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SUBSCRIPTION , PRICE t. $8.00 PER YEAR.. - CHARLOTTE, N.-C, SATURDAY , MORNING ; MARCJI '17, 1906, -T J1 PRICE HYE CENTS. (V, ' V-- - THE SOUTH'S TIMEIH 1908 if SHOULD JHAMt JKEXr-CAHDiOATJ . ' V: PARKER'S SIGNIFICANT SPEECH ' i" Distinguished Jurlsty Jn - an ' Address . "V , , Yesterday Evening in Ue Southern , Manufacturers' Club, Declares Tlmt r the- nnu Has Come When Southern " Democrats Should be Recognized, i and' They , Themselves ..' Should' na longer Hesitate to t Accept "the ; Honors for Work Well Dodo II la Momentous Utterances Enthusiast! ;'caUjr Received and Warmly Com q toended--Reoent Candidate fop the Presidency ; la Guest of Mam lecturers' Club at Luncheon" and . Reception ' .'and v 'Afterward Attends Banquet of Greater Charlotte -Chtb, Where Governors Glenn and Hey ward Are Alao , Guests Make Brief and Felicitous Address at pat ter Function Escorted to Charlotte J: ' , i by Mr, D. A. JTompkhw and Spends V tlte Night Hero Will . Leave for t : i 'Homo Tills Morning,. ';, " Ons. df'thetrwet: significant utter- tf.i ;f ancea that has been made in the South ihrf In many- a' day wae delivered here last 4 li night v by ' Judge Alton 'B.- Parker, the j - - national leader of, the- vTemocrajtlc ' - ; party, when he" declared that the next ' Democratic nominee, for the presidency of the United States should come from of the country that furnished the vote should also furnish the head of the ticket. , ; Judge Parker was a gueet of a num- ', her of hie political frlenda. ; - On hie way back - from 'Mississippi, Where he had been to address the Leg asla-turo. Judge Parker stopped over at "Camden to eee his friend and fellow Democrat, ' former. Governor David Bennett Hill, of Netf 'York, who there reetlng and recuperating. Mr, D.'A Tompkins, who hae known Judge Parker for several year and admires . him very much, went to Camden yes terday morning and accomipanied htm to Charlotte, where he waa met at the . etatlon by the following named gen- : tlemen. com postal? a reception com' tnittee: J. U Chambers, S. S. Mc- Nlncb and Jr P. Caldwell. - Immediately on .arriving at his room Judge Parker prepared for supper, at' ter which he appeared in the parlors of the club hfcm an informal recap -tton In company with Governors D. C i Hey ward, of South Carorinav and R. B. Glenn, of this State, who ware here to attend the twtcquet of The Greater 1 Chaorlotte dub. Many vof . . the leading Democrats of the city and county were here to see and hear the dtetlngutohed guest. The time 4efow the- formal progfaiRTne3!SJjph had been arranged by a special committee; Opened there " was a general hand-shadclna; and a lot y. of easy eplcy conversation. , THE TWO GOVERNORS. "Governor Heyward, that ' splendid fellow, from the Palmetto State,-who is so eMy on his feet, bo gentle-man : nered and eo attractive, sent a home " thrust at' Governor Glenn by remind iag him that it was time for the time honored saying between the Govern or of South Cajolima and the Oovern- . or of North Carolina. Judge Parker wm the . centre of at . traction. Everybody wanted to ' get i' close to him and shake hi hand. He atood in the middle of the floor and ;s . held animated conversation with those . about him. - His hands were busy, go Ing out to be drawn back and thrust V In the arm holes of his waistcoat. In -: appearaAce .tbm Xemowatlc lfader is a man ol aioout six reet, with ; ruddy complexion, dark red mtustache and : bright, sparkling eyes. He is full of ; the glow of life, and sprightly aptrtta. Ho bubbles over witn good numor. , yet is dignified and striking looking;. M As the crowd assembled Mayor Mo- NUnch announced that a ' committee would like to speak&to Judee Parker. Governor. Heyward and Governor Glenn. As the gentlemen formed In line Capt. W. R. Robertson, chairmen of a eommMee composed of himself, ' Mayor 6. a McNlnch, W:4 JS. I-ee, Jr., H, C. Long, Sollcltort Herlot Clarkson, and C. ,A 'Williams, stepped forward and said -that? his committee wanted to t; -:r extend an Invitation to the three vlsl-4 tors to attend the great Twentieth of May Celebration, in response to Capt. "Tvt Robertson's happy epeeeh,- each . Man rtf ; mada anawer tor raineelf. . - J "I Ohank you for .the-honor," said Judge Parker, 'but I cannot say now. - X would kVe to be here." v "l wilt come If there is any change In the world," said Governor '..Hey- warn. tne state of Bouth Carolina ' can do without me that lonsr." -, 'I will be here unless Winston take mf place."' declared Gov. Glenn. ) JUDGE PARKER ,18 INTRODUCED. - Mr. D. A. TompkSns catted the meet ,. ing to order by savins::: "Some of Judoe , v , Parker's political friends have asked V , s'- hlra to come Jere, and they have aleo f Urged him to say something as to th , V democracy, of. this country.- We wtwit -tim to fflfcl free to say whatever he sees . at. we are all : Democrats, Now- I ; ahall ief Mayor , McNlnch introduce . ' him." f . - Mayor MoNlnch presented the honor- -. sa guest m a few wen-selected senten fences, saying, among "other things, wa me cxmin leu very ctose to him, , - . As Judge 1 Parker ' spoke Governor ' : Heyward atood at his left and Oover- nor Glenn at his right and the 'room . .was iuu or. men with eager ears. . Jtf ' A SIG1VIFICANT SPEECH. 7 "In -the- beginning the speaker said: i - Mr. Tomnklns knd VAiinw rmnuvraji' It gives me pleasure to be with you at this - time. I hare been ' asked to swy something of the future Demn-cratlo-party.- i will gladly do sot' I tnve prepared wnat I will say, and ." every sentence has been wihMV ra. ' , fuljyi;lt la ot long and I shall read . rre wuopb raraer took out his man i ttsertpt and, read the following later- I eeting deliverance: - , - ; . "I am. pleased to accept your invl r ' tatlon to halt, Tsven.for a moment, in one of the most interesting and hlstor , . la counties la our common country. I ' am especially pleased to see about me some pf the sturdy men who, through - many years, in good .report or 111, in . -. success or defeat, have rallied around - the standard of Democratic principles. . HIn an address before the Legislature , of the State of Mieslssinnl. a few x days ago. I had occasion to in-it that never before was It less possible to ig 'f nore the growing-tendency to look to the government or tate for support, ConUnued on rage Four.) . , WAKE COTTON GROWEHS. They. Will Meet In Raleigh To-Day Confusing Rumors as to Wreck i 7 Charters- Granted Raleigh News, V .''-,;- Observer Bureau,4' i i. i-'132 Botith Dawson BtreeV ' ;'' ' v Raleigh,. March 16. -There aija many confusing rumors in Raleigh, rregardrnig the wreck at Colon, cm the Seaboard Air Une road, and thla- was heightened by the fact, that Seaboard trains were running into the city over' b line of the Sotntnern via 'Greensboro. At 'an early hour it waa ImDosstble here to secure accurate information as to -the real seriouenefS of the affair. , - c i 1 - The Stata 1 charters , the i Farmera Bank, of -8eaboard, -Northampton county. The authorised capital stock, which ,1 $5,000. ;i paid lrt wKh the fol lowing ubscribers: CoW ' W . H, S, Burgwynof Weldon; J.? G. Lc Crocker, J. H. Ramsey W. T. GrubbB, K. V. Edwards. R; H. Gay. M.- R. Stephen on, all of Seaboard. "The : limit : for Increase Jn eapltansatlon .'is placed .at Dr.1 ft.- P. Dixon, the eloquent State auditor, has accepted an Invitation to deliver' an address at Tarboro, on-tne oocaaion of the Memorial Day exer cises there, and under the auspices or the Daughters of the Oonteaeracy. Work, is most actively beinar -pushed on the conetrucUon of the. Raleigh A Sooifahport Railroad,' popularly knows and regarded aa 'Mills' Road." Trackr layinip in Cumberland county snows tins oroKress that le being made. A stirring - meatin of - the cotton growers will be held in Ralelght- to morrow. When speecner will be made by C. C, Moore, president or the. State organ) aatlonf Attorney James Pou and Presidenit WlraKon, of the A. & M. Coltega The State cartera the H. v. Hunt ley Furniture Co., with R. J. Reynolds, W. P. Hill, M. D. Stockton and B. F. Huntley a Incorporators. The . au thorised capital stock is $125,000, of wnich amount-i,ow nas been para in. The company will manufacture, seU and handle kindred lines of merchan- Much interest is being manifested in the meeting tf the Wake County Teachers Association, The sessions of last -evening' and1 to-day x have been characterised by a large attendance and renewed interest. The assembly ehows.a fine set of educators and a wide drcle. of participants from the best ranlas of Rialetgili' life and thought. Captain Schley, U. 8. A., and Col. T, H. iBalifc of Goldabore, North Cairolina Na.tional Guards, are in. the city. 'They td-nht mspected two. companies in Raleigh, the Oak City Guards and the Raieight XJght Infantry- The inspec tion wee held in Capitol Square and was witnessed by a large and varied crowd from all parts of the city. A splendidly arranged concert followed the Inspection which waa rendered by the Third Regiment "Band of this city. Tom Heart t, who holds a responsible position with Judge Thomas Purnell, of the District Court, was this morn- bigr visited by a rare eel ter in the person of a negro about 45 years bid who centered the place "Silently . ' and rather lent terror to the situation,. The man announced aa h entered that he Mked the appearance of the; office and would . therefore itaxe u n head a uarters nmt:J3tt Heartt jTeaponidiid rather to.1 Uie eomrary, when the negro produeed cerbam, documents bearing 'the signa ture or FresMent Roosevelt, and nlas terea over with all manner of untm pressed seals of: red and Nue 'paper. Then the man of the office realised he was- In the ' actual presence of erasy man. : Finally be persuaded the weakMng to wvter the court room, wnocn was larger and mistvt prove more desirable; Thus' all trouble with the unfortunate waa obviated, and Mr. Heartt was left alone but more ner- vou than he had been at'the hour of hie nornial waking to the affairs of every day business and secretaryship. APPIJCATION DENIED, ' Guilford. Commissioners Refuse Fran chise to Philadelphia Concern to Operate Trolley Lines. Special to"The Observer. Greensboro, March 18. The board of county commissioners held a confer ence here this afternoon with Mayor wrenn ana representatives , of alder men of High Point over- the question of granting franchises fos a trolley line connecting Greensboro and High Point. E. J. Justice,' who was granted a franchise last week as trustee for a syndicate of capitalists, whose names be declined to divulge, was not pres ent to-day and at his request action was deterred on tne granting or a franchise to a Philadelphia concern. represented by R, . King and E. D. Steele. Mayor Wrenn stated that the board of aldermen of High Point had already grantea a rrancntse in Hign Point to the Philadelphia concern and thav they were perfectly willing to also grant one to Mr. Justice, i The board decided finally this after noon to deny the application of the Philadelphia .concern represented by R. R. King and E. D. Steele for a franchise tor a trolley line between Greensboro and High Point. This de cislon was reached after tne ooard had already decided to defer action untlj next Tuesday. DCIUS TBJAIj DELATED. Mysterious Disappearance or Im- portsnt witness iot- vcivmwe m ui vnrtu" Suit . of Brodle - L. Duke -Against Ahoe kWcbb Duko Causes Postponement ot ituu.. Special to The? Observer.; f New Xofk, March la-one mysteri ous disappearance - of an important witness for. the defense in the suit ot Brodle, li., Duke for , absolute divorce against his wife, Alice Webb Duke, to day secured an adjournment4 of th trial until next Tuesday.- The witness is a Chicago physician, i Sunday night last he left that city .to come, here to testify,' Since then nothing' has been heard of htm, Who the physician was Mrs. Duke's lawyer would not say, but -he told Justice' Blanchard that he could "prove ..the. , innocence , pf Mrs. Duke, "-fi-" ' j,' r 'Another witness for the defense, a physician connected with .the Univer sity of Chicago, is said td be suffering from pneumonia . airs, , uvki i . coun sel stated that, although the sick man would not be able to go out .for 10 days,-, hs will, he prepared, to go on with the defense .when he locates the missing physician. Lawyer Champ 0. Andrews, who; represents Duke, sald that he was prepared to show that ths missln g doctor was . quite devoted - to Mrs Duke, and had known her long befors ha married the-tobacco rnanv -.-- mi' 111''"" in.' i ii, -ri. - , ;, Xegrd Executed for. Criminal Arnault. Washington. Ga, March Jl Richard Andrews, colored,- was hanged Hers this afternoon at o'clock for having criminally ? assaulted the 8-year-old daughter of J. B. Roberts, of this county, on tbs afternoon ot January 20, .V CAUS CJAlSON A ; DESPOT MISSOURI AN ASSAILS SPE.VKER Commenting on ilesn ITsed by Colo v rauoaa to Secure;. speaker's- Itecog- ' nition on Bill Permitting Lease of . publics Land for Rubber Ctutlvation. Mr. Shsckleford Waxes ' Hot Hays Members Have - to - Creon Into Speaker's Private Room and Make. tMippiicatlon Hewuon's ' First . Fili banter Is Made Against Bill Abolishing Lieutenant . Generalsliip , Washington, , March For an in stant m the House to-day there was a lapse in the vigilance Of those i who have beenv on x guard ' to" prevent leg's- lstlon, which would" ; take away the rank of lieutenant general in the army, and the .chances , of Genoxals Corhin fcad: Mac Arthur tor - nromotion. ; Mr, Prince, of IUinols, whose: bill abolish Ing the grade In dues t ion is the legis lative breach. There was an immedi ate call to arms on both sides and for three hours the friends- of the gener ala filibustered against the bilL The net result was that the previous ques tion is ordered on the bill, and an amendment 4 by -Mr.-' Grosvenor, ' of Ohio, 1b pending, which extends the time oi tne operation of the bin so as to allow the promotion of the. two officers named. On this amendment the House was, voting, but without a quorum, when adjournment was had until Monday, when the vote will be completed. Previous to this, the first real fili buster of the session, there had been four hours of debate on the legislative bill. Mr. Shackleford opened the pro gramme, with a severe criticism of Speaker Cannon, which he was not al lowed to finish. Then followed a somewhat lively debate on th appro priation bill.. ' .; ARID LAND FOR RUBBER. Mr. Shackleford's remarks were prompted bv the consideration of a bill permitting the leasing of 6.000 acres of arid. land in La Plata county, Col., to the P. F. U. Rubber Company for the purpose of the cultivation of the rubber plant . Mr. Brooks,' of Colorado, explained that there was evidence of a rubber famine In . this country. The land In question, he said, was unfit for agri cultural purposes and had no mineral value. Mr. Gaines, of Tennessee, presented an amednment to prevent, the "rubber trust" from getting control of the en terprise. Mr. Shackleford was given permis sion to discuss the bill and had this to say about the manner In which Mr. Brooks got it up: MR. SHACKLEFORD'S ATTACK. "The gentleman was not recognised until he first surrendered his consti tutional rights as a representative of tne people and crept into your, private room, Air.. Bpeaaer, mere to suppu cats you to extend him your grace.".. "No member can submit any matter to a vote of the House until he shall have first sought and found fa vop in your" sight The constitution contem plates that, the Sneaker shall be the servant of the House.' In defiance of the constitution you have made your' self maerr;T61i"Tiave Backed 'every commltte 8ft?t'ha'6 ported without your "consent. Unless you are willing, no member can move to discharge a committee . Jrom the consideration of a bill and take it p In the House. "You sit. an enthroned despot, sub jecting the rights and destinies of this great people to the dictates of your own unabridged will. . OKLAHOMA'S SOLE FOE. s "Who stands to-day between a pro gregsivet enlightened people and the statehood lo which they are entitled? You, sir. Only you. You crack your whip and a majority .of this House cowers at your feet You turn your thumbs down and the House deals a death blow to prostrate, bleeding Okla homa." Here Mr. Shackleford said he had read In the morning papers that "Un cle Joe" had given out- flat-footed that he would not permit the House to con cur In the Senate amendment on the statehood bill, and then proceeded! . "What a horrible announcement ' to be made in a free country.". The confusion in the House through out Mr. Shackleford s ' remarks was such that very few members knew what he had said, when, Mr. Tawney stopped him with an objection. Just before the legislative hill was taken no .the House agreed not to meet to-morrow. r ' "When the appropriation ..hill was made the order, Mr. Kelfer. ot Ohio, continued his speech in favor of re stricting Southern representation. SAW ROOFER CLUTCH FOR LIFE. Denperate but Ineffectual Struggle of Man WHO tiaa uosc nis rmun- oa Church Roof is Witnessed by Score of Persons In New York. New York. March II. A desperate but ineffectual struggle against death was witnessed to-day by more than a score of persons who stood helpless to assist In front of St Bartholomew's church at Madison avenue and Forty fourth street Walter Cathie, a roofer, CO years old, was the victim of, the tragedy. He was at work on t the rodf of the church to-day when he lost his footing "and ' fell, rolling swiftly downs- the- Incline. At tne edge he managed to. grasp a gutter, . which mti, 1nn h ' Mvm - and hlii .. fsll was arrested!, For fully three minutes Cathie soulrmed and clutched the cut ter,' vainly trying to pull himself back to safety. Finauy nis noia weakened and he' fell to the sidewalk. H struck- on his head and -wa Instantly killed. lTEJt,CARS DEMOLISHED. ? Freight ; Wreck .a at Ogburn Delays xrame on Beanos ru. , j Special to The Observer. ,' t Durham. March" M. On account' of the wreck on the Seaboard Aire Line road near Ogburn yesterday afternoon, Seaboard fast train . passed ' through here from mldVolght to noon to-day. The last train to pass - here waa north-bound and since then tralnahave been passing over' the' main Jlnethe wreck damage neing repaired to that extent.- The'ftfat two trains to pas.1 through -were two . north-ibound -fat trains, .The wrecit occurred at a nolnt near ogouro ana la treignt .ears were demolished, tearing t up some 800 yards of track and cauauw delay and trouble In traffio. jo one waa hurt- r ii nil" r, in. .in i, .1 iipni i ii ii, r-. $50,000 Crate , and Basket, : Factory Klnderloo.': ; Ga,; March ; 1 $. The crate and basket ' factory of McRes Brothers ' was destroyed by fire here late this afternoon. The plant took fire from a pile, of 'burning .cross-ties on the right or way or tne Atlantic Coast Line. -The loss is estimated at '850,000, with insurance of f 18,000, FOR ' NASHVItUB , LADY'S DEATH. , i 'V, x ' i- '....in . . Prominent Physician of tlrt Tennessee 4 Capital - is . Arrested diarged With Murder of Mrs. Mangrum, A"hose Body , W onnrt in Ohio River, and Gives $10,000 Bond. , NashVllle,Tenn., March 16. Dr. Herman 'Feist was arrested heie to day charged with the murder of Mrs. Rosa- Manjri-um, whose dead body was found In .the Ohio at Cairo, 111., about six weeks ago, 1 Mrs. Mangrum left Nashville December 14 last, ostensibly for, a visit to -St. Louis. Feist is a prominent 'physician of Nashville and his arrest caused a sensation. The warrants for, the arrest was sworn out by Chester - Mason, a brother' of the dead, woman. . ' - . Mrs. Mangrum .was a beautiful wo man ' and ' was - related to promlne.it families -in this city and throughout the State. " - v - Dr. Feist-Is said to have borrowed money fiom Mangrum and It is claim ed by those .Interested in his arrest that the doctor was aeon with Mrs. Mangrum early In the evening on which she disappeared. The warrant charges Dr, Feist with robbery and murder. h.- ' Ball, which was fixed at $10,000. was furnished after some delay and Dr. Feist was released from custody. An enormous crowd surged In the magis trate's court and out Into the street during the proceedings, and excite ment ran high when J. K. Mason, the aged father of the dead woman, made an attempt to get at the prisoner. The agitated old man was removed from the room by an officer. NEGRO'S GUN WORK IN CAFE. Ex -Convict Who Had Been ordered From a New York KMtabllMiunent Empties 'Three Revolvers. Wound liig Three Men Captured Ijater After Hard Fight New York, March 16.-Ell Lucas, a negro ex-convict,, who served a 20-" year sentence , in Kentucky for mur der, to-night . shot three men in the Crescent Cafe.v.lOS West Thirty-sec end street. The injured men are Roundsman John Walsh and Patrol man James eeott, com ot me went Thirtieth street police station, sind John Jones,-manager of the cafe. The most serious injury was sustained by Scott, who Was shot In the right shoulder. He W"l probably be para lysed for life. Fifteen, shots were fired. The nrty patrons of the place sought safety be hind the bar. under tables and behind barricades of chairs. Lucas, still shooting, backed out of the plate and escaped. .. Lucas entered the cafe in an ugly mood and was ordered out. This an gered him and he puller! one of three revolvers he carried, and began the shooting. ' Lucas was arrested late to-night at Fifty-sixth street 'and Broadway, af ter a fight which was almost as des perate as the original one in the cafe. OX,VIRGINIA.MANtFACTHES. Census Bulletin Indicates Increase of .' 60 Ter Cent. In Capital Since 1900 . and 88 Per Cent, in Wnges. Washington, March 16. In a bul letin Issued to-day by the Census Bu reau giving the preliminary statistics for the manufacturing Industries of Virginia for the year ending Dec. 31, 1904, it is Indicated that there has been a material increase in the manu factures of that State. The number of establishments with a product, of $500 or over Is given at 3,187, with a total capital of $147,989,182. an In crease in the latter amount over t.ho figures for 1900 of 60 per cent. The total amount paid to salaried ofiiclals, Clerks, etc.. for 1J04 was $4,874,806 and to wage-earners $27,943.0'K. an Increase, respectively, of 21 and 38 per cent, over the salaries and wages paid In 1900. The total coBt of ma terial used in 1904 was $83,649,149 and the total value of the products $148, $56, 525, an increase, respectively, for each item of 41 and 87 per cent, over the figures for 1900. THREE FIREMEN MEET DEATH. Nine Others Seriously Injured at Fire Which Destroyed Militia Armory at Camden, N. J. Camden, N. J.. March 16, Three fire men were killed and nine others serious ly injured to-night at a fire which de stroyed the old Sixth Regiment armory at Bridge and West streets, In this city. The dead are: GEORGE W. SHIELDS. WILLIAM HILLMAN. WILLIAM JOBES. The fire suited in the boiler room of the. armory building end quickly spread to all parts of the structure. About a dosen firemen were ordered Into the building. 8hields, Hlllman and Jnbes were crushed to death by, the roof giving way, but the others managed to follow the line of the hose and escaped after most of them had been seriously lacera ted and burned. FOUR BURN TO DEATH IN HOTEL Defective Furnace Causes Fatal lire In Mlclilgan Village Other Bulld .' lngs Burned. . Grand Rapids, Mlch M4rch 18. The business portion of the village of Tust In, Osceola county, was destroyed ear ly to-day, by fire which suated in the basement of the Hotel Compton from a defective furnace. Ten guests es caped 'in their night clothes, while four were burned to death. -. The dead: , y WILLIAM H. M GRANE, proprie tor of the hotel. " ' MRS. WILLIAM H. M'GRANE. .. EDWARD DEMORE8T. porter. CHARLES WORKMAN, traveling man of Plerson. ''The financial loss Is about $23,000. Official Who Wrote Anti-Jewish Clr cu Is r Ousted. ' ' St Petersburg, 1 March H. The au thor of the anti-Jewish circulars was M,'. Levroff. an - employe of ; the. Min istry of lbs Interior.' holding a rank In the official hierarchy equivalent to councilor of State,-He is the leader of the "League of the Russian Peo ple." He has been dismissed from the servlre and arrested and will be prose cuted, t , ' - ; ' ; ' " t ,. 1 Sloss-Sliefllekl. Officers He-Elected. J New York, March 18. All (he mif golng "officers of ?the Sloss-Sheflield Steel ft .Iron , Company- were to-day re-elected at a meeting of the 'di rectors la this city. : One change was made in the executive- committee, F. P. Olcott being elected . chairman In place of Walter G. Oak man. ,f Jews Ordered to Leave Yladlvostock. Vladivostock, Russia, March 16 The Jews here have been ordered to leave 'the city in, three days.'- '.n ' CBASH AM HUE KIL17 35 WRECK AMID STORM IN ROCKIES As ltrsolt ' of Undelivered Orders, Jleavy Grades and Blinding Snow . 'Storm,' Score of Lives Aro Lost' on Denver - Rio " Grande, Several Foreigners Being Roasted Alive by Fire Following Collision Was Wild : Night in Mountain Canyons and Trains Met Head-On at Sliarp . Curve Casualties ConOncyl to East Bound Train Relief Trains on Scene. i Pueblo, Col., March 16. Thirty-five lives wera crushed out early to-day In a head-end collision of two pas senger trains near Adobe, Col., on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, and a score of victims inclncerated beyond Identification by a fire that destroyed the wrecked coaches. More than a score were injured, but. all will prob ably recover. The wreck was due to undelivered orders, heavy mountain grades, a snow storm, a sharp curve and the slippery condition of the rails. Only the locomotives, baggage and day coaches were wrecked, the sleeping cars es caping almost unscathed, as in the Eden disaster on the same road in 1904, when part of a train ran into a flooded canyon through a washed-oul bridge. Many of the dead were home-seekers bound for the Northwest. The three crushed locomotives set fire to the splintered coaches and It was hours before all the bodies were re covered, the flames being so hot that rescuers could not approach the de bris until the fuel burned out. It was a wild, stormy night in the niountany canyons when the two heavy trains met. Blindlnr snow dark ened the rocky gorges and speed was noi nign. ENGINEERS WERE HELPLESS. Suddenly headlights flashed out, and It was realised by the engineers that something was wrong. According to Fireman J. H. Smith, of the west bound train. Engineer Walter Cosbett applied the emergency brakes, but the slippery rails allowed the momentum of the heavy train to carry it on to the tatai crasn. The impact was scarcely noticeable. but the trains crushed and ground In to each other. The helDer engine of tne west-Dound train acted as a cush ion, minimizing the force and weight ot the heavy mountain engines. This helper was crushed together like so much paper and the other locomotives ran through "the mesh of Iron and plowed each other to pieces. Fireman Smith was the only one of the engine crews to escape. The bag gage car of the west-bound train broke in two and three coaches were squeesed together. The baggage car, the mall car and a coach of the east bound train buckled, but none ot the cars telescoped. FOREIGNERS ROASTED ALIVE. Hardly had the 'noise of the wreck ceased when a sheet of fire ran through the shattered Cars of both trains. In the forward coach of the west-bound train every seat was oc cupied by passengers, most of whom were home-seekers. A number of for eigners were among them and in their terror they gays up life without mak ing any attempt to reach saftey out side the burning car. ' They sank to the floor of the car and were roast ed alive. The cooler ones In the car, seeing their danger, rushed for the windows and doors and with the aid of the passengers in the rear ot the train and those members of the train crew who were unhurt managed to reach the open air. Many were Injured by the rough handling they received or by flying glass. When the occupants of the two sleeping cars saw that nothing could be done to check the flames, they aid ed the trainmen In pushing back the undamaged 'cars. Communication was opened with the Pueblo office of the railroad from Portland, a mile from the wreck and a relief train with physicians was dis patched to the accident. The injured were placed in the sleeping cars and brought to Pueblo with the passen gers of the east-beund train, who were unhurt. Another relief train came from Florence to take away the uninjured portion ot the east-bound train. A list of dead made up from close Investigation by responsible persons follows: . WILLIAM HOLLIS, engineer. WALTER COSSLETT, engineer. H. D. RUDDUTH, fireman. EDWARD E. BAIRD, deputy sheriff, Denver. ARCHIBAfcir"WHITNEY, prlsonet In charge of Balrd. MRS, WILLIAM RITRNSIDB, DAUGHTER and DAUGHTER'S CHILD, all of Kansas. A. N. BARELO, Sanaa, t;oio. traa nt irm ''WiRlfm MISS Colo. GRACiR ;BARKLO, Sallda, ENPOS M'PARLANS, express mes. senger. ' MRS. WM. HEWITT, Lebo. Kansas. PEARL HEWITT. Lebo,. Kansas. MRS. CATHERINE HEWITT and BABY BOY, Lebo, Kansas. i EDWARD COWLEY. Lebo, Kansas.' FRED JONES, Lebo, Kansas. -; FRED LEMECOOLEY, Denver, f MRS. WINONA i HEWITT. Lebo, Kansas. ,- The Utah A California express, west bound, left Pueblo an hour and a half late with orders to meet ths Colorado and New Mexico express, east-bound, at Florence. This order was changed and the west-bound train was directed to pass ths east-bound train at Beaver, about 12 mile east of Florence. The order ' should - have been delivered to the train crew at Swallow, but, for some reason the operator there ne glected to deliver the order. In the meantime the east-bound had received its orders and exported to , meet the west-hound train at Beaver. , No other orders Intervened the wreck. . ' It is impossible to determine the ex act number of dead on account of the incineration r.; of many bodies. The number of victims turned is said to be at taut 20. The railroad officers asserted during the day that only 18 persons- wra killed. - - York of clearing away the debris of the wreck' began at daylight with tbs aid of two .wreckers. It Is announced that the tracks would be entirely clear and the trains running by to-morrow noon, t .; v. - y. The- monetary damage to railroad property Is $200.00j In v addition - to this, - much haggage - and mail were destroyed, "yo v. f v - i , FAMILY NEARLY WIPED OUT. V ' On of the pathetic tragedies of the disaster -was the wipplng out - of all but two of the family of Taylor Hew Itt ef LebA Kansas.?. Father, mother, daughter, grandchild and the wives of the sons ; are missing. . The two- sons. E. A. Hewitt and W. L. Hswltt, art among -v the Injured In the , hospital here, each of them hang leg frac tures in addition to otr injuries. K. A. Hewitt said that h d a dream several months ago in i h his f am iiy was all killed. He saJw.ne saw Just as plainly, as he later saw-the real wreck, everything that, took place Af ter the collision. . - Some of the' victims were pinioned under the wreckage and burned alive before help could reach ' them. , MoBt of the injured were on No. 9, wnicn was heavily loudedi No 16 carried comparatively few passengers and these escaped, generally, with a slight shaking-up, Relief trains were at once despatched to the scene . from Pueblo and Florence, but the work was necessarily slow, because of the smoke from the burning wreck ana because of the cold weather. The first train bearing injured reached Pueblo shortly after 6 o clock. SAW HIM SLOWLY ROASTED. During -the progress of the fire one man was seen hanging from a car window. "For God's sake, save me. he cried, but the heat was too Intense for the rescuers to reach him, 'He slowly roasted to death before the eyes of the crowd around the burning wreck. Many thrilling rescues were report ed. One man whose name could not be learned, forced his way into a coach that had received the brunt of the shock, and seeing a young girl who had been pinioned under a sent, en deavored to lift her to a place of safe ty. As he raised her the girl died in his arms. The rescuer dropped his burden and seized a man who was lying under a roof timber. He dragged the man to a clearing in the wreckage, where others carried him to a place of safety. This one rescuer saved four persons' lives. A correspondent who returned from the wreck says that the car in which he believes 25 persons were killed was completely consumed. .He also states that a dry goods box had been placed alongside the track and the bones of the bodies which were entirely burned up were placed in It. This box was brought to this city by the coroner. JUDGE PARKER AT ROCK HILL. Addressed the Young Lady Students of Wlnthrop College and Was Driven Over tle City. Special to The Observer. Rock Hill, S. S., March 16. For an hour this afternoon Judge Alton B. Parker was the guest of Rock Hill. He arrived at 4:46 o'clock and left at 6 o'clock for Charlotte. Judge Par ker was met at the depot by a com mittee of citizens and was driven at once to Wlnthrop College, where he spoke for a few minutes to. the young lady students of that Institution. He was then driven over the city, there being several carriages in the party. When shown by one of the young la dles a picture of Senator Tillman hanging on the wall. Judge Farker said: "He always pushes everytnmg he Undertakes: no wonder you have such a nice college here." Quite a large crowd greeted Judge Parker at the station. NINE FIRES IN NEW YORK. Over 100 Tenants, Clad Only In Night Clothes, Stand in weep wnow on Roof for 1ft Minutes No Serious Looses. New York. March 16. Nine fires, none of them particulraly serious as far as financial loss Is concerned, but which resulted in great hardship to tenants and firemen because of the frozen hydrants, occurred in New York city Just before daylight, to-day, More than 100 tenants of a fiat house In West Fifty-third street were driven, either half-dressed or in their night clothes, upon the roof of the building, where the snow was nearly six Inches deep and from whlcn they could not escape. They were com pelled to stand for about fifteen mln uU before firemen with ladders were able to take them all off the" roof. The fire was In the basement and the smoke drove them to the roof. Six of the other fires were In buildings occupied for business purposes. Disastrous Fire In Buncombe. Special to The Observer. Asheville, March 18. J. H. Lance, of Arden, this, county, was in the city to-day and told of a destructive Are which occurred at ArtPen early yester day morning when a considerable amount of property and the family of R. L Garvin barely escaped with their lives. The stock of goods and the tore-houe of Charles Pressfrey, the store-house of R. P. Youngblood and a carload of corn stored therein were totally destroyed. The dwelling of R. L. Garvin waa burned to the ground and the inmates were awakened Just in time to escape with thels lives, Suing for $20,000. Special to The Observer. Wsfaevllle, March 16The trial of the personal damage suit of A: W, Hemp hill vs. the Buck Creek Lumber Com pany, from McDowell county, is ; in progress to-day In Superior Court, Mr. Hemphill is suing the concern for $20,000 for alleged permanent injuries sustained while an employe Of - the company about two years ago. The case is being hard fought and every points contested. , Negligence on the part of the .company is charged In not providing sare equipment, Executive Committee of Truckers' As sociation to Meet Apt-it 20. Special to The' Observer. Wilmington, - March 19 Special meetings of the executive committee of the board or directors of the East Carolina Fruit ' , and Truck Growers' Association are called to be held here April M. It is announced that -mat ters of vital importance concerning transportantlon and the movement of the strawberry crop will be confld ered. .-( !": .- ... v Widely Known Catholic Scliool De stroyed by Fire, Shreveport, ' La.. March 18. St Vincent's Academy.: established 80 years ago and one of the most widely known Institutions in the South, was destroyed by fire this afternoon., Loss, $60,000 insurance $12,500, -. ' The fire originated from a defective flue while 'the teachers and , pupils were at lunch. Almost a panic re sulted, but all escaped without Injury. , '.T ,.111,11 III ! UK.. I,. ; - Carnegie Give ' $20,009 to Georgia Atlanta. Ga... March It. Professor K. 0. Mathewson; acting president of the i Oeorglah School of Technology. announced to-day that Andrew Car negie had agreed to give the school 824.000 for the- erection of a library building, provided ' the ' school : will furnish . the sum of 83.000 annually for the maintenance and support of ths library. ; The gift,-will be ac cepted,- : . ... ,v , mb. Holm's yoiqyATio:; WILL, BE! CONSIDERED' TO-DAY e . ' - ' ' 4, l- ,15 f Committee, of Wlik-n, Senator Forakcr Is Cluiu-man, Will Meet To-Day to Determine Whether District At torney's Nomination Shaft be Longer Held Up - Urging , Erection of , Bridge Over Pamllro River -For mer Congressman Elliot, of South Carolina, Appointed Grave-Marker Mr. Small' Bill for Drainage of Dismal Swamp. . BY W. A. HILDEBRAND. it 4 f 1417 G Street N. W., ' '', . Washington, March,. It ? At Senator For aker's committee room the information was to-day , given the writer that the sub-commit-! ee. of - which the Ohio Senator - is chairman, would certainly be he,ld to- ' ' morrow to. consider the nomaination of 1 District Attonery Hotton. The, clerk to the committee said he was not aware of the fact If any more charge V had been filed by Congressman Black l, burn or his friends during the past two or three days and a persistent re-j port was inclrculatlon to-day to the ' effect that members of the sub-com- . mittee are inclined to report the noml- f nation favorably. Of course nothing officially can be made known until ' to-morrow, but at least two Senators - who have looked Into the situation are being quoted to-day as taking the ; ' view that the answer of Mr. Holton to all charges have been reasonably sat- isfactory. VvV' FOR BRIDGE OVER PAMLICO??' E. L. Travis, ot Halifax; -Mayor' Stewart and a C. Stevens, of Wash- : : ington, N. C, are among to-day's ar- l rlvals from the State. The last two' . named gentlemen called at the War y Department to discuss the matter ef -building the proposed prldge across. Pamlico river which will permit the Pamlico A Raleigh Railroad to enter1' Washington. There has been mmt aK. - Jectlon to the proposed structure, but ' 11 is now teit by the visiting North Carolinians that the Department en gineers are taking a more favorable view of the project. The clerk to the" -Senate postofnee committee . to-day said the nomination of Lewis N. Grant 10 do postmaster at Qoldsboro, had been favorably reported by the com- f ' mittee and that the nomination now occupied a place on the Senate calen- " dar with other nominations that will be confirmed at the next executive es-v slon. , NORTH CAROLINA LOSES. ' ; V .' North Carolina loses out on the com.'' test for the position of commissioner ' to mark the graves of Contedeate sol- . -1 dlers who died in Northern prisons. ' It was announced at the War Depart- i ; ment to-day that the position would - go to former Congressman Elliott of South Carolina. North Carolina had ' at least two candidates who expressed -, a willingness to serve without rernu- - neratlon. It was stated to-day that . the position would perhaps be worth ' about $3,500 to the former South Caro- : Una Congressman. Mr. Elliot -was. ot ' course, a Confederate veteran and pos- r sessea an tne otner quauncationa 1 ' f Representative Small, of North Caro lina, hss introduced a bill provWlnir that $3,000,000 of the money hereafter f arising from the sale of public lands., V which would otherwise become a part 1 ' of the reclamation fund, may be used .' for the purpose of constructing a suit able and comprehensible system of drainage of the lands comprising what is known as the Dismal Swamp, situ- ". ated partly In the State of Virginia -and partly In the State of North Caro-. -Una. The bill provides that the money . shall be expended under the supervls- ion of the Secretary of Agriculture, '' and that all the expense of such con- -structlon for a period not exceeding 10 years shall be assessed against the -. lands to b drained -la proportion-to the benefits thereto. ' , ' " The Dismal Swamp was formerly j about 40 miles by ZS miles in area,? but . part thereof has been reclaimed by rea ' son of the construction and operation ot what is known as the Dismal,'. Swamp Canal which Intersects the , edge of the swamp. In the center ot the swamp Is Lake Drummond. made ... famous in the closing days of the last. century by a famous poem. The sur- t' face of Lake Drummond la some sev- -i eral feet higher than that of the E1U- , abeth River, upon which Norfolk 1 situated, and the surface of the swamp s has also a higher levet than the city . , of Norfolk, therefore, it is practicable . to drain the same. ' . The drainage of this swamp would , open up thousands of acres of the moat fertile lands In the country, , ' whose fertility would continue undl- ' mlnished for generations to come. N ' , more inviting returns could be found -than from the investment ot this " money. w Thfsoes not appear to be so novel a proposition. Senator Hanbrough. of , North DakoU., introduced in the Sen- ' ate and the Senate has passed a bill providing for the drainage under simi lar conditions of certain lands located In six counties In the State ef North Dakota. This bill came over to the House and is now pending before the ' House committee on public lands. If ths government wishes te make a tern porary Investment in the- drainage ot lands, no finer opportunity la offered than is presented by this in Dismal Swamp, the moat fertile.1 la the world., Sir. Holton Leaves foe Waablngtoiu Special to The Observer. '' , - Winston-Salem, March 18. District Attorney A E. Holton left -to-night for Washington. The sub-committee of Senators is scheduled to meet to morrow to decide whether the charges filed against the district attorney bv Congressman Blackburn justify, or are entitled to, further Investigation. t jn . '.."r ii 1 hi r js. mini a '- , ?v '.'. ' OPENS TQH GBJEaSXE-GAYNOIt. Prosecntloiv Having v Clowd, .' Civil ; rjiginecr is s-i wn Dumi ii dimv Effectiveness of ' Work Done Ad ; tnlU Being. Well Paid by Carter. Savannah, Ga, ' March 16. After f : days of either, preliminary proceed m 1 or the actual conduct ot the Ore- and Gay nor trial, the government e -ly this afternoon closed Its case. ueorge r. wiener, civil and nyaro tc engineer and a-member of an 1 -ternatlonal - board - that Is cone with the waterways' between the I ed . Slates v and Canada,' was the t witness for the defense,, his evi being -designed to show the e ness of the river and harbor i ment that - were made by tte 1 ants and tholr eonf r'-- ' 1 t specifications. On by the district sltoi ; out that Mr. is" paid by . foiuier Cact 11.. tor the- -examination i s t the contract , work ilmnj fendants. lie wt.i r- : - to-morrow.
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