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54 DIE III A COLLISION A TBAGEDY HEAR KNOXV1LLE 'if ",.! l' C I . 't i .' i . I!! ISJOBfHIO MC Elitll, . OVERLOOKED ORDER THE JAl'oK. Saathera Halfway Paaae-age Trataa ;Hae. 13 aa l,,Crryla , HeT : bin aa VWHMMBvrvt wiuw.iiwi' 6a sllahtly Weat at Hedges Ma ' tlea,, Ttu.,,WUI Roanlne; ' geeed e 83 Mile u lloir, . Death d Hayee Reaalt Setae ot the Bodlea Not Vet Recovered aad Others' Reaiala tlaldentlged Sev " geetetf f to' ' Die Botk Extie dad th Grar Fart ef Both Traine neasollshed by th tJl Only the Fallmaaa, Waoee oceaaants tarn- eaped lalerr. Reatalalag oa the Traek-Prebable fUmt the Caaae at Overlaeklasc the Ordera Will B- aaala a ' Secret, Bath Enaiaeera Beta Killed at Their FoataCan Jectnree That the Eoglaeer at the Weat-Boaad Trala, Who waa la Faalt, May Have Died Saddealy r Fallea Aaleee Five North Car ol! a la ma la the'. List at Ininred Track;' Flrat-Claaa aad Crewa Treated Veterans.' - ' . ' Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 24. Running on a roadbed In a supposedly high con dltlon of maintenance and having about thetn every safeguard known to mod ern railroading, two trains on the Southern Railway carrying heavy lists of passengers, came together In frightful head-end collision near Hodges, Tenn- to-day, sending 54 peo pie to death and injuring, several of whom will probably die. This appalling loss of life and maiming of the living resulted, apparently, from the dlsre gardlng of jrders r given to the two train taWet t station which has for a long-time beeti their regular meet ing point.. 'The claim of failure to see either the Station or signals cannot be set up by the engineer of the west bound train, were' Je alive to enter a rened In broad daylight, and according to the best ' Information obtainable, he (iad the orders In a little frame In front of him as his monster of Iron and steel rushed by New Market and soon after came upon an east-bound passenger train No. 12, making for New Market In compliance with Instructions to meet the west-bound trajn. which carried the sleepers from the East for Knoxville, Chattanooga and other Southern cities. CAUSE, or TBE WRECK. The possibility exists that the Ill-fat ed engineer may have been asleep or that death had - suddenly taken the sight from his eyes before New Market was reached. But nothing is known save tltat the orders were not obeyed The' trains were on time and not mak Ing over 36 mile an hour, yet the im pact aa they rounded a curve and came suddenly upon each other was frightful. Both engines and the major portions of both tralha were demolished, and why the orders were disregarded or mlsin terpreted probably will never be known, as the engineers of the two trains were crushed, their bodies remaining for hours under the wreckage of the mon ster locomotives, which, bit a short time beforey had leaped forward at the touch of their strong hands upon the throttle. Some of the bodies have not been re covered, and many remain unidentified. THE KNOWS DEAD. The known dead are as follows: RALPH MOUNCASTLE, of Knox ville. Tenn. W. A. OALURAlTH. oi Knoxtllte. MRS. W, A. OALBRAITH, of Knox ville. MONROE A8HM0RE, aged 13, Knoxville. - . . 'l : ''" JKJixn duiva, nrnue rule, iruii. . JAS. KINO, of Knoxville; TWO CHILDREN PF JAS. KING, of Knoxville.. - .'" ,'! WILLIAM KANE, of Knoxville, n- . gltiet-r of west-bound train. , RICHARD PARROTTV of iKhoxvllle, ttiylneer of ast-dnri(V trsitn. JAS. . MILL8,colored, of New Mr- '' 1rftt.' ,tv '. '' ' .'V.r''. ... ROSOOE? -CtNQof tNew , Market, E.NOi;: EARNESTS ot Johnson City, G. W; BROWN,tb( bandridge, Tenn. K. B. (QODW1N, of Jefterson . City, J. D. BIRD, of Jefferson City Tenn. . M. JONES, ' sort, ?f iJa, Jones, of South Knoxville.. ' - :;f $ fr -&X : MRS. R. B. WEST, Of Crainspr boun ty. Tenn. ki.-V ,;;ifi:v,.;l. J. B. OAS3,;of Dart HMge, Tenn. 5 ?r M RR' J. B. , OASS. of Dan Ridge. " Tenit. f '-vwr MISS fASS.dttRhref' of J. "3. Jfiass. EtoaT.. iTAr:MMT0U2Ta. . nsmea unknown.''? .A--.-.'. - s J NO.' Pi CONNOR, of Knoxville. night foreman a Lmislale muml. house. - MRS.! JNO. P. CONNOR, of Knnx- , VilU.' ''?-SV"; ' -f.! S?-'ii-' s , , DAUOIJTER OF JNO. P. CONNOR. TLATTON M. JIEISKELL, Of Cincin nati. ' 1 ' MRS. MARY PHELPS, residence uii known., ' y, 1 , J. H. pTEVENS. .of Dan Ridge, One man found with an envelope In his pocket bearing the name ot J. W. DALY, Greensburg, . ma. ' MISS NANNIES MURRAT, or New port, Tenn. - .r- f : MRS. W. O. HADDIN, of Knoxville W. M. BREWER, of Knoxville. MARY ETHEL. SHIPP. J. M. ADKINS. Jelllco, Tenn. JNa HHJLYNEUX, Glen Mary, Tenn, REV ISAAC - EMORY, Knoxville, Tenn. . ' '' - - i ' V , J. P, KINO, Newport. Tenn. DR. D. A. FOX, Nashville. Tenn. MISS HAYLOW, Birmingham, Ala.; MRS. KINSELL Knoxville; MRS. EWEN. Knoxville; JOHN BLACK. White Pine, Tenn.; JULIA W. UADDOX, Dandridge, Tenn. - " THE 'INJURED. . Those known to be Injured are: CONGRESSMAN. HENRiVt R. GIB SON, of Knoxville, bruised about legs and shoulders and bacx wrenonea: MRS. NICHOLS, of Danariage, ratal Iv Inlured. J. N. SMITH, of Knoxville, express messerurer. J. T. SAURREY. of Morrlstown, Tt-nn., slightly bruised. J. A, JONES, OI Jtnoxvuie, lace dtuis- ed, not serious. J. . HELMS, ot Knoxviue. J. HARE, of Now Market, Tenn. MRS. J. JONES, of Union, S. C J. B. ARTHUR, of Union, a C. J. W. WHITE and wife, of Strawber ry Plains, Tenn. OSCAR DALTON, or unoxvuie. Mina T.tTOY fiBAT. of Knoxville. 1c, M. UVINGSTON. of Louisville, Kv. 6. S. PARK and. E. w. ROBirsoN, of Columbia. 8. C. G. H. GRAVES, of Ashevine, N. u. B. C TRENT, of Chattanooga. MOLLIE CLOWERS and child, of Annliton, Ala, BERT MOORE, of Danarmge, Tenn., bruised. MRS. JAMES McCAMPBELL, of Knoxville, slightly hurt. MRS. G. 3- MOORE, of Knoxville. M R8. . NORRIE EUBRIE. of New York,, serious, perhaps fatal. MRS. LT'C X HARBIN, of Morrlstown, Tenn. .''. '. MRS. WILL -JONES, of South Knox ville. . f: W. B. BEATON, of Jefferson City, Tenn. . C. E. WRIGHT, of Jefferson City, Tenn. . MRS. L. C. BLANKENSHIP, of South Knoxville, both limbs broken. MRS. T. O. McCALIJE, of Knoxville, back injured, prostrated. MISS PEARL JOJilMJ. 01 eoutn Knoxville, slightly bruised. J. O. WELCH, Swannanoa, N. C. painfully Injured. PAUL HE.NKI, Asneviue, . u., Daa- ly hurt. G. W. ROBINSON, Columbia, S. C. slightly hurt. . MR. and MRS. W. E. HAY, Wilming ton. JJ. C, slightly hurt. MISS MARY BRYAN, Henaersonvilie, N. C. bruised. S. T. LJkWYER, Loulsxllle, Ky seH- ouslv hurt. B. rrvmnCW, dlvlsron freight agent. of Central of Georgia Railroad, at At lanta, badly bruised. MRS. GEO. BROUGHTON, of Jack son. III. Rev. J. 'KNOX MONTGOMERY, of Charlotte. N. C. J. A. McDONALD, Winnsboro, S. C. MRS. FRED WEIR, Winnaboro, S. C. C. B. PEACE, negro Pullman porter, of New York city. J. H. MILLER, negro Pullman por ter, of New Yorkiclty. T. w. ELLIS, or jersey uity. F. C. TURNER. Morganton.' N. C, postal clerk, .serious. B. S. GREEN, Slyva, N. C, serious J. F. TURLEY, Granger county, Ten nessee, not serious. EDi BLACKMAN, Jefferson county, Tennessee, not serious. J. W. WAMPLER, supervisor, John son City, Tenn., slight. J. P. SHELL, Knoxville, not serious. JOS. F. ALLDBRSON, Rogersvllle. Tenn., not serious. MILLBURN P. GARRETT, Shelby, N. C, serious. J. H. SCHECELL, Johnson City, sllaht. MRS. J. H. SCHECELL, Jonnson city not serious. HOLLIS NICHOLS, Dandrldge.Tenn.. serious. REV. W. B. BRADY, Ashevllle. slight. CHARLES LESTER, Knoxvlle, hun In back. . THOMAS MASHIER, White Pine Tenn.. not serious. L. S. BORAH. Ashevllle, hurt leg, nip. T. M. LIVINGSTONE, Ocala, Fla.. not serious. R. P. KEITH, llreman, Morrlstown. Tenn.. sllaht. ARTHUR MARDEN, colored, Jonnson Cltv. not serious. ' HARRISON CANNON, colored. Johnson City, not serious- BERT RHEA. Johnson City, not sen mi a. ' GEORGE CAMPBELL, colored. Johnson Cltv. not serious. J. W. COLE, colored, Johnson City, leg. not serious. ' MRS. C. V. TAYLOR, Morrisiown, terloua; WM. HICKERY, attorney soutn- ern Railway, Morrlstown, not serious. W. 8. RUMBLEY, Oliver springs. Tenn., not serious. O. C. ROUGERS, Knoxville, not seri- oua. - ' JIM HARTSELL, colored. Washing ton College, Tenn.j not serious. JIM RADERwCOlored, Mohawk, Tenn., not serious. . ' , . RICHARD BROWN colored. White Pine, Tenn., not serious. ED. FLSM ING. colored, Limestone, Tenn., hurt In hand, "not serious. SAM FLEMING, colored. Limestone, not aerlous. ' : "4.- L, E, ; ATMINE, Lowell, Tenn.r not serious. ". ' ' ' - : v MRS. GEO. BROOTON. Jackson. Ill not 'aarious.--'" ."'i'.f -i?'-iX?J:' V:"'. ''.S'.'V'''.' JOHN BELIHEW, no address, hot serlOUS. t:U---;.-:-?tts:;;;-?M- MISS JULIA HILLIP8, Hot Springs, N. C, not serious. . ' J, J. WRIGHT, baggageman. No, 1 deranged. '-' "Wy;. '-'i - 5.;, y- MINNIE JAMES, Knoxville, aertous: WM. KENNEDY,;; Johnson ' City, .not BertOUB. ' V"r i :J .. v.... E. C, MOORE, Dandridge, Tenn not serious. ri-y-y-yUx-A Z '!Uk.-f.Up.. MINNIE JANE, Greenville iTehn., serloua t.''i A 'Vil- : J. N. BALLEU. Mohawk, Tenn., not serious, , H. D. BASSINGTON, D.ctroit,not se rious, ' !. f , ETHEL CAP, Bean Station. Tenn.. aged I years, not serious, ij , WM. KITES, LutrelL. Tenn., not seri ous. 1 ISABEL KENNEDY. Johnson City, Tenn., hurt In arms and back. - - GLADYS, SNffjDKR, Johnson City, face hurt. MRS. R. M. SNYDER, and - child, Johnson City, slight, J. E. FULLER, Morrlstown, not seri ous. J. A. BRADY, Witt's Foundry, not serloua. G. W. BIGHAM, Grady, Tenn. not serious. MARIE CONARIS, New York, en route to 'France, serious. LUCY HARRISO.V, Morrlstown, not serious. M. J. HARRISON, slight. ROSE CAMERON, Morlah, New York, serloua WALTER J. BELL, Pullman porter. Jonnson t;ty. not serious. W. T. EAST, Knoxville, not serious, LAUKbu UAKumcu, Hgod 4 years, not serious. MISS CARRY KNIGHT. Dandridge. Tenn., rtitaiiy. CHILD, NO NAME, 'd about C years, serious. FRED H. WAGNER. Washington College, Tenn,, hurt In henrt, arms. MRS. DR. C. P. McNABBB, Knox villa, not serious. AL LAYMOND. Knoxville, serious. DAN HARRISON, Dandridge. Tenn., light. i it Hi mi will, smith, colored, Asneviue, TOM McDOWELL, colored, Ashevllle. ROBERT JACKSON, Johnson City, Tenn., not serious. W. A. PRUITT, Whitesburg. Tenn, not serious. H. B. LOWRY, serious. WM. T. KEEVER, Johnson City, Tenn., not serious. HARRISON CAINNEN, colored. FRANK MANTLE. WALTER BAILEY, colored, Johnson City. COL. J. C. CRAIG, Knoxville. slight. CORA MANCE, Knoxville, serious. J. A. PICKENS, New Market, not serious. GEORGE PRODGER, Talbot, Tenn., serious. B. B. WEBB, Statesvllle, postal clerk, not serious. C. M. Helskell, whose name appears In the list of dead, has been Identified as Clayton W. Helskell. of Memphis, Tenn. He was a medical student at the univer sity of Pennsylvania, and was en route to Philadelphia to complete nis college course this year. RELIEF MEASI RE8. ' The collision was between east-bound passenger train No. 12 and west-bound passenger train 15, from Bristol, no. 12 was a heavy train, carrying two Pullmans, two day coaches and a mall and baggage car. No, 15 was a light local tra n. The greatest loss or me occurred in the east-bound train, while In the west-bound train only the engine crew were killed. Relief trains were dispatched from Knoxville within an hour and all physicians In the vicin ity of the wreck were doing what they could when the local corps arrived. The first train arrived here from the scene of the wreck at 4:20 o'clock, bringing about 70 of the Injured. Six of the in jured, alftoard-Jhad, died while en route to the city, and after their bodies were teken off, the train proceeded to a point near the general hospital, where vehi cles were In waiting and a large force of physicians were ready to receive the wounded. The next train from the wreck arrived shortly after 8 o'clock. It brought the bodies of 43 dead. The six others who died en route brings the list up to 49, and there are at leaHt five more at the scene of the wreck, none of the bodies of the train men having been yet recovered. John W. Brown, of Rogersvllle, Tenn., a newspaper editor, was in the rear coach of the west-bound train. When the fearful Jolt came, he said, all the seats In the car were torn loose and people and seats were hurled to the front end of the car. When he recov ered from the shock he heard the screams and groans of the Injured and dying in every direction. A KEARFIL SIGHT. "I left the car," said Mr. Brown, "as soon as I could and walked to the main part of the wreck. It was the most horrible sight I ever witnessed. I saw a woman pinioned by a piece of split timber which had gone completely through her body. A little child, quiv ering In death's agony, lay beneath the woman, i saw me enna die and witnin a few feet of her lay a woman's head while the decapitated body was several feet away. Another little girl, whose body was fearfully mangled, was call Ing for her mother. I have since learn. ed that she was Lucille Connor, ' of Knoxville, .and that both hef parents were killed. I heard one woman, terri bly mangled, praying earnestly to be spared for her children, but death re lieved her sufferings In a few minutes. "Roth engines and ail of the coaches of No. 15 were literally demolished, the smoker and baggage car completely so, The sleepers remained on the track un damaged. Both engines lay to the north of the track, jammed together In to one mass of Indescribable ruins. The cars which were demolished were piled on the wrecked engines." Congressman Henry R. Gibson, from the second congressional district of Ten nessee, was a passenger In the " day coach of the east-bound train. He and one other man whose name is not known were the only persons to escape alive from their demolished car. CONGRESSMAN GIBSON'S ESCAPE, Congressman Gibson, was en route to Russellvllle, Tenn., to deliver a pollti cat address and was reading his ad dress when the collision occurred. When he realised what had happened,- he found his legs pinned fast, but managed to extricate himself. One glance at the car showed it to be a mass of human beings, backs of car seats,' grips, bask ets, and wearing apparel of all sorts. There .was not a -sign of life except that' near his side, a young man who had escaped death and was struggling to. get out. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF WRECK. Mtareadiasr of Ordera by the Caa dartor at No, IS, Heaaeaalule for the Colllalea, Which Took . place CarveThe Havae Great.", 5 ... Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 24. The Southern Railway offices give out the following account of the wreck at New Market Tenivf:.., :;'.;'- v'v - ;.; No.""!'1; pasesnger ; train frorf Knoxville. for Bristol, and No. 12, pas senger train .from Chattanooga to Salis bury, collided just west of New Market, Tenn., today. . The engines and coachei were badly damaged. The wreck' oc curred on a curve. The. baggage .car and. engine of Ne.. 15 were destroys I The engine, one combination car, one baggage car,, and threa coaches of No, 13, were almost totally . wrecked. The four sleepers on No. It did not leave the track and were" not damaged. No pa sengers lii the sleepers were Injure 1. but between 60 and 76 coach pasten gers were killed and 100 to 150 Injured. Both engineers are under their en gines. It will take eight to twelve' hours to clear the track. The pasvu gers on : No, 12 will be sent back tft Knoxville and forwarded ' from th. The cause of the wreck Is sold to U misreading ot orders by the conductor of No, 16, i W. B. Caldwell was conduc tor of No. 15, and W. H. Kane engineer. Conductor, Thunas Murphy was In charge of No. 12 and C. M. Parrott trt engtneerv "The accident occurred on account" of the fact that the crew ot the went bound traUv No. li, overlooked or dls regarded ordera a to tho meeting plart with east-bound train No. 12. The tra:K and equipment were in first-class con dltlon and the crews were old anl trusted employes, having been In me service of -the -company some 20 yeais The killed and Injured occupied tot- coaches. There were four sleepers on the east-bound train, none of which Ivlt the rails, v and their pitasengers wert uninjured. Burgeons and nurses were promptly sent to the scene, and every sttsntlon is being given the Injured." VICE PRESIDENT FIT! LEY TALKS. The Aeeldeat OasTwhtch Ma Fare. Misrht the Part at the Maaaa m eat One Id Aatlcl pate Track Flrat-Claaa aad Bmnlayea Treaty, Washington, Sepi. 24. Vice President Flnley, of the Southern, Has made the following statement regarding the ac cident near New Market. Tenn.: The accident was one which no fore sight on the part of the management could anticipate nor prevent, it occur red upon a railroad track which has no suDerior In America. It Is laid with neavy new rail, well ballasted with stone, and ties are standard in every resDect, The equipment was up to the highest requirements and the crews of the colliding trains were old, trusted employes, having been In service on that track for something like 20 years. The two trains were accustomed safely to pass each other In that Immediate vicinity for many years and were about on time. Careful ordera were Issued to the west-bound truln to meet the east bound train at New Market, a few mile east ot the scene of the accident. This order, in some unaccountable way, was overlooked or Ignored by the west bound train, and no power, under the circumstances, could have prevented the collision. So far as the management Is concerned, every possible precaution was taken for safety, notwithstanding all of which the collision occurred. The killed and injured were the passengers occupying the day coaches; those oc cupying the four sleepers on the east bound trai nweer uninjured, the sleep ers not even having been derailed." ASHEV1LLE FOLKS, IN WRECK. Several AahevllHana Knowa ta Have Beea a Oae el tne m-rateo Tralaa JtJlMAaaletr la Felt. Special to The Observer. Ashevllle. Bept. Zt. 'ine one suojeci of conversation on the streets here to night is the wreck that occurred near Knoxville to-dayj A numoer oi iiano ville oeonle are known to have been on train No, 12, but it cannot be learn ed yet whether any were Kitieo. ram Henry, of this city, with nis uncie, Har rison Graves, of Washington, waa on the train. Young Henry was injured, but how badly la not known. There are a great many people waiting about the depot, the newspaper ornces and me telearaoh ornce trying w learn m death list or the names of those Injur ed. Several Ashevllle people also went to the scene of the. wreck on No. 11 tnis afternoon. Former Lincoln ton Man waa la the Wreck. Special to The Observer. Columbia. S. V., Sept. zt.-Mr. v. w Robinson, foisnerly of Llucolnton, N r... was In the wreck at Knoxville. air. w a. Childs. Dres dent of the Ban oi Columbia and father-in-law of Mr. Hon Inson. has received a message saying his injuries may not be fatal. Charlotte Paaaeagers la the Wreek. Amona the passengers on the train that was wrecked yelterday near New Market. Tenn.. was Rev. Dr. J. K.nox Montgomery. He arrived here last night, uninjured. Another Charlotte passenger was Mrs. Houston, who lives on .South Churcn street, it was report ed that she escaped With slight Injury. JUDGE PARKER IS GRATIFIED. 'ORLOt'F TO BE SUPERCEDED. OUTLOOK IM HEW YORK FLKAilJG. A D legal lea el Soathera Kritfera : Calla liaaa the Deataeratle Faadl date-Details at the CaataalgM A valaed Farther Evldeaee as ta the Error at Fleetest the Jsdae In the- , Red-Headed ' Colaata aadl.f date Will Not Make aa Kiteaatre gaeaklaa; Tear Plaaa for Other Sneakera Teatative Movrmeata ( Kerlh Carelialaaa. BV Ve. A, IIILDEBRAND. Special to The Observer. - New York, Sept 24. Judge Alton D. Parker returned to Rose mount this at ternoon firm in the belief that the Dem ocracy has reached point ot vantage in the Empire State, which? will enable all ructions and all conditions of party men to work together for the good of the ticket, headed by Herrlck. During his stay here he has consulted more than a hundred friends and advisers and tor the most part the discussion has born upon conditions a found in this state, judge Parker has succeeded in getting Daniel 8. Lamont so Interested In the campaign that It is believed that that gentleman will exercise his kind offices in augmenting the campaign fund. In this work Mr. Lamont will be aided by August Belmont and Thomas F. Ilyan. As the party leader Judge Parker has personally taken hold of the business and practical details of the campaign. SOUTHERN EDITORS CALL. Among those who called at the Hoff man House to pay their respect to Judge Parker were, several Southern newspaper men, who came hers to at tend the meeting of the members of the Associated Press, among the num bar being Mr. Gonsales, of The Colunv bla State, Mr. Cabluess, of The Augus ta Chronicle, Mr. Gray, of The Atlanta Journal, and Messrs. Tompkins and Caldwell, ot The Charlotte Observer. These gentlemen eschewed politics when they reached the Parker apartments and spent a, few mlnutyi pleasantly In social Intercourse. Of course mntiyi of those present wished the Democratic candidate well, but there was no dis cussion of campaign details. It Is per tinent at this point to renew the asser tion made heretofore In these dispatches that only the most venturesome im agination can place Judge Parker In the red-headed class In good and regu lar standing. Cumulative evidence of the accuracy of the assertion Is to be found In the testimony of Mr. Caldwell, who thinks that while friends of Judge Parker have little ground tor their ap peal for special activity on the part of gentlemen with red hair, he la inclined to agree with the man who declared that the candidate bears an easily no tlceable resemblance of Judge B, ' F. i-iong. or Statesvllle. This afternoon. . . .. "-1 ? - LOUMIAMA fort LISTS MEET. A Platform Adopted aad aa Elect oral Tleket Pat Oat Wataoa gpeaka at Night. Shreveport, La., Sept. 21 The Popu lists of Louisiana met In convention In this city to-day, adopted a platform and placed a full electoral ticket in the field. Every congressional district was represented. Thomas E. Watson, candidate foi President of the United States, ad dressed a large audience at the court house to-night. He took occasion to deny the statements made In sonit quarters that he was In leugue with th Republicans and severely arraigneu Judze Parker, stating that the people knew where the Republican candidates stood on public questions, but that "the Democratic candidates are tne tools oi Wall street. ladepeadeata aad Repablleaaa Fuse aa a Tleket la Barke. Special to The Observer, Mnriratiton. Beot. 24 A iolnt convention of the Independent and Republican par ties waa held to-day in tne court noue. It was ;t largo and .mhulaHl!c aaaem nlase. The convention was called to or der by JU A. Bristol, county chairman, and permanflrttly organised with C. F. Mc- Kiiwn, unatrniun, ana t;. t;, uonn, mTro- lary. Tne following iicset waa nominal: for the Legislature, b. -v. K-cney; snenn, P. W.'Patton; treasurer, E. 8. Warllck; register at (til-do. Jas., F. Battlei eoroner, inn. J. Beach; aurveyor. A. Benlleld; oom- mlHionera.i 3. IX Ulaaa, 8. Hoffman. IC W. Cauaweli.'' The personnel 'of the ticket is a good one and It 1h concerted to be a strong one. Short apeeche were mude by Messrs. McKesson. Kerley, ratton, Battle and warllck. Altogether the con vention was an harmonious one. Kdltor Harma Dlea of Hla Woaad. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept, 24,-Lloyd V. Harms, associate editor-of The Cleve land Tribune, who was shot in the of fice of that paper, Thursday evening, died at Lakeside HospitatrJast night. An hour - after Harms' death, John Stanton, who shot him. was re-arrest- 69 and locked up on a charge of mur der. v The1 shooting wesy the result : Of an article which appeared In The Trib une. , before .leaving for Charlotte, Mr. Caldf trttrwnred' at Deirmcratic KeadauWWi, where he talked over the outlook with some of those actively engaged In the conduct of the campaign. p PLANS FOR SPEAKING. It seems a foregone conclusion that Judge Parker will not make an extend ed speaking tour. He will certainly de liver one address at a great rnasa meet ing to be held in Madison Square Gar den, will speak once In Brooklyn, and will probably make two speeches In the West, one In Chicago, and the other In Indianapolis. Ex-President Cleveland may make about the same number of speeches, but campaign plans affecting the former Democratic President are still tentative. Mr. McConvllle, chief of the speaker a bureau, says that not only Governor Aycoek, but the two North Carolina Senators, Messrs. Overman and Hlnimotia, will be asked to partici pate In tilt; campaign In doubtful Htatos. Mr. McConvllle thought It likely that the North Carolina Senators would be asked to come up this way some time soon, when the matter of dates and places will be taken up for final discus sion. REPUBLICANS SANGUINE. B. Frank Mebane left this afternoon for his home In Spray after spending sevr era! days, together with Mrs. Mebane, at the Waldorf Astoria. Mrs. Mebane will remain here for a short time as the guest of friends. Before leaving Mr. Mehdne had a talk with Chairman Cor telyoti, nt the rooms of that gentleman at th Fifth Avenue Hotel. Mr. Mebane nays the Republican chairman does not i ntcrt.iln the least upprehension of Re publican defeat and that other Republi can leaders and campaign managers share this optimistic view. This exactly reprcarnts the situation. RETTING ON THE RESULT. OI. John S. Cunlngham is at the Hoffman House, the stamping ground of Tammany braves and Democratic iPMdcrs generally. He says, he found l-emocrats to-day who gave the opin ion that Herrlck would defeat the Re puhllcun candidate for Governor In this State by EK'.OOO majority. He says bet ting Is even on the result In this State and that Republican money Is not being run out by the . barrel even on that basis. What Col. Cunlngham says It Is true, but heavy odds are still being offered on Roosevelt. Bunnell Buchan an & Co.. stock brokers, say that they have commissions to place $2,000 at tveiia on Roosevelt, to carry West Vir ginia: $7,000 at evens to carry this State, h it,l 220,000 at 2 to 1 that Roosevelt will be elected. ALL III FAILT AT LIAO TAStO. Raaalaa Male ": Oeaeral Paaiahed far Alleged Fallare la Daty Will ha Ulvaa Aaether Camwaad la Kareaaea Raaata er Retired De. alal al Starr That the taasaedlate! Fall ml Perl Arthas- la Feared- Aaaeaaoemeat at Chalet, la the Besieged City Reeelved aad 1 Re ararded as Probably Tree. The various reports ' regarding the situation at the front In the far East. received to-day, give no indication of any new movements. The. most inter. estlng Information from St. Petersburg is tne statement that Major General Or loff, upon whom was placed the blame for the step necessitating the abandon ment of Mao Yang, will be. detached from the Manchurlan army and given another command In European Russia, or may be retired. . CNOLKHA AT PORT ARTHUR la the Abaeae at Caagraietlea, aa Aaaaaaeemeat From Talasjtaa la Admitted to he Poaslhly Tree. . St Petersburg, Sept. 24. 1:10 p. m. Although no confirmation has bean re. oetvtd at this hour at either the War Office or the admiralty of the renort from Tslngtau. that cholera bad broken out at Port Arthur. It le admitted that possibly it Is true, owing to the ter ribly unsanitary conditions around the! fortress, arising from the number of decaying corpses there. But until con flrmattoi, Is received, the Tslngtau tele gram will not be given out to the press, in order to avoid causing needless alarm among the relatives of the brave. de fenders. The announcement, none the less, has caused the deepest concern.. 18,000 Sick aad Weaaded, Tslngtau, Sept. 24. Advices received here say that there are 111,000 sick and 'wounded at Port. Arthur, GENERAL ORLOFF DELIHdVHNT. Karopetkln Hey Retire Ulna From CoaitnaadiUBral Forala la a HoapitaL ny.x St. Petersburg, Belt, 24, 8:45 p. rn. The Associated Press learns on unques- tionnble authority that Major General Orloff, who has hesitancy In leaving rental to join In the attacvk on Slkwan tun, will Join General Kuropatkin lcrt, and that he may be retired. The de tachment of General Orloff was ordered by General ICuKropatkln, who has full Dower to do so without resorting to a coairt-ntartlfcHf 'ofriclal report that Brutad er General Fomin. or uenerai Orloff's division, waa dead and the sub soduent development that he is only severely wounded, reveals the extent of the confusion into which oriorrs aivis. lor. was thrown. .General FomJu la In a hospital at Harbin. St. Peterabarg . Dala Parte Starr. St. Petersburg. Sept. 24. There Is no truth In the story published by Tne Matin, ot Par s, this morning, to tne effect that telegrams had been received J:Ahja,JcroierorJ.bl morning, annonnp- lag Hint the Japanese were engagca , in a general assault f on Port Arthur and that the whole of Admiral Toko's and Vice Admiral Kamimura's squadrons wf rc aiding In the struggle, which, it v;ia asserted, It was feared here would b final. v - - CITIZK IIKSKKT OITHAGKS. Maaa Meeting; at Talhotton, Ga., Paaaea Reaolatlona Besrerdina" the Shooting ef Two Nearraea. Macon. Ga,, Sept. 24. A special to The Telegraph from Talhotton says:' A -mass meeting Was held at the court house here to-day. which waa at tended by prominent cit liens from every portion of the county to take the neces sary steps to apprehend and prosecute the parties who shot the two negroes. Resolutions were passed favorabje to law and order, and' the Governor was requested, to offer a reward for tho ar rest of tho guilty parties." , Arch Man up of Canterbery 1a Wash - laatoa. Wnshlnirton, Bent. 24. The Right Hon orable and Most Reverend Thomas Ran dall Davidson, the Archbishop of: Canter bury, arrived here to-day and was driven to inn t-extd'Miee of rtahop natteriee.1 A thankssrlvlng service' was held In the pri vate PharJ f'r the escape of the Prmiat NKCOND CAtlM Ttl THE HAGIC President Booaevelt AnaoaneeS to Deleaatea to the later-Parlla-meatary t'nloa That He will Ask the Natlona tn Join In an Arbitra tion Coaereaa. ' (. ' Washington, 8"pt. 24.-Prcsldenl Rooss. vclt announced this afternoon that, at an early dale, he would ask the nations' of the world to join In a second congress at The Hague for the promotion of arbitration. 'I ho occasion of the announcement was ho reception tiy the President ofthe dol- Futcs of tho Inter-Parliamentary Union, wl.lch recently held a session In St, Louis. At that asBl.in, a resolution wag adopted requesting ths President to call, such a conference. . The Preiid-.tnt's acc ptance of tna terms of the resolutions and the announcement of hla purpose to promote the peace ot the world by Inviting- all nations .f par ticlDate In a second oeaco coirWrchc. wbeso work should be iupplemfrj,l to that of The H&ue conference. 'Was re ceived by thjaa present with enthusiastic applause. The delegates cheered and b'.ppcd their hinds for nearly a full mln ule, and at the conclusion of the Presl. ocnt's addrss thny embraced the onpor uiiiii y. iirtHonally and Individually, to con- (.-ratuldtB him very cordially, . i no ueicgaies to ine inter-rarnameatary Cnlon assembled In the East Room. In a w-ml-clrcle facing the entrance front the main corridor. Representative Bart hold t ntroduoed the aHemblaae4o the Praat- ittnt and stt?d, In brief,, the object -of A FT K II NEGRO BURgKRg4t - 4-v The Jadae Unaer Whom Reed aad Cato Were Tried at Stateeborv, la Coaaaltatloa With the UaveraafV Atlanta, Sept. 24. Judge Alfexander Daly, under whom the neirnpn' : Paul Reed and Will Cato were tried and-then taken from, the court room and burned by the mob after they had been con victed and sentenced at Htatesboro, Vas n .consultation -with Governor Terrell here to-day. Judge Daly announces that when his furt convenes the first Monday in Oc tober, he will charge the grand Jury that it Is its duty to indict the men who took part In the burning of the two negroes. ., ' y- Uj-. i.si:;-jf Governor Terrell has already an nounced that he wll. through Attorney General Hart, lay the entire testimony brought out by the court ot Inquiry be fore the grand jury. . ., , END OF a. &;;. . CtTLER AFPEtL It Alabama Lyncher Aeqaltted."..': Huntsvlllc Ala., Sept; 24.-The ' trial of Silas Worloy, charged with arson In the Madison county jail during the night of the lynching of Horace Maples, closed to-night at 8:15 o'clock. The trial has been In progress . since . yesterday uf ternoon. A squad of mllltla was or dered out to preserve order to-night, following a verdict of guilty In the case, but the soldiers were not needed,: as a verdict of "not guilty' was returned at 10:15 o'clock,, ' - ; Beldame Wins ' at Uraveaend. : New York, Sept, 24 Beldame, favor ite in the betting al? 11 to 20. won the second special, one and a half miles, at uraveaend to-day, defeating the best of the handicap horses now In training in the East, Beldame woi by four lengths . I r , ; ..1. ... v. ,.. I .... w j-eiterday the railroad accident , fronf of McChcsney. ' McChesney fir Mortimer fHirahd.thd'. British' nm-'closed very fast in the stretch and beat hassador,-, was the first caller on the Prl-' Africander bjf a 'nose. Three favoi.it' . Ja4e Faraetl ! x t dev la the t'aae !,-.. h Settled the A ., -. ' lawaaeea, it A . tleta la the gwlm A Ayaaek's I'laas rrc - ;, ta gpeak-HegIatrnra neglatratlaa. . i . ' Ohwrvr ll, West Ob.i- ' f, ,4 , . Ji-ll' - At noon to-day toun ot Cuyler and Finch, -and Atlantic St Kortn road, began before J u I argument on the quet " to Cuyler tor counsel f ce ; other than actual coat ot i of all It was agreed tint ; Circuit (Court of ; Appeals ' withdrawn, then that t! Meares and Mi-Bee, be v: actual expense and tl'") ' . . penaatlon for services. Ju then , asked counsel for tt ante, Cuyler gud Finch. If t to amend their bill as v that tbey might at the last t Col. Argo, for Cuyler, state s much as th court had : posed perpetual injunctic the , commission of any rui . vires acu they would n t amend the till, although th v th right to amend for th i forcing the correction of sp . vires acta so that for instan i lantlc Hotel would be got i money wrongfully tied, up in t : directors restored to the ton;: the benefit of Cuyler and a a Stockholders. This , trousrht I before the court down to the i sue ot the day. the matter of ai to the complainants, : Jas. I opened the argument for the .''' Atlantic 4k North Carolina. I the position that the complain having, as ha contended, el,; , final decree In their favor w ere i titled to the 120 docket fee in n ! 1 the costs of the litigation which t fendants have already agreed withdrawal of the appeal to pay. t case he said there hat been no r and no fund has been brought ii to be distributed among compi and others similarly situated, su i necessary for the allowance of m y clal amounts other than the $. it fee, ' The lease, he said. Is In i; attributable to the complainant closed his lengthy argument and with g pithy summary. FORMAL PI8MIS9AL. ' . . .. ..... . ..CoL Argo, for Cuyler, mudo a ortug defense of the salt and t: faith In whlchlt waa Institut'. i cited numrouaithorlties for ejnti ntlon for allowances. Ti tioduced a statement signed by declaring their contention to i ; "reasonable and - TJl table ai!v ot ihemselves and the cotiu for counsel fees for services ar t pense -In the cise to be r 1 1 randg'vnd rotrty of 'tt:.-. A N'i rth Carolina Kailroad." Col. . ir.ilntcd that the amount they were filed to depends on the benefit th lad been to stock, and -claims t'. l least 80 per cent, on the face va, ttevstock, aod nearly J00 ner cc r; t the market vatoe-the Increase In s vklu being 1540,000 and the m vr.'ue I3G1.000 so e.mplainants wi.i at least entitled to $13,cts) or ts.TTi. ' tnat a 6 per cent, allowance woui d.ublt these amount C M. Busbee and W- C Monroe, tne defendants, made vigorous spf" in opposition along tho line follows s P -u, and F L Osborne closed for I ler and Finch; enaktnf? vigorous paai- for the allowance." : :; At the conclusion of the argurr Jt dge Purnell issued an order to i effect that the apoeal having . withdrawn from the Court of Apr at Richmond and no.Uce thereof i and complainants saying that the i noses of their bill (the effecting t,i lease of the road), bavin- been acc pli,led, they do not d wJre to am tie bill. It Is dismissed, ther receivers b paid their actual expenses and S to Ihos. D. Meares i nd $100 to V. McBee to be taxed 94 costs and thu t tltion of complainants and counsel i an allowance only is retained, as wr.lcb an order will ha entered h liter; otherwise this hi the final dec BERNARD IK ; THE SWIM AG A C. M. Bernard, M-Republtcan X ed States district attorney, who has sMnetime been regarded In the Rcpu can rank as a chronic ' kicker, v overjioyed to-day to receive from F! Chairman Rollins, of the Repubh executive committee, a telegram to him to go to Loulsburg. and mah campaign speech before the- Fran; county Republican convention. It needles ta sav that hd went. Insurance Commissioner J. It. Toai of North Carolina. In the course of t recent address before the National C ventlon of Insurance Commissioners the United States, In illustrating t benefiU ot careful system ot Inspect; of aa a, preventative of fires decia that the records show that Salem, N. founded 140 years ago, and having 5 Inhabitants, has never had a disa Are. the largest loss being less ( $1,000. For the first 100 years of tl 1 torv only one dwelling was Durncn nnlir nnr All) flrft act. hp VOIld ti:P Ing in which . it : originated. good fortune is credited by tn mlssloner to rigid inspection and ; building taws. m. :: ; - political nqtes. Secretary of State J. Bryan C left Ao-day for an extended chw" tour- He spoke at -.Youngsviiie t 1 and will be in the western purt t State all next week. Governor Aycoek was again i executive office this morning two weeks'tour or the State of delivering educational speechen vltation ,of the Governor and splendent-' of Public Instruction State, lie expresses himself lighted with his trip and thr r and entertainment accordvd i On hts way home the .covcrnor -in New, York, where, at the v; quest of National Chairman T conaented to take a. hand i tlonal campaign for two w nlng October 21th. lie v Speeches in West Yi New Jersey and Connects-.-. and Maryland. State Chairman Si-ti"1""1 " night a letter from !: Chairman Itolllns. ;i . ruling mull'' lv AM.1t'1' mcr that tt;' i' e oi'.-o-i ( ' ?"; ;' :: ( ' ; : '- ' " . f j .... v.' .'..,,.,.'-'...- 'i .. v . ; . i ..i i. a i mate. - . , won. : :,' ;
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Sept. 25, 1904, edition 1
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