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i ♦ J THE WEATHER TODAY: £ £ Far the State, 2 | Fair. | ▲ , aA AAA 4 lill AI j 4 Y > WWW • w ▼▼▼yTTTy r Volume LVI. No. 62. Leads all MoFth Carolina Dailies in Mews ano CiFeniiation CRASH ON CRASH AND DEATH IN ALL High Pressure Retorts are Rent by Gas. FOUR PEOPLE KILLED And a Score are Injured by a Series of Swift Explosions That Wreck the Plant and Damage Surrounding Prop erty. (By the Associated Press.) Chicago, Nov. 18. —Four persons \v< re killed and a score of others in jured. by a series of gas explosions that completely destroyed the plant of the Pyle Electric Headlight Company in South Chicago today. The shocks of the explosions were so severe that all the buildings near the demolished plant were badly damaged, windows were shattered for blocks, and per sons walking in the streets were thrown from their feet. Over pres sure on tanks containing gas is be lieved to have caused the accident. The dead: Ralph Wells, superintendent for the Pyb* Electric Headlight Co. Amos Watkins, assistant superin tendent for same company. George Muehl. draftsman, employed by the People’s Gas Light Co. Thomas •Iciminggs. employed by the Pyle Electric Headlight Co. The family injured: William Ma loney. blown from third floor of the building; body crushed. Alfred Cox, internally injured. Many persons who were walking in the street near the plant were hurt by flying pieces of debris and were ta ken to their homes in carriages before their names could be learned. Story of the Disaster. All of the dead were buried under tons of burning timber and hot brick and iron, making it impossible to re move their bodies for hours after the accident occurred. Firemen poured water on the portion of the building in which the dead were thought to be buried. The flames were subdued sufficiently to permit of the four dead bodies being removed from the de bris. The scone of the explosion is the okl Hyde Park gas plant which passed into the hnads of the People’s Gas Light and Coke Company several years ago with the consolidation of the gas interests in Chicago. Through lease the big plant is occupied partly by the Pyle National E’ectric Head light Company which is largely en gaged in supplying ilium nation for railroad coaches. This ill minant is forced Into small retorts w. ch when attached under the floor of i car will supply it with light for mo. ths. Ih order to make this possible tee re torts are subjected to an extremely high pressure. It was such a tank that caused the first explosion. With out warning of any kind it burst. Amid the debris workmen were blown out of the structure far into the street about the building. Before anyone realized what had happened retort after retort exploded in such rapid succession that it was almost impossi ble to distinguish the detonations. There were nine such explosions in all. which left the plant in flames. Hard fighting on the part of fully a hun dred firemen finally subdued the flames. , The total loss caused by the acci dent is estimated at $75,000. CHANGES ON THE SOUTHERN. E. 11. Shaw to Kii<*ee<*il Mr. Clifton as Division Freight Agent in this City. (By the Associated Press.) Washington. Nov. iS. —-The resigna tion of Lee McClung from tire posi tion of assistant freight traffic mana ger of ;he Southern .railway with headquarters at Louisville. Ky.. to associate himself with Yale Uni versity, has resulted in a number ot changes in the service of the South ern Railway, to take effect December 1 "th. The following appointments have been made: R. L. McKellar, now assistant gen et al freight agent at Memphis, Tenn.. will succeed Mr. McClung at Louis ville. Randall Clifton, now division freight agent at Raleigh, N. C.. will succeed Mr. MeKell.tr as assistant general freight agent at Memphis. E. H. Shaw, at present division freight agent and passenger agent of the Detroit Southern, and formerly eoneoted with the Southern Railway will succeed Mr. Clifton as division freight agfnt at Raleigh. MR. DAILEY SPEAKS. New Home for The Elks—l’ytliiails Prepare for Ranquet. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham. N. (\, Nov. 18. —This evening Editor J. W. aßiley. of the Biblical Recorder, delivered a lecture at the Craven Hall. Trinity College. This was one of the series of lec tures arranged by the faculty for the fall session of the college. The sub ject used by Mr. aßiley was “Political Readjustment in the South.” The Elks lodge has moved into the new home in the Temple building. The club rooms are on the second floor of the building and the lodge mom on the third floor. It is one of the best and finest equipped lodge buildings in the State. One gift to the Elks that has been donated since the The News and Observer. building of the new home began and one that is greatly appreciated is a painting of an Elk, done by Miss Mayde Mesley, daughter of Mr. J. S. Mosley, and presented by her to the Elk lodge. . The local lodge of Pythians is max ing arrangements for a big time on Thursday nigght of next week. A banquet will be given for the benefit of the members of the lodge and each member wil be invited to bring a lady friend. Rev. Nash Cheek, who lives some nine miles from Durham, is reported as being quite sick. “I’Ll, NEVER FIGHT A NEGRO." So Declares Jeffries, Denying a Report Villat He is Going to Meet Jack Johnson. (By the Associated Press.) Spokane .Wash., Nov. 18.—“ The story that l have agreed to light Jack Johnson is not true,” said James J Jeffries today. “I will pever fight a negro. lam entirely in the hands of -he press and the people. Any white man they choose I will light on six week’s notice. Unless this is done be fore a great while 1 will retire Iron: the ring and be the only retired eham pkn.” Six Indictments Nolle Pro-sod. (By the Associated Press.) Montgomery, Ala , Nov. 18.—Six in dictments against ex-Judge F. C. Ran dolph, of the Probate Court, were nolle pressed here today. The indict ments charged embezzlements from the State and county of about 8.9,000. Seven other indictments involving about $ 11,000 weie disposed of several days ago in the same way. Schooner Arrives in Distress. (By the Associated T.ress.) Lewes. Del., Nov. 18.—The Assa league life savers report the schooner Thomas Winsmore, from Brunswick, for Philadelphia. (before reported snoken with loss of sail, etc. ) arrived at Assateague, Va., last njffht, with ib-boom, foretopmast and al headsails gone. BLEW! ARSENAL Another Blow on Port Ar thur. Japanese Attack Repulsed. (By the Associated Press.) Tokio, Nov. 18. —3 p. m.—A tele gram from Moji reports the destruction of another Russian arsenal and mag azine at Port Arthur. The Japanese discovered, it is sa*d. the location of the arsenal and center ed their artillery fir? upon it. After dropping two hundred shells hi the lo cality they succeeded in blowing it up. The Japanese are widening their paps and are using them to move the’" guns forward. The Russians conti uie.l their spirit ed sorties, using hand grenades :n thei| attacks upon the naps. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Nov. t3.—A dispatch from Lieutenant General Sikharotf, dated to-day says that durin ? the night the Japanese attacked the Russian po sition in front of Poutiloff If ill out were repulsed. .SIGNATURES NOT MRS. MoCUES. Notes Aggregating $12,000 Presented to Hu* Administrator ot the Es tate. (By the Associated Press.) Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 18. —Notes aggregating $12,000 on which appears the name, as maker and endorser ot Mrs. Fannie M. McCue, for whose murder former Mayor J. Samuel Mc- Cue is now under sentence of death, are due and have been presented to the administrator of the estate. Ed ward O. McCue, a brother of the con demned man. who informed the hold er that the signatures were not made by Mrs. McCue. Suits will be brought at the December term of the Corpor ation Court. His Heart Split Open. (Special to News and Gbserv. r.) Nashville, N. C., Nov. 18. —News comes from Castalia that a few days ; ago young Joseph Griffin, employed j at Stallings' saw mill, was removing a piece of lumber front the saw when he was suddenly thrown upon the rapidly revolving saw and his heart literally split in twain. Burns’ *igl«t May be Saved. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. IS.—The physi cians at the eye an dear infirmary who have exam.ned the injured eye of , Edward Burns, the game keeper of ! George Gould, who was accidentally | shot by him al High Point, N. C., sa d , today that there was a fair chance of I saving his eyesight. He has improved j considerably under treatment. Hugh Thompson Still Alive. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 18.—Hugh Smith 'Tfp npson, comptroller of the New York Life Insurance Company, and former Governor of South Carolina, who has been critically ill at his home in this city, during the past week, was still alive today. He passed a restless night and was much weaker this morning. Found Freedom in Dcatli. (By the Asociated Press.) Macon. Ga.. Nov. 18.—Taylor Delk. a white convict sent up for life as a result of his trial in one of the most famous murder trials in the history of the State, is dead at the Stale prison farm at MilleJgeville. His death oc curred while the board of pardons was considering his application for pardon. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1904. FLOATED ABLAZE DOWN THE SOUND Burning of the Freighter Mohawk. DEAD IN THAT RED RUIN One Life Believed to Have Been Lost. Six Men Rescued from Death by Starvation in the Wide Wastes of the Ocean. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. I*. —While bound down Long Island Sound on one of her regular passages between this city and New London, Conn., the freight steamer Mohawk, of the Cen tral Vermont Railroad, took lire of/ Horton’s Point., L. 1., and was turned to the water’s edge early today, iiei crew except the watchman, who rt ‘ crew except the watchman, was res cued by a passing steamship and taken 1 to Fill River Mass. It is believed the Mohawk will be a total loss and that little if any, of her cargo will be saved. The Mohawk left New York last, evening with a fu’l cargo of general j merchandise. She had twenty-two persons on board including two wo men. As the steamer passed Hor ton’s Point the lighthouse keeper saw flames breaking from the bo.it ami a few minutes later she was wrapped in flames. Assistance was near at hand in the form of the Fall River Line steamer Boston, which had closely followed the Mohawk down the round and those on board the burning s.eam er with the one exception noted were soon taken off. The flames had pass ed beyond all control, however, and ; she was abandoned to her fate. A few moments after the Boston had resumed her interrupted voyage there came the sound of a heavy ex plosion and a mass of blazing debris, accompanied by a burst ol flames, shot up from the centre of the abandoned freighter. When dawn came the steamer was lying fast on the bar off Horton’s Point, and only a poi tion of her upper works showed above the surface. This gradually disappeared as llie fire ate its way into the hull of the boav. A watchman who was on duty when the flames were discovered, failed to reach the Boston when she stood by to give assistance and u is supposed that he lost his life. The Mohawk was a camparatively new steamer, having been built at Chester, Pa., in 1896. She was of 2,150 net tons. The Mohawk’s Passengers Brought In. (By the Associated Press.) Fall River. Mass., Nov. 18.—The steamer Boston brought twenty-seven persons from the Mohawk .including twenty-five of her crew and two wo men. wives of officers of the Mohawk. The night watchman of the steamer, a Swede, named Larsen, was lost. It is supposed he was burned to death. The Mohawk’s men said the lire was discovered by those in the pilot house shortly after midnight. It was pretty well forward and the crew were at once sent to their stations to light the flames. The grgeat heat, how ever. prevented them from getting close to the blaze, which spread and steadily drove back those who op posed it until the entire vessel was doomed. The Mohawk’s cargo con tained a quantity of oil and gaso lene. Rescued l»y the Grenada. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 18.—After eighteen hours in an open boat six men of the Philadelphia schooner Emily H. Nay lor, were! rescued by the steamer Grenada, which arrived here today. The Naylor was abandoned about 300 mules from Bermuda, after a hope less struggle with the hurricane which passed up the coast last Sunday night. Her saiis had been ripped away by the wind, her fore boom broken and water was pouring into her hold in a flood through the center board box when the crew got away in the life boat, leaving all their personal ef fects behind. They had been drifting about for eighteen hours vtgrn sighted by the Gvena/la. Their hurried departure left no time to provision the lift* boat and the men were in desperate straits when the Grenada came to their as | sistance. : The Naylor was under command of Captain John F. Wilson, and left New York in ballast November 4th for a Virginia port. The schooner i was off Hog Island, Va., when the j storm struck her. Another Ci*e\v Rescued. (By the Associated Press.) Hamilton, Burmuda, Nov. 18.—The British steamer Horsa arrived here today and landed the crew of the American bark Elmiranda, from Jack sonville, November 4. for Port of Spain . The Elmiranda was abandon ed November 16 and her crew were picked up by the Horsa yesterday. Tlie \V’»r Minister Resigns. (By the Associated Press.) Panama. Nov. 18.—General Huer tas, the War Mblister, resigned this morning and President Amador by a decree accepted his resignation, leav ing Huertas the rank of general un attached but with a salary, which is equivalent to a pension. The army ‘ n °t disbanded just now. Gen * 1 a.’ <j uardia, Secretary of the War] ’ ’‘flee, and an old veteran, lias been j appointed to the supreme command ot the troops. Everything is quiet j now. The censorship on telegraphic mes- j sages has just been suspended. THEN WHY INSERT THAT HALF? “I Am Half a Southerner Myself,' i Says the President. The South’s Interest Are Dear to Me." (By the Associated Press). Washington, Nov. 18.—Colonel John S. Mosby received a few months ago a letter from Judge Roulhac, of Bir mingham, Ala., commenting on the attitude ot the Southern people to ward the President personallv. Col onel Mosby sent the letter to Oyster Bay, as he thought the sentiments expressed in it by a Confederate vet eran would be gratifying to the Pres ident He received a reply which he did not publish during the campaign, as he felt that the President’s motives in writing the letter would be mis jeenstrued. The letter is as follows: “White House, Washington, “Oyster Bay. N. Y., Sept. 10, 1904. ‘(Personal) My Dear Colonel Mosby: “That is a tine letter of Roulhac’s, and I appreciate It. I have always been saddened rather than angered by the attacks; upon me in the South. I urn half a Southerner myself; and I I can say with all possible sincerity, that the interesi.3 of th** South are exactly as dear to me as the interests of the North. “Sincerely yours, (Signed) “T H E ODOR E ROOS EVI ’ 1 ,T. “COLONEL J S. MOSBY ! “Department of Justice, Washington. I D. C. ” The Nehlenfels Floated. (By the Associated Press.) Bremen, Nov 18.-—The German steamer Neidenfeis. from Savannah, i October 31, for this port, before re ! ported aground in the Weser. lias dis charged part of her cargo and was floated with assistance. HOT WORK TODAY ’Twill Be Root Hog or Die ’Twixt Yale and Harvard. (By the Associated Press.) New Haven, Conn., Nov. 18.—The 1 annual Yalc-Harvard football game in New Haven found the city in and about Yale University completely in the hands of the advance guard of the mighty throng hich tomorrow will stream out to Yale field to see the gridiron battle. The city’s tsreets adjacent to the acmpus all the evening were in a whirl of both Yale and Harvard men. j the latter particularly noticeable, be- I cause of their manner of wearing a j broad band of crimson on their arms. | The vortex was in the New Haven house, the corridors of which for hours were jammed with under-grad uates and football heroes of other years. It having been noised about late in the day that the Yale team was not in any too good a endition. Trainer urphy said in reply to questions: “Several men .are bruised and they will enter the game not in the best of condition.’’ The team was given some hard sig nal practice in the afternoon behind closed gates when the new formations were tried, and they seemed well fag ged at the end. Then came the usual dance around the bonfire which was fed with discarded football clthes. The players were sent to their rooms fr the night, several of them, however, | later going to the infirmary on Pros pect Hill to make certain of a good night’s sleep. At the Pequot House, at MorJs Cove, Coach Wrightington, in answer to questions, said that the Harvard team wpuld put up a good fight, and that excepting Meir, the men were in excellent condition. He declined to make any prediction as to the outcome of the game. The line-up of the teams as an nounced today and which is the final selection for the first half of the game, is as follows: Yale Position. Harvard Shevlin left end Randall I Bloomer left tackle Brill Kinney left guard White I Roraback center Parker Tripp right guard Squires ! Hogan (Cap.) right tackle Derby ! Neal right end Montgomery , Rockwell quarter back Starr Hoyt left half back Sperry Morse R. H. 8... Hurley (apt.) Owsley lull back . .Mills The news that the Yale team was not as fit for the contest as had been expected spread everywhere and soon after eight o’clock a special trolley car laden to its capacity with Har vard men came up from Morris ove and stopped at the New Haven House. There was a great demand for quota tions on the game and figures were 1 reluctantly named by Yale men, the prevailing odds in the few small trails actions being five to three that the blue would win. ODELL HURRIES BACK. Summoned Home by a Telegram From Political Friends. (By the Associated Press.) Newport News, Va., Nov. 18.—Gov ernor B. B. Odell, of New York, who arrived at Old Point Comfort yester day intending to remain for two weeks, was summoned to New York tonight by a telegram from political friends. ! He departed hurriedly on the Wash ington steamer. It is said political exigencies of the situation in the Sen atorial campaign demand the Gover nor’s presence. He declined to dis cuss the fight for the Senatorship , when seen today. THE IRK OF THE SYNOOJOWDONE The Next Place of Meet ing Red Springs SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK Address by Dr. A. E. Phillips on the Status of Ihis Labor by the Presbyterians in this State the Event of the Final Day. BY li. 11. IIENDERLETTE. Durham, N. C., Nov. 18.—The event of the last day of the Synod that towers above all there was the ad dress by Dr. A. L. Phillips, the As sembly’s secretary of Sabbath Schools and Young People’s Societies. Dr. Phillips is a speaker who, in his own inimitable way, holds his audience in rapt attention to the last word. He spoke of the present status of the Presbyterian Sunday School work in North Carolina, and in most eloquent ( manner painted one of the supreme is sues involved in the work among the young people. In the past five years twenty-six new churches have been organized in the State. In the same time the Sunday schools have decreased by 71. Five years ago the number of scholars was 20,000. Today there are 24,000, an in crease of 4,000. In the public schools of the State 636,000 pupils are enrolled. In all the Sabbath schools of all churches there are 380,000. Hence 256,000 pub lie school children do not attend Sab bath .school. Where is this army of a quarter of a million children? In the mountains, from whence came Zeb Vance. President Roosevelt had not seen the teeming multitudes i of mountain children when he wrote of race suicide. In the factories. There is the great anu growing problem ot the factory population. One cannot ride for half an hour on the railroad out of ear shot of a factory whistle. Who make the multiplying millions or wealth rolling up in the new South’- it comes ir; large measure from the muscle and brain and biood of the factory chil dren. May the South measure its re sponsibility to the factory people! These children are found on th? coast plains. They are in the cities. The Presb.vteria n church has not ! risen, as some others have, to this problem of the people of the slums and the suburbs. The speaker pointed out a splendid opportunity. V bishop in the General Conference of Methodists at Los An geles, said: “An open door in China? Why. tied has torn off the .fide of a continent and bid us enter!” Such is the mammoth opening in the South. The old South is gone, surely, ir reparably: ns truly as its humble bee cotton and its little corn hardly big enough to stand alone. New issues, great problems, have arisen and con tront us. A North Carolina judge spoke <he other day of a case of labor unionism that came before him—ab solutely the first in the history of the State. We have got to adjust our selves to the new conditions. So the church must adapt herself in her rela tions to the children and youth. The hope of the future is assuredly the children. The perpetuation of relig ion and the perfection of religion are involved in ihe case of the young. The perpetuation and the perfection of the highest type of manhood and wo manhood—the kind for which we stand —are involved in the case of the young. What sort of effort shall we put forth to cope with the present conditions? * * « As the business draws to a finish, the Synod grows more garrulous and hangs longer to debate as though loath to get down and have no more excuse for bringing In Durham. While opening their homes and hospi tality so graciously for the Synod to take possession, the people have stolen into the hearts of the Synod. But the docket is nearly closed and business about done, and the Synod will have to adjourn, whether or no, in a few hours. Jus a few minor mat ters of routine stand between it and the close of a very pleasant and har monious meeting. Synod is becoming popular and there were quite a number of suitors for her presence next fall; Red Springs, Concord, Reidsville and New ton, all moved her with pretty speeches and fair promises galore. By an overwhelming vote the decision was cast for Red Springs as the next place of meeting. Dr. Vardell invited the Synod to be his guest at the South ern Presbyterian College, and offered ! as inducement the advantages of all ! being under one roof. where the school girls could heln entertain the Synod, and the Synod entertain the school girls. Dr. McKelway announced his well known predilection for Con cord, but thought they all might have Concord under one roof —for a week, anyway. He could not promise for a longer period. Dr. A. T, Graham con sidered it clearly unjust to the places that had extended invitations to per mit the bachelors to vote with all those college gills in the case, and moved to disfranchise the unmarried members in their vote. Red Springs j was vyith all ease, so let it be no long er said that women have no voice in Presbyterian church courts. * * * A resolution commending the Pres byterian Standard and endorsing the project of endowing the paper, was passed by the Synod. Dr. McKelway. who describes himself as being not a religious editor, but the editor of a religious paper, makes a strong! appeal for this endowment. Thej Standard is a great paper and Dr. Mc- Kelway is a brilliant man. It is de voutly to be hoped that the relations existing between the two at present may long continue. The Synod adjourns today. This has been in all things a good meeting: good attendance, good weather, god entertainment, good feeling, good mu sic. good apeaking and good preach ing. The sojourn in Durham has been very delightful and the hospitality of the entire town most bountiful. All that warm hearted courtesy could suggest and tireless effort achieve has beeh done. Very much credit is due the pastor, Rev. E. R. Leyburn, and the associate pastor. Rev. R. Gordon Matheson, for the very gracious and untiring manner in which they have exerted themselves to promote the comfort and expedite the business of this meeting. * * * The Rev-. E. E. Gillespie, who for six years has been the efficient superin tendent of Home Missions, today tend ered his resignation, which the Synod very regretfully accepted. Mr. Gil lespie’s management of this important work lias been attended with great success and ho has done a faithful and enduring woik. When he entered the office six years ago there was a debt of $3,000. The debt has been lifted ■ind the work has steadily grow i and spread, so that now the Synod points to its Home Mission work with pride, i The Rev. R. P. Smith, at present evangelist of the Presbytery of Ashe ville, has been elected to succeed Mr. Gillespie. * * * The Rev. YVm. Black, D. D.. has been general Evangelist of the Synod for ten years, and he is one of the best to be found. Dr. Black is a very tine preacher and a much beloved man. and he has been eminently suc cessful in the Evangelistic work. Thousands have been gathered into the church through his faithful and earnest efforts. And the Synod ap preciates his woth. Yesterday by a rising vote he was unaiimous’y re (Continued on Sixth Page.) A PECULIAR CASE Accidental Killing Man slaughter Under Cer tain Conditions? (Special to News and Observer.) ouisburg, N. C., Nov. 18. —The acci dental killing of (/has. Hunt, a negro, by Mr. N. Horton took on a new phase yesterday. A warrant was sworn out by Clara Hunt, wife of th? deceased against Mr. Horton for mur der. The trial took place yesterday afternoon before Justice of the Peace Ellis and Baker and interesting points of law were brought out during the progress of the trial, at least of inter est to laymen. It developed that Mr. Horton was hunting on Mr. Will Al len’s land without his consent, while the negro was on his rented premises. Mr. Allen swore that Mr. Horton had asked him for permision to do so and it. had been refused, the law in ranFklin, Orange and other counties in the tStae requiring the written con sent of the owner. Messrs. W. H. Yarborough, Jr., and T. U. Bickeit, at torneys for the State, maintained that Mr. Horton was guilty of manslaugh ter, because he was himself violating the law when he accidentally killed the negro. They read authorities to sustain the contention. If a man while engaged in the commission of a felony accidentally kills another, he is gufity of murder, if engaged in the commission of a misdemeanor such as hunting on land without the owner’s consent he Is guilty of manslaughter. The killing was admitted, so the de fence did not have much ground i< Hand upon. The defendant Hortor was bound over in SIOO bond to next term Superior court, to answer io the charge of manslaughter, The sympa thies of every one are with Mr. Hor ton as everybody believes the killing accidental, and he has shown genuine distress over the affair. OCCIDENT TO CIRC US TRAIN Difficulty Over roporiy Loads to Shooting Affray Between Broth ers. (Special to News and Observer.) New Bern, N. C., Nov. 17. —oFre- paugh & Sells Bros., circus which gave two great performances in our city yesterday, met with an accident this morning at 2 o’clock As the se cond section approached a station about twelve miles from New Bern one of the cars loaded with tent poles and other paraphernalit jumped the track from some unknown cause. The car immediately behind bumped into the flat car. breaking it and damaging the rear car. The flat car was put on the s:d ng, while the other was brought to New Bern and repaired at the shops. The fai was forwarded on the evening train. The wreck de layed the eastbound mail for New Bern several l.ours. arriving at noon today. The damage at present cannot be ascertained but no casualties are reported. Tffe shooting by Eph Bryant of his brother Hardy on Queen street yester oay afternoon had no connection with the circus. The difficulty, as reported was over an argument in regard to some property. Eph is still at large and his brother Hardy is able to be up Death of Mr. S. 11. Hodgin. (Special to News and Observer.) Winston-Salem. X. C., Nov. 18.— Mr. S. H. Hodgin. one of Winston’s oldest and best known citizens, died this afternoon at the age of 78. He was a native of Randolph county. For many years he was a member of the leading mercantile firm here of Hodgin and Sullivan. Later he was a member of the tobacco manufacturing firm of Hodgin Bros. &. Lunn, ▲ ▲▲▲ AAAA AAA, » A X THE WEATHER TODAY: 1 + For the City, ▲ | Fair. | A A A. a A A.A k aa ▼▼▼▼"?FTT?TTTY▼▼ Price Five Cents. THE TWELFTH MAN The Last Juror Secured for the Trial of Nan Patterson. (By the Associated Press.) New York. Nov. 18.—Although two full court days had been taken up in securing seven of the twelve jurors who will decide the fate of Nan Pat terson, the former show girl, who is charged with the murder of Caesar Young, the incidents in the court room have tended to keep up interest in the case. The receipt of a letter telling of an important new witness and the finding, during the examination of talesman, of another person, believed to be an eye witness, were the princl pa yof these incidents. The text of the letter which Mr. Levy received was given out today. It was written I in German and signed by ”L. lllack.” j The writer claims to have witnessed the struggle in the cab and says that he saw Young turn the revolver I against his own breast and fire. ‘‘l saw with m yown eyes, on the morning of June 4, a man in the cab with a pistol in his hand and a woman was seated alongside of him,” says the writer. "I saw the man raise the pis tol which was in his hand; 1 heard the shot and I ran as fast as 1 could. I kept quiet until now because 1 thought you had other witnesses; but lor the sake of the truth I must write you this. I a mwilling, should the oc casion demand *t, and if you think it worth while, to appear before Mr. Jerome and yourself, and say that I saw the man hold the pistol in his hand. I am ready to take an oath on this for the sake of justice.” The five Jurors required to complete the panel weer secured today. After cautioning the jurors not to discuss the case among themselves and di recting them not to read newspaper accounts of the trial. Justice Davis ad journed court until Monday. Durin gtlie search for the twelve jurors, 89 talesmen were examined and the defence used up 28 of the thirty challenges, which it is allowed by law. The prosecution had 16 of its 4 0 challenges left when the last juror was chosen. During the afternoon oFreman Hendricks, of the jury, learned that a member of his family was critically ill, and he asked to be excused from jury duty. No action was taken on his r?quest today, but the remaining members of the special panel of tales men weer instructed to be present when the case is resumed next week. A Seven Days’ llacc. (By the Associated Press.) Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 18. —The Ten nessee Breeders Association will inaug urate seven days’ race at Cumberland Park to-morrow with six well filled events. S. M. Apperson, of Little Rock, will be the presiding judge and Fred Gerhardt will do the starting. The number of horses at the track is unusually large and fourteen carloads leave Latonia to-night for Cumberland Park. To-night the weather is clear and warm and the track fast. Call on National Banks. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 18. —Secretary Shaw announced a call upon national banks holding government deposits to the amount of 25 cent, of their holdings, ten per cent, tp be paid on or before January 15 next, and 15 per cent, on or before March 15 next. This, the Secretary estimates, will bring into the treasury about $25,- 000,000. This will make a working balance of approximately $50,000,000. Gone! Foul Play? I (By the Associated Press.) St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 18.—Nothing ! has been learned by the police as to j the vheerabouts of Stephen Putney, j of Richmond, Va., who has been miss i ing since Wednesday night from the i home of friends with whom the hoy : had been stopping while visiting the j World's aFir. Young Putney, whose famil yis prominent, had with him jewelry and money to the value of about SSO and his dlsappeaarnce has caused apprehension of foul play. FFXKKAL OF MRS. LITTLE. Will Occur Tills Afternoon at Throe O’clock. The remains of the late Mrs. Thomas Little (nee Miss Mamie Haynes), whose sad death at Norfolk was an nounced in this paper yesterday, arriv ed yesterday afternoon from that city and were taken to the residence of her sister, Mrs. H. C. Glenn, on north East street. The funeral will occur this afternoon from the residence, conducted by Rev. Dr. J. C. Massee, of the Tabernacle Baptist church, at 3 o'clock. The following gentlemen will act as pall-bearers: Messrs. N. B. Brough ton, Jo. H. Weathers, S. H. Moneyhan, W. A. Faison and J. J. Bernard. Lou Dillon Fails Again. (By the Associated Freso.) Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 4.7. —O. G. K. Billing’s Lou Dillon for the second time within the last two days failed this afternoon to beat her recently established record of 2:01, regaarding which time a controversy has arisen. Accompanied by a runner the trotter, driven by Willard Sanders, her train er, stepped the mile In 2:03 Mat. The track was improved over yesterdaay and the weather was fine. The quaart ers: :31%, 1:01%, 1:31%, 2:03. Mine Sii!X*rintendent Dies of Wound. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 17.— W. S. Lang, superintendent of the coal mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road Company, at Blocto who was shot from ambush Saturday night, died to-day. Lang was a native of Pennsylvania, but came to Alabama some months ago from Virginia.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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