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VOL. LIII. NO. 45.
Leads all Worth Carolina Bailies in Mews and Gradation 1
A MAJORITY Os 65,876
The Conservative Estimate of
North Carolina’s Demo
cratic MajorityTcday*
240,932 MEN REGISTERED
Os This Number 234,687 are White and
6,245 Colored.
DEMOCRATS WILL CARRY EVERY DISTRICT
They Will Elect 100 Representatives, 43 Sen
ators, Nearly all the Solicitors and Give
a Crushing Blow to the Rep*
Pop-and-Nig Party.
The Democratic majority in North
Carolina today will bo 65,876 for the
State ticket.
This is the estimate made by the
Democratic county chairmen of eighty
counties made over their signature and
an estimate of seventeen counties made
by this paper. It is believed that this
estimate is conservative and that if the
vote is full, the majority will be more
likely to reach or exceed 75,000 than to
go below 65,876.
The table by counties, printed below,
shows the estimated majorities in all the
counties. The Democrats Will carry 85
counties with 70,253 majority and the Re
publicans will carry 12 counties with
4,377. leaving a net Democratic majority
of 65,576.
TABLE OF MAJORITIES.
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY: Alamance
500; Alexander 50; Alleghany 135; An
son 1,400; Beaufort l,00;O; Bertie 1,200;
Bladen 700; Buncombe 556; Burke 600;
Cabarrus 500; Caldwell 203; Camden 269;
Carteret 400; Caswell 700; Catawba 450;
Chatham 350; Chowan 750; Clay 10;
Cleveland 1,700; Columbus 1,000; Craven
1,626; Cumberland 500; Currituck 900;
Dare 50; Davidson 200; Davie 25; Duplin
1,000; Durham 800; Edgecombe 1,570:
Forsyth 654; Franklin 1,185; Gaston 1,-
000; Gates 700; Graham 10; Granville
500; Greene 920; Guilford 1,500; Halifax
2,000; Harnett 849; Haywood 400; Hert
ford 600; Hyde 250; Iredell 1,200; Jackson
100; Johnston 2,500; Jones 475; Lenoir
1.500: Lincoln 300; Macon 100; Martin
1,200; McDowell 150; Mecklenburg 3,000;
Montgomery 350; Moore 600; Nash 1.C00;
New Hanover 1,500; Northampton 1,000;
Onslow 1,000; Orango 1,250; Pamlico 95;
Pasquotank 600; Pender 800; Perquimans
521; Person 750; Pitt 2,500; Polk 90;
Randolph 300; Richmond 750; Robeson
1,500; Rockingham 1,500; Rowan 1,500;
Rutherford 850; Stanly 640; Surry 100;
Transylvania 50: Tyrrell 160: Union 1,-
200; Vance 650; Wake 3,000; Warren 1,000;
Washington 300: Wayne 2,500; Wilson 2,-
500; Yancey 10; Scotland 700.—Total,
70.253.
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY: Ashe 250;
Brunswick 200: Cherokee 197; Henderson
150; Madison 700; Mitchell 1,000: Samp
son 100; Stokes 200; Swain 200; Watauga
250; Wilkes 630; Yadkin 500.—total
4,377.
Net Democratic Majority, 65,876.
THE REGISTRATION.
The registration is larger than was
expected of the white vote and smaller
of the negro vote. Here are the figures.
Most of them are official:
Whites registered 234,687
Negroes registered 6,245
Total 240,939
REGISTRATION BY COUNTIES.
The figures by counties are as follows:
Registration.
Counties. White. Colored.
Alamance 3,642 266
Alexander ’*1,600 20
Alleghany 1,364 3
Anson 1,802 90
Ashe 3,177 6
Beaufort 3,000 175
Gertie *I.BOO 200
Bladen 1,700 75
Brunswick *1,400 100
Buncombe 6.592 138
Burke 2,400 106
Cabarrus 3,090 68
Caldwell 2,553 26
Camden 722 23
Carteret 1,870 45
Caswell 1,400 85
Catawba 3,574 4
Chatham 3,023 4
t aerokee 1,608 2 |
DEMOCRATS WILL RESENT IT.
No Democrat Pays Attention to Pritchard’s
Charlotte Organ.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Reidsville, N. C. Nov. 3-==The voters of the Fifth
District should and will resent the interference of the
anti=Clark, anti-Kitchen and anti-Democratic daily
“Charlotte Observer” today by a handsome majority
for Kitchen, Clark and the rest of Democratic ticket.
P. D. WATT, Chairman.
The News and* bservr~s?
Chowan 1,024 43
Clay 685 4
Cleveland 3,817 16
Columbus 2,600 100
Craven 2,133 15
Cumberland 3,268 198
Currituck *I,OOO 20
Dare 950 0
Davidson *3,800 50
Davie 2,018 25
Duplin 2,900 27
Durham 3,124 146
Edgecombe 2,235 65
Forsyth 4,839 57
Franklin 2,909 95
Gaston 3,475 61
Gates 1,200 33
Graham 793 0
Granville 2,350 200
Greene 1,425 67
Guilford 5,625 115
Halifax 2,650 100
Harnett *I,BOO 40
Haywood *2,700 10
Henderson 2,407 21
Hertford 1,281 79
Hyde *1,400 50
Iredell 4,235 73
Jackson 1,982 9
ohnston 3,800 90
Jones 1,005 30
Lenoir * 2,157 60
Lincoln *2,200 30
Macon 2,085 11
Madison 3.486 12
Martin 1,650 50
McDowell *2,000 ' 16
Mecklenburg 5,148 120
Mitchell *I,OOO 10
Montgomery 2,143 4
Moore 3,000 50
Nash 3,210 44
New Hanover 2,462 16
Northampton ....' 1,913 150
Onslow 1,450 50
Orange 1,825 95
Pamlico 1,202 16
Pasquotank 1,119 105
Pender 1,247 46
Perquimans 1,119 105
Person 1,000 100
Pitt 3,634 76
Polk 1,020 2
Randolph 5,132 5
Richmond 1,520 18
Robeson *3,900 50
Rockingham 4,276 125
Rowan 4,050 100
Rutherford 3,479 4
Sampson *2,500 20
Stanly 2,437 12
Stokes *1,700 30
Surry 4,387 18
Swain 1,335 5
Transylvania 1,101 1
Tyrrell 791 10
Union 2,840 60
Vance 1,566 82
Wake 6,288 565
Warren 1,285 172
Washington 1,072 15
Watauga *2,100 20
Wayne, Abt,.. 3,700 150
Wilkes *3,400 47
Wilson 3,355 115
Yadkin 2,520 14
Yancey *1,700 5
♦Scotland 1,108 0
Total 234,687 6,245
* These counties are estimated upon in
formation given by others than the coun
ty chairman. , it ..j
This shows that there are 49,932 less
voters registered than were cast in the
Presidential election of 1900. Then the
total vote cast was 290,733, Bryan receiv
ing 157,736 and McKinley 132,997.
How many votes will be cast today?
JIM CROW LAW ON STREET CAES.
Fsw Cars and Heavy Travel Make itDifficu’t
to Enforce in New Orleans
(By the Associated Press.)
New Orleans, Nov. 3.—The new State
law requiring street car companies to
provide separate accommodations for
whites and blacks went into effect today
and is being enforced with difficulty.
The company has reserved the rear
seats for negro passengers and placed
screens in the cars, but since the re
cent strike the decrease in the number
of cars operated is so great that all of
them are generally crowded to the guards.
The whites are consequently insisting
upon riding in seats set aside for blacks
and overwhelmed by superior numbers
the conductors are finding it practically
impossible to make the law effective.
Negroes, in many instances, had diffi
culty in getting aboard cars today. There
have been some wordy disturbances re
sulting from the attempt to enforce the
law, but no arrests have been reported
at police headquarters.
A True and Good Man.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Wilson, N. C., Nov. 3.—The funeral
services of Mr. John Hutchinson, who
died Saturday morning, were held here
in the Presbyterian church yesterday
afternoon and the body was taken this
morning to New Bern, his old home, for
interment. He was 79 years old, and an
elder in the Presbyterian church. As
BALKIGH. NOBTH CAROLINA. lUKSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 4 1902.
cashier of the First National Bank for
about twenty years he made a high name.
He was a true and good. man.
Twenty Dishonorably Discharged.
(By the Associated Press.)
Newport News, Va„ Nov. 3.—The Uni
ted States trainingship Monongahela,
which has been at Fort Monroe several
days, sailed for New York this evening.
Before sailing the commanding officer
issued an order giving twenty of the
men dishonorable discharges for “dis
graceful conduct.”
Called to the Door and Shot Dead.
(By the Associated Press.)
Sparta. Tenn., Nov. 3.—Thomas Bur
gess was shot and killed last night by
unknown parties. Burgess, who was a
private detective, was called to the door
of his house, where he received the con
tents of a shot gun in his breast. He
died within a few hours.
Body Frightfully Mangled by Trains.
" /
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Nov. 3.—The body of
George Smith, who lived near Asheville,
was found yesterday on a trestle near
this city. The body was frightfully
mangled, having been run over by sev
eral trains. Smith was seen near the
station a few hours before the body was
found. He had been drinking.
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1902 is now over, I write to say,
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WORK RUSHED 05 THE TEXAB.
The Battleship Reported to be Going at Once to
the Isthmus
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 3.—For the first
time since the Spanish War, work was
continued all of Sunday at the Norfolk
navy yard. Rush orders had been re
ceived to put the battleship Texas in
commission immediately and gangs of
workmen labored continuously all of Sun
day. At. 1:30 this afternoon, the flag was
raised over the vessel and she *3 ready
for sea.
While no positive verification can be
secured, it is reported at the navy yard
that the Texas will proceed at once to
isthmian waters. The gunboat Bancroft
has already sailed South and the Detroit
put in today for coal and ammunition, as
did also the Cincinnati. The Prairie has
arrived in Hampton Roads from Annap
olis and is being coaled. She has 300
marines on board and it is expected she
will sail for the Isthmus of Panama at
once.
Iron Miners Walk out.
(By the Associated Press.)
Roanoke, Va.. Nov. 3.—The ore dig
gers at the Rorer Iron mines of the Vir
ginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company,
three miles from this city, went on strike
today. The men are making one dollar
a day and want a 10 per cent increase*
There are 125 of them. Several lays
ago they handed in to the superintendent
a petition asking for the increase and
were told that the request would be
forwarded to the main office at Bristol
at once. Before the reply of the man
agement at Bristol could be received the
men stopped work.
The Governor Speaks at Fremont,
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. C., Nov. 3.—The county
candidates closed their canvass at the
court house today in the city. They had
the house full at the time, and there was
much enthusiasm among the audience.
The governor spoke at Fremont in the
afternoon to a large crowd, composed of
the friends and acquaintances of his
boyhood days. His speech, as usual, was
a master effort. The faces in his audi
ence, every one of which he knew, seem
ed to give him inspiration. For one
hour and a half he held his vast au
dience spell bound with his matchless
eloquence. The many affectionate greet
ings which he received before and after
the speaking, and the spirited applause
which greeted every climax in his elo
quent oration are evidences of the high
regard and sincere esteem in which he
is held by the people of his own county.
The Mount Olive Tragedy.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Goldsboro, N. C.. Nov. 3.—George Fu
trell, one of the men who was in the
buggy Thursday night when a negro boy
was shot and killed-at Mt. Olive, has
left the county and cannot be located.
Dr. Hill, the coroner, who held the in
quest, left this afternoon for Mt. Olive
to take additional evidence in the case,
and it is probable that the identity of
the person who did the shooting, will be
disclosed. The coroner sent the verdict
of the jury to the solicitor last week for
instruction, but up to this time has not
heard from him.
As a female entertainer the average
man is not in it with a cheap looking
glass.
SIMMONS STRIKES,
IT FULL 111 IMS
The Elaborate Tariff Edifice
Pritchard had Built.
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A STORM OK ENTHUSIASM
This Closes the Democratic Campaign in Guil
ford and the Fifth District—The Shad
ows of Coming Republican Dsfeat
Already Gathering.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 3.—The cam
paign in Guilford county and the fierce
fight in the Fifth district closed here to
night in the midst of a whirlwind of
Democratic enthusiasm and in a blaze of
victorious glory. It had been so ar
ranged that United States Senator F. M.
Simmons should make his closing speech
in the city where his first speech of the
campaign was made on July 16th at the
assembling of the State Democratic Con
vention. The meeting tonight was held
in the same hall in which the State Con
vention was held, the Grand Opera
House.
The large hall was filled with the sturdy
men and handsome women of Guilford.
The crowd was an index of the coming
victory which will crown the work of
the unswerving Guilford County De
mocracy. When the shadows of tomor
row afternoon shall have fallen around
the mountain home of North Carolina’s
retiring Republican Senator, this Democ
racy will have rung out the era of Pritch
ardisra in this State and rung in the
day dawn the bright era of complete
Democratic control. It pointed to the
political shadow of Senator Pritchard as
he descends from Senatorial heights and
disclosed an elegant Overman, a stal
wart Watson, a talented Craig, a sturdy
Alexander, a genial Hoke or a noble
Carr inarching up to don the Senatorial
toga.
Senator Simmons was introduced by
Mayor Chas. M. Stedman in one of the
most graceful, brilliant and touching in
troductory gems of** eloquence that has
been delivered here or elsewhere. It was
a splendid audience of the yeomen of the
city of Greensboro and the county of
Guilford to which the great and eloquent
Stedman introduced the distinguished
young giant of Democracy, the brave, the
heroic, the logical, the powerful Sim
mons.
The speech of Senator Simmons was
the speech of a statesman, the true and
sincere utterances of a patriot, the pow
erful plea of a popular leader, a con
vincing, logical and forcible discussion
of economical questions by a student of
political economy who has come near
mastering the science of the political
control of State and nation. He spoke
for more than an hour on the tariff ques
tion and discussed every feature cf pro
tection as it fosters trusts, aids in build
ing up combinations and oppresses the
masses of the people, and when he had
closed on the tariff question, the protec
tion argument of Jeter C. Pritchard which
he has preached throughout the State,
was torn into disgusting tatters. He
[took up Senator Pritchard’s argument on
protected wool and showed that while the
advance in wool, admitting for argument's
sake that it was due to the tariff tax,
had brought into North Carolina sixty
three thousand dollars, it had taken away
from the people of North Carolina more
than one million, two hundred thousand
dollars because tho people of North Car
olina bought twenty-three times more
wool than they produced.
He, with a few well-aimed shells of
truth and logic tore down Pritchard’s
Moro Castle of protected lumber and when
he touched on mica the entire audience
broke out in laughter. He declared that,
coal. iron, copper and other like material
North Carolina bought thirty times as
much as it produced and he would not
vote for high tariff tax on all these peo
ple in order to enrich the coal barons,
iron manufacturers and other trusts.
Along these lines the Senator spoke
with fervor and with powerful effect. He
spoke plainly, so plainly and practically
that every man could grasp his argument
and yet rounded up his points with such
force of eloquence and power as to thrill
his audience and stir his hearers to vig
orous applause. In his short allusion to
State matters he almost lifted the roof, j
It was like a great and successful rally
ing of an army' of patriots. He closed
w’ith the following stirring sentences:
“The first vote I ever cast was for
Zebu lon B. Vance in the memorable year
of 1876. I heard the thunder of his ,
Olympian eloquence commanding the
tempest, which had raged here for ten
years, ‘Be still.’ At his all-compelling
command I saw the dark cloud, which
had hovered over our beloved father- j
land during all these years, break and ,
ioll away, and out of the storm I saw
the sun of Democracy rise and with noon
day effulgence shine upon a happy and
contented people. It was amid these Stir
ring and alternating scenes of gloom and
redemption that my soul w T as baptized
in the faith of Democracy.
“In 1894 I saw the political skies again ■
darkened. In the whirlwind of passion j
and prejudice, which misguided agita
tion had fanned into a tempest, I saw
the old Ship of State again wrenched from
its Democratic moorings and tossed an
chorless and rudderless upon shoals and
breakers. Looking at this pitiable sight, 1
the fires of patriotism, kindled in my 1
bosom in reconstruction days, wei e
stirred to white heat, and I deliberately
resolved that, temporarily forgetting pri
vate interests, I would devote my oner-
gies and life to the cause of rescuing the
State from the dangers and perils which
encompassed it. From that time to this,
with your great commission in my hands,
I have pressed forward, sometimes ’mid
darkness and gloom, in trial 3 and tribu
lations, cursed and slandered by enemies,
and often-times criticized by friends, but
never faltering, hoping always for the
dawning of that day in North Carolina
which should have no night.
"In 1898 we regained control of the
legislative department of the government.
In 1900 we regained control of the Execu
tive department of the government. To
horrow we will regain control of the
Judicial department of the government,
and the Constitutional Amendment, the
Magna Charta of white suprem
acy, will be established by a majority so
great that no man in North Carolina will
henceforth dare lay his impious hands
upon it. When tomorrow’s sun goes
down the work of reremption will be
complete, and I shall then lay down my
commission as chairman of your commit
tee that I may give my undivided time
to the great work you imposed upon me
when you commissioned me to represent
you in the United States Senate. As
chairman of your committee I have given
you my best efforts. As your Senator you
are entitled to receive and, God being
my helper, f you shall receive my best
efforts. When my work here is finished,
when I have retired from the conflicts of
life, I shall not remember with most
pleasure the fact that my fellow-country
men have made me Representative and
Senator, as proud and grateful as I shall
ever be of these great honors and dis
tinctions. My greatest pleasure in con
nection with my public work,—the proud
est legacy save that of an honorable life
—which I shall leave to my children, will
he the fact that, when the State was to
be saved from the Plutonian night into
which it had passed, I was chosen by
my countrymen to lead in the crusade for
redemption and at your command I took
into my hands your white and stainless
banner and, with the aid of one hun
dred and eighty thousand true and loyal
white men, we planted it upon the high
est ramparts of victory, where it will
stay as long as the white men of North
Carolina and their descendants shall con
tinue to love and cherish home and altar
and fireside.”
The speech of the Senator was a mas
ter piece, it was a bugle call for a last
grand rally, it was a powerful and pa
thetic valedictory of a magnificent in
dividual force retiring from active lead
ership. It was a last general order from
a daring leader who had never faltered
and never lost a battle, it was spoken
to who had followed and fought
with vim and determination, and who
were yet determined to enjoy the fruits
of the victories that had been won and
old Guilford will be ir. line tomorrow. - with
fifteen hundred majority.
F. B. ARENDELL.
LINNEY ASD PRICE NAMED
TO CATCH OBD LIRE VOTES.
Pritchard has Hopes of Electing two Congress
men Only, Blackbnrn and Moody—Glad
Campaign is Over
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Winston-Salem, N. C., Nov. 3.—Demo
crats are still confident of carrying For
syth by five hundred tomorrow- Hon.
C. B. Watson, candidate for United
States Senator, closed his campaign with
a stirring speech to his home people to
night.
Tickets were issued today by Republi
cans bearing names of Linney and Price
for Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court These are for old line Republi
cans who will not support Connor and
Walker, Democrats.
Senator Pritchard made his closing
campaign speech in behalf of Black
burn, at a big Republican rally in
Wilkes county today. He only has hopes
that Blackburn and Moody will be re
elected to Congress. The Senator went
to Marshall tonight to vote. He ex
pressed delight ihat the campaign is
over.
Dr. B. Jones, father of Hon. E. B.
Jones, Democratic candidate for judge,
died today at the age of 92 years.
BOBBED, SLAIN AND MUTILATED.
A Teacher From Nebraska Murdered by La*
drones in Negros.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manila, Nov. 3.—D. C. Montgomery,
superintendent of schools in Oriental
Negros, was murdered Friday by
ladrones, three miles from Bacolod. Mr.
Montgomery was going to Bacolod for a
consultation with the retiring superin
tendent and to assume control of the
division. He had a large sum of money
with him. Six natives, armed with boles
and spears, attacked the superintendent,
quickly killed him, and uien mutilated
and robbed him. The constabulary have
offered a reward for Mr. Montgomery’s
murderers and it is thought they will be
captured- Robbery is understood to have
been the motive of Ihe crime. This is
the first instance of a teacher in the
Philippine Islands being harmed while
in discharge of his duty. Mr. Mont
gomery leaves a widow, who is a teacher
in the Island of Negros. He is from
Nebraska.
HIS ARM BBOKEN-
A Very Serious Injary to Mr Charles E, Craw
ford Last Week
A serious accident befell Mr. Charles
E. Crawford on Thursday. He was on
one of the crowded street cars and was
counting some monev when the car
started, and as the crowd swayed he was
shoved off and fell. In the fall he broke
his right arm and sprained the left. The
broken arm was set by Dr. A. W. Good
win.
Mr. Crawford is resting easy and his
arm is doing well. His many friends
sympathize with him in this serious ac
cident and hope there will be no per
manent injury. <
Democrats Will Sweep the State.
(By the Associated Press.)
Richmond. Va., Nov. 3—There are no
advices tonight which justify any
change of previous forecasts of the elec
tion result in Virginia tomorrow.
The vote, which is the first under the
new Constitution, which restricts the
suffrage, will be light and the promise
is that the Democrats will carry every
Congressional district. The only serious
opposition is in the Ninth, where Rhea
(Democrat) is opposed by Stump (Re
publican), but the district is considered
entirely safe for Rhea. There is no
prospect of any excitement.
Republican Predicts Democratic Party.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Washington, -*■ C., Nov. 3.—Postmaster
Respass, a staunch Republican, comes
out this afternoon in an interview and
says that all of the State Congressmen
will be Democrats, that the national
House will have a Democratic majority
and several other victories were men
tioned. Hyde county has out a full in
dependent ticket. In Beaufort the Demo
crats will be out early in the morning,
and the result, Clark and the rest of the
ticket will be elected, of course.
IN TENIH DISTRICT
Both Parties Claim They’ll
Win Today.
The Feeling and the Betting in Bunccmbj Fa\*
ors Gudg^i —The Eighth and Ninth
Districts Safely Democratic.
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, N. C.,
Nov- 3. —The campaign in the Tenth Dis
trict closes tonight with both parties
claiming it by good safe majority, the
Republicans placing theirs at fifteen
hundred, while the Democrats put theirs
at twice that amount. At Gulger head
quarters the following counties are
claimed for him: Kutnerrord. l.OOU; Mc-
Dowell, 300; Polk, 50; Buncombe, 1,000;
Haywood, 450; Transylvania, 100; Jack
son, 100; Macon, 50; Clay. 50.
The Republicans claim every county in
the district for Moody, except Ruther
ford, by the following majorities; Bun
combe, 250; Cherokee, 250; Graham, 100:
Clay, 40; Macon, 150; Jackson, 50; Swain,
250: Transylvania, 100; Henderson, 300;
Polk, 150; McDowell, 250.
The truth lies somewhere between
these two claims with chances favoring
Gudger. The feeling here is that he will
be elected and the betting is in his favor.
On the result in Buncombe also both
parties are making broad claims. While
the Republicans decline to name any
definite figures they declare that they
will carry the county for their legislative
ticket, though they admit that, the Dem
ocrats will elect part or all of the county
ieket. The Democrats on. other hand
are confident of success for* their entire
ticket and decline to place their ma
jority at less than fifteen hundred. Mr.
Craig thinks that with proper effort on
the part of Democrats it may go even to
2,000 or 2.500.
The Ninth District will give Webb a
majority of not less than 3,000 and the
Eighth is safe for Kluttzs.
FRED L. MERRITT.
Buncombe May Give 1,500 Majority.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Asheville, N. C., Nov*. 3.—A good deal
of political interest prevails here, and it
is thought the vote will be moderately
heavy. The Democratic chairman says
Buncombe will go Democratic by a ma
jority of 1,500.
PERQUIMANS.
Hertford, N. C., Nov. 3.—Eight hun
dred and fifty Democrats; two hundred
and fifty Republicans; one hundred ne
groes. Will be four to five hundred ma
jority, W. G. COX,
Chairman.
SIXTY THOUSAND MAJORITY.
State Chairman Simmons Makes Prediction
As to the Result of Today’s Election,
(Special to the News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 3.—Near the close of his
speech tonight, Senator Simmons, State Chairman,
said:
“And now let me make a prediction as to tomor
aow: We will elect a majority in the next National
House of Representatives, and this victory will be fol
lowed by the election of a Democrat for President in
1904. In North Carolina we will carry every Con
gressional District and elect ten Democratic Con
gressmen. The Republicans will not carry twenty
counties in the State, and with the exception of three
counties, the majorities will be small in the counties
they do carry. The whole Democratic State Ticket
will be elected by between 55,000 and 60,000 majority,
and Mr. Kitchin, your faithful Congressman will re
ceive the biggest majority by which he has ever been
elected to Congress.”
PRICK FI Vi, G”
CRUSH ATJLM CITT
Engineer Currie Killed, two
Others Hurt.
Blit for Currie’s Quick Application of Air Brakes
the Passenger Train Would Have Been
Telescoped.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Wilson, N. C., Nov. 3.—The Atlantic
Coast Line had a serious wreck near Elm
City on Saturday night, in which the en
gineer, W. W. Currie, of Florence, S. C.,
was killed, and the fireman and two mail
clerks were wounded.
Train No. 35. the fast train from Rich
mond to Florence, ran into a local freight
as it was going into the siding. Ten box
cars, one mail car and the engine were
tom up. Traffic was delayed twelve
hours.
The through train was running at high
speed, when Currie saw that a wreck was
inevitable. He threw on the air brakes
and this broke the speed, but not in time
to prevent the crash) The engine hit a
lumber car, which was smashed into a
thousand pieces.jumped down a 6-foot em
bankment and ploughed its way into the
earth. The mail car following was hurled
from its trucks with such force that it was
driven into the ground, and N this, with
the plunging of the locomotive, complete
ly blocked '.he onward passage of the
other cars. Had not the air brakes been
applied the passenger train would have
been telescoped, with great lo3s of life.
Engineer Currie’s locomotive did so
much damage that the track was blocked
and train 35 did not leave Elm City until
2 p. m. Sunday. It w r as said that Route
Agent Woltz’s injuries were not fatal and
his escape from instant death was re
garded as miraculous. Just how others
escaped death is one of those mysteries
which railroad men are Unable to solve.
Currie’s body was shipped to his home
in Florence.
Beyond a bad shaking up none of the
passengers were hurt.
Charles R. Flint, of New York, one of
the passengers, had a valuable setter dog
aboard the compartment car, and the box
in which the dog was kept was thrown out
and knocked to pieces. The dog, how
ever, was not hurt, and when Mr. Flint
went out to look after him he found him
guarding his travelling home, just as if
nothing had happened.
Tt ip the general opinion that the crew
on the local train were responsible for
the wreck.
GUILFORD DEFEATS BINGHAM.
In the Second Half Particularly Guilford’*
Heavy Line Bucking Telia.
(Special to News and Observer.)
Mebane, N. C., Nov. 3.—ln a very in
teresting game of football Guilford Col
lege defeated Bingham school on the
latter’s grounds Saturday. The final
score was 35 to 0.
During the first half Bingham played
good ball and came near scoring, having
carried the ball to the seven yard line.
But during the second half had to suc
cumb to the heavy line bucking of Guil
ford’s men
Snipes, Patterson, Fitzgerald, Short
and Dixon were Guilford's stars, while
Cartland, Morrow and the half-backs for
Bingham did some excellent work.
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Motorman and Conductor of Car That Collided
With Rooaevelt’e Carriage.
(By the Associated Press.)
Pittsfield, Mass., Nov. 3.—Euclid Mad
den and James T. Keliey, respectively
motorman and conductor of the electric
car which, on September 3, crashed into
President Roosevelt’s carriage, today
waived examination on a charge of man
slaughter and were held for the' grand
jury.
Madden was released on $5,900 bail and
Kelley on $2,500.
This was the accident which resulted
in the death of Secret Service Agent
William Craig.