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t.' In Weather. , ,: Washington, D. C, Nov.. 23 Fore cast for North Carolina lor tonight and Tuesday; Partly cloudy tonight, ; showers in western 'portion., : .' VOLUME M. RALEIGH, N. 0., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1908. PRICE I CENTS. 2nd Edition REV.A.D.HUNTER CilNtlOAI Prominent Man of tbe County Takes His Own Life This Mcriiing STILL HELD THE WEAPON The Dead Man Was a Caadldate for the Democratic Nomination for County Treasurer in the Primaries Last August He Fought Hard for the Nomination and Spent a Great Deal of Money Pound Lying in His Woodhshcd, His Throat Cut From Ear to Ear and a Razor Clutched in His Hand. Rev. A. D. Hunter, a well-known Baptist, minister of Wake county, committed suicide at his home in Cary this morning. His body was found in the woodhouse back of his residence at about 12 o'clock today. Passengers at the Cary station, waiting for the 12:05 train to Ral eigh, were startled by the screams of a woman in the rear of the Hunter residence. Among those who rushed to find the cause of the disturbance was Mr. Charles Scott, of Cary. .,'..,, Entering the woodshed he saw the body of Mr. Hunter, his clothes cov ered with blood to the waist, his throat gashed almost from ear to ear. His bead was lying on a block of wood. In his right hand was clutched a razor, his" right arm lying across his breast'. There was no sign of a struggle. Death must have been almost instantaneous. Two large arteries In his neck were com pletely severed. : He had apparently been dead about two hours. ..It was Tils cook who found Jlflilfsaiid "wh6 aroused the neighborhood with her screams.- :'.', ' '. Mr. Scott says that no one suspect ed that Mr. Hunter contemplated Belf-destructlon. It was known that he had been greatly depressed ": for some time on account of losses In curred in hU fight for the democratic nomination for treasurer in the pri maries. Mr. Hunter had frequently Bpoken to Mr. Scott of these losses and also of the unpleasantness that arose during his contest for the nom ination and his overwhelming de feat.: . : -, .. It will be remembered that Rev. A. D. Hunter was an opponent of Messrs. L. B. Pegram, B. P. William son and C. E. Crawford in the hard fight for the democratic nomination for county treasurer. During the fight much bitterness was aroused by attacks of a personal character. Many hard things were said of Mr. Hunter's private life, and it is known that these attucks caused him a great deal ' of suffering. None of the charges against him could have been substantiated. In private life he was . above reproach and it was only un der Btress of modern campaign meth ods that bis enemies, catching at straws, attacked him. Mr. Hunter was about fifty-two years old:' He was the only son of the. late Isaac Hunter, who lived In Wake county, near Holly Springs. For years he has been a Baptist preacher, and at the time of his death was serving Several country churches. He was thrice married. His first wife was Miss Emma Gunter. She left him one daughter, Miss Elsa Hunter, a teacher in the Baptist University for Women. His second wife was Miss Irene Walker, and by her had four. children, all of whom are living. Hla'thlrd wife was Miss Elizabeth Rodwell, who survives him. They had two children. Mr. Hunter wag well liked by all whd knew him. He was known as 'a mad of excitable nature, one who was easily "wrought up" over mat ters.. He fought a hard fight In the primaries and died hard. He was de termined to secure the nomination and the failure to do so was one of his greatest disappointments. ' 'A-special Just-received from Cary reads as ioiiows; . ... - "Rev. A. D. Hunter, a Baptist min ister,. commltteiLsulclde at his home here this morning by cutting his throat with a razor. Rev. Hunter has been depressed for several weeks, due to financial troubles and no other reason can be given for his act. He was in Mr. Jone"s store this morn ing settling with a tenant and re quested .Mr. Jones to straighten his accounts out as he was In trouble and could not. About 11 o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Hunter were walking in me oaca yarn oi vaeir uome lugwuier. Mrs. Hutter went over to a neighbor net'doer, Mrs,.; Jordans, and Mr. Hunts' wetit into the woodhouse, At (Cnotinued on Fifth Page.) ; BITTER FIGHT IN ' JENKINS CASE Bank President Accased oi Misappropriating $50,000 . Placed on Trial JURY PAXEL EXHAUSTtD Jenkins Robbed Ilmiks of Funds for ' Purposes of Speculation Father and Three Brothers Wore All Ai rested at tlie Same Time and Fa ther Died Not Long After Arrest, it is Bald, of a Broken Heart Coun sel for Defense Subjects Talesmen to Rigid Examination and Soon .:' Exhausts Panel of Sixty. . (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 23 John G. Jenkins, Jr., formerly president of the Wil liamsburg Trust Company and the Jenkins' Trust company, of Williams burg, was placed on trial today In the supreme court, Brooklyn, on an Indict ment charging the m.sapproprlatlon of jr.o.oco. The firt draft of sixty talesmen was exhausted before the trial had lasted more than half an hour and It became apparent that this will be one of the most b'tterly fought trials of its kind In the history of Kings county, Justice Kell;v before whom Jenkins Is being tried, immediately sent for a second panel of forty talesmen. Stephen Baldwin, counsel for Jenkins, subjected every man to the most rigid questioning and , used challenges at every opportunity. District Attorney Clarke and Assistant District Attorney Elder are both engaged In the prosecu tion. - '' '.'.;,; Jenkins watt a member of tbe brok erage firm of 8. & J, G. Jenkins and it Is charged that his speculations and his misappropriations - from the two 'trust companies brought on the failure of the two Institutions and also of the First National Bank of Williamsburg and the panic In Brooklyn a year ago. Jenkins and his father, John G., Sr., and his two brothers, Freder'ck and Frank, were all Indicted at the fame time. The elder Jenkins began to fail n health after, the indictment and died not long after. His friends de clare that h3 had died of a broken heart. : FREIGHT WRECK NEAR SUFFOLK (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Suffolk, Va., Nov. 23 As the result of a misunderstood train order and a heavy fog, extra southbound freight No. 903 and the first 'section of No. 274, also a freight, crashed together yesterday in a head-on collision on the Atlantic Coast Line, near Nansemond station. '. Front Brakeman H. K. Snovel, of Wtst Philadelphia, was burled in the wreckage and lnc!ncated; lEnglnecr W. J. Buchanan, of the northbound train, also was entrapped, being cut out barely In time to save him from cremation, and other trainmen who Jumpd were more or less injured. 1 Both engines and 21 heavily laden cars, carrying cotton," peanuts and lumber, were demolished. The debris Immediately took fire. An engine from the Suffolk fire department was car ried to the scene on a special train, but. practically everything, save car wheels' and castings, was' consumed before water could be had from a near by branch. FELL SIXTY FEET (By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 33 Joseph Orscher, aged 48, a bricklayer, repairing the masonry of a building at No. 3 Madi son street, today fell from the scaffold on which ho was working at the fourth story and fell sixty feet to the pave ment. . Dr. Harrison, of St." Gregory! Hoi pltal, was summoned and was aston iehtd to find that Orscher's only In Jury wai' apparently a dislocated shoulder. Ho was unconscious, but his skull was not seriously Injured. On careful examination at the hospital no ther Injuries wer discovered. He will recover. London Bar Silver. . ." (By Cable to The Times) : London, Not. 13 Bar slim steady at It 15-1$, decline HI BUT NOT KILLED TheHains Children And Their Grand Mother Mins. ' V 7 ' , t ; ' Jt vw I 1 1 M - MRS. HELL DEAD FamcGS PotSralipajater. Dies la Secluslcn ! Neglected by Hor Friends She Dies in Seclusion Had No Money Dut Too Proud to Ask for Charity Strick en by Paralysis. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 2:! ?'e glectad by the tew friends who were left from the many who once court-'j ed her society because of her brll-j liant work us a painter, Mrs. Imogcne ! Robinson Morrell, one of the famous' portrait artists of her time, died", early yesterday morning in a '"Third story back" which she had occupied for eight months. A large portrait important p:i: t In the troul lc of the ! of General DIx 'which she had paint- ' Mains Limilics, mid their grand led hangs in the capltol. i 'mother, .Mrs. IVlcr C. Ilains. Sr. ' During the last ten years of her i life. Mrs. Morrell had remained in" Be- ; elusion and about' elclit months ago! applied for a home at a house on j Fourteenth street. At that time she remarked that she had no home or relatives and it was suggested that she enter a home for aged people, J "No, I am too proud to ask char-1 ity," Mrs, Morrell replied. Attracted by the spirit of the aged woman, the owner of the house took her in, giving her a room. j. n A week-ago the aged artist was stricken with paralysis and was found unconscious in her room. She was placed in bed and given atten tion, but the fall she had sustained had broken her thigh bone, and, be cause of her age, she failed rapidly. Late Saturday she became worse and a physician ordered her removab to; fa hospital'. While an ambulance wasl on Its way she died. Notlve was sent! to her only known relative, a nephew, j Roswell R. Robinson, of Maiden,' jjjgg ' ' 'j Born In the United States. Mrs. 1 ;l Morrell developed a taste for art and1 went to Paris for study. She work-!lnal tA under Ttnnrirorpaii .who nfterwArrt mavrittrf hor half iaioi v.n tv voin i ago she returned to America and has' since painted t"he portraits of scoros' of men and women of prominence. ! Rha ain nnintoit innri.ron.1 animnia I --- ( and marine views. TRIBUTES TO CARMACK. John Sharp Williams and Others Speak ln Big Memphis Meeting. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Mtmp' .. ', Tenn., Nov. 23 Senator John Sharp Williams, former Senator B. Turley and other friends and ad mirers . r'd tributes to the memory of the late Senator Carmack at a monster memorial service held at the Jefferson theatre yesterday afternoon, At the conclusion of the exerclnes resolutions were adopted endorsing the I cause for which the "departed shad his martyr's blood," condemning law- j lessness ln the state, and calling upon i the authorities i"to bring to Justice I all the ' conspirators who ' aided and abetted In the foul assassination." The Hams children, who play an ..From rij;lit (o Iclt they re: Mollv daughter of T. Jenkins Hulns: Peter third, Hamilton and Jaeic. sons of Captain Peter ('. Hains. BATTLESHIPS (liy Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 23 Tru IT DEFICIENT man H. Newberry, acting secretary atlons have yet to be completely re of the navy, has made public a sum- ; vealed by the police, but, according , . x.,;.- -.,-' vaw lil"lu ul- reciea at tne pians oi mo oauiesmps North Dakota ami Delaware,, by Com-; rounder A, L. Key, and to discuss plans for present and future designs of battleships. ne otnciai report is to me eneci 'itn tne .exception oi minor ae- j fects the battleships under criticism were found to be not deficient. important results were obtalnod tl10 conference, which will provide tne new ships with higher calibre guns ana inaKo otiier cnanges in fu- .,, 1 . . . . 1 ture naval designs. So far as the actual defects points pointed out and the alleged inferiority of American1 ordnance to foreign ordnance are concerned, tho conference decided that American ordnance was at pres ent equal to that of any naval afloat. FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. Miss Mary Mend Succumbed to Sight of a Mouse. (By Leased Wire to The Times)' Florence, N. J., Nov. 23 Miss Mary Mead died last evening from frleht at the elRht of a mouse. Miss Mead saw her pet cat was bringing In a mouse, Shrieking, she learned over to draw Up her skirts about her. Suddonly ah gtood up, complaining of a patn ln her heart. In less than a minute she was dead. - MEYERS IN NEW YORK Seaniiid h Goad Rumor Over ' Arrest navs He is a llroker from Pittsburg. Was Arrested in ; Pittsburg and I:rotii;lit to New York on Charge of Sti'a.uif; l ive Ilonds. (I , Lnsi.d Wire to The Times.) New ork. Nov, 23 A dapper lit tle man wil.i clo;e cropped Vandyke heard mid wearing a dary gray Eng lish wulkim; suit, stepped !' briskly. Irnni a train at the Grand Central station, lit -I a. m. today, followed closely bv D.'teetive Sergeant 'Kelson,' wlio hurried ill m to police headquar ters in a carriage. The prisoner joked and smiled in hmh good hunior until ho was bnmulit up for registry. His smile vanishe.l for a moment, then he qtr.rkly recovered his poire 'and said ho u Joseph Montlfore Meyers. At ' first he saiil he didn't know where he lived or' what his business was, but finally he ,cave his age as 39, his resi donee as I'ittrluirg and his business as that of a broker, lie came from Pittsburg. Meyers for three years occupied apartments at the Ansonla and the Waldorf !n this city and through let ters of . " introduction bearing the names of Whitelaw" Held, General Nelson A. Miles and others, succeed ed In meeting many men and women of prominence,, both In a social and business way. His subsequent oper- lo tne i-utsourg aiuaoriues to the Pittsburg authorities, when I all has been told, they expect to con- nect nim Wth one of the most gl- ; gantic swinaies or recent years, Meyers, following his arrest in Pittsburg Saturday, was turned over to the New York detective to be brought back for trial on a charge or stealing nve Donas or tne central liUmoer & construction company from Samuel Biddlson, a broker, hav- j lug offices at 15 Nassau street and living at Eighty-third street and j j Twelfth avenue, Brooklyn. The warrant was Issued July 17,! 1907, by Magistrate Cornell, sitting In riie Tombs police court. The M. , . ... ..... M. . bonds were valued at $4,500. ; According to Detective Nelson, Meyers admitted to him on the train coming from Pittsburg that he be- came short of funds in New York and had to leave and that he took the bonds. He said M had spent a great deal of his time ln Australia, ln Chi cago and ln England. The detective brought with him a suit case which is destined to play an Important part in the case. It Is said to contain documents of value In ex posing Meyer's operations. Commercial Bar SHvoT. , By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York, Nov. 23 Commercial bar silver, 49 c. Mexican dollars, 45C. . '-.;, POTTERY MEN WANT REDUCTION Appear Before Ways and Means taiiitiee to ' Urge Their I kirns HAS BEEN FRAUD Jerome Jones, u Boston Wholesale Druler in Pottery,' Urges a General ' lieduction of Duty on 'Pottery and Glassware Says Potteries Are ..Prosperous and Industry Can Stand Reduction There Has Been ' Fraud All Along the Line, He 1 Said Fraudulent Valuations Made by Foreign Houses. 1 Washington Nov. 23 Following the I lenrl tt nthei hpneMpiai'ies of hlrh protective tariff. : who hive already pressed their claims before the ways and meani: committee, the pottery , . ,v DreDared to ea(1 tne .nanufacturers and dealers of the'!ss: t0.a was Preparea to lead tne United States were well represented ( nead of the 011 tru8t P8t the oate n , when the hearing opened ths morning. ! 1882 where his direct examination Jerome Jones, a Boston wholesale ', closed, "p to the present time, and dealer, was asked by Chairman Payne 'force him to tell all concerning the f importers would be satisfied with a : workings of the Standard Oil. ' i eduction of tariff from 60 per cent, to j The Opening given to the prosecli 10 per cent, advalorem. Mr. Payne tor wa8 whe Mr Rocitefeiier re .vas In favor of th s reduction because : nuestion- -it has been Impossible to prevent the i ,1Ti , , . ander-valaation of importations. 11 is hazardous business at the "There has been fraud all along the , present time.' ine." he said. "Fraudulent valuations I Thus, according to Mf. Kellogg, Mr. iuve been made by even soma of the ; cst houses abroad, and our govern- ; ner.t has found it impossible to prevent . h?m'" v. J( , . , Jones said he did not think it pes- I lble to establish what a fair whole-.. sale price would be in this country. ' "If we. cannot, learn what the price is here'' said Chairman Payne, "how in the world can we-find out what it is in Europe," . ..Jones said that the present practice c.f accepting the sworn statements' of tlnu. d u : . . " -"" 1907 were $70,000,000, and Mr. Kei- Jones urged i-a general reduction of,10 wiU endeavor to learn from the the duty on pottery and glassware, j witness if the methods pursued In lie said the potteries were prosperous earning this enormous sum were con nrd that the industry could stand .a', trary to the laws respecting the res reduction.': He admitted, in answer to luestlons by Mr. Bell, that there was in association of wholesale dealers in this country that fixed 'the price at ; which certain grades of English ware should be sold Jones said, however... that less than lnif the wholesalers Ot tne ricnest trust on eartn sub-; were in tho comb'nation. sequent to the 1882 agreement. long this same line of fixed prices, The Standard Oil counsel have he said in reply to Mr. Woodward, given the matter much atteri'tlon. i Lhat the American producers have They deny that there was premedita what is known as the "American Pot- Uon ln caUlng ,he truat headg to tes. ters Association, which tried to fix ; uf SQ . n 8gfbIe pro8ecutlon ag prices on American pottery. . f " , Mr. Pavne elic tod from Mr. Jones individuals might be obviated. There the statement that the American as- was no sinister design about it. To a soclation had little success in fixing reporter one of the counsel finally prices and .that American pottery not made this statement: only sold side by side with the foreign j "Since 1890 and ,up to 1907 im product, but that usually it was sold munity laws have been enacted In at a price which su'ted the dealer In- connectlo wth the interstate com steof at a price fixed by the as- erce provide generally, soclation. 1 . . ...... 1 "It has been charged." said Mr. !a"d nder the latest changes, that Champ Clark, "th tt the tinder-valua- when a witness. is sworn and testlffes lion of imports from Germany is car- he is entitled to immunity, Whether r ed on with the connivance of this ia defendant who has been subpoenaed government In accord with the govern-. by a co-defendant and testifies is en ment of Germany. What do you know titled to immunity has never been de-,: about it?" ; Icided, and vhcn called by a co-de- "I th-nk the report, are cxaggerar- ; (end e glveg te8tlmony to ed,"-rep led .Mr. Jones. .... j, . 1 , , In concluding his testimony. Mr.!OT'a n facts on direct examlnaUon Jones said that the American Potters nd cross-examined by the govern Asaoclatlon sold their product abroad ment beyond the scope of the direct cheaper than in America, but he did examination, has also not been de not have figures to prove his state- elded. What the courts may. uItK ment and Chairman Payne requested ; mately say : is problematical, both mm to n ic a Drier ueanng w un tne subject POLICE BREAK UP DOG FIGHT After two Chicago, Ills., Nov. 23 oun terriers aaa torn one anotner lor forty-six minutes and had been pre- vented from rushing Into a doath grapple ny ine ngntweigni pugiusiic champion, Battling Nelson, the trus- I I T1..11 X. 4.AM....J tees of the village of Burnham, wlt!i a dozen nrmed deputies at their hacks, broke Into the city hall, in which the fight was held. The Ave mounted the witness stand and tho hundred spectators jumped to their cross-examination by Frank Kellogg, feet and a wild rush for doors and the government's 'trust buster" was windows followed. Several shots resumed. Mr. Kellogg', first tjues were fired In the air by the deputies, tlon was: but they could not stop the stam-1 i, jt not true that all the stock-' Pede. ; holders fn the South Improvement Nelson escaped arrest by what his Company are also stockholders In the followers might call a neat exhibition Standard Oil Company? . of ring generalship. When the "No; I think not.", scramble began, the battler thought1 "Were not William True, William of a deputies star presented to 'him p. Logan, Mr. Lockhart, and W. O. by an admirer in Mexico last year, warden?" , ' Pinning this on his coat be mingled "Not all; William True was, Wtt wltli the raiaers and finally slipped Ham P. Logan was not Lockhart from the place unobserved. Nine later became a sMkholder bent men were captured In the raid. , j (continued on Second Ft.) KELLOGG TRAPS ROCKEFELLER Thinks He Has Magnate Where Re Can Ask Euta- '-. .'..".' ,-.'" ;'. - '! -; AGAIN ON THE STAND ; Kellogg Thinks That When OB MM Said His Business Was Hazardous at "Present Time", That He Opened Way For Questions About the Bus iness Up to "Present Time." Had Not Been Allowed to Cross-examine Mr. Rockefeller About Events Subsequent to 1882. ". . ,. ; By Leased Wire to The Times) New York, Nov. 23 Believing he had trapped John D. Rockefeller, Government Prosecutor Prank B. Kel- Rockefeller opened the door to any question about Standard Oil "up to the present time.' f And in doing this, Mr. Kellogg, as- vernment wl not forfelt . , . , . . 7 its right.to prosecute Mr. Rockefeller criminally, which will be done If this tCase 18 won. Mr. Kellogg plans to keep Mr.' Rockefeller on the stand through the day. Mr. Rockefeller already, haa ,stflted tnftt Standard olrg earnings In train t of trade. Following Mr. j Rockefeller, his brother, William iRnckefeller. and John D. Arehhold , be c d tQ th ff Th . , . , , , - ?e ask.ed t0 e3tplain the JnMr.wory, questIons are present in this case." Mr. Rockofeller entered the court room at 10:30 o'clock, after having fought his way through a curious crowd which waited outside. As he took off his overcoat and prepared to take the witness stand he turned and ! waved his hand at the reporters. He jthen stored h's co-,t. hat and cane under tne t.slilo of Referee Ferrlss. 'Reforree Terris then 'eald to him: "Well, Mr. Rockefeller, how do 'you feel this morning'" ' Very well, thank ?ou." replied Mr. KocKereller, although he did not look very cheerful, despite the fact that he had had a rest of two days. Mr. Rockefeller then held a con ference with his own lawyers and the lawyers for the government. The na- ture ofthis conference was not made public. After this Mr. Rockefeller
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