the "Tombs" -j . 0 rtA today at 2.00 p. m. The policemen n twi icuteui huuui me mat- ter. Rot one of tnem had anything to give out. Their replies to all In - quirlea ranged all the way from smil - lng evasiveness to curt dismissals nf the .uhlect und th mnnrtor 4 o nn i i .u ,, state council of carpenters; Geo X. ?,? , 2: Cl0Ck the l)0llce!Algar. attorney and writer or Ifctrol glided Op to the entrance of the j subjects; Edward J. Gavegan, a city guard-house and disgorged three! for labor unions; Robert T. B prisoners. According to the stories torney for labor unions; James Bron- from Panama, where he made an of j.hose who were present when the; eon Reynolds, Charles H. SbharrlU, anaylr.ls of labor conditions on. the lath wagon drove up, those who were un- ttorney; Dr. Lyman Abbott, of the mus. . loaded were Tom Crenshaw, a negro; ' hack-driver, "Rod" Hopkins, a white nian, and a woman of the "red light' district who goes by the name of Grace.. Rumors of various kinds are afloat. Captain Beasley would not tell why would not say that their, arrest was In any way connected with the Smith v tragedy. ' However, it Is learned from rel.able sources that the arrest of these parties grew out of evidence se cured from this woman, 'Grace, who lives at Cora Shafford's, 516 East Davie.' :; . The story now going tho, rounds is that Hopkins and another white man "doped" Elljart W. Smith, and also the negro hack-driver, and did tne driving themselves. ' They then went through their victim's clothes, stripped his person of all valuables and threw him over the brink into the rock quarry, expecting him to meet his death on the rocks below. The other man connected with this crime, according to reports, is still In the city and Is being closely shad owed by detectives. There Is but lit tla chance of his escape and he will be arrested later, . If developments warrant such a move. The police are hard at work on the caso. It Is also rumored that two Plnkerton detective? are on the scene term as Bovernor of Rhode Island, and doing valiant , service. Much I He 18 a eraduatd of Brown Unl may be accomplished wjthin the next ! ver3lty and of Georgetown School, few hours.- - He declined a renomlnation for gov- It Is said that "Graeo", the wo- er,lor vhlc'a tne democrats and inde man of the "red-light" district, gave pendent Parties pressed him to take vtho informatiou leading to her arrest I so,eIy becaus he desired to setltle and the arrest of the negro arid "Red" Hopkins, under promise that she would not be in any way molested. It Is also said that .the' hack-driver had nothing to do with the conspir acy which led to Smith's .death He, also, was ''doped" and his team was at the mercy of the murderers. Fqr- ther, lt claimed that Crenshaw, the hack-driver arrested, was not the one ' whose outfit was used. If he Is not the man he can probably easily show It. Them urn anvernl rnmnrl aflnnt 1 ... ..i,.i v. i i rfc- ii .1 'm"D,,''' " io now smith met his death. Two of uine hi worm space nere. The first is as follows: , Smith, In company with other men, ' visited -various houses In the "red-1 Mrs. Mary E. Lyons, of East Boston, light" section. He got very drunk. ! toi,a' -identified a protograph of the Knock-out drops were administered ,San Francisco rector as thatof her to bin and he was robbed of his val- m,) '1U8b1fnd' hfnce h Je,M'rtd ,,nhi. D.i.ui . . , . her and her three children, she says he uabler. Probably he was too long In , ha8 pl.eachea in various parts of the regaining consciousness. Those who country. Although but 44 an posing had administered the "dope" to blralon th; coast as a single man. Young, became' brightened, To hide their or Lyons, In a grandfather. Mrs. Lyons crime 'they bundled the body of their ! says he was born here and for several victim Into a carriage. haulnH him t I years employed as a clerk in a fish the rock '.quarry and hoping to hldej8'"11 on "T' wrf. j, hi. body beneath the green water of L"" "Z?, 1 the pond In the quarry hurled htm l ( over the, edge. His body struck in shallow water at the edge of the pond - I and he crawled out, On both sides. - of the pond, the walls of the quarry wore scarred as It by fruitless efforts yto escape. This he could not do and finally he froze "to death. I Anotbep theory ,; is that Smith Walked into the quarry and thus met v Is death bjr accident. Arguing from ' - 1 (.Continued pa (Second Page.) , IWiiE Pres. Roosevelt Will Square Himself With Labor Men Washington, D. C, Nov. 17 Pres- Outlook; Mark P. Abbott, of the Out ldent Roosevelt will have as guest a at look; Ernest H. Abbott, of the Out hls "labor dinner" 'tonight the fol- lC : . " lowing gentlemen! f Mr. , Justice ' 'Although no official announcement Holmes, Mr. Justice Moody, Secre- 18 made as t0 u,e real PurPe of the tary of the Interior, Garfield. .Sacre- J""''"1' ,s ndfi,'R,tod that the presi- ,,, , . , . . V, dent designed to circumvent the num- tary of Commerce ahd Labor Straus,, erous cn countec.narge3 Representative Herbert Parsons, of made during the recent campaign as New York; Assistant Secretary of to tho administration's attitude to State Bacon; Major-General Leonard ward lahnr devnivpd (hia ito nt hiinn- nnhan, grand master Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen; W. 8. Carter. 'ran eetary and treasurer Brother- h , t ,i,, ttm.. ..,. m xi vr-.. i ", a..u mDVti vi .ituiawajr xmtu- men; T. J. polan, general secretary internat.onal Brotherhood Steam- ( iMiovel and dredgemen; A. L. Faulkner, . President National Window-Glass l Wo'kers; David MacKay, president wlng Tra" Organization; John J. i Towers, secretary-treasurer New York George W. on labor ttorney Robert T. Bell, at- (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Providence, R. L, Nov. 17 Gover nor James Henry Higglns, the coun' try's youngest governor, was weddod today to Miss Ellen Frances Maguire, of Pawtucket, in the presence of. an Immense congVegation at St. Joseph Roman Catholic church, Pawtucket. by the rector, Rev, Father Dennis F. Lowney. The bride Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs, John T. Maguire, of 118 Spring! street, Pawtucket, .at whose home a' reception was held shortly before j noon, after which the happy couple; started on a two weeks' honeymoon Only the nearest relatives attended the reception. Governor Higglns Is only thirty two years old. He was a member of the state house of representatives and was mayor of Nantucket four terms. - He is finishing his second1 PARSON A FISH CLERK. Story Told of Deserted Wife as to the identity of Her Husband. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) : Boston, Mass., Nov. 17 If the story , inlfl hv the nrifo hp lu dIIuvaI tn havA deserted in Boston Is true, "the Rev. Payson Young," rector of the fashions-! ble Episcopal church of St. Mary, the Virgin. In San Francisco, is really : Patrick J. Lyons, formerly a Boston nsn Clerk. -i- Young's name was figured In news- papers all over the country recently! through his connsction with the dlsap - pcarance of Miss Edna Clarke, a pretty Alameda art student, who was jester- day .located In Chicago, 11 1 o 1 1 1 1 , u 11 VI uuDit, n,mvv,i n.v.n.u attention of a prominent clergyman, and In. 1892, without u college .dekres or theological education, he was ordain d to the mhUstr.v On September 19, 195. says Mrs. Lyons, her husband went out one even ing and never came back. She de clares that a wealthy married woman of his church had prepared toaccom pany him but that Lyons left,. taking the money the woman had given him for their expenses and leaving her be hind,' , . ' iQUi GOVERNOR MARK IED TODAY TOTERY ing together at a white houae dinner men most prom'nent in the administra tion and in labor. The fact that Dun can, Mitchell and Keefe declined the invitation is the onl;'. hitch In the pres ident's plan to have a full, free and informal discussion of labor's demands arid the administration's attitude. Conspicuous among the guests are three members of the staff of the Out' look, with which publication President r. , , fr.7J . ,av: IU" U1K Willie IIMUT-e UI1 lUUI'Un 1. JUSl what connection the presence of these thrw rii!tnr hln with tho mnttur nnHoi- discussion Is not divulged, but it may be inferred that after the president assumes his editorial position with the Oi)!ook that publication may liave more or less to say about the labor situation. Another Prominent guest is James B. . Reynolds, the president's special in- vestigator. who has recently returned CHILD TELLS OF (By Leased Wire to The Times) Milwaukee, Wis.,: Nov. 17 The story of what may prove to have been I a crl'el murder was told In the ju- venile court when 13-year-old Stella 'Luty was brought before Judge Nee-, ! len for not attending school. CRUEL MURDER t J j l.i a l i i their home In Junction City, Wis., shot and killed her 15-raonths-old oaby brother and escaped. Not a word of the nlleged crime, ever had been told to an officer be- (ore.; The threats of the father that Ire would kill any member of the fam ily who notified the police silenced all of them, the child declared. The girl said she did not know where either her father or her moth- er was. She was taken to Chicago later by her mother. : but on what street they lived She could not tell. Finally, she said, her mother turned her over to a Woman, who brought her to Milwaukee. SEVERAL VAGUE EXCI SES. Mrs. Gunness Tried 'to Account for Helseleln'i Absence, Laporte, Did., Nov. 17 Letters writ ten by Mrs. Bello Gunness to Asel Hel geleln, of Mansfield, S. D., In an en deavor to lull his suspicion concerning thq disappearance of his brother, An drew, wero Introduced yesterday as evmencA In thi. trln! rt ffav T an, Sphere. Prosecutor Smith used, them In. leading up to the murder of Hel- geleln. He expects to prove Lamphere purchased poison to kill Helgeleln and ; later assisted : Mrs. Gunness in dis posing of the body. , Only three out of 7S letters held by the state were presented in evidence. These had been translated from Nor- weglan and their genuineness was at tested to by Asel K. Helgeleln. The letters show the cunning of Mrs. Gun ness In distracting attention from her self after she had murdered and dis membered ft victim. In her letters to Asel K. Helgeleln Mrs. Gunness .hows fear of Lamphere and has several vague excuses for the disappearance of Andrew Helgeleln. MEETING CLOSES. Much Interest Manifested Twenty ne Additions to Church. Basket-ball. " V; ' Wake Forest. Nov. 17 The meeting which has been In progress here for a week, led by Dr, 4. U White, of Greens-boro,-closed with the service last even ing. The audiences were unusually large and much Interest was manifest, ed throughout. There wera 21 additions to the church, and a number converted who will unite with churches Mse- whtre. That the number was not larger l due In part to the fact that 90 per cent. Of the 364 students were already member of churches. . iu u voice aevoiu oi emotion tne. oi w. r. nouui igui c voiupauy a"u i duly as I See it," said he before en child told the judge that her father, I they say that a title helps a whole j lei ing the conference room. "One Joseph Luty, three months ago in lot In Englan, y'knoV. cannot tell how the conference will 1 FAIRFAX WINS BRITISH PEERAGE House of; Commons Decides YirginjaQ Is Eiiti'Jiid to SeatAniing Peers IS WALlSTfiEtT BROKER After Long Fight Albert Sidney Fair, fax Is Granted Right to Title. With Honors Pertaining to Peerage ! Was on Stock Exchange When In formed of Honor But Seemed More Interested In Fluctuations of Mar ket Than In News From London frond of His Country. (By Cable to The Times.) London, Nov. ,17 --The house of commons today"- decided that Lord ... Fairfax, an American member of the famous Fairfax family of Virginia, had established bis claim to a seat ! o.vnn Although Albert I 'm Klrby Fairfax fought for and won his N right to the title-of Lord Fairfax, he nevertheless remains an American and 13 a Wall street broker in New i York : Busy on Market. 1 New Yofk, Nov.:l 7 Albert Kirby Fairfax, twelfth baron Cnmcron;- was hustling around In Wall street and "e "7 Luua, wnen we UTOUU" that he was entitled to , a sea among the peers. The fact that his honor auu ueeu. uesioweu uira iik mcir can did not seem to interest him nearly so much aB the fluctuations of Steel Trust commin and Pennsyl vaula. : f -Lord.FalBfax, ii rniMten.. with, the, banking firm of W. P. Bonbrigtit & Company, 34 Broad street. He is ex tremely proud of the fact that he id an American and when travelling he always has his baggage market "A. K. . Fairfax, V. .8. A." Some of his friends have been cruel enough to in- tlraate that he simply claimed the title of Lord Fairfax in order to help himself in business, for he was at I one time In charge of London offices I m ii T- Tt I- : . v. x o si .it At any rate Albert Klrby Fairfax ' put In his claim to the title of Lord Fairfax several years ago. He was recognized by King Edward, who commanded his to appear at the cor- ouation Albert Klrby Fairfax was born in Maryland and was educated in the United States, lie is a descendant of Lord Fairfax, who was Washington's! great menu. IS SET ON EIRE (By Leased Wire to The Times) Birmingham, Nov. 17The bodies of four men have been recovered and seven others are missing following the firing of the maaway of No. 3 mine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company last night. He roic efforts are being made to .stay the flames and reach the bodies of the missing men, all Of whom have ueen given up for dead. It Is the belief of the officials that the manway was set on fire In the hope that there would be a general escape, convict labor being exclusively employed. F, New York,- Nov. 17 Thomas F. Ryan, whose absence from this country dur ing the past Ave months has excited curious comment In view of the pend ing financial litigation with which his name has been mentioned, is due to arrive from Europe this evening on the Krons Prlnsessln Cecils of the North German Lloyd line. Mr. Ryan's private oar, Pera Mar quette, was drawn up on a sidetrack In the Pennsylvania dapot, Jersey City, thla mnpnlnv In rAnrilnafta frt. him I He will not come here after landing, but go directly to his home In Wash- Jlngton, where he will Join Mrs, Ryan, MANWAYOFMINE THOMAS RYAN COMING HOME KAISER WILL CEASE MEDDLING Yon Buelow Will Remain ihs Head of the G&vernment PLAN IS SATISFACTORY At Conference This Morning German Emperor Gave Assurance That He Would Bend to Popular Sentiment and Cease Meddling in State Af fairs Count Will Continue to Act as Imperial Chancellor Agree ment Thought to be Satisfactory to AH Germans and Dissatisfied Feeling Expected to Disappear. (By Cable to The Times.) Berlin, Nov. 17 -After a confer ence which lasted an hour' and which was held In the new palace at Ports dam this afternoon, it was officially Btated that Emperor William had 1 Btven assurances to his conferee, r"" 7 " ; would bend to popular sentiment, j Thl3 virtuallv means that the kaisar will submit to certain proposals put to him through the chancellor by the Reichstag. In, common parlance, it will end his meddling in state affairs. It was further announced that Count Von Bnelow will continue to act as imperial chancellor, thus ire- eluding the possibility of the emper- ui a i;iuuiug ui a lavorue. iniiuary man ln; this-exalted position. It is thought that the agreement will be fiatsfu(.tory t0 aI1 Germans and that ju . wU, a the dbsatisfied feeling which has existed for several weeks. Chancellor Von Buelow arrived at the Potsdam palace shortly before noon this morning and was at once ushered into the presence of the em perofV ' Shortly after h ourof 1 2 the chancellor appeared . from tiie council chamber and it neeled but a glance at his face to herald the sat isfactory conclusion of the confer ence. Some trepidation was felt before the conference as to the outcome. : The chancellor appeared ill and his recent worriment and sickness hud left their traces upon him. My only thought now is to do my terminate but I sincerely trust it will be satisfactory. The German people may rely upon me to do my duty." : lli'iiriiia; Against Coal Trust. Scnuiton, Pa., Nov. 17 The hear ing of the government against the al leged anthracite coal trust Was re sumed in this city today. Many inde- pendent operators are here, ready to take the stnild. WILL NOT WEB Ashevllle, Nov. 17 The marriage of Mrs. Sophie Harrison Eastman, of Chicago, daughter of the late Carter Harrison, to Baker Everett Edwards, which it was announced would take place today, seems to have been In definitely postponed, Mrs. Eastman would make no statement and Ed wards was also silent beyond saying that the marriage would take place. Rev. Gilbert Rowe, of the Central M. E. Church, who was to have per formed the ceremony, however, said that he had not been satisaed that he could legally do so. BANK CASHIER (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Montlcello, Ky., Nov. 17 The Cit izens National Bank has closed. As sistant Cashier Winfree disappeared several days ago and its cat'iler, Charles McConnaghy, has" been ar rested by a United States - marshal anl taken to Somerset for a hearing before United States Commissioner Cook. The shortage Is estimatod at : t.uu-. Tn0 banks paid Up tapital 18 $50,000 and Its deposit are placed ;t 190,000. : MR EASTMAN UNDER ARRET MRS. OSBORNE DEAD. 11 - vr - V 'Mil 4 J ' 1 Mrs. Josefa N. Osborne, former so ciety woman, designer of women's costume, playwright and play house manager, who died in New York as the result of appendicitis. JEALOUS MAN The Wcman Had Repulsed " His tfivsnces ond He Shot Her SHOOTS WOMAN HE ATHHPTED SUICIDE"1 . j After Long Fight Albert Kirby Fair- comes : Infutuuted With Married Woman She Kefused to Have Anything to do With Him Cava- naugh Shoots Her and Then Tries to Kill Himself Hut ...Is Too Ner- vous Is Arrested. '''- . ' (By Lea:ed Wire to The Times.) Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 17 After firing four bullets into the body of the woman with whom he was infat-' i uated, and using his last cartridge on himself-in .an effort to commit sul- clde, John Cavahaugh, an insurance agent of Wate'rury, twenty-seven ,, . . . . . years old, was captured early today ' 1 . . in a saloon in which he had taken refuge after shooting. The Injured ' woman is Mrs. Edward L. French, ' wife of an' employe of the Naugatuck Gas Company. She was removed to our great city. Much civil improve- . the Waterbury Hospital, where little ment more schools and other public hope is held for her life. Improvement will require the lssu- Cavanaugh was too nervous to sue- ante of bonds. A division of the ceed In killing himself and the bullet people would likely defeat this issue only grazed his forehead. He was of bonds. ; 1 .. taken to the local police station and "I love Atlanta I have helped 'In' locked up after having been roughly my humble way to her upbuilding, handlel by a crowd ofmenwhohad and as the good Lord Is my witness I heard of tiie shooting. stand ready to make any personal sae- Cavanaugh, who is a married man ' riflce in the interest of Atlanta and and the father of three children, has her people. been Infatuated with Mrs. French for ' "Believing as I do that a campaign some time past. She repuUed his at this time will do great harm to her advances but fearing her husband's interests, I. In her name, hereby anger did not tell hi mof the many thank the people for their many ex attempts made by the man to have pressions as given me and ln trust uer listen to his plea to elope. ; lng me ln every office to which I as- Cavauaugh wrote her many letters plred, and say to them 1 will not let . which she returned unopened, and my personal : ambition - disrupt her every time the man ra wher on the good people, and now formally wlth street he followed her until she was draw myself as your nominee for forced to go to her relatives for pro- mayor. tection. Mrs. French will probably die. Rockefeller Not Culled. (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 1 7 John D. Rock-' sfcllor was not called as a witness at the hearing of the government Against the Standard Oil Company, and It could not be learned whether he would appear today or not. Niamlurd Oil Burning. (By Loused Wire id The Times) Louisville, Ky., Nov. 17 The en- tiro fire department has been called colved the highest number of rotes (o a blaze In the plant of the Stand- after Woodward, claimed the notnt ard Oil Company, at jhfth and Bloom nation as the regular democratlo ' ' streets. . . ; (Continued on 8econd Paie.) IfOODlRDmLL NOT BE! RA C Withdraws in Favor of Mr. Klad- doxtbe Independent Candidate RECEIVED APPLAUSE His Action in Withdrawing Com' mended by a Resolution Unanimous ' ly Adopted- Mr. Maddox, Inde pendent Candidate. Nominated for Mayor on Regular Democratic Ticket by AcclamationMr. Wood- ward, in Withdrawing, Calls At tention to Populbr Vote Given In lrimarv But Withdraws to Pre- vent Discord. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17 tA a mass meeting last night of citizens for the purpose of formulating plana (Or the independent mayorallty campaign of Mr. Robert F. Maddox against James G. Woodward, the nominee of the white primary, Mr. M. F. Amorous, a close friend of Mr. Woodward read a letter from the nominee . announc-. ing his withdrawal In favor of Mr. Maddox. The announcement was greeted with tremendous applause and immediately a resolution com mending Mr. Woodward's magnaml nous action was unanimously adopt ed. Mr. Maddox was nominated for mayor on the regular ' democratic ; ticket, by acclamation and steps will be taken at once to have the execu tive committee of the party substl- tute his name for that of Mr. Wood-1 : ward. The nomination is equivalent . to election. :' ; ? . Mr. Woodward, In withdrawing! called 'attention to the great popular ; vote, given - him iu- the and... expressed his belief tnaffieTioWnar. tlon would be ratified In the election but In view of the great amount of civic improvement proposed at this time, which entails the Issuance of large blocks of bonds and his love for Atlanta, he had decided to withdraw favor of Mr. Maddox. Mr: MarlrlrtY In n vTiiinff man. Yfce president' of the American National Bank, one of the strongest financial Institutions In the south,', and very ' popular In business circles. He was persuaded to allow the Use of his name only after much pressure had' been brought to bear, ' , Woodward's Withdrawal. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Atlanta, Nov. 17 The following Is the letter of withdrawal of Nominee Jam8 G. Woodward: "T e People of Atlanta: I have been squarely and fairly selected ln the white primary for the next mayor of Atlanta and I believe now that the good people of Atlanta win ratlfy tnat nomination In the election. I deny any good reason why .. . ,. . . 0 ... they should not do so. Some citizens nave seen tit to bring out opposition, thereby injecting a division of our people at a time when they should all be united for the upbuilding of I "Again allow me to extend my most heartfelt thanks to the thousands of lojal and true friends, who have so nobly stood by me In all my past heated campaigns. Their friendship and loyalty will never be forgotten," and they will always find me ready , to do them a kindness whenever oc- caslo'n presents. "J. O. WOODWARD." Goodwin Claims Nomination. (By Leased .Wire to The Times) . Atlanta, Nov. 17 The city elec tion situation took another turn this morning when Thomas H. Goodwin, the candidate In the primary whd re-. '-' - 3'-' ''-V'i' ' V
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