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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS
INJURED 111 A COLLISION
The Drag Containing the Chief Executive and his
Party Struck by an Electric
Car.
THE PRESIDENT IS COT AND BRUISED
Cortelyou Hurt, Secret Ser
vice Agent Craig
Killed.
DRIVER OF COACH SERIOUSLY INJURED
The Motorman and Conductor of the
Electric Car Arrested. The Presi
dent Resumes His Journey But at
Bridgeport Goes on Board the Yacht
Sylph aud Departs for Oyster Bay.
His Arrival There.
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*fr Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 3.—The 4*
4» drag containing President Roosevelt 4*
4* and his party on the way from 4*
4* Pittsfield to Lenox, was struck by 4*
4* an electric car today, and the Presi
-4» dent was slightly cut and bruised. 4*
4* Secret Service Agent Craig was 4*
4* killed. Secretary Cortelyou was 4*
♦ slightly injured. The driver of the 4*
4* coach was seriously injured. The 4*
4* motorman and conductor of the car 4*
4* were placed under arrest. The 4*
4. President was able to resume his 4*
4* journey to Lenox, but sent word 4*
■4* ahead that there should be no 4*
4» cheering. 4*
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4. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 3.—The 4»
4'- yacht Sylph with President Roose- 4*
4* velt on board, left here at 5:15 for 4»
4* Oyster Bay. 4»
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4» Oyster Bay, Sept. 3.—The Sylph 4»
4* with President Roosevelt on board. 4»
4« anchored off Oyster Bay shortly be- 4»
4* fore 8:30 p. m. 4.
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STORY OF THB ACCIDENT’
Th« President’s Vehicle Was Ascending a Hill
When tho Crash Came,
(By the Associated Press.)
Pittsfield, Mass., Sept. 3.—A drag con
taining the President’s party, bound from
Pittsfield to Lenox, was hit by an electric
car near the Country Club here this
morning. The horses attached to the car
riage wore killed and several members
of the party were injured.
President Roosevelt escaped with a few
bruises. His face was badly scratched.
The President’s private secretary,
Cortelyou, was cut and bruised.
Secret Service Agent Craig was in
stantly killed.
I>. J. Pratt, driver of the President's
coach, had his skull fractured.
The injured were brought here in am
bulances.
Governor Crane, of Massachusetts, was
in -the Presidential party and a detach
ment of the Massachusetts cavalry did
the escort duty.
Governor Crane was injured slightly.
The tally-ho was starting to make the
ascent of Howard’s Hill when the Coun
try Club electric car, in charge of Motor
man Madden, approached at a good speed.
The motorman was unable to stop the
car before the accident.
The carriage containing the President,
Governor Crane, Secretary Cortelyou and
John Smith, the Governor's secretary,
was struck a terrible blow.
The President's injuries are so serious
that they will interfere with a continua
tion of his Now England tour. Physi
cians were hastily summoned.
S**ret Service Agent Craig died with
out speaking a word.
T he motorman and conductor have been
arrested. u
_ Washington. Sept. 3.—Chief of the
Secret Service Wilkie received the fol
lowing dispatch this morning:
“The President’s carriage was struck
by an electric car at 9:30 this morning.
Craig was killed; the President unhurt.
(Signed) "TAYLOR.”
Anxiety at Oyster Bay.
<Rv the Associated Press.)
Oyster Bay. X. Y., Sept. 3.—News that
the President had met with an accident :
in Massachusetts caused great excitement
here and the telegraph and telephoif*> of
fices were soon beseiged by residents
anxious to obtain particulars. , When it
was learned that President koosev»lt
was not seriously hurt, expressions of
thankfulness were heard on ail teides.
William Craig, who was killed the
accident, was well known here. Hij was
in charge of the Secret Service meni here
during the President's stay. *
William Craig’s Record. I
(Bv the Associated Press.) \
( hieago. Sept. 3. —William Craig, Secret
Service operative, who met his death /near
Lenox, Mass., today, was a Chicago roian.
He was at one time connected with
Airnour Institute as an instructor in
physical culture. As a broad swordsman
he had a national reputation. His work
as an agent for the government Secret
Service was done in this city under
Captain Porter. He was appointed Sep
tember 22, 1900, was later transferred to
Birmingham, Ala., then to Pittsburg, and
because of his excellent service was
finally sent to Secret Service headquar
ters at Washington. He leaves a
widowed mother and one sister who now
reside at 4334 Calumet avenue in this
city.
The Kaiser Expresses Regret.
(By the Associated Press.)
Posen, Prussian Poland. Sept. 3.—Extra
editions of the newspapers giving ac
counts of the accident to President Roose
velt and his party spread the news
through this city at 10 o'clock tonight.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press has been informed that Emperor
William expressed great regret upon
hearing of the occurrence, but said he
was glad to know that President Roose
velt had only been slightly injured.
Condition of the Czarina.
(By the Associated Press.)
St. Petersburg, Sept. 3,—The official
Journal de St. Petersburg today con
tains the following announcement:
"Some months ago certain changes oc
curred in the condition of the Czarina
which indicated pregnancy. Now, owing
to a deviation from the normal course
of pregnancy, Her Majesty has had a
miscarriage. There are no complications.
Temperature and pulse normal.
(Signed) The Court Accoucher,
"PROFESSOR OTT,
"The Court Surgeon,
"HIRSCH,”
Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 3.—Mes
sages received at the court here today
announced that the Czarina was in a se
rious condition, but that no further dan
ger was anticipated.
On the Diamond.
National League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At New York — R. h. E.
Cincinnati 00000010 I—2 7 3
New York 0 0000001 o—l 3 0
At Brooklyn— R. H. E.
Chicago 000000001) —0 71
Brooklyn 000120 0 1 o—l0 —1 12 0
At Philadelphia— R. H. E.
St. Louis 0000 00 0 3 o—3 10 0
Philadelphia 0000 00 0 1 o—l 5 0
At Boston— R. H. E.
Boston 100003 100— 5 12 6
Pittsburg 23002050 o—l 20 —12 11 1
American League.
(By the Associated Press.)
At St. Louis— R. H. E.
St. Louis 0001 10 1 3 o—9 13 2
Washington 0 1001000 2—4 7 4
Second game— R. H. E.
St. Louis 00200000 o—-2 6 0
Washington 00000040 o—l 71
At Cleveland— R. H. E.
Cleveland 4030 10 0 0 x—B 13 0
Baltimore 1010 22 0 0 o—6 14 4
At Detroit— R. H. E.
Detroit 0010 00 0 0 2—3 11 4
Philadelphia 0030 00 2 0 o—s 10 2
Southern League.,
(By the Associated Press.)
Birmingham, 1; Little Rock, 3.
Nashville. 9; Shreveport. 2.
Second game: Nasville, 7; Shreve
port 2.
Eastern League.
(By tjie Associated Press.)
Providence, 10; Newark, 2-
Buffalo. 11; Toronto. 5.
Montreal, 12; Rochester, 11.
Jersey City, 13; Worcester, 8.
To Invite Roosevelt.
(Special to News and Observer.*
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3.—Business
men and the municipal authorities here
are beginning to organize to secure a
day's visit from President Roosevelt on
his return from Chattanooga, via. Ashe
ville- The city council tonight appoint
ed a committee to co-operate with o f 'iers
appointed by business associations and
fraternal orders to extend an invitation,
aDd if possible, have a function in honor
of the President at historic Guilford
Court House Battle Ground Park, the
scene of Cornwallis' first rebuff.
KAUGH. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1902.
ZONE OF DESTRUCTION WIDENS.
L; 1 . Victims of Mont Pelee Had Just Returned
to Their Homes
(By the Associated Press.)
Castries, Island of St. Lucia, B. W. L.,
Sept. 3.—The zone of destruction of Sat
urday night’s eruption of Mont Pelee, is
north of Martinique, and parelleled that
which destroyed the town of St. Pierre
in May last, but it spread some five miles
more eastward. The projection of de
structive matter southward from Mont
Pelee was almost identical with that of
last Mav.
The inhabitants were removed from this
area, and also from the villages of Lor
rain and Basse Pointe, at the base of
Mont Pelee, after the May cata,stropc,
but they wore sent back by the govern
ment last week.
The Gendarmarie of Martinique offi
cially report that 1,060 persons were
killed and 150 injured by the latest show
ers of fiery hail.
Warships and steamers are taking the
inhabitants from the coast villages,
whore people from inland places have
also gathered for safety.
Survivors who have reached Fort De
France describe the eruption as being
the most violent yet experienced. The
detonations were heard at the Island of
St. Kitts.
The St. Vincent volcano, tTle Soufriere,
was in eruption simultaneously. Awful
detonations were heard along the south
ern Islands of Trinidad.
Hanged for Criminal Assault,
(By the Associated Press.)
Stephens, Ark., Sept. 3.—Hog Wilson,
colored, was hanged near here yesterday
by a party of men.
Wilson attempted a criminal assault
on a young lady. He confessed his
crime.
Edward Eggleston Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Sept. 3.—Edward Eggles
ton, the author, died at Jones Lock, Lake
George, today.
CONDITION OF COTTON CROP
THE LOWEST EVER RECORDED
The Average on August theTwenty=Sixth Was Sixty -
Four. Disastrous Conditions in Texas
and Alabama.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 3. —The monthly re
port of the Statistician of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, issued at noon to
day, shows the average condition of cot
ton on August 26 to have been 64, as
compared with 81.9 on July 25; 71.4 on
August 24. 1901; 68.2 on Sejitember 1,
1900, and a ten year average of 73.7.
The present unprecedentedly low' av
erage of condition, which is two tenths
of a point lower than the condition on
September 1, 1896. is due mainly to the
reports from Texas and Alabama, in
both of which States the prevailing con
ditions are nothing less than disastrous.
The average for Texas is 3 points lower
than at the corresponding date in 1895
and 1901, and is the lowest ever reported
for that State. In Alabama, also the
crop is the poorest ever known. Georgia
reports 9 joints below its ten year aver
age, the condition figures being one point
below the corresponding averages in
1899 and 1900. The condition in Louisiana
ASSAULTED A CIILO
Attempt to Deflower a Ihir
teen Year Old Girl at
Greensboro.
(Special to News and Observer )
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3.—J. W.
Woody, of Lynchburg, Va., iormer
brakeman on the Southern Railway
train, is being searched for by officers
under a warrant sworn out by Robert
Haney, a respectable resident here,
charging him with criminal assault on
his daughter, aged thirteen, in the for
est adjoining the park last yesterday.
Woody is said to have written the girl
a note inviting her to a trip to the park
with him, which she accepted.
Later parties hearing screams of a
woman near the park, went to the res
cue, whenthe man and girl both ran,
boarding a car from different directions
and coming to the city on the same car.
The girl says Woody induced her to
drink wine almost to intoxication, and
she did not fully realize the situation
until too late to do anything but scream,
‘and then, when discovered, she followed
his directions about running.
The age of consent in the State is four
teen. and Woody, if caught, will face a
charge of capital felony. Woody left
supposedly on a freight last night and
the officers think will be easily cap
tured, some declaring he will not evade
arrest, not knowing the gravity of his
offense uunder most favorable construc
tion.
"It may be made very useful,” an
swered Senator Sorghum. “Very fre
quently, for instance, a good strong
speech against monopolies in general
may divert suspicion from you and en
able you to do a good turn for a corpor
ation without risk to embarrassment.”
FIS THE STRIKE
KHOTTYPROBLEM
Result of Carroll D. Wright’s
Investigation.
ROOSEVELT CANNOT ACT
The Commissioner of Labor Makes
Suggestions.
MUCH IS TO BE SAID ON BOTH SIDEo
If His Suggestions Are Followed the Coal
Regions May be Governed in Accordance
With Higher Moral! Principles
Than Now Prevail.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Sept. 3.—Carroll D.
Wright, Commissioner of Labor, was
designated by the President in June last
to investigate and report to him, the
causes and conditions accompanying the
present controversy between the Penn
sylvania anthracite coal operators and
their miners. Twelve days later Mr.
Wright submitted his findings to the
President.
After carefully going over the report
the President submitted it to the Attor
ney-General, who, after giving it full
and careful consideration reports that
the executive has no power whatever to
take action in the matter. Thereport ac
cordingly is made public for the infor
mation of the people. Mr. Wright con
ducted the investigation in New York,
j is the same as on September 1, 1900, or
; six points below its ten year average,
! but its condition is still 8 points above
i that at the corresponding date in 1900.
1 South Carolina is within one point of its
I ten year average, and North Carolina,
Tennessee and Arkansas arc two points,
i 8 points and 1 point above their respec
tive ten year averages.
There are general complaints of the
| premature opening and imperfect de
| velopment of bolls, and from South
! Carolina—a State whose reports are far
| from beihg among the most unfavorable —
| the statement is made on the authority
| of ginners that about 14 per cent more
! seed cotton is required for a 500 pound
! bale than in an average one year.
The averages of condition in the differ
ent States are as follows: Virginia, 80;
North Carolina, 80; South Carolina, 74;
I Georgia, 68; Florida, 75; Alabama, 54;
j Mississippi, 68; Louisiana, 70; Texas, 53;
j Arkansas, 75; Tennessee, 82; Missouri,
j 73; Oklahoma, 76; Indian Territory, 68.
being: represented in the coal regions by
an experienced gentleman, who, he
states, had studied the conditions in the
coal regions many times, and who under
took to make the necessary inquiries
relative to the present strike.
Mr. Wright says that he knows of no
strike that has presented so many vary
ing conditions, conflicting views and ir
ritating complaints. The present strike,
lie says, (binds its root in the settlement
of the strike of 1900, when the advance
demanded by the miners was conceded.
Since that time there have been increas
ed sensitiveness and more intense irri
i tation than during the previous twenty
live years-
Coal production, profits and transpor
tation are some of the Subjects discuss
ed in the report. Concerning the control
j says:
‘‘Nearly all the operators, so far as
learned, have no confidence in the abil
j ity of the miners union to control its own
| members to any such degree as to assist
jin maintaining proper discipline. Here
j is a sharp conflict- and one which reaches
! to the very essence of the irritating con
j ditions that now attend anthracite coal
i mining.
“Some of the operators do not hesi
tate 1o say, and it is believed that this
i statement is favorably regarded by some
of the union officers, that no great prog
ress will be made towards a more peace
' ful condition in the mining regions until
! the anthracite miners have a union of
j their own. its autonomy individualized
| and not complicated with that of the bit
| uroinous coal miners.
! “All the operators -whom T met dis
claimed distinctly that they had any an
i tagonism to labor unions as such. They
: do object, and most seriously, to some
of the methods adopted by the unions,
j and they feel that when asked to make
| contracts with the unions, the latter
: should put themselves in a position to
| be pecuniarily responsible for carrying
out such contracts.”
Mr. Wright concludes his report as
i follows:
“Much evidence has been offered to
show the general condition of miners,
their complaints and grievances, and the
complaints and grievances of the opera
tors. It is very clearly shown by the
evidence that the miners have done
something in the way of securing dis
cipline, although they have disappointed
the presidents in such attempts. The
miners feel that the corporations, when
they refuse to recognize the right of the
unions to represent them in adjusting
any difference, cannot deny that the of
ficers have the power to decide whether
or not the employes shall strike. They
also state that if the operators will make
an agreement with them, they will carry
it out as far as it lies in their power
to do so, but that without an agreement
they are all the time quibbling as to
conditions under which miners shall
work.
“It is reported to me by reputable par
ties, who have no interest in the mining
business one way or the other, that the
chief difficulty lies in the lack of organi
zation. This is shown by the existence
of marly practices in the management of
coal mines which appear to be unwise,
unfair and calculated to work hardship.
There are very prosperous miners in the
coal region, and of course there is also,
as in every industry, great destitution.
The whole problem is an extremely com
plex one, and involves many practices
that have been built up through long
years. The mine owners too often have
regarded the average miner as unreason
able and likely to be unruly when occa
sion offered The miner has come to re
gard the average owner as greedy and
ready to do anything which will take ad
vantage of him. Long continued condi
tions of this basis of suspicion make
the question one of great difficulty.
"It would seem reasonable that if the
men should be sure of steady work, or
fairly steady work, they could well afford,
perhaps, to take less wages, or even to
continue on the present basis of pay
ment. It is insisted by many that eight
hours a day for six days in the week at
less wages than they are now receiving
would make the miners as prosperous a
class of workmen as can be found in the
United States.
Mr. Wright makes the following sug
gestions which he says seem reasonable
and just:
"1. That the anthracite employes should
organize an anthracite coal miners’
union, in its autonomy to be independent
of the United Mine-Workers of America.
The new union of course, be af
filiated with the United Mine-Workers
and the American Federation of Labor,
but in the conduct of all the affairs re
lating to the anthracite coal regions the
new union should preserve its own au
tonomy and be immediately responsible
for its agreement.
"2. That considering all the facts rela
tive to production, cost of coal at the
mines, profits, freight traffic, etc., etc.,
it would be reasonable and just for the
operators to concede at once a nine hour
day: but that this should be done for the
period of six months as an experiment,
in order to test the influence on produc
tion, w ith the guaranty that if production
is not materially reduced thereby the
agreement shall be made for a more
permanent reduction of time.
"3. That under a new organization con
sisting of anthracite employes there
shall be organized a join committee on
conciliation, composed of representatives
of the operators and of the new union
to which all grievances as they arise
shall be referred for investigation; and
that when two-thirds of the committee
reach a decision that decision shall be
final and binding upon both parties.
“4. That the first duty of such joint
board of conciliation shall be to enter
upon a thorough examination and in
vestigation of all conditions relative to
mining anthracite coal, the question of
weighing, to discipline, to wage scales,
and all matters that now form the burden
of the complaints and grievances of both
operators and miners: the results of such
investigation- not to be considered in the
nature of an award of a board of arbi
tration, but as verified information on
which future contracts can be made.
“5. That whenever practical and where
mining is paid for by the ton, and until
the joint committee referred to shall have
made its report, coal shall be paid for
by the ton and be weighed by two in
spectors, one representing the operators
and one representing the men, each sids
to pay its own inspector.
"6. That there shall be no interference
with non-union men.
“7. That whenever practicable collec
tive bargains shall be made relative to
wages, time and other conditions, under
rules to be established by the joint com
mittee referred to.”
These conclusions, Mr. Wright says he
lieves, wjjl help to allay irritation and
reach the day when the anthracite coal
regions shall be governed systematically
and in accordance with greater justice
and higher moral principles than now
generally prevail on either side.
Two Fire Bugs Caught.
(By the Associated Press.)
Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 3- —A de
tachment of soldiers on duty at Rush
Run last night caught two men in the
act of tiring the coal company's houses
and arrested both. It is said that both
men are non-union. United States Mar
shal Summers served injunctions at St.
Clair, Eureka and Davis Gordon mines
today. Governor White says he has no
present intention of withdrawing the
military force.
Mr. Daniels Improving.
In response to the many inquiries rela
tive to the condition of Mr. Josephus
Daniels, editor of the News and Observer,
who, with Josephus, Jr., is in Virginia
recuperating, we are glad to state that
a letter received from him yesterday
states that he is improving rapidly and
that he hopes to return to Raleigh next
week. His many friends wish for him a
full restoration to health and an early re
turn. ' „
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE LAUNCHING OF
1 JOHNSON BOOM
Tom L. Looms Up as a Presi
dential Possibility.
A PARSON IN POLITICS
Reverend Herbert Bigelow for Secre
tary of State.
KANSAS Cl IY PLATFORM ENDORSED
Agiinst Government by h junction, for Home
Rule in Municipalities. The People
A'one Slhould Have the Power
to Grant Franchises.
(By the Associated Press.)
Cedar Point, via Sandusky, Ohio, Sept.
3.—The ticket:
Secretary of State—Rev. Herbert S.
Bigelow, Cincinnati.
Supreme Judge—Michael Donnelly, Na
poleon.
Food and Dairy Commissioner— Philip
H. Bruck. Columbus.
Member of State Board of Public
Works—Joseph J. Pater, Hamilton.
The Democratic State Convention today
was principally the occasion of booming
its presiding officer, Mayor Tom L. John
son, for the Presidency, and of intro
ducing into Ohio politics Rev. Herbert S.
Bigelow, pastor of Vine Street Congre
gational church at Cincinnati. The
former has been conspicuously before the
public as Congressman and delegate to
national and other conventions for years,
but the latter was not so well known
until he was today made the standard
bearer of his party and made a speech
of acceptance that was received with
unusual enthusiasm. Bigelow is 33 years
of age, independent in his creed and has
become prominent as a lecturer as well
as a popular preacher.
The session lasted less than three
hours and had only one ballot, most of
the time being devoted to speeches, and
that of Rev. Bigelow was conceded to be
the feature of the occasion. In present
ing the names of candidates and in sec
onding the same and in accepting nomi
nations, over a score of orators were
heard, but none of them commanded
more attention, not excepting the key
note of Chairman Johnson, than the
young minister.
It was a Johnson convention through
out, although Mrr. Johnson, himself was
more conciliatory than at the preliminary
meetings of the past two days. The plat
form was adopted as it came from him
throughout the committee.
The State central and executive com
mittees were both organized as he sug
gested and the State ticket, with a single
exception, that of Bruck, for Food Com
missioner, was nominated by acclamation
as slated by the Johnson men. All the
proceedings were conducted with dispatch
in accordance with what was kno*n as
the Johnson program, and the* chairman
was made the hero of the day in every
possible form o f demonstration. Men
passed through the audience and the com
modious grounds of the summer resort
with valises full of buttons baring the
picture of the chairman of the convention,
and the inscription, "Tom L. Johnson in
1904.”
Mayor Johnson, with his big tent, opens
the campaign at Lorrain next Saturday,
and the convention voted to have delega
tions present from as many counties as
possible. Chairman Frey, stated that the
State committee already had arranged to
have Bigelow speak in every county, and
that Johnson and Bigelow would now fill
engagements every day and night until
after the November election.
The platform adopted reaffirms the
principles of the Kansas City platform
"faithfully and ably represented in the
Presidential campaign of 1900 by William
Jennings Bryan,” and condemns any
effort to repudiate those principles. It
then makes a specific statement of prin
ciples substantially as follows:
1. That in making assessments for
taxation all property should be appraised
at not less than its salable value.
2. That the present laws for assessing
the property of steam railroads and other
public service corporations should be so
changed as to compel the assessment of
those properties at not less than their
salable value as going concerns.
3. That to prevent evasion of State
taxes by discriminating valuations, a
separation of the sources of State and
local revenues should be made.
4. That all public service corporations
should be required by law to make sworn
public reports, and that the power of
visitation and examination over such cor
porations should be given to the proper
auditing officers, to the end that the true
value of the privileges had by such cor
porations may be made plain to the peo
ple.
5. That the acceptance of free passes
or other favors from railroads by public
officers or employes should be adequate
ground for their removal from office.
6. That the denial of the right of
peaceable persuasion in times of labor
disturbance is a denial of the right or
free speech, and that government by in
junction, if persisted in, will wreck the
liberties of the people.
7. That we demand the enactment of
a Code, which provides absolute home
rule for municipalities, which shall in
clude the right to establish the merit
system.
8. That we condemn (he vicious and
(Continued on Fifth Page.)