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'i iiv! e.. i Vil ' 4 V. , I . -' J (y 5' ! ': ! i i 7 i v ! - . Y-J 7 V J I , ' v t v J -f-rr SUBSCRIPTION PIZJCE: $8.00 Per Year., J , CIIAliLOTTE, N. . C, TUESDAY ; MORNING, NOVEMBER 4? 1906. ( v;PRICE FIVE -CENT!:). 47 DIEIN RAILROAD ACCIDENT lifter; Ail nebi' to ashes ji,-:i"t '"' ' t'.vv..v- .' TRAINCOES OVER EMBANKMENT ' i .;--', ' Wreck ' Occurred ':-Near Wodville, InL, When , a .' Passenger. ' Train .Loaded With Inuiilgrants Collided "' ' With a Freight oo the 'Baltimore ' ' Oho ' Railroad Thirty-Eight . People Were Injured and Only.'SQ 4i of tbe; Entire Train .Load Escaped, ' i" These Losing Nearly AO Baggage ; ; and - Clothing Victim Are Xlus ; alan Jew -a,-. Servian and A Poles, ' . i Bound' for Chicago, or -Point Vtn Uie Northwest Passenger Wm : V i , Banning In Tad Sections and- With- j . ' " ' out Signals Showing Another Train .Fouowed Heart-Rendlng - Scene -v Enacted at , Station m, Arrival of ) : Wounded. :? .'1 .'.' -T V Chicago, Not. JJ. More than one , half the passenger oa an Immigrant train on the Baltimore Ohio were r killed or Injured In a collision to-day ' between the f naesenger "train "and a -' freight nearyWoodvlU'e, tnd. --;V , i' ; One hundred and sixty-five passen -. v-'-ger were on . the train. Of there 47 ; were "either killed -'outright or were burned to death In a Are that .broke 'v'eut Jn' the 1 wreckage y immediately 'flatter tne collision. : The name of all . - of the dead will, probably never be ; known a 4'f the boldea "Were con- .;' : sumed' la the flames 'or were o bad : ly bunied , that , identification will be : out of the' queltlon: . ' Thirty-eight people were Injured - and '. evaral of -these: will die. . Klghtjr others escap- t r ed tinhurt but' lost : nearly all :: their '.baggage and clotoln'..!,;'Vi''V,) ' The dlsaster;" wae .caused by a " blunder of soma employe of tbe ratl f road " company, .; but ' Just -. where the i blame lies has not as yet been de i termlned." The . passenger , , train, ; which was loaded- with' r Russians, V . Jews.. Servians and Poles, alt recent . arrivals tn this 'c6antry, and' bound for Chicago, or points la' the Nortn ' west, was ' the second, section of . a through ' train from Baltimore. - The .engineer of tbo freight train,-Ko., , ; on Instructions received . at MqCooT, lnd., waited 'at a' aiding at Baboock, . Jndto allow tbe immigrant train 1o ' . pass.'.' One report Is that"' the engl-.-'. neer of the freight train Jiad nobeea ; ' Informed that the ..passenger - train . was running la two- sections; the eth vcr is that, the first section of the pa. ' csehger train carried no: lights orlg ' nls of any kind indicating.' that a second section waa close behlnd: Vi i .V ,v As soon as the ' first section of the , :. Immigrant .train : bad ' passed Ihe - switch at Babcock, the freight train started eastward. A. light snow was . falling which Increased ..the dark , '-.v. ness of the early morning and as the ' freight was rounding a sharp curve lust -west of Woodvllle,' the second - section of the Immigrant train, came Into sight a short distance away; tear ing toward Chicago at the rate of v. forty miles an hour. The two trains , "Waroe eogether with unslackned V ' apeed and in the crash six passenger coaches and several i freight cars were knocked Into kindling wood and together with the locomotives went rolling down the lO-foot embank K tnent. . . . . ." .... MANf - BURNED TO JJEATIL 'l Tire broke out almost immediately in the wreckage and although a liumber of the Injured were saved by the desperate efforts of the train . - crew and surviving passengers , the greater port of those who were Pin ncd down In tbe debris were burned to death. -The flames snread through . the wreckage so: rapidly that It was :4. impossible to tave a number of peo- pie who wars only slightly hurt, but . , were neia . un ' oy - umoere test weighed them down. - These burned '. in plain sight of the throng that stood around the scehe of the disaster ut terly unable to lend assistance in any '- way,- Tbe Ore continued until all of '. the shattered care were entirely con sumed and of the 47 people whose death followed tha oolllalon, 41 were pumea to ssnea. . 1 . Thecrasn of the collision was so '.great that a number of farmers and v other residents a fthe neighborhood came hastening td the scene but they could do . nothing except lend assla- tance to the Injured who toad already .. been taken from the wreck.' - All of : the tlx cars pf the immigrant train ..' were burned, as were three freight ., cars. . ..:-,. i . , . : : " ' Relief train I were sent at once ... from South Chicago and from Val paraiso, Ind., " with every available ' phyalclan. and 1 every possible , aid i ; was glvea to the injured. . A large number . of , relstlves of paaaengert - on the Ill-fated train were in Chicago . awaiting their arrival and-when the report was recelrel that many , had : been killed and Injured in a wreck, v the-scenes around the Baltimore A Ohio, depot 1 were harrowing. Men were there who had come to this .. country , to escspe the massacree In Russia, and who, -after months of Ssrd work had saved' enough Mo pay the peerage of members of their fLimllles, and their grief when they fy-cams aware that possibly air their ."Tacrince and effort had resulted only in the death e( those whom they had ; sought to bring to them, was pitiful. RELATIVES THRONGED STATION - Crowds of Russians and Poles wait . ed around the depot all day for newa from Woodvtlle, and when late in the . afternoon, ' a train came In bearing . the l Injured persons, al of whom were taken to tflerry lioapltal for ' treatment, U' was "wfth ths fv.tw.ai dlinculty that the police were . 'able to open a . passageway - for " the wounded, v Several of the foreigners became so excite,! that they attempt ' ed to attacki depot attaches whose . uniforms led ( them to : bellove ' they were employen by the llaltlmore A ' Ohio ' road. Among the- bounded Who wero blought to tha depot was Mrs.' .Anns Wlilyaa, who- hd rnma from Waraaw to rnept ,her huhnnd. who has boh working here for 4 months. fy. Chlya Is blind and tier huabanrii reeornliod her as ahe was being carried hreuR;h the crow,L - )iefors the oiirers roniit stojt him.-. fell scroas tn atrelrhcr, rarryln? It to the arround snd klxalns; Mm vlf repeatedly, the recognised his voice I snd they clung to each other , so de votedly that it required the ettorts of tow policemen to force them spart. O'.ilyga- struRsled so fiercely that It was necessary to place him .under arrest. He was. released alter being taken out of the depot.- - At the hospital to-night It was said that It would for some time be im posslbleto predict the result in tne cases of several of the1 Injured. VvDR. KIXABD IXSTAIXEBv'''-;!' - ..V ; mi ' j in .. " A--r";t ": A Pretty Rorvlce at RalUbnry Sunday , .Nighw Vhen lr. M. M. Klnard Be. came Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church.' Xx. -.ii Epecial .to The Observer. Vv 'Vjr" -, SalUbury, Nov. II. The inntallaOon" of Rev. prt M. AI. Klnard, of St. John's Vutheran church, last night, was a very, pretty" service - and , wee attended by a large' congregation''. , The sermon to .the, paator was .delivered by Rev. Mr. v. T. Ho b ... vrAu r..,uw. RWVIIUf uv V ' . m vwviiii. Synod, and the charge o the congrsa - tlun br Rer. Dr. Q. It Cox. president Booaer and Mr. . Kir ard ! ware reared bear ' Newberry, . B- C..- -were -Sunday echool boys together, want to college and the tneoloKicai seminaries totet h r and are now . within ' four miles of each other as co-workers-. His address to Dr. Klnard, wes very pretty and Dr. Cox spoke eloquently for the 'oonsresatlonal reverenoe of) the viserenta of a Ood. . A number, of - visiting Lutheran ministers cams hers end took part In the service. ,Dr. Kinara came here Irora the Ten iiemtee synod. He Is a man of splendid ahiUty and a' world of taut and good sfnae. He haa won popularity- with the various denominations ana is timwuot- elly tbe) man for, the hardest Lutheran neia in, tne state. - t . -,. IUPORTED COTTOX- CLOTH DTJTY Subject TTnder Dlngley law to Special ,' in Addition to Ad VValoresn Duty, .. Kays the Supreme Court of the . United Utey :-,. I .. Washlngton.No v. 1 J. In deciding the case of the : United - States vs. Oeorge Biggs A Company, ' tr ' New York to-day the Supreme Coort of the United SUtea held that figured cotton cloth imported from foreign- coun riee ' must pay a specific duty under paragrahp til of . the Dlngley tarts law in addition to the ad valorem du ty required to he. paid under para graph! I0 and 17. K ' c , The case was a test one and the dlclston has been awalnted with jnuch interest by both-Importers and man facturers .all 'over the- country. The om porters contended strenuously against the doable duty as aa impo sition not. intended by Congress while the- manufacturers held out as tena ciously for the added duty as In the Interest of home- production. . H .' - , . i i ;." f :. WILL OCClTTf NEW aUtt-CKS. ''' VV i : ' ., -. .... Eighth . ami Ninety-Eighth ..- Com- panics Df tCoaM ArtUlcry Arrive at Charleston' and -Leave at Ouco for fcuUrvaa'e Luand. . J Charleston. B. ; C. Kov. . : 1 J. Tha Eighth ind-Ninety-eighth comnanles of Coast Artillery, comprising Xour aracera.anauJZa.JJjen, reached Charles ton to-day-from Fort Morgan, Ala.. paving, leit siooue baiurnav. can. tain. T. P. Dwyer. of the Blshth. was in cnarge.-'witn lieutenants' w. - pi. MtcheU, Samuel Frankenberger and George Hubbard. The troops em barked on . arrival for Sullivan's Is land and will occupy the new bar racks at Port Moultrie. WOUNDED, HE KILLS ASSAILANT. - v- . . , ' ii. ';. Georgia Planter, After' Being Faulty rnoi, fires im aian him Attackeu Ujm With Telling Keevjtav , Augusta, Oa Nov. 1J. A special to The1 Herald from. Sandersonvllie, Ot, tells of a shooting affray at Klttrelln. Johnson. -cosnty. In which Herschel Tarbutton. the largest planter la the county, was probably fatally wounded by a man named Tyre, a prominent lumber man. with whom he had had a dispute about a , timber line. Sat urday morning Tarbutton. while rid ing along the road waa shot by Tyre, receiving a terrible wound tn the fanti" hut 1ra a. . ravolvop and ahnt Tyrs in the abdomen death ensuing a few hours later. .. . s .. PARTY PASSES JTJPITEll' 1MJ7T. President - and Thoee-'Wlth Ulm Aboard IiOulslana Well Much In trrestcd la Samlay Ship tanprctlon. (Hrsrleston, ' S. O.r' Nov.. ll.-Wlro-lesa telegrams received here from the battleship Louisiana , with the Presi dent . and party aboard, en route to Colon, show ' that at 7 o'clock fnls morning the ship, with her convoys, the Washington ..and . Tennessee, was at a polnt about 100 miles southeast of Juolter Inlet. Fla. - The President and party i were all well and much interested in the reg ular sunaay inspection : of the war Snip yesterday. ... -..-'. ? -'f S Mlas Srttle Losca SatC ; London. Nov. II. A -Jury In - ths Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice to-day announeed a disagreement In the breach of prom Is suit brought by Marian Draught!. an actress, daughter of the late Judge Thomas - Settle, of the United States Circuit Court, against Hetnrlch Thl sen, described as the son and hair of a 'millionaire iron magnate of Dualdorf, Oermsny. . ' ., Counsel for . ThiaSea announced ubaequently that they-would apply for another writ, ana saia tney ex pected an early retrlaL ;-... V... Aflldavlta 'Filed -.Charging Attorney . , With Attempt to Defraud. , New Orleans. 'Nov.'-'' It. Affidavits charging attempt to defraud the Com mercial Oermania Bank A Trust Com pany of 147,000 and alao charging the uttering of a worthless check for $14, 410 were to-day filed - against Fred Delbcl, Jr., an attorney. . He Is one of six young men examined last-Aat-orday for recent bank swindling. Two other - men are held as witnesses, -r . v . , ' i , ' ;' 1 Mobile Building CVmtractore Declare for Open ' stiop Bests. , ? . Vnhlle. Ala' 1 Nov. 11.- All , ths building contractors of Mobile to-day declared - for the 'open- shop baals. As a result 1,600 men In the building trsdes refused to Work. Only one firm acceded to the demand for, a plosed shop. ; : . MccU -5cst at Montgomery ; Washington,, 'Nov.- It. The nest meeting of the Bouthern Educational Association Is to be held In Mont gomery. Ala, IKo. J7-I0 nexL ..it it nrobable that the -Aeoslca Uon of Southern College Women and the Southern Library Association, i wljl meet at the same time ana riaoe. Four Italians Injured In Wreck, Watertown. N. T'Nov. U. An eastbound train on ths Rome, Water town nd Jtglenluirg division c-t the Kew Central rtatlroad collided late to-day with a work train about two mil.- aouth of this city. four Italian woman were injured, but none fatally 1) AY TOTHPACE aUlSTlON SOUTH Ml'ST DEAL WITH NEGRO Two Sessions -of " Immigration --and Quarantiuo Conference at NahvUle, ' Given Over to Biseuslon by llcpre- scntatlves of Every KvUon of the i houtl- Gov.vHeywsrd Declares Im mlirrstton XfiU Yet Solve the Prolx i 1 cm Enumerate Suggestions That Have - Failed Cliarlenton May pe et Meeting Place. i.. i .Nashville,. Tehn., Nov; U.The Southern Immigration and " Quaran tine Conference, aalde from the ap pointment of committees, gave the day over to speech-making by men, representative of every section of the South. While the conference, which wsa presided over, by It- president, John I. Co,. Governor of Tennessee, was called primarily for the consid eration of matters pertaining to Im- misrsuon ana onarantine.; tna aetion . - 1 of the Federal government in taking I charre of the Quarantines two veara ago, eliminated almost entirely : the subject from discussion arid the dele gates devoted tbe tune to a consid eration of methods necessary to escur Ing a proper share of the immigrants arriving In this country from foreign shores,''- "-s v-sv V i. - f -j . The discussion bad, not proceeded far when the race quuestton came to the fore and occupied the attention of the delegates' throughout the two sessions of the day. ; The sentiment of the delegates-en th negro quatton was ml nf st early In the day In the burst of applause which greeted Gov ernor Cox's statement that the South must deal with the negro- that : the negro mus be protected and his rights preserved, but that political rights must be taken from the low and v!o 1ous of the race. This sentiment was further - 'endorsed when . Governor Keyword,, of South Carolina, :-. who made the principal speech of the day and was . given an ovation, declared that immigration would yet solve the negro problem. : The purpose of the conference ls to bring about a more equitable distribu tion of the Immigrants who reach the United States from, foreign ' shores. The idle negro class causes some ap prehension In the minds of.- Imml- -grants, according to those believed to be well Informed, and this operates against Jhe sooth receiving what - It thinks Is Its proper share of laoorers from abrosd. Varlos plans are sug gested for ridding the South of Idle negroes, and the race question there fore was early: Injected .Into the dis cussion. . Governor Cox. who la the perma nent chairman of the conference, cal led the delegates to order and wel comed them. In touching on th ne gro question Go. Cox said.: ' 'The problem . must he settled by tne south, but the aid and sympathy of the North is essential If they will not help up.T continued the Go ernor,. M If they will not repeal the 14th and 18th amendments 'te the (constitution, then let us here resolve that we will write In the fundamental ' law of every Southern State,' a guar antee to the negro for' protection ef life, liberty and -the pursuit of hap piness, .but forever denying to the vicious and Ignorant all political rights." (Applause.) GOVERNOR HSTWABD SPEAKS. Governor D. C Heyward. of South Carolina, . delivered - an - address ' in wwhlcb he said the coming of Immi grants to the South had - a, bearing upon the practical snd direct solution of - the Tace - problem. : Ifiere : had 4en too much theorising, It eras time for action. He said: . ... .'"Without a precendent ln the his tory of the world to be guided by, nearly always misconstrued and mis understood, the people of th South have for 40 years sought to reconcile differences which were - bound to aria between two races living upon the soli. The race - differ widely in In telligence and moral ' responsibility, tpne bng distinctly Inferior to the other. - Only til a few years ago the Inferior race was In servitude to the superior, and, with no preparation whatever, wag given equal civil and political . rights under the ' constitu tion." ' . , -, r - "Under such adverse circumstances no other people upon this earth could have succeeded as the, Southern peo ple hav . don in mting xlatlng con ditlons, and thbi fact alone should not only give courage and hope for ..the future, but should entitle us to the trnt and confidence of the world, Sectional feeling fortunatly la pas sing awsy and our pople understand each other, better. Problems which were at one time peculiarly Southern a. j -becoming . national. We Ameri cans are more and , more mutually carrying the white man's burden.' We have been seeking for some time td make some, change '.in our politi cal and economic system which will affect the .negro alone1 and wwhlcb will, at the same time, aid In solving our problem, , -,. - 'The white race Is the predominant race,' the Governor continued,- "and the negro must understand once for all that the"boundsof ths social and political, questions will be determined by the white men alone and by the white man's cods. He has a right to expect that his civil status should the same in every respect as Is that of the whle man. ' A. proper1- un derstanding of these , fundamental prlncipis by the- negro and -there is no reason why he should not under stand would, be a long step in the right direction. If he-refuses to ad Just himself , to these Inflexible con dition, then the negro; will have to go, , .-:t'-1 .,:. . TIME, PATIENCB NECES8ART, , - I 4o- not; think.: said hs, "that cohdltlons which are the result ' ot the adoption of any rule or the enact years, can be changed In a day by ment of any special legislation, T' solve the race question will requ're not only time but patience and Judg ment on- the part of the white man and upon the part of the negro. It will call for the -exercise of more common sense and a far greater ap preciation of his moral responlslbll fy." -',. " !; ' ', . ' . Governor Heyward enumerated the solution of the, problem which had been suggester and tried, from time to time, . and all' of which had failed. In speaking of the plan to deport' negroes he said the deportation could not be attended unless It became a national and not a . Southern move ment. Such a move, he said would not be attempted until the negro problem W 1 better '- understood snd mors scuste at the North than "it is new, "in ths couraa of time," he con tinued, "the negro who Is now rapid ly Increasing In certain cities of the North, may by his falure to meet the expectation of the . people of the North anikhla own consequent respon sibility, become such a hindrance snd menace that our Notrhern friends will b' rJy to do something' more than simply give advlc to the iBouth.'" , Governor Heyward did not believe i 4.: races In the South,- was as- bad had been reported. ; ."Conditions are far from satisfactory, -u will admit;' said. "Hut I do not believe that the Southern, people ate. standing on volcano and that, we are not far re moved from a race war. Ou Tace riot in ths city of Atlanta- condemned by the people and press of Atlanta and the South, does not. mean a race war any, more than a similar riot in Ohio is a forerunner, ofi massacre through out tne- worth. 't ..:: "Any solution of our race problem In the South lies as much with the negro as with the White man, but one or the- greatest barriers . to any ad vancement of the negro, is his nature al indolence; This explains his fall ure ; to use., his - opportunity and In this he alone Is reapontslble for the disastrous results which follow," IMMIGRATION TOWARD . SOUTH - - M. V. Richards, land and Immigra tion commissioner', ef the Southern Railway, waa the first speaker at tbe afternoon Session.' " He showed that the tide of Immigration . which., has flowed ror years to the Weat and Northwest haa turned Southward and with a proper appreciation of the needs of white Immigrants the South would easily assimilate the new ar rivals V, w - - J. C Hemnhtll.' of Charleston EL Cw representing Mayor Rhett, spoke nrteny. Mr, ttempnui said that the South must theat immigrants aa whits people should be treated. Mr. Heme- hill favored the strict enforcement of vagrancy laws as one means of solv Ing .the. negro problem, or the remov al altogether of colored men from the South. -' . i..--F. H. Hyatte, of Columbia. S. C, vice president of the National Good Roads association, spoke briefly in xavor oi Better roaas as an incentive to Immigration --A : Col. F. Y. Anderson, of Blrmlnr ham,, took Jssue with Mr.. Hemphill's Idea of removing the negro from the South. Col. Andemon - favored the paying of higher waxes to white 1m migrants and placing them "above the negro aa they, should be.' The committee on organisation to night decided to recommend to the convention to-morrow ths nomination of Governor D. C. Heyward. of South Carolina, for president, and Dr. J. R McMulIen. of Gadsden, Ala., for sec retary and treasurer. Ths committee favors the. holding- of the next an nual convention tn Birmingham, Ala., the second Tuesday . tn November, . TRAVELERS, ENDORSE BRYAN. Commercial Antl-TruKt Ieagae Will Annolitt Committee of 6.000 to DIs- - tribute Lltcmture ' and Orgaalae Bryan Clubs Over United States. " New York, Nor,- It. At a meeting of the . Commercial Travelers' Ant! Tryst League to-day : William Hogs, president of the league. In an ad dress, advocated William Jennings Bryan for the next Democratic presi dential candidate, and 'urged the nam.be hevganiaatonoas. slst tn establishing clubs.4e work in behalf . of Mr.; Bryan..- J '.V'-;f;;', It waa voted that a, commltee be appointed to consist of 8,004 Demo cratic "commercial .travelers to be known as tbe "traveling committee." It was pointed out fnat the members on their pourneys . over the United SUtes will distribute, literature and organise Bryan clubs. It was also voted to establish a "record bureau' in which articles attacking the trusts will be kept to be printed in pam- pmei rorm tor aisiriDuuou. At the meeting it was decided to give a dinner at least once a month to 'Which Democrats Of nrominence wm ds mvitea, Mr. Bryan to bo In vlted to be the guest at tne first. $1,083,1 FOR ENGINEER WORK r- - ii i , This Amount Will bo Necessary for Fortifications Prejected Under President's Order of Jan. 11. '043. Washington, Nov. II. General Alexander Mackensie,- chief, of engi neers, has reported to the Secretary of War that 414. 081.411 will be re quired to complete tbe engineer work upon the fortifications . projected by tbe board convened under the Presi dent's order of January -11, It OS. In stating the amounts which he says can profitably expended, during tbe next fiscal year in river and har bor Improvements bo Includes the fol lowing Items: ... James river. Vs., 1100,000; Cape Fear river, above Wilmington, N. C, locks and dsms 4100,000; Cape. Fear fiver, at and below Wilmington, N. C, 1150,000; Savannah river,, Georgia, 111 0,0 00; harbor at Penaa cola, Fla., $100,000; . Alabama river, Alabama, 1100,000; - Mobile harbor, Alabama, 1171.000; Black Warrior, Warrior, and To mblgbee rivers, Ala bama, 1741,000; Pascagoula river. Mississippi, 1200,000. . r GOVERNMENT VS. STANDARD OIL Dissolution of Company as It Now Exlsta Win be Sought With Reeto . ration to Snbaldl irlee Proportionate .; Share, of Stock. m . .. - Washington, 'Nov. II. While no authoritative statement . could he ob tained In regard to the matter, there is good reason to believe that the government hss decided to Institute proceedings against the Standard Oil Company , under the snerman - antl trust act, with a view of obUlning an order of the .court dissolving the company aa It now .exists and re- storlnr to each of the Tl or SO con stituent companies its' proportionate share ' or tne stocx . ana also com pelling ths observance of the law In. hlblting them from entering into any contract, agreement or understand ing with each, other with a view- to maintaining prices on,, oil. - ,',-';) ITRST ' STEAMia SAILS TO-DAY. The Aatllla Leave . New' York for Ilrunewk-k, s. With General t'srgo on - Brunswk-k Line' whips .' Between New York . anl Havana A Later.--, .7-:V; :" : u NaV York. Nov. 11. The 'recently orsanlxed Brunswick steamship line will begin' business to-morrow with the sailing irom this city for Bruns wlck'7 OuZ "of the 1,000-ton ' freight steamer. Satllls, She will carry a general cargo. ,'; 'k ".'-v .-' .; Later on the Brunswick line will put on three additional . steamers which wll ply between New York and liavsna, callng at Brunswick. , They wl carry passengers and freight. . ( r.HiUi" and Frrnrlt WarHlilim to i)e- v mon-iirale In iloorlsli Waters. ' Gibraltar, Nov. ' 11. The British Atlantic fleet Is to leave here for Tangier. In . connection - with a French fleet of Warship It will en Bug in a demofr-3w In -Moorl:"!! waters, ' The Iliiimh warnhlps wei, provisioned to-night on -, very short notice. that the t antagonism, between i WOMAN N A ILJEJD TO SINK PITTSBUna HAS DAT OF, CRIME Attempt at Crucifixion Brought to - v lilght by Screams of Intended Vlo- llm in Xrnemeut House Had Been ' Knocked In Head and Nails Driven Through Her Hands Three Mur " dcra and Number of Bobberies ; Accompanied by Violence Included ' . la the List of a Day's Crime An .! Italian Laborer Subbed In light tn Boarding. House. jv;;v:.vtl, .UA s -Pittsburg, Nov, It. Pittsburg, ter rorised and likened to a mining camp or a frontier town,. Is the tone of all this- morning's ' Issues ot . the papers, Three murders, a number of robberies on the highway, accompanied by vio lence and an attempt at crucifixion in t4 hours, added to the large number of crimes that . have occurred during tne past two weeks. .The record for 14 hours, besides the murder of Hen ry F. Smith, a young business man of the ' fashionable Ea-t End, who wss, shot by burglars,- Is extended by tbe robbery of .Charles R. Lawrence, ear ly yesterday, morning, almost in the heart of the. city. Nicholas -Lewis, of Sharpesburg. a few miles from this city, was also beaten and robbed. : The crucifixion case was i brought to light by the 'Scream of a- woman In a tenement . en Forbes street, near the Jones V Laughlln steel . mills. Neighbors rushed lit and found Mra, Jean Mitchell, It years old, la the kitchen huddled in a kneeling posi tion,, on the; floor with both hands nailed , to' the draining board of the sink,- with bloodr unnlng down her arms. ..Alongside lay-a hatchet, the weapon with which the two big nails had been driven and which was then used to draw them out. . . The 'woman was unconscious and was taken to a hospital. When she recovered she merely said that when she entered her fist this morning something struck her en the back. of the head and she felt herself being drawn towsrds the sink;, .her hands were pressed against the board and two nails driven in. , The days series of violent deaths was further augmented by the death ot Solatia Randuce. an Italian, who was stabbed in a flgbt among rail road laborers In a boarding house. The others were badly cut by stilletoa and rasors. .-. ; ASSAULTED AND ROBBED. Emboldened by the amarent helo. lesaness of the police and detective forces of the city., the hlshwavmen no Burglars mai nave terrorised :v.'.,.. or-. l1.0 Uy" !ivt apparently extended their operations into Drosd daylight, as well as work ing under .cover of darkness. At 4 o'clock this afternoon af the corner of Sixth avenue and - Wood street. one of the most crowded spots In the neart or tbe city, snd within a few hundred yards of - police headquar ters, Mrs. A. G.' Boy kin was assaulted and-robbed by two men, who made their escape; - lar the meentlmeTredej and busi ness organlxatlonji are holding Indig nation meetings and drawing up pe- tltltins -to the msyor-and the police officials. . A -resolution warning rltt sens to wsrn themselves and recom mending the purchase of t several bloodhounds was presented to the East End Board of trade to-night. and this was referred - to the newly appointed committee for action. The regular meeting of the . Pittsburg board of trade to-night discussed th rising tide of crime in the city and a committee will call upon the mayor snd city ofllclsls in an effort to se cure safety. , . Newspapers are offerliuT' rewards of a thousand dollars for the arrest of esch or any . of the slayers of James A. McMlllen. who was killed week ago, er of Harry F. Smith, At a meeting of select and com mon councils lo-nigm a message from Msvor Guthrie was read urging the need of mora police. Ail buslnene was cast aside and a bill wss rail roaded through- authorising, the di rectors of public safsty to st once put on ths police pay. roll 100 more patrolmen. . , ,r PREFECT KILLS BOMB-THROWEIl Man Who Makes' unsooceesrui At tempt to Assassinate Uen. ruirtnoot le Mtot by Geo era! After Arrest by Members of 111 Escort, Moscow. Nor. II. A bomb waa thrown at General Rhelnbot. prefect of police of Moscow, on Tver street to-day. The general, according to the generally accepted version of the af fair, drew a revolver ana xuiea me man who threw the bomb. According-to the details or the af fair obtainable, the general, confident that the power of the terrorist organ isation, which had long menaced hla life, had been broken by the recent arrests and executions was for the flrst time. In months taking a walk near the prefecture of police, accom panied by a police captain ana two aides. Suddenly a young man on the opposite side of the street threw a, bomb at the general, which fell short, though splinters of the missile pierced his overcoat. 'After throwing tha bomb the terrorist wss seised by two policemen, General Rhelnbot fled to a' neighboring house, but when h ascertained that he was uninjured he returned to the scene, ran to within two yard of the prisoner and shot him through th hesd. ' Th general's assailant, who was dressed as a workman and was about tt year old, has not been identified. " It I said that th escape of Gen eral Rhelnbot waa due to the explo sive In the bomb having been chilled, th weather being extremely cold, , FEDERATION OF LABOR MEETS. President Gompers y Replies to Ad .. dress of Welcome by Governor V Johnston at Opening of Mianeapo lls Convention. :,.",'.---,'.'', t Minneapolis. Minn., Nov.' It. Th J4th annual convention of th AmerU can Federation of Labor was opened to-day with - the - annual report - of President Ssmuel Gompers. who Out lined the progress of the tabor move ment throughout the country 4 ' At th opening-of -the mf-tlv a band of 110 pieces,-picked from the Iqeal musicians - union, played the Star Spangled -Banner.-fit. V , . V ? President Gompers was the first to rise and the rest of the convention followed hi example. Governor Johnson welcomed the Federation and wished It Godspeed In lis : work for fthe uplifting of. the laboring men of the United Htates. . -tv president Gompers ' In " responding, pointed out that even In times of groat prosperity many people feel the pinch of want, "This not tha result of some unknown lnw," he said, "but mismanagement ' and ft Is for tie - to work for fairer distribution of -th production of industry," , , ,. , CEORGl.VS FUtST NEGRO FAIR. . i;?:j:.; s, ;., .-... -Booker Wasldngton One of the Prln Hpie Speakers, beys the Gathering W ill be of Great Help .at This Time . ; Hecaase at Despondcttcy Felt Over wecent Troubles, v :y i'k v Macon, Ga, r Nov. ' 11. Ths flrst colored State fair In the history of the race waa opened here to-day with a large , attendance. - An opening - ad dress was tnsdO by Booker T.'Waeh rnsrton. . There la a good display of agricultural products, negro tnven-1 tlons, women's work, fine arts, slav ery relics and handiwork r of tha crafts.. The fair will continue for one week with special. days for a physi clans' congress, woman's day, educa tional . day, h religious and sanitary congresses, addresses being delivered at each by1 leadlnsr men of the -race includinr Blshou Hs M". Turner, w. u, Crogman, precldent. Clark University, Atlanta: Dr. It. W is. vrwen, preai. dent Gammon Seminary; Dr. - E, j. S, Or eon end othera. . - '- y ' ' Washington said the fair would' be & great help at this time when the negroes felt despondent : over recent troubles. There wss no need to de spair, he said, for a good good chance awaits every negro- in the Souta wno la .law-abiding and industrious, , The trouble caused by the idle. Ignorant negro- he declared. Hi advice was to work and learn and come into closer touch with ths white people; to see that ths law waa obeyed and crime punished lawfully to live In the coun try It possible and become Intelligent laborers. Whereever the ngro Is treated unjustly they wilt And such treatment reacting upon the morality of white people. , l "We are two racea together.", ne said, "we did not come here of our own accord but were forced to come. That gtvea us a claim upon the right eous sentiment of America that no other nation haa . Let ua not be dis couraged. We are making through out .the South progress In education, moral and religious, .and must not believe that every white man In tha South ready to throw us down. There are strong influential whits men In every community who mean to that we are treated Justly. SUIT AGAIXST SUBSIDIARIES. Ohio Concerns Allege to be Connected With and Under Control of Stan, dard Oil Ok Petition Filed Ask ing Discontinuance of Operations, Columbus, O., Nov, 11. Suplts were filed In the Circuit Court at Lima, O., thl evenlnar hv Attorney fleneral ' Wni Riiie eint roue subsidiary comnanlea said to be controlled ty ths Standard Oil Company ot New ejrsey, to prevent the further operation of the alleged combination popularly known as the "Standard Oil Trust The companies nsmed as defendants are the Ohio Oil Company, the Solar Refining, Company, tho Buckeye Pipe Line .Company and the Standard Oil Company, of Ohio. , - , ; , Tho petitions allege that the Stan dard Oil Company, ef New Jersey, owns .-and - controls alW the stock of these four companies. V except 'an amount sufficient to - maintain a , di rectorate and a corporate existence In Ohio. -- It is further alleged that the-control ot these companies Is exercised In restraint of trade an'd In contra vention of ths anti-trust laws of tbs 8tt. The p.tltlona ask the court to oust the four companies from their as sumed right to permit their stock to be controlled by the . Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, and that they be prevented from continuing their operations as auxiliaries of tbs so-called oil trust. FIFTH SENTENCE TO HANG. flaw lint; Condemned to be Executed Dec. Fat Iter Tells Judge Unless New Trial is Granted Blood Will be on His Hands. Valdosta. Oa., Nov, II. J. O. Raw lings to-day, for the fifth time-, was sentenced to death, Monday, Dec. t, being fixed for the date of execution. Before sentence was passed to-dsy, Rawlinxs protested the Innocence of himself and his sons, concluding with a warning to the court, "If you do not give us a new trial, our blood will be upon your bands." ' Rawllnga, his three sons and Alf Moore, a negro, were convicted of tha murder ot two children of the Carter family, near Valdosta, more than a year ago. one son was given a Ufa sentence, the other four being under IBmlth. Mra. H. M, Victor. M lea An- sentence of desth, to be executed InnTe- Wilson. Hamilton -W. Wilson. J Dscemberv ' II .Tamea AV. WiwnMh Tknni, Tm-S PRELIMINARY LAW . QUESTIOX, Caae of Contempt of Supreme Court In Lynching of Nrgro in Whose fas Conrt H As-xmed Juris- , dlrtlon Set for Dee. , , Washington. Nov. "it. On motion of Solicitor General lloyt, th Su preme Court of the United States to day fixed Dec. rd for hesrlng argu ment on the preliminary law ques tion Involved in the case of Sheriff Shlpp and othera of Chattanooga. Tenn In which they arc charged with contempt of the Supreme Court In connection with the lynching of a negro In whose cas the court had assumed Jurisdiction. - Th chief Jus tie said that th hearing would be confined strictly to th preliminary question 1 and would be without prejudice to any other interest ln volved. - v.-:-:--'.n ' - '.t-V FAVORS NEW FOOTBALL RULES. Harvard' PresMent Bay Satordsy' Game With . Carlisle Indian An-.- tiearrd :' "Firo From ' I'naecessary ;' ltoughneaui, ''.,-; -,y. .v.i'.-m.-.; 'Boston. Nov; 11 Football under the new rules, aa demonstrated la th Harvard-Carlisle gam at Cambridge Saturday, meets with favorable com ment from President Chsrles.W. El iot, of Harvard University, In en In terview mad, publlo to-dayk Preal- 1 dent Eliot. whoa attitude toward a. .ai4 . I si ', ias asjasailsa ' ls aean 1 til 'Vst . ir-e niaue B " " I ?1"a - ii.L.-.J dropped ;.. frorn Harvard s aWetlo I schedule., attended Saturday contest I and expreseed his enjoyment of the Tmm MWlW.fSv ha eelit. - en nearer Aa i gme,MwWfcVh said, appeared Ao mm- tree irora unnecessary . rougn hess, .'V ;'S.' '-.''v,,:,. Secretary of Southern Cotton Assorts- .1 1--', r: tlon. to Resign.;, '. ' AJtktntla, . Oat, Nov. 11. Richard Cheatham, secretary of th Southern Cottou Association, announced to-day that ha will resign his position' at the expiration-of bis present term. The resignation, he said.- will be presented and become effective at the meeting of th executive commltt In Blrmlng. ham, about the mkldlo , of Januiiry MwxU Mr. Chestham eald that hli work with the cotton Journal requires all tl time. , FEWJEB- nOUkSv,M0GE PAY DEMAND OXCLDKD ENGINEER Dclawarev Lckswa Jt Western Will Pay Ssu.ooo to gJS.OOi) Year tu .-Men Employed in This t'apacllv V" Principal ; Question Between New York, New lisven A Hartford ami ; New York Central and Engineer ; Wages to he l'ald After iJecirlilt a- . .tlon of Koaul strike to be De lr . ed on Erie Position of Latter Itoad - as Outlined, by General Manager. New York, Nov.- It. The scale -of wages and the length of tbe work day were the issues at various' meet- i tags to-day . of grievance, committees representing the engineers and - fire men of several of the railroads cen tering at New. York. '-,--.-,'.'.' -, - -At a conference to-day ' between ' President W.- H. Truesdale,' of tho Delaware. Lackawanna Western, and a committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive . Engineers, including Grand Chief Warren - H. Stone, tho engineers were granted a J 0-hour day . and Increases In. - wages -aggregating for th 900 engineers ISO, 000 to 35, 000 a year.. . ;. , V Committees representing " the -: en glneers of the New York, New Haven i & Hartford and the New York Central Railways met to discuss tbe demands thev are to make upon - these , two lines for higher wages and shorter hours of labor. It is understood that' , the principal . question which , the ". grievance committee of the engineers . ' will taks up with the New York Cen tral concerns the wages to be paid to V the-engineers on the line when the) electrification of-the road is . .com pleted. . '-'- : The poll of the locomotive firemen''. Of the Erie Railroad which, Is being taken for the purpose) of determining whether or not to resort to a strike In an endeavor to enforce their dJ T mands. according to Grand Master1 ' Hanahan, of the firemen's urgaulaa- Uon or the Krie Railroad, haa resulted in an almost unanimous vote In favor '' of a strike, so- far as returns have, been received. '. - The adjustment committee of 'the engineers is formulating a set of de- . mends to be made upon the Erie, lrJ respective of the demanda of th fire men, s-, '-- -i .f -f-.M .-. ff....-; The position of the Erie Railroad In ' the present situation was outlined to- , day in a message' from J. C Stuart, general -manager.,' - ' . ' -. "' The position taken by the' Erie." explains Mr., Stuart. "Is not one of refusal. We have ' told ths firemem -, that we would pay-them the averagn " rate, which seems to us fair and Just ; but we are not la - a position to ea-- tabllsb a minimum Erie rate based on ' ths maximum rates of other lines.' ', urand Master Hanahan. said to-. night that he and two committees of ths Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- -men would hsve a conference to-.. morrow with the officials of ths New York Central and the New York, New , Haven A Hartford. --' -.-! , THE, HOLT-TATE' WEDpCNG.' ... i Quk-i, But Pretty Ceremony Perform- tn a iTivate Bnite tn the Hotel -'Raleigh New York Choaew for the ' Honeymoon Tho. Contracting Par- ' . tire Ponulav Charlotte Yoonc Pro- " pie.-: .1-.. y:?x.i '.""Ir'' Special to The Observer. Washington. Nov. is. This even ing Miss Lola Holt and Robert U Tate, of Charlotte, .were, married at -tbe Hotel Raleigh In this city. . - The wedding waa very quiet, being witnessed by only a few relatives and -friends of the contracting parties, and. took place in ths parlor of a prtvat suite. The room was tastefully deco rated with ferns and potted plants .- and an Improvised altar was arranged' at one end. - The beautiful Episcopal ' ceremony wa performed by the Rev., ' Clement Brown, rector, of Ascension ' church.. - - - :' T-'j ' Tho bride wore a gown ot lace with rA and otangt blossoms, and carried.. a shower bouquet of lllllea of the vsl-, ley. .The bride and groom entered. the room together,' The only sttend- snts were Misa.Maud Holt, a sister of; the' bride, who was maid of honor. and John A.- Tate, a brother of the groom, who was best man.' Iramdl- ately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.' Tate, left for New York on' a bridal trip. , After December 1st they will 1 ' bo at home la Charlotte. - . Among those present were! Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Vance.' Mrs. Sue Walton Brown. Miss ' Brown, Nell Brown, Mr. 'and Mrs. B. R Mason' Miss Polly Mason., of Washington, ,D., Mrs. Oeorge W. Montcaatle. of Lexington. N. . C; Mra, . Frank B. yiniH W. Wadsworth, Thomas Ran IdoTpTrPegram. of Charlotte; Mr. an nd Mrs. II. B. Hsmmond. of Columbia. S. C.: A. Hugh Hammond, Jr of Co lumbia, and D. Hold William, of New Tork. '-, -.;.. ..'. t-V:',.-. ' Mr. Robert L. Tate, the groom of thla marriage, la a popular young cotton mill man ef thla city. He has a host of friend In North Carolina. He belongs to on ef the lesdlng families of the Bute and la liked by alt who know him intimately. The bride Is a daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Holt, of this city. , She is pret ty, attractive aad is a social favorite hare. '-; RESULT OF PRACTICAL JOKE.' John Marlon. South Carolina thlver alty Stadent Reretves Herlous In juries as a Result of a lTank lr. . Woodrow -Very ML. !-,.; ;;, '' ' Observer Bureau,' '-'' ; V-'-.. '"'-;'' " 0t Main Street. . ; V' . v . Columbia. 8. C Nov. 11. ' J.r John Marion, a South Carolina Unl varsity student, waa carried hone to Cheater te-dsy on account of injuries he received a few days ago as a re sult Of a practical Joke perpetrated on him by two other students. His fel- ' low-student aet fire to waste papr they placed In a tub ever Marlon's room door while hs was asleep and yelled fire. ' He was so startled that he Jumped out ef hi window, severe. ly and possibly permanently Injuring hi bCK ' - v " t t i Hta hrother. Malcolm Marion, also ft rtudent. went home-wlth him on sc. - ., i .. n . .. n na him. They are the sons of ... . . Dr. James Wood raw. the venerall theolngisn, scientist and rapltitli.t l very ill at his home, here, ' Little hr- is now. entertained -of permanent I -pravement In hla condition. ClUd Wtfe'a' Throat Cut, urp- ... ' by JlU-ilmiHl. ' Richmond, - Vu., Nov. James Wllcher, I years ii - a wife of .two yeiira. v.m- her mother, Mrs. 8. J. V her throat cut. sup posed v t bund, here to-ninia, i i ed t" live with him. t i - ' attempted to kill j.-r. rhanoe of r-o -t -f n . liwt boon a I i r. ' f
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