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r.v'. f V 1 i M : ! i I : i 1 F, ,i i-.n .. , , . i : 4 . ' i ill' V':"' ; SUESOIUPTION MICE:;. 43.00 Per, Year. : , ' CHARLOTTE, N, C.MOKDAY MORNING, OCTOBER: 15,, I 90G.(:,vv ! THREE DIE AT. XnEIR POSTS FATAL i RECK 15AK V1XXSBORO Fast' Freight and . a - Light J Engine Krom (JharloUe Collide on Curve and Three Trainmen Meet Intaant 1ihA Colored UmiUUl i'a.Uilly 1 and Two Whit Trainmen Seriously Hart Wreck Alleged to be Dse to Failure of an Operator to- Deliver Order ThouRb . tho Voum Man . , . 1 i TlVa t Oil! V '. IV ' . SUghOy Delayed ry mo accwcuu '1..:; ; X ... 0 bserver Bureau, i . . .. r(JiitOI Main Street ' ' ': Col urabla, e. C, .Oct. 1 . , , , A fast freight and a light' engine V s me together: , near ' Wlnnsboro this ' , morning on the Southern In a head-on eolllslon. Tha dead are: ," ;V . D. M. DIXON, whlte conductor on ' t JA.IMcPHERSON,1JIt; white. r fireman on engine. r-:V:';'',??i : - HENBT yiLK, engineer on, ttght . anglne.' Th 'injured are;' "Jame': O. Price, , v white, engineer on freight ' Hi - Charle Wcjrj white, brkeman n freight Henry dates, olored, . fireman on t "r ORDERS NEVER DELIVERED, . ' Through freight V No, r T4. ' north bound, carrying load of lumber and other goods, left Columbia 'n time thU morning at t:10 o'clock. ,.Order - wera glren by theS dUpatcber Jre, ahowlng that extr engine No. !. aouth bound, bad the right of way of v the track to Wlnnsboro. , The , ordeT waa sever delivered to the crew of the freight train.. .The i operator at the , Blandlng atroet atatton'of the South' .. rn gavo the conductor and engineer v.,' of tho freight two other order and obtained their a1gnatureai but he, for aoma reaaen, failed, ta tranamlt thia ne. ? Hla name la Bellck and he U a y. yonnr man. Juat in hla 30th year. : -U.,:"NO TIM TO JUMP. 1 'Two miles north of Wlnnsboro at the miles post on what la known aa McMaster'B curve,-the freight and the light engine cam together at (:0S o'clock. The extra engine had the 1 , right of way to Wlnnaboro, according " to tha order under which the engine ' waa running and also according to the orders under which the freight crew ahould have had; The fireman of the freight. Gates, saw the engine comlnr down on tne train and had barely time to teu tne engineer, Prloe. Price cot to the gangway la his effort to Jump and waa caught' there, while Gatea waa terribly cms bed.- The crew of tho light engine may never have known that the engine waa not on toe .. aiding at Wlnnsboro. ' No one of them ' seems to have made an attempt to jump and ail three of them were kill dr. - ',.V '.-.,'' -. .!' The news waa transmitted to the division- here very qviekly bt -the wrecking train waa oat on the An- guata branch putting freight care .on the track, and tt was almost noon be fore it could be sent to the scene of the wreck.' ft waa found that no cars were smashed. " the urines badly . wrecked, but not rendered worthless - . and 1 00 feet of track was torn ud V Dr. F. D. Kendall, the division aur- geon of. the Southern, went to the soens on the first train and assistance waa also given by the Wlnnsboro physicians. ' ' ' . RECORD OP THE DEAD. The bodies of ' Engineer Pile and Fireman McPherson were brought 1 here this afternoon, while that of Conductor Dixon waa taken in charge ; by . his r. relaUvea at Wlnnsboro. Engineer Prioo waa brought here for . treatment' and- Fireman Gates was , brought to Tarlor Lane HoesltaL Conductor Dixon waa I years of age ana ais noma was in Wlnnsboro. sireman atanterson is a-son of an engineer on this division; he waa to yean old. Pile is from West Virginia, near AJderson, and has relatives in east Radford Va. v Ho was married, living near the corner of Blandtn and Barnwell streets, Columbia. Engineer rfames w. mco, si rears old, la mar ried and lives on Pickens street Both bis shoulders are dislocated and his back sprained, but he is not fatally nun. -Braxeman unariee d. weir, 14 years old. Uvea in Colombia. ' His left 1 r is sprained': and bruised, by ' his Jumping from, the train. Henry Gates, the negro fireman, who, it is i . r uiongnt, win die. also lives In Colum- !!( . bla.; Ho la Internally Injured and hia left foot la cut oft , Ho ii II years old. - ,v The Inquest If any, - will bo held In Fairfield county and nothing , has bean learned hero by the author t v iu mm to n, mm acuon to place the responsibility for the death of tha throe men. . ,.-.;. ;. . v ,'.--v ENOINB FROM CHARLOTTE, v ': The light -engine, as It is called, waa . being brought from - Charlotte to Columbia for use in the yards her aa , a. shifting engine. The men who met their death in so horrible a manner were sent up to .Charlotte yesterday . evening to bring the engine down. On I account of tile wrecs: passenger trains No. SO, southbound, leaving here -at :10 a. m and No. tt, duo at 11:85 . a. m. were detoured by Spartanburg. Passengers on No. 17, southbound . and No. SI, northbound, were trans , ferred at the wreck. No 14, the fast train leaving here at 7:01 thla even- tng, went through on time and there waa no further delay in traffic , h. , OPERATOR DENIES BLAME. The young operator, H. E. BoUck. .Whora the. offlolala of th Yv responslwuty for the collision - V. Is originally from Fairfield and ,. has teen with the Columbia division of the Southern for tour years, during which time he has made a good record and was thoroughly trusted. ji a0 not admit that he was to blame, and la still In the employ of the Bout hern, pending a more, complete Investlsa- tlon. . , . Rockefeller Offer $23,004 to Negro Washington, Oct. UAnnounco rnent waa mad here to-day that John D. rtockefeller ' has mule a gift of A28.000 for building for the negro ; branch of the ,. Washington Young . Mn' Christian Association. ' condi tioned on aa additional tOOO being raised for the site end building." ; - f- . i s s nn t i i i - " Xteslro's Now Conmil at HU Ixula. Wlco City, Oct. U.-Onnil Mrtn- vol NiK'13 has been appolntpil conoul . at Bt. Ixiuls. Jle sccls Itafucl P. t-erano, lio Was dlimlsed from tlie rvioo ty Prefildont Via onaccount f hla sllrgd rcliitlona i-lth the revo latlonary JuntA vhoao headquarter -ro la tht city, . 1 WASniXGTOXIANS ouGAazfi: UnWersilr .Alumni Association Tte- sults ioin a leHiiij hMturtiuy Kvenbig Senator 0eriuan " Speak To-Day. ' Special to The Observer. , , Washington, - Oct.- 14. Quite to large number of the local alumpi of the :,. Unlveralty of ; North Carolina met In the chitmber of cqmrnerce rooms last evening for the purpose of organising a permanent alumni association and commemorating Unl veraityvDny Oct. lth, 190. A con stttutlon was drawn up and adopted with the name Beaufort County As sociation of .the University of North Carolina Alumni. The following of. fleers were., ejected: .- Stephen - C, Bragaw. president; Angus D. Mac Lean. ' vice president;, Henry Howell, treasurer and. secretary. An exeou tlve committee was choiten, consisting of the above officers and J. D. Grimes, and K, A. Daniel, Jr., to make all necessary arrangements, for a ban quet in the near future. , The follow- in became charter mem bare. ' vis J. G. Blount. & -C. Bragaw, S, Atchln, C, T. ; Bright, R. T.! Bonner, H. O. Carter. K. JU Damei, v. ' o. Fowte. W. D. . Grimes, J. D. Grimes, M C- Hughes. Jr I. H. Hughes, R. B, Handy. Harry Howell,"C..H. Hard ing, A. D. MacLean, j. c Roamin, W.- CX. Bodman, F.- IU Short N. X Simmons, J..' H. Saunders and T. P, Wharton.--'1" - i .,.,' r. Senator Overman, of ' Salisbury, la exoected to, arrive In the city - to night -and on Monday at IS o'clock he will speak in the court bouse In this city, The - coming of 'Senator Overman Is anticipated .with-, much pleasure- by our oltisens. and a large crowd 'Will greet him on that. day. Whilo In the city- be wm do. - me guest of Mr.-W. C. Rodman, on West Main atreet . ' . - . . - SURE OF BliACKBTJRTS DEFEAT, LltUa Attention to be Fsid to the . Oampaign, la the Eighth District oy - Um Oonfcssnonal tMipaign wa mlttees -.-. Special to The Observe..-: Waihlnvtan. Oct ' 14. Aa alreadr stated in a dbpatch to The Observer llule attan. ttoa wUl hereafter' be paid toward the de feat of Ropreaentatlve H, Spenoer Black burn, of the eighth district, or the man. axar of the Democratlo oongreadonai campaign committee. They behave that be will be defeated beyond a doubt, and for thia remon Representative jotm enarp William. . who 'had . . han acheduld to pend constderablo time In North Carolina In the near future, aner nis speecnes oi the next, day or two are flntaned, wui nrohabl ba callad uoon by the aamoaijni committee to work k the aiaUt Virginia diatrloC '.' - j. "We do not need Mr. Williams or any one els si much in Mr. Blackburn's dis trict.' Representative John Wesley Gaines said te-day, "aa ws need them in Virginia, and in tome other parts of the country, where the remit of the coming election k in doubt. Bo far as Mr. Black, burn Is eonoarned, there a splendid Damocratia majority in that district and I see no reason why hia opponent, air. Hackatt ahould not wia out with ease. That would e-rve a solid -DemocraUq delaa-atioa In the House and Senate from Nonn . Carolina as ii ouaot to so. "Wi hope also to send a solid delera- non or Damoorau to the next congress from Virginia, and I see bo reason why witn sir. Williams worx in ue nintn dJstrlet and with the efforts of other strong Democrats,, that we cannot wrest tne piaoe irons'. - the present -. hold Blemp, and give he seat to bis Demo cratlo opponent. . That Is what we hope to do and the outlook Is favorable at this Oma." - . ... v From what Mr, Gaines and othr nrofnl- ent Democrats say with regaru to the v.auwiiiie piiMUUHf exB4 as an II VllvJ doubt that Blackburn will ba dafaaad In tne coming election by Hackett, and tt Is proDaote tnat eiemn win tuner a similar im.M m uia-pous u novemoer. HAZING AGAIN AT ANNAPOLIS, Only an Isolated and fruiter Trtvlnl Vtmt is in Kvklenoo, ioworor. Third Clsssmsn . Having Gives FourOi Ciasemuan Silly Mrrnsmn iTnrrsrtl gmtlon Ordcrnd.. .' Annapolia, Md, Oct I4.-Notwlth standing the sever lessons taught the midshipmen by the court-martiala and dismissals f last spring, basing has again appeared at the Naval Acad emy. 8o far the recurrence of the practloe seems to be an Isloated case. Third Classman R. - P. Guller. Jr whoso home Is In Calais, O., has been called upon by Superintendent Sahda to answer the charge of "assuming unwarranted and unauthorised au thority over a lower classman. In such a way as to humiliate and embarrass" Fourth Classman Godfrey deC. Cheva lier, of Medford. Mass. - - The Incident waa brought out by the investigations of the board of of ficers which regularly questions fourth classmen u to whether they, have been hased or . know of any baaing;. Admiral Sands' ordered an Investiga tion and served notice on Guller that he must , file an answer In writing. This answer will be placed In the ad miral's handa Monday morning , and be will act upon it . Guller, it is understood, went to Chevalier's room and asked the fourth classman his name. Upon being told, he Intimated that It waa too- big a mouthful and said "hereafter yon will be known aa ; giving the fourth, classman ' a silly nickname. Admiral Sands, upon learning of ttve case, at ones ordered that Midship man Oulter'a name be "read out" at formatioiv:;: ;.;.V-r;:-V-:;..:i!!-V 8TJLTAX RECEIVES IISmiAN. Advancesnenl of American Dlplomatio lieprenentativo to - no aa Ambas sador Use Desired Effort Of Gain ing Increased OotuddcraUon AUlul lUunld In Good Spirits. r , , ( Conatahtlnoplo, Oct " 14.-The aud ience lost Friday .with the Sultan of the . American- ambassador, John O. Lelshman, lasted 14 minutes. The Sultan looked well and seemed1 to be In good spirits.. .lis spoke at some length, referring to th fact that he waa die-ting. .' " , ' Both Baron Marschall Von ' Bleber- steln, the - German ambassador, and Mr. Lelshmtin discussed pending ques tions with the Sultan. . There probably - will be . no more audlencoo with hia majesty for five weeks, owing to ' the Itamasaa and Balram observances. . , ; , 133 MILE OF FLOATWa OIIj. ftrenix-r foe tost Rtamlard Oil Barges . In liii If linds only Titeir Cargo. Port Arthur, , Tex., Oct. 14. Tlie steamer Captain A. T. a-ucne has re turned to Port Arthur after a search of the tiulf for two Standard Oil bars; whli h went sdrlft during the reeetit hurricane. Neither wss found. ut the Lucss passed through a lot of floating oil for a dlstsnce of 133 miles sbout tli point where It had been expected to find the barges, AKDBEW 0XESWSE SLAIN TRAGIC EXD OF A BAD CROATAX In an Effort to Kill His Ancient En rmy, . John , liOcklemr, Koberson County's 'Notorious Cltisru la De ; fealed at His Own G am o Loctl ear, . 'Anticipating Oxendlno'a Attwipt'to , May, Pumps Threo Bullets Into His - . Assailant's lKly- Ivocklear hurren ders to Sheriff McLeod and Itefnses : to Talko-Oxendlne's Record Bad- : Both Men Had Been Drlnklnf, Special to The ObsorveK. ,; -v .,; Ltimberton, Oct. 14. Andrew Ox endlne. a Croatan, was killed tUla af ternoon by John Locklear, also Croatan. , Ths - killing took ; place about 11 mllss. from Luroberton,.neaf Bale, this county, Locklear cams to Lumbertoh in company with Will "Ba ker,. at times a deruty sherlfT,- sur rendered to Sheriff McLeod and waa lodged In JaJL , ,? .v ; . Locklear employed an attorney and will not talk. However, your corres pondent heard the following In regard to. the affair. . i -f:. v. OXENDINE'S RECORD BAD.. . Oxendlne was a Croatan of bad rep- nation generally. He has- been sus pected at , I several murders, ' but was nover,' convicted, . He was ; twice ac cused . of burning the depot at Bute. Nona ' of .. these charges ' wera .: ever proven against him. He Cwss v sen tenced to- serve a term in the peniten tiary for briery ln.the nineUes.t'but was - pardoned by Governor Russell, The particular charge 'against ' him then was that ha bad posed as an officer and bad arrested several ne groes and accepted hush money from It. Is understood that bad feellna- naa -existea Between he : and 'Lock lear for some time and Oxendlne had remarked about Locklear not visit! him, and It la further reported that Oxendlne had said that he ' would make a' target of Locklear at some time, .-.; ; . . - BOTH MEN DRINKING. To-day they were both drlnklna- wine ana met up together near Bute. Locklear got In the buggy with Oxendlne and they drove up the road soms distance, when Oxendlne pulled his pistol and tried to shoot Lock lear. The latter caught hold of Ox- endlne's pistol and at the same tlms pumped three balls Into Oxendlne. one in tne neaa ana -two in tne noay. Oxendlne'a pistol - was discharged while Locklear held It and .a ball tore a note in Ltocsueara nnger. RIOTS AT PARIS RACES. Bad Start in Handicap Event Xed to rraioua iiomands for Return of Hets and to Burning of Book makers' Structure By . Hoodlnnsi Under cover of the Tumult Parts, -Oct 14. -There were violent public demonstrations c at the' Lone - champs raos eonrao this afternoon. in consequence of an unsatisfactory start in tne rrea Handicap. The trouble culminated - In riots, .pillage and in cendiarism.7' Many persons were ar rested. r The programme comprised six rsxea and the first two panel off without Mncident. Tbera wereTilne starters In ths free handicap, ths next event and four, Including the favorite, were left at ths post. Amid a terrific uproar a complete outsider won. Tne pub lie immediately became enraged. broke down the barriers and Invaded the track. Crowds demanded the re- turn of their bets. .They surrounded the bookmakers' booths, chased out the cashiers and seised the money, Attempts to restore order were In vain, ths small force of police present being Inadequate. The crowd's anger laereassa and men began breaking cnairs and tn rowing them on the track. Then a rougher element raid-, ad .- soma automobiles stationed near the grand stands and seised some supplies of petroleum, with which they sprinkled the booths and other woodwork and set them afire. . Ths squad of firemen on duty were helpless, as the water hose) had been out The authorities telephoned for assistance to Mont Valerian, and a strong body "of troops wa at onoe sent upon the double-quick. The sol diers succeeded eventually In clear ing; the enclosure by charging, bnt meantime the betting structure had burnt to the ground. A- large. wood en - building belonging to the book makers also was set on fire. The laat threo races were postponed. Sixty arrests ware mads, and a large number of policemen and rioters were injured. --i i - .'. " . -s- - A largo force of troopa will remain on duty throughout the night a( both the Ixxogchareps and Anteull courses. DP. CHINESE FTRB ' STEAMER? Destruction of British Vessel at Hong Kong remap oe to Boycott of FbreJgh River Craft Victims Mostly Chinese) Women. ;; ... Hons; Kong, Oct 14J-A" tnnior'ltv of the vtatlms of the fire on the steamer Hankow .were women. The company owning ths Hankow ' lost three other etoaaners during the re cent typhoon, .v v:,-V'iv-.- ....Vfi iThs fire was tnroiurht under .con trol wt a. tn, . The firs fighters have recovered 1 1 corpses many of them tncaneratod oeyond recognition.- Much of she canto of raw allk wan d. sftroyedV The theories of the origin of tlie fire are numerous, the moat prdbable being mcondlartom ' growtng out oi sv.poycou against British riv er boats.; . - )';.' - -,-V. - North Carolina' Girl Making Good at tne Aew angiand Conservatory. , i Special to Tha Obeerver. . Boston,' Mass.; Oct. 14. -One of the principal numbera on the' programme of a public recital given by pupil of the New England . Conservatory of Music last night ras that' of MI a Mary E. 'Futrell, ' of Scotland Neck, Miss Futrell's number was Chopin's Che mo In B minor for the piano forte, and her work showed an intelligence of Interpretation, delicacy, of touch and expression that speaks volumes for her musical future, as Well as for her Instructor's teaching. -. j , i - ' ' -V .... MlMMlsslppI Slerctiant und Murdered Tmrant. Mlsa.. Oct. 14. -Thn nt fL, M. Wennis. a prominent merchant snd farmer Of this plaoe, wss found In the rear of a local drug store to day, his skull crushed and the sur roundings Indicating that he had been beaten to death. Neither the Iden tity of the murderer nor the motive fur the crime ds known, . - KILJLS AX EJiTIBE FA1IIL CRIME OR MISS9CRX FARMER Becoming Dlmatbifled With Purchase of h'eighbor'a r'ann, Joda HamUtoi vwaybtys Jiim After His start' to Another Section In Covered Wagon 4 and. Murders Ulm. HM Wife and Three : C hildren Husbaad Shot .: Down and Clubbed, Heads of'. Wife . ana mikireu Beaten to Pulp, and - Bodlea Damped In Creek Talk of vXynctiing. C . , Huston, Mo, Oct 14. Barney Par sons, a i- farmer-, his wife and three children, were, murdered Friday near Llckinton. Mo! A ' farmer - named Hamilton has been arrested charged witn the murder and, la said to have coniessep. ,-.vV;i', -.-, . " ', Parsons had sold his farm and crops to Hamilton, Snd It is alleged that the men quarreled over the terms of the sale. Parsona and family aetout from their former home in -a covered wagon bound for Missouri. . The body of Par sons was found shot to death and ths mother and three blldren had been clubbed to death. ' Joda Hamilton,; the alleged murder- of," is In, the Houston Jail, strongly guarded to 'prevent lynching.' He is said to have made a complete confes slon, of which ths following la a sum At a . timber-bordered place in the road, aa Parsons and his family were driving. 1 they k were-, confronted by Hamilton, armed, with a shotgun. De liberately aiming at Parsons, Hamilton dichara-td both barrels of the gun and (Parsons fell to the ground . Hamilton then advanced upon him and. ciunoea him over the hand .with the butt of the ran several times. Ho then beat tha head of the mother to a pulp, and after killing, her, clubbed the three children to death. The bodies of an five were then loaded Into a wagon and . taken to the Big Plney creek; about , one. mile . distant from . tho scene of the .murder, and dumped into the creek. . The T body of one of the children has not yet been found. A party of fishermen from ' Houston discovered the bodies-of two of the children Satnrdaw about, noon. A further search brought to .light the bodies of both parents, and word was sent to Houston. i- Shortly aner tne news had been, received there. Hamilton rode Into town on a mule that was reoosmlsed as one that belonged to Parsons, v He waa arrested and locked no In - ialL ' Parsons, who came to Texas county two years ago from the northern tart of Missouri, was quiet Industrious farmer, and never bad trouble , of any sort. Hamilton has also been favorably known over the entire county. - Ths murdered children were agea 11. "four and ona year. The baby's body .was found in the creek to-day. Twenty deputy sheriffs guarded the prisoner In the county jail but follow ing threats of lynching the sheriff hur ried the prisoner away to a safe place In the Osark mountains. Hamilton la only 10 years .old. t .' . W t . mi ,1 , STEAM KKM TWO ON YACHT. Explosion of Pipe Aboard Frederick O. Bourne's Onionia, tn oyster uay Cove, Results In Death of Three of crew and lainrul injury of two Others....--'. ?;, New Tork, Oct 14. A steam pipe exploded to-day on 'the' steam yacht Colonia, owned by Frederick G. Bourne, former 'commodore . of the New Tork Yacht Club, aa aho lay In Oyster Bay cove. Five men aboard the yacht were frightfully scalded by escaping steam and three died aoon after being taken to Nassau Hospital, Tu I, The other two will survive, it was said at the hospital to-night The deadi - . ! . . ALBERT HIP, fireman. EDWARD McGENTY, stoker, JOHN SOUTHARD, fireman. .Tha) Injured: t , Pohn Leonard, engineer. Jamea O'Hara, stoker; ' The Oolonla, ths New York Yacht Club's flagship laat er, is one of the finest yachts In be club's fleet She dropped anchor In . Oyster Bay covs thla morning and., commodore Bourne, hia wits end . their, guests landed. The explosion occurred Just as the Colonia was about to go out of commission for the season. Com modors Bourne had ordered Leonard to take the vessel to Newport and lay her up for ths winter. Some hours af ter ths commodore's departure, Leon ard' and -his crew- went down to ths engine to get up steam In one of the boilers. The boiler would not "take water,"- the tubes seeming to be choked.' So the men started to get up steam In the other boiler, and as there was nra in in rurnacs under it. steam was generated quickly and blew out ths tubea ? Instantly scalding steam filled the stoke hole and the five men tried to grtfpe their way to the ladder. One reached the deck and called for help. Persons ashore on Center Island, the Sewanake Club's home, and In boats In the cove thought the Colonia waa on fire ahd power launches and small boats swarmed around her., - The men were carried to the deck from the atoks hole, a They were suf fering Intensely, belnf terribly scald ed, f-. : '': ':- ?w-jt'!' 1 "' '' A special train took them to a hos pital at Mlnsola, where three of them died,-. i ':vJ-.f,!''iM,.l''ii TENTED CITY OF PYTHIANS. One Thousand Already Camped Out on City Park naca cwnrse at new Orleans In Readiness for Bl-ennlal Encampment and Convention. Now Orlenn. Oct. 14 About .1.000 Knlahtu of Pythias are ' to-nliit camped out In tnt on the City Park race count. where to-morrow win oesm tne m nnlai ' encampment and convention ' of tha KnlahU . of' Pythias. - Additional ramps due to arrive to-morrow are . pecteo to raw - uie ixmuinjTon ov tne frntd Hiy to about B.ooo. The encamp. ment . w'll formally open Monday after noon with Arthur 1, moounrt, major general, uniform . rank, in command. In the important buInms to be trans acted by the supreme council during the convention U nctlnn on a pstitna to ex clude liquor denier and hotel keener who -run bars in ennnaction witn their hotel from rnembsmhlp In Pytblnn or nnlsotlonc The . tncantpinent will end next' Saturday... rtU v :' PytlJnn Special train: In Collision. Nsshvllle, Tenn., Oct ' 1 14. The Knlghta of Pythias "special train which left here at 1 o'clock , to-day over the Nashville, . Chattanooga . A Ht. Louis Railroad, collided head-on with a freight train at White Bluff. 25 miles from here. "i Flagtnsn Willis. of the freight train, was killed, and Engineer John Curran, of Nashville. of the passenger train, was badly sided, jvone or tn passengers I ere Injured. ' Thn freight . . train I called to clear the track In time, ' MAG003; HOPES FOBQUIET CCB, TO PAY ETHA' ARMY.' BILL Taft's SuoorsMor as .Provlitlonal.Gov . ernor Pending New, liot-tlona, Kx . p reuses Belief That Exciting lie velopmeuta tn Island's Affairs Have Come to an Kna Villi lNxttpone ' lAppotnUiient of.- Cabinet Ofllcers ; Indefinitely. Suict. Accounting of Army ' Kxpeosea ,.r Cluvgeablo to Cuban Occupation ' Being Kept for ', Fnture Presentation ht tli Form .ai.m uu.;.' ,-.;;: ,j,tV . ?. Havana, Oct' 14.-Charlea- Ev Ma goon's first, day as Governor of Cuba passed busily but quietly. " The palace was singularly still, compared . with the eventful days of the past regime. Governor Maroon said to The As sociated ; Press that he waa looking rorwarawttn confidence to a peace ful j ; administration. He expressed me warmest appreclaUoni" of, the work . accomplished by . Messrs. - Taft and Bacon; both in tha pacification of the island and laying the founda tion, ror a smooth and successful sys tem of "provisional government. The Governor sees ! no resson to antici pate, farther ' sudden chances . In the situation or any specially sensational incident; he la rather of the opinion that now ' governmental mattera will be of the common place order com pared ?to the exciting -and rapid sue cession of developments of the past two monuis.' Governor Magoon. has announced his decision to postpone the appoint ment ' of cabinet v officers Indefinitely. Hla intention Is to consider thorough- ly the conditions and. needs of each department and this can be better accomplished at the outset by hav ing tne 'subordinate heads report dl rect to himself. By this method the Governor believes he will he better enabled td select the Ministers best fitted for the respective posts. Asked whether he wss likely to permit partisan political expediency toy innuence cam net or other appoint ments, the Governor replied that such considerations might rule to soms extent since it certainly would os impolitic to appoint to high office men to whom a considerable portion of the people was opposed. Ef ficiency and suitability, however, would be the main considerations. There will be kept a strict account ing of such of the expenses Incurred by the American army of occupa tion as are chargeable to Cuba These will Include only such expenses ss would not have been Incurred but for the coming of the troops to ths Island. SHANGHAIED FROM THE NAVY? Sensational Rnory Told by Two Sail ors at wunungton on xneir Trial for Deserting From British Steam er Kay They Were Doped While on Errand From Crniner Colum bia In Hampton Roads. Wilmington, 'Oct , 14. John. James Byrnes and Thomaa Flynn, sailors from 'the British ,-ateamer Ososola, Captain McLean, now In thia ' sort loading cotton for export claim to be firemen of the first class on board the United Stater cruiser Obiumbla. and yesterday before the ; mayor, on trial lor desertion from the Osceola. told a sensational story of having been shanghaied while the government ves sel was lying; In Hapton Roads, where the British steamer .touched for coal last week. They said they had been ashore for grate -.bars ror the cruiser and while ashore - were accosted by strangera who gave them drink and as a result of which they knew nothing mors until they were aboard the Os ceola and were forbidden by the cap tain to go ashore the next morning. They testified that they told the cap tain that they were . enlisted men aboard the - Columbia, but that he paid no attention to them;' that they were brought aboard the vessel to Wilmington, despite ' their protests, and that - tne - first onnortuntlv thev had nere tney got aanore and were locked up for desertion: that they never signed any papers aboard the steamer, and were held contrary to law. captain McLean denied the story of the seamen,' admitting, how ever, that they, were brought aboard at Newport News and were regularly signed, the ship's papers show, under orner names. The latter waa regard ed as of sufficient Importance to com municate with the commander of the United States cruiser Columbia to as certain If there -Is any truth In the story of . the men. Both sides were represented by counsel at the hearing. Tha men were arrested by the local police at the request of the British vice council here, to whom complaint of ths desertions had been made by the captain or the Osceola NEWS FORECAST OF WEEK. New York State Campaign Waxing Warm Dr. crapsey's Appeal From Conviction of Heresy to be Heard Friday Bankers' Association at St Louis To-Morrow. The fjollMoal campaign promises to be livelier from now to election day. in mow totk state (jnaries K. Huches and WTUiiam Randolph Hoarst will (wntlmie .their speech-making tours. Speaker Cannon, Secretary , lioot and secretary snaw wui . apeak in New York. - v "tr,-i . .;,-.-v In Massachusetts the cam palm will now open tn earnest, On Tuesday the American Bankers' Association will open a three dayaf annual convention at 8t Louki. On Friday. the appeal of the Rev. Dr. Algerdon Sydney Oraosev to ths Court of Review of the Ivotewtant Kplacopal Church . will , be heard si Rochester. N. Y. Dr. .OraDsar an- pealed from a diocesan court whsol) iouna nim gwity ot toaohlna-v Ooe. trines contrary M the . faith of , the tTotesoxm jSHsoopni UhUroh. ! x The-amnu conrerance r rn.nii. of Che Indtaws and Other Dependent t'eot'iea wwi ne new at iaka Mohonk. N, Y-Wednesxlay and Thursday. ' Upon vi. ths : re-aswemblv is! ; tha Coitea .At .Madrid., Oct. tto. a clash between ths Vatican and the Liberal IDVwmiinn vi TinniOT: JHWlitnlqueS ht predicted. ' . ; ' - j .,; The rellgMUS marrtiige of Fraulaln Bertlia Krupp. the rtoheat heh-eaa m Germany and the owner of the great Krui'p- eteel v.Yrks t JJeut. Gustav vun Bohlen und llaltutch will occur at Essen, mhenitth PrXuwia, Oct. IB, Mcxlcsa Ambassador Resign. Mexico- City, Oct. 14.JoiuiuIn t. Casasua, Mexican ambassador to the United routes, has formally tendered hla resignation to, President Dlaa and It has been' accepted. Senor Casaaus gave as nis reason ror .resigning .the fuct that for some time past his health has been seriously impaired. SPEAK? IV GREENSBORO. TO-DAY Hon. John Sharp Williams VIH Make : sn Address at the ' Grsnd Opera Home- Rev. Crawford Jackson, of Atlanta, Visits Greensboro Churches : Mt. Airy Wants a Chief of Police. Special 'to Ths Observer,' A V' T J ',' Greensboro." Oct ll.-slohn Sharp Williams, minority leader In the lower house of CongTess. arrived - In "the city this afternoon snd is stopping at the McAdoo Hotel.. . To-morrow afternoon at I o'clock he will make a political address in the. Grand Opera House. Special arrangements for a low rate over the Southern Railway on account of the speaking has been secured and a large crowd Is expected to be tn attendance. A large amount of advertising matter has been sent to surrounding towns and replies In dicate that many, people from other towns win ; near tne- distinguished Mlsslsslpplan to-morruw afternoon, Mr. Williams was met at the train thla afternoon by ths members of the reception committee, composed of the following: Dr. J. B. . Brooks, A. w. McAllister. C d. Wright. A. M. Scales, Julius W. Cone, C. M. Stedman, E. A, Brown, A. B. Kimball and P. D. Gold, Jr. He was. carried at once to the McAdoo Hotel, where he will remain while here. The committee on ' ar rangements have mads ' elaborate preparations for the speaking thla af ternoon, Hon. A. M. Scales will In troduce ths speaker to the audience. The Rev. Crawford Jackson, of the Central . Juvenile Protectory t - and chairman of the executive committee. with headquarters In Atlanta, Ga., is in the city. This morning he preach ed at tha First Baptist church ' to a large congregation and thla afternoon addressed a big mam meeting at the Smith Memorial building. At the mass meeting this afternoon, the opening prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. G. H. Detwtler and the Scrip ture lesson waa read by the Rev. J, juagar w imams. The closing prayer was onerea Dy thj Rev. Charles E. Hodgln. Charles H. Ireland presided over the meeting and Introduced the speaker Of the afternoon. Mr. Jack son advocates lbs proper correction and proper training of dellnquet and dependent children. He has recently aone effective work in Ashevllle. and Greenville, 8. C. He will be in the city until Wednesday. The cases against W. F. Clerr and J. P. Saunders, the hotel men charged witn violations of the mayor's regula tions with reference to the Sunday ordinance, were not called In mayor's court yesterday afternoon and It Is supposed that since the board "called tne mayor down." the cases will be aismissea. xne restaurants . were open ail day to-day and the keepers sold any time they chose. An effort to have other of the regulations modi fied will be made. Prof. J. B. Carlyle. of Wake Forest College, made a speech at the Forest Avenue Baptist church this morning to a large congregation. His subject was -ins xeacner and the Preacher: Their Mutual Relation.". Mr. Car- Iyle's address waa of great intsrest. Several of the officers of the United States District Conrt left thia after noon for Statesville to open Federal Court there to-morrow. . There via only a small docket for the court ana it is prababie that the cases ready for trial can be disposed of before the snd of the week. Two of the police officers of this city have received letters asking whether or hot they wonld go to Mt Airy and become chief of police. Both of the officers have declined. . In the letters asking for an officer from this city it was stated that whiskey waa being sold In the town and the officers there fall to find the blind tlgera It la a common remark here that vou can turn over any rock in Mount Airy 1-S t-11B uu uiiu m Diinu iirer. NEW TItlX FROM CII.UUOTTK. Southern to Put on an Rxttm Train Between Charlotte and Toccoa, Ga. TTw!f!.Add 10 Industrial Avtlvlty . oMif wui juioe. Sptclal to The Observer. Washington, Oct U-As told In The Observer yesterday the placing on of an extra train on the Atlanta division of the Southern Railway to run be between Charlotte and Toccoa, Ga,v, as the result of ths recent conference be tween the members of the Trafflo As sociation of South Carolina and the railroad officials, will add much to the industrial activity of Charlotte and the towns along the Una F. H. McMaster. of Columbia, a member of the association, who wss In the party here a day or two ago to see tne railroad people, said to-day m discussing the matter with The Ob server's correspondent that ths opera tion of the new train whloh has been offered by H. R. Spencer, of the South ern Railway, to run between the places named will add . materlsllv to the business of Charlotte and points along the line. "The putting on of this now train." said Mr, McMaster, "will not only be of great benefit to Green ville, Spartsnburg and other places in South Carolina through which It will pass but will,' In my onlnlon. add largely to the business ot Charlotte and possibly of Toocoa, ths other end of ths line. , Of course, It will be soms days before the arranging ot schedules will be perfected and It fay be some time before It will be known how ths new train will be operated, but I pre sume that a schedule satisfactory to all ths places along the Una will.; it possible, bs operated and maintained. "The running of this train will not only create more business," continued Mr. McMaster, "but will tend largely to - lessen ths congestion ef 'traffic, which at times Is wary annoying.". 1 StmpX-MASTER KUXED. T Mr. F. C. Catlrtt Meets Death Near HWdsvllio, Betas; Struck by a Titans line CroMS-arm Vbrown Front a Car, ' . ,-. : '.'; ''".. 'xr.'n Special to The Observer- ; . , ; c :, Reldsvllle, Oct 14. Mr,, F. C Cat- lett, section master of the Southern Railway, war Kinea near Mixpan, about three mllss south of lteids vllle, yesterday morning. The line men of the American Bell Telephone Company: were - throwing cross-arms. It. Is said, along the road from the moving train at each pole, and one of the cross-arms struck Mr. catlett who was. superintending- some -work along the track.- Death was Instan taneous, ' ; i? -j , Mr. N. d Thompson. dcpu aront of tha Southorn at. Reldsvllle, otl fied Col. Craig, one ot the county com missioners, in order that. If hc-eary, an inquest might be held. Col. Craig decided that it would bvt urn-less. At noon the body was brought to Jteltls vllle and carried to Barber's under taking establishment,, whfie It' was prepared for burial, ' , AMERICANS THE YICTOI : .';. " HEROES , DELIRIOUSLY MOUiU ; Sixth of Championship Series Proven - Fourqt and ' Deriftlra Victory f.w Comlskey's Men, Who Again Won by Stick - Work, Frrnsied Ilero- A Worshipper, CUrlug New Worl.l Itoatee Fight . to Eschpo With ' Dives . From Excessive lHiuon( ra tions Uates Closed - Over Two Hours Berore Game, lf.000 Peopltt . Having Already Jammed GronmU Chicago.' pet. ; 14The Chhuigo team of the American Baseball League Is ths champion of the . world. , By winning to-day's game, to I; against the local" dub of the NaUonal Lesguc, the Americans earned the right .to float th world's championship pen nant as well as the pennant ot the American 1 League, to ride to I the grounds next season In carriages, and to have "World's Champions" lettered en ths blankets worn by their horses. Towday'e game was the, sixth" of the series and the fouith victory for tho Americans. , When the laat National batsman had gone out and ths stunning fact that new champions had been freshly created burned Its Impress on thous ands of excited minds, a crowd surged around, the box wherein sat Charles W, Murphy,,, president of the .losing club. He smiled gamely at requests for a speech and saldi. V i V - MURPHY A GAME LOSER. ' . "Tha best team won. They -won because they played the better ball. Taa S iiik smsssa Isa tna wIu&k a-& VW IIIHVil fy SltOW VSIUUW iro f)l wesu tu President Com Is key . and Captain Jones and the team which by unpre cedented pluck cMmbed tn mid-season from seventh place to the top of thetr own league and then topped off that great accomplishment by winnlna the world's championship from the team that made a runaway race af the Na tional League contest ' I call for three cheers for Comlskey and bla great team.". . . . , vnaer - alter cneer xoiiowea tms speech, but they were lost to the hearing of most of ths crowd, which wss busily cheering ether things the -individual players, ths - players - col- " v., wui w i li mwn tnuiuiuin k.AL I . W W . . . - tnst every one or them had to fight a WAV out tn tha wsltlnv MMt-M-." And cheers for the losers wsre not lacking. They had lost ths greatest distinction which base nail offers to Its votaries hut in atlll - -m and the crowd which followed ' their . carrias-ea thronrh crowd! Klwlra iM . not spare their throats In saying so. BADLY MOBBED BY FRIENDS.: ; Comlskey's rotund, rosy face was wreathed In smiles long before" the game was over, for the Americans put ths victory In ilnnn In tto- nt , Innlnga When Schulte . went out at ' M . .. . W . . . .1 . ' . . ... w wimp tmuj biki .ma great series waa over, Comtskey shook ' handa with such of his players as ho could reach. - The othara w -rlvKt. Ing to sava themselves .from their friends and had no time for congratu- " lations savs pounding each other on the back. . ; -i,...-:,.-... , The crowd seemed loath to , leave' Thousands poured out of the blsach- while those In the stands stood np and watched the spectacle. The veils . and screechlngs of noise-making de vices which had been rending the air all during the game apparently to tho limit were redoubled. It was pande monium let loose. The players tried to cling together. for mutual protec tion, but it was useless. A few mo ments sufficed to make each one the center of a densely packed and halt erased throng out of which each had to ngnt nis way. ... HEROES' WIVES RESCUE THEM-. The wlvea of such of the Americana . as are married wore waiting for their ' spouses in the ear ages te carry them away safely from tne here-worshipping- . moo. a crowo or . very, small . boys tors the wire screen from a ticket ' window after the game - was over and got onto the field merely to stand on the historic ground and share in the excitement. -. That.ths victory was a fairly earn-' " ed one la shown not only by the fact that the Americans won four out of. six games, incldentarty making- it un necessary to piay tne seventh, bnt by the hlu and runs. The Americana all told made 11 runs, compared with II by the Nationals. - They made I base hits, as against SI for the Na- , tlenala. Ths Nationals mads but five errors, compared with 14 by the Americana The latter, also made the greater number of extra base hits, but the ground rules made nearly all of them good for only two bases. AMERICANS PITCHERS . DID IT. Among ths expert critics ot base ball It Is generally admitted that to ths American pitchers most of ths ' "- .y..! l.Lk that ths American pitchers have but II afrtke-outa to their credit against, tt lor . ths Natlonahv The Ameri cana gave It bases on balls as against It by the NationalsNotwithstand ing this, tho American pitchers were effective when hits -meant runs, par- ' tlcularly against such men as Chance, Schulte, Stelnfeldt and Kllng. - Thosn men, all consistent .300 hitters, were alt but helpless during moat of . the series. : On ths other hsnd, ths Amer icans, popularly called the "Hltlem Wonders," batted more strongly than their opponents, who during the sea son had dons the heaviest batting In ths National League. In ' stealing bases the Nationals had a shade over the Americans. -Catchers Kling and Sullivan, ; who caught the entire sc ries, were both formidable to base runners, but of the total II bases stolen, the Nationals got eight v . GATES CLOSED AT NOON. -Over ll.00t paid admissions had been ' registered at ths gste at noon to-day, '' the balmy weather and the holiday bringing them out early. Th grounds being full to bursting, the gates were closed snd play Was be gun st 1:18 o'clock. -Completely en circling the grounds . was a closr iv packed crowd of enthusiuMta SnuJ pennants M-arlnJt the names of O owners' favorite team were In it ;n ' . every hand, one man on U t seat of the bleachers back r-r base had an unvaithly noun,! ; er. - By -turning a crunk It prodlglousn"!"!', half-xroii ii i wall. To th KipiM'HorM . ' i tlonals durlnir tlii I'r-tt i the sound whs t-vir- feeling. A bii I -i- i occupied l-nit T . ' time durlnir th scarroly inn k I ' s COtltlunOU I . i" . 1 -v ) V, I
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