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- iBr. i AlHV r vil IBv IX I li VI AW . UYTD A . v LXXX N0. 33 0L THE MORNiNG STAR. WILMINGTON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900 WHOLE miMBEB 12M15. wraiKUriffi jEVBNTS OF HOLIDAV! WRECKED LOfi TRAIN ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY r f: rident Samuel Spencer and Six Others Killed and Eleven Injured In Collision Two of Mr. ' Spencer's Guests Among Dead. National Thanksgiving ancf How ; !, r; tt niiiiiiy liiii. . o- L Wire to The Morning Star.l Nov. 29. Samuel ncer, Presl Beer, land Lchburg. Va m ... ,ri J-l sident oi tne ooumern and recognizea as one oi foremost raiiroaa meu m cue w ffint of the Southern States, was this morning at 6:10 o'clock in ... t1 J Vk f Tirr for-f L.rend collision iu wuiwu nrV i.. ibound trains were invoivea soifhth of Lynchburg and a mile ot Lawyer's depot. In the same three of his guests were .killed. i. nn(.nlainr TT" A VI iAnencer s private aiciaij, jj. ..v of New York City, and one Le three porters, aurvuved tne ac- 1 . -n. i i r-t 1 i dead are: F.resiaem saniuei Xew York City; Charles' D. PhHin Rhnvlpr jaltimore; D. W. Davia of Alexan- Va, private dispatcher to Presl Spencer; William Pollard, colored I on President Spencer's car, diei in the hospital here. unknown pasen?er's head and were burned off, short, who is 10 ue iue tiinu ro-i ten wx te car, who is missing. His could not be learned. injured are Lucretia Allen Danville, Va., leg broken and tattoo below tne 'Knee, leit arm broken; WCllis J. Winston, 233 127th street, New York, leg badly W. Shaw, colored, Spencer, C, fireman, badly - crushed ana legs broken; Garland Thomas, d, Greensboro, N: lg bjroken badly bruised up; P. E. yaulo, col- Waynesboro, Va , badly broken bruised; Cora Logan, colored, If, N. C. both legs brdken; Sam colored porter on the private car, HI First street, S. W., Washing, pvn.the supreme crgaDizerof the row, the supreme organizer of the Itasphs, back badly wrenched; iHoglan, colored, Charlotte, N C, If bruised leg; A. W. Merrill,' New I City, private secretary President leer, head and arms badly burned. I recover. to accident resulted from a coflis between train No. 37, the Wash- and Southwestern vestibule d N. which ran into the rear end P No. 33. known as the Jaokson f limited. President Spencer's pri coach was entirely burned. Pres I Spencer and b's party occupied rear car on thp fin-rward train, and w aa lftlfiwn tirckfCk r.laonintr whpn l ...... u TWL nibVpiUQ " Hision happened and the prqb N are that all of them except Dispatcher Davis were killed- in- It is certain that life was ex fore the flames touched them. Went Specer's body was burned beyond recognition, as was Mr. Fisher. The body of Mr. "Was -fnlron -ffxTin iirwfor fnA Wore it was burned very much, Mneen on v smcnLiv. rreb Spencer's car was attached to of the Jacksonville train, standing still when strnck. nan f o l w w n was lyiUK. uuevn; th big locomotive of the rear So great was the force of the me iorwara tram was seni v Levi aneaa, me locomuuve 0yer and upon the body of Mr. Until after the debris tself out and the' engine cooled "uuies could not oe removea. topact drove thft nomhination rrn i "aiu and thp PYnross car llltea VI MI1 V -.4-1. - J 1 1 J , , I l ltq rrnpira ann f riizsii- car f. itv reet, leaving the re f ihe car strewn with ton3 KJ f H . . . . . 1 . j. - ov. and fninrn nnssp.iiEeTa e 1)11 sllorl ttnnlr no avrtvacc Sed thosA in tbA enmhination 6 rats. The combination car - leav(J the track and in clear- llC the pvnrec par was haul- I s a nine uisiituce wx ivy (;Dns or tne comoinauon 0w the colored passengers in "bailment escaped, whfen is as Jim Crow "part of the one of j mum niiivu r -"jyicuiation. reck occurred on "the crest Srad(; when ho Atlanta, train (.ot have been running more t mnes an nour, ir as iast. . beev a mile or two further J nnmber of dead rilnt have wtfui, as the train was about irs behind its schednle time, a j condition existing In the grade there that would .have meants a speed of more than sixty miles an hour. v It was reported-at first that. Engi neer Henney, of Spencer, N. (T, who was in charge of the engine on the Atlanta train,- was killed, but this proves 'to be incorrect. Kinney suf fered only a Sew slight bruises and cuts, Which were dressed and he did not go to a hospital. Mr. H. B. Spencer, the sixth vice president of 1 the Southern Railway, was a passenger on a northbound passenger trail! from the South, which reached the scene of the wreck a few minutes after it occurred. He spen: several hours there until the charred remains 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 private car of President Stevens, of the C. & O. Railway, who - was passing through thejeity with his family, the car hav ing been tendered for this use by President Stevens. This car and the one containing the remains of the killed were attached to a late train going north and the remains were transferred to the caskets while the train was in transit. Judge John D. Horsely, division counsel for the company here, and As sistant General Superintendent E. H. Coapman, of Danville, were in charge of the remains, M. H B. Spencer having preceded this train on a special made up here in order to be in Wash ington upon the arrival of th4 regular train. .--..- - ..-v.: -,: . At the City Hospital tonight all of the injured colored persons are re ported to te doing nicely. All are ex peered to recover 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 was con scions to the end. asked that word be sent to his wife and children. The death of Mr. Davis was touching. He stated to his rescuer that he (knew he was dying and knew that the end could not be far off. "Put your finger on my mouth," he said. "It feels so cold and good," he pleaded with the gentleman who was also a passenger on the train, not to leave him, and for 10 minutes the, man stayed with him until he saw that nothing could be done for him. P. M. Curtis, of Jamestown, N. Y. who was a passenger on the Jackson ville train, saw. one negro portet. go through a lady's grip. He saw him throw away such things as were of no value to him and appropriate those things whfch he wianted. Mr. Curtis declared that he would have' instantly killed the porter if he had had same thing to do it with. ln the rear of the Pullman, which was smashed," said Mr. Curtis, "there was a mother with a six months old babe. They were in a drawing -room car, which had been smashed, but strange to say they were not hurt in the slightest. They were gotten out and taken to safety. As far as I know the. 'train' attaches did not aid In the first relief because they had gone both ways .to protect the two trains from other and more serious 1 ....... . , trouble. One of the things that struck me forcibly was the herioc manner in which the colored passengers who were injured bore suffering. There was practically not a sound from them. They were laid out in the fields ad joining the railway, where they re mained for several hours until they could be placed in a coach and brought to the city." . ' . . Mr. Curtis has in his possession a valuable case of jewels which was handed him by a lady. He does not know tt) whom it belongs and why it was handed him. It evidently is the property of somegne of means, as it contains7 a heavy banded ring and oth er jewels of value. Mr. Spencer's destination was Friendship, N. C, where he was go ing on a hunting trip -with Messrs. Schuyler, Fisher, Redwood and Mer rill as his guests. County Coroner J. W. Davis, at the reauest of the Southern ofl&clals, went this afternoon to the scene of the! wreck for the purpose of holding an inquest, but he found the bodies had (Continued on Fourth Page.) FITTING CHURCH SERVICES Events on Golf Grounds and on the Local Gridiron Fr8t and Field ,-11" " ' . - A i - - ... iV.t LA ' Claimed Usual Number of Sports- Cross-Ties Piled on Traek of Liim. ber Road Near Bowdeo's Yesterday V - WANTED BLOODHOUNDS I men Other Notes. 1 Request Came to Police Station Her$ Engineer and Fireman Badly Scalded Thought to be Same Near Fremont. The weather yesterday was ideal for Thanksgiving. The day was per haps more generally observed in Wit- A request for the county blood hounds was received here early yes- minaton than ever hefor. The streets !teiday morning from Bowden's,' N. C, were deserted for the most part d?ur- !jut this side of5t. Olive, on the Wil ing the day ,and it was only upon the!1"11151011 & weiaon railroad. It was tnat a locomotive drawing a stated arrival of trains and cars that one was reminded that it was not Sunday. In , train of n the tram road of the quite all of the churches in the citv Rowland Lumber Company had been there were appropriate services with GRIDIRON STRUGGLES ON THANKSGIVING DAY V 2 m Pennsylvania and Cornell Played Nothing to Nothing vjumc-oicuisuu viunege lviaae isasy w orK of Georgia Techs-Other Games. (By Wfre to The Morning Star.) Philadelphia, Nov., 29. With- the ball within onq foot of the home team's line, the annual game between the Pennsylvania and Cornell football elevens on Franklin Field today came to-day, winning by the score of 10 to 0. Clemson made two touchdowns in the first half, but missed both goals In the second half Tech put up a hard fight and kept the South Carolinians from scoring, although they made a touchdown, which was to an emd without either side being not allowed. Clemson easily outplay- special sermons, music and decora tions befitting the day. At many of the churches opportunity was offered for contributions to charity and it is a pleasing commentary upon Wilming ton people that these were generous and thoughtful. The orphanages es peciallys were remembered while tlK- wrecked a short distance from Bow den's ana that the engineer and fire man bad been badly scalded wth the probability, that the engineer would not recover Th6 request was received at the po lice station and Chief Williams at once endeavored to get in comnjunication with Constable iSavage, but was una- worthy poor of the immediae commu- I ble to do so as Mr. Savage had left nity were made to feel that after all the city for the Thanksgiving holi they had something for which to ren- day. The offic'als of the lumber com der thanks. Ipany at Bowden.'s were so notified. The early train's and cars on the From what could be lepned by tele suburban lines carried many hunters phone the train of the lumber coh to the field all day and reports are pany was deliberately wrecked early that the -day was quite successful for all of them. There were tew acci dents of any serious consequence and the day altogether was a successful one for the hunters. The days was especially notable on the links of the Cape Fear Country Club where the annual Thanksgiving men's handicap tournament was play ed during the day with a tourney in the tafternoon for the ladies. Nearly all members of the club ere present for at least part of the uay ana m yesterday morning by some misbreani who had piled cross-ties on the line. An effort was made, to get in further communicrtion with ' Bowden's, but this was uns"Jbcessful. It is stated that there were ties put on the tracks on the round of the curve and that the engine drawing the log train 'dash ed upon the obstruction before the engineer knew what had happened. The. engine rolled over anI he and iisMireman were badly burned from eseaping steam. the afternoon an elegant lB-,atAtOliTOki stated that -per. hats tttg miscreants 'on this occasion were the same who a few nights ago near Fremont, N. C, piled cross-ties on the tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line with the evident purpose of Wrecking the train to Norfolk. The ties on the A. C. Ir. track were discov ered fortunately in time to prevent an accident. Another attempt was made to wreck the same train near Pike-ville. served to members and their guests by the ladies while an enjoyable oys ter roast was also served. The win ners in the men's handicap were Mr Robert H. Gwaltney, first, and Ifr. George Rountree, second. Each was presented a vey handsome silver loving cup offered by the club. In the ladies' tournament, Mrs. Chas. P Grainger won the handsome silver cup offered also by the club.. The tournaments were among the most successful ever given by the club. Local football interest aside from news from the pigskin pushers at Norfolk and Richmond was centered in the game at Hilton Park between teams from Wilmington Light Infant ry and the Y. M. C A, The game was closely contested, 'the W. L. L winning I by a score of two to nothing. Halves of 15 and 20 minutes were, played and the movement of the ams was close ly followed by a large number or spectators who crowded into the field upon several occasions making the best playing impossible. Dr. Morrvs M. Caldwell refereed the game while Mr. James Sinclair umpired. Thanksgiving was spent by many people at Wrightsville Sound and Beach, the Consolidated Company having operated a very convenient schedule oh the suburban line during the rush hours. The Lighthouse Was an attractive place for many. "Mine TTnnt." Stokley serving oyster rofcets Wei to a man, with the usual condiments anj aco-rgvwith all due (modesty, is all EXTRA EDITION TO-DAY. - V' Southern Railway Accident and Foot- ball Demanded an Issue. As was promised its readers in the announcement of suspension for Thanksgiving yesterday, the Star goes to its subscribers this morning in the form of an extra to carry the story of the disastrous train wreck and the kitting of President Samuel Spencer on the Southern Railway yesterday togjethter with the football stories of the day and the various I other matters of local and general hap penings that will be found of interest. Jiiembers of the Star force had hoped to observe the Thanksgiving season in common . with most other people, but when the- emergency arose and the extra was required to meet the demands of the general public, they to a man, and the sheet this able to score. The finish of the con test, with Pennsylvania fighting des perately to ward off defeat, was as sensational a piece of football play as has been seen on the Red and Blue gridiron in a long time. There were but a few minutes of time left when Hollenback, for Penn sylvania, kicked against the wind to the home team'a 46 yard line, where a Cornell man got the ball. Two line plays and a quarterback kick put the ball on Pennsylvania's l5 yard" line still in Cornell's possession. Here the Ithicans tried a forward pass. Hol lenback. intercepted the pass but was unable to hold the ball and Van Orman for Cornell, fell on iteven yards-from Pennsylvania's goal. Two plays against the tackles and Cornell was on the one yard line. It seemed as if nothing could stop her, but on the next plunge into the line the Pennsylvania men held and Cornell dropped in her tracks. Iti, was then Pennsylvania's ball on downs." Pennsylvania decided not to take & chance to carry the ball with it practicably on her gtJST line, and Hollenback was sent far back of the goal posts to kick out. He was directly behind the cross bar and in order to avoid it kicked to one side. The punt was bad and the ball went out of bounds about two yards from the 'goa-l 'line. ed the Georgia School at every point of the game except in kicking. Other Games- At Newport News, Va., Richmond College 6j William and Mary 0. At Atlanta: Clemson College It, Georgia School of Technology 0. At Philadelphia: Cornell 0 Pennsyl vania 0. At Washington: Georgetown 16, George Washington University 6. At Washingtqp Howard University 12; Shaw University of Raleigh, K! p., 5. t- At Asheville: Asheville Team 5fc; Cherokee Indians 0! ' At Nashville: Vanderbilt 20 r Sewa- nee 0. ' At Richmond: V P. I. 6; A. M. College of N. C, 0. At Lynchburg: Davidson College 4;. Virginia M'Mtary Institute 0. At Asheville: Bingham School 10; Maryville College 17. r At Norfolk, Va.: Carlisle Indian 18, Virginia 17. YOUTHFUL HUNTER SHOT. - Arthur McCartney Lost Toes of Foot By Gun's Accidental Discharge. Arthur McCartney, 16 years old, p son of Mr. John C. McCartney, the. well known plumber of Wilmington, while hunting' yesterday in the Town Creek section of Brunswick county x with three of h:s friends, allowed hie gun to accidentally discharge, carry With tire bail in her possession twoi? ofWoY his tow and so tatdfr yards from Pennsylvania's goal line, j &fag otersa4iSfty" may have the Ithicans made a yard" on the first play, but at the second pmnge-into the Pennsylvania line failed to gainithlcket waiting for birds to come over and more than . the general public baniments. There were few places of business j; open during the day m the city anu whprp it was absolutely necessary noti to cfose only holiday hours were ob- sftrvftd. All in all TnanKsgivmg was i-ftttinri and Aaboratelv celebrated, t k Club. Last Niaht. The Thanksgiving holiday falling on NEGRO CONVICT GONE. Sentenced From Union County For Murder Escapes From Camp. v The following information wa sent out yesterday by the State's Prison authorities: y "On the night of of November 26th, 1906, Matthew Cunningham , alias Bud Cunningham, made his escape from the convict camp near Wilming ton, N. ,C, by cutting his chain and scaping through the tent. "For nisrecapture we will pay a reward of twenty-five dollars and all necessary expenses incurred, in his ar-irest- j "Ounningham is a black negro, twentyone years old, 5 feet 5 1-2 inch eg. high, weight 165 pounds, and was sentenced from Union county in July; 1906, for a erm T fifteen' ears foir murder." THE ELK'S THANKSGIVING. ' Regular Meeting and Social. Session at Katie Smith has returned Miss ,-k Vi or nnimA in Raleieh after a lightflul visit to her friend, Mis Pea cock, tin this city. .7 the ; regular meeting night, the coin cidence was advantaged of last night by the Wilmington lodge of Elks, a very elaborate, but informal soc'al session having been enjoyed after the regular exercises. The attendance was large and the spirit of good fel lowship was everywhere apparent. "A number of features of entertainment were afforded by members and visit ors, t ; - Polic Court Yesterday Notwithstanding Thanksgiving the police court was held yesterday as fasuaj. Rosa Brown, for disorderly conduct was " given 30 days on the farm. Carrie. Johnson and. Betsfe Mills, colored vagrants were also each given 30 days on the farm. Charles Walker colod, for an assault was fined $10 including the costs. -Es-telle Davis and Annie Johnson, col ored, engaged in a fight yesterday af ternoon near the Nutt street crossing de- of the Coast Line and were arrested ' by . Watchman Summerlin. They will be given a trial by the Mayor to-day. The ball was then n the Quaker's one yard line. Cornell had one mor-try while Pennsylvania was in the last ditch and desperate. The signal wias given, theteams crushed agjoinst. one another and half of Cornell's players on top of the struggling mass of men spilled over Pennsylvania's goal line. As the teams plunged into each other the time keeper's whistle announced the end of the ame Every one be lieved Cornell hadv,. but when, ref eree Corbin ' and Umpire Edwards finally separated the struggling play ers they found a Cornell mpn hugging the ball a foo,t short of the line or vidtory. )utside of the desperate finish, the game did not afford either side mucn opportunity for cheering. The Richmond Game. Richmond, Va., Nov., 29 The foot ball game , here today between the Ag ricultural and Mechanical College, of North Carolina and V. P. I. was won by the latter by a score of 6 to 0. A. & M. won the toss and chose the west ern goal. V. P. I. steadily pushed the ball down the field to A. & M. 20 yard line, where Wilson failed to kick a fiei goal. The first half ended with the ball on V. P. I.'s 40 yard line and in A. AM-.'s possession. Neither, side scored in. this half. In the second half the same hard line playing was noticeable with occa sional kickin After about thirteen minutes of nlay Nutter for V. P. I. was forced through for a touchdown. Goal was kicked. Eskridge and Stevens, for A- & M. were used up and Drake and Aberna thy went in. The ball was hammered to within two yards of V. P. ,1,'s goal line when Wilson got it and made a seventy yard dash only to be downed on the A. M.'s 35 yard line. The game ended with the ball on A. & M 's? 20 yard line. The Norjfolk Game. Norfolk, Va-, Nov., 29-Seven thou sand people saw Carlisle defeat Vir tu be amputated. Young McCartney was standing on the edge of a pipe two pieces of furniture audi about half of Mr. Sweet's library, many of ginia here today by a score of 18 to 17.1 the books being a hundred years old A missed goal prevented Virginia from tieing the score. Virginia made the first touchdown on a blocked kick inrnd three line rushes. Her other scores were made by Johnson and Honaker in runs of 80 yards. The Indians scored through Mount Pleasant and Little Boy by hammer ing the line in twp. instances and ajandi he, was at Ca!o Havnes. and as they came ; over he and his cmpanions shot at them on the wing. McCartney was some distance from the others, and the presumption is that while he had his gun cocked waiting for a shot and resting the end of , the barrel on the toe of the shoe, he went to jerk it up and It dis charged prematurely. In the party with him were Mr. G. K. Young, man ager of the Boys' Brigade who had chateroned the boys, Messrs: ' Uarlp Durant and Albert Ulmer. McCartney cried out as soon as he was shot and Mr. Young hurried back to town with him by private conveyance as they had gone. Reaching the city, the pa- a ; i. a i. 1 v. -rv. m ytr r m uem was treattju uy ui. 1. m. vrreeu at his home and later at the hospital wHptp nnp .n.f hia tops war amnntatori The little fellow suffered much, but at last accounts was doing very well. A year or two ago, young McCartney was severely injured by being caught in the wheels of a job pres8 in the Morning (Star office. He is plucky to the last and bore big suffering yester day like a. veteran. v BURNED AT CASTLE HAYNES. Residence and Furnishings Belonging to Mr. Robert N. Sweet. - A one-story fraone building owned by Mr. Robert N. weet, at Castle Haynes, was burned to the groano with nearly all the furnishings and about half of Mr. Sweet's library of rare books, yesterday afternoon be tween 5 and 6 o'clock. The fire is supposed to have originated from a defective flue. A hunting party of 12 or 15 had been entertained there dur-v ing the day by Mr. Sweet and shortly after the guests had left, the flames were discovered, by some one passing. Mr. Sweet himself was at Jhe train preparing to return to Wilmington when he wa notified of bis lose. Neighbors succeeded in saving one or and very, valuable, but the remainder of the contents of the Jbuil ding were lost. The loss In the dwelling is esti mated at $1,200 while that to the con tents da abouf $200. Mr. Sweet hopes that the loss is about covered by in surance though he could not sa.y last night as his pol'cics were in the city fifty yard run. LittleEtoy scored twice, as did Johnson for Virginia. Clemson Outplayed Georgia. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29. The Clem son College football eleven had no trouble in defeating . the team from the Georgia School of Technology here NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Academy of Music "Indiana." J. W. Murchison & Co. Razors. Business Locals. Wantefross Ties.
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