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The News A paper for &I1 the people and for the people all the time. Read it and keep posted. ......... , f . FtlT and wanner today and Thursday; light north wind. v VOL. II, NO 149 LAST EDITION. GREEN SBOKO, MV. C, WEDNESDAY!, APRIL 3, 1907. LAST EDITION. PRICE: FIVE CENTS FRUIT CROP HARD HIT BY THE GflLD ON MQNDAYNIGHT parly Peachds, Plums and Apri cots Damaged to Great est Extent EARLY VEGETABLES ARE v ALSO BADLY DAMAGED Throughout This Section of Country Freeze Has Wrought Great Injury to , Crops and Vegetables Hard to De termine Extent of Injury. -While it 'is difficult to estimate the extent of the damage done by the frost nd freeze of yesterday morning, it is safe to say that the fruit crop and early vegetables have suffered groat injury. . Local nurserymen and truckers arc of the opinion that the results trill indi cate that the freeze killed the greater part of the earlier varieties of peaches &nd perhaps all of the apricots and plume. ' A measage from the Lindley nursery yesterday brought the information that only a partial investigation 'had 'been made, but it was believed that the peach crop had been hard hit; while apricots and plums were killed outright. The apple are a more hardy fruit and the crop is probably only slightly damaged. John A. Young, proprietor of the Greensboro nurseries, was in the city yesterday attending the meeting of the Board of County Commissioners. He did not have time to make a thorough - examination before driving in town, but vis of the opinion that the peach crop was practically ruined. ; A Inter investi- fation might be more encouraging, but e seemed to think that the frost did considerable damage. The trucking interests hereabouts are not so extensive as farther east and south, but those who do raise early vegetables report that injury was done to a few of the earlier crops. From the sections of country where a large truck ing business is done . come reports of damage done to the growing crops. It had been expected Monday night that the cold 'weather would result rather disastrously for the fruit and vegetable crone.. The mercury reached point several degrees below freezing and ice was abundant vreterdav morn ing and in some places did not melt dur ing the day. It was a time for over coats, wraps and furs, instead of straw hats, peek-a-iboo shirtwaists and white dresses and slippers that were com ing in evidence a few days ago. The warm weather this spring has (Continued on rage Two.) DUNNE DEFEATED IN RACE FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO BY BUSSE, REPU B L ICAN Most Remarkable Campaign in in the History of Chicago Politics Results in Victory for the Republican Party. Doctrine of Immediate Muni cipal Ownership Goes . Down to Def - at Before That of Own ership After a Suitable Period of Delay. -.'.' Chicago, April 2. The most intense campaign in municipal politics that Chicago has experienced in many years closed tonight1 with the . election of Frederick A. Busse, the Republican can didate for mayor, over Edward F. Dunne, hie Democratic rival, and a can didate for reelection. Busse's plurality was 13,121. The issues fn the campaign have been : largely based upon the improvement of the local traction systems. Both par m agreed. that present conditions are Intolerable, but differed as to the best method of revising them. The Demo cratic party, headed by Mayor Dunne, Mood lor immediate municipal owner ship through condemnation of the street car properties, if the result could not be obtained in any other way. The 'Republican party favored ordi nances which were recently passed by a Democratio council over the veto of Vavor Dunne. These ordinances pro vided for twenty-year franchises for the treat ear companies, tne city retaining the right to purchase the systems for M0.006.000. of us the amount to be spent for immediate rehabilitation of the ones; sis months' notice oeing necessary of the city's intention to acquire the ' property. -- The ordinances also provide for uni vmrsal transfers throughout the city, a fre cent fare and 55 per cent, of the net profits ol ta.e company to no paid to the city. These ordinances were ap proved today by a majority of about iO,6XH. '' ', ""'. "-v. The vote generally showed a decided reversal of poblia opinion on muniet wd ownttkio compared with the may nitty eawpaign two years ago. At that SANITY PROBERS WILL REPORT TODAY Labors Will Be Concluded and All Will Be in Readiness for Jury to Report to Court. PAY YOUR EXPERT AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE Alienists Employed by Counsel on Both Sides Show Absolute Worthlessness of This Form of Testimony By Manner in Which They Testify. ."'New York, April 2. It. was '.definitely stated tonight, after a session which lasted from 10.30 o'clock this morning until 6.-J0 o'clock that thc-Junacy com mission which is inquiring into the present mental state of Harry K. Thaw will conclude its labor tomorrow and will have reported its conclusions to Justice Fitzgerald before the hour set for the Thaw jury to report in court on Thursday morning. There will be a brief public session of the commission tomorrow to hear a final witness an alienist offqred by District-Attorney Jerome, and then will follow a private mental and physical examination of the defendant. It was stated tonight that only the members of the commission and the official ste nographer would be present at Thaw's last ordeal, both attorneys for the de fense' and the disttrict-attorney being barred. ; The announcement that the commis sion desired to renew its private exam ination of Thaw came at the end of a day of many witnesses, and was in the nature of a complete surprise. The de cision was probably due to the conflict ing character of the testimony fteard today. It was another battle of alien ists with those engaged by the district attorney declaring Thaw to be absolute ly incapable of understanding his own condition, of realizing the nature of the charge against him, or of rationally con ferring with counsel, - hil those en gaged by the ' defense declared that Thaw throughout the trial had acted in a rational manner, had rationally ad vised his counsel in their hearing and fully understood and appreciated every thing connected with his case and trial. The exports for the prosecution ad mitted that they had . reached their conclusions as to Thaw's present Btate of mental unsoundness from distant ob servations of him In the courtroom and from writings alleged to have emana ted from him during the trial. Among the latter were twenty-four pages of (Continued on Page Two.) 4s f9 er tfff w tuj inj tjtjaj fSt MAYOR DUfu., OF CHICAGO. Mayor Dunne Was Yesterday Defeated for Reelection to the. Mayoralty of Chicago, His Successful Opponent Be ing the Republican Candidate, F, A, Busse. .... ' ' time Dunne received 163,180 votes against 138,671 for John M. Harlan, the Republican leader. This year the Repub lican' vote was close to 163,000 and that of the Democrats close to 148,000 The Prohibition vote rated slightly above that of two years ago, while the So cialist vote fell off heavily, it being more than 12,000 less. : The campaign has been one of the most vicious ever known. Charges and countercharges ' have been hurled, the personal lives of the candidates have Men) discussed and speakers on both Sides have indulged in tirades filled with invectives aad abuse, TI PRESIDENT DECLARES THAT STATEMENT MA DE A E. H. HARRIMAN. The President Characterizes a State- ment made in a letter purporting to Have Been Written by Mr. Harriman That He (Roosevelt) Requested Har riman to Assist in Raising a $250,000 Fund to Be Used in Carrying New York for the Republican Party in 1904 as "A Deliberate and Willful Un ruth by Right it Should Be Char acterized by an Even Shorter and More Ugly Word." I'S LETTER CAUSES A SENSATION W;ffl!tiai Gives Alleged Details of His Entry Into New YorH . Politics. SAYS HE RAISED THE FUNDS New York,- April 2. -A sensation was created here today by the publication if a letter written in December, 1905; and addressed to Sidney , Webster, of New York, and signed "E. H. Harri man." Webster is a lawyer and a writer on political subjects. His wife is a sis ter of Stuyvesant Fish, who lost the presidency of the' Illinois Central rail road a few months ago, after antagoniz ing Mr. Harriman. Following is the portion of the letter referring to his re lations with President Roosevelt in the campaign of 1004: "As to my political instincts, to which you refer in your letter of December 13, I am quite eure I have none and my being made at all prominent in the po litical situation is entirely due to Pres ident Roosevelt, and because of my taking an active part in the autumn of 1904, at his request, and his taking ad vantage of conditions then created to further his own interests. If it had been a premeditated plot, it could not have been better started or carried out. Says President Sent for Him. "About a week before the election in the autumn of 1004, when it looked certain that the state ticket would go Democratio and Was doubtful as to Roosevelt himself, he (the President) sent me a request to go to Washington to confer upon the political condition . in New York state. I complied and he told me he understood the campaign . could not be successfully carried on without sufficient money, and asked if 1 1 would help them in raising the neces- I sary funds, as the national committee, under control of Chairman Cortelyou, had utterly failed of obtaining them, j (Continued on Page Two.) GOVERNOR GETS REPORT IN WHITE PARDON CASE REFUSES, HOWEVER, EVEN TO LOOK AT PAPERS UNTIL TODAY. Raleigh, N. C, April 2. Governor filTi rpt'imwl from Holly Springs to night and the sealed report Of the couit t.i ol mam uu um application for par don of the White brothers was handed to him. The governor': gave out the statement that no announcement would be made tonight, that in fact, he would not even look at the' papers until to morrow to see whether the council is for or against pardoning the Whites,' citi zen of Concord, who are serving six years for killing Russell Slierrill. Gov ernor Glenn was of ' counsel for the prosecution when the men were . con victed. ; . IN LETTER FROM "DELIBERA TE AND I'v'...'.-"-".. M JW. 1 i ml ""' " : : ! -:..:Jf :v. sr FIRE IN $25,000PROPERTY Spark From Engine Ignites Fac tory Near Southern Passen ger station. HEAT OVERCOMES FIREMAN Special to Daily Industrial News. Salisbury, N. C, April 2. A spark from a stationary engine near the station-house started a fire this morning that for a timo threatened the entire section of the town contiguous to the passenger depot. The fire began in Hartman & Gaither's orate working establishment at 7.45 a. m., tho high wind causing it to spread quickly to the adjoining build ings, and giving the firemen one of the toughest propositions they have faced for some time. The total loss from the fire was $25, 0000, six buildings having been burned. The Spencer fire company was sum moned, and 6tatesville was wired for as aistance, out the flames were under con trol before the latter arrived. Trains on (Continued on T Two.) TO ERECT SPENCER L OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SOUTHERN CONTRIBUTE TO WARD INSTITUTION. AM.i.if , fin Anril f Thft nflir-flrs and I employes of the Southern railway will I build in Atlanta a hospital costing I $200,000 for the treatment of railroad I men and their families as a memorial to the late Samuel Spencer, president of the road. , The money has nearly all been raised by subscription and it is reported that j, V. Morgan, 01 JSew lone, mas donated $10,000 toward the hospital. It was at first intended to erect a monument to Mr. Spencer in the new terminal station here, but the contribu tions mado for that purpose will be di verted to the hospital fund. ! PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. JAMES S. SHERMAN, WILL BE GUESTS AT GLUB BANQUET TONIGHT President FInley. of the Southern Railway. Will Be One of Speakers. PLANNED ON A BIO SCALE The complimentary banquet to lie given .in': the dining-room of the Hotel Guilford this evening by the Merchants and Manufacturers' Club will be of more than local significance, and as a social function will rank among the notable events of the year. Preparations have been mado on an elaborate scale by the committee on banquet ond an interest ing program for the evening has been : arranged. Among those who have ac jeepted '-invitations to be present, and who will respond to toasts, are the iol- President W. W. Finlcy, of tho South ern Railway Company; "Richard II. Ed munds, cuitor of the -Manufacturers' Record, .of Baltimore; United .States Senator F. M. Simmons, D. A. Tomp kins, of Charlotte; AV. A. Erwin, prominent cotton mill man of Durham; Col. John F. Burton, a well-known banker, of Wilson; Joseph G. Brown, president of the Citizens' National Bank, of Raleigh, and Former Congressman Theodore F. Klutz, of Salisbury. Tho menu to be served by Cobb & Corpening, proprietors of the hotel, will be un elaborate one. The dining-room will present a most attractive appear ance. Music . will be furnished by Eiam's orchestra. Every arangemcn't for a big event has itieen made. The committee luts labored hard to have everything in readiness for the event. The 'banquet promises to be especial ly beneficial to tho business interests of Greensboro. It will bring to the city a number of men prominent in commer cial and financial circles, and their visit can hardly fail to bo the couse of their getting' r'a fine impression of the citv and its great advantages. Three Thousand Witness Hanging. ' Victoria, Tex., April 2, Felix Powell, convicted of complicity in the killing 01 Airs. A. i. conoitt and her lonr chil dren at their home near Edna, in Sep Itemb, 1905, was hanged here today In the presence of fully 3,000 people, who ,had come on excursions to witness the, MUttOfl. 1 I 1 j 1 WtiMt i'll HARRIMAN IS WILFUL Railroad Man Declares That Roose velt Asked Him to Aid in Raising $250,000 Campaign Fund in New York to Carry That State for Re publicans in 1904. Slory Should Rightfully Be Charac terized by a Shorter and Uglier Word Than Untruth, Says the Preside I in Statement Issued From the White House. JOHN E. MONK. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2. E.H. Harriman. ot railroad 'fame (or in famy)j was today, made a member of .1 bo i-pHmtViI nanis Cltjt, President Roosevelt conferring this liiicnvinblc -distinction- tnon liiui. plaoing the Wall street magnate in the same dris with Judge Alton 11. Par ker,' former .Lieutenant-Governor Whitney, of ..MaurhuKU-: T'oulincv- Itigeknv. former Chief Engineer Wallace, of the Panama 'canal ;- Herbert- Rowen.' former United States Senator William E. Chandler. TMlamy Storer and other . -who havo raised questions of veracity with the man in the "White tloun-. In a letter purporting to have been - written by lr. Iliirnmiin ! year ago, which was published throughout the country thi) morning. Ilairiman latel that he was asked by President Roosevelt on the eve ol the HUM election to vaie money for the Republican national committor, nnd that, in inr-mnoe 0f thi-. request, he contributed $50,000 personally and raised n fund of AiiJD.ntKl in all. which was used in Now York state. Mr. Hnrrininn also stated that in return for this service to the President in the - latter' hour of need, he was assured that Senator Chauneey. M. Depew, of New York, would be made ambassador to France, an appointment that would have beeu gratiiying to New York finan cial interests. A Liar, Says President President Roosevelt, in an extended statement made public todav, brands Mr. Harriman as a man who has Won guilty of tellinji "a deliberate end wilful untruth," which, he said, "by rights, should be characterised by a shorter and more ugly word."' The President's statement comes in-the lorm if a long letter addressed to Chairman Sherman, of the IVpublieau winsressional caw paign committee, last October. Apparently Mr. Sherman had asked 31V, Harriman for contribution t. the campaign fund, and had been turned down. Harriinan, it is understood, told Sherman that he had made the contribution to the national campaign fund of 1004, and had not received value received, or words to that effect-. Sherman reported Harriman'a chnrges to President Roosevelt, and the latter explained the whole matter to Sherman in the letter which was given out at the White House today. V Mr. Roosevelt denies that he asked Mr. Harriman to raise money for the presidential campaign fund of 1904. He says Harriman volunteered his assist ance in the New York state campaign and leaves the inference that Ilarriman's contribution was for the late Governor A Question of Veracity. The issue of veracity is drawn distinctly between the President and Har riman, and it is now up to the latter to 'make a move or swallow the epithet "liar" and look pleasant, if possible. President Roosevelt makes public him and Harriman in the 1904 campaign at that time on fairly close terms with Harriman to discuss his (the Presidents) message to ongTess and also of fered to send Harriman the first draft of a part of his message. At the time the President subscribed himself. "With great regard, sincere ly yours," in writing to : Harriman, but obviously no such amicable relations will obtain 'between them in the future. The affair ha created another sensation in Washington, and thero are hints that tho incident will not lie closed with the .President's, statement, but that Harriman will have something additional to say. President Roosevelt's manner today indicated that he was not at all avers . to a clash with Harriman. PRESIDENT MAKES PUBLIC THE CORRESPONDENCE IN THE CASE The President's denial was contained in a buief statement and copies of let ters written to Representative Sherman, of New York. The letters are dated October 8, and October 12, -.1006. respec tively. The President, after ftiinishing the letters to the press, dictated the follow- incr statement "After writing these letters to Con gressman Sherman, the 'President, was assured that Mr. Harriman had not made the statements which Mr, Sher man credited him with making. Inas- KILLS WIFE, BABE AND COMMITS SUICIDE YOUNG VIRGINIA FARMER FATAL LY SHOOTS TWO AND THEN HIMSELF. , - ;,' i j ,, Winchester, Va, April 2. The details of a shocking tragedy, which occurred at Flint Hill, Rappahannock county, Saturday, reached here today. Henry Foster, a young farmer, while out walking with his wife ond two-monthe-old baby, suddenly drew his re volver and shot and almost instantly killed both of them. Foster then blew out his brains. ' No reason if known for the deed. ft Higgins campaign fund. correspondence which passed between which shows that the President was the railroad magnate, for ho invited much as the same statements appear in the major part of the letter of Mr. Harriman -now published the President deems it proper that the letters be sent, to Congressman Sherman last October shall now themselves be made public." In the first leuer reference is made to a conversation between Mr.. Harri man and Mr. Niennaii which was re- jpeated to the president, in which Mr. Harriman is said to have given as a reason lor ivs jxTsnnal dislike of tkei President partly- the Inttcr's determina tion to have the railroads supervised (Continued on Page Two.) COMPROMISE CASES SETTLEMENT EFFECTED BY THE PAYMENT OF SEVERAL THOU SAND DOLLARS, Washington, D. C, April 2. The ease of the government against J. C. Somers Sl Co. and the North Cirolina Distilling Company, both of Salisbury, involving alleged violation of the revenue laws, are to be settled out of court, . Attorney Robert H. McNeil, represent ing the two concerns, has effected a com promise with the department of justie where the threatened proceedings will not be filed upon the payment of several thousand dollars' to the government. UNTR UTH
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