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VOL. LXXXVI1 UtO. 11.
WIIiMINGTOK, K. C, WEDKESDAY MOHKXN"G, OQlOBER 5, 1910.
WHOIiE NUMBEK 13,417.
THIRTY-SEVEN DIE
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VOLLEY- CRASH
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Horrible Wreck in Illinois
Resulted From Disobe
dience to Orders
FEARFUL HEAD-ON GQLLISIOII
From 16 to 22 Persons Injured Three
Officers of , Traction Company
Ki..ed Tragic Details Are
Related.
1 Staunton, Ills., October 4. Thirty
seven persons were killed, and from
16 to 2o persons injured irf a collision
on the Illinois traction system, two
miles north of Staunton late .today. .
Three of the injured and possibly
more are not expected to survive. Re
ports from the wreck tp to the pres
ent time have been difficult to obtaiir
and although some of the statements
received from there make the number,
of injured as high as 50, it Is not
believed it will run over 25. i
Only three of th,e . dead have been
identified as yet and these are all
prominent' officials of the traction sys
tem. Among those killed were three offi
cers of the traction system, namely:
J. E. Berry, Springfield, land com
missioner ' for the Illinois -, Traction
System, ' . ' t . ,'
W. N. Street, assistant trainmaster,
at Stannton. . v
. D. V. Black, assistant, superinten
dent of motive power, Springfield.
.The collision occurred between a
local train northbound and an excur
sion train headed toward St. Louis,
and loaded with passengers on their
way to view the parade of the Veiled
Prophets, at St. Louis. The accident
according to present confirmation, was
due entirely to the disregard of orders
by the crew of the local:. ' . ;
The local train had orders to pass
the southbound train at Staunton. The
latter, train was, running. in tw sec
tions and the orders given to the, local
were that it should pass both sec
tions of the Southboud train at Staun
ton. The first section had passed
when the crew of the local pulled out
dn the main track, ' heedless of the
second section and started north. At
a sharp turn, called Dickerson's curve,
two miles north of Staunton, the two
trains came . together in a splitting
crash. Dickerson's curve is at the
bottom of a decline both from the
north and from the south. The local
train and thesecond section of the
excursion were both on the down
grade, and moving at a speed of 40
miles an hour when they met. The
.collision occurred right at the bottom
of the double incline and at the sharp
est 'part of the curve.
The cars were so close. that it was
impossible for either, of them to stop,
or slow down. The crew of the local
and the crew of the special leaped as
soon as they saw the collision was In
evitable and escaped without serious
injury. . ; f v ..'.( ' ,
They were abje to Uend assistance
to the injured. SJ None of the passeng
ers had a chance for safety as the
crash between the cars followed im
mediately the cries of warning issued
by the conductors and motormen as
tney jumped from the trains. ,
The cars came together with a ter
rific crash and both were demolished
and piled in one huge mass of wreck
age through which the bodies of the
dead and wounded were scattered. It
is certain that by far the larger por
tion of the passengers on 'both cars
were either killed of desperately in
jured. The two trains were so close
ly twisted together that it was a mar
vel that anybody escaped death or in
jury, , . y
As quickly as possible word of the
accident was telephoned to Spring
tieid and Peoria and a special car wasi
immediately rushed from these ipoints
other cars also were sent north
from Granite City, 111. ihese last took
many of the injured and hurried them
back to Granite City, where they
1 ,aced ln the hospital. As fast
as the dead were extricated they were
K e(V" one of the cars sent from
S g o1(1 In ff 8hort "me a car con
utining 28 bodies was sent to Carlin
f tw,here they were placed in an
undertaking establishment. Late to
tiffed n thFee b0dleS had been ,den'
General Manager Chubbuck, of the
"action company, was in Peoria when
news of the wreck was received. Ac
companied by minor officials he start-
iw i ?e for the wreck. Shortly
after leaving Peoria he received word
rm Superintendent Hansey, at
Wngndd, that the dead would num-
a oand the injured 16.
iAV:.,?r,r,ngfleld a11 the available
train ,",Vere Placed on Chubbuck's
ww'1 hurried t0 Staunton.,
nin a fe,w mlnutes after the col
ro, ndinUrred farmers from the sur
I?n ( ngo00Untry and nearly every
th Staunton was on his way to
wh.tl?6 of l the .accident to render
t atever astance was possible. The
RMlytoC,0m(rs were greeted- with a
tclf as was never before
R in this part of the country,
i ne two cars ha
w wful force that they-Were
nut "'J e8C0ped' Dut were battered
J 't of all semblance tn thir nHHni
r !w Ihey were simply a mass of
K fei Wood and twl8ted Iro and
steel eight feet high.
this pile of wreckage the dead
BUYS STEEL RAIL
A-
order for I5,0u: 5 Given Yeaterdav
Relieving StaVh for Several :
; Montht Co; of the
5 (Special Star Telegram.) -New
TCork, Oct. 4, After, a period
of stagnation lasting "since the Spring
months, the market fpr steel rails was
enlivened today by an order for 15000
tons placed" by the Atlantic Coast tine
Railroad Company with the United
States Steel Corporation.
; The order will be, executed by the
Tennessee Coal Iron & Railroad Com
pany, a subsidiary of the steel corpo
ration. .The price was at the $28 a
ton jrate , which has been maintained
for standard rails, regardless of the
fluctuations of prices of other tfVJe
proaucta auring the past several years.
As i rail orders go in normal times,
the Atlantic Coast Line's order is a
small one, even If it Is supplemented,
as was reportedas a probability today,
by an addition order of 2,000" tons to
be placed In a few days. Before the
railroads began to shut down on ex
penditures for extensions and improve
ments after the panic, individual or
ders for 50,000 tons or more were not
uncommon. It was not the size of
the order which interested . the trade
today, but the possibility that it (fore
shadowed a return of railroad buying.
It Is usually at this season- that the
railroads begin to place orders for the
following year's requirements. ,
ON ARMY SALARY. LIST.
Will Ask Congress to Place National
Guard General! Wood Talks.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 4. The plan to
ask Congress to place the National
Guard on the army salary list, at rates
of from five to 25 per cent, of the reg
ular wages, .was adopted at a confer
ence of the National Guard officers to
day. ' i"
General Leonard Wood, who attend
ed the conference, said the War De
partment would support the bill to ap
propriate from 45,000,000 to 16,000,000
as pay for officers and enlisted men of.
the guards. r'
Every ,. boy in' the United States
irtore than 13 years-old Should Ibri
trained aa a soldier, according to Gen.
WOOd." -.V ' v';- VV . "
"I would out-German, the Germans,"
said ' the- gerieral-"by instituting com
pnlsbry: military education in all. the
schools.." ...
"Every boy 13 years of age or more
should be comoelled to learn to .use
a yifie as part of his school couirfU
Then we would have a generation 01
crack marksmen. 1
"I should have the boys instructed
in the rudiments of military science.
They should be' taught to throw up
earthworks and to plan scientific lines
of defenses Thee studies would teach
them the initiative in combat that
modern warfare requires.
- "Military drill would be part of the
compulsory education. Uniformed
companies in the public school would
be advisable though not indlspensible.
War comes without notice nowadays
so that we should be always prepared.
"Our standing army of 80,000 men
is far too small, and Congress should
provide for Its increase to at least
140,000 men. We have not oniy in?
Phninnins and Alaska to guard, but
the fortifications at the Isthmus of
Panama will soon have to be manned.
HILL LOSES AND RESIGNS.
Durham Alderman Seeks Injuction to
Keep City From Spending Money.
Durham. N. C. Oct 4. Alderman
John S. Hill resigned his office today
after losing a fight in the city council
against a street - improvement pro
gramme with a depleted treasury. The
city council last night v.oted to go
aheaH with extensive workdespite the
condition of the treasury, and upon re-
1 M tV I nnnnoll A Warm 9lX'
Hill announced that he would seek an
uiirii 1 11 1 1 rum i.uc
injunction' order restraining tne cuy
frrm nrrvtTier out the order.
AAaTmn HtU Hpr.la.fed '? -that the
city's floating Indebtedness is zuu.uuu
inrt ,hat it has 'no.right to borrow
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more money' without the submission
Vi innlA of a bona issue. Aiaer-
man HilJ is a weaitny man..
GEORGIA ELECTION TODAY
c e4- -mH rnuntv officers Sallots
.for Brown.
Atlanta. Ga..- Oct 4. Ceorgla will
elect State and county officers from
eovernor down tomorrow. Aitnougn
finvornnr Jna. M. Brown has rerusea
tn countenance the movement, Dai 101s
Sparine his name have beenv aistriDut-
ed in ouDOSition to tne regular uviuv
cratic candidate, former Governor
Hnte Smith. The. bolt Is led Dy inos.
E. Watson, .once ' Populist canaiaaie
for President. . The 1xlt is generally
admitted to lack great support,
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Norfolk. Va.. Oct. 4 The case of
rani w n. Fincke of the navy collier
a i. ' .ri-nafoii Inst - nieht upon . the
,hM nt ,mJhzHne $5,000 in govern
mailt funds l W&3 continued by United
atataa PrTnntfioner Stephenson to-
H4 i,,fii nothAP 8thi Capt. FIncke
dBies ; tha,t hef Is an - absconder bMV
appeared, In court toaay aner. ua.iuB
been released upon nis owu
and wounded were flung in every con
ceivable posiUon and every lmagina
hio rorm of mutilation.. Some of the
bodies of the dead were actually torn
apart and amid streams . of blood
flnwo down the .. debris - in a . dozen
places, v Thef farmers and .citizens ef
Staunton woritea wun ubbiibiovc
however, and. ln a I short v time - had
taken from the wreckage all of. the
uvipg and most of the dead
OF A REVOLUTION
King Manuel a Prisoner and
Warships Are Bombard-:
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STREET FIGHTING AT LISBON
Communication With Capital has Been
Cut Off Situation Is Serious
Reasons for Revoiut;on
- Assigned. .
London, Oct. 4. According to th6
Daily Mail, a revolution broke out in
Lisbon yesterday (Tuesday). The dis
patch adds that King Manuel is a pris
oner; that street fighting-has occurr
ed; that the warships are bombarding'
the palace and that all communication
with the capital Is cut off.
' London, Oct. 5 No Lisbon dispatch
es have been -received in' London since
yesterday afternoon when the Eastern
Telegraph Company announced' the re
ceipt of one from its station at Car-
cavelloB, 11 miles from Lisbon, stat?
ing that all communication with the
capital was interrupted.
The Daily Mail prints its rteport of
the revolution without a date line ana
it probably may be based upon a wire
less dispatch said to have been receiv
ed at the Paris Matin reading:
A revolution has broken out in Lis
bon and warships are now bombarding
the capital- The army and navy are
the revolutionaries."
None of the other ixmdon , morning
newspapers print Lisbon dispatches or
hn va an v mention, of a revolution.
A Portugese mercnani in uonaon
says that he received newsof a plot
in Lisbon on Monday.
Paris, Oct. 5 The Echo De Paris
prints a wireless dispatch from its cor
respondent, dated St. Marie de Lamar,
Cape Blanco, 9:20 P. M. saying:
A revolution has broken out in Por-
tugal. A great part of the army and
all of the navy have gone on the side
of the Republicans, At 2 o'clock this
afternoon bombardment of 'the .royal
palace commenced. All ingress to th
city naa oeen ioroiaaen. it is impos
sible therefore to pursue and forward
details." s
No confirmation of this has been re
ceived by the foreign office.
Telegraphic communication with
Portugal has been interrupted since
3 o'clock this afternoon. The Portu
gese legation has no knowledge of a
revolution. "
London, Oct. 5. The announcement
of the - death of Prof. Bombarda, the
Republican - deputy and anti-clerical,
who was shot by the army lieutenant
at Lisbon Monday may possibly have
started the revolution.
Bombarda was a distinguished edu
cator. He recently was elected to the
Portugese parliament In the Republi
can interest. His assailant, according
to some reports, was a mad man.
San Tander, Spain, October 4. A
German steamer here has received a
wireless from the steamer Cap Blanco,
of the same . line, lying off Lisbon,
stating that warships began bombard
ing the Dalace just as soon as the
rising within the. city began. Shortly
the , revolutionists hauled down the
royal standard over the palace and
has placed it with thf, -epublican
green and blue flag.
SHUT-OUT DISHONEST MEN.
Comptroller Murray Looks After In
terests of National Banks.
Washington. October 4. Dishonest
bank officers, or employes will find the
banks of the United States closed to
them as a plan begun today by Comp
troller of the Currency Murray be
comes effective. National Bank Ex
aminers all over the country have
been asked to make lists of officers
or employes of National- banks who
have been discharged or asked to re
sign because of dishonesty or who
have been convicted in court. he list
will be turned over to tne state
bank supervisors, who intend to make
up a similar list and exchange it with
. . t ai J .
tne comptrollers . ouiue.
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DR. HARRY" PECK DISMISSED.
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Columbia Professor One of Principals
In" Breach, of Promise Suiti
Kew fork, October 4. Dr. Harry
Thurston Peck, one of tne foremost
Latin scholars, of the'world, named as
defendant In a $100,000 breach of
promise suit brought by. Esther Qvtinn,
of Boston, was dismissed as Anthon
professor of Latin language by the
trustees Of, Columbia University this
afternoon.. The dismissal grew direct
ly out of Miss Quinh's suit and subse
quent developments which involved
Dr. Peck -nf a controversy with Presi
dent Butler." of the university.
Although the resolutions of the trus
tees terminates Dr. Peck's connection
with the University "forthwith," he
announced tonight that he would not
relinquish his position without a legal
fight ,-:y--., " v ': -
' Meridian; Miss.; Oct. 4. Five thous
and persons" participated In a demon
stration here tonight in sympathy
iSHth the striking railway clerks of the
Queen, and.: Crescent system..: TheJ
strikers and sympathizers paraoea me
streets, - after which : they ; were . ad
dressed by a-number . of prominent
speakers. There j was no disorder.
NEGRO BURIiED FOR IjiS GRIME
Pays' Penalty at Hand of Mob For
Assault on Prominent Woman4 of
CovingtfOW County, K. VI-
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"Montgomery,-Ala-, Oct; 4. Six "hours
after he 'bad assaulted Mrs. Hiram
i3'tuckey, a prominenfvyoung woman
of-Covington cdttnty, Bush "Withers, a
negro "trusty" at tne Henderson con
vict camp, was taken from the" warden
last night, jrhile en route to prison
at Andalusia, tied .to a stake - by a
mob of 400 men and burned.' The
lynchjng Nvas conducted quietly and
the mob formed from adjoining towns,
aispersed, to -tneir homes, leaving no
traces of their furyt save the ashes of
the negro.
"The crime for which the negro was
lynched was committed-early yester
day afternoon when h'e went to the
farm of Mr. Stucey f or' the purpose of
getting drinking water for fellow con
victs, who wcro employed at a camp
nearby.'. Entering Jhe, house, ' It id
declared, the negro assaulted Mrs
stucKey, who was alon
after, which !
he- clubbed her into insensibility " In
an effort to stif.o her cries. Today it
s fepdred she is In a precarious con
dition. J
Before lapsing into insensibility .Mrs.
Stuckey informed her rescuers pt the
asault, naming the "trusty" whom she
knew, as the perpetrator of the j deed.
: The negro was caught and hurried
to the stockade at Sanford six miles
from Andulsia. ; j ' ,'
Upon hearing rumors of a mob, War
den Long attempted (o spirit the con
vict to the prison at Andnlsia, but
was; intercepted on tfje outskirts of the
village. '
JUSTICE MOODY RESIGNS.
Tenders His Resignation- to President
v- Taft III Over a i Year.
Beverly, Mas, Oct j 4. Associate'
Justice William H. Moody, of the Unit
ed States Supreme Court, today ten
dered his resignation to take effect
November 20th. The President wrote
to Justice Moody,! who is at Magnolia,
accepting the resignation, and express
ing his high regard for,.the.;retIring
jurist' In retirement? Justice Moody
will receive fall pay. of aqjfcc,yye mean
ber Tof the court,' $i2,0Ta yearJ " ":
It has been known' sirice early in
the Summer that Justice Moody would
retire. He personally made known,
his intentions to the President and
offered to resign at any time that
would be most convenient to the Pres
ident. Mr. Taft stated that he had no
intention of appointing any Federal
Justice until the regular session or
Congress had convened. He urged
Justice Moody to take his own time.
The enabling act passed In behalf of
Mr. Moody who has not served a suF
flcient length of time to perm: of his
retirement, under the ordinary pro
cess of law, expires late in Novem
ber. . n.
Justice Moody-has been ill for more
than a year. '
MONTGOMERY CLUB OUT.
Franchise in -Southern League For
1 feited Refused to Pay Fine.
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 4. The fran
chise in the Southern League held by
the Montgomery, Ala. club, was of
ficially declared forfeited tonight by
President ,W. M. Kavanaugh, following
the failure of that club to pay a fine
of $1,250 assessed because of an al
leged violation of the salary limit.
London, Oct 4. The Santander cor
respondent of the Reuter Telegram
Company confirms the report of a rev
olution in Portugal and adds that the
rebels have captured ..tne palace.
Bostoni Mass., Oct 4. A strong fin
ish by Pal Moore, of Philadelphia,
give him a drar at the end of .the 12
round bout with Owen Moran, the Eng
lish featherweight at the armory ath
letic association tonight Moran did
most of the forcing in a bout largely
distinguished by open boxiri
OUTLINES.
Thirty-seven persons were killed
yesterday Nin a head-on collision be
tween two trolley cars near Staunton,
Illinois. The wreck was due to negi
lect of orders and three officers of the
company were kiljed in the crash J
A steamship from foreign ports' ar
riving at New York was detained at
quarantine after it was "reported that
a victim of cholera bad died aboard
and was buried at sea. Several prom
inent Americans are aboard the ves
sel A -negro i was burned to tne
stake j la Alabama yesterday ;for as
saulting and murdering a white wo
man Associate Justice Moody, of
the United States Supreme Court, yes-
terday tendered " his resignation to
President Taft President Taft will
be compelled to move from his cot
tage at Beverly as the owner has re-
rused to renew the lease. Beverly will
still remain the" Summer capital
The sessions of the American Bank
ers' Asociation are in progress at Los
Angeles New York mankets: Mon
ey on call steady 2 3-8 to I 7-8, ruling
rate 2 3-4, closing bid 2 3-8, Offeree
at 2 3-8; spot icotton closed quief-ZO
points, ' middling uplands 14.10, mid
dling gulf 14.65; flour was quiet and
barely steady; wheat spot easier. No."
2. 1.02 1-2 elevator and -1.03 f. o. b
afloat; corn -. spot firmer, No. 2, 60
cents, elevator domestic basis to ar
rive and 60 1-4 fob afloat oats - firm.
standard white 30 cents;; turpentine
steady. ' . -i ; -'. . . -.
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GOilVEIITIOIt
Delegates of American Asi
sociation 1,500 Strong
; Meet at Los An geles.
IMPORTANT AFFAIRS TAKEN DP
Presiident of Charleston, S. C, Bank
Delivers Address Report. Made
Yesterday'" by .Bills of Lading 1
Committee.
Los AngeleSj Cal.-, October 4, Dele
gates to the 36th annual convention
of the American Bankers' Association,
numbering about 1,500, met at "the au
ditorium today and took up affairs
conceded byr members to be of vast
importance t0 Danking interests of the
United States
The convention appropriated $5,000
for the relief of the families of those
who met .death in the destruction of
the Los Angeles Times building.
The report of tne committee on. ex
press companies and money orders
was read by C. R. James, of Pennsyl
vania. The' committee recommendedi
that the banks issue money orders in
a form similar to those now issued
by the Postoffice Department and the
press companies. "
Lee McClung, treasurer of the
United States, in an address urged a
reduction in the size of paper money
and a uniform size for gold in the
treasury apd United States bank
notes. The speaker declared that the
government could reduce the size of
bills 1 1-4 inches in length and half
an Inch m width, thus saving $612,000
annually,
Mr. McClung read a telegram from
President Taft expressing the hope
that "'within the next few years we
may . have , a revision of the currency
laws so much needed.
IThe annual address of President
Lewis hi. pierson, of t New York ,City
declared- yor a central ..bank
a the" aftw
A tne anernopn, session irvms ,TT, I
Bush; of New York, chafrman of-the
National Currency League," delivered
an address and urged the convention
to petition Congress- for reforms in
banking and currency legislation.
An address was delivered also by R
G. Rhett, of South Carolina.
An elaborate ball was held at Shrine
auditorium tonight in honor of the
visiting bankers.
Banking in The South.
Speaking before the bankers today
R. fx. Rhett. nresident of th Ponnlpa'
"National bank of Charleston, S. Q.,
outlined a plan for a National currency
system which he felt would meet the
needs of the country. Jr. Rhett said
in part:
Although large sections of the Unit
ed States have year after year for
nearly half a century Buffered and
lost much through the currency sys
tem "with which we are now burdened,
it. has taken the panic of 1907 to bring
its evils home to the public in general.
We in the South have been compelled
to bring currency from Northern cen
ters by express or registered mail
every Fall, year In and year out lor
the purpose of moving our crops; ana
as soon . as the movement is over,
we are compelled to re-ship this cur
rency back to the source from whence
it came. This movement is not- only
attended with heavy expense, but It
is a tax and strain upon the resources
of every Southern bank. Worse stilL
it has been the cause of incalculable
loss to our planters by forcing their
crops upon the market at the mercy
of the purchaser. This ' purchaser
has been represented largely by the
English and Continental spinner dur
ing most of these years and the loss
has been one not only to the 'South,
but to the Nation. If the present ratio
of Increase in our spinning industry
is -maintained a few more years how-
over, It will ho longer be a loss either
to the Natioin or to the South. .The
question with us,' therefore, is' not
altogether one of avoiding such, panics
as we had In 1907, tout of avoiding the
perennial strain attending the gather
ing and movement or tne cotton crop.
After reviewing financial conditions
in this country for the past few year,
Mr. Rhett came to the discussion of
his proposed new system and said:
'iThe ideal systenj would be to make
the deposits as safe and secure as
the. notes,, so that the fear of their
loss would not arise, and I liarve , at
tempted to work this out in a peWod
from ten, twelve years. But inas
much as all credit Is based on confft
dence and every change Is viewed
with doubt , and suspicion until tried
out it behooves us to go slowly and
strive for the practical; to take the
first step and test Its soundness and
strength before we take a second one,
arid , venture to throw safeguards
around the bank check that might
weaken the bank note, and discredit
the whole system.
"Now as to the. best system of ban
note currency for this country; I art
personally satisfied that if does not
lie In a Central bank nor In any other
organization where power and .dis
cretion vests in any man or body of
men to discriminate in be issue. - it
is against 'the genius of our Govern--ment;
It is a step towards centralisa
tion that no ingenuity .can, ever safe-,
guard. . Moreover, It Is entirely . un
necessary. All the. elasticity, strength
. Continued on rage - j
BANKERS HOLDING
AFFAIRS AT STATE CAPITAL
Maj. Hale's Claims for Auditorshii
Social Side of Fair Wake Su-
perior Court Red Cross
Work Other Notes.
: (Special Star Correspondence.)
Raleigh, N. C, Oct 4. The FaTette-
vill committee pressing for the'nom-
inationof Major E. J. Hale as the
Democratic candidate for State Audi-,
tor to fill out the unexpired term of
the late B. F. Dixon, by the State Dem
ocratic ' Executive committee when it
meets here Thursday night, has fssued
and eight page pamphlet giving a
sketch of the career of Major Hale, its
purpose being to establish the entitle
ment that this distinguished Carolin-
ian has to his honor and benefaction
at" the hands of the Democratic party
of his State.
Another; candidate announced for
tlje nomination is C. M. Thompson, of
Lexington. Hon. Jno. C. Scarboro is
also in the race, others previously an
nounced including Majpr H. A. Lon
don, W. P. Wood, W. P. R. Bell, S. A.
Ashe, J. J. Bernard, A. W. -Graham.
The social side of the State Fair,
October 17th to 22nd, Is being planned
on an extensive scale just now by
Chief Marshal E. B. Lyon, of Fayette
ville, and Mrs. Lyon, who will take an
active part in the social events of the
week. She was Miss Noell of Dan
ville, and is a social favorite in Dur
ham. They have just returned to Dur
ham after a conference jwith Secretary
Pogue, regarding the" social side of
fair week. They traveled in Mr. Ly
on's handsome 50-horse power 'automo
bile. In Wake Superior Court today Judge
Cooke sentenced Tom Carr, a negro
youth, to ten years -in the penitentia
ry for killing his sister, at their home
In the country. He claimed that they
were playing at the time and that the
did not intend to hurt her. There was
evidence that he had threatened her
before, but the answer to this was that
pe did this only in play, and tU
was no way to prove that he was mad
at the times that he made the threats.
The Wake grand jury for this court
has completed its work and in its re
port to tne judge pronounced the jail
in good condition, the county offices
and records well kept, the county
home well managed and its farm excel-
'llently' cultivated, the road camps ln
The jury recommends
that the Ooart - House- W remodeled
that the- Dourt - House- be remodeled
and enlarged ju-st ' as soon as "lund
are 'available, and repeated the recom
mendation of former grand juries that
public school . committeemen be re
moved for drunkenness. Insistence to
be made to the county board of educa
tion that this policy be pursued.
Following the announcement of
Charles U. Harris that he will not
make the race for the State , Senate
from this county on the independent
Democratic ticket there comes the
declaration from J. W. Blalock that he
declines the nomination for the lower
house given - him in tne independent
mass meeting Saturday. He says he
is a regular Democrat, that he voted
in the primaries and proposed to abide
by its results.
One of the notable cases up for ar
gument on appeal ' in the Supreme
Court today in connection with the
Sixth District calendar was Harvey
vs. Railroad, in which the plaintiff.
Thomas Harvey, procured in the
Wayne Superior Court a verdict for
$5,000 that was cut by the trial judge
to $2,500. for being put off the train
beqause he had no ticket, Wilson to
uoTdsboro, on the Atlantic Coast Line,
when he had three v times presented
his mileage , book to the Wilson agent
who had each time directed him o
wait until' he had waited . on other ap
plicants for tickets. He 1 was put off
tecause he refused to pay cateM fyp
fare and insisted on the mileage being
drawn from the mileage book. Aycock
ft Winston, W. T. Dortch, and L. R.
Varser are counsel for Harvey who is
a traveling man. .
For the future, operations of the
American Red Cross Society In Nortb
Carolina the work Is to go through a
North Carolina State Board headed by
Governor Kitchin as president and in
cluding Joseph G. Brown as treasur
er; Col. Alex. J. Field. Raleigh- Heriot
Clarkson, Charlotte; James P. Sawyer,
A8heville, and Bishop Robert Strange,
Wilmington. The plan Is for these
'gentlemen to receive all contributions
for the relief work of the Red Cross
Society whenever funds are being rais
ed on account of any great disaster in
or out of the State. The work of the
Red Cross Society in this country is
subject to Investigation by the United
States War Department and President
Taft heads the work of the, National
society as president just as the .Gov
ernor is to do hereafter in this State.
The society has distributed In relief
funds during the oast four years some
thirfg like five millions of dollars.
KILLED WRONG MAN.
Kentucky -Farmer Fails Victim of An
other Man s Feud.
' T: Lexington, Ky., Oct 4. A victim of
another mail's' feud, Isaac Perkins, a
farmer, of Magoffin county.' was shot
and k.' -d from ambush. The intend
ed victim of the assissin traversed the
same mountain path a few; hours later
and found Perkin's, body. today. Clues
to .the identity ; of the murdererB are
being kept secret by the authorities'
of the district Even the name of the
man who had been warned that his
death, had been planned has not been
announced. v , , . .
Richmond, Va., ' October - 4. The
State Democratic Committee,' In 'ses
sion here tonight adopted, a long' re
port from the subcommittee which In
vestigated the allaged frauds : In , the
Democratf? ' primary election in-: the
second (or Norfolk) congressional dhv
trict- ' - ., :r -. ;-
SHIP FROM ITALY
CHOLERA CARRIER
Steamer Sant 'Anna Detain
ed at Quarantine in Port
. of New York. :
PROMiNENTAMERIGANSABOARD
Victim Was Bunied at Sea on Septem
ber 25th Steamers Will be Sub
ject Ho Rigid Inspection.
Was Held-Up.
&ew York, October 4. The steam-.
ship Santa Anna, from French. and V
Italian ports, now detained at quaran
tine, had a case of cholera aboard
The victim, a man in the steerage , '
died on September 25th, and was .
buried at sea. Two other cases of in.
testinal trouble are under observation."
Meanwhile the Sant 'Anna, carrying . '
224 first-class cabin passengers, some . ,'
of them prominent Americans and'
1,72 in the steerage. Is held as a
possible "cholera carrier," pending
further investigation. - " '
Announcement of the foregoing was
made tonight by Dr. A. tt. Doty, health V
officer of the port who has been fight- .
Ing to keep cholera out of this country .
during the epidemic abroad.
In addition to the Sant 'Anna, he
has as a precaution detained at quar-' '
antine the steamship Moltke, from
Genoa and Naples, and the steamship'
Virginia from Naples. Tomorrow he
will hold a conference with Dr. Walter
Wyman, surgeon general of the I ma-
nne hospital corps. . Together1 they'
will map out a ' campaign of inspec-'
tion. ' - . '
Dr. Doty's statement discloses noi
only that a cholera patient died on'
board the Sant' Anna, but that a steer-
age passenger, a suspicious case, re-'
moved from the steamship Germania,
on September 26th. subsequently died'
6nr Swinburne . Island. Examination,' "
indicated, says , Drt Doty, that this
also-, was Jcho'ierBr-'eRser.? DrI. Djoty's"
statement was'lssued after an examl-'' ;",
nation of the- Bant 'Anna, which ar-'
rived late last night from Marseilles
Naples and Palermo. The ship's sqr-,
geans presented a report of the death
i nthe steerage caused by gastro-intes-'
tinal affection. The victim died with- '
in three days. Dr. Doty, commenting-'
on the case, says: . ' '
"The history of the case Indicates : ,
very clearly that the man died of chol
era. No other dases have developed
on the voyage, but there are two . . ,
cases of intestinal trouble among the
steerage passengers at present Cul-'
tures have been taken in these cases
and the bacteriolcal examination thus
far. shows no evidence of Cholera. The
final result will be-. ready tomorrow
morning. The inspection and exami
nation of the Sant 'Anna's shows that
everything has been done on ship-i
board to prevent the spread of the dls-' .
ease. , ' '
"The Moltke. whicn arrived last
night, from Genoa and Naples, has on
board one suspicious case, a steerage
passenger, but no action will be taken
with the vessel until the result of -tae
bacteriological examination Js
known. " The Sant- 'Anna is regarded '
as a possible 'cholera carrier,' and in
any event passengers, who have been
exposed to the patienfsi will be trans
ferred to x-offman isiand. A
"On September 26th the. steamer ;
Germania' arrived from Marseilles and
Naples. On - boarding the . Bteamer ' I -found
an unusually good, medical re-'
port The affidavit of the master and
surgeon showed no deaths in transit,
no cases of infectious disease and no'
suspicious cases, in fact' there Was no '
case of any nature in the ship's hoa-
pital, and a special report by, the sur-;
geon showed that there were$ ho intes
tinal troubles. But for the past three'1
or four months, as an extreme precau-;
tion, I have had removed from all -steamers
from . Mediterranean' ports, 1
all steerage passengers who have ap
plied for treatment during the voyage J
in order that1 obscure and irregular
cases of cholera may be detected.
"Six of the passengers of the Ger-,'
mania, who were reported on the sur
geon's journal, as having applied for '
treatment, ;for minor ' troubles, j but '
were well on arrival,, were removed to .,
Swinburne Island. Two'days later one
of this group, Maozain Scobain, aged
zs years, a ureeK, was given treat- ' '
ment Twenty four hours later the pa- ''.
tient was in a condign ot collapse
and died in twelve hours. -v
- "Although the autopsy sbrowed ; no
evidence of cholera, the examination i
of the secretions of the intestinal tract'
showed the presence of suspicious or-.
ganisms. Specimens were sent to Dr.
U. H. Park, of the health department,!
of this city, and to Dr. Andersonv the '"
bacteriologist of the United States Ma- -rine
Hospital Service. The results -were
presented to me yesterday after4
noon ' and indicated that' the patient
died of cholora. - . A :.
"This is a practical demonstration
of what is known as a 'cholera car
rier," thaf is, persons who may carry
organisms of the disease without any
symptoms to indicate its presence. In
this case it was demonstrated that the ;
extreme precautions were fully . Justi- . , ; . - i
fled. As the Germania case gave prac-,
tical proof of 'cholera carriers, It mdi-
cates , that in the. future, additional
measures . must be put. In,- force." . ),
Ttfe death of the .steerage passenger
from the' Germapia did ; not become S
known until tonight" A 1 7
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