fflwl!Wtting Cimcs ED!p
Weather.
Washington, March 10 Forecast
for North Carolina for tonight and
Thursday: Fair tonight and Thurs
day; much colder tonight. ;
ESTABLISHED 1876.
RALEIGH, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1909.
PRICE I GENTS
hi
v SPEECH OF JOB
GARNER
DRAWS
Crush Was So Great That
Was Exceedingly Hard
to Handle Crowd
it
IS BRILLIANT ORATOR
Wlu-n General Gamer Entered
Courtroom it Required Several
Minute Strenuous Work on the
Part of the Iluiliffs to Get Him
Through the Crowd t'nusual Man
ifestation of Interest This Morning
Was llcgarded as Quite a Trihute
. . to the Deputation As An Orator
of Job . Gamer r His Speech a
Masterful Kffort.
( ny Leased Wire to The Times) -
Criminal Court-room, Nashville,
Tenn., March 10.- Perhaps the lar
gest crowd since the trial began was
in attendance early this morning at
the criminal court to hear General
Job darner speak for the state In the
trial of the Coopers and John D,
Shurp for the killing of Senator Car
mack Tlie brilliant and rapid fire
young attorney from Lawrenceburg
was to have begun his speech yester
day afternoon, but General Meeks,
for the defense, consumed the entire
day with his opening argument. -
The unusual manifestation of in
terest this morning was regarded as
quite a tribute to the reputation as an
orator of Job Garner. The crush
was so greut that It was exceedingly
difficult to handle the crowd, and
when General Garner entered the
court-room it required several min
utes' strenuous work on the part of
7 the bailiffs to get him. through the
' ,:crpwd, C:.7mi
General Garner began his speech
promptly when court convened this
morning In the Cooper-Sharp murder
trial. As he entered upon the argu
ment, the audience and the jury
leaned forward with interest. The
speaker held the- attention of the
court-room at all times. He began
by assuring the jury that he had no
feeling In the matter. That he had
sympathy for the loved ones of those
who had brought on this tradegy as
Well as for the dear ones of him who
had been sent, to his grave. He here
scored the defense for the aspersions
cast, upon t he dead man, and deplored
the fuel that the dead man could nqt
arise to resent the slanders of paid
attorneys. He declared Senator Car
mack's character had been assaulted
unjustly and without foundation. He
said I he test of the mental condition
of the defendants ought to be based
on what was their mental condition
at the time of the killing, not what
they swore at the trial. General
Garner then declared there was ab
solutely no excuse for the killing.
"Don't you go too far when you
attempt to apply the unwritten law
to the editors of newspapers," he
said.
General Garner then declared there
was nothing in the editorial that
could cause Colonel Cooper to take
serious offense, yet General Meeks
had sought to justify the killing on
account of the editorial by stating
that this was not the first time he
had seen the streets run red with
blood. He asked what system or
logic the defense used to say that
John Sharp's wishing Carmack was
dead and Inholl was a pleasantry.
Yet Senator Carmack merited death
for what he wrote! There has never
been an Intimation, declared General
Garner, "that there was anything im
proper in the reconciliation between
Governor Patterson and Governor
Cox with which Colonel Cooper had
been charged. N
General Garner said It was true
that Colonel Cooper promised the
governor not to send the letter; that
it wbb false that Colonel Cooper In
tended' keeping the promise. In sup
port of this last charge General Gar
ner cited the Instance of Bradford,
the peacemaker, trying to get John
J. Vertrees to give this nbte to Sen
ator Carmack.
General Garner said Colonel Coop
er Intended to kill Carmack on Sun
day, and that his heart bore no malice
on Monday, the day of the tradegy.
He mentioned In support of this Col-
ntinl Cnnnar'a nrnfnnltv an the dav
of the tragedy; be declared that Col
onel Cooper had no right to have
- gone down from the corner.
When he was not on Bpeaklng
' terms with Carmack and had threat
ened to kill him, that Carmack, un-
RO
DED ROOK
s der such circumstances,, bad a right
v (Continued on Pace Two.)
Statement From Tax Books
of County and Township
Showing Objects of Taxes,
For the Information of-4he general public the following is a state
ment from the tax books of Wake county of the total amount of taxes
collectable through the sheriff and the
levied:
Total taxes of Wake county, J199,
State . . . ,
Schools
School bonds . ". ......
County
: Road3 . .... , ....... . . , .-.
Railroad bond:!
Total
Total' -taxes Raleigh township, $11
Amount. Rate.
State . . .$ 26,894.87 25c.
School , ". '. . .... . . . . ... .' . . 23, 566,28 18c.
County ",;'. ... . . . . 21,933.30 20c.
Road '..',' ........... .15,833.56 15c.
Graded school . . ... ... ... . ... . . . . 21,111.42 20c.
School bonds ... ........ ... ..... 2,1 11.1 I 2c.
Railroad bonds .... . . ... ..... . 1,055.27 lc.
Total . . . .$112,505.84 101c.
X. TJ. In the state, school and
as well .Is property tax.
Poll tax, ; $1.89, divided as folic ws:
State .:-. ...... ... . ;". .... ... $ .12
School. .-. I
County .... .... ....... . . .... . . .... .... ... .27
Total . .'
FIRST DRAFT OF
THE TARIFF DILL
GOES TO PRINTER
AH Hie Schedules Have Not
Yet Been Agreed Upon
However7
DIVISION OF OPINION
Schedules Still in Dispute Include
Woolens, I'lute (ilass, Chemicals
and Steel There Is Wide Division
of Opinion Among the Majority
Members t'liut the Vote on the
Changes Have Keen Won by Re
publicans Who Believe in Down
ward Revision -Proposition to
Put Small Tax on Coffee
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, March 10 The first
draft of the tariff bill will go to the
public priijter tomorrow morning,
but this does not mean that all the
schedules have been agreed on.
Schedules still in dispute include
woolens, plate glass, chemicals and
steel. There Is a wide division of
opinion among the majority members
but the votes on the changes have
been won by the republicans who be
lieve in a downward revision rather
than an upward one. The proposi
tion to put a small tax on coffee Is
still under consideration. This may
be left for the house to decide. It
was stated this morning that there
will be no change in the Dingley Act
on articles that are now. producing
largo revenues.
Republican leaders in the house
admit that the real tariff bill will be
constructed In the senate just as was
done with the Wilson-Gorman act and
the Dingley act. : For this reason
many concessions will be made in the
house to the south and east, for it
will require a number of Democratic
votes to pass the bill in the house, so
say prominent Republicans. The
best opinion is that the bill will go
to the senate by April 15.
HANGS HERSELF
Mrs. Elizabeth Canady hanged her
self at the State Hospital this
morning by tearing to pieces
a sheet, tying1 the end around her
neck and throwing the loop over the
door and Jumping from the bed. The
nurse had only left her for a moment
to show the carpenter about some re
pairs to done on the wards. This pa
tient had been melancholy for some
time.
INSANE
WOMAN
objects for which such taxes are
986. 75, divided as follows:
44,925.77
...... 7S.C65.3S
......... .". '.'' 2,885.36
42.408.23
. :'. . 30,046.44
1,055.57
, .$199,986.75
2,505.8 i, divided as follows:
county tax above is included poll tax
,$1.89
Have not given
l)P THEIR FIGHT
Have Made No Deal With
the Cannon Leaders He-
warding Rules
THEY WANT REFORM
Insurgents Against Cannonisni Are
.Still. Determined, to Bring About
the Reforms for Which They Have
Contended Since Lust Dcccmlicr
: Do Not Care to he Quoted Because
Followers of -Cannon Come After
Them As Soon as They Find Out
' Who is Talking Are Handing Out
Promises to the New Members.'
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington,. March 10 The insur
gents have not abandoned their fight
to secure amendments of the rules.
They say they have not made any
deal with Cannon leaders, but that
they are as determined as ever in
their efforts to bring about the rer
forms for which they have contend
ed since last December. The Insur
gents do not care to bo quoted for
tho reason, they say, that just as soon
as the opposition knows who is talk
ing, followers of Cannon come after
them and make every endeavor to
bring them into camp. All kinds of
promises, especially promises of good
committee assignments, are lavishly
handed out, but so far as can be
learned, the bait has not been swal
lowed by any Insurgents. The insur
gents, too, are handing out promises
to tho new members who are told
that If they go with the members who
are fighting for a change in tho rules
they Will be well taken care of by the
committee on committees. This is
one of the reforms the insurgents are
striving for. They assert that If the
power, to appoint the committee Is
taken from the speaker then the
members can assert their rights and
the house will truly become a delib
erative body. The fight between the
speaker and the Insurgents 1b as bit
ter as ever.
NO DATE SET FOR
THE HAINS TRIAL
, (By Leased Wire to The Times.) .
New York, Mjfrch 10. Captain Peter
C. Halns, Jr., the slayer of Wm. E.
Annls, was taken from the Queens
county Jail to the supreme court,
Flushing, today and listened apateht
lcally while the lawyers in tho case ar
gued the question of setting a date
for his trial. Decision In the matter
wad poeponed until Monday. .
THE INSURGENTS
TESTIMONY IS
COMPLETED IN
LUMSDEN CASE
' - .,'' '-'"
' .- - .
lumsden Admits Having Re
volver With Which Fatal
Shot Was Fired
SUDDENLY ATTACKED
On tho Stand the Defendant Said He
Was Suddenly Attacked by Kuyditni
and I lis Clerk and Was Thrown to
(he Floor and Kicked and Beaten.
During Scrimmage Two Shots Were
Fired, One Jf Which' Killed Suy
(lani Denied Having Fired the
Fatal Shot Letters Admitted
Lumsden Near Collapse When the
Case Was Completed.
' (By' Leased' Wire to. The Times.)
New York, March 10 - With the in
troduction of several .rliafaelor. wlt-
nes stoilay, the testimony was com
pleted hi the case of John C Lums
den, on trial for the murder of Har
ry U, Siiydam, a curb' 'broker,-in .the
hit lei's office on December 1 9, last.
Lumsden was near collapse when he
left the stand. Mrs. Lumsden satin
the court -room during his recital of
the tragedy and she expressed the
opinion to those about her that her
husband wou d harm no one; that his
arrest and indictment were all a mis
take. .
:. -'Lumsden 'ft' testimony Hal ly contra-
dieted the story he told the police af
ter the shooting, and while on the
stand lie admitted for I lie first time
having the revolver with which the
falal shot, was fired.
Hitherto he has contended that the
gun was put Into his pocket while he
way. in the otfic.e.rfW5u.vdam, attempt
ing to collect money which the broker
owed him. On the stand Lumsden
said he was suddenly attacked by
Suydam and his clerk,' J. A, Collins,
and was thrown to the floor and kick
ed and bealen. During the scrim
mage, he said, two shots wore fired.
one of which killed Suydam. He de
nied thai, he discharged the weapon,
but said after the shooting he discov
ered himself standing at tho table
with Uie revolver in his hand.
During tho. 'morning session letters
were admitted into evidence to cor
roborate Lumsdeiis claim that Suy
day owed him money.
CART. STIRLING GETS
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE
(Ry Cable to The Times)
Edinburg, March 10 The court of
sessions here today handed down a
decision granting an absolute divorce
to Captain Alexander Stirling from
his wife, who was formerly Clara
Elizabeth Taylor, a noted American
stage beauty. The court also grant
ed Captain Stirling the custody of
their child.
Mrs. Stirling's counter petition, in
which she declares her husband's af
fections were won by Mrs, Atherton,
the noted English beauty, was thrown
out by the court, so that the wife
loses every point in the famous fight
which has been virtually .'waged .be
tween her and Mis. Atherton, involv
ing Lord Northland. .
PRIEST KILLED AND
HOUSEKEEPER SHOT
(Ry Leased' Wire to The Times.)
Newark, N. J., Mai-ch 10. Rev.
Erasmus Ansion, curate at St. Stauis
tuus Polish Catholic church, was ns-
slnated In the parish rectory this
morning by three men. The house
keeper of the rectory was aluo shot.
The priest died on the way to St. Uar-
nubas Hospital In a police ambulance,
The .woman : will die. The cause of
the shooting hus not been learned. The
men who did tho shooting escuped.
BIG STKAMSH1I RUNS ON
THK ROCKS AT TARPAULIN.
New York, March 10 The big
twin screw steamsnip Massachusetts,
pride of the Fall River line, ran on
the rocks In the fog today at Tar
paulin Cove, between Martha'B Vine
yard and Naushon Island. . The boat
carries no passengers. A huge hole
was stove Into her bow and she Is In
danger of being lost.
PRESIDENT If ILL
CONFERWITH COL
GOETHALS
SOON
Secretary of War Dickinson,
the President and Col.
Goethais Confer
THE PANAMA MATTER
Purpose of Meeting is to Talk Over
the Work of the rami inn Canal
Colonoel (ioethuls Has llccn in
Washington .for . Several . Days
Awuiting An Opportunity to Dis
cuss the Situation With the l'resi-dent-Kleet
Denies Tliut He is to
Be Relieved from Work on the
(Tamil Secretary Will l'robably
(Jo to Panama Soon.
(Hy Leased Wile to The Times.)
Washington, March 10. President
Tail, will confer with Colonel (ioe
thals and Secretary of War Dickin
son shortly alter the arrival of the
latter in Wash intgon. The purpose
of this meeting is to talk over the
work of the Panama Canal. Colonel
Goethais has been in Washington for
several weeks awaiting an oppor
tunity to discuss the situation witli
the president-elect." Although it is
rumored there will be several impor
tant, changes. Colonel Goethais de
nies there are any under considera
tion at present. It has been said
that he is to be relieved from the
work on the canal, but when seen
to-day lie denied' this, and said if
there were to be any .changes' he was
not aware of it. Colonel Goethais
added that it. is the president's idea
to send the secretary of war to Pan
ama for the purpose of familiariz
ing himself with the work there.
. Colonel Goethais is to speak before
che Manufacturers Association at its
banquet in Chicago on March 16.
Shortly after he will leave for Pan
ama. He said to-day it was his in
tention to leave before this, but he
was detained by Mr. Taft to hold 'a
consultation with him before he left.
Kthcl Barrymore to lie Married.-.
Boston, Mass., March 10 Miss
Ethel Barrymore is to be married
here Sunday to Russell Griswold
Colt, eldest son of Colonel Samuel
Ponieroy Coll, president of the
United Slates Rubber Company of
Providence, It, 1.
TAFT SENDS BOY
TO UNIVERSITY
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
' Washington, March 10 Elmer W.
Loving, the yound caddy whom Pres
ident Taft brought with him from
Hot Springs, Va., to become his per
sonal messenger, because of the great
impression made by the youngster
while the president passed a part of
his vacation on the Virginia golf
links, leaves this morning for Char
lottesville, Va., where he will become
a student at the University of Vir
ginia. Loving's expenses are to be
defrayed by the president. He will
lake a course calculated to fit him
lor some special work which Mr. Taft
has in view for him.
WARLIKE CONDITIONS
IN CENTRAL AMERICA
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, March 10. A dispatch
received at the state department today
from Nicaragua says that notwith
standing the presence at Corlnto of the
United States ships South Dakota, and
Colorado, the Warlike attitude on'. the
part of the Central American repub
lics has' not 'abated In the least, A
dispatch states that -.conditions ale
threatening In-Central America.
King Peter Wants to Abdicate.
(By Cable to The Times)
Rome, March 10 It Is authorlta
tlvely stated that King Peter, of Ser
via, has expressed a desire to abdi
cate but King Victor and the czar are
trying to dissuade him.
Roosevelt Stands Up.
New York, March 10 Ex-Presi
dent Roosevelt had to elbow his way
through a crowd at 34th street ferry
and stood up in a cross-town car.
in
MAKES PLEA FOR
Makes Fervent Piea for White
Supremacy on the Paci
fic Coast
RIDICULES IDEA OF WAR
Duncan E. McKinley Says that With
in Five Years War Will Again
Take 1'lace lie! ween Japan and
Russia , Wants Amendment to
Chinese Exclusion Act that Will
Kxclude Japanese Laborers
Makes Bitter Arraignment of the
Japanese Says They Are Pretend
ers and Boasters Says School
(Question is Practically Kittled.
(Hy Leased Wire to The Times.)
Baltimore, Md., March 10. -Ridiculing
the idea of war between this
country and Japan, Congressman
Duncan E. McKinley, of California,
said at a meeting of Baltimore Chap
ter American Institute: of Banking,
last night, that within live years war
would again take place between Ja
pan and Russia.
He made a fervent plea for white
supremacy in California and asked
that the members of the institute
assist in working up a National spirit
to push through congress an amend
ment to the present Chinese exclus
ion act, which would exclude also
Japanese laborers.
Mr. McKinley's arraignment of
Japan was bitter. He said the Jap
anese were pretenders and boasters,
who made big protestations and then
backed down.
He said that when Japanese wid
ows of soldiers who had died in the
war applied to the government for
pensions, they were told they could
practice immorality in Japan without
a license. .Women of bad character
in Japan are licensed, he said, and
this exemption was all the country
could gtee Uie Widows of heroes.
This is the kind -of people, he
said, "that they tried to make us
allow to sit beside our little children
in the schools of San Francisco. Ii
cannot he. San Francisco and the
whole Pacific coast is for the white
man, and he alone. I have told this
to Mr. Tall, now our president, and
I hope he will see it as we of the
coast do. ',
"The school question Is practically
settled, and the Japanese country is
checking the Immigration to this
country, but what is most desired is
a Japanese exclusion act.
"Tills talk of not desiring to put
through such an act because It would
hurt the feelings of Japan Is all
wrong. They tell us that they have
a powerful fleet of battleships and a
million (rained men of war. That
makes no difference, because the talk
of war willl Japan is too ridiculous.
She. needs our friendship too much."
EMPLOYEE DEAD
- (By Leased Wire to The Times.)
.'Washington Marcli 111. Thomas F,
Pelnlel, Xi; years old. the oldest em
ploye at the white house, and for years
and ushei; at the executive mansion,
died this morning.'-' Mr, I'endel spent
4r- years at the -white- house, having
been 'appointed under .-President Lin
coln, lie was tin' door-keeper at the
white -house' when - President Lincoln
went to Ford's theatre, where he was
assassinated.!':. During the past few
years he has been acting as guide In
tin east room of the white house.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Boston, March 10. The metropolitan
freight boat Dlmock, Boston to New
York, collded with the steamer Hora
tio Hall, freight and jiassenger. New
York to Portland, Maine, this morning.
The revnue cu'.ter Gresham has gone
to the assistance of the disabled ves
sel. The navy yard confirms the re
port of the collision.
The Horatio Hall Is a steel vessel
built at Chester, Pa., in ISM. She Is
3.108 Ions gross register, 2U6.8 feet long,
46 feet beam with a depth o 17 feet.
CALH
i in
RACE SUPREMACY
OLD WHITE HOUSE
BIG
STEAMERS
CRASH TOGETHER
STANDARD OIL
NOT
BIG FINE CASE
Judge Anderson Instructs
Jury to Bring in Verdict
of Not Guilty
END OF FAMOUS CASE
Derision of Judge Anderson Marks
the Knd of the Famous Chicago &
Alton Case in Which Judge Landis
Imposed a Fine of $29,000,000
Decision of Judge Lundis Followed
Several Decisions Yesterday t and
Karly Today in Which He Knocks
the Props From Under the Govern
meat's Case Ruling of the Judged
Government Failed.
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Chicago, March 10 -Judge A. B.
Anderson today ended the re-trial of
the Standard Oil Company case and
instructed the jury to return a ver
dict of not gtillly on all the counts in
the indictment.
The decision of Judge Anderson
followed several decisions yesterday
and earlier today in which he knock
ed the props from under the govern
ment's case.
Today when court opened Special
Counsel James H. Wilkerson, who has
been assisting District Attorney Sims
in the retrial of the famous case, be
gan a long argument that was in the
nature of a last attempt...
After Mr. Wilkerson had conclud
ed Judge, Anderson announced tfcat
he still did not believe that there had
been enough proof "adduced to sup
port the allegations in the indict
ments. "As I view the matter, the proof
to support these counts absolutely
fails," .said the court "I deem these :
fatal errors," he concluded, after
summing up his reasons for his de
cision. "It doesn't seem, then, that it
would be of any use for the govern
ment to continue along these lines,"
said Mr. Wilkerson.
Attorney John S. Miller, for the
Standard Oil Company, interrupted.
"If the government is abandoning the
case I would like to have a verdict
entered," he said.
"Is the court's ruling that there is
a staple variance between' the allega
tions and the proof?" asked Mr. Wil
kerson. ' ' '
"Yes," answered Judge Anderson.
"Then turning to the bailiff, he Bald:
"You may bring in the jury."
When the jury reached its box
Judge Anderson announced that he
had decided to end the case and in
structed for the verdict of "not
guilty.",.
The decision marks the end of the
famous Chicago & Alton case tn
which Judge Landis Imposed a $29,
000 fine. t
Government Not Surprised.
Washington, Mar. 10. In at least one
quarter of the administration the newa
of the abandonment of the govern
ment's case against the Standard-iOll
Company before Judge Anderson, at
Chicago and the acquittal of the de
fendants, come as no surprise.
Members of the interstate com
merce commission have never been
confident of the government's success
In this proceeding. In fact, it Is un
derstood that when the alleged viola
tions were first brought to the atten
tion of the commission that body held
that the proofs of guilt were Insuffi
cient. So far as has been ascertained. At
torney General Wlckersham had little
or no part In the decision to abandon
the case. It Is said Assistant District
Attorney Wilkerson acted upon hla
own initiative in the matter.
HOOSKVELT IN NEW YORK. "
Kx-President Ventures Awajr ' From
' Oyster Hay Today For the First
Time. . ' .
( By Leased Wire to The Times)
Oyster Bay, N. V., March 10 For
the first time since he became a pri
vate citizen and retired president, e
Presldent Roosevelt today ventured
away from Oyster Bay. He was up
somewhat earlier than usual and Im
mediately after breakfast came to the
village, where he boarded the. 1:
express for New York. No on la th
village knew of his intention -to goc
to the city and consequently- there
were very few persons at the station1
Those who did shake hands with trffl'
were men with whom he Is personally '
acquainted. " ' '
GUILTY