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'ntffifi ii pen i pi ininrnK
ri y u J u illy oU sJ'i tu , I i! y l 1 1 Lyi v
Four Cars of Local Passenger Train
Das h Down 50-Foot Bank
12 Miles North of
Greensboro.
BROKEN RAIL, IT APPEARS,
WAS CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
Richmond Division Superintendent
Oneof Victims Wild Scene
of Panic at the
Wreck.
REIDSVILLE, Dee. 15.
Before most of the pas
sengers in the two sleeping
cars had been awakened, and
while the occupants of two
passenger coaches were just
beginning to stir after a night's
ride, four rear cars of train
No. 11 of the Southern rail
way were dasbel down a 50
foot embankment from lleody
Fork trestle, ten miles from
here, and twelve miles north of
Greensboro, killing ten men
and injuring 35 other passen
gers. . : ' . '
The cars, that left the track
landed"ih'a-small creek that
flowed beneath the trestle.
The wildest scene of panic
prevailed as the sleeping pas-!
sengers attempted to escape
from the cars, amid a scene of
death. ,
Taken to Greensboro Hospital.
The wrecked train wns operated
locally between Richmond and At
lanta. It carried sleeper from Rich
mond to Churlotte and from Norfolk
to Charlotte. At Reedy Creek treotlc,
after the engine, mall and three bag
gage car had passed over the trestle
In safety, two coaches and two ideep
ers were derailed,' from Home defect
not ascertained.
The Injured passengers and train
men taken to St. luke's hospital,
Oreensboro. Flagman Hngby of Rich
mond wan probably fatally Injured
while Conductor Coble of Richmond
wan slightly injured and had a narrow
escape from drowning.
The Killed.
, The names of the victims are:
JOHN A. BROADNAX of Greens
boro, V. E. HOLCOMBE, a lawyer, of
Mount Airy.
EDWIN BKATON of Denton. N. C.
FRANK W. KIL.TJY. formerly of
Portsmouth, Va., present address un
known.
A. P. CONK, superintendent of the
Richmond division of the Southern
railway,,
D. C. NOLAN. Pullman ear con
ductor.
conductor.
O. H. WHITE, traveling auditor for
the Southorn.
Flagman unidentified.
Flagman Hngbl i" '"
.Flagman Charles Bagby of Man
chester. Ya.. died while being removed
to the hospital at Oreensboro. The
Richmond Pullman ear was totally
demolished In the plunge down the
embankment and the wreckage lies in
Reedy Fork creek. Under this wreck
age It Is said that there are a number
of bodies of passengers who were un
able to extricate themselvea and were
drowned In the water of the creek.
Practically very passenger In the
rear coaches of the train wan hurt,
Many of the Injured will die. Another
train carrying Injured passengers to
Oreensboro has left the scene of the
wreck,
General Manager Ackerfs Statement.
Washington. Dec. IS. General
Manager' Ackert of the Southern Rail
way company Issues the following
statement In regard to the wreck
near Oreensboro. - .-'
"Our passenger train No. 11, per
ated locally between Richmond and
Atlanta, carrying sleepers from Rich
mond to Charlotte and Norfolk to
Charlotte, was derailed about 6: SO
o'clock this morning, about 11 miles
north of Greensboro, N. C. As far
as can be ascertained the cause of
the accident waa a broken rail, due
to a concealed defect Two coaches
and two sleepers turned over. The
engine, mall and baggage care did
not leave the track. Eight persons,
four of whom were passengers, are
reported fatally Injured, and a aunt
W of others ro reported hurt, hut
' not seriously,"
MMUF.lt OF DKAH KF.POIITKI) Ml.
Orcfiishoro, lHf . 15. At 1 o'clock
tliiM afternoon a rvxrt reached here
from Rcldhvllle that la people were
killed in the wreck. Ten ImhUcm luul
been removed from the wreck al iiimiii,
kut It Is wild other bodies are now un
der the ltli lunoiul aler pur,, which In
totally demolished ami under water.
George Gould, the New York mil
lionaire ami Ids hoii, Juy Gould, at llitit
reported killed, have reached here on
tlie train bringing the wounded. They
sustained slight Injuries. Robert Huh
Hell of H I'msI list Htreet, New York,
a prominent Journalist ami companion
of Gould, uiih luidly Injureil lit the
buck and slioulilcrx ami N now In the
luiHpltal. i ;
Two train loailn of Injured paMeeii
ger have h?en brought lierc. The
wouiuled were taken to St. laike'N Iiok
pllal. A coroncr'H Jury Iium been eiu
panelled anil left at noon for the
BCC.IH5 ot 'illO'Avrw4( f oi :- " ',
' '"The Injiiriil.
The Injured who have been placed
In the hoapital are: John Phillips of
Petersburg, Va.; Shall Watersnn, Ar
thur Waterson (his son), of riiisker-
vllle, Va.; Alvla C. llnrrls of Iteldsvlllo,
William Klmmon of Davidson College,
George Gould, Jay Gould of New
York, Robert Russell of New York,
David P. Mcllrnyer of Anderson, S. C.
Thomas W. Eldrldgc of Richmond,
James Anderson (colored) of Norfolk.
Rev. Hcnjiimln Hill (comred) of
Reldsvllle, W. T. Carter of Danville,
Richard A. Doblr of Norfolk, Phillip
Nelson of Richmond, George H. Wag
ner of Richmond, Mi's. R. Kdmondu of
New Orleans, II. 1 Wood of Norfolk,
Mrs. Mary Cook of Norfolk, Winn
of Richmond. William Monroe (col
ored), porter, of Richmond, l'.urton
Mayre, roudnuiHtcr of Richmond di
vision, Richmond, F. Smith of Spen-
er. II. U Strlliling of Winston, Thom
as V. Chalkley, rod man, of Richmond,
Wiley T. Carroll, city ticket agent, of
Norfolk, Milton T. Deherry of Ports
mouth. Robert KdmoniK jr son of
Mrs. R. Edmonds of New Orleans.
LURKIN KOMI
It Is Expected There Will Be Some Op
position in the
Senate.
Washington, Dec. 15. The actinic
committee on Judiciary voted unonl-
mously today to report favorably the
nomination of Judge l.urton to be as
sociate Justice of the Supreme court
of the United States. Some momliers
of the committee expressed the opin
ion that It would have been better to
have named a younger man. Judge
l.urton being In hia sixty-sixth year,
but there was no criticism except as
to age.
The report will be made Thursday.
It was stuted In committee that
there may be opposition to confirma
tion of Judge Durton in the senate,
and It was thought advisable tu let
the opposition appear there rather
than by delaying a report. The
general opinion among the members
of the committee is that ne was en
titled to the courtesy of prompt no
tion by the committee.
Two-cent Fare Injunction.
Des Moines, la., Dec. 15. The In'
Junction proceedings to restrain At
torney General Hyers and the state
(railroad commissioners from forcing
the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Rail
way and Ught company to comply
with the Iowa two-cent fare law came
up for hearing before Judge Smith
MvPherson In the Federal court to
day. The action was based on a pe
tltlon by Mrs. Elisabeth D. McClin
tock of Haverford, Pa., a stockholder,
who declares that the company Is no
longer paying dividends.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0.,
SCHOOL CHILDREN
PARADE THE CITY
About 4000 in Line for the Education
al Rally Meeting at the
Auditorium.
EXCELLENT ADDRESSES MADE
BY STILES AND J0YNER
Dr. NIIIom' Talk nil the Himkuomi Wns
llliistruted Willi tla-'Slcri"
opllcoll. f
The spacious Auditorium was pack
ed and jumiimd tu the very doors, the
aisles were tilled, the galleries filled,
the stage llllod, and In fact every
available inch of room, except III the,
"peanut" gallery, was III use this
morning to accommodate, the thrones
of school children and others Inter
ested in education.
This was indeed a great day for
education in lluncombe county, und
one which will long lie remembered.
Following the parade throiiKh th
streets, lh'. children began to nil th.
building shortly after 1 1 o'clock.
Early In the day Supi rintendent Tlghe
recognized that the building would
not uccommotlate all the children, so
he dismissed all of those 'from, the
llfth grudcK down, and ; even then
standing room was at n premium. In
addition to the children of tlm city
schools were the girls of the Nor inn I
and Collegiate liiHtltute In a body, anil
the children., from ' the Uijtmorc
schools, Emma, Swnnnunou,. WoodAn,
ileSce; Woolsty, (luw (.Vrwtr; rttRrtr
Mountain, . Inanda, ' liarnardsvllle,
West Ashevllle, Sand Hill, and other
county schools.
The order of the .occasion whs
splendid, and the children gave close
attention to the speakers. The parade
moved smoothly along the streets this
morning, and the 'ay the event was
carried out was a great compliment
to those who managed it.
The AddroMmn.
The meeting was presided over by
J. C. Martin, chairman of the Hun
combe county board of education.
Dr. C. W. Stiles, chief of tho divlHion
of soo-ology of the public health anil
nmrlii" honpital service, of Washing
ton, gave un Illustrated lecture on the
"hookworm," asNisted by I M. Mc
Cormlck, who managed the lantern.
He wan followed by State Superin
tendent J. Y. Joyncr, who, taking us
ihe keynote of his talk. "The Devel
opment of power and resources of a
country lies In the development of
the power and mind which lies bruied
in the minds of the llttln children,"
delivered an educational address
which will have ,ti great Inlluence In
stimulating greater activity to a move,
nient which has already gained great
ground in this county and section.
In introducing -the speakers, Mr.
Martin expressed his delight that
such a large number of children and
men and Women had gathered on this
occasion. "Tod;iy you marched un
der llngH," he said, "in the past
your flag represented the Idea of a
war for some principle, hut while to
day your Mag represents the Idea of
war, it is not to kill some person, but
you are at war with Ignorance, crime,
moral vices, and disease, and you art
hero today to henr the addresses of
L'eneniU who will tell yoi how to
march upon and overcome Ignorance,
put down crime, and exterminate dis-
case.
Ir. Mile' Tulk.
Dr. Stiles miulo on Interesting ad
dress during the lirst part showing
his illustrations of the "hookworm.'
and people Infected with it. "During
tho last few years," he sain. me
ountry has beeome aware that to
get the best oeneius out oi mr hk",
we must stamp out disease. Tho au
thorities have realised that the pub
lic schools are ihe most Important
factors for aid In the work."
The hookworm, he said. Is a disease
which has Infected 2.000,(100 people
of the south and Is causing the death
of a great many school children be
fore they reach maturity. In tho
advanced stage' of the disease those
Infected become "dlrt-eatera" and
have enormous appetites. The dis
ease stunts both the physical and
mental growth. The hookworm Is a
narasite about half an Inch In -length
and about 1000 can exist In a child.
The worm has a head and poison
tube and burrows Into the Intestines,
While It lays a large number of eggs
they cannot develop until they come
out of the system, and will then hatch
out" In eight hours. The hookworm
sheds Its skin twice within the first
two days, and la possessed with
brain. There are two methods of In
fectlon, one through drinking water
and the other by ground Itch, dew
Itch or poisoning. From the feet, It
passes to the blood vessels, through
the lymphle glands, through the heart
and lungs', then through the trachea.
and larnyx: then through the oeeii.
(Continued n pare, !.),
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
Aged Ruler of Belgium, Crown Prince
And the Princess and Their Children
MNimiOl; il JrTM
mm nwW
Plaintiff Again Takes Stand,
. ...
Telling How Much Money
Brokaw Spent
on Her,
COST $30,000 A YEAR
BESIDES LIVING EXPENSES
Numerous Witnesses for the Plaintiff
"Espionage" Telegrams Are
to Be Put in Evi
dence. New York, Dec, 15. Although
Mrs,', Mary ltln.tr Hrokuw's nnlenl mi
the witness slund was over v. In n
court ndjourned eHlerday, there tvas
llltle diminution of Interest In toiluv's
session of the trial of her suit l"r
separation fnnn her IiiihIhiiiiI, V.
tioulcl lirokaw, with f 25011 a inmitli
alimony. The principals and iitlor
neys were on bund enrly In the Mm
ola court room, where the t ri;i I is
being held; and there were protracted
consultations n to the day'aTonrfte of
proceed ure.
Much of the day was taken up by
testimony of other witnesses for Mm
Prokaw In corroboration of her as
sertion thpt she was subjected to un
just espionage by servants, bad her
lllierly restricted and was nuole in Ik
eritble by her InmlMind's Jealousy Mint
Ills of temper.
"Alimony evidence" was put "ii Hi"
records. Mrs. Ilrokaw wns called tu
the stand to supply It. Sim .said In r
husband spent faO.OOO during 1'"X
In defraying her expenses other than
living expenses. Mrs. Hrokuw's i n-
sel gid the court to direct that tin- de -
fense produce numerous messages iH -
leged to contain reports of Mrs Urn-
kaw's conduct and sent by servants
at Crest. Neck to Mr. Rrokaw and bis1
secretary at High Point. N. C Some I
days as many as 15 telegrams passed.:
many of them containing l.'.O words or
so. Those messages were wunneiu mi
Inter reading.
PRAIRIE IS AGUN READY
TO START FOR PANAMA
Sim llns War McdIWoe Aboard) anil '
Is KxixfUil lo Weigh Anchor
This Afternoon.
Philadelphia, tiee. 15. leaden with
rapid llriug Held pieces, COO.OUII
pounds of ammunition, . clothing anil
provisions, the Prairie Is prepared to
make a second attempt to convey two
battalions of murine to Pnnuma, and
probably to Nicaragua.
The vessel is expected to weigh
anthor this afternoon.
(KoiKiiA jjovKitxoit ikivi:n
HIO.H 1IIH MANSION HY l-'IKIv
The IllHxe Mas In the IImnc nicnl anil
Did t'onJilersble llamage He fore
It Was Slopel.
. Atlanta, Dso. 15. Oovernor Joseph
M. Brown and his wife and two chil
dren were driven from the executive
mansion early today by fire in the
basement.
Th Are waa extinguished, but not
until considerable damn go had been
done by smoke and water.
DECEMBER J5, 1909.
. 4 ua' at;v
, si-ixi ..
1 f dm leUA--- m!L-JLZ-,r,L
LLtBEIK OF EEL&IUM WITH KEK THREE. GilLDRta
j e. Leopold II., allhiniuh the ruler of one of the smallest of tlie Kmu- 9.
j 9 pen n Stall m, lias been a prominent factor in Kiiropeiin politics ever 9
9, since his ticceKHioii to the throne of llelgluiii at the death of Ills e?.
9 falhi-r. Kilns Leopold I. in lsti.",. Shrewd, thoroiiMhly conveixant 9
,9 will) the il. lads nl Intel iialinnal po lleli h, he has ma inliiiueil the unity 9
,9 of Ins kiimdoiii and fusteied its prosperity through periods of tur- 9
! 9 moil and tiiiiew of peace.
9. Kin: l'opold was IiOrn in l::.". His early years were spent ill
I 9. preparation for tlie diitleH of a rvmnihg monarch, he being the pros- 9
?. pective heir to the throne. Al 1 years of age, In Is:.", he married 9
,9 Marie I lenrietle, a daughter of Hie Anlidiilc ,loMih of Austria. 9.
I 9 9.
imm mm
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He Seemed to Hold His Own Last Night
and This Morning; a Change
This Afternoon.
P.I'IImsiIh, lice. I The condition of
Kinir lopold, who was operated upon
ye derlay for reinnsal of an obstruc
tion m' tin intestine, took a liirn for
the worse this afti rnonii. Tlie morn
ing bulletin was hopeful In tone, lc .
1 scribing the patient's stale as "station
)im. mi.,ng the night he had held
.'
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'""" from he s.ck chamber that Iiih
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.
WHITE- SLAVE TRAFFIC
BILL BEING PREPARED
It Will Embody Recent Recommenda
tions for Stopping the Revolt
ing Practices.
Washington, lK-e. 1 5. Comprehen
sive legislation desjgiieil for the crad
le.itlon of the white slave trafllc is bo
lug prepared by the department of
commerce nnd lutior. ,
The promised bill will embody the
reeomiiienil.Ltloni made recently by
Ihe Immigration roinmUslon, which
Investlirnted the revolting conditions
exllli'i. from the trutlle In wohien In
this country.
round I lead In lied.
Special to The Oasctte-News.
Clinton, lvc. IS, The five months"
old sen of Thos. Mc. Murray, waa yes
terday found dead In his bed, The.
funeral waa conducted yiwterday af-
ternoon. The child's ilcstl) wns dun lo
"bold" hlvvs, It Is suld.
SUFFERS IMPS
?n;
A Fill ACCIDENT
i
Ottis Rabb While Out Hunting This!
i
Morning KnocVed Over Gun
and Is Killed.
Si ei.il lo Th"
i I.. It. -New.;
WaMO-SVllle. lice. I.'.V. Olli-; li.lllll,
Jl Mars of III;.', tin -son of llenrv
Rabb of Sannnok, near this place, was
accidentally killed while out Inmllln;
aliont noon today. Mr. lial.h bad
plaeed his gun against a tree and ur
eal, nt, illy knoclii'l It over, the tun
tiring, and the entire load of Hh"t en
tered tlu ee and came out ut the
back of tin- head. death resulted
alu 'ill I o'clock this iifternoou.
PROMISES EH'LL RESIGN
I
Dispatches Telling of Anti-Zelayan
Demonstration Havo Been
Confirmed.
WaHhintlon 1I.H-. 15. tiispntches
ennlalnlng Inlelllgenee of an antl
Z. la. van lb niiiin;lratlon In Mimague
are confirmed by a telegrnm received
at the statu department from Vine
Consul Caldera. The demonstrnnts
were arrested by government authori
ties. Wlni the people arrested were
Is not Indicated. .
The. dlspnlcli ssys Zeluva published
a statement promising to resign In
favor of Miulrk, who Is not the
choice or the people. Cnldcra says
large crowds surrounding the Ameri
can legation cheering the government
and eopl of the I'nlted States.
Mr. Tnfl at Home.
Washington. Ie. 16. President
Taft returned today after a two day's
visit to New Tork and New Haven.
NEAR IYDLLE
3c PER COPY
He His a Talk ; With Senator
Dixon and Mr. Ouncan
i
"About the Western
Marsha I ship.
i.UlTCN'S CONFIRMATION
i, 4 WILL BE POSTPONED
- :'
Th-r I Washington Gossip to the Ef
Icvl That Secretary Wilson
. Will Retire About
Jan. 1.
Special to The t Jaette-News.
Washington, Oei. t5. S. T. Mo
Vcagh of Aliiinanee, who Is candidate
for the WcMtern niarshulslilp. Is here.
He iav National Committeeman Dun
ca'i. mid his brother-in-law, SenHtor
lHon, of Montana today. He will be
presented to the president while here.
,Mr. McVeagh has Htrong endorse
inenls. and is very much in tho roc.
The nomlnatlmi of Judge Ijiirton to
a vacancy on the Supreme court bench
will not be conlirmed until after the
holidays, hy reason of the opposition
of Senators Itoinli ami Nelson, both
republicans. It does not nppear that
an,,' democratic senators will oppose
coiiitniiatinii.
J. !. Hoisett, who desires to be
re-apiiolnted as postmaster al Spencer,
Is here.
Secretary Wilson to Itellre.
Aeconllng to present plans. Secre
tary James Wilson, of the department
of agriculture, In to retire about Jan
uary 1. and is to be succeeded bv Wll- .
II 'in u. Thompson, president of the
iihiu Slate I .'Diversity.
Secretary Wilson's ambition to
round out a cabinet term lotiKcr than
that of any other American was
achieved on November 30 last, when
he passed tho record of Albert (lllllu
tin, ween tury of the treasury In the
two Jefferson and two M.tdiFon ad
ministration. Callatln's term ran
from May 11. 1K0I,. to February 9,
IMt. niakiug - twdve yehTS. ight.'
nioiiths, and 21! day. Secretary WIN-.'
son was appointed by President Me
Klnlcy March 4. 1 H ! 7 , and on January
I next, he will have served twelve
jieeis, nine moiling, hiiii t oayn.
i Kx-rrrsident Roosevelt told some of
1 his friends, lust before March i last,
! that be had made only one request of
I President Tu ft. That was that he
should re-appoint Secretary Wilson
and r lain him until he could round
I out the longest cabinet term In Amer'
! It ii ii history.
Ili-qucst ;ninteil Readily.
This request met with the cordial
approval of President Talt, and If Hee
ret iry Wilson were willing to rnmiilti
j longer It would be entirely agreeable
i to the president. It Is understood,
j however, that Mr. Wilson Is now not
; only r'-ady but anxious to retire.
WII' iiiii tixlcy Thompson, his suc
I feasor, is a native of Ohio, born at
! CiiinbiidKe. November 6, IXf.5, tho
, son of David Clenn and Ox ley Thomp
son, tie was graduated from Musk
i Inginn Cnllcgn n X78, nnd front the
j Western Theological Seminary'- t Al-
legheny City, Pa.. In 188:5, when he
was ordained to the Presbyterian mln-
iHtry. lie pr. ni lied lii Iowa, became
iusl(lent of Irfingmnnt College. l:olor-
nd... ami served as president of Miami
' I'nlverr'itv. at Oxford. Ohio, from 1891
n tt1f'l lie wp n'Pde tip!,' lit of
i!n ii!,. I nicr!t a i '.' 1 . iiihas. in
1 ls'isl. Mr. Thomiuton received liie uv-
gree of L.I.. IX from the University ot
Pe-insy Isaiila In 1S9 f.
Active III Public life.
.MtbouKh a minister of the gospel
by profession. Mr. Thompson always
, ba. taken an a' tlve part In public
affair.s, and is by no mens unac
quainted with the diitleM of the office
to which he Is to he appointed, lie
ami President Tart are old personal
friends, and the president entertains
the hlKhest regard for bis ability as
an executive, fiuler Pr. Thompson's
administration, the Ohio Viilvcrsity
has made wonderful progress, and
Its agricultural riwnrcti work, under
his close supervision, has attracted
wide attention in other states.
VOTE OF THE TRAINMEN
IS FORWARDED TO CHICAGO
Ml Wage lucres sew, KqiinllMttloii
Honrs, and Mnller of a I .en
eral Strike.
of
Host i in. Im.c. 15. The nttitude of
tho conductors and trainmen of tho
New Hnr.iund roads on the general
pmpr4ilthin for wage Increases and
equulhutUoit of hours bus been record
ed. The ballot baa I wen sent to the
general board in Chicago, and It is
expected the votes will be counted
Friday.
The men also voted on the propo
sition whether a general strike should
be culled to enforce the demands.
THE WKATHERi
Forecast until S p. m., Thursday,
for Ashevllle and vicinity: Continued
fair weather, with moderate temper
ature tonight and Thursday.
Governor Haskell I1L
(luthrle, Okla., Dec. 15. Oovernor
Charles N. Haskell, who was sin, Ken
with acute Indigestion lat n'r't, H
still In a serious condition.