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FLYING FROM THE
VOLCANO'S GROWL
Many People Leaving the Is
land of St. Vincent.
THE EARTH AGAIN HEAVES
And a Tidal Wave Sweeps One Side
the Island.
SOUFRIERE ONCE MORE IN ERUPTION
The Government Still Feeding Six Thousand
People, Reported Increase in Depth of
Sea Near Island. Sciantists
Visit Moni Pelee.
(By the Associated Press.)
Kingstown, St. Vinceat, July 28.—The
Soufricre volcano has been slightly in
eruption twice since last Monday. A se
vere earthquake shock accompanied by
a tidal wave affected the north point of
the island, washing a tire-swept estate.
No further damage w'as done.
Mony of the people, both of the wealth
ier classes and laborers, are leaving the
island, fearing disaster. The government
is still feeding 6,000 persons. The set
tlement of refugees in hutsjm acquired
lands in safe localities is progressing.
The Panama Canal repair ship New
ington which is engaged in work eight
een miles north of St. Vincent, reports
that the depth of the sea there has in
creased to a mile and a quarter. At
tempts to pick up the cable have been
futile, owing to unfavorable weather.
Examinations of ts ont Pele&’a Crater
(Correspondence of Associated Press.)
Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
Monday, July 7.—Ur. T. A. Jaggar, of
Harvard University, representing the
United States geological survey in the
West Indies, arrived for the second time
at Fort de France on June 24, and has
since visited Mont Pelee twice. He has
also made excursions to the southern
end of Martinique and to the warm
springs of the interior of the island.
Dr. Jaggar came directly from St. Vin
cent.
As a result of recent examinations of
the crater of Mont Pelee and exploration
of the track of the devastating blast
which destroyed St. Pierre, it appears
that there is extraordinary similarity
between the eruptions of the Sufriere
volcano of St. Vincent and Mont Pelee.
The products are the same, both are
characterized by the absence of lava, and
the work of destruction both to inanimate
objects and to mankind was accomplish
ed in much the same way. The destruc
tive effects of the eruption in St. Vin
cent covered a much more extensive
area, but the loss of human life was
much less.
There has been no active eruption of
Mont Pelee of importance since June 6.
A great cone of bowlders and volcanic
bombs, heaped within the fissure from
which the explosion came, has grown in
size since the middle of May, when Dr.
Jaggar first saw it. Occasionally there
are sudden slides of debris down this
cone into the deep gorge of the Riviera
Blanche. These slides product great
columns of brown dust, which resemble
smoke that rise in billows from the
mountains flank and give impression of
an eruption when viewed from the sea.
At night these slidings of red-hot rocks
make a glowing streak in the mountain’s
slope. This accounts for the many re
ports by passing vessels of eruptions,
hot lava and dust falls. The phenomenon
is merely a superficial one. As at St.
Vincent, the many mud spouts, steam
> jets and local craters that have been
reported are all superficial, caused by
rainwater draining into the beds of hot
dry gravel.
The two volcanoes of St. Vincent and
Martinique were in eruption in sympathy
in May. Both have gradually become
less active since and it is probable they
will continue to diminish in activity, to
judge by the present signs. In this
opinion the French scientific commission,
headed by Prof. Lacroix, of Paris, con
curs. Dr. Jaggar is strongly opposed,
however, to any rehabilitation of the de
vastated slopes of the volcanoes until
the respective governments o fthe islands
are willing to establish permanent ex
periment stations to protect and warn
the inhabitants.
WORKING FOR BETTER SCHOOLS-
Events of Interest That Are Occurring Now in
Greensboro,
(Spec ial to the News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., July 28—The Guil
ford county teachers’ institute opened
this morning. Dr. Whitsett in charge,
with a large attendance of teachers and
friends of education. A regular cam
paign for local school taxation begins
here this week. The first meeting will
be at Jamestown tomorrow night, and
each night during the week meetings will
be held. t#
An interesting series of educational
meotiygs is being held in Alamance
county under the leadership of Superin
tendent W. S. Long. He is undertaking
to establish six graded Schools. Appli
cation will be made to the next Legisla
ture to lay off the six districts and au
thorize a vote. In the meantime pre
liminary meetings are being held to work [
up the interest and a collection is being
taken up at each meeting to supplement
the present public school fund. At the
meeting Saturday at Haw Field ar
rangements were made to erect a mod
ern school house on a lot of two and a
half acres, and in addition S2OO was
raised to employ an additional teacher.
Superintendent Long, at his five meet
ings in Alamance, has raised about SBOO
to increase the public school fund, and
expects to increase the amount to about
SI,OOO today at Cross Roads, where his
sixth meeting will be held.
Conductor Summers, who had an arm
cut off and was otherwise injured by his
train running over him near Benaja ten
days ago, is reported nearly well.
Mr. Z. V. Taylor, secretary and treas
urer of the Greensboro Electric Com
pany, arrived from New York last night.
While aw ay he succeeded in purchasing
and having shipped two new motor cars,
three motors to be put on trailers now in
use and another street railway machine
and generator to be put at power house.
Mr. S. M. Goolsby, former clerk in
the revenue department under Marshal
Allison, has accepted the position as
chief clerk at Revolution Cotton Mills,
vice J., Ernest Harding eloped with
Mrs. Stafford and won’t come back.
United States Judge Boyd received a
letter from the Secretary of the Treas
ury today saying that the government
architect had about completed the plans
for the improved Federal building here
and work on the same would soon, begin.
The judge did not leave for Asheville to
open court today, as the District Attor
ney needed a day there to get the eases
on the docket, especially the Pullman
embezzlement case, prepared for trial.
This case will be taken up first.
THE RUNAWAY WIVES
The Whipping Post Suggest
ed for Their Lovers.
The Men Were Selling Patent Medicines With
out License and a C:se Will Probably
be Based on This.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., July 28.—The eloping
quartette, Nick Carter, Tom Collins, Min
nie Shaw and Nannie Jones, are still in
jail, no bondsmen from Goldsboro or
Danville having yet appeared in answer
to their telegraphic summons. Carter has
evidently been reading yellow-backs, and
uses “Nick Carter” as a pen name doubt
less. It has been learned that his real
name is Tom Hicks, and that he hails
from Randleman in Randolph county. The
two men owed a boarding house keeper
here $lO for board. They left, saying
they would return in two days and re
ferred the proprietor to the Charlotte
Drug Company for whom they claimed to
bo selling medicines. This morning a let
ter came from this firm, saying they had
no such representatives. They now claim
to have been selling medicines of their
own manufacture. The sheriff finds they
have been violating the law by cot having
taken out any license.
These men, it is felt here, having such
a peculiar opportunity for corrupting
silly or immature young women and hav
ing also the disposition to take advan
tako of it, should be dealt with to the
fullest extent of the law.
Yesterday fresh cow peas were again
included in the bill of fare, and instead of
cursing the jailer for sending them, they
sent back twice for more; this pleased
the jailor mightily, and he is in good
humor today. The Shaw woman wrote
a silly letter to her father in Danville
yesterday, telling him she was in a bad
fix, but it might be worse, and for him
i'ot to trouble over her as she had a
loving lover, separated only by jail bars,
but where they could look at each other
all the time and pray for the time to
come, when they would be free. It is said
the Shaw woman is also a wife, her hus
band being Thomas Bailey, or Batly, of
Danville, from whom she has been sep
arated for a year.
The husband of Nannie Jones offered
yesterday to pay all costs of proceedings
against her, and let her out of jail if
she would go home to her sister in Dan
ville, but she refused to do this. It is
not a tough looking crowd at all. The
young men have a good appearance, and
the two runaway wives have an air of
education and womanly modesty in their
faces. They are both young and very
good looking.
The general expression on the streets
here is that the whipping post needs re
establishing for just such men as are
their companions.
DLNIAL BY MORGAN.
That the ACL Has Acquired or Will Acquire
Control of the L. and N.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, July 28.—Reports that the
Atlantic Coast Line has acquired or will
acquire control of the Louisville and
Nashville road are emphatically denied
by J. P. Morgan & Company. The two
interests are said to be working in per
fect harmony.
• Three Millions For Export.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, July 28. —Gold bars to the
amount of $3,000,000 have been engaged
at the assay office for shipment to Eu
ro p this week. Os this shipment the
National City Bank will ship about
$2,000,000. Lazard, Frere will ship the
other $1,000,000. It is reported thapother
eugagomonts are being considered. The
City Bank shipment goes to Berlin, and
that of Lazard, Freres to Taris. Gold
man Sachs & Company have made a pro
visional engagement of $775,000.
RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY MORNING. JULY 29. 1902.
TO AVERHONFLIC!
Japan Sends Naval Vessel to
Marcus Island.
It Bears a Message From Ogr Government to
Capain Rosehill. May Reach Him
Too Late.
(13y (ho Associated Press.)
Washington, July 28.—A cablegram re
ceived at the State Department today
from United States Minister Buck at
Tokio states that Japanese Minister of
Foreign Affairs has informed him that
a Japanese naval vessel would leave
yesterday for Marcus Island. The pur
pose of her going is not to make trouble
but to prevent it. An official of the
Foreign Office was to go on the vessel
and he would carry a letter to Captain
Rosehill cabled from the State Depart
ment here to Minister Buck advising the
captain not to make any disturbance or
to resort to violence to obtain posses
sion of the island, with possible loss of
life and involving international compli
cations. If the captain would observe
this advice the department for its part
would endeavor to see settled the de
ficient claim to Marcus Island diplomati
cally.
Captain Rosehill is reported to have
sailed from Honolulu for Marcus Island
in a schooner July 11th and it is there
fore probable that he already is at Mar
cus Island or very near there. In that
case it may be the letter will come into
his hands too late to avert trouble but
the department officials are hoping for
the best.
AMERICAN’S LIFE SAVED,
Ruaiell Wilson Captured With Revolutionists
Owes it to Minister Corea’s Efforts.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 28. —The life of Dr.
Russell Wilson, of Ohio, who was cap
tured with a revolutionist party in Nica
ragua, has been saved through the rep
resentations of Minister Corea of that
country. A cablegram was received at
the State Department today from Ches
ter Donaldson, United States consul at
Managua, Nicaragua, dated the 26th in
stant. as follows:
“As a courtesy to the United States
and sympathy for the mother the Presi
dent will commute Russell Wilson’s
death sentence.”
Wilson was one of several Americans
who joined a filibustering expedition
which landed at Monkey Point, near
Bluefields, early in July. Most of the
party were captured or killed- Wilson
would have been summarily executed
but for the interposition of Senor Corea,
the Nicaraguan minister here. Having
secured a stay of proceedings and a
guarantee of a legal trial, the minister
has now induced President Zelaya to
commute the death sentence imposed
upon Wilson by court martial. Before
the receipt of this message it was known
here that the court martial - had been
held. It is presumed that the commu
tation is to imprisonment for a time, and
then expulsion from Nicaragua.
DIVORCE WAS A BAR
The Presbyterian Preacher
Would Not Tie Knot.
But the Divorced Man From South Carolina is
Finally Married by the Pastor of Tryon
Street Methodist Church.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Charlotte, N. C-, July 28.—N. G. Salla,
a prominent merchant of Anderson, S. C..
accompanied by a young woman, arrived
in Charlotte on an early train this morn
ing and went immediately to the Manse
of the First Presbyterian Church and
asked to be married.
When Dr. J. R. Howerton, the pastor,
learned that Salla was a divorced mar.
he declined to marry the couple, and
they then applied to Rev. T. F. Marr,
rastor of Tryon Street Methodist
Church, who performed the ceremony.
The couple left today for Boston on a
wedding trip.
The woman gave the name of Miss Car
rie Sharpe. Accompanying the couple
were Miss Kate Sharpe and Mrs. P. A.
Hill, of Greenville, who acted as wit
nesses. They returned to their homes on
the next train.
SITE FOR FEDERAL BUILDING.
Treasury Official Now in Goldsboro to Select
the Most Suitable.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. C., July 28.—Mr. J. B.
Ellsworth, of the Treasury Department,
at Washington, has arrived in the city
to select a site for Goldsboro's public
building. He is now carefully consider
ing the many sites which were offered
through sealed proposals.
Dr. John S- Bizzell. who has been in
ill health for years and who has been
spending some months in a sanitorium in
Missouri, has arrived home until civ re
stored to health.
The death of Mrs. W. li. Perkins oc
curred yesterday at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. R. C. Freeman. The deceased
came from Utah with her husband about
two months ago to visit relatives in (his
section. .
DR, GRISSOM SUICIDE
A Bullet in His Brain Ends
Eventful Life.
In Washington the Famous Superintendent of
North Carolina Insane Avslum Put an
End to His Existence-
Dr. Eugene Grissom, for twenty-one
years the superintendent of the North
Carolina Insane Asylum in Raleigh and
known widely as an alienist and new
rologist, committed suicide Sunday morn
ing in Washington City.
The tragic end to his life came at 8
o’clock Sunday morning. Dr. Grissom
was standing on the front porch of his
son’s home in Washington and suddenly
drew a pistol from his pocket, pressed
it to his head and a bullet went crashing
through his brain. He staggered for a
moment, and then sank into a chair. A
neighbor ran across the street and
wrenched the pistol from his hand.
His son came and the dying man was
taken into the house. Medical aid was
summoned and Dr. Grissom was taken
to the Casualty Hospital, but the gaping
wound with the brain oozing from it told
that there was no hope and in half an
hour the end had come.
The weapon which brought death was a
Colt’s- revolver of the large army pattern,
and it is not known where Dr. Grissom
obtained it. His daughter-in-law says
he had none that she knew about, and
the public are trying to find out how it
was obtained.
Dr. Grissom had been in a morose and
dejected condition for some time, and
was physically and mentally weakened
by the use of morphine and strong nar
cotics, a habit which had fixed itself upon
him. Several times within the past year
he had threatened to end his life.
I)r. Grissom is best known in North
Carolina from his long position as super
intendent of the State Insane Asylum in
Raleigh. Noted as an alienist he was
elected to the position in 1868 and his
reputation as an expert on cases of in
sanity grew with the years.
Dr. Grissom left North Carolina in 1890
and went to Denver, at which place and
at Colorado Springs ho practiced his pro
fession and won much renown as an emi
nent physician, but his health failed, as
well as his mind, and on the streets of
Denver he one day attempted suicide
with chloroform. Ho was in the in
sane asydum at different periods, but
getting better went to Washington to
live with his son, Eugene Crissom, Jr.,
last June.
He was horn in Granville county in
1831, and was 71 years old when death
came. He was a son of Wylie Mangum
Grissom, his mother having bocA a Miss
Polly Bobbitt. Dr. Grissom was educa
ted in this State but graduated in Medi
cine in the University of Pennsylvania
and then began to practice in Granville
county, making a specialty of nervous
diseases and insanity. In the Civil War
he was the captain of a Confederate com
pany and was wounded in the Seven
Days Fight around Richmond. While in
the hospital he was elected to the Legis
lature in this State. In after years he
was a Republican and while superin
tendent at Raleigh the Republicans de
sired him to become a candidate for Con
gress and for Governor, but ho declined
both nominations.
He was celebrated as a lecturer, and
one of his greatest was “The Border
land of Insanity,” delivered before the
American Medical Society. As an author
his book on "True and False Experts”
is a most valuable work on insanity. He
occupied high positions in various medi
cal associations in the United States. He
was emeritus inspector general, thirty
third degree, of the Ancient and Accepted
Order of the Scottish Rite, and was an
•active member until he removed from
North Carolina. Ho was an Odd Fellow
a Knight Templar, a Knight of Fytbias.
and a Fellow of the Royal Order of
Scotland. Dr. Grissom was a member of
the Methodist church.
There survive him five children, his
wife having died while they resided in
Raleigh. These are Eugene, Jr., with
whom ho lived, and who is connected with
the Pension Bureau in Washington, Rob
ert Grissom, a druggist in Cripple Creek,
Colo., Mrs. Harry Ruffner, of Denver;
Mrs. Dr. Rucker, of Basalt, Colo., and
Miss Lillian A. Grissom, a trained nurse
living in Washington
Washington, July 27. —Dr. Eugene
Grissom, once well known as an alienist
and neurologist, committed suicide here
today at his son’s home by sending a
bullet through his brain. Dr. Grissom
had been dejected and morose for several
weeks and had become physically and
mentally weakened from the use of
strong narcotics. He was a native or
Granville county. N. C., served on the
Confederate side until wounded during
the Civil War and afterwards was a
member of the State Legislature. For
twenty-one years he was superintendent
of the North Carolina Insane Asylum, at
Raleigh, and gained a wide reputation
as an alienist and lecturer. Before the.
American Medical Society he delivered
a lecture entitled ‘‘The Borderland of
Insanity,” that attracted great atten
tion. He was the author of “True and
False Experts,” a work devoted to
showing the alleged inaccuracies of the
expert testimony in insanity cases. Dr.
Grissom was one time first vice presi
dent of the American Medical Society
and several times presiding officer of
the Association of American Asylums.
He was the president of the convention
of 18S6. He was a Mason of high de
gree. He was 71 years old.
Lee S. Overman Hurt.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Salisbury, N. C., July 28.—Hon. Lee
S. Overman, while driving this after
noon with Cashier W. F. Snider, of the
Savings Bank, was painfully hurt. The
horse was frightened by a train and
both occupants of the vehicle jumped.
Mr. Snider was unhurt, but Mr. Over
man’s foot was seriously sprained. He
was immediately taken to his home and
given medical attention.
I
DURHAM COUNTY PBIMARY ELECTION.
Papers Defective and Officer Returns Frtm
Massachusetts Without Negro.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Durham, N. C., July 28. —With all the
returns not yet in, the following candi
dates were nominated at the primaries ir.
this county Saturday by votes ranging
from 700 to 1,200: Sheriff, F. D. Mark
ham; Clerk of Court, C. B. Green; Treas
urer, Paschal Lunsford, and Coroner, J.
Frank Maddry. The hottest contest was
over the office of Register of Deeds.
With one precinct to hear from this vote
stood: John E- Smith, 679; M. G. Mark
ham, 385; H. A. Reams, 212. Only two
County Commissioners received enough
votes in the primaries to nominate them.
These were John W. Pope, 733, and O.
K. Proctor. 720.
Sergeant W. G. Crabtree has returned
from Brocton, Mass., where he went for
Monroe Rogers, who is wanted here for
the attempted burning of W. B. Whita
ker’s residence last February. The offi
cer did not succeed in getting his man
owing to some flaw in the necessary pa
pers. Another effort will be made to
get Rogers back here as soon as papers
sufficiently strong can be made out.
AID R[ _ W SLEEP
It Flew From Rothschild
Driving Him Mad.
Finally the Frenzied Man Sends a Bullet Crash*
ing Through His Brain Killing Him
self Almost Instantly.
(By the Associated Press.)
Chicago, July 28.—A. M. Rothschild,
until two months ago the head of the
State Street department store firm of
A. M. Rothschild & Company, committed
suicide today at his home here by shoot
ing himself in the head, the wound in
flicted causing almost instant death.
Acute insomnia, which probably caused
temporary insanity, is said to be re
sponsible for the deed. Mr. Rothschild
returned from a six weeks outing in
Minnesota last week and seemed great
ly improved physically. At no time, it
is said, ijvas his mental condition such
as to cause any apprehension that he
contemplated self-destruction.
Shortly after luncheon this afternoon
Mr. Rothschild entered the bath room
of one of the upper floors of his home,
and almost immediately the servants
heard the report of a revolver. Going to
the bath room, they found the merchant
lying on the floor. A bullet wound in
his forehead showed what had happened.
Mr. Rothschild was still breathing. A
physician was summoned but could be of
no service.
Mr. Rothschild retired from the man
agement of the big department store at
State and Van Buren Streets about two
months ago on account of ill health.
A constitution ordinarily robust had
been shattered in building up the busi
ness since the opening, seven years ago.
Interested with him and the principal
owner of the store was Nelson Morris,
his father-in-law.
Children Hilled by Train.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Charlotte. N. C., July 28.—0 n the
trestle over Richardson’s creek, two
miles east of Monroe, yesterday, two
little negro girls were instantly killed
and a third fatally injured by an S. A.
L. freight running from Monroe to Ham
let.
Five little girls were near the western
end of the trestle when th ? train—No. 9
—approached. Just beyond the trestle
there is a long curve and the engineer
did not get a clear view of the trestle
until within a short distance of it. A
large water tank also obstructed his
view. The little girls seemed not to
have heard the approach of the train,
which was going rather rapidly.
The engineer did everything possible
to stop his engine and the little girls
ran rapidly for safety, but only two of
them escaped.
Young Safe Robbers.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Southern Pines, N. C., July 28. —Jesse ’
and Will Davis were carried before C. W.
Shaw, charged "with the theft of several
checks and cash from J. E. Buchan.
They were young boys and confessed to
the deed, Implicating their fathers, An
drew and William Davis. The four of
them were committed to jail at Carthage
to await the action of the court. The
amount taken from the safe was about
$33, half of it being in checks and the
other cash.
Refugees From Womelsdorf,
By the Associated Press.)
Cumberland, Md., July 28.—Twenty
eight refugee negroes driven from
Womelsdorf, W. Va., as a result of the
race war following tile murder of Chief
of Police Wilmoth, have arrived here
destined for Eastern points. Negroes
are leaving the vicinity of Womelsdorf J
by scores. j
1 PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BANDIT WHO'LL GO
TRACE!ONE BETTER
He Shoots Out the Lights of
a Saloon.
« »
HE PERFORATES FIVE MEN
He Seizes Horse and Buggy at the
Pistol Point.
AND DRIVES OFF ARMED TO THE TEETH
«
“Tracey Won’t be in it With Ma” He Says as
He Leaves Porterville, Shotgun, Rifle
ar.d Revolver in Readiness
For Battle.
(By the Associated Press.)
Fresno, California, July 28.—At Port
erville, James McKinney, an ex-convict,
shot five men and escaped into the eoun
try in a stolen rig. McKinney first shot
out the lights of a saloon, and then, in
trying to shoot the cards out of the
hands of a player, wounded the latter
slightly. He then went to a livery
stable and at the point of a revolver '
secured a rig.
As he was driving off, a contable, a
deputy and several citizens tried to ar
rest him. He opened fire, wounding four
o fthe party and escaped. Two years
ago McKinney killed a man at Bakers
field, but was exonerated.
William Lynn, whose abdomen and legs
were filled with buckshot, succumbed to
his wounds.
McKinney also filled the right arm of
George Barrows, a printer, with shot
and sent a bullet into the mouth of
Deputy Marshal Willis, another in the
arm of Deputy Constable Tompkins and
a load of shot into the arm of W. D.
West. McKinney is headed for Fresno
county, and it is believed he will make
for the mountains.
He has a shot gun, a rifle and a re
volver, and said before leaving the vil
lage that “Tracey would not be in it”
with him,
A CUj TING REPRIMAND,
Ch&lee Scores Captain Wild For Failnro to
Obey Civil Authority.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 28.—The action of
General Chaffee in reprimanding Captain
Frederick S. Wild, 13th Infantry, upon
the sentence of a court martial has
been received at the War Department.
Captain Wild was in command at Liugay
en, where a cock pit was burned, two
soldiers of the command having pre
viously been stabbed in the cock pit.
It was generally understood that the
cock pit was burned by the soldiers in
revenge. It was brought out in the: trial
that Captain Wild had been requested by
the civil authorities to place a guard
over the property after the first attack
and failed to do so, and a second at
tempt at burning resulted in its de
struction. General Chaffee in carrying
out the sentence of the court says:
“The? necessity for this trial is based
on the intention to accentuate to the
accused that the existing order to give
complete and unqualified support to all
branches of the civil government in these
islands must be complied with, and to
show by example that nothing short of
such support will be accepted from offi
cers on duty in this division. Captain
Wild’s conduct is but mildly punished
by reprimand. It is destructive of the
very foundations of discipline and when
considered in connection with the im
portance of the duty devolved upon him,
is in the highest degree reprehensible.”
FOUND DEAD BY THE TRACK.
Negro Supposed to Have Fallen or Been Fash
ed From an Excursion Train
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. July 28.—A no
gro> whose name is given as Will Peo
ples, was found dead today near the rail
road track two miles this side of Ker
nersville. The railroad people say that
he either fell, jumped or was pushed o's
the excursion train that left here at 9
o’clock for Reidsville. The body, after
a coroner's inquest, was turned over to
the undertaker for burial.
John Landingham, aged fifteen years,
who was drowned in Mackey’s pond yes
terday, was buried this afternoon.
Joseph Helton, a young man who went
in the pond bathing and who was ar
rested on the charge of being responsible
for Landingham’s death, was tried before
a magistrate this afternoon- The court
reserved its decision until* tomorrow.
THE 0. D STREET RAILWAY FOLD.
Generally Conceded in Financial Circles That
Williams Syndicate is Buyer
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., July 28.—General Mana
ger E. C. Hathaway, of the Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Newport News Com
pany, today confirmed the sale of the Old
Dominion Street Railway of Ports
mouth. He would not say that the Nor
folk, Portsmouth and Newport News
Company were the purchasers, as he did
not have official confirmation of .the
subject. It is generally conceded in
financial circles that the Williams syn
dicate was the purchaser.