ALL THE NSWB
WHILE IT 13 NEWS.
VOL 9
After Attempting
On Cripple Daughter
Man Tries
White Man at Winston-
Salem Under Heavy
Bond for Attemping to
Outrage His Daughter,
Attempted Murder.
Tells Officers he Had
Taken Two Bottles of
Carbolic Acid. Wanted
Girl to Swear he Didn't
Attempt Assault.
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 23. —
Thomas biddings, the aged white man
who was arrested last week, charged
with attempting to criminally assault
his crippled daughter, and who was
released Saturday on a SSOO bond, this
morning attempted to kill his daugh
ter because she refused to promise
him that she would deny the whole af
fair when placed on the witness
stand.
lie offered the girl SIOO to testify
that she was not assaulted, and upon
refusing the offev the old man drew a
pistol and attempted to shoot her, but
the gun failed to fire and the girl es
caped from the house and gave the
alarm.
When the officers arrived on the
scene and arrested Giddiugs he said
that lie tried to kill his daughter and
had just taken two bottles of car-
Lolie acid with the intention of tak
ing his own life.
The officers hurried him to the police
station and a doctor was summoned.
It was evident that Giddiugs had tak
en some drug, but the physician does
not believe that it was carbolic acid.
He is in quite a serious condition.
Giddings is is 69 years old and con- 1
ducts a small store in this city.
SHOT WIFE AND TWO OTHERS.
Found Her With Man in Sister-in-
Lawss Home and Fired.
Harrodsburg, Ky., July 23. —B. Phil
lies, a city workhouse keeper, shot his
wife four times in the breast and abdo
ment, sent a bullet through Mrs. Kyle
Watkins, his cister-in-law, and fired
his last bullet at Thomas Sillce, 18
years old, the ball entering the sol
dier.
Phillips is 10 years old, and for some
time has suspected his IS-year-old wife
of being intimate with Sillee. For this;
reason he left home a week ago.
ing that his wife and Sallee were at j
the Watkins home, he went there today;
and began shooting. It is thought he
shot Mrs. Watkins for allowing them
to meet at her home. Both Mrs. Phil
lips aiid Mrs. Watkins may die.
TWINS LOST LIVES IN SEWER.
Philadelphia Boys Walked in a Trench
and Were Carried on.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 23.—While
wading in a ditch at the side of the
i ennsylvania railroad tracks in West
i'liiladclphia Gerald and Herbert Sher
aa, twins, 10 years old, were swept in
to a sewer by a rush of water following
a heavy rain and were drowned.
A short distance from where they
entered the water there is a two-foot
pipe, which goes under the railroad
tracks and connects with a sewer which
empties into the Schuykill river three;
l-lotks away. The boys were swept in
to the sewer pipe despite efforts to
save them, and they were carried to
the river.
Their bodies were found in the river
last night by the harbor police.
RED HOT RAIL THROUG HBODY.
One of the Best Known Iron Rollers
is Killed.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 23. —Oliver- P.
lienson, 51 years old, one of the best
known iron rollers in the country, met
a horrible death at the Carnegie Steel
company, Braddoek.
liouson was standing in front of the
rolls when a huge steel rail, red hot,
anie out of the rollers and passed
through his body. Death was instan
taneous.
Jack Welch Referee.
San Francisco, Cal., July 23. —Jack
Welch was selected as referee for a.
contest between Britt and Nelson.
Cliddcn Tourists to Philadelphia.
Baltimore, Md., July 23— The Glid-j
den automobilists resumed their jour-1
Hey on schedule time. The next stop
is Philadelphia. a 4
Negroes Asleep on Trestle
Were Killed by Train
Winston-Salem, N. C., July 23.—Two
negroes asleep on a trestle near Bar
ber's Junction, were killed at 4
o'clock this morning by a freight train
from Charlotte to Winston.
Engineer Hopkins did not see the
men until his engine was nearly upon
them.
One of the negroes was killed out
right, while the other lived only a
few minutes.
They were from Martinsville, Va.
President Roosevelt
Sends Peace Maker
Asheville, N. C., July 23—After Judge
Pritehard had signed the judgment
Judge J- 11. Merrimon, special counsel
for the state, gave notice of appeal and
waived bonds, but under the law the
court fixed a bond of S2OO each for
Wood and Wilson. Both sides co-op
erated to make the appeal as simple
as possible in order to present the point
at issue to the supreme court.
Edward T. Sanford, as attorney gen
eral of the department of justice, ar
rived here yesterday morning and it
is understood that he cames as an!
emissary of President Roosevelt toj
promote peace between federal and
state courts, and to that there
shall be an appeal froh both the state
and United States courts. While Mr.
Sanford declined to talk for publica
tion, he did not deny tnat he came on
a mission of peace. He brings the
assurance that if the cases are allowed
to proceed in an orderly course to the
supreme court of the United States,
the department of justice will request
that court to advance the cases to an
early hearing.
FAIRBANKS COCKTAIL RECIPE.
Plenty Of Ice And a Long Glass Used
In St. Louis.
St. Louis, Mo., July 23.—St. Louis
has a» Fairbanks cocktail. It was in
vented at McTague's. It is to be serv
ed frappe and cool as aFirbanks, with
a cherry in it. It is suggested not by
the cold-water dip the Vice-President
took in saving a waitress from the
ocean, but by that cocktail dinner the
ice-President is accused of.
Henry Hoffman invented It. He
makse it this way. Glassful of crack
ed ice, one-third French vermouth,
two-thirds dry gin, two or three dash
es of creme de Noyeux, dash of or
ange bitters, a real cherry and some
more ice (just because it's a aFir
banks eocktail. In honor o? the Vtce-
President, it is to be served in a tall,,
thin glass.
County Superintendents of Texas.
Austin, Texas, July 23. —The prob
lem of country schools and their sup
ervision will be discussed in a.,
its phases by the County Superin
tendents* Association of Texas, which
met at the University of Texas today
and began a three days' conference.
Among those taking part in the meet
ing are President T. G. Harris of the
Southwest Texas Normal School, Sup
erintendent L. G. Covey of DeWiLt
county; President W. H. Bruce of
the North Texas Normal School, Sup
erintendent S. C~. -Findley of Coman
che county, Superintendent J. A.
Thomas of Hunt county, Superinten
dent Carl Hartman of Travis county,
Superintendent L. L. Pugh of Har
ris county, Superintendent C. A.
Wheeler of Bowie county. Superin
tendent P. F. Stewart of Bexar coun
ty, and F. M. Bralley of the state de
partment of education.
Death of Dr. Kerner.
Winston-Salem, July 23. —Dr. E.
Kerner, one of the county's oldest
and best known citizens died at his
home at Kernersville yesterday rnorn
i ing..He was in his *J2nd year and had
! practiced medicine for almost 55 year.
: Dr. Kerner had been' in declining
health for some time. He leaves 3
children, Mrs. J. . Atkins, Mrs. H. E.
Shore and J. F. *«.erner, all of Kerner
villls. The funeral was conducted
from the Moravian church at Kerners
ville this afternon by Rev. C. H: Wen
hold, assisited by Rev. E. S. Crosland,
of Winston.
Robbers Left Cash in Drawer.
Winston- Salem, July 23.—Unknown
parties broke into the store of the
Winston Phonograph Company last
night and stole several records, a line
Edison phonograph and several other
small ' articles. The robbers did not
molest the cash drawer, their sole in
tention it sems being to get phono
graphic suplies.
Winston Elks Return.
Winston-Salem, July 23.—The local
Elks, to the number of 25 or more,
I who attended the Reunion Philadel
i phia, are arriving home on nearly ev
ery train. They all report the biggest
J and best convention in the his tory of
i the order.
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Exposition Officials.
Norfolk, Va., July 23 John A. Wake
field, director of the exhibits at the
Jamestown exposition, was named as
director of the department of admis
sions and concessions.
W. M. Dixon, chief of th% department
of electricity, was appointed assistant
to Director General Barr.
Russian Operatives Strike.
Moscow, July 23—The strike of the
1 men employed in the cotton mills of
1 the Sava Morosoff Company has as
sumed dangerous proportions. The
■ social democrats have succeeded in
■ bringing about sympathetic strikes in
several big mills in Moscow. About
40,000 men are on strike.
Shot Girl
Made
As Girl Drew Near He
Opened Fire And tied.
Later He Shot Man
From Whom he Sought
Loan.
New York, July 23. —Miss Esther
Norling was shot and almost instantly
killed, it is alleged, by Charles War
ner, her former employer, as she was
entering an up-town store on West
Forty-second street, where she was
employed as bookkeeper.
Warner, it is charged by the police,
fired several shots at A. R. Spicer,
manager of the store, while effecting
his escape.
Warner fled to the sporting goods
store of A. G. Spalding and Company,
and although 20 policement surround
|ed the building and searched it thor
oughly, no trace of Warner could be
found.
The police believe Warner was un
balanced by business reverses and oth
er troubles.
Miss Norling was about 23 years
of age.
Several hours after the shooting of
Miss Norling, Warner appeared at the
store of John C. Wilson, on Broadway
and asked Wilson, whom he knew for
a loan of $lO.
When Wilson turned to get the mon
ey Warner shot him in the back and
right arm, inflicting serious wounds.
Warner fled from the store, but upon
reaching the sidewalk was knocked
down by a truckman and turned over
to the police.
They Seek Clemency For
Lord Seymour Harrington
Jefferson City, Mo., July 23. —Many
communications have been received
by Governor Folk, urging executive
clemency for "Lord"' Seymour Barring
ton, under sentence to be hanged at
Clayton, Mo., Thursday for murder, j
Two were received last night from
Judges Valliant and Graves, of the
Missouri Supreme Court, asking for a
commutation of sentence.
The first was the following telegram
from Judge L. It. Valliant:
- "In my opinion the State of Blissourt
cannot face the world with that rec
ord and say she gave Barrington a
fair trial."
Overcome by Heat
She Fell on Hot Stove
Greensville, S. C.. July 23. —Mrs.
Martha Burgess, who lives at nil
Whitmire street, was Sunday over
come by the heat and fell acros sthe
stove in her kitchen receiving burns
in her breast and throat which will
probably prove fatal.
A year ago Mrs. Burgess suffered a
similar experience and had a hand
burned off.
Physicians who were called to her
aid report, that the patient is badly in
jured and may not recover. It is fear
ed that the burns on the chest and
breast has reached some of the or
gans and caused internal injuries.
CONTRACTOR BANKRUPT.
Had Just Been Awarded Contract for
Mew Naval Y. M. C. A.
Norfolk, Va., July 23. —E. Tatter
son, contractor and builder, who has
just been awarded the contract for
the new Y. M. C. A. building, a gift
of Rockefeller, filed a petition in volun
tary bankruptcy, placing the liabilities
at $200,513 and the assets at $248,371,
Several Hurt in Wreck.
Lockhaven, a., July 23. —More than
a dozen persons were injured, none
seriously, in a fear-end collision be
tween a freight and express train
near Ferney on the ennsylvania ear
ly today.
The express crashed into the ca
boose of the freight the night was fog
gy.
Folk Grants Respite.
Jefferson City, Mo., July 23. —Gov-
ernor Folk granted a respite of 30 days
to "Lord" Barrinston.
Woman Hanged
Six C
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Copenhagen, July 23. —Grief strick
en at the receipt of the notification
that her services would not be re
quired after the end of the month,
Mrs. Neilsen, housekeeper for a land
owner of Jutland, hanged three of her
employer's children as well as three
of her own, and then killed herself by
hanging.
Burns Kill Girl; Fiance Died Too
New York, July 23. —Miss Nelie
Madigan" died yesterday in Jamaica
hospital, where she was taken after
being teribly turned, when an auto
mobile in which she and her fiance,
Dr. Edward T. Gallagher, were driv
j ing was struck by a fast train.
ipr. Galagher met a sudden and hor
rible death. His auto was Thrown
some distance and the gasoline tank
exploded, covering the two passengers
with blazing oil.
HICKORY, N. 0., THURSDAY JULY 25, 1907,
Judge Pritehard May Stop
Execution of Fine of $30,000
Raleigh, N. C., July 23.—The small
arms inspector, W. L. McGhee, of the
North Carolina National Guard, says
lias just completed the construction
of the rifle range at Morehead. It is
in fine condition and all ready for the
first regiment practice in August.
A pardon was granted Chas. Done,
serving sentence for killing his brother
in Yancy county.
While Sheriff Sears, of Wake, has
the execution against the Southern for
a $30,000 fine by Judge Long for a vio
lation of the state passenger rate act,
he says it will be several days before
it is served.
In the meantime some sort of pro
cess is expected at any time from Judge
Pritehard to stay the execution.
Argument
Lewis Trial
Monroe, N. C., July 23.—1n the case
against Zeke Lewis, of- the alleged
lynchers the defense' placed lOf wit
nesses on the stand, who corroberated
Lewis testimony.
Elige Bonnam and wife both testi
fied that Lewis was at their house on
the night of the lynching, consequently
could not have been with the lynchers.
The state has made a strong effort
to tear down the defense testimony.
„ The argument will begin this evening
about five o'clock and bo continued to
morrow.
The case will hardly go to the jury
before late tomorrow afternoon.
Tho general opinion is' that Lewis
will be successful in proving an alibi.
TOBACCO TRUST FACES STRIKE.
Workers Decide to Leave Questions to
Members of Union.
Louisville, Ky., July 23. —The exe
cutive committee of the International
Tobacco Workers' Union has decided
to leave to a vote of the union the ques
tion of whether or not there shall be
a general strike in all the factories of
the American Tobacco Company, com
monly known as the Tobacco Trust.
There are between 55,000 and 60,000
members of the union in the United
States and Canada.
The committee was in session here
all last week considering the question
of calling a strike and has also been
passing on the eases of tobacco factor
ies accused of being surreptitiously in
Jeague an Tobacco
Company, but using the union label.
The committee decided to take the
union label from 60 or 70 of these fac
tories.
JAPS AFTER CHINA'S TRADE.
Outstripping Other Nations in the Con
test in Manchuria.
Washington, D. C., July 23. —Hints
of the intensity of the Japanese cam
paign for predominance in the mar
kets of Manchuria are contained in the
reports daily received from American
consular officials in that part of the
world.
Although it has been officially denied
tnat the Japanese have received pre
ferential freight rates on the South
Manchurian Railway, William D.
Straight, American Consul General at
Mukden, refers in consular report
just made public by the Bureau of
Manufacturers to "the exceptional
transportation facalities" which the
Japanese have been accorded.
The Bureau of Manufacturers gives
great prominence to these reports of
Japanese activity in Manchuria, in the
hope of arousing American commerci
al interests to a realization of the fact
that they are driven out of these mar
kets to which American diplomacy se
cured the oepn-dt>or of equal oppor
tunity. Tho latest move of the Jap
anese is to extend semi-official govern
mental banking operations to Man
churia to lend money to the farmers.
This is expected to give Japanse inter
ests a financial hold upon Xhe people.
The Russo-Chinese bank was a source
of great help to Russia.
Refused Money Requested
And Was Murdered
Chicago, July 23. —Hovhans S. Tavs
hanjian, a wealthy Armenian, who was
assassinated in New York last night,
was well known in the Chicago rug
niarket.lt was an accepted fact that
the killing was the resplt of his refus
al to answer a demand for a large
revolutionary fund subscription.
One year ago four wealthy merch
ants of New York, one of them being
Tavshanjian were warned by anony
mous communications that their lives
would be taken unless they each gave
$25,000 to the revolutionary party.
ONE KILLED, TWO INJURED.
Report Received of Accident at Fort
Terry.
New London. Conn., May 23. —Re-
ports have been received here of. the
accident at Fort Terry, Plum Island,
N. Y., when Private Hammond of the
One Hundredth Company, artillery,
was killed and two members of com
pany K., thrid infantry, C. N. G., in
jured.
Kick Because Proof
Readers Are Fined
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Washington, D. C., July 23.—The
Department of Justice has received
from the local typograpical union the
' resolutions adopted by that body, con-
I demning the act|on of Public Printer
Stillings in fining the proof readers for
errors.
The union asks the attorney general
to advise it as to the legality of this
action. __ _
AND PRESS
N. C. Has Creditable
Exhibit at Jamestown
Raleigh, N. C., July 23.—Hon. J. Y.
Joyner has returned from the James
town Exposition where he went as
state superintendent of public instruc
tion to see that the finishing touches
are put on the North Carolina educa
tional exhibit. He is well pleased with
the installation of this exhibit, which
he pronounces especially
in view of the small expense incurred
in its installation.
He is delighted with North Carolina's
representation in all the departments
of the great show, declaring that this
state was never so well represented
at any of the great world's fairs.
The Jamestown exposition, he says,
is well worth the while of every North
Carolinian to visit.
In fact he considers the conception
and execution of the great ideal, an
exposition that the whole country may
well be proud of.
Excitement Over Hau
Case Has Subsided
Karlsruhe, July 23. —The excitement
over the Hau case is subsiding.
The newspapers throughout the
country have begun a lively discus
sion of the singular features of the
case, which is regarded as one of the
most remarkable murder cases of half
century.
The rioting of last night subsided
as soon as the crowd had been driv
en from the vicinity off the court
house..
Those persons who were taken into
custody during the disorder were dis
charged this morning.
Twenty-Five Hurt in Terrifiic Storm
Williston, N. D., July 23. —A ter
rific wind, hail, and rainstorm injured
I twenty-five persons, two of them
I probably fatally; destroying fifteen
dwelling houses, and did much other
damage to property in this city and
the surrounding country.
Those believed to be fatally hurt
are a man named Holmes, and Mrs.
Collington. Mrs. Collington and her
baby boy were blown out of their
house and for about 100 yards, land
ing against a wire fence. Their
home was entirely destroyed.
Most of the houses demolished were
small ones in the suburbs of the city.
! The court house, school house, and
Union block sustained considerable
damage.
GOLD STRIKE IN PITTSBURG.
Police Called Out by Youthful Pros
pectors in Street.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 23. —There were
all kinds of excitement in the Law
renceville district over a minature gold
strike. Matters became so serious to
ward evening that police reserves had
to be called out to suppress the excite
ment caused by several claims being
jumped.
Boys were digging in Arsenal Park,
which the city recently set apart as a
playground, when Louis Groupp lack
ed up a lump of shining metal. He took
it to a nearby jewelry store and was
told it was almost solid gold and worth
S4O.
Ten minutes after this announcement
was made Arsenal Park was alive wih
| boys and some men with picks and
'shovels. Fully 300 youngsters, burn
ing with the gold fever, were digging
[for gold. No other finds were
made.
A government cartridge factory on
the site was blown up in 1862, when
70 persons were killed. It is believed
that the gold found today was in the
factory.
Want 9 Hour Day.
Chicago, 111., July 23. —A gigantic
movement to establish a nine hour
work day for the machinists employ
ed by the railroads throughout the
northwest, embracing a total of 30,-
000 men, has been launched.
Woman-Robber Arrested
Chicago, 111., july 23. —A mild man
nered, neatly gowned woman, Said by
the police to be a daring burglar, was
arrested and plunder worth $3,000
found in the apartments wher she liv
ed with her husband.
"I committed the robberies to get
the money to keep my aged mother
for the rest of her life" was the wo
man's sobbing explanation.
Negro to be Hanged.
Pittsburg, Penn., July 23. —Dowling
Green, a negro who is to be hanged
in the county jail yard today, was con
victed of killing his wife. Jealousy
was the supposed cause for the mur
der.
Progress Made
Rowland Trial
%
Raleigh, N. C., July 23. —In the Ha
beas corpus hearing before Associated 1
Justice Connor today the first witness
was Roby Neld, of Norfojk, who had
known Dr. Rowland and Mrs. Strange
two years ago.
He saw them in the surf together at
Ocean View.
Mike Tighea, engineer on the Sea
board, told of having watched Mrs.
Strange slip into the office of Rowland,
after night repeatedly. He said she had
been pointed out to him as the woman,
who gave him a good time.
On one occasion after the death of
Strange he had shadowed Dr. Row
land to the Strange residency' When
he discovered he had been followed he
(Rowland) ran. He said for a long
while it had been the talk among the
brotherhood men that- Mrs. Strange
was not true to her husband.
Survivor of Shipwreck
Tells of Exp
J he Rescue
Hau to Pay Death Penal
ty Hears Sentence Calmly
Karlshruhe, Germany, July 23. —Karl
Hau, a young law professor of Wash
ington, D. *j., was condemned to death
yesterday after a five days' trial for
the murder of his wife's mother, Frau
Molitor, a wealthy resident of Baden
Baden, in that city November. 6th last.
The prisoner heard the verdict of
the jury with perfect composure and
chatted smilingly with his counsel af
ter the judges withdrew to fix his sen
tence. Upon the return Of the judges
Hau arose and standing erect with
folded arms, listened to the sentence
without moving a muscle. A moment
later he was hurried away to prison
by half a dozen policemen. The sen
tence is unpopular with the street
crowds, which have been demonstrat
ing more and more openly for several
days in Hau's favor and against the
Molitor family.
After the adjournment of court for
an hour's recess at 8 o'clock, the wo
men of the Molitor party were com
pelled to remain in one of the offices
of the house because it was
dangerous for them to appear in the
streets. A carriage waited for them
in the court yard and it was several
hours before they were able to leave.
Meanwhile enormous crowds had as
sembled in the streets adjacent to the
courthouse. Cordons of police kept the
crowds in check for an hour or more,
but then lost control of them, the
masses pushing and crushing forward
to the doors with the evident inten
tion of storming the entrance.
There were many shouts from the
crowd of "Hau is not guilty," the
voices penetrating to the court room.
Finally two companies of infantry and
a squadron of mounted police appear
ed on the scene and drove the rioters
before them. The infantry with fixed
bayonets cleared all the streets with
in three hundred yards of the court
house. A large number of arrests
were made. One old woman was tram
pled down by the horses, and it is re
ported that several other persons were
wounded.
The demonstration in favor of Hau
appears fo by due largely to the'sam* 1
maudlin sentiment which has made a
hero of many another accused of a
daring crime. To the unthinking peo
ple Hau's daring trip to Baden Baden
made him appear a hero. Another rea
son for the demonstrations that have
taken place in the last few days ap
pears in the State's attorney's man
ner of conducting the prosecution,
and it is further explained that the
Molitors are unpopular in Karlsruhe,
having lived here until 1899.
The sentencing of Hau does not end
the case, Dr. Deitz, his counsel, in his
address practically having given no
tice of an appeal.
Large Corporation for Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tenn., July 23. —The Me
chanics' Bank and Trust Company is
the name of a new corporation formed
here yesterday with Bird M. nobinson,
of New York, president, and many
eastern men, prominent in the financial
world, as directors. The capital stock
is half a million dollars, paid in, with a
surplus of SIOO,OOO. The new compa
ny takes over the stock of the old Me
chanics National Bank, which has been
in business here for years, and makes
all former directors in that bank direc
tors in the new companyy. In addi
tion, as directors, are such men as
Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of
the treasury; Frederick C. Stephens,
of New York; W. J. Oliver, of Knox
ville; R. W. Jones, Jr., a Jersey City
banker; Henry B. Spencer, vice-presi
dent of the Southern Railwayy; Sena
tor W. C. Spfoul, of Chester, Pa.; Hen
ry It. Brown, of Greenville, Tenn,,
a banker; H. E. Jones, a Bristol bank
er; Charles A. Lyerly, a Chattanooga
banker, and others. The company will
erect a handsome fire-proof building
and will enter business just as soon
as details of organization can be com
pleted.
NIGHT RIDERS DID DAMAGE.
Hopkinsvilie, Ky., July 23. —Night
riders numbering about 100 surround
ed the residence of Stephen P. Mose
ly, a farmer, and riddled his house
with gunshots.
Moselv was shot in the face and
hand with duck shot.
Mrs. Moseley's right eye was pierc
ed by fragments of a wire screen.
The three children had a narrow
escape.
The marauders warned Moseley to
quit talking. Moseley had been a
strong anti-association man last spring
after his tobacco plant beds had been
scraped and the telephone wires cut.
Monument to Gov. Nelson Dewey
Wis., July 23. —A hand
some monument to Nelson Dewey,
one of Wisconsin's former chief exe
cutives, was unveiled here today with
interesting exercises. A number of
state officials, members of the legisla
ture and other persons of prominence
were present. The monument is of
bronze and was designed by Cavaliere
Trentanove, the noted Milwaukee
sculptor.
Baseball at Mt. Airy.
Mt. Airy, N. C., July 23. —Proximity
ball team, Greensboro, crossed bats
with the "Quarry Boys" of this city at
the park here on Saturday, the Proxi
mity team carrying off the honor —9
to nothing is entirely too one sided,
but such was the result.
THE BEST JOB PRINTING OP *
ALL KINDS AT THIS OFFICE.
One Boat Arrives From
Wrecked Steamer Col
umbia And Lands Sur
vivors. Inquest Wi 11
be Held Jo-night.
Prof. Lucas Tells Story of
Collision. Heard Doom
ed Members of Crew
Shrieking Names of
Their Friends.
Eureka, Cal., July 23. —Only one boat
from the wrecked steamer Columbia
landed at Shelter Cove and not three,
according to the first reports receiv
ed here. The persons in it were.taken
to Garberville, where today those who
have no relatives here, "Will go over
land to San Francisco. An inquest will
be held tonight. *
Survivor Tells Story.
Prof. Lucus, of Seattle, a survivor of
the Columbia, said the shock was hard
ly noticeable. He said he completely
dressed after hearing the cry "Every
body on deck."
He adjusted a life preserver and said
he went over the ship's side into the
sea and scrambled on a raft. He add
ed:
"After the noise the sinking ves
sel subsided I heard most heart-ren
dering wailing, mingled with the pierc
ing screams of those in their struggles
and some of those were shrieking the
names of friends from whom they had
been separated."
San , Francisco, July 23. —It is known
that ont of 188 passengers reported by
the company, as sailing on the Colum
bia 97 were saved by the George W.
Elder.
There were 60 in the crew and of
these 38 were on the Elder.
Reports from Shelter Cove announc
es the arrival of one boat with 15 more
passengers and crew, leaving the
death roll at 98.
It is said that before the Columbia
sank six of her boats had been launch
ed together with three life rafts. So
far only one boat has arrived at Shelter
Cove. The others are yet to bo heard
trom and it is expected they will be
picked up by coasters.
That so many escaped is accredited
to the fact that the explosion of the
boilers counteracted the tremedous suc
tion and saved a lot of people from
being drawn down in the vortex and
down with the wreckage.
The back wave from Jhe sinking steam
er threw mahy swimming for their
lives back from the point of danger
and gave them a chance to escape.
Not a few of the passengers were
teachers and their friends.
Many of these have been rescued.
Sang Songs of Joy.
On Sunday evening there was an af
fecting scene on board the Elder when
the rescued passengers gathered and a
divine service was held.
It was a touching spectacle while the
women and men, with bruised faces
and limbs, in strange clothes supplied
by the passengers and crew of the
Elder sang "Nearer My God to Thee"
and "Rock of Ages."
Corporation Commission
Makes Statement
Raleigh, N. C., June 23.
The corporation commission made
public this evening a statement of the
reassessment of railroad and otlffcr
quasi public corporations in the state.
It shows railroad property advanced
from $70,077,361 to $84,412,833. The
assessments of Atlantic Coast Line
is made $30,000 per mile; Seaboard
Air Line $20,424; Southern Railway
(all lines) $25,572. North Carolina Rail
way division of the Southern $47,373,
giving this division a valuation of $lO,-
573,762 against last assessment.
Total assessments of principal lines
are; A. C. L. $28,434,900 against $24,-
454,014; Seaboard Air Line $12,500,000
against same amount last assessment;
Southern Railway $33,872,268 against
$26,464,939; miscellaneous roads $9,605,
665 against $46,648,405.
Other quasi public corporations a&
sessed at $7,072,616 against $6,173,428.
These classes are: Telegraph $902,863;
telephone $1,280,081; Southern Ex
press Co. $402,109; Pullman C 0.5219,-
435; electric light $884,852; street rail
ways $2,346,720; water companies
$690,225; steamboats $107,608; bridges
and canals $171,000; refrigerator lines
$107,733.
Take Case to Supreme Court.
Raleigh, N. C., July 23. —Asked if he
had any statement to make relative
to the ruling of Judge Pritchard in the
Asheville cases in the railroad rate
fight, Governor Glenn said that he did
not except that he had directed Judge
Merrimon to appeal the case at once to
the LTnited States Supreme court. He
takes this ruling of Judge Pritchard
, to mean that there will be issued soon
| a writ of some sort to try and hold
1 up the execution against the Southern
I for the 30,000 fine.