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(VOLUME 91
DURHAM; N. C. . TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1911
NUMBER 9S
JBSCRII
VOTE TODAY
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J. I. Cissy's Wjr ftcsJ la
Kttis fear Exit!; ,
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Ills Te Clothes and The of Wq.
maa Xearby Tell the fllory and
.srs. Was. Tearbr, Her Hashaad, L.
J. Xerrls and Colored Hark Privet
an Held, reading lavrxttgatlnft.
Italetgh. Aug. It. Tho lifeless body
of J. a lilssat, dressed ouly la uuder
clothing, was found about midiilghl
Sal ur Jay. beyond i be Soldier's bonus
rati of Raleigh, tbe fatal wound bo
! by, the hit collar bune.'the bullet
having ranged dowa toward tb bean
and severed a vital artery. Nearby
were the bub's top clothe and ths
garmenta of a woman.
Mra. William R, Yearby was ar
retted Bauday morning aa tba woman
in ibt case and confess tbat she and
lltMxt and L J. Norrkt. a prowmun
formerly of Illcbinund. were driving
la a bark; tbat bavlng no companion
for Norrts. bs left them and she and
hlwt drove to th wooda one and a
half mile ratit of the city where 111,
actt'a body waa found. She aaya come
man she could not rerognls ruabed
upon tbein and Bred at lilaattt wbila
b waa on bia knee begging for
ni'-rry. Khe ran to tba hick and drove
heme.. She aa) she bad told ltlaaclt
and Xorris tbat her husband, wbo It
a salesman in tbe Globe clothing tor
lwr waa at home drunk.
The woman, hnr baaltatxl, and L. J.
Xorrta, aad tba aegro barkniaa, Hay
wood Penny, are bring held awaiting
dev.loj.8M.at. Yearby. the feoKband of
the woman, liate that be hoow.
nothing of tba shooting.
Mra. Yearby la a amall brunette,
who wears m mas of catra hair. 8h
waa formerly Miss Ada Pmd and mar
ried Krl Austin a number of year
g. when aba waa Bftccn year old,
la fact, and they bad two children be
fore they separated. Auatln died over
Xiar ago and Ave months ago abt
married Yearby. She Insist that tb
mau wbo did the sbooWtig waa neitk.
r Norrla nor her husband. HLe d
arrlN blm aa a aiout man with a black
at or black ahirt !
flu sett, the wurdrrl man. w a!
Hatha of Nash county, and for a longi
while ran a near ber i.ir h..r.. .
il Ita fepulattoa bfaino ao bad lhal
the aldertmn efuard to renew bit
Hfvnae. Kor a.ral montha be bat
b".n rnnnlnr rt of .,ting frmt
hat baa been under the aurvellaue
4 tba potlra. Chief of I'olice gifll
aya. too. that Mra. Yearby. baa been
ui-ted for aotue time of being a
bad woman. .
0 HHlKTlin AMRODT
trtlrle In the Ha BonMiag rarm
Life rbe Nlaadrrtd.
Thera baa been eormldernlile mia
Interpretation of the- purport of tbe
article which appeared In the Sun
wtie iiBI(, agt In ftrd to the farm
life rclim.1. beaded. "8ay it Will frwt
Tk Much." The ) purfw nf the
aril. waa to h (bat opiewltlun lo
ne farm-lif aehool waa not well
founded. There a.u of rourae no Idea
"f caatlng refletiinn on any one op
to the reboot and atiove all waa
there no Intention of mating refl.-c-"n
on the farm -r who convema
!" waa quoted or the place of bunt
ea mentioned.
Ilk h lainU Im a lntery.
niatnanh. N. !., Aug. t. Hooka
were opened liera today for tbe reg
iMrallon of troitetvo aettleta on
' fr"l lnda of tbe Vori lierihold
loolan. reservation, which the gov
fniiirnt baa lwldd to throw oi-n
t aetmi aettWa. Tbe reservation,
whUh la cnly 20 Bl, frm the
reat Northwi railway, contain
..nno rrea, wall watered by a
"umber of rivera. Tha drawing, to
rtermlne the order tt precedence
mong thrma reglntered In aelecllng
ne moat deairnl.le trarta will lake
P'ra la a few weeka.
Free Voting Certificate
Tlila la a separate and dMInct oti .rm the ".Nomlmtllng
""P"". ad any f otetnt (,r Nominator may collect as many as
P-MwIhU. ami toia them.
thix ci.iniFic.m: i:titi.fj4 ;r
Mr Mr, or Ml ,
Saute of Candidate to I voted for '
'..... ............. ..Ktate....
TO TEX (10) HtF.K VOTKtt
utm Voting Certificate must Ix In the Ifcconler office not
' limn Friday It m, Angus! II, 1911.
TUB fimtlAM lUXxmDEIt CtmKHT MANAGEMENT.
1 FIB SCHOOL
HSS piOC
fVKI It Ceil tl EsSsaa Tfcls
Eves!:
Tba next event la Uie farm-life
school campaign la a maa meeting
and rally to be held at Bahama tbia
evening. Colonel licnnebau Camerou,
Caiitain K. J". t'arrUh and Profcaaor
C. W. Maaaey, will uiako.addretwea to
the votera f Ilahama aud vicinity
thla evenlug beginiiing at 7 o'clock.
KntbualaaUc mwtiitga were held at
RoiiR'.motit and Hrastown Saturday
evening. At Bougc'mont Colonel Cam
eron, Profeoaor Maitpy, Colonel John
8. Cunningham and Mr. W. T. Itoat,
the veraatile newiaHr man, made
addressca in favor of the actiool. At
Drugtown, f'oatmaater J. A. Cilia,
iudge R. . gykea. Captain E. J. Par
ruth aud Mr. W. T. Mangum ainike.
Tb meeting at ItoiiKetuout waa held
at Carver a atore and waa well at
tended. Much euthuDluant waa mani
fested and tbe utimeut aipeara to
be overwbeltutiigly In favor of the
acbooL At Hragtown, it ia declared
that there will out be five Votea caat
agalital tbo aebool.
Thoae who are cvnduodng tbe cam
Italgn ar firmly of the opinion tut
tbe country dlatrlctaof tba county will
be carried by a large majority. When
tbe catabliahment of the aebool waa
Orat proposed thero Waa etpresited
cuualderatle objection, but aince the
prooaitkn baa b"ea preaeuted la tbo
proper light tae greater part of thia
objction haa diiappcared.
Aa aoon aa the campaign In tbe
country dlatricta la ejided, tbe city
preclneu will be vUited by tbe apeak
era and a vlgoroua campaign waa con
ducted. The ampalgn will end next
Saturday evening with a maaa meet
ing la the court boae. Ity iha time
It la confidently expected that there
wll! be large majority of the votera
fatorlng tie jscbool nglattrwl for tbe
election. ' - M
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I. H. IDMMI.HHIOVKK fK WUCA.
TIO TRIPLE Mlsslox.
Raleigh. Aug. 14. rolled Rlatea
Ccmmlaaiontr of Education P. P.
C'axtoQ waa In Raleigh Sunday on a
triple mlaalon of conferring wlih
flaw Superintendent of Public In
at ruction J. Y- Joyner aa to atepa
aecetnary to provide the I'ulted
fitatea departmeut of education with
educational ataflstlca from the atate
that will t! nioro thoroughly up-tv
date; to look Into tho rural farm
ecboola tbat are llng conducted
with remarkable aucceaa by Prof. Z.
V. Judd aa auperintendent of the
Wake public tu hixila and to arrange
for aotue eixeial experiments by j
Kuperlntendent F. ML Harper, of tbe
lialeigh city achools. County Kuper
Intetident Judd la being considered
by Commlsolnner Claston as ap
pointee to poaitlon of supervisor of
rural ahoul development through
the government department of edu
cation m.iitm:hm; ix v, vohk
Admiral Togo hpemls lluny I lay In
IIm Mctniptdia.
New Yrk, Aug. I. Admiral
Toko. Row on a vlalt to tba t'nlted
flutes aa the guest of the American
government, h.td another extremely
busy day today. Imrttig the, fore
noon be rettved a number of more
or Icaa official visila from distin
guished military, naval and civic!
representative. At luncheon he waa
the guist of honor of tbe Japan
Hoelety and the Peace Society of
N'cw York, on which occasion several
Informal addressee Were delivered.
In tbe aftemofiu the admiral, ac
companied l,y Captain Potts, chief
of the naval Intellinenee bureau of
the t'nlted Ftatea navy department,
went on an extended eight-eccjng
tour of the city, returning In time
for a dinner arranged In bla honor
at the Knickerbockers Hotel.
"Procrastination Is the thief of time"
iKin't let it steal that $425 Cote Piano
away from you. Read how TO win It
NEGRO IS VIGTir.1
OFHOO'SICEO
Kxrlerer cl a Policeman Coned
M h Death
w mmm cnoi:o
Aa Sluny Women Aa Men in MoT
Wlilch Wreaked Hieedr Vengeaitce
on .Negro IlrNperado Work Powe
in Orderly Planner .Negro At
tempted Huiride M'Iicb CtareL
Coateavllle. Pa., Aug. 14. Zacha
riab Walker, a negro dcerado, waa
carried on a cot from the boapital
here last night and burned to a cris;
by a mob of men, women and boy
on a fire which tbey Ignited about a
balf mile from town. The negro,
who bad killed Edgar Kice.'a police
man of tha Worth Iron mills, Satur
day night, was first dragged to tbe
acene of the shooting begging pit
eoualy for mercy. He bad been ar
rested by a posue late yesterday af
ternoon after a aearcb which had
atlrred tbe countrytide. When tbe
poae finally located blm, be was
found biding in a cherry tree and
with the last bullet In hia revolver
abot himself in the mouth, falling
from tbe tree. lie waa removed to
tbe hospital tnd placed under police
uard.
A few minute after o clock a
crowd numbering almost cue thou
sand persona appeared at tbe boa
pital. Tbe leader were unable to
gain admission, but quickly smashed
the window frames and crawled
through the corridor. A ploiceman
who bad been placed en duty to
watch Walker, waa the only person
in the building . besidw tha nuraea
and patients. The leader of tbe mob
paced bla bauds over the polceman'a
eye while others, wbo had entered
tbe building set about to take their
man from the hospital When
Walker waa taken to tbe hospital, be
waa strapped down In order to pre
vent hla escape. The, mob seeing,
thia gathered up the bed and placing
It on tbe shoulders of four men,
started for the country.
They left the town by way of the
Towervllle road, and when balf a
mile from the hnepltal, stopped at a
farm 'bouse. Here tbey entered
field and quickly gathering up a pile
of dry grae and weeds, placed the
bed containing their victim upon It
The negro waa begging piteously to
be released, but hia pleadlnga fell
upon deaf rare. A match was placed
to the pile or graaa and tbe flames
shot up quickly, entirely enshroud
ing the screaming victim. That not
a vest Ik of J tie murderer be left the
I mob tore down tbe fence along tbe
road and piled the rails upon the
burning negro
After waiting for balf gn hour,
tbe mob dispersed as quietly aa It
had come. A curious feature of the
burning waa tb fact that there were
almost as many women In the crowd
aa men. taring the march from the
hospital to tbe acene of tbe burning
of the negro, distance of leaa than
three-quarters of a mile, not a po
liceman waa encountered by the de
termined mob. Kven the man on
duty In tbe hospital made no effort
to atop tbe fifteen or more leaders
who had gained admittance to tbe
institution.
The only masks worn by the mem
bers of the mob, were handkerchiefs
drawn loosely over their faces.
That the burning or the negro was
designed and carried out by cool
headed men there ran tie no doubt
H waa not the work of men whose
nerves bad been wrought up to the
dancer ttolnt br nver-liulitlennc tmi
rather that of n body of determined
men who. were ready to take any
kind of chance to avenge the death
of m rnftlieffalili. ettlnr.lt .hn U.h
i ' - I ., , . imi, VWH
(shot down In cold blood.
Cnatcsvlllo Is w tows of about ten
thousand persona, and la located on
the main line of the Pennsylvania
railroad about 30 miles west of
Philadelphia.
tendon Mas lUdlum Institute.
London, Aug. 14. The new
Radium Institute, In the establish
ment of which King Udward VII
took aa active Interest during the
latter years of his life, was formerly
opened today for tbe treatment of
patients. It la to be conducted on
the Hues of the Radium Institute In
Paris, and both curative and re
search work will be carried on.
Fncampment 1. O, o. F,
Raleigh, Aug. It. Tuesday there
will open In this city the Grand IC11
rampmeiit of tbe Independent Order
of Odd Fellowa for North Carolina.
Postmaster Willis O. Rrlggs, IV C.
P., will deliver the address of wel
enm and the response will be by
Grand Patriarch W. C. Allen, of
Waj'Dcsvlllo.
PMflti III REPUBLICAN POT ONE POLICEMAN
inillnP;0B0IL
U UUU UIUdl
mswonlo xzfiflT vbKk vbgk vbgk vb
Ilapldly Drawing to a Close Work
Xow for l.ie Hunty Piano ami
Gold - Wntrh -e ll Kunus of
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100,000 Free Votes this Week
.; Hustle. C . '
f ' " 'i " V
It is on Jn earnest. What? iThe
Recorder popularity contest, and the
prize winners can soon be "spotted."
You, who have been waiting for
some one to come, up and offer you
a subscription take heed, and go
out and offer then) the paper. Tell
them what pleasure It will afford
you to have that $425,00 Cote piano
adorn your home, and tbey won't
refuse you. Tbe liberal hearted
people of Durham county are al
ready waiting for the young ladies
to call on them tor subscriptions,
and they will gladly assist you to
win that Kl..m piano. Now, get
out and go after them.
Only seven more days in which
to work for the buggy, aad tbe first
$100.00 in subscriptions wins tbe
buggy. .
Tuesday, August. 11 tb. the buggy
will be giveq away, so you be here
first with a $1V0.09 in inscriptions
auu nue sway in lue puggy. uon I
wait till Tuesday. If you do tbe other
girl will be ebiad of you.
' Now, in order that all may enter
the race for itie piano, we are going
to make this unusual exceptional
bonus offer:
For every $30.0 turned in the
office In subscriptions between now
and Auguse 20th, we will give one-
hundred thousand free vote (one
hundred thousand free voles. Think
how, far that wM) ui. ytu toward
winning the grand prise, and think
how proud you would feci to win
the grand prlae.
Remember the ord of the poet,
who aald:
"Count that c!ay lost.
Whose- low. sesending
See's no subset ipt ion gained;
No bonus vton."
It's aa tm-j as life itself for If
subscription on do not get, tbat
some other r.irl does is a double
loss to you.
Tho opportunity Is yours, will
you grasp it?
Tbe full standing of .all contest
ants wilt be. i.ublii-hed In Friday's
Issue of the Uecordcr. and be sure
that your uanv Is at the top, giving
you an excellent chance at the
buggy.
IF SO fOrL!C.ITIm SET I HL
WILL KII'OYEB
Word was received here this morn
ing to the effect that Mr. Job P. Wyatl
of Raleigh, who .r tempted suicide
Friday, was resting Well and that be
bad a good chance to recover.
H h.ia been cinulated that Mr.
Wyatt waa insane nd bud been for
ome time, but there I no foundation
whatever for that r-'port. Mr. Wyatt
ha been for some time lu a nervous
condition from over work. His friend
and rcliuivs think this to be the
canae of the attempted ulcldc.
Mr. Wyatt Is no In good spirit
and doc not rem -mber what hap
pened. ' Tbe last thing be remember
doing is going Into the bath room and
shutting the door. When ho regain
rd consciousness he waa lying In a
IkI of blood. Ill first thought waa
tbat some one bad attempted to ttiur-
u I."'m
The physician announced today
that his condition ia more favorable
than It was Saturd.iy and Sunday, and
that if no complications sot in there la
a good chance for lil recovery. Mr.
Wyatt baa many friend ia thia city
ho hope blm a speedy return to
health.
Kclleclloas ef a Bachelor,
Most of a man's monny soeit gels
to be somebody else.
It's a sort of compliment to be bated
unlcaa you are doing the bating.
Bom people seem to think they get
married only to have a free license
to quarrel.
A girl can make any old bunch of
correspondence love letters by tying
It up with pink ribbon.
You know that the bank clerk that
balance your accounts lan't wrong,
but you suspect him Just the same
New York Press.
1
Teacher Well, Johnny, did jrou
find out what "omen tsT
, JohnnyYea, ma'am. I asked pa
pa and he said "omen" was something
that caused men lot of trouble If It
had a "w" before It. Chicago News,
Considerable Discussion ol Radi
cal Potties al Raleigh
AFTER DUNCAN'S SCALP
1 ' t
Fight Between iKincau ami Aiitl-
Duncan Forces Over Filling of
Vacancies in He venue Department
Watched With Interest Faction
Lining I'p Over (liHirnmnsliip.
Ralelgn, Aug. 14. North Caro
lina republican politics Is coming in
for considerable discussion just now
hereabouts, the increased Interest
being partially due to the fact that
there are a couple or ao very desir
able positions vacant in tbe office of
tbe collector of Internal revenue
here and Duncan and anti-Duncan
forces are eagerly watcblug the
political plavs that Involve these
placea and also tbe manipulation of
republican stale politics In general,
'toe most important vacancy tnj
tne collectors omce is mat 01,
cashier made vacant by tbe death of
William IS. Duncan, who was the
father of National Committeeman E.
C. Duncan. Collector Wheeler Mar
tin is the closest sort of a personal
aud political friend of National Com
mitteeman Duncan, and was made
collector at the instance of Mr. Dun
can. Therefore, just as far as the
civil service rules will permit with
the most strained construction. It ia
naturally surmised tbat supporters
of the Duncan interesta will be given
these place In the revenue department"-,
....
However, it is pointed out that
one or more of those on tbe eligible
list to whom under the civil service
rules these places would go are-tnied down bricks, ilatca and chimney
very bad standing with National
Committeeman Duncan, being re
garded aa Morebead and state or
ganisation men. One of these espe
cially in line Is Frederick N. Galtla.
wbo bad a clerkship in the depart
ment and is charged' to have been
unfairly cut off some months ago
when tbe revenue force was being
reduced by order of the department
at Washington. The charge fa being
made now that the vacancies In the
revenue offire here now are being
left open purposely to avoid having
to give a place to Gattls and some
others v. ho are objectionable to Na
tional Committeeman Duncan.
Swinging off on politics of a wider
scope it Is being talked here that
the national committeeman la laying
plans to have Collector Wheeler
Martin stand for the state chair
manship against Chairman Motley
Morehcad and then, In tbla way gain
ing the defeat of Morehcad, get s
friendly western man in as active
state chairman. It la charged that
he proposes to use Collector Martin
purely aa a "dummy" In his scheme
to defeat bis arch enemy. Chairman
Morehcad. On the other hand it is
asserted that the most determined
sort of a movement I under way to
see to It that the delegation to the
next national republican convention
la antl-Dunran so that Chairman
Morehcad or some leader acceptable
to his element of the party will be
made national committeeman, tt Is
being charged against National Com
mitteeman Duncan tbat be has used
the political power of this position
to coerce postmaster and other
office holder all over tbe state In
"shelling out" good big slice of
their salaries for purpose that were
solely for the benefit of some per
sons! friend and had no bearing on oientangy park today with William
the malntalnanre of the republican U Urytn lw .ttM, of bom,r .nd
organisation and ita work In Ibis pH,K.lpg, .H,,kl.r. Governor liar
atatc. The part that the national , mwn atH.nid , mention to at
committeeman has played snd the ..j the ;ht.rUlg. The ntti,n f(,r
way he has played it In the mutter
of effort to have a republican atate
organ Mi the atate la also bobbing up
aa a club with which tbe political
enemies of the national committee
man would seek to dethrone him. It
la declared hereabouts tbat the fit lit
la now to have no let up and the
"political scalp" of the present na
tional committeeman 1 the prise to
ward which Chairman Motley More
head and his associate In the state
organisation are concentrating their
political efforts in a most determined
manner.
Pharmacists Meet In ItoMon.
Host on, Aug. 14. Pharmacists
from all over the t'nlted State and
Canada are gathering In Host on for
the annual convention of the Ameri
can Pharmaceutical Association,
which will hold forth during the
greater part of the week. In con
nection with the convention there
will he meetings of the national as
sociation of board of pharmacy and
the American Convention of unarm-
ceutlcal faculties, -
KILLED III RIOT
Serious Fight ol Strikers and
Officers al Liverpool
Liverpool, Aug. H. Serious riot
ing growing out of the' strike which
la In progress here occurred yester
day afternoon. One policeman waa
killed by being struck on the head
with a brick and many persons were
Injured. (
An altercation between a police
man and strikers during a transport
workers' demonstration at, St
George's hall, started the trouble,
which culminated In a general melee.
When, after this disorder had been
put down and the strikers scattered,
they gathered again in the Isling
ton quarter and resumed their at
tacks on tbe officer with serious
results.
One hundred thousand men were
gathered in groupa about St
George's ball listening to speeches
by labor agitator and tbe scenes
of violence following tbe attack upon
tbe policeman necessitated the call
ing out of political reserves. When
tbey arrived one party of 15 men
waa surrounded and disarmed, the
rioters attacking them with their
own batons. In this fight, the com-
jmanding officer of the police waa
dangerously wounded.
s0 great waa the disorder that
So
tbe riot act waa read and troops
were called out to assist the police.
The mob fought desperately with
sticks and stones. Gradually, how
ever, by the combined efforts of the
troops and the police, the crowds
which were surrounding seven speak
ers' plstforms erected on the plateau
fronting tbe hall, were cleared away,
Many policemen and rioters were
injured in the hand-to-hand fighting
Driven from the center of tbe city.
the crowd sullenly repaired to the
Islington quarter, one of the rough
ewtr.ia -IJrp(L liters tbe police
were battled in tbe narrow streets
for tbe desperate rioters barricaded
J themselves in the bouses and volley-
pots from the roofs upon their beads.
CHEAT SUi FEAT
ACtXIMPMSIIKD IJY A 10-YEAR.
OI.ll ItOSTOX GIKii.
New York, Aug. 14. Rose Pito-
nof, the 16-year-old swimmer of
Rostco, succeeded yesterday In her
attempt to swim (rom East S6th
street, Manhattan, to Coney Inland.
Last year she had to abandon a sim
ilar effort because of adverse tides,
but yesterday, although forced at
times to awim so far out of her
course that she la estimated to have
covered some 21 mile In making
the distance of 18 miles, she finish
ed strong, actually sprinting as she
neared tbe goal.
Miss Pitonof was in the water
eitfht hours and seven minutes. She
tock no stimulant nor food of any
kind on the long trip. Most of the
way ahe used the breast stroke but
for two stretches she resorted to
the speedier overhand.
The young woman' feat of yester
day ha I not before been accomplish
ed. Several swimmers have made
the trip from the battery to Coney
Island, but none from a point so far
up the East river.
HAUMOX At OHM P.ltYAX
Decline Invitation to Attend Gath
ering Itci aue Mcbrakft Was
There.
Courahus, O., Aug. H. The Jef
ferson Club, the Insurgent demo
cratic organisation of Franklin
rmititv. held tfa annual mttln at
bis declination, according to his
friends, was hia desire not to mce
fare to face In bis own atate rapitol
tbe Nebraska leader, who ha openly
declared war upon blm a a presi
dential candidate.
1 1 SIS ' "
Get your friends interested. Make
them your strong supporters.
Nomination Coupon
Dt Itll.tM ItECOItHEK UTE8T DFPAKTMEXT
1)1 IHIAM. X. C.
I WISH TO .XOMIX.ITE Ai4 C AMHtltTE IX VOIR CONTEST
NAME .'. v
ADimiM m .. .. .. ,. ., .,
This Coupon Entitle the Nominee to 1,000 Votes.
FOUR DF1 ID
THIRTY INJURED
In Wreck on New York-Chicago
18-Honr Train ;
FIHST TESTOFSTEEL CARS
Experts Say if Old-Fashloned Wosd
ConHlracted Cars Had Composed the
Train tbe Carnage Weald Hare
Itcen Frightful Jiamber ef Wound
rd are EspeC-d to Die ef Injuriei
Fort Wayne, Iud., Aug. 14 Four
persons were killed and three injured
when tbe Pennsylvanlt elgbteea-hour
train en route from Chicago to New
York, jumped tbe track on the west
ern outskirts of this city at 1:30
o'clock yesterday evening, while go-,
ing at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
In leaving the rails the two engines
pulling the passenger train sldeswlp
ed a freight engine and the three
piled up in a mass of bent and twisted
iron. The dead:
William E. Arrick, Fort Wayne, Ind.
buried under wreckage. ; " !
Peter Malone, Fort Wayne, engineer
on flyer.
W. Creigh, Fort Wayne, fireman on
flyer.
Unknown passenger at St Louis
hospital.
The police department, fire depart
ment and every ambulance in tbe city
were called to the scene of the acci
dent and the injurd were soon taken
to hospitals. The main track snd the
track on which the freight train was
located were torn up for a distance of
200 yards. The two engines of the
flyer were torn from their trucks and
thrown down the embankment, while
the engine of the freight reared up
over the trucks of the flyer's engines.
Tbe injured were seated In the diner
and smoker when the accident occur
red. The wreckage has not been
cleared snd the list of dead may be
more than the number reported.
The thirty or more Injured are now
la the hospitals and it is believed that
at least four or Ave will die.
C C. Chattel!, Chicago, was In the
dining car when the accident occurr
ed. He escaped with only slight In
juries to his head and face.
"The train was running at s ter
rific rate of speed," he declared. "Tbe
first Intimation I had anything was
wrong, was when all the passengers
in the dining car were thrown bead- .
long, the entire length of tbe csr. The
next thing I realised men were fight
ing like beasts to get out of the car
and the steam escaping from the kit-
chin was choking us. Another man
and I fell to the flwr and crawled
along lu tbe semi darkness and among
the screaming women to s widow,
through which we made our escape,"
Passengers la the seven rear cars
escaped with only cuts and bruises.
whereas It is declared by railroad
men. ir tbe cars bad been of old-fashioned
wood construction tha carnage
would have been frightfuL
Tbe all-steel cars of the flyer were
put to the first actual teet they have
ever undergone and proved to be all
that has been claimed for them by
their designers. Only the first two
cars of the heavy nine car train were
smashed.
I'l.ilier to titRiiect A ask a,
Seattle, Aug. 14. Secretary of
the Interior Fisher has booked pas
sage on a boat sailing tomorrow for
Alaska. The purpose of the trip la
to familiarize himself with the actual
conditiona In tho northern territory.
Special attention will be given to
an Inspection of the tanda about Con
t roller Day snd those along the
tiering and Copper rivers.
Mr. king Goes tilth 5rw Firm.
Mr. W, M. King has resigned his po
sition with the II. F. Crowder suto
mobile company to accept s position
with the Mangum and Morrks Com
pany as managing mechanic.
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