VOL. I.
ELM CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, #ANUABY 31.1902.
NO. 25.
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MOST DARING TRAIN ROBBERY
rriNE.
truation,
lat l*ear-
latiilence,
should
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advice.
A Mhzry That Would Have Done
Credit to the James Gaof.
(JOBBERS SEEMED TO BE FAMILIAR
With the Country and With the Rail
way- People— Carried Off Express
3efe in a Wagon.
Columbia, S. C., SpeciaL—The most
daring hold-up and train robbery that
has ever been comipitted In this part
bf the country took placc Monday even
ing at C;56 o’clock on the Charleston
division of the Southern railway, be
ginning at the 56 mile post and being
concluded at the 58 mile station, in the
exact spot almost that Bartow Warren
is Buposcd to have held up the train
and single handed robbed the express
car a few years ago. The robbery was
■worthy ;cf the Jeese James gang in its
palmiest days, and in all its details
excch many of the gang's exploits for
daring and boldness. It was performed
by a gang of six men according to the
eye witnesses, and the gang actually
brought the train to a station, backed
a Aragon up to the door of the espress
car and unloaded the large through
safe from the car, making off .with It.
To make certain that the engineee of
th3 train would go back after the de
tached coaches one of the men actually
rode a mile, then making the engineer
Blow dov/n and allow him to jump off,
thus giving the men time to get away
with the wagon. Only three of the
men were disguised; these three had
their faces blackened as if with shoe
polish; the other three attempted no
disguise. They used Winchester rifles
and when the train got here many had
the opportunity to look at the bullet
holes in the mail and baggage cars.
Engineer Reynolds, one of the oldest
and most expceienced engineers on the
read, came in closer contact with the
robbers than anyone else, and he did
not relish his hour and ten minutes
epent in their company. They intro
duced themselves by sending a Win
chester bullet through his close fitting
cap, it barely missing ploughing itc,
way thicagh his head. The baggage-
mx'ster and flagman also had narrow
escapes froxn rifle bullets as the bag
gage car shows. The exfcesa messeu-
ger, Mr. A. V. Hall, of Augusta, was
forced at the point of a pistol to open
his route safe ind hand over the con
tents, which were not more than |25.
The big safe ho could not open and
it was of course taken away by the
robbers. The train crew particularly
the engineer and the flagmen tell thril
ling stories of the occurrence.
The* entire train rached here about
two hours late, and there were express
officials and others at he depot to seo
the train and hoar v/hat the men who
had passed thi'ough such a thrilling
experience had to say of the affair.
Most of the men had quieted their shat-
tcced nerves somewhat and were able ,
to give good accounts. ' !
Very soon after the occurrence the
express officials here were notified and
Route Agnt Richardson was on the go,
making preparations for th starting of
a hot chase. The governor was Inform
ed of the occurrence and hepromptly
offered a reward of $4fr0 for the cai>-
ture of the parties. eH also sent tele
grams to the sheriffs of Dorchester,
Orangeburg and Colleton counties in
structing them to use every effort to
capture the men, organizing poase if
necessary. SheriJJ Martin of Charles
ton was also asked to take as was the
sheriff of Richmond county, Georgia.
Those who are familiar with the con
ditions in the vicinity of the daring
robbery are confident that Bartow \War-
rcn. once tried for express robbery and
now a fugitive murderer, organized the
gang and planned and execut^ tho
robbery. The fact that it occurred at
the identical spot of the 1S99 hold-up
makes this mest likely.
The train was No. 11, from Charles-
^ton to Columbia.
Engineer Reynolds as he climbed
down from his engine cab in which
were a number of bullet holes from
ri-lcs fired from the tender, said he was
glad the trip was over. He is an aged
man. He pulled off his cap and showed
a big bullet hole through the top.
The old engineer was as cool as a
cucumber on a July day, but seemed
to mad about the air hole In his
cap. He said that they were skim
ming along after the stops at Preg-
nall’s, St. George’s and Reevesville,
■and had just passed the 56-mile post
at “Cattle Creek Trestle” when hs
beard the fireman say “Mr. Reynolds,
the man says stop her.” Ho asked
who said stop her, and did not pretend
to stop. Then bullets came from the
tender, one going through his cap as
stated. He said he went throtigh the
front window to the running board
and was ab'out to jump off, but he
knew that he could not get back to his
engine, and she was running fast, so
when the shooting ceased he chiwlcd
back in the window and proceeded
to a)>ply the brakes. There were then
two men in the cab; both had rifles
and were not masked. A third was
on the tender. The negro fireman
had jumped when the shooting began.
The men then ordered him to get
down and uncouple the train. He told
them he couldn’t do it They asked
him if he did not know how and he
told them he did. They then made him
tell them how to do it, and they'sent
other men on the front of the next
car back to do the work, two of the
men going also. The third took his seat
on the fireman’s box, and told the en
gineer that he was staying there to
keep tab on him. He also called the en
gineer by his name, saying “Mr. Rey
nolds, I’m afraid I come mighty near
hitting you. I wouldn’t hurt a hair on
your head for anything. I only fired at
you to scare you for you wouldn’t stop.
We don’t want to hurt a single employe
of the railroad, but we want to gei the
stuff from that d n express compa
ny.” The mea got tho train uncoupled,
but did not know how to work the
hooks and came back to the engine;
they then inade him back a little and
got the train cut off at the second-
class car. Then he was ordered to go
ahead. One of the men had told him to
stop 200 yards from the 58-mile post
depot platform; as he was slowing up
one of the fellows ordered him to head
right up to the “goat house” as the lit
tle depot there is known, using that
term. Tho engineer says when he stop
ped the train there was much shooting;
but in about five,minutes the robbers
had done what they wished to do; they
then told him he could go back to his
train two miles down the road. One fol
low remained in the cab; when the
engineer said he was going to Branch-
vllle instead, this fellow said he sup
posed he wouldn’t, and rode back half
a mile with him to see that he didn’t
getting off while the engine was still
moving. The men, the engineer said,
“talked like home folks and looked like
ordinary country folks, like some men
I have seen about the place.” The fel
low who rode on the fireman’s sear, he
says, was a short stout man with whis
kers and moustache of dark color; the
only other fellow he got close enough
to see good was a long yellow skinned
looking fellow with a black moustache
and looked like what is known in that
country as a “Goose Cricker.” Ono of
tho men was heard by the baggage-
master to refer to Mr. Reynolds by his
nick name. The engineer went on back
and had bis train recoupled and came
on to Branchvllle.
The flagman tells a graphic story of
the affair. He says he was sitting in the
second-class car at 6:56 when he felt
the air brakes go on. He thought some
air pipe had broken, and he jumped off
and started toward the engine looking
under the cars to se where the trouble
was. As he reached the express car he
heard indiscriminate shooting. He went
on to the baggage car to find out what
the trouble was. The baggagemaster
had his door locked. He then stepped
into the vestibule of the express car
next and saw three men pass directly
by shooting and cursing and calling to
"Mike” and “Pat* to cut the? couches
loose. It was afterwards found that
they had simply pulled tho air pipe
apart breaking it. By this time he had
called to the baggagemaster who knew
his voice and let him in. Jsut then one
of the men passed by the car door and
he called to him to let him out and go
backto flag another train that was
right behind. The fellow told him to
takd his d—n head in the car and keep
it there, or he’d get killed. Just then a
shot crashed through the woodwork
just above his head and scattered the
splinters in his face. He then went in
the mail car and asked the agent if he
was hurt. The mail agent said no; that
on.^ man had stuck his head In the door
and asked if he had any stuff and he
had told him no. Then the flagman
got back into the baggage car and bul
lets were flying so promiscuously that
he and the baggagemaster took refuge
behind a number of drummers’ trunks.
Several bullets crashed into the car,
and the bullet holes are there to show
for it. The flagman says that the men
be saw had their faces blackened.
When they had gonehe cra.wled, out
over the tender to see how things ^fere
in the engine.
It was absolutely impossible Monday
night to ascertain how much is con
tained in the large through safe taken.
It may have contained a large sum and
it may have had little in it, the express
officials say. The Charleston office
alone can give the figures.
31 Boers Killed; Many Wounded.
London, By Cable.—A dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Johannesburg,
Monday, January 27. gives details of
the military operations since January
21. Gen. Methuen’s yeomanry got into
trouble near Rietolei. western Trans
vaal, and lost eight men killed, five
wounded and 41 made prisoners. The
latter have been released. This
was offset by General Bruce Hamil
ton’s pursuit of tho Boers in the vicini
ty of Ermelo. Transvaal Colony, result-
Ji'g Jn the dispersal of a Boer laager
at X&lsDan. The Boer losses were two
men kiilsd, four .wounded and 94 pris
oners. 'The week's Boer losses were
ol men killed, 20 wounded, 322 made
prisoners and 53 men who surrendered.
Three Killed By a Train.
Chicago, Special.—Three people
Killed and four seriously injured by a
Michigan Central train at a crossing at
West Hammond, Ind., late Tuesday
afternoon. The dead are: Mrs. Mary
Polk, Joseph Bojak. Jos. Swisgak. The
party was in a closed carriage retum-
ang from a funeral at Mt Carmel Cem
etery. Six persons w«re intide and oa*
on the seat with the driven when the
loeoittotive struck the carriage, demol
ishing it and throwlDg the occhpasts in
all directions.
New Jersey Democrats.
Trenton. N. J., Special.—The two
houses of the Legislature met Tuesday
separately at noon and voted on the
United States senatorship. John F.
Ecyden, of Newark, Republican, and
Congressman McDermott, Democrat,
were the candidates. The election re^
suited :S«nate, Dryden, 17; McDermott,
4; House, Dryden, *6; McDermott, 14.
Previous to the session the Democrats
held a caucus and selected Mr. McDer
mott as their candidate. Senator Geb-
hart questioned the Democracy of Mr,
McDermott. The lattec did not support
Bryan in 1896. Mr. McDermott was
chosen by a vote ot 13 to 4.
Suffocated in. a Fire.
Boston. Special.—Seven Italians were
suffocated in a tenement house fire in
Fleet street, in the North End, Wed
nesday morning. Three others were ta-
i ken to thovhospttar and probably An-
not recover. The other victims include
three women and, one man, who
jumped ottt of windows. The dead in
cluded women, men and diUdren, all
thous^t to he membert of two families.
The police are trying to secure identifi
cations.
WHEATON REPIIMANDED.
Senators Qlve the Qederal a Lively
' Roast.
HOUSE.
Twenty-ninth Day—^The House
adopted a resolution calling for docu
ments relating to the old training ship
Vermont, which was placed out of
commission last summer, and also
passed a bill to provide for the com
pulsory attendance of witnesses be
fore registers and receivers of the
general land office. A bill to appro-
pr-opriate $100,000 for establishing
hotees for the teaching of articulate
speech of deaf children was defeated.
'I'he House chaplain in his invocation
referred feelingly to the death of the
wife of Representative Davis, of Flori
da, Sunday night. The House ad
journed until Wednesday.
Thirtieth Day.—^There was no ses
sion of the Honse, it having tak«i
an adjournment till Wednesday.
SENATE.
Thirtieth Day.—^A Philippine storm
was central in the Senate chamber
for nearly three hours, but was void
of definite results. At times it looked
very serious, and the spectators that
thronged the galleries watched it
with breathless interest. Acrimony in
Senate debates is not infrequent, but
old Senators say it has been years
since there has been such a hurricane
of bitter vituperation of personal
taunt, of ugly charges, and of un
modified critksism as was witnessed.
Not since the discussion of the reso
lutions leading up to the Hispano-
American war have any such scenes
occurred in the Senate. Even that de
bate lacked the personal bitterness
manifested at times.
Irritation was aroused on both sides
of the chamber, and once or twice
personal encounter between Sena
tors seemed imminent. Once when
Senator Teller taunted the Republi
can Senators by declaring they knew
the statements made in a recent
dispatch from Manila, in which Gen
eral Wheaton was represented as
criticising the opponents of the Gov
ernment’s policy in the Philppines
were true, a half-dozen Republicans
were on their feet in an instant. Sen
ator Lodge, at whom the taunt seem
ed to be aimed particularly, hurried
ly crossed from his seat in the cen
tre of the Republican side to the
main aisle of the Senate and, white'
to the lips, passionately challenged
the statement of the Colorado Sena
tor. and demanded that he withdraw
it. Senator Teller so modified the
statement that further hostilities at
the time were averted.
One of the sharpest colloquies of
the session was between Senator
Spooner, of Wisconsin, and Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina. The race
problem, involving the lynching of
negroes, was interjected into the con
troversy and much feeling was mani
fested.
Senators in their excitement seem
ed for the moment to have forgotten
the subject of debate. The chair (Mr.
Frye) was able with difficulty to
maintain order. When the discussion
finally was ended for the day the chair
felt called upon seriously to admonish
Senators that the rules of the body
had not been observed, and, after
reading the rule which had been vio
lated, he expressed the hope that in
the future Senators would have a
care to observe *it. Such an admoni
tion has not been made by the presid
ing officer of the Senate in many
years.
Twenty-ninth Day—An animated
and prolonged discussion was precipi
tated in the Senate over the right of
army officers to criticise utterances
made in the Senate or elsewhere on
the conduct of affairs in the Philip
pines. At times it became somewhat
acrimonious, officers in the Philip
pines being taken sharply to task for
statements attributed to them in dis
patches from Manila. Rising to a
question of privilege earlv in the
session, Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, had
read an Associated Press dispatch
from Manila, in which General WTiea-
ton was quoted as criticising some
utterances of Prof. Schurman. in Bos
ton. Mr. Dubois thought the Presi
dent under the circumstances, would
be warranted in reprimanding General
Wheaton for his criticism. He de
clared that such comment upon the
acts of the Senate was “outrageous
and indecent,” and that the majority
had quite enough of threats of black
mail. Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts,
suggested that it would be wise to
ascertain beforn General Wheaton
was reprimanded whether he actuail;
made the statements attributed to
him. General Wheaton, he said, was
an officer of ability and character and
no hasty action ought to be taken in
such a case.
Mr. Teller: “I don’t think there’s
any doubt that General Wheaton said
what is attributed to him.”
Mr. Lodge: “There may be a great
deal of doubt of it.”
Mr. Teller, continuing, said such a
situation as had arisen was one of the
blessings growing out of the condi
tions in the Philippines. A padlock, he
asserted, was to be placed upon the
mouth of every man. Congressman or
private citizen, and all criticism of
the administration’s Philippine policy
was to be silenced. He referred to the
criticism of Senators who had antago
nized. the administration’s policy in
the Philippines, declaring they had
been charged even with treason. “I
snpT>ose,” said he. “that no Senator
aftc.” a while will be abl^ to read on
this floor the Declaration of Inde
pendence without subjecting himself
to a charge of inciting treason.’^
PATRia ON TRUL
fie^ed Mwderer of lice Before fbe
Court
THE $25,060 CHECK IN EVIDENCE.
The Check Was Accepted Thonth the
Qennineness of the Sisaature Wat
Used a Shot-Gun.
Albemarle. N. C.. Special.—Sam
Heame and John Harris, two negroes,
got in a drunken row at Kingville, a
negro suburb, yesterday afternoon,
which wound np by Harris shooting
Heame with a shot-gun'. About 12.o
shot took effect, lodging in bis side and
face. On© shot hit between the eyes,
flattening it out. Hearn says that this
gave him more pain than any of the
others, as h« experienced a slight pead-
axAe from the effects of it-Harris sur
rendered to the officers this morning,
waived earamlttattoa asd was bound
over to the ^loerlor Court
New York, Special.—The taking ot
evidence w^s begun in the trial of Al
bert T. Patrick, a lawyer, on an indict
ment charging him with the murder of
William M. Rice, in this city, in Se;»-
tember, 1990. John H. WIlKace, paying
teller at Swenson’s Bank, where IMcs
had an account, identifiec^ a check for
$25,000 payable to Albert T. Patrick,
as one that had been presented to him.
It *was the misspelling of the name
Albert that caused a telephone call to
liice’s apartment ,which resulted in the
discovery that Mt. Rice had died the
previous day. Xkmnsel for Patrick ob
jected to every question uked on this
line on the ground that the witness
could" not testify to hearsey evidence,
but the recorder overruled the objec
tions until Assistant District Attorney
Garvin asked who answered the tele
phone. He sustained the objection that
Mr. Wallace could not tefl who it waa
Wallace testified that be had never
seen Patrick until the day the check
was presented. So far as he knew.
Rice's business was attended to by
Jones, the valet-secretary.
“In your opinion is the signature on
the check the signature of Wm. M.
Rice?” asked the attorney for the pros
ecution.
Counsel for Patrick objected, hut Ihe
witness was allowed to reply.
“In my opiinlon,” he said, “it was not
written by Mr. Rice.”
On cross-e:iamination Wallace said
that when tte check was returned to
the bank endorsed “Albert T. Patrick,’.'-
and “Alberfc T. Patrick” he stamped it
“accepted,** although he had doubts as
to the genuineness of the signature.
Finally he said: "I do not know what
Is wrong with the signature, but 1
don’t like it. It does not look natural
to me. The final curve of. the “M” for
Instance, looks as if it was an after
thought.”
W. O. Weatherbee, a clerlf in the
bank of Swenson ft ^n, said he knew
Rice for 12 years. He was asked to tell
of a visit alleged to have been made !*y
Jones, the valet-secretary, to tho wit
ness’ home, in Brooklyn, but this was
ruled out. Weatherbee said he had
never seen Patrick until the oay the
check was Landed in at the bank. He
had not kiiown Patrick,!^ be connected
in any way with Rice's business. When
Patrick called at the bank, he saw Mr.
Swensen. In the conversation that day
Patrick said Rice’s body was to be cro-‘
mated, as “the old gentleman was a
crank on cremation." Patrick also said
there had been an understanding be
tween him and Rice as to what was
to be done with the proceeds of the
checks. Weatherbee said it was his
opinion that the $25,000 check was .lot
signed by Wm. M. Rice.
Counsel for Patrick objected to the
admission of the $25,000 check as e\'i-
dence, on the ground that the defend
ant was under indictment for forging
that check and that it would not be fair
to bias the minds of the jury by ad
mitting it.
“This check is^one of the steps by
which I intend to prove the conspiracy
between this defendant and Jones,”
said Mr. Osborne
“The prosecution should not be al
lowed to say that a murder was com
mitted because they think a check was
forged,” said Mr. Moore, for Patrick.
The recorder admitted the check.
Under cnoss-racamlnation Weatherbee
said he was not an expert in handwrit
ing and he could not analyse the sig
nature on the check. The doubt in his
mind was more general than specified.
The witneea said he did not decide the
check was not genuine when he first
examined It. This was before It was
stamped •^aecepted.”
Mr. Weatherbee then testified that
the dieck was accepted and certified,
rncl that the certification was sancelled
by Mr. Swenson after he had talked
with somebody over the telephone.
The Worth ef Experlenee.
Szperiesce would always he worth
whet we pay for it. If we didn't so and
run up the sante soit of bill
New York
INDUSTRIES DEPRESSED.
MaloUty of Caban People Are Ready
For Aanexatloa.
Washington, SpeciaL—CoL Tasker
Bliss, the United’ States arioy effleer,
detailed as collector of customs at
Havana, was before the ways and
iheans conunittee concerning the Cu
ban reciprocity. In opening his state
ment he disclainied authority as a
sugar expert and said his knowledge
was confined to that of an observer
for three years in an official posi
tion, dealing with the trade at Cuba.
This had led him to hope that if there
was any-change in the tariff it would
be such an ■ adjustment as would
throw into the hands of the United
States the large amount of Cuban
trade now taken by foreign countries.
SfKsakihg first at the condition of
the Cuban industry, he said it was
greatly depressed. The leading ' Ha
vana banks were refusing further
credits to the sugar planters, and
when this occurred it was a sore evi
dence of the distress of the planta
tions. He roughly estimated the su
gar industry of the island at $200,-
000,000 and said about three-fourths
of the people were dependent in one
way or another on the sugar Indus*
try.
Chairman Payne asked CoL Bliss,
to specify what advantages the Uni
ted Statea could gain from Cuba and
Mr. Payne also called attention to the
low tariff rate Cuba imposed against
the United States.
CoL Bliss said the average ad
valorem rate was about 21 per cent,
and he presented tables, designed to
show how u tariff readjustment could
throw practically all of the Cuban
trade into the hands of American pro
ducers. At present, he said, Cuba
bought $66,000,000 of which the Uni
ted States furnished $28,475,000, and
the balance of about $37,000,000 came
from foreign countries. On many aT'
tides such as fresh beef, railroad iron
and other specified articles, the Unlr
ted States had a practical monopoly
of the trade. But on many other ar
ticles, totaling about $45,000,000 the
United States had but $10,000,000 of
the trade.
“By a reasonable modification of
the Cuban tariff,” said CoL Bliss, “at
least £6 per cent, of this trade can
be thrown to the United States."
He submitted a list of articles on
which a differential of about 33 per
cent favorable to the United States
as against other foreign countries
would give us the trade. In reporting
on this to the war department the
condition had been imposed upon him
not to reduce the revenue of Cuba.
Under such circumstances, he thought
it would be necessary to first raise
Cuba’s tariff rates, for purposes of
revenue, and then with a sufficient
differential to give the United States
the control of the trade. This he put
forward only tentatively as one of
several plans proposed to the war de
partment.
The members of the committee
questioned Col. Bliss on the details
of the proposed readjustment In the
course of the examination Represen
tative Newiands of Nevada suggested
that without our political control of
Cuba there might be servile labor to
compete with American labor. He
added:
“Are the Cuban people prepared to
come into political relations with the
United States?”
“I think a great majority of the Cu
bans are ready to come in,*' CoL Bliss
replied
“As a Territory or as a State?”
asked Mr Newlands
“They would be glad to ^me in as
a State or a Territory, or under the
miliitary authority, almost in any way
in order to come under the authority
of the United States”
“If invited to come in first as a
Territory, then as a State, would this
be accepted?”
"I think it would”
Continuing on this topic Col Bliss
said he thought commercial union
with Cuba would postpone political
union Personally he was not con
vinced of the wisdom of annexation.
The feeling in Cuba was one of readi
ness to accept any conditions the
United States might Impose.
Louis Place and Mr. Mendoza of
the Cuban delegation were heard
briefly.
A SERIOUS BLAST
Micb Daai;eDoieBy.Ezpiosioi in
frew Yort
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
New Bterprlaee That Are BMMrias
SIX PEOPLE IIUED; MANY lUkT.
Qreat Property
Locs —The Worst
the Mietory of the
City.
Bis Fire in Mobile.
Mobile, Ala., SpeciaL—Rre totaiHy
gutted the large wholesale grocery es
tablishment of Michael & Lyons, at an
rarly hour Saturday morning. The
grocers occupied the ground floor of
the building, «ie two upper stories be
ing occupied by cotton factories as of-
ficee and warerooms. Loss will amount
to $50,000. At 2.30 a. m. the flames were
beyond controL The entire block waa
listened.
To Observe l«cKlnley Day.
Memphis, Tenn., Special.—Acting
Mayor Henderson has issued a proclar
mation calling upon the city officials
and public institntlons to observe Janu
ary 29th as McKnley’s Memorial Day,
ani^ requesting that contributions be
made to the memorial fund. The
churches are asked to take up collec
tions for the same purpose on Sunday.
January 26th.
Telesraphie Ticks.
Rev. J. G. McCullough, a Methodist
minister, aged 82 years, died at Wal-
halla, S. C., Thursday.
The report is current In Germany
that there is a great scarcity of plows
ia Ehigland, because most of them have
been beaten into swords.
Samuel E. Allen, of Salt Lake City,
owns * Wyclifle Bible, one of the first
books printed In England. Th»vdume
Is at leaat 300 years old.
At a meetins of the Senate eonimlt-
tee on puUie bvUdings and froonds
the fbllowiac taTorahle reports wece
anthorised: Te^aiake addition to the
cost of the public haildlng at Atlanta,
|600,0e0; to increaae tl» cost ot pubUc
taildlng, Newport Newa. Ywl, from
$M0^ to lafiQjMO.
New York, Special—The reaerve sup
ply of high explosive stored at the
Park avenue shaft of the rapid tran
sit tunnel, now In course of construc
tion, blew up shortly after noon Mon
day. The giant blast killed six persons,
injured a hundred others and seriously
damaged all the p^perty reached by
the flying debris and by thd-vibration
of the shock. The irregular square
formed by the Murry Hill Hotel on the
west, the Manhattan Eye and Bar Hos
pital and the Grand Union Hotel, on
the east, and the Grand Central Rail
road station on the north, was the
scene c-f the explosion. The buildings
named sustained the greatest damage,
but the area affected extended for sev
eral blocks In the four directions from
the centre. The dead are: Cyrus
Adams, a cigar man at the Murry Hill
Hotel; James Carr, 32 years, a waiter
employed at the Murry Hill Hotel;
Hein, 28 years, ot Ansonia, Conn.; J.
Roedrick Robertson, of Nelson, B. C.,
a guest at the Murry Hill; John H.
Thompson, assistant engineer, (body is
not reported by the police of hospital);
Charles or William Tubbs, master me
chanic for Contractor Ira A. Shaler.
J. Robertson, of Nelson, B. C., was
killed by being thrown with the force
of artillery in liis room at the Murray
Hin Hotel. He was general manager
in Canada for the British Columbia
Gold Helds Company, limited, and a
prominent citizen in the community
where he lived. He was a Scotchman
and left a widow and four children. He
is said to have been quite wealthy.
The sunken approach of the street
railway tunnel used by the Madison
Avenue line cv-ts through Park avenue
and the shaft for the rapid transit sub
way was run down beside it at the in
tersection of ESast Forty-fifth street.
The street railway approach was
housed over with a super-structure
used for the operating plant of the rap
id transit contractors. Temporary
buildings for storage purposes were
housed over with a super-stmcture
at the mouth of the shaft and there the
explosion occurred. It tore a great
gorge in the street demolished the tem
porary buildings and part of the super-
structure, and sent a mass of earth,
splintered timber and twisted iron high
in the air.
Much ot it went battering against the
front of the Murray Hill Hotel and al
though the walls and mala structure of
that bsilding stood the shock, nearly
every room in the front of the horse
was wrecked. The Manhattan Bye and
Bar Hospital on the east side of tho
avenue fared nearly as bad. and had to
be abandoned by the management. The
Grand Union Hotel lost ali 6T its win-
iotra and glass partitions and practical
ly every front window in the Grand
Central station was shattered. The
great clocks on its towers w^e blown
from their cases. Thousands of win
dows. some of them seven blocks from
the tunnel shaft, fell in fragments. It
was/the shower of broken glass and
falling debris that Injured the greatest
number.
General alarms brought flremen, po
lice reserves and every available am
bulance to the district and the injured
were called for. A majority of the in
jured were treated on the spot and tho
white-coated ambulance officers work
ed for an hour in the debris-strewn
streets. The police lines were thrown
■cross either end of Park avenue and
across the intersecting streets. Several
times the police cleared the street of
people in front of the Murray Hill Ho
tel. Torrents of water from broken
mains poured into the . tunnel shaft
while the wreckage was h^ng cleared
from the street railway subway and it
was feared that the street might cave
A Larce taKraaao.
An increiwe of almost 1>1 per eaat
in the capital invested in the tarpea-
tine and rosin industry and at ISS
per cent on the ralne of the products
therefrom is shown in the census re
port issued last week from Wasliinc-
ton. D. C., on the manufactnne oC
these prodBCta in the United Statai.
The total value of turpentine aad
roain ipodncts consists of $14^9«0,-
235, the value ot 754,67) barrels eC
spirits of turpentine, $5A3*^8. the
value of 2,563.0f7 barrels ot Toda,
and $255,354, the valoe mi8cellaa>
eous j^rodncte, such as tar, pitch,
rosin, oil. chareoat rubied'tar. etc.
From the disUllatioB of 4.033,163 ber>
rela crude turpentine by the ISM
establishments exporting, there v-
suited 24 per cent of spirita ot tur
pentine. 55 rosin and 21 per cent.
of other i^odncts. The consnmpthm
of spirits of turpentine in the United
States is 20.397,588 gallons, or S3 per
cent of the quantl^ manufactared,
and of rosin 193,969..,J)arrels, or 7.C
PM* cent The amount of crude tur
pentine (barrels) gathered and total
value by States follows: Alabama
373.005, value $2,033,705; Florida 1,-
212.935. value $6,469,605; Georgia 1.-
615.569, value $8,110,468; Louisiana
20,299, value $115,324; Mississippi
359,529, value $1,772,435; North Caro-
Una 361,729, value $1,055,695: South
Camlina 190,095, value $787,««.
Two Selected.
Atlanta, Oa., SpeciaL—The commis
sion to select two Georgians that will
be placed in the Statuary hall at
Washington, met for the first time at
the capitoL Although th« decision of
the commission will not be announced
until July, an informal vote showed a
preference fbr Alexander H. Stephens
and Dr. Crawford Lod.;.
Fire In Qeorgtto;* ■
Georgetown, S. C., Social.—^At 1:30
o’clock Sunday mominj^ fire broke
out in the express office building,
spreading on either side and destroy*
ing five other buildings with contents.
The Georgetown *i:imes, the post-
office, C. W. Rouse’s stationery and
job printing; L. G. Walker, lawyer;
M. W. Pyatt, lawyer; CoL Sparkman,
insurance; Ingman and Bryant bi>
cycles; the Masons’ lodge; Walter
Hazard, lawyer; P. M. Matthews,
civil engineer, and the telephone ex
change all lost. heavily. The aggre
gate amount is placed at. $20,000; in
surance $70,00.
Law of Illinois.
Chicago, Special.—Wm. W. Wat^
terson, superintendent of the Ship
Owners Dry Dock Company, North
tialstead street was arrested on a
charge ot importing labor into the
State bar false represeatatien aad fall
ing to atate'at the time that a strike
was in progress. It Is charged that
the company brought laborers here
from Kentucky, Missouri and Wiscon
sin and failed to-inform them that a
strike was in ^ogress, contrary to
the statutes oC the State ct WtmHm.
History Discarded.
Annapolis. Md., SpeciaL—The S«iate
has unanimously adopted an order,
dk*ecting the State Librarian of Mary
land to remove from the State Library
the third volume of Maclay’s History
of the United States Navy. The Senate
also unanimously sdopted a resolution
urging the adoption of a congressional
resolution extending a vote of thanks
to Rear Admiral Schley for gallantry
In the battle of Santiago.
Boy Shot at Baptlzins.
Rutherfordton. SpeciaL—^At a bap
tizing at Cain Creek, near Chimney
Rock Sunday, a drunken row occurred,
in which a great part of the congrega
tion was concerned. A 14-year-old boy
named Williams was shot in the head
with a 38-calibre pistol by a man
named Jones. The wound is not con
sidered dangerous. There were ten men
and boys actively engaged in the row
with guns, knives and stones. Deputy
Sheriff Msck Whitesides was on the
ground, and arrested six and safely
lodged them in Jail here at an early
hour. The other four dodged the oSi«
cers and have not yet been captured.
Textile Notea.
Dennis C. Howarth, presldeat of
(Chester (Pa.) Manufacturing Co.. haa
made a proposition for the purchase af
the Memphis (Tenn.) Cotton Mills, a
plant of 14,600 spindles and 250 looma
If the transaction Is closed, it is claim
ed that the Cheeter Manufacturing Co..
will remove its plant to Memphia and
there consolidate with the purchased,
mill.
Eagle Cotton Mills of Lawrenceburg.
Tenn.. will be rebuilt Hie plant was
destroyed by fire last week, and its pro
prietor, W. H. Dustin, who now states
that he is in the market for entire new
outfit, to include 3000 to 400 spindles
and full complement ot power, etc., for
manufacturing 4 to 16 yams. About
$50,000 w!!l probably be expended.
Andrews Loom Harness 3o., has pur-
chased the plant and business of the
Spartanburg Loom Harness Co., of
Spartanburg, S. C., and will continue
same. A capital of $30,000 is represent
ed in equipment and facilties for maa-
ufacturing loom harness -used in textBe
mills. Messrs. Isaac Andrews aad S.
Vemor Muckenfuss are the managers.
The building for the textile school of
the North Carolina Coll^ of Agricul
ture and Mechanic Arts at Raleigh Is
nearing completion. Large quantities
of textile machinery have been receiv
ed, and the installation ef it will begia
In a few days. The textile school will
give thmough courses in carding. win>
nlng, weaving, dying and detdgning.
It is reported that LocUiart (S. C.)
Mills will build an additional mill la
order to provide increased fr^^t irsf-
fie for the Lockhart Railroad. This rail'-
road is said to have been guaranteed,
when built, a certain quantity of freight
annually from the mill, which it has
failed to receive. The company now hat
25,000 spindles and 800 looms.
Enfield (N. C.) Knitting Mills has or*
dered eleven additional knitting ma*
chines, with rlbbers snd loopers ta
match, and will also install dying plant
T’thIn sixty days. The company hat
been operating until now ten nurfdiinet
on the production of children’s hosiery.
Incressed production will se 226 dosea
^ly.
Ooaehita Cotton Mills of Monroe.
Ta-, la nearing completion, aad expects
to %• manufacturing inside of tws
moaths. There will be 500 spindles and
1(» looms in position for operatioa.
Hie company met during the week
and re-elected its past year’s ^eera.
They include Uriah MiUsap, jMesident.
Harriman (Tenn.) (Litton Mill Co.
has put its plsnt in partial operation,
after a shut-down ot some months,
entire equipment will be operated as
rapidly as possible expeienced hand*
being scarce. There are 6500 apindles
la the milL
B. L. Bsttle Manufacturing Co., of
Warrenton, Gtu. will probably rebuild
its knitting mill, which was burned last
week MJt a Iok of $30,000; however, a
definite decision has not h^ reached.
The Chambw ot Commerce of Hunts
ville, Ala., is corresponding with Phil
adelphia (Pa.) parties relative to the
establishment of a rug factory ia
HuntsviUle.
Anchor Mills of Huntersville. N. Cm
is reported as to double its present
Idant of 4100 spindles.
Burnett A McKee Company of VidES-
burg. Miss., has been charter, with ea^
pital stock of $60,000, for dealing is
and manuftcturing cotton aad othsr-
wise handling the staple.
Lenoir (N. C.) Ck>tton Mill has par-
chased the machinery for its plant and
said equipment is now b^ng placed in
position. There will be 60(K> spindles for
spinning Egyptian cotton, and opera
tions are expected to commence in th«
near future. Capitalization $75,000.-
LauraSl«in Mills of Shelhy. N. C..
was sold at public auction ^uring tbs
week to John B. Hurst of Baltimore,
Md., who was president of the compa
ny. The price paid was $4200. It Is a
2800-spindle plant fo rmaklng yam aad
ball twine, and was capitalized at $50,-
Cold Weather la Northwest
Chicago. Special.—Chicaao is strug
gling under the biting blasts of a cold
wave that arrived Monday night, the
off shoot of the bliisard that has been
raging ia the Northwest In the last 24
hours the temperature has taUen 46
degrees, having tooched 8 below ssro
at dawn. One death from freeing is
reported. All the Horthwest is saifering
from the extremely cold weather which
owers all the upper Lake region and
the region of the Mississippi valley
with sero taapwatoMS.
W. W. Gregg. Robert B.
Gregg. C. R. Curtis. W. W. Gregg. Jr..
and J. V. Gregg of NashvUK Tenn.,
have incorporated Leeds WS»!eii mik
Ck).. with capital stock otj$t0,000.
It is reported that Vletor Oronai,
Chas. Cromer and Wlngert Bros, of
Baceratown. Md., wiU eatabHsh a silk
1^ that they have leased boildlag for
lie pnrpoeeb and wiH instill tm iaeaa
to sisrt with.
J. O. Kretssehmar of Memphis, ‘taaw
^ Twirdiiaaed the plant of Mes^ila
Lint Co., and win operate saaM^ la-
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