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The Weather Today: FAIR. The News and Observer. VOL. Lj. NO. 101, leads allMorthCarolinaDailies inMews anddrcmation TERRIBLE COLLISION IN THE NEW YORK CENIRAL TUNNEL m■ i i Fifteen Passengers Are Killed and Twice That Num ber Injured, a Dozen of the Latter » Seriously. VICTIMS MANGLEdIn MASS OF WRECKAGE White Plains Train Plunges' Into Norwalk Local. HALF THE REAR CAR TOJN TO SPLINTERS. The Lights Are Extinguished and From the Darkness Eise Heartrend ing Cries of the Injured and Dying, The Work of Eescne Begins at Once Heroic Efforts. Defective Block Signal System Said to Have Caused the Wreck. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. B.—ln the New York Central Tunnel that burrows under Park Avenue, this city, two local trains col lided today. Fifteen passengers were killed and twice that number were in jured. A dozen of the latter were seri ously hurt, and the roster .of the dead may be extended. The dead: ALBERT M. PERRIN, 43 years old, recently from Chicago: Secretary and second vice-president of the Union Bag and Paper Company, residence, New Rochelle, N. Y. B. I>. C. FOSKETT. 40, New Rochelle. A. E. H. MILLS, 33 New. Rochelle. E. C. HINDALE, 3o New Rochelle. MRS. A. F. HOWARD, 35 New Rochelle. FRANK WASHBURN, formerly of Chi cago; president of the Union Bag and Paper Company; residence, New Rochelle. WILLIAM LEYS, 35, New Rochelle; general manager B. Altman. New York. THEO. FORGARDO, 30 New Rochelle. WILLIAM FISHER, or FORCES, 25 New Rochelle. WILLIAM HOWARD, 48 New Rochelle. OSCAR MEYROWITZ, 50 New Rochelle, optician in New York, and secretary of the New Rochelle Yacht Club. FRANKLIN CROSBY. 35 New Rochelle. ERNEST F. WALTON, 30 New Rochelle; broker in New York. H. G. DIAMOND, New Rochelle, as sistant general manager of the American Bridge Company, this city. CHARLES B. MARS, New Rochelle, employed by the New York Custom House. A list of the seriously injured follows: Ernest Coffin, 15 years old, New Rochelle; serious wound on head. Taken to Woman's Hospital, 50th street and Lexington Avenue. Alfred Wadley, florist, of New York city; fracture of both legs, shock and scalp wounds. Albert W. Adams, a carriage builder of New York city; left leg cut off below knee. George M. Carter, of New York, leg fractured. George M. Fisher, 16 East Port Ches ter, severely injured. Mabfll Newman, New Rochelle: contu sions of body and hip fractured. Mamie J. Rice, New Rochelle, fractur ed nose, lacerated ear and sprained ankle. Sadie Scott, New Rochelle, left hand and left foot, fractured. Richard Millineaux, New Rochelle, com pound fracture of thigh. Thomas T. Murphy, New Rochelle, both legs broken and internal injuries, eondi * tion critical. Winfield Schultze, New Rochelle, frac tures legs and burns. A. Mcßae, New Rochelle, leg fractured. Henry Keene, General Manager of the Siegel Cooper Company this city, fractur ed ribs and internal injuries. George Winter, New Rochelle, com pound fracture of left leg, the leg was amputated. William Brooks, of Erie, Pa., lacerated face and possible fracture of skull, taken to Roosevelt Hospital. A REAR END COLLISION. It was a rear end collision between a south Norwalk local that ran in over Ihe New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and was halted by block signals at the southern entrance of the tunnel, and a White Plains local that came by the Harlem branch of the Now York Cen tral. The wreck occurred at 8:17 a. m. at which hour the trains were crowded by suburbanites. Most of the death, injury and damage was wrought by the engine of the White Plains train which plunged into the rear car of the motionless train and was driv en through to the middle of the car, smashing the scats and furnishings and splitting the sides as it moved forward. Th*> victims cither were mangled in the mass of wreckage carried at the pilot, crushed in the space between boiler and ear sides, or scalded by steam which came hissing from broken pipes and cylinders. Tile engine in its final plunge of forty lect carried the rear car forward and sent, twisted iron, broken timbers, split ting into the coach ahead. Lights were extinguished and from the wreckage anc darkness came the cries of the injured and calls for assistance by those who escaped. WORK OF RESCUE BEGINS. Within a few minutes the work of res cue, marked by heroism and sacrifice, began. Alarms that brought every avail ble ambulance into use, the police reserves of five precincts and the fire men of Central and Eastern districts of Manhattan were sounded at once. With police, firemen and surgeons, came a score of volunteer physicians and half a dozen clergymen. Ladders were run down the tunnel air shafts and the firemen and police at tacked the debris with ropes and axes. The passengers already had rallied and were trying to release those imprisoned in the debris. Father Smith, and Rev. Dr. Walk ley, Chaplains of the Fire De partment, crawled in over the wreckage and ministered to the dying. Lieutenant Clarke, of the Fire Department, forced his way to the point where Miss Rice and Miss Scott lay and stood in water that scalded the flesh from his limbs until the women were released. T. M. Mur phy, a passenger, both of whose legs were broken and still held by the timbers, vol unteered to remain as he was until tho-Te around him were assisted! Two policemen and Chaplain Walkley icached Mrs. Howard, and the chaplain gave her a stimulant. The policemen were cutting away the seat which held the woman down when a pipe broke. The scalding steam drove them back and when the rescuers returned Mrs. Howard was dead. Injured persons in need of immediate attention were given temporary dressing by the ambulance and volunteer surgeons and then hoisted to the street. Many Park Avenue mansions were thrown open to the suffering £ut most of the injured were at once taken to hospitals. The dead were carried to morgues and police stations. An immense crowd heedless of the snow which swirled through the street, gath ered about the tunnel entrance and shafts and watched the rescue work. Cornelius Vanderbilt was among those who came to the tunnel but police de nied him admission, despite the fact that his family controls the railway. ENGINEER WISCHO ARRESTED. Responsibility for the disaster is un fixed, but Superintendent Franklin said tliat so far he had been able to dis cover, J. M. Wischo, engineer of the White Plains train, is to blame. It is declared that when the South Norwalk train stopped a flagman ran back into the tunnel and besides placing a torpedo on the track, endeavored to flag the on coming train. The tunnel was beclouded with steam and smoke while the snow, which fell through the air shafts, tended to obscure the view. Engineer Wischo and Fireman Christopher Flynn were ar lested. A signal man also was detained for a time but was released. Superintendent Franklin has issued a statement as to the accident, in which lie declares that the block signals at Fifty- Ninth street wei'e obeyed by the New Haven train, while the engineer of the White Plains train disregarded them. "The torpedo on the track went off.” •said the superintendent. "But he did not; stop, even though the fireman called to him to ,lo so. The system of block sig nals is such that it is a physical impossi bility for a signal man to make his light declare the track free if another train is on the block.’’ District Attorney Jerome visited the wreck yarn! personally examined many witnesses. The State Railway Commission also announced its intention to make an investigation and similar intent was ex pressed by the general officers of both the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and New Haven and Hartford Railroads. Residents of New Rochelle contributed the largest number to the casualty list, because the rear car of the South Nor walk local was reserved for them aAd was kept locked until the train reached that place. HEROIC DEED OF CLERGYMEN. When nearly all of the ead and injured had been removed from the wreck Father Smith, of the Church of St. Vincent do Paul, ar.d Chaplain Walkley. of Grace church, both chaplains of the Fire De partment, crawled into the wrecked ear over the hot boiler of the demolished White Plains locomotive, and found two girls in the middle of the last coach. They were sisters named Scott, of New Rochelle. One sister lay on top of the other, the sister underneath held by wreckage which pinned down her body below the waist. Ore leg was crushed. The dead body of a man. which was also pinned fast by the wreckage, lay across the chest, of the ether sister aud held her down. Stimulants were administered to the girls by the chaplain who re mained with them until they were re moved. \t :inc Batallior. Chief Uriel found K t!i<> -r»*'k n man who gave his name as T ,Vl. Murphy, and tried to move him. Murphy said his leg was held fast, and asked Chief Friel to fee it. The chief jfound that if he loosened the timbers that I 1 eld Murphy’s leg, he was liable to let RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 9. 1902. clown more wreckage on the bodies of the two girls. He told Murphy this and Mur phy said; "All right. I’ll wait, but please b<l as quick as you can.” The chief made Murphy as com pf or ta ble as he could with a scat cushion. With his badly smashed leg, he lay there till the bodies of the injured ones beside him were removed. The tunnel in which the wreck occurred extends from 55th street just above the Grand Central Station, and is about two miles long. It is under Park avenue and there is an air hole in each block. Com plaints have been made for a long time, however, that its ventilation was insuft eient and the New York Central has been considering plans for the use of electri cal power in the subway so as to do away with the smoke and steam from locomotives. WHITE PLAINS ENGINEER BLAMED. J. H. Franklin, manager of the Har lem division of the New York Railroad, made the following statement; "The engineer of the rear train, the White Plains local, so far as l have been able to learn, was responsible for the accident. “The Norwalk local was due in the depot at 8:15 and the White Plains local at 8:1. The Norwalk local was stopped by the danger signal at 59th street. The flagman got out with lantern and tor pedoes and put the torpedoes on the rail. The engineer of the incoming train failed to recognize the signal and made no re sponse and the collision was the result.” Mr. Franklin said this is the third accident in the New York Central tun nel. The first took place in November, 1883. when twenty yersons were killed. The second occuired February 20th, '9l, when si xpersons were killed and many injured. ARREST OF AN ALLEGED GHOUL. Almost a riot was caused at a police station by the arrest of a man accused by Coroner Soholler of attempting to rob the bodies of the dead as they’ lay in the station house. People had been admitted to the sta tion to identify the bodies and the man is supposed to have drifted in with the crowd. When he was taken before the sergeant at the desk the friends and relatives of some of the dead wen- so in censed that they made several attempts to get at him shouting "He ought to bf lyrcbed ! ” The man gave his name as John Maloney. Coroner Scholler said he saw Maloney going through the pack ets of one of the dead persons* clothe; - "You ought to be burned in oil,” said (lie sergeant to Maloney, “You are the meanest criminal I ever saw. Take him away quick.” Maloney was taken to a cell followed by the threats of the crowd. A ROAR OF GRINDING STEEL And Through the Wreck Came Bursting the Locomotive (By the Associated Press.) New ork, Jan. B.—Eugene Herold, of Rochelle Park, one of the passengers on the Danbury train gave this account of the accident: “We were sitting quietly in the next to the last car aud there were only one or two unoccupied seats. There was the usual morning crowd. There were five cars. “TheYe were several women in my car and also in the last car. We had been stalled at Fifty Sevnth street for some time. Suddenly there came a terrific crash. T\je lights in the car went out. There was a roar of grinding steel and wood and a chorus of shrieks. 1 looked back and saw" the car behind telescoping over the rear of our car and through that mix up plunged a roaring locomotive. “I was thrown on my face by the jolt and I felt some blood splash over my forehead. Stifling smoke and steam seem ed to arise from all sides and looking back 1 could see mangled persons crowd ing about through the mist. “Our one idea was to escape. I found a friend of mine right in front of me. He cried: “ ‘Open the windows, for God’s sake!’ 1 turned to the window" and found the glass had all been shattered by the col lision. We climbed out. I saw several persons almost covered with blood crawl ing about." THE FIRE AT GRIMESLAND. Another Report ot Disaster, Placing Losses, at Ten to Twelve Thousand Dollars (Special to News and Observer.) Washington. N. C., Jan. S.—Grimesland was visited by a serious fire last night, the loss being estimated from ten to twelve thousand dollars, partly covered by insurance, the origin its thought be ing a defective stove. ' The whole north side of the business portion of the town was destroyed. Following is the list of (hose burned: Galloway & Elks, general store; Pow ell & Co., grocery and bar; Win. Moore, general store; the postofficc and its con tents; H. H. Proctor, general store and warehouse; J. L. Gibson & Co., bar, and one confectionary store. —~A BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS. An Eleven Thousand Dollar Fire at Ahoskie, Practically No Insurance. iSpecial to News and Observer.) Suffolk, Vu.. Jan. B.—About noon today one of the principal business blocks in Ahoskie, North Carolina, a small town on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, was sw'cpt by fire. Starting from a bad flue the blaze fanned by the wind and un checked by a fire department had soon reduced six buildings to embers and ashes. Seine of the contents were saved. The structures were used as stores with some occupied above as residences and some vacant. The largest losers are F. Powell, gener al merchandise and millinery, whose building and stock were worth $6,000 and C. C. Iloggard general merchandise. whose property is valued at $2,500. Other places burned were the old Campbell store and barber shop and buildings owned by Drew Newsome and W. P. Newsome, negroes. At one time the At lantic Coast Line warehouse, and Bran ning’s Lumber mill were imperiled. The estimated loss is Sil.ooo. There is prac tically no insurance. , To Welcome the Liberty Be l. (By the Associated Press.) Charleston, S. C., Jan. B.—Charleston ians, all and singular, will give the Lib erty bell as warm a welcome tomorrow as it has ever received in the South. The Philadelphia escort and the bell will be met at the station by the presi dent of the Exposition and the directors, Mayor Smyth and the members of the City Council, the soldiers from the garri son on Sullivan’s Island, Naval Reserves, United States Marines, from Camp Hey wood, at the Exposition grounds, the mil itary companies of the city, the Citadel and Porter Military Academy cadets, j Immediately upon the arrival of the train ; a salute of thirteen guns will be fired by the Naval Reserves. Mayor Ashbridge and the escort of the bell from Philadelphia in carriages will be followed by the military in the march to the exposition grounds, where the for mal ceremonies of welcoming will take place. The truck on which the bell will be placed will be drawn by thirteen horses. Among those who are to speak arc Mayor Ashbridge. of Philadelphia, Cap tain F. W. Wagoner, president of the Exposition. Mayor Smyth and F. G. Ravenal, a descendant of one of the South Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence. All of the schools in the city will bo closed and every school boy and girl In the city will be given an opportunity to see “Liberty bell.” Democratic Caucus Postponed. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 8. —The caucus of Democratic members of the House called for January 10 to consider party policies has been postponed on account of the illness of Representative Richardson, of Tennessee, the Democratic leader. m DIE IK Fills Mother and Two Small Chil dren Burned. I wo Warrant Out for Dos'or Ham Sullivan Charged with Telling Small Patients they Had Itch. (Special to News and Observer.) Winston-Salem, N- C., Jan. S. —Near Viands, Wilkes county, yesterday, Mrs. Hoxie Johnson and two small children were burned to death. The mother ac cidentally fell in the fire-place. Her clothing ignited and the flames spread, destroying the house with the mother, and her two little ones. Two warrants have been issued for the arrest of Dr. Ham Sullivan, of this county. He is charged with advising people who have smallpox in the north ern part of the county that the disease is itch and not smallpox. District Attorney Holton was advised this afternoon cf his re-appointment by the President. Four negroes attempted to saw out of jail last night. They were detected by the jailor, who with the sheriff gave the prisoner’s a whipping. A committee, headed by Mrs. Lindsay Patterson, goes to Washington next week to extend an invitation to President Roosevelt to deliver an address at the laving of the corner stone of Salem Fe male College centennial in May. Licensed to Sell Liquor in Hickory. (Special to News and Observer.) Newton, N. C~ the board of county commissioners today, license to retail spirituous liquors in the town of Hickory, was granted to the fol lowing persons: Frank Langhim, A. P. Whitener, S. D. Campbell. They also drew the jurors for the Feb tuary term of Superior court, and re ceived the new iron bridge recently built over South Fork river. School at Catawba College will open tomorrow. The students are arriving to day, and a large attendance is expected. Whit Owens Sentenced. (By the Associated Press.) Oxford, Miss., Jan. 8. —The jury in, the case of Whit Owens, charged with oc in." an accessory to the murder of the two Montgomerys, United States Deputy Marshals, returned a verdict of guilty today The punishment was fixed at im prisonment for life. Major B. £. Champe Dead. illy the Associated Press.) Nashville, Tonn.. Jan- B.—Major Li. F. Champe, Assistant Surveyor of Cus toms, and formerly general ageut in the city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, died here today. Norfolk Peanut Market. (By ihe Associated Press.) Norfolk. Jan. S.—Peanuts steady: old stock and machines, 2 1 / 4<?r2’6. New—Fan cy. 3Vu strictly prime, 3c.; prime 2%. Spanish, 77U. MORE FAVORABLE ID PANAMA OFFER Several Congressmen Want Jt Considered. THE MORRIS AMENDMENT This Empowers President ILoosevelt to [ Select the Boute. SPEECHES ARE MADE IN ITS FAVOR. General Debate Will Close at Two o'clcck Today and Final Vote on the Canal Bill May be Taken this Afternoon. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Jan. B.—The debate upon the Nicaraguan Capal Bill in the House today developed sentiment in favor of giving consideration to the recent offer of the Panama Company to sell its fran- j ehise and property for forty million dol lars, and this sentiment took the form of advocating the Morris amendment to empower the President to select the lat- j ter route if the Canal Commission, upon considering the company’s offer recom mends it and the required concessions can be obtained from Colombia. Os six teen members who spoke today nine favored the Morris amendment. It was agreed that general debate should close tomorrow at 2 o’clock after which the bill will be open to amendment under the five minute rule. The final vote probably will be taken tomorrow. The speakers today were Messrs. Shackelford. (Mo.); Parker, (N. J.); Lov ering. (Miss.): Morris, (Minn.); Burton. (Ohio); Hill, Conn.); Bromwell, (Ohio); Gillett, (Mass.); Littlefield, Me.), in fa vor of the Morris amendment and Messrs. Burgess, (Tex.); Bell, (Colo.); Cooney, (Mo.): Cummings, (N. Y.); Gibson, (Tenn.); and I,acey, (La.) for the bill in its present form. Mr. Shackelford, (Mo.), believed that the Eads Tehuantepec route was prefera ble to any which had been proposed, but ! he did not think the present a time for cavil. He did not like the Panama route but if the new proposition of the Panama Company offered advantages over the Nicaraguan route, he thought the Presi dent should have alternative authority to accent it. “If you favor this bill,” interposed Mr. P.artholdt, (Mo.), “why is it that you and your Democratic colleagues from Mis souri at the last session voted against a similar bill?" ■“Because," replied Mr. Shackleford, “the bill at the last session was passed through this House to the tune of ‘God Save the Queen.’ I want it passed to the sweet strains of ‘Hail Columbia.* ” (Democratic applause). “But the Hay-Pauneefote treaty was not ratified at the last session,” ob served Mr. Bartholdt. "True it was not,” replied Mr. Shack leford, ‘But our English Secretary of State wanted it ratified and because we be lieved the wishes of Her Majesty’s repre sentative in the Cabinet would prevail we opposed the bill.” Mr. Lovering. (Mass.), also a member of the committee that reported the bill, said that In the past he had favored the Nicaraguan route because the engin eer?! had reported in its favor and be cause until recently he had believed that the trans-continental railroads were using the Panama route to obstruct ac tion. But he had recently satisfied him self that the railroads were not behind the Panama Canal. The recent offer cf the Panama Company he believed, was in good faith. Air- Morris. (Minn.), who offered the amendment yesterday to give the Pres ident the alternative authority to select the Panama Route if it was recommend ed by the Commission after the consid eration of the Panama Company's new offer explained the purpose of liis amendment, which, he said, was not to impede the construction of the canal, but to insure the selection of the best canal—the best as to the location, cost of maintenance and operation, durability and freedom from danger from destruc tion. Before the Isthmian Commission made its report he did not believe the Panama route feasible. He thought it. had been used solely for the purpose of delay- But since reading the report ho was unable to reach a conclusion as to which was the better route, in embarking upon an enterprise that was to cost $200,000,000, perhaps more, he considered it wise that (he experts should have an opportunity to consider the now offer of the Panama Company. If the bill was passed, in the form in which It was reported the President could not entertain the offer of the Pan ama Company and under it the President might by treaty bind the United States to construct the Nicaraguan Canal even though we afterward became convinced that the oiher was the better route. Mr. Burton (Ohio) who led the oppo sition to a similar bill in the last Con gress. said he would not be glad to see the pending bill pass. The events of the last twenty months he declared had vin dicated the course of the minority. In speaking of the advantages of the Pana ma route, he said, a member of tb<* ocm inission had told him a few days ago 1-hat the examination of the Panama j route had been much more thorough "wrv. FIVE CENTS. than the other and there was far less danger of disagreeable surprises as the work progressed. Air- Burton received a round of applause as he concluded. Mr- Hill (Conn.)T at this point read a letter from Prof. Ward, o 4 Bridgeport, Conn., who was employed as an engi neer on the Panama Canal for six and a half years, contending that the Panama route was the better on the following grounds: First, It has two excellent ports with a well equipped railroad. 2nd, An established line of steamers to New Y’ork. 3rd, Competent equipment of cars and machinery. ■lth, Accommodation for in,ooo laborers. sth, Actual definite plans for the com pletion of the canal with all the experi mental work (lone; and 6th, The serious danger of volcanic disturbances in Nicaragua- Mr. Burgess (Tex.), who represented the Galveston district, supported the bill in an earnest speech. The only amendment he favored w'as one declaring in unequivocal language that the canal should be fortified. He said that the American people would make a black mark against every member of Congress who voted against the fortification of the canal at the time of its construction. Mr. Cummings (N. Y.), opposed the further consideration of the Panama Company’s offer. The company wanted forty million dollars for the work al ready done which covered about one fourth of the canal- The completed one fourth had cost the 1 French stockholders $240,000,000. At the same rate It would cost the United tSates $720,000,000 to complete the canal. Air. Hopkins (Ills.), asked unanimous consent that the bill to establish a per manent census bureau be made a con tinuing order until disposed of after the Nicaraguan bill is acted upon. There was no objection and the order was made- Thfn the House adjourned. TO SCALE DOWN PENSIONS Widow of Lazeare Who Died for Science not Entitled to Pension (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. B.—During the con sideration by the Senate today of pri vate pension legislation in 1 response to an inquiry from Senator Bacon some im portant statements were made by Mr. Gallinger, chairman of the Committee on Pensions, in respect to regulations adopted by the committee to govern it in the consideration and recommendation of private pension bills. He announced that none b*t absolutely meritorious cases would be presented to the Senate for Its consideration and that the closest scru tiny would be given by the committee to every bill introduced. He, said that no pension exceeding SSO a month would be recommended by the committee for the widow of a general officer and that pen sions for the widow's of other officers would be sealed down proportionately. The interesting case of Dr. Lazcare who at the instance of Johns Hopkins University and of the Government w'ent to Cuba and submitted himself to in noculation with yellow fever through mosquito bites and died from the disease tfius contracted was brought to the Sen ate’s attention by Mr. MeComas who in quired whether Dr. Lazeare’s, widdw would be entitled to a pension. No de cision was reached, but it was the opin ion of Senators Gallinger and Cockrell that the ease had no pensionable status. A JACKSON DAT DINNER Letters from Hill and Cleveland Democratic Principles, Declares Bill Will Triumph (By the Associated Press.) Philadelphia, Jan. B.—A small circle of the younger Democratic lawyers of this city observed Jackson Day by giving a dinner tonight at the Hotel Belleville. James W. King, well known among the younger lawyers, presided. Letters from former President Cleveland and former Senator David B. Hill and a telegram from Bourko Cochran wore read, which f provoked considerable applause from the dinners. Mr. Cleveland wrote: “I am glad to know that there are at least 39 young Democrats in Philadel phia, who are to allow Jackson Day to pass without recognition. “The inclination to neglect observance of a day, that has been so long and so strongly related to genuine Democratic sentiments, may reasonably I think, be counted among the afflictive visitations that have lately weakened and depressed our party organization. “I hope the spirit of true Jacksonian Democracy may pervade in our celebra tion; and that its participants may de rive satisfaction and stimulation from i their efforts to revive and strengthen the principles and practices of our old time, honest, consistent and aggressive Democratic faith.” Senator Hill, in his letter said; “Your letter has just reached me. I givo you this sentiment: "A strict con struction of the Federal Constitution, No entangling alliances with foreign na tions. Insistence upon the reserved rights of the State, lhiblic taxation for public purposes only. Opposition to monopolies and dangerous rotnbinations of capital. The preservation of the per sonal liberty of the citizen. No central ization. Home rule for states and muni cipalities. These arc Democratic princi ples which survive all defeats and must ultimately triumph.” Mr. Cothran’s telegram read: “Owing to absence your letter had only just reached me. Though too late to write I want to congratulate the men who have determined that Jackson Day shall not be let pass unhonored in Phila delphia. The celebration you project is a shining and salutary proof that as Democratic tradition is imperishable, a Democratic principle will ultimately prove invincible.” Governor Aycock yesterday ordered a special term of court for Craven county \ for the trial of civil cases to begin Fetj ’ ruary 3rd. Judge Winston w ill preside,