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V r i , ' v w 5 GTJESCKIPTIO:! TlUCU .1 3.00 PER YEAR. CHARLOTTE, N. FRIDAY 1 10RNINO, NOVEMBER 30,-lDOa, ; SVi?. Vtf. .- TTTn" T'TITi rr-vrf f I J 'V;V I y . ' ;. 1 FrESlDEHT SFEMCER KILLED, .IBM 37 TELESCGFES FEIYATE GA3 ... -s. .. ' r . . ... , 1 - d ' I.".; " , ,'.,, . '. "'" '- .. &. . V : i vjlled in sovnniiur wreck Jlr. Spencer, With Ilia Ouests, Messrs. Schuyler, Fisher," .Redwood and i Merrill. Was En Route to Friend ahin r r n m. . lluntinr' Trln u-kZ- iint nrrnrrfii-Trains "When Accident Cnrred oralns Collided Ten Mues eoutn oi uyncn- burg. No. S3, to Which the Pma ' dent's Special Car J Was Attached, Standing Still No. 37. Was Kan ring About SO lilies aa HourMr. H. B. Spencer AocompenieeA- He mains of Father and Others of His rarty" to Lynchburg, There Proced ing Them to Washington Aboard a Special Only An Official Invest!. ' cation Will Place Real Cause) of , Accident. y .'. ; 'J "yf; " Lynchburg, VaV1 Nor. Samuel Spencer, president : of the Southern Railway, Company,, and recognised, as one of the foremost men In the de velopment , ot the Southern States, ras killed T this . morhlnf , at :10 o'clock v la .. " rear-end collision In which' two r fat ", sguth-bOund passenger i trains were y Involved 10 " miles : south ... of .':. Lynch burg and a mil ' north ' of Lawyers depot In the same wreck three ot the President's- guests wars killed. Only Mr, 8pencer'a private secretary, a -A.'-Merrill, of New Torkdty, and One of the" fcbree -portere. sunrlved the accident. y y; ... .-."y i The dead" are: '': '''- V'-"' .'' r. PRESIDENT SAMUEL SPENCER, Washington, D. C '-; ? , !,,-. h a CHARLES , D. FISHER,' of Balti more, 'Md. '."."u.. V ' ;. V.3r- PHHXIP i SCHUTLER ' fit ; New .fork city. ,', ;.' FRANK. T. REDTTOOp,. . of "Baltl- D. W. DAVIS, of Ateandrled, jVai, f private' dispatcher, to Presldeat Spen- ' J.',"W. SHAW-dled later, in . the - Lynchburg ; tlospltaL ' T- K.K. AN UNKNOWN PERSON, - whose - head and limbs are burned oS short, who Is believed' to be , the third por ter on the private car: who 'U miss ' Ing. ' Bis name' cannot be learned yi The Injured arej . Lueretla AUeiVf colored, Panvine, ' Vs4 . leg broken and amputated .be- Tow the .kneej'- left- arm. adJ-brl. en . V WlUts -J. Winston, , 231 r East U7th street. New fork city leg .had. ' ty broken; W. Pollard, colored. Spen cer, Oreman, v.ldiy crushed and both legs broken; parland Thorn- i as, colored, ' Greensboro, N. Ug ' broken and badly bruised up: P- E. Values, ' oolored,C Waynesboro,, Vs ' badly broken up and bruised; rQora , Logan, colored, .Shelby,. N. . C, . both legs broken:. Sam Cox, colored, portey on the private Car, tt $1 First street, Southwest, - Washington, -1 D. C;,. leg broken; J.; W.' Cruettr;' tBalUmore, supreme organiser of the Heptasophs, : back badly wrenched: Son Hoglan, colored, Charlotte, N. C badly bruls- - ed leg; P. A. Merrill, New York 'city, ' private secretary to President Span cer, head and arms badly "burned. '' Will rtoovero'-i-'-r- - ' - - . Mr.. Spencers destination' ..was Friendship, N, C. where he waa go ing on a hunting trip with Messrs. Schuyler, Fisher,. Redwood and Mer rill. as his guests.- . v "; vk ENGINE" : PLOWS INTO f. SPECIAL, i The eelllslon A eras between train No. 18, the Jacksonville express, and ; No. ' 17, the Washington South western ' vestlbuled - limited, ' both ' southbound. The heavy engine of the Southwestern train plowed Into v Mr; Spencer's car .which immediately ' caught fire.; The wreckage waa piled around the engine and every portion of the wook work on the engine was burned and the engine torn and twist- sd Into a useless mass of debris. , V Passengers were taken from the combination coach of the forward train. They Were "literally covered . with heavy baggage thrown through the partition of the baggage compart- ' menL Most of them were badly hurt and all sustained cuts and bruises. .The rescue work waa begun af soon as the news, of the wreck was received here. A special was quick ly mads up and doctors -Terrell and Carroll hurried to the scene. Anoth- er special ook - Dra. Taliaferro, Far , row and Rawllnge an hour later, . , The Jacksonville -train was com posed of a mall car, combination day, baggage and passenger coach, two Pullmans - and. - Presldt Spencer's car, which was . In the rear. The sleeper In front of Mr. Spencers car was wrecked ' but' not burned. The regular day coach and a forward . Pullman were practically uninjured, but the combination coach, second from the engine, was crushed, and It was In this car that all the negroes , among the wounded were hurt. PASSENGERS ALL ASLEEP. President SpenceV and his party occupied the rear car of the forward train and as far as is known were sleeping when the collision happened . and the probabilities are that ell of them, excepting . Dispatcher Davis, were klllod instantly. It Is certain that Ufa was extinct before the flames tniirhoit than. lrMMant Hnncr'l V 'hody was burned a'mont beyond rec ognition, as whs that of Mr. Fisher. T he body of .Mr. Schuyler was taken from under the train before it wm burned very- much,- having hcn , singed only slightly. President Srcn . cur's ear was attached to the rear of the Jacksonville train, which was standing still when struck. - ' , President Spencer was lying direct ly under the big locomotive of the ' rear train. Bo groat wits the force of the Impact that the forward train was sent at least 160 feet ahoad, the v locomotive going ovir and upon the. body of Mr. Bpencer." Until Rfr the debris burned IW-lf out and tho en gine cooled off the bodies could not be removed. The Impact drove the .combination car forward and the ex pre car lift ed up together with Its truck end i crushed the car forty feet, leaving the remainder of the car strewn with tons of . ItHKsne; ami colored j)iiHiigcr. ' hn were pushed lii k ' mi' tho xiieSv , car c-ix .lit! k the cpmbinatloB car Ilk rats. The combination car did not leave the track and la clearing ttia track the express car was hauled .to a aiding, a mlla distant, on top and in ths debrla of .the combination car. How the colored passenRers in this department, which is known at the Jim Crow part of the train, escaped, none of them being killed, U beyond explanation. . ' .' TRAIN TWO nOURS BEHIND. The wreck occurred enlhe crest of a eteep grade when the Atlanta train could not have been running 'more that to miles an hour, if as fast. Had It . been a mile or two south,-the number of dead might have "been frightful, as the train was about two hour behind 1U schedule,' a condl- t tJoa ia ths s"rads that would have j of mor8 than 60 mil4a an hour. r It waa reported at first that Engi neer Kinney, of Spencer, i N. C. who was in charge of the engine on the Atlanta train, - was killed, hut this proves to be incorrect.' Kinney suf fered only a few slight bruises and cuts, i which were dressed and he did not go to a hospital. -. v , Mr. H. B. Spencer, the sixth vice president of the Southern , Railway, was a passenger on a northbound train from the South, 'Which reached the scene of the wreck a few minutes after it had occurred. ' He scent sev eral hours there until the charred re-1 mains of his father , were taken from under the - locomotive and - then he came to this city with the remains of his father and those of his party. The coach, . containing the corpses, was side-tracked . in the yard above the city. Caskets were procured for them. . These were placed In the pri vate car of -President Stevens, of the Chesapeake A Ohio Railway, who waa ' passing through the , city with his family, the. car having been ten dered "for 1 this use'' by President Stevens.- This car and the one con taining the remaina or the killed were attached to a late train going north end the remains were transferred to the caskets-while the train, was in transit, - , O'i;..-';.' - . Dispatcher Davis was alive, when he was taken from under the wreck age, - He was crushed about the low er portion of the body and. waa con scious, to the end. Bt asked that word be sent to his wife and child. The death of Mr. Davis was. touch ing. He stated to , his -rescuer : that he knew he was dying and knew that the end could not be. far al- f Place your flager, on my mouth." he said. "It feels so cool and - good.", - He pleaded with the gentleman, who was also a passenger, on the train, not to leave him, and tor ten minutes the man stayed -. with him. until .he ' saw that nothing could be "done for, htm. PASSENGER TALKS OF. WRECK. F. M,;; Curtis, of Jamestown. N. T., who wss s- passenger on the Jacksonville train, naw one ; negro porter go through a lady's grip-. - He saw him throw away such things as were of bo value to him and appro priate" those things thafhe wanted. Mr. Curtis declared that he would have certainly killed. the porter if he, had something to do it With.. In Che rear of the Pullman which J wss smashed. . said . Br. Curtis, Ithere wss a mother with .- a . lx- iiiuuLiis-viui u-ufi . inry Fan ,jh . drawing roomj .- which ' had ,. been smashed, but strange to say ; they were not hurt in the slightest. They were-gotten out and taken to safety. At tar as I know the train attaches did not aid in the first relief, because they had gone both ways to -protect J the-two trains from -other and more serious trouble. - . -'' " "One of the thlngsvthat struck ins forcibly war - the heroic meaner In which the colored . passengers who were injured bore their -eufferlngs. There waa practically, not -a. sound from , them. They , were laid out In the . fields . adjoining . the l- railway, where they remained , for 1 several hours until they could be placed ia a coach and brought to the city."4-. Mr. Curtis has in his possession a valuable case of jewels which - were handed to him ny a laoy. He -does not. "know to whom it- belongs ' and why it waa handed to tins. it evi dently Is the property ef .some one of , means, as it contains a heavy, set diamond ring .and other Jewels--, of value. ."'..' -vJ..V.'::v .;,-. BODIES KOT TET REMOVED. County Coroner J.. W. Davis, at th request ot. th Southern' officials. Went' fchia afternoon to the scene of the wreck for the purpose of holding an road. Vnere he became assistant, to Inquest, but he found the bodies bad the president.. Upon the death of been removed before his arrival ' He' President John W. Garrett - of that returned to his home In the- suburbs. rosd Robert aarrett became Its pres and to-night could not say what steps. Went and Mr. Spencer was associated w.J be taken to-mrrow.. The Jacksonville- expreM . naa the right of way in the block and engine pert ' the train : ana - prooneaea - two miles, one of whUn was b nd Law yers, before the engineer noUced he waa without nis iraiAt v ir u sy ue tht whea he osssed Lawyers that tnt operator there gave-Rangoon a clear block, , without noUclng whether or not the rear-end markers were to bo seen before he did so. ' '-" 'In the absence of an official state. meiit. excepting thU the operator at Rangoon waa at lauic ina siaiemeni la btiina accepted here. It la possible that a railway investigation .may de velop that the Rangoon operator let the Atlanta train Into. the block on an crd.r from Lawyers that the block aa tlear, the operator there thlnkbis the tralnleas engine, cleared the block ano the rear train oaxv.d Rangovu befor it could be stoppid wh-u -h misake was discovered ' ,:.,',"v'- '...' Should the Investigation snow mat the Lawyers operator gave a clear track after the engine passed his sta tion WJMOUl . nouns mo rearenu markSra then the cause of the acoli' dent was at Lawyers andnot at Ran goon. -Only an official Investigation will reveal this. " ., ' At 10:10 o'clock It was aoertainea lrom a reliable source that D. J. Maddux. . the operator at Rangoon. a ho was on duty at ths time of tho accident has disappeared and ha can. n jt be foifad. although rallwsy cm. dale have mads an effort to locate him. ' '- '"' " ' ; - .'"." Judge John iiorseiey, division coun sel for the company here, and As sistant General Suporlntendent M. H. Coapman, of Danvillo, sre In charge of the remains. Mr. II. B.- Spencer having preceded 4 he trsln on a special made up here In order to be In "Washington upon the arrival of the regular train. ' : -At the city hospital to-night all. of the injured persons are reported to be doing nicely. All are expected. to recover. v.i" ' ''".v-- ' '''..'' I ; Honor Mr. Sencer's Memory.; M Special to The Observer. -. Wlnston-Kslem, Nov. 29. At a; railed meeting of the board rf trade of VVInston-Halero held to-nUht, reno- lutlons of sympathy and r poct to.hia buxlncss headquarters were In this the family and associates of I'rcaident liy. its wss one of the most prom S'umui'l t-'pncr, of the fconthin nint railroad , men In the United: llnllWHy, whose untimely death oc-. Mutes snd for nearly 20 years had curred this morning, were-, pushed. 1 hcn at the head of one or more The following committee wn named , (rrr-iit railroad enterprises. At the to rrTMnt IlilM community t tnvjthnn of liU death, .In 'addition to the funeral cereinnnl"; l, VV, itinnlinw, I Houtherti l" whs irf"llent. "nd a dl 1L li Fries, 1". 11. llanos and ltio rector lu ti Alabama Great. South- presldent'of the board ef trade, F, 3, Lilpfert . ' -:!.-- .;',.' s.- ;'-; Adjt1 Gen. Sllckle Pays Tribute r to .. .. . . ; President bpeucer, : .',."'- Mobile, Ala.. Nov. t. AdluUnt General William E. Mlckle, United W7 ViVl r mT egranr of oondolence to Mn. Samuel bpencer and promulgated orders by command of General Stephen u. "uee. on the occasion of the death of Sam. uel Spencer, colonel and aide on his staff, paying high tribute to him as comrade, soldier,, and cjtlsan. , ., . a- news' snocKsBiq 'financier. J. Plcepont ' Morgan x Informed of President Spencer's Death J nut as Me ' Is Knterlng Church Turns ' Deathly Pale and Is Carried Home i In Carriage By a Friend. : New York,- Nov. I. Newe of the death of Samuel Spencer: in the Southern Railway, wreck reached J. Plerpont .'Morgan Just as he was about to ' enter Grace church to at tend . the specie) Thanksgiving Day services. W hen the news ' of his friend's death was told him. Mr. Mor tal n turned deathly pale. ; "Whatl Sam Spencer T". he almost shouted.- "My- God, , man m Sam Roencer deadT" . . -... -' ' . He trembled until his limbs almost gave way. Several friends, thinking be was about to collapse, ran to him. This . is i. a ' terrible shock." . Mr. Morgan said when he had somewhat recovered nimseu. can i say any thing now. - I was never - so shocked la ray life," - - Southern "Offloialj to Washington.1 " Birmingham,, 'Abk, Nov tt.--C H. Ackert, fourth vice president and gen eral manager- ot the Southern, with several other Southern oftUlala, were on ' the Mobile .division , to-day When Informed of Mr. Spencer's death. The party Is to-nlgbt hastening to-. Wash ington by way oi Atlanta, on a special train. 1:' . Bodies . Arrive at Washington. . c Washington. 'Nov.- !. The 'special train bearing the bodies of President Spencer and five others killed- in tne wreck near' Lynchburg. Va., arrived here at 10:40 -o'clock to-nignt. , Ail the Injured were left in the hospital at Lynchburg. . Second Vice Presi dent Finley. and General Counsel ' J. P. Thomas, of the Southern, returned tiA with th, fwitn. - ' "v ' ' ' : SKETCft OF SAMUEL SPEXCER, 1 ..(. ;t v ' . -v. . . '. A Kative of Georgia, Who Rose From . an II amble Berth to the Top Rung of the Ladder His Life Devoted to ' the Science of Railroading . and Crowned-With Phenomenal Saocess -'His Work With thr Southern ? Marvel of Modern Industrialism .i Served In the CooJederate Aryny ' ; Mia Generoelty to the Home of His .",' Boyhood -Days. ,-,..i.,'i!f.H v' Special , to. Thai Observer.'- ' Columbus,' Ga4' Nor.-li.--fiarauet Spencer was" bom In this- city March S0th, 1.47,1 being a son of Lambert Spencer and Verple Mitobel. He spent his boyhood dtra at the resi dence m Wynton.1' that Is 'now the tiome'ot 'Lloyd Bowera- He -attend ed the school el John isnarrw one ox the most oelebrated'vef Colarahus an-. te-bellum school masters, .wnem wn It years Of age he enlisted under the flag of the Southern Confederacy. He waa a member Of the Nelson Rangers, composed of the - flower of youth. Youne Spencer served ; nearly , two years until the doss of the war. Up- on .his return from the war, Samuel Spencer resumed his studies, going to the University ef Georgia, where In IMS he graduated with first honors, sharing the first honor with Judge Allen Foote." He then went to the University of Virginia, where he took an anaiheerlne course; Upon his te ctum home . Mr. Spencer began work under Engineer enarp as a cavu en gineer, building the road from Ope Uka, Ala, to Qoodwater, Ala. . When this -work was 'completed . Mr. fiharpe went to. Long Branch, N. JH to sur vey a road ' and Mr. Spencer went with him aa assistant superintendent, ; - Mr. Sharpe went ; with fne Balti more A Ohio Railroad and Mr. Spen cer went with - him. Mr. . Spencer became superintendent ef the Old Vlr srlnla Midland Railroad from Alexan dria to Danville, the road on whlcn he met death in such a terrible man ner to-day. He-subsequently went to the Long Island Raw, road and . later hack to the Baltimore A Ohio Rail- of -the road. Upon the failure ot fne nreaident's health. ' Mr. Spencer be came president of the 'Baltimore A Ohio Railroad, serving In that, capaci ty for soma tims. - i- -. ' .. Falling of re-election he was em ployed by J. P. Morgan A Company, of New York, as railroad expert He then undertook the reorganisation ef the Richmond A Danville-system, and converted it into the Southern Rail road, and he has ever since been at the head of that great system. How the Southern has rapidly ex panded Into one of the greatest sys tems In the Unltsd States under ed verse conditions Is one of tnm mar vels In the history of railroad, man agement In the United ttsteal .-' - .- Mr.-Spencer married- Miss Louts Penning, daughter of the late Gen. Henry L Banning, ' who wtra three children survive. , These are Henry Bennlng Spener, sixth vice president of . fne Southern Railway; Vlvan Spencer, an attorney at law In New York city,' and -Mrs. James Lane, of New York. . He Is ato survived by two half-sisters, Mrs. Stanford Mdses, wife of Lieut. Commander Stanford Moses ef the United - states navy, and Mrs. Frank E. Calloway, of At lanta." .v- .' , , Mr. Spencer has-been generous to his boyhood home la more ways fnan one. It was only a short time since he gave a thousand dollars to , the CoTuinbns Toung Men's Christian As sociation. - Telegrams of ' condolence were sent Mrs. . Spencer to-day ... by Mayor Chappell and various Colum bus dtliens tn Wnlch the wish was expressed that ' his remains rest In Columbus. . - Both , his parents are burled here. Mr. Spencer had homes In New' York and Washington snd had lived in fne North for a good, many years.'. ', .'; i- .-:' :.,...,,;.. IDEN'ntTKP W1TII WASr ItOADrt. President KjwmTe's Cftreer ' Usll rond Men One of Wldo Siwl Vrled : VtmnnXUtM, : ., " ' . . New York, Nov. I.- Samuel Spen cer, president of the Southern Rail way Company, who wss killed In a v iwk of a train' on the ouihrn l:nllroad near Lynchburg. to-dHy, was a resident of Waxhlnston. but era Railroad Company the Cincin nati,, New Orleans A Pacific Railway Company; the Ueorgia Southern & Florida Railway, Company, and the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company. He .was also' a director of the Cen- ..vol Da r n.nM. : t- t-t MiiwauKee & tst. f aui Railway Com . tha Hallrosd nmnn .h, pany, the Krie Railroad Company, the Northern Pacific Company and other corporations. Air. Bpencer was pres ident of. the Baltimore A Ohio Rail road Company in 1817 and-1811 and later was appointed receiver for the Richmond A Danville Railroad Com pany and ' for . the . East Tmismmil Virginia A Georgia Railway Company.' tie was a. memner or the Rapid .Transit Commission of this city from mi 'to 1804. .f.'-..-v..v.; Mr. Spencer was born la Columbus, Oa., In IS 47, and ovas educated in the University of Georgia and the Uni versity of 'Virginia. . In 187t he mar ried Louisa Vlylan Bennlng, at Co lumbus, Ga. '.- " ..-.'- . , i . Mr, Spencer's railroad career had a most humbje beginning.' When he left the .University of' Virginia In 180 after taking a course In civil engineering- he entered the employ ot the Savannah A Memphis Railroad and was ? assigned to work as road man wHh a surveying crew. In the succeeding .: three years he ' worked gradually up to the position of prin cipal assistant engineer - of , the road. In 1871 he left the Savannah A Mem phis to become clerk to the superin tendent of the -New Jersey Southern Railroad and a year later became assistant supervisor of trains for the division of the Baltimore A Ohio Rail road. In ,1877 he became superin tendent ' of transportation for the Virginia Midland Railroad and a year later was made general superintend ent of the Long Island Railroad. The end of' another year he was acting general manager -of ; the trans-Ohto division' ot the same road and in the next six-years he became successively-third .vice president, second "Vice president' and - first - vice president He was elected president of the entire system In 1887. - retaining this posi tion for-one year. A few months af ter his retirement - from ' the presi dency of. the Baltimore A Ohio he became associated with the firm of J. P. Morgan Co., and assumed . the direction of s that company's railroad enterprises. . - '-. ...... . v,j. j.; (.. SORROW; AT.' SPENCER'S DEATH Greensboro People Shocked by News of tho Wreck Tlutnkaglvlng Day. -Special to .The Obeerver. .'A' Greensboro, Nov. f I. News ot the wreck, tear Lynchburg. . Va.. thl morning. In which President tpen;cr and ethers- were killed,- waa received here with much sorrow. The - late president of the road had many warm friends -In r, the. city, and they were greatly affected, by the news announ cing ttie death of this man in such tragi -v manner. He. was on his way to. Climax; where be has a large hunting preserve. He had with him a. smaU-pany .of frlenda and -they, were to .hunt during the day on the preserve, aa. had been Mr. Spencers Custom. ,' - . 4 , - .- .; -,!' , i -Northbound trsln' No. 14- ,vas standing tn th yard 0f the. company hers-Trhen ehe'-eewa oJ-the -accident wms received.. Several letBcIals took the train here. and went at once Ut the scene of the wreck , The trains, which are due: here early In the morning, were bulletined . "Indefinite ly, delayed.;. vA'. V ','A ; - Work : on the Improvement (o be made at Piedmont Heights has been reounwi, after delay 'of. , several months. The cause of the delay was, the failure of. the, com parry to avgree. with:-the Greensboro Electric Company , on the price to be paid for the construction ot a line to the prop erty, which Is located Just a abort distance, west, of the city, - The man ager of the concern la jiow here and work on grading the streets, putting in . sewer and water has . been com meuttd, and in a few- raonchs the street car line will be completed.' -- - Thanksgiving Day, was gee raMv obsetved in the city. - Services wore held In nearly, all -pt the churches, anu.many places ff business wire closed during ail or a part ot the day. The city schools, mills, factories and business houses gave holiday to their 'employes.'' ". '..'. '. ' -(. 'j',,:. ; The . Rev. Melton . Clark.. ,of Florence,' 8. C the new- pastor of the First Presbyterian church,' .came here to-day and preached the Thanha giving sermon to his congregation. He will come to . Greensboro about the first of the year to make his home. The American Cigar7 Man matur ing Company Is to enlarge its Uotory here. .When the plent.wa am start ed Jn the city It leased a big five story building near the center of the city. Th4a building has been put chased' by the company aad they will build a large addition to it. ,t The weekly pay roll of the company pew amounts to more than 13,000, , ,The Salvation Amy this morning sent . many , baskets of provisions to the' poor people of ,the city. These were contributed by people of the city and much of It was carried to the city schools , by the children i. and they turned It over, to the. officers of the Army. . Four waxon loads waa. the amount that the children gave to (he cause, end Superintendent Swift wss n.ore than gratified, at the. result of the suggestion made , by , him . The Rev., William O.. Hubbard. vice president of the American Peace Society and. a : prominent minuter. spoke In the Smith Memorial ootld.ng last night on the subject "The vvond Movement Towerd Peace." . The dec tore was heard . by a number of peo ple who thoroughly enjoyed hearing the spesker.,; He presented his cause In a most forceful manner. ' TESTERDAT; AT.. THIfl , CAPITAI- Spexdal Servlrea at Three Cliurches , Two . convicts , vug . iiome . Tlicir Pruona .;'''."' e'fni , Observer . Bureau, , i TT The 'Hollaman BuHdln. ' , ' 'jr..-. ;.,x: Raleigh, .. Nov, : ,V 4 '-Thanksgiving psssed offf tnbst pleasantly ' There ' were servlcee at earee churches, - special exercises - at orphanages and at soldier' home. Ten. turkeys Were sent as.glfts to th latter place. V Business . was (almost entirely suspended. 1 "T i'i-'f'vf. The two convicts : named ' yestbr day got' tnelr POfdone and ; went home.t '' '' 2" ' ' X ' Kate Auditor . Dixon and Treas urer Lacy had an audlnnce of 800 at Wakefield at Junior prdor .celebra tion. ' , ,; , ' ".' I'rofcssor Carlyle, of Wko Forest, spoke. Auditor Dixon si oke to-nlirht at Tucker's Orovs Sundny school. Governor Glenr delivered an ad. drees at the ' tpworth Methodist church hre.'i ' Klrt Vice President A. B. An drews l.-ft for New York niir recelv iir nowo - of PreMld-nt spencer's ii . th. The news caused dt-p r gret here, - Y: .'''" miL IIEpBICK A f ME MAN JURY'S VERDICT "NOT GUTLTT At 13:20 Yesterday Jury to Case ot y riiuip c. Uedrick, Cluwgea won the Murder of Gray C Wultaker, ;. iTonounces llim Innocent, Wlui , out fciHx.ifylng , the ' Ground for Their VrrUlct Not Examined as to , Ills Sanity, But Released at Onee , Holih . InXormal Keceptlon wiu , Frlcndii and Lawyers" .Judge Se verely CrlUclsea Verdict of Jury. Bpeelat to. The Obsersfiv4--iwi VS . Salisbury. Nov. Ifc-At 12:40 thle after noon, Philip Hedrick walked from the court house a free man, the Jury having rendered a verdict of not guilty at JO minutes peat !.- . . . ' ' The verdict wa received with en un usual demonstration of.elapplng bands In which the attorneys Joined heartily. Judge Ferguson rapped ' for order and Instructed the officers to arrest any tnaa who partook further in the applause. When quiet was restored, L. It Clement moved tor . the discharge of the prisoner and after sonre remarks upon bhe de cision of the Jurors, Judge Ferguson so ordered t. '' '-'- More weening,' a Thanksgiving sob of Joy, took plncevet the announcement of result Philip Hedrick . and his father fell Into eaoh- other's .'arms-and the lawyers Joined the love feast that went all tbe way round with the ' relatives and closest friends. Tne defendant erled for sheer Joy and he walked over to Attorney Prloe. who had congratulat ed -hltn, two days after glvins most vigorous prosecution, . and saldr "Mr, Price, I want to shake hands with you because I have nothing against you and I know you were doing your duty." The prisoner held an Informal reception with his friends and then, accompanied .by his father, drove to his home in David son, to Join his ; mother and his two children -'.--' -'- ..- c "' .-"'1."' Upon what lssuee tne jury souna roe defendant innocent does not sppear tn the verdict. When .Clerk Frank MoCub- blns said: '"Philip Hedrick. stand up. Jurors look upon tbe prisoner? prisoner prisoner looa upon m jurors. . . nuw you find" there was the most nervous silence when S. If. Hart., a slant and foreman of the Jury said: "Not guilty." They did not Indicate whether they had. acquitted ' mm ' on the piea - or - smi-oe-fenae, temporary: Insanity, or following the evidence of eonaplracy. There ' was some, talk here of holding the prisoner for. Inveetlgatlon as to his sanity, but Judge Ferguson said he was entitled to his liberty and ordered the officers to dlaehsna-htm. Aa Hedrick Went away crying, he turned to his lawyers'' and said: "i win ce oaca.io see. you wnea I can talk." ....i..i--,,"'.' Solicitor ' Hammer ' suggested '- before the discharge of the prisoner.- there should be some Inquiry into the sanity of the . prisoner whose, acquittal . ha thought attiibutlble to that plea. It de velnode late this, afternoon, however, that the Jury did rot consider this more than It did the other phases of It snd timnan vmnilhT kftse all n la red the day for the defense. s Jndge "- Ferguson . evidently did sot think, too highly of the verdict and gave the first rspnmana, xenue as it was. in his career as a Judge. He. said; "We have now- reached another mlle-oost In the eVoarress of the human famllr. This Is the end of a tragedy and of 1 won't say a' farce. "This trial -.disclosed , the evils which surround the - human family, and the danrer of .violating any of the commandments.- Those who ro the road the deceased traveled, may -expect misery and eh' untimely -and a dlreutahle grate, lor: they 'may he spared that to have, thefs cud Of : sorrow . filled ' to the overflew- and -drain - thebltter dregs Whch they-foree to the HPS Of others. "The ' la eswtnat lynching Was pro mulgated at tbe first criminal trial when the Almighty ' turned the 'guilty Cain loose, a wanderer and a vara bond, and n roe! aimed that whosoever harmed him should be avenged eevenfold.- The Jury in this esse ny tneir veraicu save saveo the defendant from punishment but have not in-my mind, taken away his guilt They have taken upon the community, a portion ' of that guilt without lessening hla The doctrine of a law that la high er than the written 'law, which was pressed In this esse. Is dangerous to so ciety. The seed which has been sown, may fall upon ground, adapted to Its grqwth, snd if ons man, under the. Idea of a moral right as hs construes It, may violate the law so may others. The thief may persuade himself that he may take- property to . feed - and clothe his family from those who have Plenty snd perhaps made by bis labor. -The mob in time of financial depression, whea the wheels of Industry are elogged, may break Into the storehouses to take food and fuel snd clothing for a suffering family or break Into - a - place where money is deposited snd take It to buy that which the necessities- demand. "Every man who - has - a : borne and property, who has children hs la-edueat-In a- for aaafut c Itlsenshln. . should dis countenance the doctrine of the higher law. When the substantial eitisens Jus tify an act in violation of law, a coun try must reap the consequenies. The prisoner' Is discharged." . it . There will be some Slight esses dis posed of to-morrow snd a . few motions on the civil docket but the court is now about over, t Judge Ferguson goes sway with praise rrom every-siae or boiiit visi tors, end. - indeed. - the- county, line- not hud e Justtr one, nor an abler deflner of the tew,,?. .v. v . , -- TRAINMASTEn BtgrNETT, HURT Popular Official ef tbe 'Charlotte Dl v vision' Caught Between Two Cere . ou Spencer Yards and Internally " Hurt Taken1 to Salisbury Hospital. Special to The Observer. ;', .' ' SpencerrNosi ,M. Trainmaster O. M.i Bennett, one of the most pop ular " Southern v officials " hereabouts, was severely- Injured on' the yards here to-dsy." - ; . v '..,, ,: j . Mr. . Bennett started to - pass - be- .tween two box cars standing on a dead track In the yards, whan a shift ing engine, without warning, dashsd Into the forward cars. Mr. Bennett was caught between the Dumpers of two cars shout the middle of - hi hpdy and severely 'crushed.- Intern al Injuries, th extent of which have not been learned, were sustained . , - vHe was immediately removed to a hospital at Salisbury, and If hie con dition permits, will be transferred to a Charlotte hospital on the belated No. 87 at mldnlghti Capt ' Bennett Is 40 years old. and has many friend all along .the division, i y v r CAPT, EDMUND BERKIXEY DEAD General ''Agent of ' tWhoard Dies In l'lilla1clhla 'as Result of Opera ' 'tion Performed Throe' Weeks Ago. Phlladslphl'a. Nov; -1, Captain Edmund . Berkeley, ' of 11 Atlanta, - Ga. , general agent "of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, died It i hosplUI here to-day as the result of an operation' performed, three week ag o'. :a CPta1i Berkeley . waa , promi nent In railroad circles and was years' old 'J,M;.','''',..1;jtv. f. - lutu' i .- -irV rr- iJr i . 1 ji li mi it '' " 1 I A DOVT1L1S TIUGEDY AT MACOX. Georgian Rltnois Visitor After Order .. tng Him tn liCave and Is HlniMif .; Killed By Unknown Hands, - ..v , Macon,' ' 6a . , Nov "It .'--Horace Smith,-a young man, who was a vls-i Itor at the home of '4o:k Jones, near Wlntervlllo, (ia ., yesterday was ordered to leave, as he ,v! under ths Influence of liquor. While, going down the front steps ; Jono shot rimlth, killing him Im" 'iitly, snd some one shot Jones t ourh 1 the head and he fell deml ti.-ar 'liln own victim. It l, not known who fired the f.i al shut at Jones, , RIGSBEIS INDICTED AGAIN.;'; A Second' Bui of IndJctment U Sent In By Solicitor Brooks and a boo- : ond lUtch Dovclops. 4 Special to The Observer. " I s Durham,' Nov. II. Thle morning Solicitor Brooks sent a new bill In the case of W. T Rlgsbee, charged with Illegal voting. ' It will be remember ed that on yesterday the original in dictment against him waa quashed on account of two of the grand Jurors who found the hill not havlnc paid their taxes as required by law. The new bill, was sent the first thing to day and later on ths new Indictment was returned.'1', ';.;.. y . Then this afternoon there came an other hitch In the ease. It develop ed that Captain J". F. Free land, fore man of the grand Jury, had not paid his tax at the time be waa sworn tn aa f rand Juror and that it was not until this morning. Just before tak ing up this case, thst he paid hla tax. On this account the counsel for Rigsbee moved that the entire charge against their ' client be quashed., There was long argument ot counsel for and against the prisoner, this ar gument testing until time , for court to adjourn this afternoon. . Capt. - Freeland, the foreman of the Jury, .who had not paid his tag until this morning, wss candidate for mayor at the time ' It Is , charged that young Rigsbee voted Illegally against him and "for the, present mayor. Mr. Paul C. Graham. By the quashing of the bill et Indictment yesterday; It fell to the lot of the man who It la charged " waa voted against, "to And the Indictment upon which toe is to be tried. - Now come the further complication that this man waa not the lawyers claim entitled to act aa a grand Juror. - . ..- , i. WERE OX WRECKED TRADT. Three Dnrham People ' On One of . Trains Which Figured tn Yester v day's Wreck Flag and BlbJe Pre seautlon,- Special, to The Observer. ' ' , ' 4 Durham, Nov. II.-The news of the terrible rear-end collision -near Lynchburg waa received herf, tn meager - form, - this morning , and throughout the day It was the talk ef the town, people on all aides ask ing questions and trytng to get the facts. On on of these trains were three Durhem- people, ' Mr- ' George W. - Watts, Col . Benehan Camergn and Mrs.- T. M. Gorman. A tele gram waa received from Mr. Watts early In-the day that all three were aafe and were not hurt la the least. To-day the local council - - Junior Order United American Mechanics, went out to the Glenn school, several mile from the city,' and presented one school with a flag and a Bible. The Juniors went In a body and . In connection with the - presentation there were several' talks made. There were a large number, present to witness the exercises and .' hear what was said. -, B--BJJfc-tSSaS-saWaaMsW FATAL GUNNING ACCIDENT. . . . ...... Mft . Peary " lhani, .of OrantUe . 7 . ... rJ Kr- Discharge of HI Toung Nn?hw 7 Weenon 4ewee , .. Vildow '' Several Children.-' 'f y i Special ; to The , ObMrvar,-, ; Oxford, Nov.; 21. An accident oo eurrsd to-dsy near Oxford whICo has cast a gloom over- the . community. Mr. Percy Perham,' eon of -Mr, J.' B. Parham, was shot- by the accidental discharge' of a gun in tha hands - of his young nephew, a little - son of James Parham who accompanied his uncle and his two little boys hunting. They were crossing a ditch when the gun accidentally- went on ana rne en vil" T.rh.m w . r. liT yesterday tn charge of a dep. JS2e?T'hi. "Ih-I,nnS?Jn5lty. resentenced at the term SLrt?n thafi 1Pb?i mw in session, for the murder of his tataV causing death before a pnys - . - i.,..I1H . vAd- S.A Bh7fo;.h!Cw,.. tak eeVSis small children, also an aged father .nt nuihM ..a ..v.r.1 i,ti,.H ..ii and mother, and several brothers and sisters. ' Hi wife Is a dauifnter of Mr. Theo. Cheatham, and their home la about Ave ml lee from Oxford, DRINKS COGNAC AND DIES., dilM Aboard Steamer B Retakes Tt for Water Mother Attempt to Throw ' Herself Overboard, i : : New York.' Nov. 1 1. Eight-year-old Vladbnlr Bayer, who was , with his mother, Mrs. M. Bsyer, a. cabin passenger on the Holland-American liner statendam, which arrived here last bight, died on November II, as the result! of drinking eight ounces of cognac., The child' body was burled at sea. ' Vladknlr wss In the stateroom with his mother, who was suffering from ses-slckness. The child, saksd for, a drink of .water and the mother point ed to a bottle on -the shelf The child mistook the cognao for water ths two bottles were together and drank the strong, liquid. , y The ship's physician found ths lad in a comatose state. 'AIL efforts to revive him were futile and . he died the following day. i, ' y , ' - Mrs. Bayer, attempted to throw tierself overboard after the ' child's body, had been lowered Into the sea. She came to America to join her hus band, who resides In Cleveland. , - v; i TtlAGEDY AT HICKORY.'.' : . Roberl Helton, While Under Influence of Llqnor, Shoots and KIKUs HU i Wife,.- : '.."'..',;, v Special to.The 'Obsemr.- v -,':" , Hickory. Nov, ll A tragedy oc curred to-day In tne eastern part of thai eltv. Hnbart Helton, a mechantn employed at the Hickory1 Furniture ' nation to the Governor on account r Factory on returning bom from ai: falllng.-halth. He urged that It h day hnnt under the Influence of accepted at' once, so that the county liquor, provoksd quarrel with nls executive committee.., which I- meet.i wife and ending up by shooting her Monday to arrsnga for a primary to In the foreheed. She died about one select a successor to Treasurer Gard hour after ths dressing t the wound.;-r. mar arrange for a choice . In a It le (nought death resulted from the: similar way for hla successor. concussion as the skull wasn't free-( The executive committee . of - the tured. - The only eye-witness wss the Southern Industrial, and Immigration oldest child a twelve-year-old boy of Association which met at Nashvillo extraordinary. Intelligence. who. says "father snor mama." immediately after tne snooting tieuon . was rested, and Is being held for a hear ing to-morrw. Tbe affair la a very aad one, as there are two little chil dren left motherless In a poor house hold. ,,; : ' "e.5'-'j ; ' .- SCI1MITZ WARMLY WELCOMED. . v ' .-, ,. ... . Sa-s "lie Has IJeen Maligned bj the worst Set or Newspapers That Ever Cursed City. , 'San Frsnolseo,; Nov.' 21. Mayor Bchmita. who cut short his European trip to hssten horns to face chaieea of, extortion and graft In the oi:- for which he was Indicted by the grand, Jury during his absence, was wsnnly welcomed on his arrival at mtdnlsht. In speech Mnyor Brhmtts said he had been mallanod by the "worst Set of newspapers, that ever cursed a city," and that the at tack was against union labor, lie declared It niiifht yet be necessary to form a vigilance cunuuittti. EXECUTIONDA Y POSTf 0 ' NEGRO ItJIPIUI.VJJD in : m John Henderson, Son Hi Carolina Nc- gro Sentenced tr J'ia Xo-Iay lir. 4 celves Reprieve 1 Tom ,Kemor Ueywerd Case Referred ' By tiov ruor to Trial Jude sjuI bolk-ltoe ' For Recommendatloo Itcprew-n-j tatlve la Delirium Immigration 1v ".' pairtnient CaUes tliiu - loo Iinmi grants Seek to Come to houUi CaroUna Want New Cruiser Trn neewee tb Receive Its TeetimouiuU C'harieeton, '.', .... rfi'ittiiv'' Observer Bureau, V - j v- s',H. ""' t Main Street,- -.' . v - Colombia. S. C, Nov. JI. r Governor Heywsrd to-day granted a respete to John Henderson, the ne gro under sentence. to be hanged at Sumter to-morrow. , Some time ago petitions were presented to the Gov ernor, asking that .the- eentence of Henderson be commuted and the pa pers were referred to Judge Klugii and the solicitor who tried the case. The recommendations la tho matter , have not been received by the Gov ernor, but to-day aa the-time was drawing near for the execution Gov ernor: Heywsrd ' telegraphed. Sheriff Emerson that h would grant the re spite until January 18, - I07. The date la fixed in- order that the board of pardons, which tneeta la January, may bear the petitioners for Hender son, and the final determination of the case will be left to the board, who, will have the benefit of recom mendation of Judge 'and solicitor. Henderson was convicted ot the mur der of his wife,'"-, j-1-..'' , -The dispensary aa made another nivmut tn tha inanAl fnnrl Ka Ina the fifth Installment . of tlA.Ons each. There Is now 840,000 to the credit of the school fund, th first of : the month. It Is expected that at least one - other $10,000 Installment and after - that It la not so certain that the schools will. get any more money from the dispensary this year. IMMIGRANTS FOR-SOUTH CARO- ' ;-.' 'j-'Nu'Y-vV .- LI3iA. a cablegram -came to Governor Heyward from the Belgium office of the south -Carolina Immigration de-, ST"" Ma Spa-wifMB, B - IVS , desirable Immigrants , booked - for South Carolina and wanting to know what to do with. them.. The' agent appears to have lost communication with Commissioner Watson and want ed to know how to proceed. Com missioner Watson waa encouraged by tne news, nut us said that tbe.de-. pertinent would In no case accept so . many from any ope country at a time, though this would grve oppor tunity for selection.- and he consid ered That tne message meant the certain success of the - trans-Atlantic line . of Immigrant steamers to Charleston. .':?', :' ' ":; ' THE TENNESSEE ANp CHARLES t . . TON. f . j.-' j ,' '-, An effort Is being made to have the testimonials tn the port of Charles-, ton. Editor Hemphill, of .The. News pun, wui iwi mat wvwuws .it J w m worklng hard to that end. but aad, Courier, and Governor Heyward no answer nas Deen received from Governor Cox. of Tennessee Tne xennesseo executive-promised vn Governor and Mr. Hemphill to have the ceremony In Charleston as New Orleans already under consideration, was not selected. .The understanding Is that the. christening will not be at New Orleans, hence the' activity here. ; ADAMS TO BE RESENTENCED. . ' R. A.T Adams,, tha Colleton - man who has had such an exciting and re markable run of the gauntlet ot -the courts and , who has had all avenue of escape rut off now,' was . carried V- . f 1 1 . , V . I . while 'under T. sentence ot r! I-Tl. a.,Z r ren after the Supreme Court had e nied hhn a new atrial, carrytng his shotgun Into the field as he plowed. He was finally captured in his home at night by the sheriffs posse. The case haa been to- tbe Supreme Court several times since on various points and alleged Irregularities, but no new trial has . been granted, although after-discovered evidence waa alleged to the effect that at the original trial a woman witness -was Intimated Intp testifying falsely.- v:' - A decision has been handed down In the Supreme Court, denying a new trial to Jsmes ganders and Arthur Whitener. Chester negroes convicted or enuraenng snoiner negro nameu Mack Anderson. , The decision means that the defendants will be resent- .bAa J ak O Ika aM A aiaAaes fn T leVWU mt vuv Nva w wvuia tur Chester to hang, and they will hang If the pardon board doe not Inter fere. ,:-' ... '. -1 ',' -'STOLB DECOY LETTERS. V ' ' Trth negro' Sab Williams," who was cam ht by decoy .letter handed tbrortgh an Inspector, pleaded guilty to the theft of the , decoy, letter, though no other case were . proved against him. He was given a year at hard labor. Hie arrest was the result of the disappearance of about 110 packages In this section In the course of a boat three months, what Poastmaster Ensor termed a 'Teg utar saturnalia of steeling at the time: Tranafar clerke and railway mall clerke were -' nnder suspicion. mwkA III Ik. Mnll U..U. m this section wss worked up over the matter. Tha arrest of Williams was followed by,. e.sudden.ceesatton 0f stealing.- - ' - Judse et Probate T. W. ' Whatlev. Jbt Aiken county, has sent In bis rext?- recently ana wmcn eieciea uovernor neywaro presiaeut, i win , meet here sr-,on uecemocr i. The objecte of the meeting next Week are set forth aa follows: "First to outline aa active cam paign so -that the -purposes ot tho orranlstlon may be effectively car ried out: second, to adopt by-law snd such other rules and third. t . transact sny other business whUh irsnnnct any omer ousmi-sj w may be brought before the body No Troublo Among Men - on t' ' Wastliiiigton. Norfolk. Va.. Ndv. SI. Tho-i from the 1 crullers . Tenncwf V8h1ngton - declare that the n" mutiny on tho Tenn.-s-.-.i -while the cruiser wui ti i; ' r the Isthmus for tho retnm I ward and not durinT t t : count w a!.- J i'r i . , AH ii how i! ( -l.irej tit - the Tenne-- th .. --. In f . Ing cn lined f.r t-i .-r was no trout.i.j emcui ti.- i . 'WaaliUitt.-.i. ' ' -'
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